Author's Note: Did this in my spare time, and by that I mean I worked on in the free time I had every day after getting home from school. I don't know if I liked how this chapter turned out, but hopefully you will. Please read and review, and I even have a new POV introduced.
Players:
Football/Matthew
REVIEW TIME!
Derp: Yes, yes I am.
Assassin Person: He appears this chapter, but I'm not adding all his backstory stuff since it's a little irrelevant to the story.
WolfBlood: I know, creepy, but it's explained in this chapter. (Egypt's like my fave OC after Josh)
TheEnderKing: I will use your OC, but I won't add all his OP stuff and special powers. He'll just be a normal Rebel or Capitol. Also, your other character, Noah, will not be able to use hacks. That is Riley's ability and hers alone.
SteathPhoenixia: Thank you, thank you very much.
TheDart31: If you haven't guessed by now, that will be a running gag throughout the story. Maybe I'll even make a one-shot about that fateful day.
Blackclaw: Thank you for the nice review. I will be adding your OC's later on, but it might be some time since I already have so many.
MCLover: Another long chapter, yay! Thnx for the helpful reviews! I may go back and fix chapter 6 because it felt a little rushed.
One last announcement: I need ideas. Up until the last chapter, I've been pretty much making stuff up as it comes to mind. I have some big plot things coming up, but in between that I'm completely stuck on what to do. So if anyone has ideas on what I should write about, do not hesitate to suggest them to me. I prefer PM, but reviews are fine as well. That is all. I hope you all enjoy this chapter and please R&R!
Chapter 7: Training Time!
Egypt's POV
Don't disappoint me, Josh Peterson. It was official: Egypt was a stalker.
...pfft. Yeah right. Sure she had small anger issues, a domineering personality, and threatened to kill Josh more than once, but that didn't make her a stalker. Egypt just had good deductive reasoning. Just because she was semi-psychotic about Minecraft didn't mean that she wasn't smart. In fact, between the time that Dart and Eric had gotten to the base, she had it figured out. Being a gamer for over three years led Egypt to know all the secrets that names and dialogue in the chat held. In example: Shadowboy14. Someone who liked to be alone or just stay in the shadows. Someone who was probably fourteen or recently turned fourteen. She had timed the speed that the newbie had taken to answer/type everything, and she realized that he was slow, but also smart, by the way he worded things. He was also new, something evident by the fact that he had just gotten onto the server, as well as the fact that he didn't know what the server war was about. After gathering all the facts together, it wasn't that hard to figure out who the new guy was. In fact, she remembered a certain liar she met outside Sonny's. Only her best friends knew Egypt's special ability to tell when people were lying, and Josh Peterson was a sorry excuse for a fibber. She knew that he did play Minecraft, but probably sucked at it, and she figured that he got the idea to join the server because his friend had brought up joining Capitol. Plus, he had mentioned in class his birthday was on Thursday, so that meant he had just turned fourteen.
In conclusion: Identity figured out. Normally, Egypt wouldn't go around telling people she knew their real life identities, but this felt different. No, it was different. This noob, this Josh Peterson, was now a hero for the rebels, so she had to make it clear she meant business. He had to understand that he couldn't just walk away and leave a whole group of amateur warriors behind.
Besides, he was intelligent and quick-thinking, something she knew from their science class in fifth period...so nothing would go wrong.
Matthew's POV
Dear God this guy sucks, was the main thought Matthew, aka Football, was thinking while in the training dome. It was a large place, with a nice sand floor and multiple areas for parkour, gun usage, and plain PVP.
Oh, and a completely overrated noob trying to do basic jumping from block to block. Matthew watched in aggravation as the new player kept missing his target. The parkour area went all across the glass walls and up towards the top, then back to the bottom. Underneath the blocks was a large, stretched pool of water, making sure that players who fell wouldn't die. In just a few minutes Matt's gun class would begin and he didn't want this newbie to get him behind of his work.
Are you sure your keyboard isn't messed up? He typed after Shadowboy14 fell again. God, he was going to kill Egypt for forcing him to do this.
{Shadowboy14} hah hah, very funny. Shadow tried again to jump towards an iron block that was four feet away.
I'm just guessing, Matthew said back, Mouse problems?
{Shadowboy14} No.
Bugs that need fixing?
{Shadowboy14} Will u stop?
Crappy computer?
{Shadowboy14} that I do actually have. Shadow reached a mid-way checkpoint, much to the relief of Matthew. He looked around and saw that a couple of soldiers in blue armor were watching the new guy fail repeatedly. Okay, Shadow. I think it's time to stop. He had barely pressed enter to send this message when Shadow slipped off a block and fell into the water. It crossed Matt's mind that he just needed a helpful boost or something, Here's a tip, noobie.
{Shadowboy14} Don't call me that.
When just landing on a block's end, shift is your best friend, Matthew couldn't help but say. He then started doing the parkour track. He easily hopped from block to block, making sure to use shift so that Shadow could see what he was doing wrong.
{Shadowboy14} Thnx, I guess. Matthew landed his player into the water and saw that most of this students had arrived for the lesson. Rebels were required to wear the standard armor, which consisted of the Rebel Clothing: Red and gray suits that came protected them from bullets and explosions. Matthew, being a main PVP trainer, wore the Red Rebel suit too, but it wasn't the only type of armor located in the base. They're were people like Egypt, who wore the green hacker suit, as she was a higher up ranked soldier (Being the leader and all that stuff), Celestia, who worked in the labs and was a highly ranked scientist and redstone user, was an Intelligence Soldier, and wore light blue armor. Dart and Eric also wore the cool blue armor, which Matthew thought was unfair since they didn't even know how to make a redstone lamp, but they were Egypt's closest advisers, which meant fairness wasn't on his side. However, since things had been calm lately, most of his friends didn't wear their soldier clothing unless on missions or whatever. Matthew liked to show of his skin (No, not in that way) as before the server war he worked really hard on it. Being a football player, he loved playing sports on the server, and would often organize sporting events with special mods, so a football player skin seemed necessary to wear.
{AssassinPerson} You ready yet, Football? Matthew saw a player with black hair and dark blue eyes walking towards him. Since his only armor on was a pair of red boots, he could see his skin. A pair of wolf ears hung at his head, and his white shirt and brown trousers seemed to stick out from the rest of the soldiers around the area.
Yep, everyone gather 'round over at the main table. He pointed over to the large wooden table near the edge of the dome. On top of it were a dozen weapons or so, all ready for battle. Matthew looked at it, debating which one was the least dangerous of them all to start with, and decided on the plasma gun. It was a metallic silver and purple gun, and one of his favorites. Matt grabbed the gun, loaded a hydrogen tube into it, and turned to the soldiers. Among the four recruits, Shadow was lined up with them.
Let's get this over with, Matthew typed. He didn't mean to be so rude, but the day had not been kind so far. Between earlier weapon classes, building, lab testing, and having Celestia use him as a nuke dummy, he was pretty tired. His friends knew that he was only available on Saturdays in the afternoon, as he was busy with football practices and having his dad practice late at night, but instead of letting him enjoy his time, they usually had him preform multiple tasks. He knew that they didn't mean to be overbearing, but sometimes it felt like that. Okay, who can tell me what types of weapons we use?
{KingJamesTheWise} Plasma, Tesla, M202-RR, Ein-Sten, and Flamethrower. Matthew looked at the player, who had a regular army jacket on and black jeans.
Very good, Matthew said, a bit impressed by the soldier's knowledge, But where's your armor?
{Shadowboy14} Armor?
Yes, the standard Rebel armor that all new recruits get once they are accepted into the faction, Matthew explained.
{gs_gaming} none of us got the armor because of supply shortage, a player with a monster hoodie, blue jeans, and an emerald amulet said. Matthew scowled. Great, now he would have to go down to the mining teams and order more ores and crap. Another thing to add to his plate.
Fine, He typed, I'll get some armor for all of you. Matthew scrolled down his inventory until he pulled out the plasma cannon, KingJames was correct, there are five main guns we use in the Rebel faction, but some are more rare to get then others. Being a high-ranked member, Matthew managed to get the best weapons, but he preferred the one he was holding right then, this is the plasma cannon, or the least offensive one of the group. It is crafted by three hydrogen rods, a pair of pliers, three steels and one battery. He paused to rest his fingers.
{KingJamesTheWise} Do we write this all down?
{Shadowboy14} Wait a sec, are we expected to really memorize all this?
Duh, Matthew said, It's necessary to learn all the crafting recipes for weapons, tools, and supplies used for Rival Rebel. So I would listen more.
{Shadowboy14} Technically I'm not listening, instead, I'm watching pieces of text enter on my screen.
Do you want me to blast you? Because I will.
{Shadowboy14} I'm just saying.
Well, I'm just holding a powerful and deadly gun that will cause you to be shot to the nether and back if you continue to talk.
That shut him up. With a satisfied smile, Matthew continued, So, the plasma gun isn't a highly offensive weapon, in terms of health loss, I mean. It's crafting recipe is similar to the others, just replace the hydrogen rods with redstone or rockets.
{Shadowboy14} How does all this stuff exist in Minecraft?
{SignificantHero8} Mods, how else? Matthew looked at the player that answered him. She had a bright rainbow shirt on and sparkling green eyes.
SignificantHero8 is right, mods are the main reason why we stand a chance in this war.
{Shadowboy14} Why can't you just take away the mods and fight regular MC style?
{KingJamesTheWise} 'cause the capitol isn't just going to fight the regular way too. But they mainly use the WWII mod, while we use the Rebels one.
{Shadowboy14} Hmm, seems to fit.
It fits all right. But that's not the point. The point is you should know this stuff.
{Shadowboy14} Yeah, er, that's why I was sent here. To learn.
{SignificantHero8} Ugh, you should know this already.
Everyone just...stop. We're getting off track. Matthew sighed in real life, Back to the plasma cannon though. It takes three hydrogen tanks to make it, and has to be regularly fueled by another hydrogen tank. When activated, they fire a giant dome of electricity that can blast anything in it's path far away. However, it takes extreme skill to master this weapon, as well as aim it correctly. It acts like a kinetic weapon that causes indirect damage with out breaking blocks, making it good to defend, not outright attack. The explosion, once reached it's target, expands, sending opponents through the air and causing minor or major fall damage. The fired beam can reach up to 150 blocks, but only when it's overcharged.
{gs_gaming} How do you overcharge?
By holding down the trigger before firing. You can also spam the mouse and do rapid firing, but I suggest not doing that unless fighting in close range.
{Shadowboy14} Why don't you just use bows and swords? As those are a lot more easier to use/make, I think.
Because wooden swords and flimsy bows don't break through armor and nukes. They're useless in this war.
{Shadowboy14} Ugh.
'Ugh' all you want, that doesn't change the fact your a rebel now. Matthew went back to the table and grabbed a flamethrower, What's the number one rule in using this type of gun?
Almost instantly four replies appeared in the chat:
{gs_gaming} Don't let Dart have one
{SignificantHero8} Don't give Dart one
{KingJamesTheWise} Dart+Flames=NO
{AssassinPerson} Flamethrowers are not for Dart.
{Shadowboy14} What's wrong with him having fire?
Don't question it, Matthew said, making sure to spare the noob the facts of that fateful day, And, no, soldiers, that is the SECOND rule in using one of these. The other one is to never keep it in your main inventory slots unless necessary. Flamethrowers are highly...dangerous, and will set anyone on fire even if they're wearing thick armor. They are crafted the same way as the Plasma gun, except you switch the hydrogen tanks with fuel tanks. Flamethrowers having three settings, which you can change pressing R. I'll go over how you do that when we get more guns though. Anyways, three settings: Full spread, armor piercing, and melting.
{Shadowboy14} how is that even possible?!
In case you didn't notice, this is Minecraft! This guy was really getting on his last nerves.
{AssassinPerson} Yeah, hasn't anyone told you that logic and MC don't go well together.
{Shadowboy14} Actually, yes. But in a way, it does. Like the types of trees and food, and how you farm. So that statement is only half-valid.
Half-valid? Listen, we don't have time to argue about this.
{Shadowboy14} Fine, fine. But I still think that logic and Minecraft CAN go together, you just need to look at it deeply.
Right, fine, continue to tell yourself that. But back to what I was talking about, full spread is used for long range, and uses the least amount of fuel. Armor piercing uses twice as much ammo, and can like the name says, it can piece through armor with ease.
{SignificantHero8} but can't the flamethrower already go through armor?
Yes, but this setting does a lot more damage than if it was on full spread. The last mode is melting, which takes three times the amount of ammo to use. We can use this setting a lot, as making the fuel ammo only takes natural resources. One sand, cobble, gravel, and dirt. Matthew put the gun away and grabbed the last one he was going to show off, The Ein-Sten. A very cool and useful weapon that can dismember the enemy you want to kill. It doesn't attack animals, only players and hostile mobs.
{Shadowboy14} I've seen that one before. Dart used it to attack the Capitol soldiers. It shoots multiple red beams at a time.
That's...right. Matthew typed, it's one of Dart's faves, and not that hard to make since we get a steady supply of redstone every week. It isn't complicated to use. Anyone want to try?
{gs_gaming} Let Shadow try.
{Shadowboy14} What?
I don't think so-Matthew had started to say.
{AssassinPerson} Yeah, he deserves it, anyways.
{SignificantHero8} C'mon, Football, no one else wants to handle that thing. Matthew sighed, and dropped the gun at Shadow's feet. You shoot it at that dummy way over there, he pointed to two wooden blocks stacked on top of each other with a pumpkin head on top.
{Shadowboy14} Um, okay.
We all might want to back up, Matthew warned, causing the four soldiers to step away. Shadow turned to the dummy and raised the gun. A few blasts of red light blasted out of the weapon, causing his player to be pushed back. The beams flew towards the dummy...
And totally missed. One flew over the pumpkin head and crashed in the wall. A small explosion rang out in the dome. The second and third one hit the floor near some unfortunate soldiers practicing gun target, causing them to shoot their weapons in shock and hit a few people.
Aw crap, Matthew said, and watched as Shadow dropped the gun at the floor in a shocked manner. Well, that was something.
{EgyptianJay9148} FOOTBALL!? Matthew sweat-dropped when the bold blue words flashed in the chat. Aw crap again. I thought I told you not to have new recruits use the weapons on the first day! It wasn't that bad. I know, but you can't just expect them to know how to use it automatically.
Ugh, sorry Egypt. Matthew said in defeat. He could never win a fight with his leader, something he learned a long time ago. Egypt could really be a pain in the-
"MATTHEW!"
Oh. Crap. For the third time. That was a real voice. Matthew went to his settings screen on Minecraft and looked at the time: 2:00.
Football practice. He groaned, then quickly typed, GTG NOW!
{gs_gaming} aw, really!
{AssassinPerson} Are you going to be back again.
{Shadowboy14} See ya. For some reason Shadow's comment seemed a lot less friendlier.
Have to go-
"Matthew get down here now! It's time for practice!"
"Coming dad!" Matt shouted back, NOW. I nominate Eric to teach you guys. Inside he felt a tint of guilt for getting Eric into this, but he had no choice. Despite the fact the two were rivaled in terms of who was the best fighter, he knew Eric would be the most qualified to teach the new recruits.
{EricTheEpic13} Wait, seriously? Don't drag me into this.
{EgyptianJay9148} Don't argue, Eric. Football has to go.
{EricTheEpic13} Ugh, fine. But that's his last nomination. Nominations were used when someone had to go out of town or had something important to do. When you nominated someone, that person had to take over your job until they get back, unless you wanted to make up the work yourself the next time you got on. Matthew had just used his last one, the others because of football practice too. Every high-ranked soldier got three every week.
Thanks, Eric. Matthew said, hoping that Eric could see his honest tone.
{EricTheEpic13} Yeah, yeah, no need to be sentimental. Just go. Matthew logged off quickly and shut down his computer before grabbing his gear.
"Matt-"
"I'M COMING!"
Josh's POV
Josh was completely lost. And clueless, and feeling utterly despairing. Fuel tanks? Hydrogen rods? FREAKING FLAMETHROWERS? He had no clue what any of this stuff meant, and the condescending nature his trainer was displaying didn't help his confidence. How was he supposed to know everything?
Answer: he couldn't. But a small part of Josh's mind admitted it was pretty cool. Who wouldn't want a gun that shoots red laser beams? Or one that could emit a dome that shot jeeps in the air? Still, though, he didn't like the idea of having to deal with all this rebel stuff along with his daily life.
I should of never gotten on, Josh thought to himself as he watched Eric come into the dome. The high-ranking rebel looked at the group of soldiers.
{EricTheEpic13} Hai, I'm Eric. Most of you know me. One of you owes me for saving his life.*Cough* Shadow *Cough* And I have been forced to teach you all lessons about war and weaponry.
{EgyptianJay9148} Yep, and you better make it good. Josh saw that the cold leader was standing at the entrance to the training dome, watching the new recruits and their substitute teacher.
{EricTheEpic13} yes, I shall make it good, Egyptian. No need to worry about that. So, today you've gone over three major guns, but I want to go over the basic small weapons that are just as useful to learn how to control.
{AssassinPerson} Like what?
{EricTheEpic13} The cuchillo, rod disc, and gas grenade are a good start, don't ya think? Josh watched as pulled out the three items before tossing them to the ground. The first one, and my personal favorite, is the gas grenade. Josh vaguely remembered him using the grenade at the a Capitol soldier base. Can anyone tell me what it does?
{KingJamesTheWise} It temporarily causes blindness, nausea, and dizziness to whoever is in its range when thrown.
{EricTheEpic13} Correct. There are useful when your in a tight spot, or just wanting to play a prank on a new recruit. We also use them to test soldier's abilities to shoot under pressure. When you can't see, it doesn't mean you still can't do damage with your gun. The second one, he pointed at a white knife looking thing, is the cuchillo, or throwing knife. We use these to hit players from afar, or just to test our aim in training, but is also doubles as a sword when necessary. Eric picked the knife up before moving on, and lastly, the rod disc, but I'm not going to do into detail about this one because you'll hardly get to use it.
Why's that? Josh couldn't help but ask.
{EricTheEpic13} Because we have so few of them. They can only be found in supply boxes that instantly spawn in places around Minecraft.
What does that mean?
{KingJamesTheWise} This mod was used for a special server before we started using it. The server was a war server, and had two teams that fought one another: Alpha and Omega. In this arena like deathmatch area, you got a certain amount of supplies to build a base and prepare to fight.
{EricTheEpic13} King's right. Since we downloaded the mod onto this server, however, the boxes and bases where they are found are scattered who knows where. We only have about ten and they're extremely hard to use.
{EgyptianJay9148} He's right, not even I can use one without hitting someone by mistake. They're too reckless.
{EricTheEpic13} Besides, they aren't even that helpful, let alone can do immense damage, but they are fun to play with when you have the time. Their abrupt and random, and always spin out of control. It takes a lot to master one. However, they don't disappear after you throw them, unlike the cuchillos and gas grenades, so that's a plus.
Got it, Josh typed. At least he could ask Eric questions without getting berated for his "noob like personality."
{EricTheEpic13} So, that's the three main 'small' weapons we rebels use. But, now, I want to know how good you guys are in PVP.
What?! Josh felt a uneasy at this comment.
{gs_gaming} What...do you mean?
{EricTheEpic13} ALL SOLDIERS OUT OF THE DOME!
{EgyptianJay9148} What are you doing?!
{EricTheEpic13} Chill, Egypt. I just want to know how good these guys really are.
{EgyptianJay9148} But they haven't even started training.
{EricTheEpic13} Sometimes the best way to learn is to do. And besides, they're only respawn here.
Josh found one small flaw in his plan though: He didn't have a bed yet.
Wait a sec-he had started to type.
{EgyptianJay9148} Fine, but only using the three weapons you just assigned. Nothing else. A deathmatch PVP fight, and the last one wins. After that you start training for real.
{EricTheEpic13} Deal. You seem to be in a better mood.
{EgyptianJay9148} I have my reasons. She looked at Josh, who gulped.
Man, she really hates me, Josh thought grimly. Well, on the bright side, at least there wasn't going to be any beams of lasers or electricity domes coming at him.
{EgyptianJay9148} Oh, and for some extra help, Eric and I will be...deterrents.
*Deterrent. Noun.
A thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something.
*The Minecraft Definition of Deterrent. Noun.
Shooting lasers, bullets, and fire at Josh Peterson aka Shadowboy14.
Oh. Crap.
Are you sure this is safe? Josh asked, and saw that the other three player he was going to go up against were getting supplies from Eric.
{EgyptianJay9148} It'll be fine, Shadow.
I highly disagree with that. His inventory suddenly was filled with a couple of steaks, five cuchillos, a gas grenade, and a rod disc.
{EricTheEpic13} man up, noobie.
Don't call me that.
{EgyptianJay9148} Me and Eric will be located on the side of the dome, far away from you guys. But we'll still be in your way of victory. Your objective: Kill the other players or else they kill you.
I still think this is a bad idea! Josh yelled in the chat.
{AssassinPerson} I'm ready. Josh realized he had to get to a safe area to start. He quickly ate a steak and studied the arena. Besides the few training areas, there were large piles of stone sticking up from the ground that he could go behind.
{gs_gaming} Ready as well. Josh saw Egyptian and Eric go to the side of the dome.
{EricTheEpic13} IN 10!
Wait! Josh ran over to one of the piles of stone.
{SignificantHero8} GG
What the crap did GG mean? Josh scowled and took out his knife.
{EgyptianJay9148} Five!
Four. Three. Two-
BOOM! Josh's player instantly was bombarded with a plasma gun as he was blasted back into the wall opposite of Egyptian and Eric. How did they get him so quickly?
{EricTheEpic13} FIND A BETTER HIDING SPOT, NOOBIE!
If Josh was fast enough to type a rude comment back, he would of. He ran his player over to an empty spot and tried to get his act together. Assassin and that SH8 person were fighting one another. Wait...then where was-
"OH CRAP!" Josh couldn't help but shout as his screen went black. The area of his feet lit up and clumsily knocked his keyboard onto the floor, "Crap, crap, crap." He had no idea what to do. Josh grabbed his keyboard again and slammed it on his desk before looking at his screen. gs_gaming must have blinded him. Suddenly, his hearts went down by one and he realized he was being attacked. Josh went for his mouse and started to run, but his player was caught in slowness. A knife suddenly appeared out of nowhere and hit him in the head, "Argh!" He grabbed one of his cuchillos and swung aimlessly. A sound of dying could be heard as he managed to hit his opponent. His screen went back to normal and he saw a purple light coming straight at him. Instinctively he pressed 'A' and the purple bullet barely missed him as it crashed into the wall. If he didn't do something soon then he would be dead meat, or pixels, or...whatever term gamers used. He glanced at his hearts and saw that he was slightly down by two. At least he wasn't near death, though.
{EgyptianJay9148} RULE NUMBER 6 IN PVP She shot a flames from her weapon ALWAYS FOCUS Josh double tapped 'W' and ran his player over to safety. Out of the corner of his screen he saw AssassinPerson running at him, knife in hand. Josh grabbed one of his own cuchillos and aimed towards the player, using the cross in the middle of his screen to correctly pinpoint his opponent. Seeing that Josh was about to hit him, AssassinPerson ran in a jagged motion before shooting his knife. Josh swirled to the left and switched to his gas grenade before tossing it in the air. It landed at the corner of AssassinPerson's feet. Swirls of gray and black came out of the ground and his enemy stopped in confusion. Surprised that he actually managed to hit someone, Josh stood still.
{EricTheEpic13} What r u standing there for Shadow? Josh shook his head and took out another knife. He ran over to the gassed player before hitting her repeatedly. AssassinPerson, realizing she was being attacked, took out her own knife and started fighting blindly. Josh backed up slightly and threw his second to last knife at the girl. She fell down to the floor in a red flash.
{EgytianJay9148} AssassinPerson is out! She pointed her flamethrower at Josh, who promptly ran away to hide behind a rock.
{EricTheEpic13}HEADS UP JOSH! The noob barely had time to process his words when a blast of violet emitted from his side. His whole screen shook as he was blasted back into the stone walls, his hearts going down by three. Heart racing, he looked up and saw that both SignificantHero8 and gs_gaming were both running at him.
{EricTheEpic13} They're teaming on you!
No dip, Sherlock! Josh couldn't help but type. Another plasma cannon blast exploded next to him. Okay, maybe he shouldn't make Eric mad. Josh glanced at his inventory: One knife and one rod disc. Just great, just friggin' great. He scowled and sprinted to his left, trying to avoid the balls of fire that zoomed across his head. He looked to his right and was met with a flying cuchillo, causing his hearts to drop down by three. If he took anymore hits he might be killed.
{EgyptianJay9148} I would try and fight if I were you! Josh saw that gs_gaming and SignificantHero8 were about to cut him off from him run. That was it, he was screwed.
God, you are so much worse than I hoped, A sentence appeared in his chat. Listen, you dunce, they're very low on hearts, though they're too busy to really tell. If you focus, and I mean really focus, then you might just be able to finish them off with a few good hits.
What the? Josh's eyes went from his chat box to the two players advancing on him. Who was this person?
Use the rod disc, idiot! Josh scrolled over his inventory for the rod disc. Now, type in /rr then OPPO. It's a secret code to correctly activate the weapon.
Josh quickly typed in the command and the object turned a fiery red.
"How the-"
{EgyptianJay9148} HEY NOOBIE! YOU HAVE SOME COMPANY! Josh snapped out of his thoughts to see the remaining two soldiers about to attack. He threw his last cuchillo and managed to knock back one of them.
No more weapons now. Josh gritted his teeth and pulled out his rod disc. gs_gaming used his knife as a melee weapon and swung at Josh's player. Josh quickly ran backwards and turned a full 360 degrees whilst pulling the disc. He aimed the disc directly at his opponent.
Rod discs are hard to control. They're reckless, aimless, but when figured out, can become an invaluable tool. They can be controlled by not controlling them They're trajectory patterns are predictable, once used, but since the rebels have so few they aren't deemed necessary to practice with. Remember, sometimes opposites attract, sometimes in order to create order, you must let go of something ordered as well.
Controlled by opposite, by not controlling them. Letting go of order. Time seemed to slow down as Josh moved his mouse away from gs_gaming, and instead turned around, aiming at nothing. Eric had said rod discs were hard to use, but he had just figured out how to.
He let go.
{EgyptianJay9148} What are you doing? With a loud whooshing sound, Josh saw the bright red disc fly into the air and suddenly turn around with a screech. Not wanting to get in the way of it's path, he pressed 'D' and moved to the right just in time. It spun wildly at the other two soldiers and knocked gs_gaming down in a flash of red. The weapon flew back at Josh and turned into it's original form. SignificantHero8 was still alive, but she had disappeared in the little attack.
"Crap!" Was all Josh could say as his screen turned a fuzzy black and swirls of mist appeared at his feet, "I thought she used hers already."
Focus, Shadowboy. The voice said again, Josh's hearts went down by two as something stabbed him from behind, Number 23 in Rules of PVP. Never lose hope in a fight.
Never lose hope in a fight. Josh wondered what all the other rules could be when his hearts decreased even more. He knew that it would take some time for the gas to wear off, enough time for SignificantHero8 to finish him off. He grabbed the rod disc again and aimed into nothingness, hoping that it would find it's target once he fired.
Don't mess this up, Noobie.
"I am not a noob," Josh muttered before letting go of his mouse. The rod disc flew through the air and into darkness, the sound of dying following it soon afterwards. A glimpse of red caught Josh's eyes and he looked in the chat.
{SignificantHero8 has been slain by Shadowboy14.}
He had won. Josh couldn't help but raise his arms in the air in a victorious motion. Suddenly, the air around him cleared and he could see a few soldiers staring to run towards him.
{EricTheEpic13} Wow. That leaves Shadowboy14 as the winner of the PVP deathmatch!
{EgyptianJay9148} Beginners Luck. She turned to leave the training dome, and Josh suspected that she wouldn't be messing with him anytime soon.
{gs_gaming} gg, your pretty good with that disc.
{EricTheEpic13} How did you control it that well? He had come over to Josh and given him some more food.
Dunno, Josh lied. I just...did.
Wow, your an amazing liar, you know that right? Who the heck was this person? His/Her name didn't appear on his chat whenever the messages came up.
{EricTheEpic13} THE WINNER: SHADOWBOY14! He went next to Josh and gave him a good punch to the shoulder.
Hey, I'm still low on hearts.
{EricTheEpic13} I know, but you deserved it. You managed to take down three enemies all on your own. Welcome to the Rebels.
No, I helped too. But I also 'precciate it as well. The voice said in the chat box.
So, what now? Is this lesson over?
{EricTheEpic13} Hah! Yeah right. Just because you have some skills doesn't mean that your trainings over.
Crap.
{xxCelestiaMCxx} Don't be too crestfallen, Shadow. Josh turned his player around and saw the girl from the meeting room talking to him. Her sunset shirt reminded him about her nickname.
{EricTheEpic13} Yep, Little Miss Sunshine here will take you to the labs and show you the nukes and chemicals we use in the faction.
{xxCelestiaMCxx} Yep, you can also help me make a healing potion for Eric right after I kick his pixelated butt.
{EricTheEpic13} Wait, what? Celestia took out a green gun and pointed it at the cocky, name-calling officer.
{xxCelestiaMCxx} Any last words, Eric?
{EricTheEpic13} I think you look awesome today and I consider you an amazing MC player.
{xxCelestiaMCxx} Hmm...flattered, but nah. A loud boom erupted in the training dome as Eric was blasted by a rocket. Josh watched the smoke clear and saw an entire section of the floor and wall had been destroyed. He looked to see Celestia point at the exit doors, urging him to follow.
{xxCelestiaMCxx} C'mon. We do not want to be around when Egyptian figures out what happened.
Why?
{EgyptianJay9148}WHAT THE?! I AM GOING TO KILL WHOEVER DID THIS!
ERIC! Josh yelled, trying to stifle a laugh.
{xxCelestiaMCxx}Yeah, totally Eric, Egyptian!
{EricTheEpic13} I am going to kill you two! He brought out his Ein-Sten and prepared to kill the two liars.
{xxCelestiaMCxx}RUN SHADOW! They took off as Eric shot at them mercilessly. Josh felt a flutter of joy as he ran alongside the brightly colored girl.
Maybe he did belong.
And done! I don't know if I should switch to the Capitol's side or stay on the Rebels for now, because I haven't fully explained their side of the story yet. Plus, I like writing through Riley's POV and some of my OC's that I haven't introduced yet are on that team. BUT, I'll let you guys decide if I should wait a few more chapters or just knock one out for next week.
Hope you all enjoyed! Please read and review like always.
-Ender