Minecraft. The stranger.

Chapter Ten.


Previously on Minecraft. The Stranger.


Xander watched the monsters of the night run with an unusual fright. "Umm, what the hell just happened?"

Zero scratched his head. "That's never happened before. They've never run from a fight. Why now?"

Even though they were greatly confused, Xander was more then relieved that it was over.

He sighed heavily, hopefully the creatures would not attack in a full assault like that for awhile.

Miz planted the tip of his blade into the ground as he pondered the question, but he then choose to disregard it. "Does that mean we win?"

Xander did not know, but nodded his head. "I guess so."

But he knew not of how wrong he truly was.

The team leader sat on the ground and tried to relax.

But after a few moments, the sound of loud stomping hit their ear-drums. And then came a voice Xander had heard only once before.

"Wrong. Dead. Wrong."

The team quickly jumped away as a huge sword came crashing down. It was their greatest fear.

The Chief of the Brute Skeletons was standing right in front of them, an evil grin frozen on his face.

He spoke with the demonic voice that they all feared, any of them feared. "You fools actually thought you could survive this battle?"

He pulled his sword back and placed it over his shoulders as the others ran next to Xander.

"You may have driven off the others, but I won't be so easily defeated."

Xander stared fearfully at the Skeleton, unsure of what to do, and his friends were doing no better.

They were all shaken with fear. But he knew they had to try. If he was here, then the solders that he knew had been sent were dead. And he had to try, if not for himself, then for them.

He shook his head, as he cleared his mind then held his sword out in front of him. The others said nothing, but did as he did. They all still had the fearful look on his face, but if he would fight, then they would fight beside him as well.

He stepped back, then charged at the Chieftain.


The story continues now.


Xanders P.O.V


I don't know how we were going to keep up this fight, much less win.
We were already injured as it was, and the seriousness of our injury's was only getting to be more fatal.

And that wasn't even the worst part of it all.

Alka was more powerful then any of us thought was possible since our last fight with the Chief.

Last time I had been in a fight with him he hadn't been nearly this strong. Not that we had won that is, but we had at least given him some nasty wounds. Yet this time it was different. We could barley lay a finger on him.

Our chance's were slim as it was from the beginning, and now they just became so low that I was ready to just give up.

But none of my friends would forgive me if I did. And I don't know if I could have either.

They just kept fighting.

Zero rushed at the Skeleton and jumped up from a small ledge.
He sent his arms flying down at the creature, his sword aimed for his head.

Only for Alka to quickly sidestep to his right, as he jumped out of the way Zero fell towards the dirt, only for Alka to land a devastating punch in his stomach, making Zero's blood splatter the ground.

Alka just smiled as he watched as all try to fight back.

"You all have been causing too much trouble for the Night-Stalker alliance, and now I am here to put an end to that."

As Zero tried to support himself, blood dripping from his lip, Alka grabbed him by his neck and tightly squeezed his throat.

Zero gave sent out a cry of pain, yet he kept struggling, even though he didn't show it, Zero hated Alka the most.

More then any of us.

He lifted him up with his top left arm as he kept his hand around Zero.

As Zero struggled in his grasp Rig manged to sneak under Alka and landed a few hard blows to the Chiefs right leg.

I watched in horror as Alka looked down with a smile on his face, he felt nothing from his attacks.

Rig saw this, it made the boxer start to form an angry look on his face. The fourteen year old fighter angrily unleashed a relentless amount of punches onto Alka.

Rig pulled his right arm back then quickly shot it forward at the Chief.

Yet Alka decided to get out of defensive mode, and actually attack.

The Skeleton's bottom right arm moved down swiftly and grabbed Rig's right hand before his attack met Alka's body.
Rig gave a small squeak as his fist was no longer of any use to him.

Alka began to crush his opponents hand, forcing Rig to fall onto his knees as he tried to free his hand from the beast as it cruelly crushed his hand. Rig screamed in agonizing pain as the bones in his hands were being destroyed.

Yet none of us could do anything, we could only watch the terror as we stood helpless as our friend suffered.
Damn monster.

Kat was barley conscious, the only support she had was from a small hill, she was desperately trying to breath.

Bid and Miz laid on the blood covered grass unconscious. They took the less Damage, which is still so much.

And Zero's arms had already dropped to his sides, and he looked as though he would pass out from his lack of , and me and Zag were injured horribly.

Rig was the in a worse conduction then any of us, yet he did not show it, I suspected he felt some kind of guilt, he had the chance to finish the Skeleton yet he hadn't taken it.
I also shared that shame, I was their leader, I could have made Rig finish him off.
Yet I wanted Alka to suffer as much as anyone else had.
Now I regretted it.

I was on my knees, unable to move. Only my sword kept me up. I wanted to jump back in to help them, but I couldn't.

I was weak. And he surpassed us, we couldn't beat him.

Maybe if I had been stronger, we might have won. Just maybe.

Alka no longer wanted to wait any longer, he raised his bottom left fist and brought it back.

I couldn't even scream to make Alka stop, and even if I had it was to late.

The monster pressed down harder, getting a sicking sound from Rig's hand.
My friend yelled out into the sky as blood gushed out from Alka's hand.

Alka released Rig as he fell to the ground holding his hand.
And After Alka was finished with him he turned his attention back to Zero, who was about to blackout.

My friend scream in pain and horror as his iron glove broke apart and fell on to the ground.
Rig's fingers were twisted in different detections, and the bones from his hand broke through the skin.

It was a terrifying site.

Rig stared at the bloody mess, frozen with fear.

He could no longer support himself, and fell onto the ground as his hand bled out.
As Rig fell, Alka slammed Zero to the ground.

All anyone could do was watch this terror as he slowly killed us off.
I did not know the outcome of this fight, yet I could only guess.
And I prayed for a miracle l.

Alka punched Zero in his face, knocking him a few feet away. Yet he continued his onslaught and moved with inhuman speed.

It appeared to be instantaneous.

Alka flung his right fist at Zero, his knuckles unleashing a devastating attack that collided with Zero's cheek, then quickly attacking his stomach with his left arm.

After the brutal attacks that came from him, his right hand latched onto his head.
What came next made me look away.

Alka's free hand began viciously dealing a continuous attack.

Blow after blow, Zero screamed in pain as he hung their, unable to make even a tiny movement.

The sound from each hit made me wish that he would no longer post-pone the inevitable. I wish he would get our deaths over with.

I clenched my fist as I found myself questioning my mind for even thinking of such a terrible thing.

Then, once my eyes opened themselves, now hearing the cruel nightmare come to a stop.

My friend had been pushed into the ground, patches of grass were covered in blood and skin.

Zero struggled to his feet as blood dripped from his mouth.

Zero spit onto the ground, and I saw one bloody tooth land on the stained ground.

I clenched my sword in a rage as tears freely flowed from my eyed.
"Dammit Zero stay down." I said in a quite whisper.
And yet that dumb shit got back up.

The idiot had balls, standing up to the seemingly unstoppable strength of Alka.

But just because he had something to prove did not mean he had to throw his life away.

I could see the determination on his face as he stumbled back as Alka took a step closer to him.

I also saw the look of anger that Zag had.

As her face twisted in rage she started moving back up.

And to my amazement, she hoped back up as the fighting continued.

She held her stance, then she was back up.

She still held her sword up, not likely to back down from this fight.

And in her new found energy boost she manged to charge at the Skeleton

I wanted them to stay down, to avoid the devastating punishment from Alka, yet they still fought.
They had hope.
Which was more then most would have in a situation like this.

Yet I could do nothing but watch and see how this terror played out.

And at that moment, Zag charged in as Zero took a right hook to his face.

Alka grabbed both of his arms and pulled them, holding him in the air with just one arm.

Zero hung limb in the air, eying the creature. He coughed then shot a bit of bloody spit into the eye socket of the Chief. Then he finally succumbed to his injures.

Zero always had to get a joke, it was who he was. We were finished.

Yet Zag refused to accept that, she held up her blade and swiped at the monsters arm that held Zero.

The steel blade dug into Alka's fore-arm, leaving a deep cut when she retracted the sword. Only Alka laughed at her attack, only increasing the rage she held within.

"You could have stood there and stayed out of this, but you all seem to be in a hurry to throw your lives away. Allow me to grant that wish."

What came next sent an inhuman rage surging through me. Alka flung his right arm back quicker then Zag could counter, slapping her hard across her face and also throwing Zero away. Zero landed near the beach, but not close enough to drown in the water. Yet I was not concerned with him.

Zag fell back after Alka brutally stuck her, also dropping her sword.

Yet Alka was known for his cruelty, so this attack would not end with just one hit. Alka quickly dashed at the injured girl grabbing on to her throat.

A cry escaped Zag's mouth before being silenced by Alka. He stared at her as she struggled to breath.

I saw the terror in her eyes, something I never wanted, or thought I'd see. Emotionally she surpassed all of us, and the fact that he made her fear him was unbelievable.

Alka had continued to crush he throat, while he unleashed and barrage of attacks towards the rest of her body, and once he was sure she was not going to recover so quickly this time, he tossed her away.

Zag hit the sandy ground near the entrench to the door where she had first been down, she and been so close to escaping, yet she stayed behind with us. But that bastard made it clear we were not escaping.
Rig had a broken had and would bleed to death soon enough, and Zero was down, panting for air, I could hear his struggle to breath.

I wanted nothing more then to crack Alka's skull open, but their was nothing more I could do.

Zag had managed to get back on to her feet, yet when I attempted it my legs gave away and my sword fell from my hold.

I took one last look back up to see the frightful face of Alka before I finally gave in.
I was done, and so were the others.

What the future held for us was unknown to me at the moment, but I hoped we could make it out of this.

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Jamie's P.O.V


I poked my head out from around a corner that lead to two hall-ways, the right one lead to another hall-way, but to the next right was a center walk-way. It had six different hall-ways, each leading to an important part of the sixth level under ground, but there were two stair-cases, one lead further down to the seventh floor, then below that was the colony, the other would lead on to the fifth floor, where we would find the armory.

I looked behind me to see Tyler slowly keeping up with my pace.

"Come on. We are almost there!"

I quietly snapped at Tyler because he had fallen behind.

Tyler came around the corner with a look of iteration. Which I quickly made a fuss about.

"Don't you dare have an attitude with me. You should be glad I'm even helping you."

Tyler sighed in defeat as his hand covered his temple and he began to rub it.
"Look, can we not argue right now, lets just get to the equipment room then you,"

He said pointing at me. "Can point me towards the door."

Once he mentioned his leaving I turned away from him, tears about to fall

(And to you're death. I hope Xander was able to at least cause enough damage.)

Yet I knew that out there, Xander and the others could be dead. And that one more could be joining the pile of body's.

And I prayed that the gods would let it be Alka.

I managed to hold my tears in somehow, I had to be strong.
I wiped away a few drops that broke free and continued on with nothing more then a sad sigh.

I had reasons for wanting Tyler's survival, reasons that were not known by my team at the time. I don't know how they didn't notice it.

One of the reasons was special to me, he looked like an old friend of mine.

He had been my best friend, who had been slaughtered by a few Zombie swords-men in a fight to protect a few night hunters

The other... Was that I-

"Jamie, how much further."

I stopped my pace at once, then glanced back to him.

"Not much further. Just a little longer."

Before I turned away their was a look of fear on Tyler's face. But before I could question this, he wrapped his arms around me and pulled me back.

I wanted to slug him in his face for that, yet his words kept me from doing so.

"There are others down this way. I'm not sure how many, yet they have weapons and are waiting down in the room that this way leads."

I had know idea how he could possibly know this, but the look on his face told me he spoke the truth. And I didn't think now was the best time to make claims about his judgement.
I pushed him away as I regained my balance.

"Okay, so what do we do?" I asked, not wanting to be discovered.

My question stumped Tyler for a few moments as he become lost in his thoughts.

Yet he quickly spoke of a plan.
"Ditch the sword. We can walk through with out any problems, if they think I took you prisoner."

Tyler took out the dagger I gifted him earlier, and held it in a threatening way.
At once I dug up two blocks of dirt and tossed my sword.

I placed one of the blocks into my inventory and placed the other above, hiding my blade for me to retrieve later.

Once done I nodded to Tyler, who grabbed my right arm and held it behind my back while the dagger's tip came close to my throat.

Then we began to move closer to the central hall.

Yet once he moved in it, I began to wish I had just kept my mouth shut with my team.

Because standing there with twelve armed Solders was my team, with Thomas behind the group.

"Shit." I whispered quietly to myself.

Once Tyler heard me I then noticed the same thing that gave me my reaction.

Once Thomas saw us, he gasped loudly, which caught the attention of the others. Thomas drew his blade and the others copied him.

Thomas was going to ruin everything.

"Stop right where you are." Thomas commanded Tyler. And in response Tyler moved the tip of the blade closer to my throat.

"Don't you dare hurt her you bastard! If harm her even a little I'll kill you!" Screamed the oldest female on my team. Her name was Nina, my older sister.

I wanted to tell my sister I was fine, that I was just helping a friend. Yet I would get in so much trouble if I did, and I had a feeling that Tyler knew that.

I had disobeyed Thomas and broken a couple of rules. There was no telling how far the punishment could go.

I saw Thomas eye Tyler angrily, and I'm pretty sure Tyler returned the glare.

Things were not going well.

And I don't think they were going to end well either.

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Tyler's P.O.V


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Well, things could have gone a lot better then what was happening right now. Way better then right now. Way better.

I had an innocent girl who was pretending to be my hostage to avoid any punishment held by her chest with a knife to her throat, and they had about twelve armed guards around me, plus the power kept turning on and off, so that really helped.

I had each on of them sending dagger like glares at me, but a few of them were looks of horror or panic, which were sent at Jamie.

One of the solders took a step forward with his sword raised. I forced him to step back when I pushed the tip of the blade closer to her neck, getting a little squeak out of her.

I saw the look Thomas flashed me as it almost pierced were skin
He wanted to fight, to get Jamie away, but had no choice, so he held his hand up and recalled his Solders.

Before any of them could even make the smallest of movements, he gave an order.

"Don't, nobody attack."

That oldest girl looked over to her leader, stuck with shock that he would say such a thing. "What? We can't let him-"
Thomas snapped at her as she attempted to defy an order.

"No one is going to attack. Because he," He said pointing a finger at me. "Won't kill her. Hell, I doubt he will harm her again."

At the mention of a weakness in my plan everyone slowly lowered their weapons, then turned their heads from Thomas, then to me with confused eyes.

I held the blade closer to her throat, but I was lost for words, I had no idea how to react the salutation.

(Shit. Shit) I had started to panic. Drops of sweat began to form. But panicking was probably not the best thing to do right now.

Because they noticed it right that second. Right of the bat.

One of their solders spoke up as he saw the sweat drip down my forehead.

"He's right, he won't!" They all raised their weapons up, and marched closer, getting ready to attack.

I held Jamie tighter as I took several steps back.
They were right about one thing, I would not kill her.
But I would severely injure them if needed be. It was either let them take me captive again, and this time it could... Would be worse.

Or I could fight them to save the rest.

My options were between those two, so I had no choice.

But I had to get them to drop their guard if I was going to stand a chance.

So I kept up the routine of the hostage and the murderer.

"Don't think I won't. If I must, I will."

Thomas chuckled as he raised his arms from his sides.

"Big talk, lets see you go through with it." Everyone gave a little gasp, and I shot a death glare at him.

He was gambling with her life, and yet there was no way I could harm her. Not even to distract them.

I clenched my teeth as me and Jamie stepped back from the advancing solders.

That bastard put me in a difficult position.

I had really started to panic as I felt my back hit the wall, only then did I snap.

"Get back! All of you! I swear I'll kill her!" I shouted at the troops.

At once, everyone in the hall lowered their weapons, not knowing what to do. Thanks to their leader they were confused. All they needed was one more push and I could win.
(I need something. Anything to help.)

As though someone had heard my plead, the light-bulbs burnt out, plunging the room in darkness.
(Pay-back time.)

I threw Jamie aside as I quickly rushed at the nearest guard.

The Guard had been unprepared for the darkness let alone my sneak attack.

I grabbed his shoulders and kneed him in his stomach, then, using the same leg, I flung my arms back and kicked him into a group of the solders.

As the others regained their balance I continued the attack. I planted my leg onto the ground then launched forward, quickly extending my arms.

As I ran to the fighters I punched two solders in the face, making their lips break open and quickly spilling out blood..
I heard two cracking noises, before I jumped back. They could not see me, and those solders that I had beat down had caused an uproar as solders fought with their ally's.

Screams could be heard all around as they struggled to find me, even some had attacked their own friends. I just jumped behind a counter, waiting for it to end.

The sound of metal clashing with another reinforced blade rang through the room, and the screams of pain from the injured ones escaped from the fighters. Even though the room was filled with darkness in each corner, I could see better in darkness then they could, just enough to see their exact location and most of their body's.

Shadowed body's were in a frenzy as they fought, not one of them to find themselves fighting their ally's.

Soon, Two of the fighters stumbled over towards me, giving me the advantage over them. One pushed the other onto the ground, his sword moving closer to his body. The one below whipped his right arm back and fired off a punch.

I heard the devastation that his attack had caused.
Their was a loud snap, then the warrior above went silent.

The solder grabbed onto his shoulders and flung him down. The same solder had reached for the fallen blade and held it up.

And instead of thinking about the fact that they all were wearing full-body armor and that I had clothing on, he went for the finishing blow.

I stared at the one who was ready to take the life of one who had not even been of any concern in the current events, and yet so had the one below.

I could not let this happen. And it would not.

I quickly jumped out of my spot and onto the troop just before he could harm him again. Once I was on top I launched my right fist into his face, then my left him collided with his face. I felt blood on my hand as i withdrew my attack.

He stopped moving after the second punch, but I knew I had not killed him.

He quickly reached up and grasped the front of my shirt.

Before I could dodge, He threw a punch at me.

The armor made his attack slower, giving me the chance which I could easily block. I put my forearm in front of my face, making a loud hit sound off. Once the hit collided with my arm I slapped it away.

Before he could attack again, I grabbed his head and landed my elbow into his temple, forcing blood out of his mouth.
He gave a scream of pain before his breathing become shallow., reassuring me he had blacked out.

But I didn't know how much longer I'd be standing either with this fight going on.

I needed a sword.

Before I continued I tried to spot Jamie. I glanced at the spot where I had rushed away from her, but she was no longer there.

I was concerned for her safety, but I still needed to worry about myself. I rushed back to the spot where the two solders had landed, hoping that the blade would still be in the same spot.

I felt around the area, I had knocked out the sword when I tackled him, so it had to still be their.

The battle had become less of a nuisance, since it seemed like they were starting to find I was not in the fight at the moment.

Before I could locate this hidden blade I heard the voice shout out into the room, one I did not recognize.

"Everyone stop. You are fighting brothers."

A flash of light blinded me for a few seconds, making them shut before damage could come.

Once I could open them freely again, I found the blade only a few steps away from me.

I dashed at the blade, not allowing them to catch me off guard again.

Once the blade came into my possession, I flipped onto my left hand and pushed off the ground and onto my feet.

I discovered the source of the light had come from a young female's palm, her arm extended in the air as the ball of light rested upon her hand.

I came to see a older looking male wearing what seemed to be a a gray jump-suite with a hood.

He seemed young, yet his hair was bright white.

What came next surprised me.

The others bowed down to him, even Thomas.

Thomas welcomed the newcomer. "Elder McNamara."

This Elder raised his hand. "Rise my solders."

As they rose to their feet, he moved past the solders and walked closer towards me. I raised the blade in self-defense, freezing him to the spot.

He had stopped in his movement, yet he had a smile stuck on his face.

"Hello Child." He greeted me, his hands moving behind his back and then staying motionless.

I gave no reply, only a cold glare.

"I mean you no harm young one, yet I see you have been causing much trouble. It is surprising you managed to evade us this long, and the fact that you were able to stand your ground against this many Solders, but then again you have the darkness as your ally."

I only gave a smile back. "I'm more dangerous then you think."

McNamara nodded his head in response. "I can tell. And I can also tell you did not escape just to cause mischief, what is the reason for this?"

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I was getting sick and tied of this. "Look, I know whats happening. I know about the monster that is attacking, and I know I can be of assistance."

Unlike the others he did not dismiss my claim at the start. "How could you help?"

"While I traveled here I came across a mountain. And I was in need a shelter, but once I reached the top that Monster was waiting at the top. I only won by a slip up on his part."

"If it was a slip up, then I doubt he will let it happen again. If that is the only reason you won, then there is no chance of it happening again."

God dammit. I almost had him. "Look, he is here because of me, so It is only fair that I am the one to fight him."

McNamara just shook his head, now completely ignoring my every word now. "It matters not. This monster has terrified us for far too long. The team I have out there as personal experience with Alka, so if anyone deserves to kill the monster, its them"

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(He does not know that Xander and the rest of Alpha team failed to defeat Alka and are currently unconscious. The reason Alka has not killed them is because he wants Tyler to see the damage he can easily cause, in hopes of either getting Tyler into submission, or to make Tyler fight all-out)

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"You will not be fighting child, and if they must knock you out in order to keep you alive. The so be it."

During his last sentence the others began to advance forward, their weapons raising up.

As I began to panic I looked back to Jamie who was being lead out of the room by the older girl who almost got into a fight with the younger male.

I saw the look of sadness in her eyes as she disappeared around the corner.

I know these people were her family, yet if I must fight then so be it. I turned back to the Elder and twirled my sword around, making McNamara back up. With one final flip I held the sword back, ready to fight.

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The Elder looked actually scared.

"You can't beat them child, your badly out numbered. Just give up." Said the McNamara with false courage.

I stared at each of them. They were hurt and exhausted. And since I was completely healed...

I stepped back and entered a fighting stance. "We'll see about that."

McNamara began to step behind a group of Solders as he was attempting to get to the exit. "Take him!" He shouted.

A guard stepped towards me and swung his sword out, which was deflected by me. I pushed the blade closer towards him, then shoved him into his friends. Another swung his sword out towards me. I ducked down and twisted around and I flipped the blade around and held it like a baton and jumped up, the sword cutting his chest. He fell back but still stood.

I had to end these fights quickly.

I still had the sword flipped around, and since he was dazed it gave me the advantage. I grabbed the left side of his head and swung the handle at him.
I bashed his head with it, spraying blood over the ground.
He hit the ground with a thud, but he did not get back up. I thought I had killed him, but I saw he was still breathing.

But if I had given him a concussion he could go into a coma, or die, due to his bleeding wound.

This was not the way, how could I want too fight for these people if I was going to injure them like that.

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In my thoughts I failed to notice the next attack.

Two other guards jumped at me with their swords aiming at my head.

I quickly placed my sword in between theirs and slowed the attack. I started to lean back until my head almost hit the ground.

I jumped onto my hands and flipped around.
And as I did I kicked my legs out to my sides, tripping the guards who fell onto their backs.

And soon more took their place and charged at me. Dammit. This had to stop.

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Thomas ran towards me quickly. I pulled my sword back and shot it at him. Yet the Solder swatted away the blade quickly with his own, making me fall to my right.

I would not let him get the upper hand on me, so before I fell onto the ground I let the sword drop and jumped onto my hands.

His blade fell onto the ground, his aim just missing me. I flipped up and shot my leg at his head, and this time he could not block it.

My leg hit Thomas right in the head, sending him into the wall.

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But once I was back up I saw blood on the floor. I could only stare in horror as Thomas pushed off the wall, his blood splattered across the stone.

I had a great dislike towards him, but I could not do this. This fight could continue no longer.

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So I did. I stepped away from Thomas as he picked himself up, but I did not enter a battle stance. I simply held my arm out with my blade.

The solders did not know what to do, so they stopped dead in their tracks, trying to figure out my next move.

My next move was not a threatening move, I simply released the blade I held.

Everyone held they're own weapon defensively.

"There is no other reason to continue this fight. If you won't accept my help then fine. I won't keep harming you all."

McNamara looked at my with a careful eye.

"He speaks truthful. He will not attack. Bind him."

Two of the guards walked towards me, a little shaken.

The one on my right pulled out what looked like cuffs.

"Hold out your hands."

I clenched my fist in anger, but I would not go back on my word, so I did as they asked.

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Before they could put the cuffs on me, someone came rushing in, and I received the same feeling of dread that I had felt off of William, the messenger. I knew something terrible had happened.

He was a young male. In his twenty's from his appearance.

McNamara grabbed the Couriers shoulders, trying to calm him down. "Nate, what is wrong?"

The Messenger breathed in, then spoke extremely fast. "The other entrenches are under siege. The estimated number on each gate is about thirty to fifty and it looks as though reinforcements may be coming. "

The look of the Elders face was one that they all shared, including myself.

"WHAT! WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN!" McNamara shouted at the shaken Courier.

"Only twenty minutes ago. Elder James had all of the squads deployed to each gate except the main entrench."

McNamara let go of the Courier. As he released he could barley muster up enough strength to stand.

Thomas came to his side and gave him his shoulder before he fell. "Elder. What will we do?"

McNamara remained silent. And that seemed to scare the rest even more then they already were.

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Only a few more moments were spent before The Elder spoke. "Its worse then I feared. This isn't just a border battle, or a simple riot. Its a full scale attack, they want to completely destroy us!"

His words did not faze any of them, as they already seemed to know the outcome.

The guards that held me were more interested with their Elder's words then keeping me contained.

I grabbed on to there armor and shoved hard against them, making them crash into the wall.

Thomas quickly turned around and swiped his blade across the air and held it in his fighting stance. But this time I was not going to be fighting them.

"Look, McNamara. Like it or not you need me."

The Elder stayed motionless as I spoke. So I just continued.

"You're Solders here could be better used else where, If you would return my swords I could deal with your problem."

I saw the Elders fist clench, and with out turning to face me, he screamed loudly enough that his echos could be heard for a few moments longer then they should.

"WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY BE CAPABLE OFF! HOW COULD A MERE CHILD LIKE YOU BE OF USE IN THIS DARK HOUR!"

He finally faced me, his face twisted in anger.

I glared at McNamara, even after the attack he would still keep me confined.

And at that moment I snapped, my anger finally reaching a braking point.

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With one swift movement I found myself holding McNamara against the wall, my hand clenching his throat and his face frozen in terror.

Then I screamed as loudly as I possibly could.

"AFTER THE EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED YOU WOULD STILL DENY MY HELP! IF ALKA IS HERE THEN THE SOLDERS YOU SENT ARE EITHER DEAD OR DYING! AND EVEN THE ONES GUARDING THE GATES COULD BE DEAD! AFTER SO MUCH YOU WOULD REMAIN STUBBORN!"

I head Thomas's voice as he yelled at me.

"You insolent fool! You dare to speak to Elder McNamara in that tone! Release him at once."

Something inside me forced my hand and head to whip back at Thomas. Thomas was only five feet from me, yet when my hand flew back I felt a huge blast of air come off of my hand.

And the air was shot from my hand and at Thomas, flinging him back through the room and crashing into a wooden door that was close to the open entrench that me and Jamie had come through.

The look of horror on everyone's face made me shake. They were scared of me, and that was something I did not like, yet if this was the only way to make them listen, then so be it. And I doubted they would dare to try anything at this point.

Once Thomas was out of the way I turned back to face McNamara.

I raised him higher until he was off of his feet and hanging on the wall, and the only thing keeping him up his my hand.

"One way or another, I'm going out there. You need to worry about your own people and not about me. If I can kill Alka then the others will leave. You are they're leader, start acting like it. Let me help you. Even if you don't believe in my ability's doesn't give you the right to deny my help. I'm going to fight. And if you get in my way again, I won't hesitate to attack you again."

His fear left his face as I finished, he now had the same look of understanding that Jamie had.

I squeezed his neck harder, then shoved him into the wall.

My anger began to come down, now it was easier to suppress, and only then did I let him go.

He just let himself slide down the wall, unable to say anything.

"You are already certain that the Colony will fall, so what have you got to lose." I offered him my hand as a sign of good-will.

He looked away from my gaze, and for a second I thought again he would deny me. But the next words that were spoke were what surprised me.

"I have lived in fear of the Creatures for so long, that I fail to see solutions when they are staring right at me. I am tired of living in fear of these damned monsters."

And he stared hopefully at me, and his look of shame disappeared.

He took my hand and I pulled him up.

His fear shaken voice left, and was replaced with the voice of a leader.

"I would welcome your help young warrior, and after that demonstration, how could I refuse again. If you can defeat the monster that has kept us within these walls out of fear, then there will be no doubts."

I smiled as I had reached another person.

"Thomas, everyone. You are to report to the command center at once. You will receive your orders there."

Everyone saluted. "Sir yes sir!"

Everyone ran past me and The Elder with a confident smile.

Yet because of my attack, Thomas slowly jogged past me. Our eyes met, and he sent an evil glare at me.

I knew I would have problems with him in the future. But that was then, what I needed to worry about was what was happening now.

McNamara spoke again. "Come my friend. Let us get your gear."

I nodded my head, and as he lead me to another door I told him something.

"My name is Tyler by the way."

The Elder opened the door and revealed a stair-way.

"Come Tyler, we must get you ready."

I stepped into the door and began the walk up the stairs.

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Before I entered, I whispered something in my thoughts.

(Watch out Alka, here I come.)

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I walked out the door, holding each of my swords tight in my hands, I was not going to lie. I was scared out of my mind. I would be fighting a battle people said was an impossible challenge, and the only difference I had were my blades. As I had been in this world for the past three weeks, I had only these weapons. These were my only weapons, but they were my greatest. And this would be one of my greatest fights. As I stepped out, I saw hundreds of body's on the ground, all infected with the parasite that turned them into these things, and with their usual green skin, except for six humans, who were close to death. I walked over to the closet one, a girl with purple hair. She was covered in wounds from the battle. But as I stared at her, a cold rush of fear went down my spine. She was the one I had seen in . I kneed down and picked up her head. She was out, and so were the others. I tried to walk her. "Come on kid, get up. Get up! I swear, if one of you dies I'm going to be so pissed." Nothing. I then heard laughing. I looked to a sand dune, and on top stood that huge Skeleton that I had fought before. "None can defeat me, my strength is second to no human. These fools defied our great master, so I put them in their place." I looked down to the girl, then carefully placed her back down. Then I casted my intention back to the Skeleton. With a snarl in my voice, I spoke. "Your going to pay for what you've done."

The Skeleton was unfazed from my threat. But he sighed.

"You humans never learn, you will soon bow to our master."

I glared at the bastard. Anger filled my body to a painful level. "So that's it, humans are slaves in this world?" The skeleton held its sword up and started to shake it, then replied. "Not quite. The humans do not serve our master, your kind would not submit, they would not join the Darkness alliance, and for that they must die."

I suppressed a violent out-burst. But the Skeleton continued on, knowing it struck a nerve.

Yet the next thing it said to me is what surprised me. "But you are not the same, you're different from the others, you're more powerful. You continue to fight, even when the others cower in fear. What makes you so much stronger from the others?"

I could only stare at him. Not truly knowing the answer, but I no longer wanted to listen anymore. I wished not too.

"I don't care if I am stronger. And you should not either. WHAT YOUR DOING IS NOT RIGHT, NOR IS IT FAIR!" I drew my blades. Now, I was out for blood. But I remembered something as I looked around, blood had already been spilled this night, and now their would be one more lying on the ground.

I shivered at the thought, yet started to focus on the task before me. "Last time I barley won, due to my weakened state, but now, now you die!" I yelled with venom dripping from my words, then ran to fight.

As I sprinted over to engage it, the brute screamed. "INSECTS LIKE YOU WERE CREATED TO GROVEL AT OUR FEET, AND TO BE CRUSHED!" The Skeleton jumped from the sand dune and slashed his sword at me. I jumped under it as it hit the ground. Its sword collided with the ground, spreading the sand and dirt around. I retaliated by quickly getting on my feet swiping my swords across its back.

My attack left a deep cut, which I smiled at.

Yet I received no response from him.

The Skeleton slapped his hand back, not effected by my attack. I ducked down, his fist just narrowly missing me. Then I stabbed my blade into its hand, then stabbed my other sword into its chest. I pushed the swords in until they came to the handles. After I could no longer continue, I held onto the blades as I stood.

Even though I had dealt two massive attacks that caused huge amounts of damage, something bothered me.

Nothing. Not even a grunt.

I released my swords and stepped back in fear.

Why were my attacks not hurting it?

As I tried to figure out this, It quickly grabbed my throat, taking advantage of my brief moment of fear.

Its face formed into a evil grin. "Haha. Nothing has changed. You will soon meet your death by my hands." He sure had a high opinion of himself. I smiled, knowing full well I would trumpet. "You beat me once, and that's one time to many. Not happening again mother fucker!" I grabbed his hand, and using it to boost myself up, my feet collided with its face. (Got you now, you cocky bastard.) With one shove, I freed myself from its grasp. As I fell towards the ground, I flipped in the air, and I landed on my hands and pushed up into the air, and manged to land on my feet. The Skeleton fell back into the dirt. But my weapons were still lodged in it's body. It laid their, not moving at all. I had a moment of relief, but I knew it wasn't over. And I was right. The Skeleton flipped around and pushed itself up. It made no sound. It grabbed my diamond sword, which was still stuck in its hand, then forcibly yanked it out. I heard a angry growl, then It tossed it at me. The blade came at me with great speed.

"OH FUCK-BERRIES!" I flipped back onto my hands, the blade flew by my head, cutting my chin.

I pushed back and landed near my sword. At least I had a weapon now. I grabbed the sword from the ground and pulled the blade out. I flipped it around and prepared to fight.

But something made me freeze in fear. The Skeletons body turned around and faced me, but it was just his body. Its head was missing. The head-less body grabbed my obsidian sword and forcibly yanked It out and tossed it aside.

It held its sword in its left hand and walked toward me a little, in which I thought it would attack. But it only stopped and reached down and grabbed something. It gripped it in its hand and placed it on top of its head. The I noticed it had its head. It cracked its neck as its head reconnected to its spine. I heard its neck crack as it adjusted its self. (Holy crap. He's stronger then last time.) It stared evilly at me. I held my blade, ready to fight. It gave a blood filled scream, then ran at me. (Great, now I pissed him off.) Once he came close enough, I sliced my sword across the air. But he blocked the attack with his arm, then kicked me in my stomach, knocking me onto my back. I fought the pain, and croaked out."Clever bastard." He laughed as I laid on the ground. Then raised his sword over his head. "Now you die." He brought the huge sword down. Making a counter, I quickly put my blade across my body, just barley blocking the sword. It tried to push its sword down, but the monster was unable to. It moved its head closer to his own blade. It spoke with a now more demonic voice, and it's eyes glowed blood red. "Last time you nearly died by my hands, you were no match for me, this time with be no different." I felt crushed under this thing. But no way in hell would I lose. I pushed up as hard as I could, but it only moved slightly.

I was not giving up.

I felt some kind of new found strength, and as I felt it I used it to push back the blade.

I could feel the sword actually go up. "Don't bet on it." I said as the monster struggled to keep me down.

And soon, I was slowly getting to my feet, the Skeleton had a look of fear on his face as I stood up.

But I had to think fast. With out my other sword, I could not use any of my special attacks or summon the power-up. I needed to do something quickly. But as our blades held the other off, I screamed.

"Can't I get a brake for once!" But that question was quickly answered. The Skeleton shoved his sword forward, nearly knocking me back, then in one swift move, he punched me in my face.

I was forced back and fell over, but it grabbed my leg and it flung me over its shoulder, then tossed me like I was one of its arrows. I hit the ground terribly hard and I moaned in pain and my vision was bury. After it cleared I was able to sit up. I rubbed the back of my head and got out the dirt out of my hair.

"Apparently not." After a moment I regained my footing.
I reached down and grabbed my blade. After I had a moment to fully recover, I entered my battle stance, ready to fight.

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Zag's point of view.


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Oh god. What the hell happened last night?

I slowly opened my eyes. I was still out under the moon lit night. And in pain, but I was still alive. But I did not understand how. The last thing I remembered was that Skeleton pushing its foot down on my stomach. Whatever had saved me I was thankful too. But I was in a lot of pain at the moment, so exacting my revenge on that son of a bitch was going to have to wait. I tried to move, but my wounds and lack of blood kept me down.

(Shit. God I hope that jerk is in hell right now) I then heard shrieks of pain. I managed to turn my head towards the sound of horrible struggle. A young boy who was a year older then myself was on the back of Alka, slashing his sword across its back. The skeleton was in a frenzy as it tried to knock the boy off. But something about him seemed fimiler. Alka swung behind him, but the kid jumped onto his arm, then flipped forward with his blade in front of himself, cutting the monsters face and knocking it over. He landed on his feet and turned back to continue the fight.

(What... The... Hell... How is he winning? The seven of us are the very best Winter-Moor has, and we could barley lay a finger on him, yet this guy is actually hurting that monster)
I was astonished. His fighting style and skill was nothing I had ever seen before. He was able to take a hit of Alka, then give it right back along with his own barrage of attacks. His skill rivaled that of Zero's. Hell, even Xander and Miz.

The brute fired off a punch, which the swordsmen easily dodged. He flipped back onto his hands, then yanked his feet up, kicking his feet into the throat of Alka, then regained his balance. But when he landed on his hands he managed to pull his sword up towards the sky, cutting Alka's chest and chin.

And while Alka was distracted the kid lashed out at the monster, slicing its chest with his sword. But Alka recovered quickly and kicked the fighter in his stomach, making him fly back about ten feet. He fell onto his back and gave a squeak of pain. But once he entered the light, I saw him completely.

And it was not a nice sight. His face was bleeding, his stomach had a huge gash, his arms and legs were covered in wounds but none of them were serious like ours. Even though he was hurt he continued to fight, no matter how much pain he was in, or the fact that he took some heavy attacks.

Damn, he was tough. He sat back up and jumped onto his feet. He grabbed his sword off the ground and reentered his battle stance. That's when it hit me. This kid was the one me and my team had rescued. Back then he looked like some untrained ass who picked a fight with one too many creatures, he was nearly dead when we found him, but now he was fighting a brute Skeleton. And not just any Brute, it was Alka, the Brute Chief. He was holding his ground while the six of us were beaten easily. But what surprised me was when the Skeleton came into the light as well. He was in a worse conduction then the fighter was. And Alka was suppose to be the strongest fighter in the Night-Stalker alliance. Alka held his title because of the fact that he was known to kill those under his command for showing even a little weakness, then some how taking their life-force.

The Skeleton held sword up with both hands as they both prepared to fight. I watched them both stare evilly at each other, both of them daring the other to make a move. I wanted to join this mystery fighter, I had a very annoying urge to fight by his side. But I was too damaged, and our weapons could have been destroyed for all I know.
Even if I could get up their was not much I could do, even with a weapon I was useless in this fight.

I watched as he kept up the fight, taking a punch in his face from Alka, then jumping back and slicing his arm, leaving a very deep cut.

But I don't know how they both could keep fighting. Both were injured terribly.
But as I watched our ally fight I could not help but admire his will to continue. Both continued to clash, slashing their swords against the others.

The fighter ducked down as Alka swiped his sword across, then jumped up and landed a deep cut to the Skeleton's face. Alka countered by kicking the boy in his stomach, forcing him away. He landed on the ground with a thud. And Alka kept up his onslaught and ran towards his opponent.

The Swords-men flipped back onto his hands and pushed up, dodging what would have been a killing blow as Alka's blade cut into the ground.

The fighter regained his footing and lashed out at Alka.

The Skeleton jumped back before the blade touched him, only for the Swords-men to plant the sword into the ground and use it as a stand. He jumped up and extended his right leg, making it collide with Alka's chest.

The hit seemed to be extremely hard, because the next thing I saw Alka fly back a good eight feet. The mysterious teen grinned as he landed on his feet, he pulled the Diamond sword out and dashed at the Chieftain.

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I continued to watch the fight take place, with Alka getting in a lucky hit, yet the fighter always managed to gain a devastating blow that let him quickly take control.

I had still been struggling to get back up, but my fight with the Skeleton took more out of me, I was lucky to be awake right now. But that was about to quickly change.

I heard the entrance's door to the colony begin to open up. Confused I forced my head to change the direction towards the opening. And I found Winter-Moor's lead Craftor, David, hurrying out of the door way. And with him was a few others carrying medial supplies.

There were about eight of them, David included, and the other seven ran past me and towards the rest of the team.

The nearest ones were Xander, Bid, Rig, and Kat. But the problem was Miz and Zero were near the beach- Zero closer then Miz was- and the fight with Alka was so close to them that Alka could attack them in a second.

But I really didn't think he was worried about the medic's, his fight with the Swords-men was to serious for him turn his intention else where.

I waited for David to run off to someone else, yet he did not. He just walked at his own pace.

David came to my side, and when he leaned down he spoke. "Are you all right child?"

I gave him an angry glare, but did not have the strength to make some smart-ass comment. So I just shook my head. The Craftor placed a wet towel upon my head. Then a wail was heard from the fight, and it was from our fighter.

I pushed the blacksmith away. "David, don't waste your time with me. He's the one that needs help." I said pointing towards our friend who fought so bravely to protect us. David nodded his head.

"The best way to help him is to get you back up, your the only one who can help him." I gave him a "Are you serious?" Face. "He's doing better then me, Xander, Miz or any of the rest of us could do combined. If I joined the fight I would only get in his way, making it more difficult for his fight." David shook his head. Then revealed a golden mixture that he took out from his inventory. He took the drink out and sat it next to me. "Your the only one who can help him, you see that blade over there?" He pointed towards a black sword that was in the ground next to Bid. I nodded my head. "In all my years of crafting blades, I have never sensed a power such as that one." I was confused, I had heard tales of swords holding power in them, but I never actually believed in them. It seemed impossible, but then again, so did this world.

"That blade seems to be connected to that boy. Actually, both of the blades are bonded to him, and that bond is strong . But that black sword is also connected to another. And that person is you, Zag."

I stared at David, my mouth forming a small o.

David continued with his explanation.
"The sword knows its master is in trouble, so it has reached out to another in its time of need."

The fighter was knocked into a sand dune and Alka grabbed his foot then tossed him into the ice.

"If he is to live you must use that blade. Take the drink, it has been infused with a golden apple and drops from the Phoenix tears. Drink it, and save us."

This was a lot to place on a fourteen year old. But, I owed the fighter that much. It was enough to try.

"What about the others?" My worry for my friends was still great.

"Don't be concerned. I had to use the last of our Phoenix tears to heal you all, but I gave more of it to you, the others will be healed shortly."

I nodded my head. "Thank you David. Now if you'll excuse me, I have one ugly abomination to kill."
I grabbed the drink next to me. And with out a second thought I chugged down the sweet tasting mixture. As it pored down through my throat and into my stomach, I felt my strength returning. And my wounds vanished. I pushed myself up, now engaged in the battle. I turned back to David. "Thanks David." My friend nodded his head, then walked into the door as the others who had seen to the rest of Alpha team came running back into the safety of the Colony walls.

But David had one last thing to say to me.

"Zag, because of the attack on the other entrances, no Solders can come to your aid. So if you can't defeat the monster, hold out until squads can come assist you."

I nodded my head and flashed a smile to David. He entered the door and began the climb down and closing the door.

Then as I turned back to the battle my smile vanished as my look became serious.

"Okay you ugly fuck, its pay back time." I had to hurry. The fighter slid across the ice, dodging a fatal blow from Alka's sword. The hit to the ice made the frozen water break apart. The kid jumped onto a large piece of ice as it broke apart, then jumped and swiped his sword across Alka's jaw. But Alka returned the hit by swiftly slashing his sword up, cutting his opponent's chest and giving him another gash on his stomach.

Our ally fell back onto the ice, screaming from the pain.

I needed to get to that weapon now. I ran towards the dark blade as fast as I could, in hopes that David was right. But the brute noticed me running to help as he glanced behind and turned his attention to me. "So, another bug joins the fight. It makes no difference how many I must kill." I was closer to the blade then he was to me. But he held up his arm and opened his hand.

A hole began to form in the center of his palm.

And from his palm came a green ball. I took no notice until it landed next to me. It made a "Ssssss" sound, then exploded. I covered my body with my arms, blocking the debris. "What the?"

Alka aimed at me again, and would have fired at me again, but in an act to protect me the swordsmen stabbed Alka's head. The monster screamed from the wound, then began to thrash around. Mine and his eyes met. I nodded my head in thanks, then continued on to the sword.

But as I watched him fight, I had a question that only he could answer. At least, I hoped he could.

That guy... Who was he? What was he?

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Tyler's point of view.


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I watched that girl run off, I did not know she was running towards my blade at the time. The only thing I focused on was keeping her away from Alka.

My blade was lodged in his skull while I hung onto his shoulder. Alka desperately tried to shake me off. But I was not letting go. "I'm taking you down this time." Alka screamed out as my sword stayed within his skull. I gripped my sword harder, then pulled it out, taking Alka's jaw and the back of his head.

I jumped off onto the ground, only to have Alka grab my shirt as I jumped off. He glared at me as I hung from his hand. If he could still talk, I'm sure he would have said. "You pathetic worm! How dare you put even a scratch on my face. I'LL KILL YOU!" Or some shit like that. He began to squeeze harder and shook me, getting a squeak out of me. I spit out blood.

(Okay now I'm mad.) I brought my sword up and placed it above his wrist. I quickly sliced at his hand. But my sword only made a small cut.

Damn. It worked the last time. I continually cut at Alka's hand. "Why... Won't...You...Come...OFF!"

If he still had his jaw he would be laughing. And with each failed attempted I grew a little angrier. Then once my rage hit a breaking point my sword began to glow. Then with one swift motion, I chopped off the left hand, making me fall towards the ice.

I hit the ice with a thud, braking through it easly.

I began to sink into the water, I needed to get back up.
Alka, back on the surface, had grabbed the bloody stump that was now his hand and began to scream. I had the element of surprise. I put my sword into its scabbard, then pushed off the bottom and started swimming to surface. I was a bit far from the top of the water. But I swam faster as I was panicking for air.
My head crashed through the water and air filled my lungs.

I tried to quickly climb out as I was still trying to breath.

But Alka grabbed my head and pushed me back under.

It took me by surprise, which made me let out much of my air.
I tried to pull out of his hand but he would not let me go.

(SHIT! Shit! Shit!) I grabbed the Brutes hand and began to try and pull myself free. But the Skeleton had a iron grip on me. And my lungs began to collapse from the lack of oxygen, which had made my struggling continue to slowly cease. I acted quickly and pulled out my dagger and stabbed the monster in its hand. The blade went though, but it wasn't enough to stop him and his death grip. I kept trying to pull away, but the monster would not let go.

(No, no. n... no... I can't... I won't...) I couldn't fight any more.

My lungs felt like they were bursting, and with one final tug my hands released Alka.
I let out my last breath and my arms fell into the water. Alka raised his arm in the air in victory, then let me go. I sunk hopelessly to the bottom, no longer having the strength to fight. As I sunk, I noticed it had been raining. I saw lightning dancing in the clouds. And the sound of thunder could be heard in the distance.

(Fucking water. Its going to be my death... Again.) I tried swimming back up, but I still sat on the bottom. I was not going to die.

Not like this. My eyes closed, And I fell into a coma like state.

It was a strange feeling though.

Ever since I could remember,

I had wanted to die.

To finally meet deaths comfort.

But now that I was so close to finding out all of the answers, to discover everything, I wanted to continue fighting, and now the chance to accept that had passed.

My last sight was Alka towering over me.

The Skeleton began to laugh as the storm now had become a full raging force.

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Has Tyler fallen?

Will Zag be able to save him in time?

Will Xander and the others awaken to help fight Alka?

Find out next time, on Minecraft. The Stranger.

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To start, writers block is a total 13itch, and I wanted to apologize to everyone for the time in which it took to post this.

This Chapter took way longer then I thought it would.

But in my defense Fan Fiction would not work on my computer for a while. And these chapters are getting harder to write.

I am currently working on Chapters Eleven and Twelve and Thirteen, but I won't make any promises, because when ever I do that I take longer then I promised.

Please review, and the other chapters are being edited. And yes, I will come back to this later to make it longer and change somethings. But like I said I had to cut it short to get it posted.

And I'm still looking for help, if anyone is interested.

Dammit someone be interested!

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S.W.38 signing off.