Chapter 7 Showdown (Steve POV)

I woke up and breathed in air. I felt my body, and confirmed that I was alive. But how was this possible? I knew something was up. That was why I commit suicide. Nothing made sense in the arena, so I thought that it would be interesting to see what happened when I died. I was in a compartment, surrounded by walls, with a door on each side. I looked through them and saw Tom in one. I opened the door and ran at him, putting my arms around him, even though his back was to me.

There was no reaction from my friend. He didn't even feel real. I walked to the other side to see that his face had a glazed expression on it. I slapped his face, seeing if he was perhaps asleep. Then, I felt his skin warm up. I smiled, and was even more surprised as Papart walked in.

"I lost," he told me. "But somehow I'm still alive after I was slammed against a wall from 100 blocks in the air."

"It's strange, how this world works," Tom said in a familiar voice. But, the voice didn't belong to Tom. I heard the sound of knuckles cracking, and saw Tom morph into Phillip Gungars, with a sinister smile on his face.

"That wasn't Tom? What the crap?!" Papart gasped.

"You're right, Papart," Phillip explained. "Tom is in the back of another room, but you'll be dead before you get to him."

Phillip put on some enchanted diamond armor and pulled out an enchanted diamond sword. "Now it's time to kill you myself."

Phillip picked me up at the neck and clenched his fists, preventing air from getting down to my lungs. He lifted the diamond sword, and Papart tackled him. I was released form his grip and kneeled down on the ground, regaining my breath. I punched Phillip over and over as Papart kept him pinned down. Phillip then flung us off and flew up into the air like a blazeman. Then, he pulled out an enchanted bow and shot multiple arrows at us. I felt myself weakening. There was no way two unequipped people could stop someone with weapons beyond all possibility. Just when I thought it was over, the door was opened and Tom, along with every other dead tribute came in. The ones with projectiles attack Phillip in the air, and pinned him to the ceiling with arrows. Then, a blaze flew up and fireballed Phillip until he died. Then, this weird text appeared, and it read, "From Phillip Gungars and the rest of the hackers: Don't think that this is the last you've seen of me, and the rest of my team. The battle has only just begun. I will recruit many members, and wage war on Minecraftia. It will be a war even you, Steve, can't stop with every mob in existence. You'll need even more that that to save you. You'll need to figure out what needs to be done. But in the meantime, go and prepare. Prepare for something that is unstoppable. Hugs and Kisses, Phillip." Then, we all were teleported back to where we came from. I was back in the village with everyone, and Phillip has still been in the back of my mind ever since.

I'm just worried that he is coming back. And I can't help the world if he does come back. But, for now, I have to think about what to do.

But that was before I discovered the secrets of the games. A long time before I discovered it. So long that there was enough space for a whole other adventure to be had. And it all started with a black egg found in The End.

To Be Continued