Romeo froze in his tracks upon seeing those eyes. An expression of fear slowly crept upon his face. The silence that followed was deafening, Romeo slowly stepped back.
After what seemed like centuries, but really was 10 seconds. Romeo finally took off his own disguise and proceeded to glare right back at Jesse, regaining some of his composure and courage.
"You are not just the only one here with special powers anymore, Romeo!" Jesse said, his voice quiet, but as cold as the Icy Palace of Despair.
"Oh, you think that's funny, huh?" Romeo said. "Well. Let me show you what happens to copycats."
"You're not doing anything." Jesse snapped. "You might be able to hold your own against one admin. Namely, Fred. But that's just because he underestimated you." He looked over at the door. "Instead, I'd love to see you hold your own against three. One of which you may recognize."
Immediately, Xara and Petra blinked in behind Jesse. Xara and Romeo stood there. Each one glaring at the other.
"Long time, no see. Romeo!" Xara said, her voice in a very threatening tone and was icy cold. "So, you thought you could just toss me aside? Throw away all that friendship just because you wanted the power all to yourself."
"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, XARA! YOU REFUSED TO JOIN ME, SO YOU DON'T GET TO BE THE ONE TO ACCUSE ME OF ANYTHING!" Romeo exploded, then sighed. "Well. I'd love to stay and chat, but I'm afraid I got better things to be doing then quarrelling with all of you. Ah, well. Toodles!" Romeo disappeared.
"What. A. Coward." Petra said.
"Yeah, well. He can't hide forever. " Jesse started.
"Yeah, typical! He'd rather run away from his problems rather than deal with them." Xara said. Lukas reappeared.
"Woah! What's going on, why are you guys floating?" Lukas asked. Jesse sighed.
"Okay, the part before about the real me being locked up, that was true. I am still the Real Jesse." Jesse said. "However, the part where the fake me said that I had taken the admin's powers, that's also partly true as well."
"In fact, we didn't 'take' the powers, per-say." Xara continued. "We just ended up gaining the same powers as the Admin. His name is Romeo by the way."
"Would you hurry up and let's go?" Petra interrupted. "We can explain the whole thing to Lukas later, right now we need to get to the terminal before Romeo does."
"Right. Lukas, stay here with the others. It's time for us to end this." Jesse said.
"You got it, Jesse." Lukas responded. He turned and walked back down the stairs.
Xara led Jesse and Petra to the portal on top of the tower. It led to the terminal zone.
The three jumped out of the portal to land in a floating type of world.
"We made it—we're here!" Jesse exclaimed upon arrival.
"But where is here anyway?" Petra asked.
"This is the terminal space. Fred and Romeo specifically built it for the terminal up ahead." Xara responded. "Of course, looking around. It seems Romeo decorated it quite a bit in my absence."
They looked around. It seems Romeo stored some souvenirs here. At one corner, there was a recreation of the Prismarine Colossus.
"Ugh, never liked that thing." Xara commented.
There was the clock from the Icy Palace of Doom. Alongside other things from the Sea temple.
"The trip down memory lane is nice and all." Petra said. "But how do we find the Primary Terminal thingy?"
"It's this way." Xara pointed, but before she could say anymore, Romeo's voice interrupted.
"Password protocol initiated." Romeo's voice said.
"IT'S HIM!" Petra shouted in response.
Xara only rolled her eyes. However, they noticed the voice came from a jukebox. Jesse facepalmed.
"Romeo definitely loved the sound of his own voice sometimes." Xara said, vanishing the jukebox. "The Primary Terminal is this way. Follow me"
The group walked until they reached the end of the path, at which there was a strange device.
"This is the primary terminal." Xara pointed out.
"Please enter your password to begin a new program." Romeo's voice said.
"Keep an eye out for Romeo." Xara said. "I'll work this thing out!"
10 boring minutes passed during which Jesse and Petra were floating around, keeping an eye out while Xara was working on the passage. She had forgotten how to use it during all that time in prison. Only one exciting thing happened, in which some parrot party happened. Eventually, just as Jesse felt like he was going to fall asleep, he was startled by a sudden noise.
"I think I've done it." Xara called out.
A hologram of Fred appeared right in front of her.
"Xara… hi. If you're seeing this recording… Well, I guess the worst has happened, and you just put the word of Passage into the Primary Terminal." Fred's hologram said. "I wish the terminal could just take away Romeo's Admin powers… it'd be easier that way… but making this gauntlet was the best I could do."
Fred's hologram pulled out a golden gauntlet. He turned around and walked to a tower which had risen. He placed the gauntlet inside the hole. Xara followed, pained to see her old friend again.
"Put your hand into the pedestal to receive the gauntlet. It's got the power to make Romeo… normal again." Fred instructed. "It might take a few hits to remove his powers entirely… But it'll get the job done. Do you understand?"
Xara nodded.
"Then good luck, Xara. You're… I think you might need it." Fred concluded.
"Well. This is it. Make absolutely sure you stay clear of the gauntlet when I'm punching him around with it." Xara said. She moved to put her hand in the pedestal. To her horror, before she could do that though, Romeo decided to pop in at that very moment.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!?" Romeo exploded. He sounded very furious.
"Damn!" Xara shouted to herself.
Author's Notes: Yes. I know this chapter was a bit short. But I wanted to save the fight for the next chapter. Oh, and 667. I saw your review, and I modified the ending of this story slightly to accommodate.
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More to follow.