Minecraft Story Mode: Transport
Chapter 6.2
Steven was able to escape the Witherstorm, sadly leaving Herman behind, and join everyone on their hurried trek from the town and into the woods.
He and Jesse came to a close call when the entrance started to close, about to leave them trapped, but where able to roll under it.
The Witherstorm looked at the retreating group and flew towards them as quickly as it could.
"We'll be safe as soon as we get to my temple." Gabriel told the fleeing group with the Witherstorm not far behind.
The Witherstorm screamed and fired at at an already burning tree with its flaming Wither-skull, exploding some of the leaves. Jesse looked at the flaming tree with a scared look before screaming and running faster.
The Wither Storm's skulls bored large holes in front of Jesse's path forcing him to move aside while trying to avoid its tractor beams.
"Everyone, keep going!" Gabriel exclaimed running up to a path that was split by a bunch of trees forcing the group to take different routes. "We'll meet up on the other side!" He added, having had seen the group starting to separate.
Jesse saw the split paths noticed that the ones who had taken the left side were, Lukas, Petra, Steven, Gabriel and a few Ocelot's members. On the other side were Reuben, Olivia, Axel and another attendee attempting to flee the Witherstorm. Thinking quickly, Jesse took to the right side and kept running through the blazing forest.
Along the way, Jesse tried to ignore the few creepers whose calm stroll was interrupted as they were pulled into the purple beam of the Witherstorm. Keeping focused, Jesse managed to leap over a wall of fire that was in his path.
"The temple is just up ahead! Follow me!" Gabriel shouted, seeing the temple ahead.
Falling behind, Jesse sidestepped around a stray tentacle and leapt over another that would've tripped him. He was joined by Gabriel as the fleet of players rushed into the entrance.
"Hurry! Inside the temple!" Gabriel shouted to Jesse while the both ran in.
"The inner chamber is built entirely of obsidian. We should be untouchable in there." Gabriel told the group running in front of them before pulling a lever.
The second Gabriel flipped the switch, Steven's eyes flashed white a second time. Again no noticed, except Reuben who squealed in fear of Steven, who gained a scared look from the swine. Steven looked away and to the entrance. Before anyone could react to either of them, the Witherstorm's strong tractor beams emitted from the stairwell making them flinch and Petra scream.
Everyone quickly ran into the chamber while a Wither Storm tentacle approached them, trying to grab one of them.
Gabriel quickly pulled out his diamond sword and turned to face it, "Hurry! If you can get through the portal, you'll be safe!" He shouted to them as he took a battle stance in preparation to defend them against the growing monstrosity.
They arrived at the portal in no time and Axel was the first to enter, or would've been had he not come out the other side. He turned to face them, an unsettled look on his face.
"Uh, something's not right here." He looked at the unlit portal with a confused face.
"It's not lit! We need something to light it." Olivia fearfully shouted, not noticing that Steven was clutching his stomach in pain from what was probably the Witherstorm attack.
Jesse whipped out a flint and steel, promptly lighting the portal. The obsidian frame cracked to life with a deep shade of purple which glowed and pulsated as if beckoning them to the other side.
"Everyone! Get in! NOW!" Petra ordered them, a command which they happily obeyed. Olivia sprinted through the portal and into the Nether, Axel following closely behind with Reuben in his stocky arms. Petra assumed they had made it to the Nether and was about to enter as well until...
"Aaaaaaaah!" Gabriel cried out and hit the floor, quickly wrapping his head around the fact that he was on his back before he was lifted by one of the dark tentacles.
"Gabriel!" Jesse shouted alarmedly before running to help him, and Petra and Steven followed with haste, but Lukas stood, glued in place by his fear.
While they were running a withering tentacle dropped from the roof making Steven stop abruptly and jump back in fear at being grabbed again. Jesse just kept running while Petra turned to see what happened to Steven.
Jesse quickly jumped over the same tentacle and grabbed Gabriel, who was grappling to escape the grasp of the Witherstorm's strong tentacle.
After a distressed struggle Jesse was able to pull Gabriel away from the tentacle's clutch, which immediately found and stole a defenseless bystander.
"Thank you." Gabriel spoke in a grateful tone to Jesse as he sat up. After rising to his feet, he was given a view of the screaming people who were being taken, "There are so many of them… I-I can't save them all." Gabriel said, and the sad tone in which he spoke was ridden with guilt. Jesse noticed Petra and Steven fighting back a tentacle that was swiping at them both.
"I can't stop this by myself. We need to find the others." Gabriel thought aloud as he remembered his friends.
Jesse stopped looking at the duo fighting for their lives and faced Gabriel with a raised eyebrow. "Others?"
"Soren's been missing for years. But the others – you must seek them out." Gabriel told Jesse. He had confidence in his voice and knew he was giving job to the right person. "Take this amulet. And guard it with your life." Gabriel told him, pulling his amulet out. Jesse took a second to marvel at the glowing bar, wondering why none of the other colors were aglow. "You can do this!"
"What does the amulet do?" Jesse asked wondering how he could find the Order with nothing but an amulet.
"It will help you locate the other members of the Order of the Stone." Gabriel told him briefly, not having enough time to explain its full potential of finding the others as he handed the amulet to Jesse.
"Take it through the portal, then -" Gabriel's final instruction was interrupted as the Witherstorm exploded into the roof, leaving behing a big hole as it swung at them. Jesse quickly side stepped avoiding the tentacle that slammed against the ground. When Jesse looked back he saw the Wither Storm tentacle smack Petra away, grab Steven and squeeze him again. Jesse quickly pulled out his stone sword and swung at the tentacle, making it drop Steven and back away.
After recovering swiftly, the tentacle swung at Jesse who jumped to the side to avoid the dark limb. Quickly regaining his footing, Jesse attacked the tentacle that took swipe at him.
A way off, Lukas flinched in fear when he saw the tentacle get ready to attack him before Petra charged at it with an attack cry and swing with her golden sword, making it retreat.
"You three: go through the portal and meet up with the others. I'll stay here and do whatever I can." Petra ordered the three as she turned back to fight the Wither storm, "Go on, guys, go!" Petra repeated to them, "Get through that portal, now!"
"I'm coming with you!" Jesse shouted rushing forward with Steven following closely behind, nodding in agreement.
"No, neither of you are." Petra told them gruffly, trying to balance her focus, "The gang needs you, Jesse, and you too Steven– go through the portal!" She dodged another tentacle while Jesse and Steven stared anxiously. "If anything happens, I'll meet you guys at the temple." Petra reassured them. Lukas ran to the portal but didn't go through and both Steven and Jesse looked on sadly.
Before anything else happened the Witherstorm pulled Gabriel into a tractor beam.
The three ran to help before then the Witherstorm pushed Petra into a tractor beam making Lukas shout in fear.
The Storm tried to grab Jesse and Steven but the both jumped out of the way and barely escaped it.
"Lukas!" Jesse shouted to Lukas when he saw he was still there, trembling with fear and slowly backing away. Jesse quickly made a run for Gabriel and pulled him out of the tractor beam while Steven did the same for Petra.
"Thank you, Jesse! Now get through the portal!" Gabriel ordered Jesse while pointing at the portal. Jesse slowly got up and saw Steven help a stunned Petra to her feet. He quickly ran to them to see if they were okay, but Steven saw something and ducked, while Petra and Jesse got smacked into the portal by a Wither tentacle along with Lukas.
The three fell through the portal on their backs. Upon standing they saw they were in a small auto-generated room. Axel slowly walked up to them with a worried look, "Where's Steven?"
"We did everything we could." Lukas replied with a sad look.
"Steven's still's up there. We have to go back and help him!" Petra worriedly exclaimed.
"What! What happened?!" Axel asked anxiously while Olivia got a concerned look.
"Jesse? What does Petra mean? Steven's still up there?" Olivia asked stepping forward, concerned, "Because it doesn't sound good…"
"It was chaos. There wasn't much we could do." Jesse said not wanting to tell them what really happened.
"Jesse's right." Lukas reassured Olivia, showing that he was agreeing with Jesse.
"Steven and Gabriel are still up there." Jesse answered swinging his arm forward.
"I got scared. Just for a second." Lukas admitted, ashamed.
"Steven pulled me out of the Wither's beam. I owe him everything." Petra said sadly but determinedly, attempting to go through the portal only for Olivia to block her way.
"No! We can't go back there! We have to wait." Olivia told an upset Petra, "Think about what you're walking into."
"There's nothing any of us can do." Jesse explained hurtfully, catching Axel in an attempt to sneak past Olivia and back to Steven's side, "You'll both just end up getting yourselves killed." he continued, making Petra and Axel scowl.
"You don't know that! You don't know –" Axel shouted at Jesse until Lukas interrupted him.
"Hey! There he is!" Lukas shouted running up to them and pointing at the portal that was beginning to warp.
"Come on… come on!" Jesse muttered hopefully while Petra looked on with a desperate look.
A figure dressed in yellow landed on his stomach. The group stared sullenly at the slacked black hair and pale hands. The figure stood to his feet to reveal none other than Ivor.
Everyone glared at him as he stood up. "You again." Ivor sneered taking a step back. Before anyone could react to the devious man, one of the Witherstorm's tentacles burst through the portal, swinging wildly in a frenzied attempt to kill at least someone. Jesse lunged out of harm's way when the tentacle swiped at him and unknowingly grabbed the portal's frame.
Thinking it grabbed someone it pulled the blocks of obsidian, trying to wrench its victim through before it tore the structure, leaving the divided group trapped.
Everyone looked in horror and sadness at the empty portal. Their only means of saving Steven.
Their only way home.
"Ivor." Both Jesse and Petra growled in fury.
Ivor slowly got up and faced them both, "You two ruined everything!" Ivor exclaimed, glaring at them while, Lukas, and Reuben looked sad, and Jesse, Petra, Axel and Olivia scowled in anger.
"Don't pretend you don't know, thief. You took my most valuable potion…" Ivor reminded them with considerable heat.
Jesse wanted to punch him but Petra did it for him, and made sure to do it harder then she did when she thought Steven was a mob, a savage satisfaction being made noticed in her eyes when she made Ivor fall on his back and clutch his eye.
Ivor quickly got up and drank a potion that would keep his eye from bruising, "More needless violence." Ivor muttered disapprovingly, "It solves nothing. Learn the lesson now, or you'll share Gabriel's fate." Ivor said stating the situation Gabriel was trapped in, "There's nothing left up there! Nothing but that Witherstorm." Ivor added, revealing the name of the creature to the group before walking away.
"We can't keep wasting time talking to him! We have to go and get Steven!" Petra shouted angrily making Ivor stop.
"The one with the eye-patch. I saw him." Ivor told her, remembering seeing Steven while running to the portal.
"What?" Lukas asked, hoping for the best.
"While I was running toward the portal I passed him." Ivor told as he stood facing the group, "He was running in the opposite direction." He added, not caring about the worry in the gang's eyes. "Such bravery. Of course, there's a fine line between bravery and stupidity." He continued making Jesse and Petra scowl, "And he has crossed it."
"You're a coward." Jesse barked angrily.
"Maybe… but I survived. And that's what counts." Ivor admitted, but not ashamed in any sort of way.
"There's more to life than survival." Jesse told Ivor, while Petra's scowls deepened.
"And Steven may not have life or survival because of you!" Petra affronted angrily walking up to Ivor making him glare.
"Hm, you seem quite angry about him being in danger. if I didn't know any better, I'd say you like him." Ivor snubbed, stunning the group, including Petra who was taken back for a second. As soon as Petra recovered she scowled at Ivor again and before she could speak he interrupted her "Forget it." He waived the previous slight and moved on. "Through that tunnel is a network of mine carts built by the Order of the Stone." He said walking up to Petra, "It's your only way out."
"We should go that way." Axel said walking up to Ivor and pointing behind him.
"What about you?" Jesse asked Ivor.
"What about me?" Ivor retorted with a glare.
"How will you get out of here?" Jesse asked.
"I'll use my imagination." Ivor answered with much sarcasm before a Ghast cry was heard.
"What was that?" Axel asked worriedly as he backed away.
"I would wish you good luck, but luck won't carry you through the Nether." Ivor told grinning slightly, "You have my sympathies." He continued before pulling out a potion of invisibility and drinking it. In an instant he vanished into thin air to their amazement.
The group didn't say or do anything until a Ghast appeared making them all back away.
"Let's get out of here!" Axel shrieked before turning and running away.
"RUN!" Jesse shouted before following Axel's lead with the rest soon doing the same.
Well, hope you enjoyed that.
Also I would like to thank you and shout outGamerwhogames for offering to be a Betareader to help make this story better and fix the mistakes I failed to notice.