Sneak Peek 2
Chapter TBA: Harboring the Truth
Warning: This chapter contains graphic detail of extreme injuries. If you are easily offended or prone to have nightmares of this, I recommend not to read this chapter. You have been warned.
Back above the others, a pained scream met their ears. They cringed, knowing that it was Mitch's scream. Jerome crawls to the edge and shouts "MITCH!" He waits for a response, but the only response that he gets is a hand appearing on the edge. The figure appearing...is Seto. He grunts as he crawls onto the edge, Caveman and Amity run over and help him away from the edge. Adam runs up to him and says "Seto, what happened?"
The sorcerer takes a moment to catch his breathe and response "Mitch, he...he...he let go. He's dead". Jerome runs up to him and says "No! He can't be dead! I'm gonna go find him". The Bacca leaps over the edge and navigates himself down the rocky slope. The others look in confusion, then decide to follow him. Jerome reaches the bottom of the gorge and gasps when he sees Mitch on top of a bed of spines. He quickly runs over to him, grabs his arm, and pulls him off of the spines. The Minecrafter looks stiff and cold, blood soaking his white shirt and turned over on his side.
"Mitch? Are you okay?" Jerome asked. Slowly, he turns the Canadian over...and is meet with excruciating and gruesome discoveries. His entire left hand was cut-off, blood continues to pour out of the wound and shows the bone where his hand used to be, also covered in blood. His entire right side of his face is shredded by the thorns he was on, blood vessels and muscle tissue are exposed, convulsing and rapidly pumping blood. Jerome winces at his best friend's injuries, the others walk up and stare in shock.
"Mitch...why did it your life have to end like this? Why?" Jerome tried to say, his voice breaking multiple times. He lets his head fall over on his friend's side, sobbing uncontrollably. Sky looks over towards the bed of thorns...and see a severed bloody hand, impaled in thousands of thorns. He turns to Seto and says "Seto, how did this happen?"
"When I got him, he was losing his grip. I tried to pull him back, but a part of the cliff was breaking off. When he let go, a large, sharp piece of rock came and sliced his hand off. I tried to grab him using my magic, but it was too late. He hit the ground before I could save him", Seto explained, looking somberly at the Butter God. Then, he turns to Jerome and says "I'm sorry, Jerome. I tried everything, but it wasn't enough. No one could survive a fall like that". Jerome lets out an anguish sob as he wipes his tears away.
But then, a pained groan is heard from the Canadian. Jerome looks as his friend weakly lifts his head up, the corner of his mouth is bleeding. Jerome exclaims "Mitch, you're alive! Oh, thank Notch, I'd thought I lost you for good!" He pulls him into a short hug, then looks to him and says "What happened, buddy? Why'd you let go of Seto when he was saving you?"
Mitch takes in several breathes and tries to say "I...I...I-I di-di-did-didn't...-he tried to say more, but his eyes roll to the back of his head and his head falls to the ground again, his breathing becomes more rapid. Jerome becomes alert by this and tries shaking his buddy awake. "Mitch? Mitch, don't you dare die on me!" Amity runs up to Mitch and feels his wrist for a pusle.
"He's still alive, but his heart rate is decreasing fast. We need to get him medical help as soon as possible", Amity quickly said. Adam walks up and says "Dan, Amity, you two carry Mitch out of here. The last thing we need is for his injuries to become infected in this place". The Minecrafters nod and carefully lifts Mitch off of the ground. They start trudging away, Jerome catches up to them. The Minecrafters begin to walk away...all except Seto.
The sorcerer's expression goes from worried...to annoyed. He clenches his white teeth open as his irises begin to turn purple, his corneas become blood-shot with pulsing veins crawling around his eyeballs. Then, he changes these forms back to normal when he sees Sky turn around and say "Seto, you coming?"
The sorcerer responds "Yeah, I'm coming". The general turns back around and follows the others. Once he is distracted, Seto glares at the Canadian as he becomes more and more faint. "You're much of a challenge than I suspected. But soon, you'll regret what you've done to me...traitor. Just wait until Adam hears about what you've been saying behind his back". After he says this, he quickly starts sprinting, catching up to the Minecrafters".