Chapter 3: ProG_XYZ

The next morning came around faster than normal, possibly because server admin had used a time command. Breakfast in the mess hall was awfully quiet, the only sound being the crunch of carrots and clinking of bowls on tables. Almost everyone had heard about what happened to Newb by now, and more than half wanted to avenge his death.

"If anyone so much as takes a step out of this mineshaft without my permission, I'll kill you myself." X had snarled at the meeting earlier that morning.

"So, the time has come to speak of matters very important to our server." the Admin announced. There was a long table, with one chair on each side. Each chair filled with a Mob-Lord that served as a moderator.

A male slammed his hand on the table, and jumped up in his seat. His Skeleton head made the scene even more frightening than normal.

"I'd like to bring a new problem to the table." He growled. A woman, with red eyes and short black hair motioned her arm for the male to proceed.

"Speak, Skeleking. We'd all like to hear of this new matter." She spoke, hissing a little every time she said an 'S'.

"There's a new faction on the server. A griefing faction. Last night, a troop of six came to my house and destroyed it, causing me to lose my day's earnings, and the house that I'd spent weeks on." He explained, gradually getting more furious with each sentence.

"This is an outrage! We must set out to the soldiers, get them to eliminate the problem. This faction will be no match for our army." The spider woman added.

"Queen Arachnid, we must not get too hasty with things. Who knows what they've gained on that grief. What if they have their own army of iron golems? What are we to do when we stumble upon that?" The Admin retorted.

There was a silence, and the three turned to the last mod who hadn't spoken yet.

"And what say you, Enderqueen Shado?"

The queen hesitated to answer, and gazed down at the enderpearl in her grasp.

"I think we have a real problem on our hands." She replied.

Nightfall

Frozen walked into the large castle, hidden under a cloak. She hunched over, making it seem as if she were just a harmless old woman. With a brisk hand motion, a small squad of seven players advanced toward her, hiding behind shrubs.

At the castle gates, guards came down and held their swords at Frozen.

"We can't let you in here, lady. The castle is off-limits at night." One guard explained.

"Yeah, you'll have to return another time." The second guard added. Frozen hid a dark grin under the shadows of her cloak.

"That's too bad...for you." With just a flick of the wrist, every player in the small squad leaped out from the bush, attacking the guards simultaneously.

The sound made from the struggle was quite obnoxious and thunderous, but the distraction allowed Frozen to run through the gates and shoot the guards from the back with fire enchant arrows. She waved for them to follow, and sprinted towards the village. This would be a siege they would never forget

Shado ran down the stairs of her home, and grabbed her diamond sword, enchanted with knockback II. She gazed at the sword with trust, and sprinted out into the village courtyard, hearing the loud noises of a struggle near the castle walls.

Shado took off at a bolt towards the castle gates, not paying attention to what was right infront of her

Frozen slammed into something tall, that knocked her opponent and herself to the floor. In the dim light, it took her a moment to realize who this thing was.

"Shado?" She asked, looking around wildly. "What are you doing here?"

Shado looked confused. "I could ask you the same thing." Frozen shot to her feet, and attempted to push Shado away.

"You have to get out of here now. Something big is about to happen." Frozen hissed.

Shado didn't move, and got to her feet, looking past Frozen, and then back down at her. She noticed the wild, panicked look in her gaze.

"Frozen? What's wrong?"

"You have to go! NOW! Get out of here! Just run!"

From behind Frozen, there was a large explosion, and houses blew up like dominoes, screams of pain resounded soon after. A member of the squad ran out into the street Shado and Frozen were on.

"Frozen! Come on! We got the loot, hurry up and grab something!" He called, and started to run away. Shado looked back down at Frozen, who had a look of sadness now.

"Frozen?" Shado asked, looking baffled and gradually getting a look of anger.

"I'm sorry." Frozen whispered in reply, and quickly disarmed Shado of the diamond sword, immediately whirling around to start running. She kept at a fast pace, collecting gold, diamond, and obsidian as she ran, before teleporting back to base.

Author's Note: Thank you all for reading the third chapter of Professional Griefers! This chapter was my favorite so far, and I felt that I might've overdone it with the drama. I incorporated new characters into the story(as you can probably tell) and they may or may not have something to do with the story later.

Thanks for reading!