Chapter 2 Swarm

Leaping and bounding over the rubble in the city, Kalev couldn't contain his rage and sorrow. Corpses, small and large, lay rotting on the city grounds, flies overhead, maggots eating away. Bile rose, and Kalev stopped only to throw up his lunch. Charging back down the path, he swatted vines and overgrown branches from his path.

"Kalev, wait!" Jezel's voice echoed throughout the empty city, and the boy turned his head. Bursting out into the opening of the town square, he stopped. "Wait up Kalev, or I swear to the lord!" She was faltering now, moving with less grace, and more like a stumbling drunkard. Her enhanced mental abilities were strained because of her pursuit of him. Jezel never once noticed the Creeper that broke from cover behind an alley wall.

Fear clutched his heart as Jezel slowed down. "Jezel! There's a Creeper behind you!" She snorted, and began to yell a reply, when she fell forward. "JEZEL!" Dashing forward, pulling his bow from his person, he notched an arrow onto his weapon, and let an arrow loose.

It whizzed past both of them, but it signaled to the girl that the minecraftian was not joking. She scrambled to her feet, gauntlets of leather scratching against the mossy cobblestone path. Diving with all her might, the Creeper exploded, sending shrapnel everywhere.

The blast of light flash blinded Kalev, and he stumbled back. Remembering Jezels terrified face as she tried to get out of the blast radius, the teenager moved forward, rubbing his eyes. As soon as he was able to see more than blurs, he spotted his friends bright neon orange hair. "Oh, Herobrine!" Dragging up her limp body, he hugged her close to him as he fell back on his rear. He buried his face in her hair, and began to cry. Hesitantly, he placed his hand on her chest, checking for a heartbeat. It was there, strong.

"Thank the creator!" Standing slowly, his wobbly legs smarting, the shaken up boy kicked open the door to a village home, and hurried to a table. Sweeping all the old clutter off with one hand, he placed Jezel delicately on the table, making sure he did not hurt her.

Turning, he slammed the door, and walked back over to his friend…

The sun was beginning to se. His friends were somewhere out there, and the monsters would begin to surface…

It was going to be a rough night, and Kalev knew it…