Jessie used the amulet's light to lead the way, although it was no longer fading to a shadow or beaming to it's fullest. It was just a flashlight, leading their way through the darkness.
"Stay close, boy." Jessie encouraged the pig next to her.
"Oh, no." Liam began, hearing something. He rushed ahead to the end of the cave.
"Hey, Liam, wait up!" Jessie exclaimed. Reuben oinked and followed Liam. When they caught up to him, he was pacing. "Is everything alright?" Jessie asks, putting the amulet away. They had enough light from the faint glow.
"We need to get out of here." Liam looked at them desperately.
"We just got here!" Axel exclaimed. Liam walked up and took Olivia's wrist.
"C'mere." he bidded.
"Dude, what are you doing?"
"Olivia, can you tell me what's down there." Liam took her to the edge, and she looked over. Her expression matched Liam's, but she was much more scared.
"He's right, we need to get out of here!" Olivia looks at the group, stepping away from the edge.
"Why?" Petra asks, walking up next to Liam and looking down.
"It's a grinder. Meant to cleanse the place of monsters." Liam explained, going from edge to edge to looking for a way they jump, climb, anything to get out of there. As he searched, the others looked over the edge. Lukas gave a yelp, once he saw how deep it was and what it was doing.
"Trouble is, they can't tell the difference between monsters and humans!" Olivia exclaimed, still backing away from the edge slowly.
"This can't be good." Jessie shook her head, and she looked over at Lukas, who's mouth was still agape and eyes were still staring at the grinder.
"But there should be a loot room down there, right?" Axel asks, hopeful for more supplies and such.
"There should, but you will not go jumping down there and hope not to be smashed because if you do, you will get smashed." Liam answered as the group watch zombies being led to the grinder with a waterfall.
"Hey, I was just saying. Not all bad though." Axel gave a grin, which soon disappeared as fast as it came. A hissing sound came from behind them. Three creepers emerged from the darkness of the tunnel, their black eyes gleaming.
"Creepers!" Lukas exclaimed, as Petra got her sword out and began to attack. Liam closely followed, pulling out his own sword and attacking a creeper himself. Jessie didn't take too long before she had her own sword out and defending her friends. Liam suddenly got an idea.
"Petra, duck!" he called.
"What?"
"I said duck, not quack!" Petra got the message and ducked. Liam swung his sword with all the force he could muster and the creeper went flying into it's two friends and blowing a hole in the wall.
"Ha! Good plan!" Petra complimented, punching Liam's shoulder. Jessie was the first to the edge of the hole, and she pulled out the amulet after putting away her sword. She also got out Petra's pick-axe, handing it back to it's rightful owner who gave a small 'Thanks.' before pocketing it. The white bar still gleamed.
"Where there is darkness, can there be light." Lukas said, looking at the amulet.
"Hey, that was my quote." Liam rolled his eyes, giving his brother a short grin before focusing back on the task at hand.
"There he is. He's right down-" Jessie began, but was cut off by the sound of water flowing and more creepers. Everyone held onto something or someone, and stood their ground while the creepers fell to their deaths. Jessie fumbled the amulet and, before she could fall over the edge with the amulet, Axel grabbed her and kept her steady. Jessie watches as the amulet rolls and is kicked down to the top of a tunnel a few levels below them. It's white light glowed as brightly as ever.
"Wait, are you gonna jump?" Olivia asks, before Jessie did what she was to do.
"Jumping's easy. It's the landing that's hard." Jessie looked to her friend. Jessie made the jump, and not a moment later Petra had joined her.
"Tuck and roll, people." Liam grins before joining his two friends on their journey to the amulet and fighting the monsters along the way.
The whole group eventually got separated, fighting a mob of monsters each, but Liam stuck by Petra's side the whole time. They fought back-to-back. Lukas noticed this, and decided to compliment them later when they weren't up against others. Jessie's screams were heard as she fell right on top of him.
"Ow… That hurt." she got off of him as the sound of a squealing pig rang through the air. She noticed the amulet on a different tunnel than where Axel and Reuben were. Jessie didn't hesitate with her choice.
"I got Axel and Reuben."
"What about the amulet?" Lukas asks.
"You go get it!" she turned to him. Lukas gave a quick nod, before the two jumped down. Jessie covered for Lukas quickly as he ran for the amulet, before she shouted, "Stay away from my pig!" as she pushed a creeper away from Reuben, killed a zombie, and brought down a skeleton all in one sequence. The slosh of water was heard and before anyone knew it, Jessie was falling right for the grinder.
"Use that creeper!" Liam shouted down to her, hoping she would get the idea anyways. Jessie didn't hear him, she was much too far. Once Liam heard the explosion of a creeper, he took Petra's hand and pulled her to the edge.
"We can jump now?" she asks, turning to him as she put away her sword.
"We can jump now." Liam confirmed, weaving through the monsters and pulling her along. Liam stopped at the edge, letting go of her hand. He made his jump, and noticed Lukas already had jumped. Petra followed closely, and grins down at Liam before the two dived into the water. They both smoothly made their way in, and almost immediately, Petra sank to the bottom, where she was sucked into a tunnel of sorts. Liam was next, and all he saw was black.
