Minecraft: The Uprising
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Chapter 4: The Game to Life
Another teleportation makes me dizzy. I appear in another small space. This time though, I'm surrounded by glass and the platform is circular instead of squared.
"Game will commence in 20 seconds."
What did Notch mean by Fate? Does that mean that my life is already written by an unknown force?
"10… 9…. 8…." The platform begins to rise.
Well, if that is the case, I don't care. Fate doesn't control my life. I control my life.
"7… 6…. 5… 4…." No matter what happens, I'll be the one to decide what my life has in store for me.
The platform rises and stops on top of an arena. Around me are other players ready to play. Some are smiling with wicked smiles and others are expressionless.
"5…4….3..." I close my eyes and make a fist with my right hand. This game will decide what I can become. It will decide what path I could take. But it won't decide my destiny.
"2…. 1… Start!" I open my eyes and the glass around me disappears. I head to the center, where there are a bunch of stacked chests and grab whatever I can get hold on. The sounds of lightning shatters above the sky and I glance at bottom of my eye to the chat.
4 out of 24 players already dead.
I sprint away from the center and head down a stairway.
Another strike cracks the blue skies and now, 5 players have been eliminated.
I managed to grab a golden chest plate, chain leggings, and a wooden shovel. Not the best, but half of the armor already taken care of. I put it on and look behind me as I enter a small village. No one's following me.
Good, I sigh and take in my surroundings.
Small houses surround me and I go inside them on the lookout for chests. From all the 5 chests scattered around, I only find a flint and steel from one hidden below a half slab in one of the rooms in a big house.
"Ahhhhh!" A player assaults me from behind when I exit the village. He smacks me with a stone ax and my hearts decrease to 7 ½. Taken back, I block his next attack with my shovel, but still take damage. My hearts are now at 6. He's about to strike again but another player interferes and smacks him away with a stone sword.
"Skyler!" I exclaim relieved to see him.
He swings his sword again and sends the other player flying to the river besides us.
"Dude. Thanks man. What-How are you here?"
"Here." He tosses me his stone sword and I pick it up.
"There!" A few feet away stand 3 players all with iron swords.
"Go newbie! I'll hold them off." Skyler tells me and gets in front of me.
"But…"
"Go! I'll see you at the end, promise," he tells me and runs after the other opponents.
Skyler….
I run away towards the opposite direction and as soon as they are out of view, I hear a crack in clear blue sky.
He better not be dead.
Half of the players are now dead and I'm at the edge of the arena. An invisible glass barrier pushes me back every time I try to run out. I managed to get more gear; which includes an iron helmet and iron boots.
A message appears in my chat. "Selected kit will appear in your inventory in 10 seconds."
Looking around for anymore players, I await for my bow.
5...4… I can't believe Skyler is here. How come I didn't see him when we were let free? Was he thrown into the arena in the middle of the game?
I move my stone sword from the 1st slot in my main inventory to my 3rd slot, as the bow appears in it with a stack of arrows on the slot above it.
Finally, I feel more secure. I continue my search for more chests, but then notice my hunger bars at 8.
I'm hungry….
I test out my bow and try to shoot a pig, who's wandering around. After the 5th arrow, I finally get it and eat the fresh pork chop it dropped for saturation. I still remain with 1 for later.
Then I see her; the cute girl with blue bows on the side of her head. She's on the ground with another player on top of her, ready to finish her off with an iron sword. He's doesn't have no armor on.
Why doesn't she defend herself?
She makes eye contact with me and then, I see the terror in them. Time slows down as I prepare my bow; target the enemy, and shoot.
The arrow glows a bright red light as it flies to its target.
The enemy swings his sword, but it doesn't make contact because my arrow's already sticking out of his back. He shatters in defeat and the lightening shatters the sky.
11 players remain.
I quickly go to the defenseless girl and offer her my hand. "Are you okay?"
She looks at me with that same terror in her eyes.
"Don't worry. I won't hurt you. Come on." I don't know what made me defend this girl. In the end, one of us must win and I'm a little concern to when the time comes down to that.
She takes my hand distracting me from my thoughts and I help her up. "Why don't you have on any gear? Are you okay?"
She nods looking down, but doesn't say anything.
"Here." I take off my golden chest plate and chain leggings; along with my pork chop I gained earlier and toss them to her.
She looks at me with gratitude. She munches on the food first and then puts on the armor. The sun gives her a glow that makes me stare at her beauty.
She blushes and looks away. I also look away, feeling my cheeks burning hot and again regain my worry.
I don't want this girl to die. I toss her the iron sword I obtain from the kill and switch to the stone.
2 more cracks of lightning shoot across the sky. 9 players remain.
Skyler….
Another message appears in my chat. "Chest refill in one minute."
"We need to go to the middle to gear you up," I tell the girl. "Stick by my side and keep your guard. Ready?"
She slowly nods.
"Let's go."
5 players remain.
We don't see anyone in the middle when the refill happens. She guards my back as I look inside the chests.
I get an iron chest plate and chain leggings. Upgrade my stone sword to iron and give the girl a pair of diamond boots. She denies my offering at first but then I say, "You need them. I don't want you to get eliminated that quickly." She takes them shortly after, along with the iron helmet I also found from the middle chests.
"10 TNT." I say and place them in one of the chests on the bottom. If this works… I watch my hearts decrease to 8 by the arrow on my back.
I look to where the arrow was shot from and I find a group of 3 players heading to us from the staircase we came from.
The girl and I take cover behind the chests and I peek through a small hole from the chests. Most are covered in iron but one of them has on a diamond chest plate.
"That guy's going to be a problem," I say and randomly shoot out 5 arrows. Two enemies retreat for cover, but one still heads for us.
Hope this works. I open the chest, and quickly close it. When the sizzling sound happens, I then grab the girl's hand and we run away.
The enemy who went straight for us gets caught in the explosion and we are sent flying away from the blast.
4 players remain.
I land face up on the ground and the girl lands on top of me taking my breath away.
She gets off of me blushing.
"Nice. Nice." The Diamond chest plate guy claps in front of us. Behind him is the player with the bow and from the looks of it, the TNT has completely wiped out the center.
"Unfortunately, you only took out one. So, GG." A diamond sword appears in his hand and he prepares to strike. Though, another player appears in between us and manages to block his attack with an iron sword.
"Skyler!"
He pushes our opponents away with a fishing rod, and they retreat.
"Come on, newbie. Get up," he orders and helps me up. He then notices the girl. "Who's this?"
I offer her my hand. "My friend."
She smiles and accepts, this time without any hesitation.
"Impossible. There's supposed to be only 4 players remaining!" The diamond chest plate player declares frustrated.
"Well buddy. Sorry to disappoint you, but you need to work on your counting cause I see 5," he sarcastically points out.
"Whatever, it's like you don't have any chance. You are completely defenseless."
He's right. Skyler only has on Iron leggings.
"Alright, newbie. I'll handle mister tough guy. Cover my back and take out that archer." Skyler gets out a glowing diamond sword.
"It's enchanted?" The archer questions now scared.
"Like it'll make a difference, charge!"
Skyler heads to his enemy and the girl and I go after the archer. He shoots out arrows at us, but I fire back messing up his shots. The girl moves in ready to strike. Though, the archer switches to an iron sword and swings below with a wicked smile on his face. I focus my shot on his hand and fire. His sword goes flying off and the girl slices him. The archer shatters into tiny triangular pieces.
3 players remain.
"Nice!" I compliment her with a high five.
"Thanks," she says timidly.
We turn our attention to Skyler, who's roughly clashing with the diamond chest plate enemy.
I take a look at their health. Both are at 6 hearts. Though, Skyler takes more damage due to the lack of armor. Now, he's at 4.
I ready my bow and target the enemy. Theirs moves are in rhythm; which makes it harder for me to lock on my enemy.
Skyler's now on 2 ½ hearts, the enemy is on 3. Skyler pushes him away with the slash of his sword and now's my chance and I fire.
The arrow heads towards the enemy, but at the last second, an emerald appears in his hand, and he jumps out the way.
The arrow hits Skyler on his chest and the enemy swings his sword at him for the last blow.
"Skyler! I yell. He gives me a thumbs up as he shatters away.
2 players remain.
The enemy switches his iron sword with Skyler's enchanted diamond sword and turns to face us. He eats a golden apple. His hearts quickly regenerate back to 10 and plus 2 more golden hearts of absorption. He has on a wicked smile and points his sword at me. "See how weak he was. How pathetic," and begins to laugh.
He shows us a green eye in his hand and the next thing I know, he's standing between me and the girl. He slashes me away and I am pushed back with 6 ½ hearts.
"Well, an unidentified player. Very interesting," he states and touches the girl's black hair. When I look into her eyes, I see her terror.
"Don't touch her!" I warn, suddenly feeling some kind of strange power beginning to rise within me.
"Oh, what will do about it, newbie?" he declares and pushes the girl to the ground.
An ender pearl appears in my inventory with a small message.
-You got this, friend.
-Skyler.
I go and grab the girl's sword and a bright yellow light begins to surround me. I ender pearl in front of the diamond chest plate bastard, and attack with both of my swords. "Ahhh!"
He's taken back by my ability and tries to defend. Though, every encounter brings his heart down by two.
7 ½ , 5 ½ ….
I'm at 4 ½ hearts and decreasing, but I don't stop.
3 ½ …. 1 ½ …. My twin swords shatter him away, and I barely survive with half a heart.
Fireworks are shot to the skies and they cover my deep breaths of what I just done.
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