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Without further ado, here is Chapter 2!
Sky's POV-
We all mourned over the loss of a recruit for almost two days. Eaglefan2569 was a very important recruit for the Sky Army, as she was a hard worker, never complained about anything and always did what she was told to, and when Husky told us that she was gone, Mandy immediately broke out in tears. Sierra comforted Mandy, trying everything to keep the medic from crying. "She was one of my closest friends… I can't believe that she is gone," Mandy said in between sobs, shaking her head constantly. When everyone else learned that Eaglefan was taken by the mysterious force, we still had no idea who or what it was, they also mourned. This was the first time that we lost a recruit in almost a year. Eagle's closest friends built her a shrine deep in the woods, and then for two days we were sad over her loss. But finally, we all had to continue on working, as we could not let our defenses down for long. We were still in the middle of a war, and if we didn't keep up working, we would eventually lose to the other side.
I sat in the common area, holding a budder apple in my hand, but not eating it. My mind was running a million miles an hour, trying to figure out what this mysterious force was. What could have possibly taken Eagle? It couldn't have been the Squids; we were constantly having monitors watching for their activity. We would have known if it were the Squids that were attacking us. It couldn't be the Zombies or the Skeletons; they are not smart enough to advance so fast and to learn how to turn themselves invisible. What could it have been, then?
"Are you OK, Sky?" I then heard a voice ask. I looked up, and then I saw MinecraftUniverse, Deadlox, Sierra, Jerome, Bajan, and Bodil standing up before me. They all had food on their trays, although the only thing that supplied it was pork chops or chicken. We had been running low on food for a while.
I shook my head, and then I felt all of my friends sit down around me. "I have been trying to figure out what could have possible taken Eagle from us. What would want to take our recruits from us?" I then said, shaking my head softly.
Bodil shrugged, and then he said, "This reminds me of what the Squids would do."
Bajan then shook his head. "It couldn't have been the Squids. The arrow that pierced Husky was not of their design. We have been looking at it ever since the medics pulled it out of the MUDKIPZ. It is of nothing that they could have ever crafted."
Deadlox then said, "Guys, let's just try to eat for now." We all fell silent then, just eating our food silently. Finally, after a couple of minutes, I then heard Deadlox then say, "Sky, we are going to have to move bases soon."
I looked up to my friend. "And why would we have to do that, Deadlox? Sure, we are running out of supplies here, and the food is running low, but what other choices do we have to move to? No matter where we go, the enemy will always be able to find us."
Bodil then breathed in softly, looking over at my friends. I sat forward, and then I raised my eyebrow in their direction. Bodil then looked over to me, and then he softly said, "Sky, another recruit was taken today."
I was shocked. Another recruit was taken? "What… what was their name?" I asked softly, staring at my friends. My body went into shock, refusing to do anything. I barely managed to move my mouth to talk. Whoever this new enemy was, they really wanted to dwindle my fighting numbers down.
"Her name was Wolfstar727. She was one of the miners that worked with Seto. Seto saw her disappear in front of his eyes. Like Husky said, she was taken abruptly, and nobody saw who the captor was," Sierra then said, looking towards me worriedly once more. I exhaled, and then I buried my face in my hands, shaking my head softly.
Finally, after a moment, I then sat up fully, and then I said, "Jason, Deadlox, and Bodil, can you three alert the recruits that we are going to leave in the morning? We might have to pack all night to leave in the morning. Sierra, Mitch, and Jerome, can you three make sure that everything is monitored and accounted for before we leave?"
My friends nodded, and then they stood up after they were done eating, and went to do what they were assigned to do. I buried my head in my arms, closing my eyes as I then breathed in deeply. What was I going to do now?
Eagle's POV-
When I woke up once again, I breathed in, and looked around. I was still in the same place, and it was just as dark as it was before. As I could not see the sun, and I didn't have any sort of weapon on me or anything else in my inventory, I did not know how long I have been in that prison. I wouldn't have been able to anyways. In the Nether, the realm of Herobrine, there was no sun, no moon, nothing really to keep track of time. I could have been in there a day, or I could have been in there a month. I didn't really know.
After, as I assumed on my internal clock, about two hours of being awake, I then heard a door being opened. A moment, later I heard a pair of footsteps walk in. I already knew who it was, so I kept my head low. All of a sudden, I heard something else. It sounded like a scraping sound, almost as if they were dragging something behind them.
"Here's some company for you, Amethyst," I then heard Herobrine say, and then I heard a body slump to the floor. I didn't dare look up until I knew for sure that Herobrine had walked out of the prison once more. Once I heard the doors close once more, I then looked up, and looked to the new person that got captured like I did. I gasped. I recognized her. She wore a grey and black outfit, her blonde hair falling downwards as she had her face pointed towards the floor. Her blue eyes, as I had seen them so many times in my life previously, were pained, and her clothes were completely ripped up. She appeared to have just been attack savagely by wolves and/or spiders.
"Oh, my Notch! Wolf!" I then cried out, moving around slightly in my chains. Right then, I felt the chains release, and I fell to the ground, feeling a couple of my bones crack slightly as I landed. I was used to that though. As I was part cat, I could land on my feet without too much breaking happening. I crawled to Wolf's side, and then I examined her quickly.
Wolf groaned, and then she winced in pain as she tried to move. As I then looked over her, I quickly realized that she had a broken leg. "Calm down, and don't move too much, Wolf. Your leg is broken, and you don't want to make it worse," I then said, ripping a piece of my suit off and making a temporary brace. Wolf had two sticks in her inventory, I really don't know why she did in the first place, and so then I used them as a support for holding her broken leg in one place. Once I did so, Wolf winced in pain, and then she sat up painfully.
"Eagle, what are you doing here? Everyone thought you were dead!" Wolf cried out, looking at me in shock.
"I was taken, as you have been too, and I am held prisoner here. Herobrine is holding us here for some reason," I then said, helping her into a more comfortable position against the wall.
Wolf's eyes immediately widened in shock. "Herobrine!?" She squeaked, beginning to shake slightly in fear.
Right then, Herobrine appeared in front of them. "You called?" He asked, his white eyes glaring at the both of us.
I looked up to him, and then I asked, "What do you want with us, Herobrine?"
Herobrine chuckled, and then he said, "What do I want with you? Well, I really don't need more soldiers, and I don't need company, I could just kill you right now." I immediately pulled Wolf into me protectively, and I glared up at Herobrine. "But, I could not do that."
"Why? Why do you want us alive? We are of no use to you," Wolf then squeaked, staring in terror up at the King of the Nether.
Shaking his head, Herobrine then said, "This one is not as brave as you are, Amethyst. But, you are actually of use to me."
"How?" I asked, looking questioningly up at Herobrine. I was not as scared anymore as I was earlier, but terror still flowed through my veins. Just knowing that at any moment the King of the Nether could kill us frightened me. But I tried everything in my power to remain strong in front of him.
"If I did not have you, I could not use you as bait."
"Bait, for what?"
"To lure in SkythekidRS, that is, to my realm."
Sky's POV-
We were quick to pack everything up, and the next morning, we traveled onwards, leaving the forest and journeying into the desert. Immediately, everything changed temperatures. It got dramatically hotter, and most of us became dehydrated quickly. Luckily, the desert didn't last long, and we traveled into the forest again. For hours, we journeyed on, and then finally, we hit the jungle. It became a lot more humid and wet than what we were used to, but the high trees could shield us better from ground attacks and could protect us. The trees were a good source of wood, and there were large herds of cattle and sheep that we could use as supplies. The jungle would suit us finely.
The recruits were quick to begin to work. The base was built up in about an hour, and we had already gained a lot of new supplies needed to sustain the Sky Army. By the time night fell, we had done a lot more progress than we had done in previous weeks back in the forest. I was really proud of my recruits and friends.
I walked into the main conference room, watching as all of my friends that sat at the chairs looked up to me. I easily saw Deadlox, MinecraftUniverse, Bodil40, BajanCanadian, Jerome, Sierra, Dawnables, Ethan, Setosorcerer, Kermit, xRpMx13, Gizzy Gazza, Ssundee, and CaptainSparklez all sitting at the table, and I could see two new people sitting at the table as well. I recognized them, but I haven't really had the time to talk to them. One of them had orange hair and an orange beard, and was dressed as a cowboy, wearing a blue shirt, a brown vest, and black pants with black boots. The other one had blonde hair and a long blonde beard, and was dressed like a Viking, with a black and grey Viking outfit with a Viking helmet and what appeared to be two black bracelets. If I was correct, they were in charge of crafting with CaptainSparklez, and the herding of the sheep and the cattle, and they often would mess around when they had the free time.
"I have called all of you in here to talk about the recent disappearances, and possible deaths, of two of our own recruits. Husky, as he is not present here because he is still injured, was shot with an arrow, and was the first to witness the first recruit, Eaglefan2569, to disappear. That was four days ago. Yesterday, another recruit, Wolfstar727, went missing in front of Setosorcerer's eyes, and was taken as well. Both of them were taken by an invisible force, one that we cannot physically see with our eyes. I am afraid that at the rate that this mysterious force is taking our recruits, they will be taking recruits daily and maybe in large quantities. If we don't do something to stop this from happening, the whole Sky Army will be dwindling into the thousands, and not the millions," I then said, leaning up against the table.
Everyone began to mutter, and they looked between themselves. "How will we be able to stop this force? We cannot see it, and it is very powerful if it can snatch people as if they were almost made of nothing," Ryan, or xRpMx13, asked, looking up the table to me.
"We have to do something. We cannot just sit and continue watching this happen in front of us!" The new guy in the Viking outfit then cried out, and I raised my eyebrow in his direction. He sounded slightly older, his voice was slightly higher pitched than mine was, and he had a slight accent to his voice… he almost sounded Canadian, like Bajan was.
The other new guy put his hand on his comrade's shoulder, and then he said, "GUNNS, you need to calm down. We don't want to scare everyone here."
"I think Meaty had a point there… we all need to calm down. I think we are overreacting about this whole situation," Dawn then said, looking over at the cowboy guy. It then registered to me who these two men were. Their names were BrotherGUNNS and meatwagon22, or they were known as Dumb and Dumber, as they were famously known by.
"Look, maybe we can set traps all around the area. Take precautions to try to protect our area a little better. Perhaps the things taking the recruits are the Squids or something like that that have managed to grab hold of some invisible potions, and we just cannot see the remnant swirls of the potion around them," Ssundee said, then looking up to me.
I nodded. "We could do that. Any other suggestions?" I asked looking at each of the members sitting at the table before me.
Ethan then posted a sign on the table. At the position he was sitting at, I could barely read what he had written: We could have each recruit bring more weapons.
"And for what purpose?" I then asked, looking over to my red eyed comrade.
Ethan breathed in, and then he posted: In case they live, they can fight their way out of that situation.
Everyone quickly agreed. "It sounds like a deal, guys. CaptainSparklez, Meat and GUNNS, you three start crafting the budder swords that each recruit will need in case they are taken. If they are taken, and they are still alive, they can be able to have something with them to use if they do have the chance to escape. In the morning, I want Ssundee, Deadlox, and Bodil to take a group of about a dozen recruits and go down into the mines. We will need lots of budder and diamond to create more weapons. Seto, Jason, Ryan and Gizzy, I want you four to take a dozen recruits and go into the forest biome that we passed through earlier. We will need sticks and wood to create swords and other things for the recruits to have in case they do get taken. Jerome, Bajan, and Ethan, I want you three to start creating the traps and tomorrow you can lay them out all along our border, so in case they travel by the ground, they can be captured or injured by the traps. Dawn, I want you to return to Husky, and keep on recovering him. We will need every possible fighter that we can if we are going to win against this mysterious force. Sierra and Kermit, you two will stay behind and you will help the rest of the recruits to keep on getting the things that they are assigned to get," I then said, connecting gazes with each person as I named off what they were going to do. They all nodded, and then they all got up to leave and/or to start on what they were assigned to start doing. Those who did not have immediate things to do walked off to bed, heading towards the direction of their assigned resting quarters. I sighed, and then I pinched the bridge of my nose. Things were going to be hard now, now that we were actually expecting recruits to disappear. I really didn't want to resort to that, but the reality was was that if we did not know who or what was taking them, and how to stop them, they were continually going to take my recruits. Life was only going to get more difficult from here on out.
Right then, I heard the doors bang open, and I turned around to see a recruit standing before me. "Sir, we have someone here who claims to be a friend and they are wishing to see you!" The recruit cried out, panting slightly.
I looked at the recruit in confusion. "And who might this person be?" I asked, looking towards the young recruit. He looked to be around fifteen years of age, or somewhere around that age.
The recruit breathed in deeply, and then he said, "The man goes by the name of Ocean."
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