As his distance from the next room closed in, the sounds of multiple monsters soon became overwhelmingly loud. Somewhat hesitantly, Ant stepped onto the grated platform and was met with the sight of a large horde of mobs, varying everything from creepers to slimes. There were so many of them, that he would be dead, no matter the mob who would inflict the death blow, in less than a few seconds. Then, just as he feared, the platform he was standing on slid back into its slot on the the wall, possibly causing him a death from falling so many blocks down. Thankfully, he landed on top of a large slime, but was nearly absorbed by the cube-like creature in doing so. The pryomancer bounced off of the gelatinous slime, taking the time in mid-air to unsheathe his sword, which he didn't realize until now that it had been returned to him. When he was about to land, he swiftly chopped off a zombie's head before it had a chance to strike him.
He was surrounded on all sides by mobs of many different shapes and sizes, and each one wanted to be the one to strike the final blow on the Minecraftian. Not a chance. Ant quickly moved into a defensive position, carefully scanning the room for any monsters that came too close. From his right, a rather small-ish horde of zombies approached at their snail-like pace. Coming much faster towards him was a giant slime, the same one he had landed on previously. With a few powerful swipes of his sword, the gigantic green cube was slashed into oblivion. The groans of the zombies grew much louder, and as Ant turned around to face the horde, he was met with the startling sight of a zombie directly in front of him. He felt the mob's decaying hand touch his arm, which he reacted by slicing its arm off. He didn't want to become an undead anytime soon.
The familiar hiss of a creeper made him regain focus on the multitude of hostile beings, that were completely dedicating themselves to ending his life. The pryomancer was unable to get out of the way of the tall green creature's blast radius, and was then slammed into one of the chamber's walls. The impact nearly killed him, but miraculously survived the blow. However, it had stunned him, leaving the mobs more time to head towards and attack their opponent. In a dazed state, Ant could only watch as the distance between him and his enemies steadily decreased. He attempted to move, but his body would not respond, probably due to the shock of hitting the wall. Luckily, he was able to move his head, and narrowly avoided catching the watchful eye of an Enderman. He went at another attempt to possibly regain control of his body, this time, succeeding.
The mobs had become so close now that the only option was to rush through them, however it was extremely risky. There was no time for second thoughts, as Ant began to plow through the large horde, hacking and slashing at anything that came his way. However, he was outnumbered, and just as he could strike a mob down, another took its place. Soon, he found himself trapped, and exhausted from trying to slay the attacking monsters. It felt as if he would collapse from his many efforts to keep his foes at bay, since he had fully depleted himself of all of his energy. But at that moment, a familiar pulse of energy surged through Ant, and he gladly accepted it. But as soon as the last one had been allowed, another power surge, although with much more strength, overwhelmed him. He was unable to hold back the second burst of energy, and it quickly overtook him. The Minecraftian briefly lost control of himself, slowly drifting his gaze to the floor, eyes closed. Suddenly, the air around him seemed to become much warmer, catching the attention of the mobs around him. A few of them glanced about anxiously, afraid of what was going on. Others, however, ignored the change in temperature, and continued to approach the apparently unaware pryomancer.
Instantly, Ant's eyes flew open, but now they appeared to burn with an inner flame. He gave a confident grin, as if the crowd of enemies had suddenly decreased to nothing but a single unfortunate zombie. Two bursts of fire erupted from both of his hands, which temporarily blinded the mobs, since they were so adjusted to the darkness of the chamber. Taking advantage of their status, Ant began to strike the immobile creatures with many different combinations of firey attacks he didn't even recall knowing. Ant couldn't stop himself once he had started, he could only press on, murdering mob after mob, until only one remained. It was an Enderman. Suddenly, a rush of hatred came over him, as the Minecraftian was reminded of what had happened the last time he had an encounter with an Ender-being. The tall figure backed nervously against the wall, its deep purple eyes displaying its fear. Never would it have expected so much power from a single Minecraftian. It took almost all of his effort not to burn the mob to cinders, but Ant managed to do it anyway.
The tall figure's stark violet eyes were tightly shut as it awaited its inevitable death. Several seconds passed before it opened them again. It shifted to face Ant just in time to witness the blazing fury disappear from the pryomancer's chocolate brown eyes. It was obvious that all of his energy had been drained, judging from the unfocused, milky look in his eyes. He was about to fall to the hard stone floor, but the grateful Enderman grabbed him right before he did. The Minecraftian weakly glimpsed at the mob's face, clearly forgeting the normal consquences of looking directly at an Enderman. Surprisingly, the mob felt no anger towards the Minecraftian, only empathy. The creature examined the senseless AntVenom for slightly longer, then silently teleported away, with the pryomancer still lying in its arms. Little did the two know what was happening as they vanished into the dark shadows of the night.
A cloaked figure knelt before an ancient stone platform, covered in a tangled mess of vines. On top of the platform stood a pedestal, which had a slot for a certain object. The figure hastily pulled down the red-lined hood, and slipped out an oddly-shaped stone from one of their sleeves. They placed the stone in the slot on the pedestal, which caused the stone to emit a faint glow. In the dim light, a ghostly being appeared from thin air, their blank white eyes seemingly piercing through the other Minecraftian's soul. The black cloaked figure gazed up at the hologram, patiently waiting for the other to speak. "How much longer until the plan is completed?"
"My lord, I assure you it will not be long. It will be only a few more days, at least."
The holographic form of the Minecraftian unfocused and blurred for a second, a clear sign of a failing connection. "Don't fail me, Commander."
Abruptly, the signal cut out, leaving the room to be shrouded in almost complete darkness. The cloaked figure, now recognized as the commander, rose from his place, and retrieved the stone from its resting spot in the pedestal. As quietly as he had entered, the commander causally strolled out of the room, looking forward to continuing his master's plans. The first part of the plan was nearly finished, and only required a little more time. And they'll never see it coming...
Rain frowned as she heard a growl come from her stomach, wondering when exactly the guards would arrive with some food. Hopefully, they didn't forget. The young girl proceeded to curiously observe at her older cellmate, who had been silently working on some sort of project for most of the evening. She couldn't hold her curiosity for much longer, so the young Minecraftian quietly snuck up behind the Captain, and carefully peeked over his shoulder. In front of him were various types of materials, which were sorted in a way that only made sense to him. But what drew her attention was the tools that he had created. Rain leaned a bit more forward, in an attempt to see more clearly, but when she did so, the girl found herself off-balance, and nearly tumbled over Sparklez. The mentioned Minecraftian noticed this, and subtly moved from his current position, just enough that he could look at Rain, who felt her cheeks redden in embarrassment. She hastily mumbled a 'Sorry', before sitting down right next to him.
She carefully studied the other's actions, and steadily began to lose interest. Her stomach growled yet again, which she hoped Sparklez hadn't noticed, but of course, he had. The older Minecraftian paused to rummage through his bag, which surprisingly, the guards hadn't taken away. He managed to find a loaf of bread and an apple, and gave them to Rain, who shyly cast her eyes away from him, but kindly accepted the food. Afterwards, Sparklez continued working, as if nothing had happened. Rain retreated to her bunk to eat, and watched the Captain from there. By the time she had finished eating, the other Minecraftian was gathering up the remaining items that were scattered around where he was prior. She brushed the last few crumbs off of her bed and speedily climbed down from the top bunk bed. As she approached the Captain, he turned around, obviously hearing her footsteps, with a hint of a smile on his face. "Rain, we're breaking out tonight!"
The young girl was so purely shocked and amazed at hearing those words, that she was almost entirely speechless. "You've got to be kidding me! No way!"
Sparklez nodded his head, as if to say he wasn't joking around. He briefly showed her his newly-created iron pickaxe, before starting to mine up a solid iron block in front of him. Rain was uncertain of what to do for a moment, then picked up a stone shovel, also made by Sparklez, that was near her. She closely followed the other Minecraftian down into the 2-by-1 tunnel, remembering to replace the iron blocks that made up the floor. The only problem, that wasn't of much importance, however, was that neither of the two had any torches, so it was pitch-black and hard to see. After a while of digging and mining, the sound of voices came from above them. However, the voices were muffled due to the layer of blocks that separated the two groups, the one consisting of these strangers, and the other of Sparklez and Rain. Before Sparklez could stop her, Rain began frantically digging a staircase towards the surface. Unknown to him, the girl had easily recognized one of the voices, which belonged to her older sister. She dug faster with her stone shovel, and it broke just as she reached the top. Rain gasped in surprise and her eyes widened as she spotted the two other Minecraftians. One of them struck total fear into her, as she recalled the memory of them. It was none other than Aero, commander of the Dark Legions.
(A/N: KO STAA, people of Fanfiction! Oh my gosh, ever since I figured out how to say that, I'm constantly using it. If you guys haven't watched Bodil40's Mob Arena Episode 2, that's what I learned it from. I WON'T TELL YOU WHAT THAT MEANS! YOU HAVE TO FIND IT OUT YOURSELF! MUAHAHAHA! Okay, I'm done. ANYWAYS, Chapter 10 is complete, and it only took TWO FREAKIN' DAYS! Only two! That's awesome! :D So gais, plz ask meh and my characters moar questions! Seriously, I think it's really interesting to see what you guys ask Ant, Sparklez, Anti, Storm, Aero, ETC.! Thanks! On a side note, Fire Within has racked up 21 reviews! Thank you SO MUCH! Alright, now it's time for reviewer questions!
mc player toCaptainSparklez: RAIN IS STORM'S SISTER! Oh and you should have brought Gary, Mary, and Larry : )
Sparklez: Well, how was I supposed to know? Storm never told me what her sister looked like! Plus, Rain was actually reminding me of someone else...
Me: Okay, for the second part of this question (Well, it's actually a suggestion), I'll take over. The reason Gary, Mary, Larry, etc. weren't here is because CS isn't the main character here, Ant is. But remember, Fire Within is part of a series, and CS is actually the main char for the next book! Eheheh... SPOILER ALERT! (Not really :P)
mc player to AntVenom: How surprised are you that Anti is your bro?
Ant: Not as much as I thought I'd be. Of course, it is pretty shocking, but yet there was something about him that made it a less of a surprise to me. Still...
Okay, people! That's all for reviewer Q&A this time around! Please ask more questions, I have practically none to ask the characters! So sir (or m'am), could you please give me questions, sir? (If anyone gets that reference, I will be so freaking happy! 3) ETERNALDRAYGON, OUT!)