JOHN P.O.V.

As I approached the roof, we passed my locker.

"Hold on, I need my bag."

"Hurry sir" the man on my right said.

In my bag was my 9 mil. , my iPod with charger and headphones, and an experimental energy sword like in Halo that Cupa gave me. After I had the bag, we made it up the 2 flights of stairs to get to the roof. While we were running, I asked my liberator;

"is the diversion in place?"

"Yes, would you like me to blow it?" He asked.

"No, but have the detonator in hand."

"Got it."

"Can you get the codes to my ipod?"

"Yes"

"Do it"

I now had the codes to the 3 bombs located around the city. They weren't conventional explosives, rather they made the victim lose their eyesight for the better part of the day. With the chaos that ensues, we will be able to tie up the police and military and be allowed to escape. We had just gotten to the roof when a news chopper flew over the school and hovered a few feet away from the actual roof. I saw one of my men grab a stinger anti-air launcher.

"Stand down!" I yelled. It wasn't going to attack us, it was just a news chopper. After he put the stinger down, Cupa walks up to me. I give a creeper salute. I cross my fist over my chest and bowed.

"Report" she says.

"Ma'am" i start, "the three bombs are in place and the detonation codes have been transferred to my IPod. We are waiting for your signal. "

"Very good John. We must wait for the others."

"Yes ma'am. Can we shoot first?"

"No, only if they show hostile intent."

"Understood."

"I am going to go back to the palace so that father doesn't worry. After you get back, I will introduce you to him."

"Got it" I smiled.

She smiled back. She stepped into the portal and was gone. I observed my team. 15. Too many for gaurd duty.

"I want eight of you to go back. The others and I will take care of this. Leave the launchers here."

"Sir yes sir!" Eight stepped through and vanished.

"Two of you guard the door we came through. Then I want three of you to watch the ground. The other two, with me guarding the portal. "

They all saluted and got to their assigned tasks.

"Sir" one of the guards called me.

"What is it trooper?" I asked

"The bomb squads need to speak with you."

"Patch ' Em through." He gave me the headset.

"Sir." I heard a woman's voice.

"Go ahead"

"Sir, it will take fifteen earth minutes for all of us to get here."

"Understood, make it happen."

I gave the headset back to the trooper and he put it back on his head. I addressed everyone on the roof. I had to yell over the chopper that was still hovering over us.

"We need to secure this area for at least 15 minutes. Understood? "

I heard seven cries of "Yes sir!" I knew these were the right men for the job.

[Too lazy to make a line. Not that I've done any anyway.]

10 minutes later we notice a large force of 20 swat cars pull up to the school.

"Men!" I addressed them all. "Possible 140 highly trained operatives in bound. Make ready. Remember, only fire if they do. Got it?"

"Got it!" They all yelled. It was about to get serious. I could feel it. However, none of the swat breached the door. Then one steps forward with a megaphone. A kid steps with him. He has black hair and looks to be twelve years old. The officer spoke.

"Kid, this is the case: if you step through that, whatever that is, and disappear, then we will have no choice but to drill your brother here for answers. Probably resulting in, all in all, a shitty experience. So, we will give you two options. One, you call off your men, sending them back to wherever they came from, then you come with us and your brother is set free. Or two, you follow through and leave your brother to a probably scarring experience."

"Son of a bitch!" I yelled. They had my brother. What was I supposed to do? Then I looked at my iPod. I still had the codes. As if a light bulb flashed above my head, I got a wonderfully despicable plan.

I turned to the man with the headset. "ETA for the squads?"

"just came in the back entrance." He replied

"Good. Everyone into the portal. "

"But-"

"NOW!"

"Yes sir. I will let the squads know."

After he did, they all disappeared into the portal. When the squads came up, they went too. I gave the officer a 'one minute' sign and dashed into the school. I knew what I was looking for so I knew exactly where to go:the principals office. I ran inside and grabbed the announcement mic. I then clicked it so that it addressed the whole school and spoke into it.

"Testing... okay good. Now you have my brother. Have you heard the saying 'No better friend, No worse enemy'? Because that is exactly what I am. I defend and protect all who are close to me and destroy anyone who wishes to harm them. You should never EVER piss me off, ESPECIALLY IF I HAVE A BACKUP PLAN!"I screamed into the microphone.

"Now you have one of two options. One, you give me my brother and we are allowed to leave. Or you don't give him up and I detonate the three bombs all around the city. Now I wish I could see your face. I really do. But i must get up to the portal and greet the king. You have 5 Minutes to decide."

I walked back up the stairs onto the roof and just saw my brother enter with 2 officers. Two minutes later, they appeared on the roof. They released my brother and he came to me. I kneeled so that i was eye level with him.

"Would you like to stay here? Or would you like to go to minecraft with me?" I just remembered that minecraft was a game in the PC that he adored.

"You mean it's real!?" He exclaimed.

"Yes" i replied. "However, a few of the mobs have been humanized. They speak English and a few are actually royalty." His eyes lit up. "The Kings are the boss mobs, and the daughters are the princesses. In fact, Cupa, the princess of creepers, is the one who authorized this operation. So which do you choose?" I thought the answer would be obvious but I gave him the chance anyway.

"Definitely with you!" He was very excited.

"Alright, but I am now a captain in the royal gaurd. I personally gaurd Cupa. You will have to be on your best behavior so that we are not thrown out. In a couple years, you can join as well and help me gaurd the princess."

"Awesome!" He said. We turned around and walked to the portal. However, one of the swat members got cocky and shot at us. He missed me. Who he hit, was my brother.

"Son of a bitch!" I yelled. I pulled out my ipod and hit the detonator. I then took out my 9 mil. And started covering myself as I carried Kyle into the portal. On the other side I found that I had guns trained on me on all directions.

"Explosive. " one said.

"TNT! Now help me I got a wounded over here dammit! " 2 rushed over and picked up my brother and carried him to a white room with a table. He was set down belly first and 2 elites checked his wounds. Cupa came in and gasped.

"What happened!?"

"Little fucker got cocky and shot at us. He missed me but hit Kyle."

She yelled to the 2 medics."Get him healing potions. NOW!" They left and not 2 minutes later came back with a pink vial. He was turned over and he drank. Instantly we got results. Blood stopped flowing and his skin grew over the wounds.

"His skin has healed but underneath is still in repair. He can not run or strain himself for a few days. Over those days, he must come here at noon to get another potion and see how he's holding up. " cupa informed me.

"Thank you so much Cupa. When does the king want to see me?"

"Right now. That's what I was originally here for. "

"Alright. Again thank you so much. I couldn't live with myself if he died because of me. "

"you are welcome" she smiled and left. I followed her through the endless corridors of the castle until we came to a huge door.

"Now," cupa turned and said. "This is the KING of the creepers. Try not to piss him off. Please?"

I groaned in a sarcastic way. "Ugh! If you insist." I smiled before continuing. "Let's go meet the king."