Chapter 10
Jet's POV:
Jet held on to the sides of the cart as it sped up towards the light, the cart slowed down and he got out meeting with Sam and Thalia.
They started for the north, climbed hills, trudged through swamps that made it hard to tell which way was north, and finally stopped to crouch at the edge of the woods. Ahead of them was a track with most of the trees cleared out, they then sat on the grass and waited.
Jet pulled out his ender pearl and studied it, it was deep green and shiny, he looked into it and saw a dark and strange realm, he put it back in his pocket just as he heard a noise from the east, and he turned and saw the train. It was larger than the usual minecarts and so were the tracks; it was about the size of Sam times two maybe 12 feet? The top was flat with railings for topside movement and it was coming at super-fast speeds, Jet pulled out his pearl along with everyone else and chucked it at the train's roof. Next thing he knew he was on top of the train and struggling to open the hatch on top, just then two of the most disgusting creatures Jet had ever seen climbed up from the front of the train: they looked like pigs with decayed skin, they stood on their hind legs and brandished golden swords, they made noises that sounded like grunts and groans at the same time that sent shivers down his spine.
As they charged an arrow flew into the first one from Thalia's new bow and the next was set on fire by Sam, the zombie pigman just kept coming like it caught on fire every day and Sam kicked it in the gut sending it over the edge, meanwhile Jet had gotten tired of pulling on the unmoving hatch and sliced it off with his claws "go go go!" he yelled at Thalia and Sam, they turned and jumped in and Jet followed
Thalia's POV:
Thalia looked around the train car, the three chests containing the diamonds were just enough for them to evenly put in their bags, the door to the outside could only be unlocked from the inside, but what caught Thalia's eye was a fourth chest at the back, she filled her bag and walked over to it while the boys filled theirs. Inside were enough diamond pickaxes to equip the entire strike force
"Jet over here! Look at this!" she yelled, Jet walked over and gasped when he looked inside "why would the empire need all these pickaxes? They have enough diamond"
Sam looked and said "hmm, we'll tell Steve when we get back" the train suddenly slowed down so fast they nearly fell over "and that's our cue to leave"
But when they unlocked the door to the front but when they did three more zombie pigmen scrambled through to block them off. Jet yelled and charged, making the first fall to his knees before cutting his head off, he blocked a blow from the second and stabbed him in the gut, the third was stronger and grabbed him by the throat only for his hand to be sliced to pieces by his claws and stabbed through the heart, Jet let her and Sam go through the door first as he gained his breath. Sam jumped off the train and rolled into a soft patch of grass but right before Thalia could Jump the train lurched and threw Thalia into Jet who caught her just as four pigmen and a skeleton emerged from the car next to them
"up the ladder!" said Jet, knowing he couldn't take all of them , he gave Thalia a push then started to climb when a pigman cut his ankle with his sword, he exclaimed and kicked it in the face. Once on top of the train the tracks left the forest and crossed a bridge 10 feet high over a large lake
"We have to jump now!" Said Thalia over the rushing wind "the water will break our fall!"
Just then the monsters reached the top of the ladder and were positioned to strike, Jet put his arm around Thalia and they jumped, hitting the water feet first and making the swim to shore, once there they collapsed and breathed for about ten minutes until they heard a distant voice
"Jet! Thalia!" it was Sam calling their names "where are you!"
"Sam! Help!" she turned and saw Jet's eyes start to droop and close, she got up and kneeled by Jet "come quick! Jet's hurt!"
She saw Sam running towards them like a crazy person, it was getting dark and he had a soft glow in his hand she later realized was a lamp "how bad is it?" he panted when he got to them
"I think he got cut on his ankle"
"He's lost a lot of blood and passed out; I'm surprised that he made it here" he said as he tore off a part of his silk undershirt and put it around his leg, he picked him up and they carried him to the tracks where they waited for the minecart that would pick them up, and when it came he was rushed to the infirmary where they disinfected the wound with potions and put proper bandages on his leg, however they said she would have to change them every other day until they decided he could take them off
One night while Thalia was changing the bandages she stared to sob
"What is it?" said Jet "are you okay?"
"Yeah" she said "I just… we never asked for any of this Jet" she started crying as he put her head on his shoulder
"I just want to go home" she sobbed
"I want to go home too" said Jet, who wasn't crying, the pain he felt was inside "as soon as this is all over we are going home as soon as possible, but we have each other, we have the painting, we have Sam"
"Can we take him with us?" she said with less sobbing "if he wants to?"
"That's up to him"
"I feel better" she said as Jet got up and let her get in bed "goodnight Jet"
"Goodnight Thalia" he said with a slight smile, and he closed the door to walk to his room
Thalia closed her eyes and fell asleep, she dreamed of their house and of everything she wanted to do when they got back. We could go to the beach and build things in the sand, build the house bigger than a castle, or go on amazing adventures to find other survivors! Or maybe just sit on the porch and watch the sunset
Thanks for reading, following, reviewing, and rating my story! I am really proud of this chapter
-buiostella