Hey guys, I'm back! I know that it has been a while since I last posted, and I apologize for making you wait. However, my final exams loom ever closer, and I need to study for them. Once June 20 comes around, I will officially be off for the summer! Woo! Anyways, I noticed that the last chapter didn't get quite as many views. Did you guys not like it? Let me know if you think that I should stop doing those, I value your input! Also, Thank you guys for +1,000 views! It means so much to me that people are enjoying this series. Enough with the ranting, here is Part 2 of Stranded! I hope that you guys enjoy!
A raging battle was taking place in front of me. Jerome and Mitch were struggling to hold on, Sky and CaptainSparklez were being brutally attacked, Deadfrontier20 and Furrypup12344 were down on the ground, knocked out, and DrZef looked extremely exhausted. Mobs closed in on all of us, but I could do nothing but watch. MikeDeathBeam and woodmr12 were nowhere to be seen, and flames covered the entire area. I tried to help, but my efforts were all for nothing. The scene in front of my eyes faded to black, to be replaced with an island in the middle of a vast sea of nothingness slowly breaking apart.
The scene faded again to reveal a fiery land infested with monsters.
"Hey, wake up! It is time for breakfast!"
I opened my eyes to find CaptainSparklez standing above me.
"You seem to be troubled. Is everything all right?"
"Yes, just a nightmare. Don't worry, I'm fine."
He did not look very convinced, but said nothing more about the matter. I got up from the bed and stretched, then headed downstairs. Sky was already down, and woodmr12 was just coming from the other side.
"Where is DrZef?" I asked him.
"Oh, he'll be down in a moment."
As soon as he responded, DrZef came down the stairs. CaptainSparklez came up from behind me.
"Okay, time for breakfast, then we plan!" he stated.
He prepared for us scrambled eggs and bacon, then gave some food to Jerry and Carrie. We finished within a couple of minutes. CaptainSparklez collected the dishes, then sat down beside us.
"Alright, we need to find the others. I suggest that we separate into two groups. That way, we can cover more ground. DrZef, you come with me. The rest of you will go with Jordan." Sky explained.
"Captain, you know this area better than we do. Any suggestions on where to start?" woodmr12 inquired.
"We should split up our search areas. My group should search the interior of the island. Sky, you and DrZef should cover the beach. Got that?"
We nodded.
"Excellent. Now before we go, I want to give you all something."
He handed all of us a strange looking gun.
"What exactly is this?" DrZef asked.
"It is called a portal gun. Try shooting it at that wall."
He complied, and a blue portal opened up on the wall. CaptainSparklez motioned for us all to do the same, so we complied.
"You see, these devices create portals that you can go through. When you all are ready to return, just flip the switch to orange, and the portals will return you here. Once we get back, I can bake you all a cake! Also, Sky, you and I should carry around flares. That way, we can tell each other to head back. Are we all ready to go?"
None of us had any objections, so we split up into our groups and headed out to start searching.
I looked back out at the treehouse. They have no idea what is coming to them.
"Lord Herobrine, I have returned."
"Ah, welcome back, General %?YouMadBro%. How did the sabotage of the respawn mechanism go?"
"Um, about that..."
"What? Did you fail in your mission? You know what I do to people who do not complete their jobs."
"No, no sir! I didn't fail!"
"I can sense that there is something you are holding back from me. Say it now, or you will regret it."
"Well, sir, the respawn mechanism was, um, already tampered with when I got to it."
"So, you are telling me that it was already broken?"
"Y-yes, lord."
I considered this change in events. Someone might be after the same ideals as me. Will we end up in competition with each other? Seems likely, considering the circumstances.
"Very well then. Have you sent the soldiers to do their job?"
"Yes, my lord. They are following my orders. One of them has been sent to burn the tree, and the other two have been sent after the groups to eliminate them, as you asked."
"Good job. For now, you are proving to be a valuable ally."
"Thank you, Lord Herobrine."
Suddenly, I heard a loud noise crashing through the bushes.
"Leave now, and do not get caught. You will report to me later with your progress."
He obeyed and silently slipped into the trees. I retreated into the shadows just as a brown figure raced past.
"Betty, where are you?!"
Jerome was too concerned about his diamond axe to notice a receding set of white eyes.
"Jerome, please stop!" I begged him.
"Never! I must find my Betty!"
"Jerome, MikeDeathBeam and I are exhausted, and we need to rest!"
Jerome turned back to us and reluctantly obeyed.
"But, Betty... She's still out there..."
"I know that you are worried, Jerome, but we need to take a break." I told him.
"Fine. Just a small one, though."
He sat down and huddled into a ball.
"Think he will be alright?" Mike asked me.
"I hope so. We just have to hope that we find someone soon."
I sat down beside Jerome, and MikeDeathBeam leaned against a tree. All three of us fell asleep.
"Deadfrontier20, we should get moving. The sun is up."
Mitch lightly shook me. After a few seconds, I opened my eyes. I panicked for a moment, but then I remembered where we were.
"Any clue where we should go?"
"We have no idea where we are, biggums, so I say we just head in a random direction."
"Alright, guess we have no other choice."
We walked for a few minutes, but I felt my stomach rumble.
"I'm hungry. Mitch, got anything to eat?"
"No, sorry. Wait, there is a melon up ahead!"
Seeing the melon, I headed over towards it, Mitch right behind me.
"How should we do this?"
"Step aside, I got this."
Mitch pulled out Betty, but as soon as his arm came down, a mysterious figure crashed right into him.
"NO, MY BABIES! GET AWAY FROM THEM!"
"Wha?"
He quickly went up to the melon block and started hugging it. Then he turned back around to glare at us. Looking closer at him, I could see that he was a humanoid melon wearing 3-D glasses, a blue shirt, and white shorts.
"Whoa, sorry dude. We just wanted some food." I carefully explained.
"MY CHILDREN ARE NOT FOOD! If you really want some food, you could have just asked me!" He responded.
"Um, we didn't even know you were here! By the way, who are you?" Mitch asked.
"Oh, my name is Bashur! I live around here! It's so nice around here, and it also makes this a perfect area to raise my children!"
"Um, those are melons..." Mitch commented.
He gasped and turned back to the melon block.
"Don't worry, he didn't mean it. He is just confused right now."
Cradling the melon block in his arms, Bashur turned back to us.
"So, you want food? I have plenty of bread if you want it! JUST DON'T EAT MY CHILDREN!"
"Dude, it was an accident! We honestly didn't know! Can you please calm down?" I reassured him.
He seemed to relax at this, knowing that the melon block was now safe. He handed us each some bread, so we carefully accepted it.
"Can you show us how to get out of here? We got lost, and we would like to leave." I requested.
"Sure, I could go for an adventure right now! I haven't had any visitors in years!"
He indicated for us to follow him, and we set off on a different path.
I walked along the beach, looking for any signs of the others. DrZef was lagging behind me, looking exhausted.
"DrZef, catch up please. It is of a high priority that we find the others!"
"I know, Sky. Can we rest for a bit though? We've been searching for almost an hour now, and we still haven't found anything!"
"Alright, I suppose a short rest is in order."
He sat down, and I remained standing to watch for any danger.
"Hey, Sky! Sky! Hey, Sky! Look over here, Sky! Sky!"
"Oh no..."
I turned around to see a squid floating around in the water. Just great, I thought, that is exactly what I did not want to see right now.
"What is it this time? If you are here just to annoy me, you will not be alive for much longer."
"I have a message, Sky! Sky! Sky!"
"Notch dangit squid! Tell me the message, or I swear that the tip of my butter sword is the last thing you will ever see!"
"Fine, ruin the fun! Party pooper! I have been sent to you to inform you that our master is very much alive. Not only that, but he is looking for revenge. Sky, your days are numbered! You will never defeat the mighty Squid Army! Muhahaha!"
I tried to swing my sword at it, but at this point, it was too deep underwater. I could do nothing but watch it swim away.
"DrZef, do you know what this means?"
"Uh, I think so."
"The war with the squids is far from over."
"Where are they?!"
"Sh! Be quiet, you idiot! They might hear us!"
"Sorry Moe. I just can't wait to get my hands on them!"
"We need to find them first, Larry."
Annoyed with my brother, I pushed aside a leaf that was in my face.
"So Moe, General %?YouMadBro% told us to eliminate them. How should we go about doing this?"
"We kill them. Get that through your thick skull."
"What do we kill them with?"
I facepalmed myself. Larry is so eager to fight, but he can be such an idiot sometimes.
"You have a sword, idiot. Use it."
He pulled out his sword and started flinging it around randomly, slicing my arm off. I popped it back in, then smacked him.
"Not on me, you doofus! You're lucky that we are skeletons, otherwise you would have just killed me!"
"Sorry Moe."
"Stop, I understand. Now be quiet! I think that I hear something coming!"
"This way, guys!"
Bashur walked on towards the destination. Mitch was beginning to look annoyed.
"Bashur, I think we have been walking in circles. That tree looks familiar."
"Nonsense! I know my way around!"
He looked around, then realized that Mitch might be right.
"Oh balls."
Mitch and I simultaneously facepalmed. Bashur looked around, trying to orient himself.
"Don't worry, I've figured it out now! Onward!"
A rustling sound came from the bushes, and Mitch was the first one to hear it.
"Doods, I think we have company."
Two figures emerged, each wielding swords. They turned toward us and came closer. Bashur screamed, terrified. He climbed up into a tree, taking the melon block with him.
"Bashur, get down here! We need you!" I called to him.
He refused to move, only grasping on tighter to the branch he was currently on.
"Deadfrontier20, take this sword." He told me, handing me an iron sword.
The two figures were right up to us now. Under close inspection, I was surprised to see that they were skeletons. However, they seemed to be taller than usual and were black. Also unusual was the fact that they were holding stone swords.
"Hello, we are here to tell you that you must die!"
"Great, thanks a lot, you doofus. You just revealed what we were about to do to them."
"Oops, sorry."
"Well, may as well get on with it."
Then they both grasped their swords tighter and without warning, started swinging at us. Mitch and I were side by side, meeting the skeletons blow for blow. The skeletons were fighting in perfect sync with each other, and we soon began to tire.
"Keep fighting! Do not let them kill you!" Mitch warned me.
Jerome woke up in an instant. I woke up a few seconds later due to his movement.
"Jerome, what's wrong?" I asked.
"My bacca senses are tingling again. I think Mitch might be in danger!"
Just then, Mike woke up.
"Why am I hearing swords clashing?" He inquired.
In the distance, there seemed to be a standoff. It was a two-on-two duel with Deadfrontier20 and Mitch
fighting two skeletons.
"Mitch! I'm coming, buddy!" Jerome yelled, then ran towards the battle.
I looked at Mike, then we both chased after him, pulling out our swords. Mitch was the first to notice us.
"Jerome, catch!"
He tossed Betty to Jerome, and Jerome caught it with ease.
"You found Betty?! Awesome, biggums! Now, let's fight!"
The skeletons looked at us, noticing that they were outnumbered. However, they fought on regardless. Jerome and Mitch teamed up against one of the skeletons, and Deadfrontier20, Mike and I fought the other one. With all three of us fighting, the skeleton soon found itself being overpowered. With a final strike, it fell to pieces. Mitch and Jerome seemed to be having a bit more trouble with theirs, but before we could interfere, a humanoid melon jumped out of a tree and started throwing melons at it.
"Attack, my children!"
The skeleton turned to the melon, looking annoyed. Mitch and Jerome used the distraction to land one final blow. The other skeleton collapsed to the ground and broke into several parts.
"Hey, did you think I would let you guys have all the fun?" He turned to us, grinning excitedly.
"Um, who is that guy?" I asked.
"Oh, we haven't met before, have we? I'm Bashur! Nice to meet ya!"
"We met him while we were trying to find a way out of this jungle."
"Yep! They tried to eat my children," Bashur looked angrily at them, "but they soon realized their mistake! Now, being the kind and generous melon that I am, I decided to help them find their way out!"
"Children?" I responded, looking confused.
"Don't ask." Mitch warned me.
"Now, are you coming with us, or do I have to leave you guys behind?"
"No, we're coming."
"Alright, let's move!"
Bashur walked off, and we followed.
"Well, that could have gone better."
"No, really? We failed miserably!"
I looked down at my pieces.
"Hey, could you help me get us back together?"
"Um, how am I supposed to do that, Larry? I am just a head, in case you had not noticed."
"Right, good point. I just hope that Curly is doing better on his side."
I looked at the flint and steel in his hands.
"Hm, how does this work again?"
I hit the flint against the steel and accidentally lit myself on fire.
"Huh, that doesn't hurt at all. It actually kind of tickles! So, I just need to do this to the tree? Seems simple enough.
I walked up to the tree and started hitting the flint and steel against the tree, to no effect.
"What? Come on, you stupid piece of junk, work!"
Finally, a single ember landed on the tree. The ember ignited into a small flame.
"Well, my work here is done."
I left the tree, unaware that the tree that I lit was the wrong one.
I began to feel bored. It had been hours since we had seen anything.
"Captain, should we head back?"
"No, there is still time."
woodmr12 noticed people off in the distance.
"Hey, look! There is someone over there!" he mentioned.
"Let's check it out!" I responded.
We went over to the group. Within the group, I spotted Mitch, Jerome, Deadfrontier20, furrypup12344, MikeDeathBeam, and someone unfamiliar.
"Hey, that's them!" I informed Jordan.
"Great! Let's get over there and meet them!"
"That way!"
"Bashur, we just came that way." Mitch stated, looking annoyed.
"Oh. Well then, that way!"
"Guys, someone is coming!" Deadfrontier20 warned us.
We pulled out our weapons, but Jerome noticed that woodmr12 was in the group.
"Hey, you guys found us!"
"Yep! It took us a while, but we finally found you!"
"Obviously, I was the one who lead you all to safety. No, don't thank me!" Bashur interrupted.
"Um, who is that?" he asked.
"Repeating my name is starting to get tiring, but I will do it anyway! My name is Bashur, and these are my children!" He stated, referring to his melons.
"Do I even want to know?" he asked.
"Nope. By the way, you still haven't introduced us to your other friend." Mitch interfered.
"Ah, yes. Pleased to meet you all. My name is CaptainSparklez, but you may call me Jordan."
"Nice to meet you. Now, how do we get back?" Furrypup12344 replied.
Jordan shot his portal gun at a tree.
"We use this portal. One at a time, please. I will go last."
He pulled out a flare and sent it into the sky. It exploded in a mix of red and green.
"Uh, what was that for?" I asked.
"That was the signal to let Sky and DrZef know that we found you guys," he responded.
"Ah."
Mitch was the first one to jump into the portal. Jerome followed suit, and I waited for the others to go through. I looked at CaptainSparklez, and he nodded at me. I stepped into the portal and I came out into a raging fire.
Yay, cliffhangers! This seems to be quite a troubling turn in events. How will our heroes fare against a raging inferno?! Will they all escape unharmed? Maybe, maybe not! Keep reading for the conclusion to Stranded! Remember though, the next chapter may take a little while. Also, don't worry, 19techguy91, I haven't forgotten about you! As soon as I find an appropriate opening in the story, you will be put in it! I will see you guys next time!