No Way Out
Chapter 1: The Miners
Day 1
It was my first day here working in the mineshaft. Ever since my parents died, I had no relatives so I had to steal to survive. But now, I want to change all of that. I want to leave my old life behind me and start a new, so I moved into this small mining town of Minertown. Rumor has it that the mine has an unlimited supply of gold but it's buried deep within the rocks. Many miners have died because of the insane heat emitted from the lava pools nearby. Some of them were blown to bits by the legendary creepers that protected the valuable gold.
'Steve! Steve! Is he here?' I heard the boss call. 'Here!' I said, raising my hand. 'Good. Everybody, Steve is the new addition to our colony. Don't treat him too harsh now.' The boss, who insists he be called just Jim, announced. Everybody gave approving nods which lifted my spirits a bit. 'Now, off to work! We got some gold to find!' Jim said and everybody took out their picks and started walking to their stationed mining areas.
'Steve eh? I'm Jay. Welcome to The Shaft.' The miner next to me said and he offered his hand. 'Nice to meet you, Jay.' I replied and shook his hand. He said he would teach me how to spot ores and mine them correctly once we get to our station. We talked along the way to our station and found that we had a LOT in common. He believes that Notch is the one and only True Creator of Minecraftia. He also lost his parents when he was young but he learned to cope with it after awhile. His favourite food is anything that has meat on it. He likes to climb buildings or parkour for fun. I learned to parkour because I had to in order to escape capture. Finally, we reached our station area and we started mining. At first it was difficult, but with practice and tutoring from Jay, I got the hang of it. Soon it was lunch time a minecart that had a chest filled with food stopped at our station. I took 2 pieces of bread and an apple. 'No meat today. Damn it.' Jay cursed under his breath.
Just as we started eating, an alarm rang. All the miners in our station started to run back to the entrance. Jay dragged me along as well.
'Attention miners! A horde of skeletons and zombies are coming out from Station 4! Please exit the mine immediately. I repeat!-' An arrow landed on Jim's neck before he could repeat the order. He fell to ground and a pool of blood formed around his still body. Panic arose as arrows started flying here and there, killing and injuring unlucky miners. Blood curdling screams and cries for help filled the mine as the miners were being ripped apart by the zombies! It was a truly horrifying sight. Jay told me to follow him and keep my head down.
We went deeper into the mine. We must've been walking for hours but Jay kept telling me that we were almost there. He didn't even tell me where we were going. Just when I was about to collapse from sheer exhaustion, Jay finally said, 'Thank Notch! We made it!'. We were at some strange cave settlement. I asked Jay we were but he just said 'Just wait and see.'
Jay opened one of the doors and inside of it was a room filled chests that had food. Lots and lots of food. We could live here for months, if not years with this amount of food. Sadly, there was only 2 types of food, bread and meat. But food was still food and we had to figure out a way to ration it, so we don't run out too soon. 'I knew something like this was gonna happen. So I prepared for this day ever since I came here, 2 years ago.' Jay smiled 'Steve, follow me, we gotta barricade the entrance.' He said as he gave me several stacks of wood.
We managed to finish barricading the entrance and place traps around the entrance. It was backbreaking work but at least it was for our own safety. Wouldn't want any zombies eating my skin any time soon. Jay built a fire using some of the logs and we warmed ourselves before going to sleep. We talked for a little while and finally decided to get some sleep.