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Sky's POV
Well, here I am. Tied up in a chair with the rest of my friends except Seto. Odd… He must have been with her somewhere when we were ambushed. So I guess I'm waiting to be rescued? I just hope they can find us. I'm hoping for a sorcerer and someone I just met to save me. This could either be the best rescue ever, or it could end horribly with everyone dying. A door opens, and by the sound of the voice, it's not a rescue team.
He points a spotlight towards me but remains in the shadows. "Where is it," he asks in a deep voice. I assumed it was a he a long time ago.
"This is what, ten times now within the last two hours that you have asked the same question and I have replied: 'What's 'it'?" I have a watch so I know all, obviously.
"You know, the thing?"
"Um… still nothing. Hey, guys," I look to either side of me, "do you have any idea what he's talking about?" I'm answered by either 'no' or a simple headshake. "See? Just as I said. We have no idea what you're talking about. So, can we leave now?"
"Um… Well… uh... " He seems rather flustered. "No! I can tell you're hiding something and there's still one more of you out there. So, until I get absolute confirmation from all of you, you are staying right there!" He walks out, slams the door, and locks it.
Sadly, we couldn't escape. Jason's suit must have been taken when we got here and Jerome was tied in a way where he couldn't break the rope with his teeth or claws. The rest of us were in the same way. Anything that could help us escape was either gone or we were positioned in a way that made whatever it was unusable. How did we get here? Oh yeah… It wasn't that long ago, three days on the outside, when this started.
It had been a rather uneventful day, actually. The squid fights had been practically nonexistent for almost two weeks, which was rather odd. Because of that, me and the rest of the team had decided to stay at HQ and revamp it. Although we each have a home, you have to make your second one look nice too, right? Currently, we were working on our individual rooms. I was thinking aloud and muttering to myself subconsciously when it happened.
"Maybe it should go here?... No, no, no, definitely here. Perfect! Now what about- What the heck was that?!"
I heard a rather ominous crash/boom/bang (I don't know, it's hard to explain, maybe a vrwoosh?) from outside. I ran out into the hallway and looked around. Everyone had done the same thing I had. I did a quick headcount which was super easy since all of our rooms were on the second floor.
"Is everyone okay?" I asked as I looked for any missing people or injuries. There seemed to be none as my friends replied with 'fine', 'all good', or some other reply letting me know they were okay. "Then what was that?"
Ty looked towards the balcony. "Maybe it came from somewhere else…"
We all shared a look of terror and feared the worst as we made a mad dash towards the second floor balcony exit. Tons of thoughts went through my head. Is the city okay? Did anyone die? Was it a volcano? A storm? A tsunami? Is the farmland okay? Did it start a fire? A million other questions occurred but they abruptly stopped when I reached the end of the balcony and saw a beam of blue light coming from the spruce forest in the North about 100-150 blocks away. Thank Notch the city is 150 blocks South of us. However, whatever it was, it was close, really close.
Everyone else had stopped like I did and just gaped at what we saw.
"H-hey Seto?" I was the first to speak after what seemed like forever.
"Yeah?"
"What's that?"
"I have no idea."
We never stopped looking at it. It seemed beautiful yet powerful all at the same time.
"Should we go check it out?"
"Probably."
I turned away and was followed by Seto, then Ty, then Jason, and so on until we had gathered in the upstairs hallway.
"We should probably get some weapons, armor, supplies, and other stuff, so let's do that and meet at the north wall of HQ."
We went into our separate rooms. I grabbed enchanted butter armor, two enchanted butter swords, several butter apples, and various potions. Jerome, Mitch, Jason, and Ty were already at the North wall when I came out. We just stood in silence, wondering what we'll encounter. Next came Quentin, then Seto, then Ian all a few seconds after each other.
"Are we ready?" I asked.
"LET'S DO THIS!" Jerome shouted in reply. Everyone laughed a little at that and the weight that seemed to be pressing us down (or maybe just me) was lifted. We were all smiling. It kind of felt like I was in a Hunger Games mini game.
"LET'S GO!" I yelled as well, it just seemed right, and we ran towards the ominous blue beam of light, unknowing of the damage that one action would cause.
Please let me know what you think and if I should continue. I might post more later this week but it'll probably be more like every other week.
