Destruction Among Us
Chapter 12
"Deadlox?"
"Have you gotten rid of the outsiders yet Seto?"
"No, I haven't, but for good reason!" Deadlox spun around on his friend. He had wanted the outsiders to leave—so he got Seto to send them back to the Overworld. He angrily walked over to Seto and grabbed the front of his shirt.
"I told you to get rid of them! I have no business with them!" Deadlox shouted at the Sorcerer. Seto grabbed at Deadlox's hand, releasing a calming magic into his friend. Deadlox dropped Seto and huffed angrily.
"I said I have a good reason. Princess Faye's brother is down there and they all only want to fulfill Princess Faye's last wish." Deadlox looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Her wish to destroy Herobrine once and for all."
Deadlox sighed, moving to look down at a screen in the room. "Faye disappeared five years ago, she died at that time."
"That's where you're wrong Deadlox," Seto's head shook back and forth. "She was taken by Herobrine—or so her brother says. Forced to be a slave or something of the like."
Deadlox's eyes flashed violently, before closing as he turned away. "I refuse to believe that she was taken."
"Deadlox!" Seto exclaimed, aggravated his friend didn't believe him.
"Why should I believe people I've never met!?" Deadlox snapped, his red eyes glowing brightly.
"Then why don't we take a look inside her memories?" Seto asked, moving to put a hand on his friend's shoulder.
"But, I promised I wouldn't do that to her…"
"It's the only way to find out the truth, Deadlox." Deadlox nodded, lowering his head. Seto stepped back a few steps and chanted quiet words. The room became darker and his eyes began to glow a purple. He surrounded Deadlox in the purple light and the two were flashed into one of Faye's memories.
"Ssundee!"
"I'm coming!" a little boy ran through a door and stood in front of Faye.
"I thought I told you to pick up your toys in the living room?" Faye placed her fists on her hips. Ssundee released a pitiful whine and trudged into the other room. Faye shook her head, smiling slightly.
Deadlox could tell that this was before he met Faye, that it was a few years before. He recognized the little boy as the one from before, the one that claimed to be Faye's younger brother. "He was apparently telling the truth." The scene moved by quickly, changing into another.
"Ms. Faye!"
Faye turned around to see a small boy with brown hair running through the door. "Eh, Jerome, what's wrong?"
"I-I was playing… and a squirrel came up… an-and he bit me!" Little Jerome wailed, showing his finger to Faye.
"Oh, no! That's terrible!" Faye gasped, hand covering her mouth in shock. "Let's get that cleaned up, shall we?" Little Jerome nodded, following Faye like a lost puppy. She put him on the counter and turned on the faucet.
"Ms. Faye?"
"Hm?"
"Why do animals always bite me?"
Faye glanced at the confused boy, before replying as she put a Band-Aid on his finger. "You just have to get more in touch with your 'Wild Side'." Faye smiled at him.
"Then I'll go try and make friends with the squirrel again!" Little Jerome jumped off the counter and ran outside.
"No, Jerome, wait!"
Deadlox sighed. "Seto, this isn't what I wanted to see." The scene changed once more and it was like he was running for his life as well.
"Hurry Ssundee! Go!" Faye yelled to her now twelve year old brother.
"B-but Faye!"
"No Ssundee! Go now! Run while you still can! I'll hold them off!" Faye pushed him up onto a ledge; too high for anything to climb up. "You have to find Sky and the others! They should be in the safe house! I left instructions behind the bookcase, pull the book on the far right and inside a chest will be instructions on what to do in order to get away. You have to find everyone else and promise me that you'll protect one another from the hostiles." Ssundee nodded with tears in his eyes.
"B-but what a-about you?" Faye shook her head and looked at him with saddened eyes.
"I'll hold them off for as long as I can to buy you some time. Take this and make sure you do as the book says," Faye removed an iron sword from a sheath on her hip, putting next to Ssundee and gripping her diamond sword tightly. "I love you Ssundee, stay strong." she turned around and began to walk toward the attacking monsters in the long abandoned village.
"Faye!" Faye ran from her brother and swung her sword at the hostiles' heads. She dodged arrows and hit creepers into buildings away from her. She glanced behind her and wiped at her eyes as she saw Ssundee climb up higher and run away. She had to give him time, even if it cost it her own life.
The scene changed from the gory scene of dead hostiles to a dark red room, a man sitting on a throne in the front.
"Why did they bring me here!? Why didn't they let me die!?" Faye screamed at the man from inside a cage.
"Those insolent fool— I send them to find a suitable person to lead my army and they find me a human?" the figure mumbled, getting up from his throne and going to Faye's cage. He stared at her with his white eyes and ordered the pigmen to the side, "Kill her."
"Wait!" Faye looked to the small, childlike voice. "Father, why must you kill her?"
"Sparklez, take Noah and go back to your rooms," Herobrine ordered.
"No, I wanna keep her father," the small Herobrine copy protested. He ran up to Faye and grabbed her hand.
"Fine, but she's your responsibility."
Deadlox glared at the little child in Faye's memories. He wanted to keep her? She was not a play thing! Just as he was about to protest, the scene changed.
"Don't say a word, just close your eyes and it will be alright. Let the warmth of a blanket overtake you, and keep your dreams sweet. Things will be alright."
"Will everything really be okay Mama Faye?" Faye was cut off from her song by a small child that was crying in her neck.
"Yes, Noah, I promise."
Deadlox blinked slightly. How could Faye actually be kind to Herobrine's child? He was evil. The scene morphed once more and he watched as Faye appeared on a hill.
"What is it Ms. Faye?"
"Jason, I need you to fly me up to Herobrine." Jason's eyes widened behind his helmet but before he could ask why she continued. "Please Jason." Jason nodded and picked the brown haired girl up by the arms.
He flew Faye a few feet from where Herobrine floated. "Herobrine!"
The scene fast forwarded and Deadlox watched as Faye ran at Herobrine, screaming.
"I won't go down that easily!" With a burst of adrenaline, she ran forward, dodging small bursts of lightning bolts coming at her. As she neared Herobrine, her arm carrying the arrow lifted up as if she was going to stab him, just as she was going to bring it down, she was stopped.
"Silly human," Herobrine chuckled. Faye's arm dropped to her side and she looked down at her chest. The spot where her necklace used to be was covered in blood and Herobrine's arm was inside her. "This will be a lot more fun than I thought." Releasing an electric surge throughout his hand and into Faye, he laughed evilly at the scream of pain Faye released.
He paused in his electrocution to stare at Faye, grinning maniacally. "Of course you couldn't beat me human, I am inhuman!" Faye mumbled something unintelligible causing Herobrine to drag her forward. "What was that woman?"
"Just because you are inhuman does not mean you can't be harmed!" Faye cried, lodging the poisoned arrow into Herobrine's chest. With a cry, Herobrine pulled back and tore the arrow from his chest. "Now you'll be dead from the poison too."
"You idiot!" Herobrine screeched, releasing a large burst of electricity from his hand. Faye screamed in pain once more, falling in a heap on the ground. "I'll kill you!"
He picked Faye up once more and electrocuted her body again, Faye remaining silent as her eyes closed. Blood seeped out from her ears, nose, and mouth. She opened her eyes to look at the night sky. "I'm sorry I couldn't visit you again."
Deadlox heard one last thought from Faye, "I love you." He clenched his fists tightly as the memories vanished, telling him what he already knew. He watched as the room went from dark to light again and Seto stopped glowing.
"Do you see now Deadlox?"
"I still don't get why I have to help them." Deadlox turned away from him.
"I should've shown you a particular memory then." The room became black—a purple glow coming from Seto—once more and a scene came into Deadlox's mind.
"I hope that someone will find this at the right time. I hope that they'll do what it says." Faye was in the corner of a room, a yellow light the only light source in the room. She wrote a few words down on the paper before reading the last bit she just wrote.
"When you reach the portal and enter it, give the Enderdragon a golden apple and call him Elliot, see if he responds. If he does, tell him that Faye sent you and go get Deadlox. Please, you have to stop Herobrine once and for all!"
"And then I'll sign it," She wrote her name down underneath the final paragraph and reached for a book on the desk. "I'll put it here and return this book to the library to avoid hostiles from finding it." She stuffed the letter into the book and placed it on her desk.
After turning off the lamp, she moved over to her bed, lay down and pulled the covers over her. She closed her eyes slightly before saying, "Please, Deadlox, help them."
The room flashed light again and Deadlox stared at Seto with wide eyes. "Was that real or did you make that up?"
"Deadlox, you know I can't make up others' memories," Seto told his friend.
"But, why wouldn't she tell me about things that happened to her in the Overworld?" Deadlox was confused. When the two were married seven years ago, he had told her everything, the history of the End, why his father never showed his face or came around. He didn't know she was keeping things from him.
"She once told me that you were troubled with ruling over the End—she didn't want to bother you with her problems."
"But, I told her that she could tell me anything. I loved her with my very being!"
"Calm down Deadlox," Seto placed a calming spell on his friend before speaking again. "She loved you as well, maybe even more. She would have betrayed her own world to be with you if not for her brother." Seto placed a comforting hand on the End Prince's shoulder, repeating words that Faye had once told him. "Now don't you think you should help them—as Princess Faye's last request?"
"I just-"
"Your brother in law is after all asking for your help as well."
Deadlox's eyes widened in realization. That's right. Overworldly customs involve that two married beings from different families were united as one group. He had more family then; he wouldn't be alone any longer!
"Alright, I'll help them—but only for Faye."