Marz was awaiting the OK from Noah to bring the first group out. Soon enough, Noah mentally said 'Bring them out.' She moved over to Sparklez's cell and said "Let's go." She offered him a hand, and he took it while she teleported upstairs to get Ryan, Mark, and Nick. They hesitantly came out of the cell, and she turned to the group and said "Grab on." They each grabbed a part on her arm and she teleported to the yard. Noah and Raven were waiting for the group, and training began. Sparklez was first, and Raven decided to personally handle him. The two stood on opposites sides of the yard, and Noah screamed "Begin." Immediately you could see the fire that surrounded the two. Raven said things inside his head, but no one knew what she was saying; it just made him scream "LIAR!" over and over again. Immediately he dropped to his knees as he blindly reached out in front of him. "Raven what did you do!" Marz screamed, and Raven smirked and said "I gave him a little Wither effect, nothing big." "OH MY GOD YOU COULD KILL HIM," she screamed as she ran over to him. "Noah, milk, now," she yelled, and her brother reappeared with the bucket of milk. She quickly gave it to Sparklez as the others watched on in horror. Immediately he started to cough and he opened his eyes and looked up. It took everything Marz had to keep her cool and not scream at Raven, because the loud noises would be bad for the sensitive Sparklez. He was in obvious pain, and she felt horrible about putting him against Raven. She had a score to settle with him, and Marz should have known she would do whatever it took to get her revenge. "Raven," she growled through clenched teeth, "I suggest you keep away from me until I cool down, otherwise I might take your head and rip it right off of your body." Raven sneered and said "What makes you think you can." Marz laid down the semi-conscious Sparklez and stood up. "I just know," she said as she lunged forward. Before she could get any devastating hits on Raven, she felt a pair of arms wrap around her waist and pull her back. She spun around, expecting to see Noah, but instead was met with a blur of pink. "Nick? If you will excuse me I need to finish beating her head in," Marz said, but as she went to go Nick got a good grip on her arm. "Dude, it's not even worth it bro. This is just the anger, cause later if you beat her senseless, you would probably feel really bad about it. Plus, even if he doesn't want to admit it, Sparklez would literally hate himself if she beat your face in over him. I know it," he said, and Marz was stunned. The literal last person in the entire world that Marz would ever expect to say something like that was Nick. Plus she thought he didn't like her. "Thanks dude, you just let me clear my head." "No problem, don't mention it," Nick said. He had dragged her to the corner of the yard, so she took a deep breath as she walked back over to the group. Noah had taken Raven and told her to go back to the Nether and take a breather. Ryan was chilling and Mark was pacing, while Sparklez was propped up against the wall, still unconscious. Since he was a child of Herobrine, healing potions would hurt him, so he was still unconscious. "Sorry Raven ruined training," Marz apologized, half paying attention to them but was mostly focused on the condition of Sparklez. She knelt down beside him and studied his condition. On the outside he looked fine, but he probably was still in some extreme pain. "I'm so sorry," she whispered and stood back up. Group one had some successful training. She brought them back to their cells, and Sparklez still lay up against the wall. Once everyone was successfully back in their respective cells, Marz walked back to the yard, quietly thinking back to earlier. Why was she so angry before? What made her react the way she did when Raven gave Sparklez Wither effect? She shouldn't have reacted that way, and the scariest part about earlier? When she said that she would rip raven's head off, she was serious. It was seriously freaking her out. When she walked back into the yard, she rushed over to him. It seemed as if he was finally starting to come around, and she wrapped her arms around him and pulled him into a hug. She teleported him back to his cell and put him on the bed. It was time for the next group, all though Marz was a little wary. She called for Group 2. They walked to the front, except for Ant, and Marz let them out, beckoning for them to follow. She walked into Ant's cell and hesitated to help him up. She looked at him, and he nodded. She couldn't stop the grin that crossed her face as she helped him off of the bed. He could walk, but she didn't want to risk anything. What if his balance went off and he fell or something. She was probably just overreacting, but better to be safe than sorry. They made their way towards the yard, Slammer and Husky following Marz and Ant. Upon reaching the yard, they saw Noah standing around idly. "Finally, ok guys, we can start right away. Now, who wants to go first," Noah asked, and no one raised their hand. "OK, well, Ant, Marz tells me that you are pretty well prepared, so you choose who goes first." A grin spread across the normally solemn officer's face as he turned and pointed at a frightened Slamacow. "Uh-um-me?" Slammer stuttered, and Ant nodded. Noah stood face to face with Slammer and flashed his eyes void white. Immediately he flinched as he moved his gaze towards the floor. Noah moved down trying to re-establish eye contact, forcing him to face his fears . Each time he looked in Noah's eyes, he shivered and flinched. Until finally he couldn't take it anymore. See, nobody knew this, but when he was five years old, Slamacow's parents were killed by Herobrine. It was what had encouraged him to become an officer, to put away the evil that roamed the world.
*Flashback*
A small little boy roamed the mineshaft that his parents had taken him to. It was their weekly mining session, and he looked forward to it very much. Today was unusual though, for he had strayed away from his parents. He walked along the rows, stone pickaxe in hand, looking for his parents. "Mommy?" he cried as he roamed the different branches of the shaft. "Daddy?" he yelled. He was very shy and didn't talk much, kind of the epitome of an introvert. He walked for a bit, and then broke into a run. His footsteps echoed throughout the shaft as he dashed around. His shoes squeaked as he turned the corner, and immediately all the sound stopped. It was so quiet he could hear his heart beating and his heavy breathing. There, before him, lay his two parents, motionless on the ground, their own weapons used to slaughter them. A tall, dark figure stood above them, staring down at them. At that moment, the boy, who back then was known as Steven, dropped his pickaxe in shock. The figure immediately pulled his eyes off of the motionless figures and fixed his gaze on Steven. He stared into the void white eyes, and broke down crying. He buried his face in his knees and started to cry. Herobrine took what he was after and left, leaving Steven all alone.
*End Flashback*
All of the sudden during training, Slammer just shrunk down, pulled his knees towards his face and started crying. Noah kept trying to get in his face, but Marz kept pushing him away. "Noah, leave him alone. He's obviously traumatized. Go deal with Husky while I take care of him," Marz said, leaning down and trying to console the obviously traumatized Slammer. Noah, knowing better than to aggravate his younger sister, backed away to follow her orders. Marz sat beside Slammer as he took an unnecessary trip down memory lane. "Slammer?" she whispered, and he looked up at her with sad eyes, tears still falling. "Do you want to tell me what happened?" she asked, and he shook his head no. "But are you going to?" she asked, and he slowly nodded his head. "Good, good. Ok, do you want to go inside?" He nodded and slowly got up, and Marz held out her hand. She teleported back to the cell and he sat on the bed, scurried over to the corner and resumed the same position, but watching everything instead of crying. "You know you can trust me," she whispered, and after a second of silent tension he loosened up. He sighed and told her about the story with his parents. Her face stayed emotionless the whole time, but she was horrified. She moved over and sat next to him. "I'm so sorry," she whispered as they sat, and he just turned to her and looked at her. In all honesty, she looked, well, harmless. Not like her father, or her sister, or even her brother. She reached forward and gave him a giant hug, and said "No one should ever have to go through that." She got up and teleported out, back to the yard, where Noah had Husky training. Once again, Ant didn't need training so this group was done. They were brought back to their cells as the next group went out.
A/N: Welp, I hope y'all enjoyed this filler/back story sort of chappie. I knew I needed to update but I wasn't sure what to write, because for those of you unfamiliar to my writing style, I don't even plan anything. Heck, I don't even THINK about writing ideas until I have the computer in front of me. But anyway, I actually have no idea how this story will progress, but I know how I want to end it. So yeah. I have a few key plot points, but that's about it, so if anything seems unexpected and you are like 'Wow she's trying to trick us!' it's good that you think that cause here I am being like 'WHAT IF THEY HATE IT! D: ' So yeah. See ya next update! X3 PS Let me know if you like/dislike the whole Slamacow backstory thingy ma jig. I enjoyed writing it, but it kind of just came out of nowhere. Ok Bai :P
