Me: *walks into room, chatting with Lucky* Yeah, I definitely agree. *groans in pain at the sudden headache* Ok I get it! Shut up! *snaps fingers and Kira and Aura popped out, veins popping out*
Me: Before you start speaking, let me say one thing.
*dramatic effect rises as I pull out a remote*
Me: *presses button* Let the story begin!
Aura and Kira: Wait you little-
One's Revenge, Another's Tragedy
The cloaked figure fell from the Nether Portal and almost instantly had to grab the ledge he tumbled down, since the portal oh-so-graciously popped him next to a very large cliff face,
The man scowled, heaving himself up, "Last time I trust a Nether Portal." He mumbled, drawing a steel dagger from his sheath attached to his lower right leg. With the lava hitting his back, light finally gave dawn to his clothes. He wore an entirely black outfit, with the cuffs of his pants and shirt looking like fire. It shimmered lightly as well, almost as if his clothes were on fire. He wore a simple long sleeved black shirt with black jeans, and a sleeveless black sweatshirt, and a face closing hoodie, his mouth the only thing showing. Two purple rectangle eyes were over the front of his hood, signifying fake eyes, since his real ones were enclosed.
A decayed walking pig creature was limping its way towards him, completely ignoring the gold sword that was barely held in its left hand.
"What's your business here human?" The Zombie Pigman asked, just barely able to maintain a somewhat normal sounding vocabulary. The man grunted and, with a sharp stance, uttered some strange words, ones only known in a different dimension;
"Sunt aici pentru conducatorul vostru." He uttered before elbowing the Zombie Pigman in its already weak arm, the one clutching the Gold Sword. The Pigman squealed in agony before its arm was severed by the elbow. The man grabbed the now free Gold Sword and before the Zombie Pigman could yell its battle cry to all brethren in the vicinity the man with one violent swing severed the head off at the neck, green blood spurting from the now immobile body. The man grabbed what was left of the Pigman and tossed his lifeless body into the lava, the head soon followed.
The man pinched his nose under his hood, staring out into the abyss, "Where am I going to find that ruler? This place is huge." He mumbled, before shaking his head.
Attaching the sword to his back through a sheath, he quickly turned around and started sprinting away, noticing that a Ghast targeted him.
Shit! He thought, hearing the infamous screech as the large white cloud of tentacles and death launched a Fireball at him. Seeing a small hill the man quickly slid over it, the Nether Rock he was just on a few moments ago now obliterated.
Gotta think of something, and fast! The man bitterly thought, rolling right of another fireball. Seeing a tall structure the man knew that was the only way out of a fiery end.
Clutching the Gold Sword, the man knew this was his only chance, "Never liked swords anyway." He mumbled before swiftly turning around and chucking the sword with extreme accuracy. Moving at a fast pace the sword plunged itself deep into the large Nether enemies' eye. The Ghast roared unmercifully, stopping its assault for a minute.
The man grinned in victory before moving forward again, sheathing his dagger, "Why didn't I do that earlier?" He cursed under his breath, before jumping onto the Nether Fortress. Pulling himself up, the man patted the dirt off his clothes, patting his right ear.
"Yuzuki, got any reads?" The man asked in a somewhat hoarse tone.
The person came through the buzz of the connection, "I barely know where you are at all Beag, much less where that demon is." The voice sounded feminine.
The man had a vein popped in his head, "Stop calling me that!" He sneered/whined through the earpiece.
The female, known as Yuzuki, giggled, "Well you need a better name than that "Master of Thieves" surname you've been dragging around with you." She said in a jovial tone.
The man, although obviously annoyed, still smiled lightly, "That's because it's the only thing I remembered when I awoke, well, besides my family. Plus, it sticks with my occupation, wouldn't you agree?" He said cynically.
The female sighed, "Whatever floats your boat MT. I'll contact you if I can a damn connection! I swear, it's like trying to get bars through a cave!" She said before signing off.
MT laughed lightly, resting his hands on his hips, "That girl, I swear." He said before taking note of his surroundings. It looked like a standard Nether Fortress but MT knew that every fortress from his Intelligence stated that every one of these strongholds held secret information about this large scaled Hell. The Master of Thieves walked throughout the large building that was built over lava, curiously thinking on how such a large object could be made, over a death pit no less. Now deep inside the man took note of the random block of lava between some Nether Bricks, and raised an eyebrow in confusion.
Well, at least I can make a little noteworthy area here, a marker that I can return to and know I was here. He thought, shrugging. Pulling out a stick and a match MT swiped the lighting material against the flat of the stick, igniting it. Taking out his dagger again he sharpened the other side of it, and slammed it into the Nether Brick. Letting go of the Torch he grinned in victory at the stable object.
"Better not screw around." He mumbled and continued on, using his keen eyesight to stalk through the dark, looming structure. Coming to an open-roofed, in other words no roofed, structure, and soon heard a menacing groan.
"The hell?" He asked, following the voice. Very soon MT heard a 'clang' sound, metal smacking against metal. Getting closer the sound was more prominent, with addition to an orange and red flash every few seconds.
He came to some steps but as soon as he stepped on one a fireball was blasted in his direction, forcing the man to jump back, drawing his dagger.
"What the?" He asked, but his answer was another fireball. After dodging it successfully MT quickly glanced up and saw probably the first thing that scared him in the longest time. It was a floating yellow head, with full blackened eyes, the lower part of its head just a darkened area, most likely just charred skin. It had no body to speak off, just 6 yellow rods circling a black, constant charred looking smoke in the center.
"Why is a human here?" The creature demanded violently. MT stood up, his hand moving behind his sweatshirt down near his jeans, his right hand clutching his steel dagger.
"Thou hasn't answered my question; why is a putrid rat in the Nether, hold of our god?" The floating furnace sneered, his mouth surprisingly not moving.
MT just grinned under the hood, "I will answer what I told your pawn that's bathing in the lava: Sunt aici pentru conducatorul vostru." He said before pulling out a second dagger from where his left hand was, and threw it with precision accuracy like the gold sword, but this time the creature dodged it, and to which the dagger arced into the lava, incinerating it.
The man frowned, "Damn, that was my good dagger." He mumbled before standing in a sharp stance, ready for a fight. The creature stared him down, and suddenly Mt felt a weight press against his back.
"Wha-" His world blackened.
"Grr…" The man groaned, his eyes opening to the world. Looking around MT took note of his visuals; a very large arena, and it looked about half full, but the visitors were Zombie Pigmen, the weird fire creatures he just met, and two Ghasts, one human female looking, to which MT found odd, and the other with a scarred eye. I.E, the one he hit with the Gold Sword. Looking into the only eye left, MT could tell that Ghast was not happy.
"Ah, glad to see our intruder has awoken." A familiar voice ran through everyone's ears. The man looked up and at the center right of the stadium was a man that held distaste through everyone; Herobrine.
The man's eye narrowed, "You!" He tried to move but noticed that he was restrained, unable to even shift. Glancing around MT noticed that he was tied to a pole, his only form of movement in his head and the flailing of his legs.
"Why am I here!?" Master of Thieves demanded violently, trying to break free.
Herobrine laughed aloud, "You seem even more rambunctious than the three people I brought in a few hours ago." He reminisced, causing MT's eyes to widen.
"You had better not have hurt them!" He yelled back.
The demon only laughed, "Fear not sir, they are not hurt. I just gave a message to an old friend is all. They're back in the Overworld, just chopping away while my minions stalk and wait for the perfect moment to injure or kill. I've been watching it all from the luscious comfort of my home, full of amusement and laughter. That all ended when you showed up Master of Thieves, when you came into my realm, and started destroying what was rightfully mine to control. Blazette!" Herobrine yelled after finishing his monologue. A feminine Blaze came out, and Mt flushed a little at her attire. She was tanned, had yellow hair and the two blaze eyes were in her hair as hair clips. The rods still floated around her but her attire, like previously mentioned, was nothing more than a bikini.
"Yes Hero?" She asked sarcastically, crossing her gloved hands.
The demon rolled his eyes, "Release the swarm and we'll see how long Master of Thieves here lasts." He said pointing down towards the tied human. The female Blaze nodded before yawning in boredom, moving to the switch. Flipping the lever up MT felt the restraints fall to the ground and, soon following that motion, heard a giant earthquake. Standing fully Mt started rotating around, trying to find the source. Hearing a large screech MT quickly turned to the focal and noticed a large steel, rusted gate open, and before his eyes over 1,000 Pigmen, almost 2,000 stomped through, anger, if possible, riddled across their faces. The final mob that appeared in his line of sight however, was what truly scared him;
It was a ten foot tall, one armed, Zombie Pigman, but it was extremely buffed, and it still had most of its skin attached, so MT knew he couldn't just elbow its arm off. Its face was contorted, the Pigman's mouth somewhat turned upward right, one eye closed with bloodstains below it, and its right eye just bloodshot and wide opened, its iris nothing short of blood itself.
"What's your gain in this Herobrine?" Blazette asked, resting her hand against her cheek.
The demon crossed his arms, a small grin adorning his face, "Besides amusement, this is revenge for him hurting Charlotte's brother." He said pointing over to the now one eyed Ghast who was grinning in victory and the human female Ghast just shaking her head and sighing.
Noticing MT moving for his sheathed dagger tied at his leg, Herobrine intervened;
"By the way, your weapons have been removed! Try fighting hand-to-hand for once!" Herobrine yelled down, effectively freezing MT.
"My…dagger." He mumbled, completely frozen at the words. MT sighed slowly after a minute, swearing revenge against the demon even further. The man cleared out his anger not a few seconds after, knowing that the rage would hinder his ability to fight.
Switching into a fighting stance, MT stood at the ready, and, knowing that he couldn't take all of them out solo, would need to engineer the help of the Mutated Zombie Pigman. And by help, he meant make the mutation hit the originals.
Tension rose, as the human intruder chose to still and the Pigmen waited, Herobrine grew anxious, and decided to intervene;
"FIGHT ALREADY WILL YOU!?" The demon yelled, furious at the lack of blood.
Blazette quickly clamped her ears, eye narrowed, "Shut up!" She yelled, smashing her fist along the back of his head. The demon yelped in pain and clutched his head, rolling into the fetal position.
MT and the rest of the civilian's sweatdropped, internally laughing however, at the fall of the Nether's great leader by a Blaze. The feminine Blaze turned her attention downstream, catching the attention of the competitors.
"Oi, could you all just start, you know, beating the other/s up? It's kinds boring watching nothing happen!" Blazette yelled down. The competitors nodded numbly, still somewhat shell-shocked at the event that just occurred.
The Mutated Zombie Pigman roared its battle cry, and soon the zombified pigs charged, some carrying Gold Swords while others were barehanded. As they etched closer MT quickly diagnosed his situation, and grinned. As soon as the first Zombie Pigman lunged the Master of Thieves grabbed its arm and twisted it so he was behind the Pigman, and it squealed wildly. It ended almost instantly when another Pigman who attempted to stab Mt, instead stabbed the Pigman used as a shield. MT jumped back and kicked the two forward, both now dead.
Pigmen now started to surround him and, inching closer, decreasing the radius of the circle, MT saw the two Pigmen, and pulled them apart, grabbing the Gold Sword. One by one Pigmen dashed forwards only to be torn apart by the man with the stolen sword, and soon the numbers started decreasing rapidly, and during the large scaled murder Mt bumped his ear where the earpiece was, and activated the communication.
"Beag, Beag are you there!?" Yuzuki's panicked voice broke through. MT flinched, her voice piercing his focus. This allowed one of the Pigmen to get in a hit and sliced MT's arm, forcing him to jump away, his bare arm almost useless.
"I'm alive, but I won't be if I can't concentrate." He hissed, a soft Irish accent flowing through his voice this time.
Yuzuki was close to stuttering, "I know I know! Let me think of something!"
MT raised an eyebrow suddenly, snapping the neck of a Zombie Pigman, "Wait, how come I can hear your voice more clearly now?" He curiously asked, the Irish voice becoming more prominent in his pronunciation while still maintaining its soft undertone.
MT could hear Yuzuki giggle through the connection, "I kinda came through the Nether Portal."
MT's face took on a source of worry and rage, "You what!?" The sudden spike of rage and sadness came through the ears of Herobrine and Blazette, and curiosity rose.
"What's got him so flustered?" Blazette asked, her eyebrow raised. While she was indeed bored this really grabbed her attention; what had the human so worried?
Herobrine meanwhile was grinning from ear to ear, "Ooh, our mercenary here has a little secret that we get to untie string by string. Blazette, search around the arena and if you're close to ground zero down there, try to listen in on what he's so freaked about." Blazette waved off his request but nodded anyway, leaving the demon to himself.
"Why would do something so dangerous?" MT asked, killing another Pigman. The mutated beast swung his giant arm at the human and, hearing the slicing of the air, flipped over it, the swinging rotten flesh decapitating any unfortunate Pigmen in the way. After landing however MT had to clutch his injured arm, the blood staining the already green and red battlefield, and not meaning the Nether Rock or Nether Brick.
"I wanted to make sure you're safe, and I thought I would be able to help you on this mission. I'm sorry." Yuzuki's voice had shown apologetic through the ear piece.
MT almost instantaneously held guilt written across his face, "Listen Yuzuki, I know that you would've been able to help me, but one; I'd rather have done this alone and two; this is my father, so you intern should have no business here." His voice was final and, when he was about to tell Yuzuki to go back, her voice cut him off in something shocking.
"I know, and I know you want me to leave, but I-hey, get away from-" The voice went static and MT's heart stopped at the notion.
"Yuzuki? Yuzuki!?" MT shouted, slamming his uninjured palm against the earpiece, hoping that it only stopped working. During that little conversation and after-action, the mutated pawn took advantage of the situation. It launched its large arm forward, its fist burrowed into MT's stomach.
"GAH!" Master of Thieves screamed, blood spurting onto the ground, and about a pints worth. MT felt his ribcage smash into lung as his body rag dolled across the arena, the people, if they could be called that, cheering at the defeat of the intruder of their homeworld.
MT felt his eye lids get increasingly heavier as everything around went black, the last thing he witnessed was Herobrine, twirling MT's dagger in his slimy fingers.
Me: *stretches arms* End! Ok, I plan on keeping these chapters, hopefully anyway, between 2,500 and 3,500. The only time I would write a long chapter would probably be either the last chapter or a defining one in the arc, causing the story to split. The latter probably won't happen, as this story will most likely stay in one story.
Me: *turns towards the siblings* Sorry you guys didn't get any spotlight, and you won't for one or two more chapters. Apologies. *snaps fingers and the three return to my head* Also, to those who like my other stories, as since I'm better now I'll continue with the others. Although I highly doubt those who read my other stories read this, but I digress.
Me: I'm going to quote Arkada here; and so, ladies, gentlemen, and others, this has been Aura Master, Kira of Darkness, and LuckyShippingLover. I'll see you next time and, stay frosty.
