Minecraft: The Stranger.

Chapter 24

Tyler's P.O.V.

I watched the horrible scene play out right in front of me, trying as hard as I could to get the same kind of power before, the blue aura appearing for a moment before it disappeared, clenching the handle of my blade in rage, completely useless at the moment. I know I was I injured, but dammit, now was not the time to be unable to really move.

Xander was doing what he could to avoid being stomped on by Alka, but the chief was relentless in his attack, crushing Xander painfully beneath his foot, the teen screaming out as his whole body was crushed.

"Leave him alone!" I continued to yell at Alka as he smiled evilly at me, pressing his foot down as hard as he could, knowing we couldn't stop him.

Zag still wasn't able to come help anyway, having to drag the others away to where Alka couldn't get to them unless he'd dealt with her, still walking Miz over, using the time Alka spent on Xander to get them to safety.

Xander began to spit up blood as his arms fell to his sides, leaving his chest open to attack, and causing more damage once he was hit.

"Fucking coward! He's down! And its me you want!" I tried in vein to do anything to stop the onslaught, Alka not caring what I said. "These fools have been a pain in my side for far to long. And at least one of them won't see the sun rise." He said cruelty before picking up the practicality dead Xander, just barley conscious.

"Especially they're little team leader. If I kill any of them he'll be the first to go." Alka promised as he squeezed him in his hand, Xander too weak to even continue to scream.

I couldn't watch anymore of it, throwing my sword down as I forced myself to move, slowly moving towards the bastard with my fist pulled back. "I said leave him alone!" I angrily yelled, throwing a punch towards him, only to have it caught, my little attempt doing nothing but stalling. Though anything was better than nothing.

Alka pulled me down to the ground before his lower fist rose up and directly hit my chin, dropping me to my knees.

Uninterested with Xander at the moment, he shoved the injured fighter into a tree and let him fall, quickly flipping to his side and knocking me back with a swift punch from his left fist, grabbing my shoulder with it and slamming his free fist into my stomach repeatedly.

After a few moments, he saw no challenge in me, landing a hard kick to my already beaten body, dropping down as I could no longer fight back, just managing to keep myself from falling unconscious.

Looking up at the chief as he stalked towards me, he lowered his hand down to continue, yet once he did, a quick slash from a sword forced him away, Zag having gotten the others to a safe spot before finally rejoining the fight.

Having been reduced to a spectator, I watched as Zag did what she could to fight off the monstrous Chief, being the only one left to stand against.

Zag's P.O.V.

Once the others were safe from the fight, I was quick to rejoin it, just managing to keep Alka away from Tyler, though I was a little late to keep the two of them from being beaten.

Looking at Xander, I found myself enraged, seeing him injured as he was.

So in my anger, I foolishly ran in at him, screaming a battle cry as I jumped in, bringing my sword down at him, Alka holding up his arm and letting it hit his arm, my sword unable to actually cut through it.

Sliding my sword down across his arm, I swung it back as I spun away from his arm, aiming at his side this time, though because of his enhancement, he was a lot faster now, especially since I was weakened by the fight, so he caught the sword in his hand, striking me with his open palm after getting my sword, making me stumble back after being disarmed.

Quick to attack, he stepped in and swung my own sword at me, just about hitting me, but a little movement back and he missed, flipping back onto my hands and kicking up, knocking the blade out of his hand, the blade landing behind me.

Once I got back onto my feet, I crossed my arms as a heavy punch landed, making me slide on the ground after having blocked, rolling backwards and grabbing my sword after getting back up.

Showing anger over not being able to get me as he had done with the others, he took off towards me, and I did the same, his hands balled into fist as he came towards me.

Rushing in to meet him, I tossed my blade up above him as he threw a punch towards me, sliding down on my knees so it just went above me.

Before I went under him, he slammed his three free hands on the ground, having gone under him before they hit me and quickly jumping back once I was behind him, getting my sword back and stabbing it back into him, the blade going through his shoulder blade.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to continue the attack, as his lower arm whipped back and knocked into my side, pulling the sword out of him since I kept my grip on it this time.

Taking my stance after recovering from the hit, holding my side as the pain built up.

"You can only last so long, human." He said with a smug tone, noticing I wasn't fighting as well as I had been.

Giving a smirk, I moved my hand and held my blade with both hands. "You're not invincible either." I told him, looking up towards the sky, the moon just about down. If we couldn't kill him, we could at least hold him off until the sun came up.

Noticing what I meant, he looked back at Xander, who was still down.

Not willing to see what would happen, I ran towards him. "Oh no you don't!"

Immediately, he held two arms up and pointed them at both of them, making me come to a halt.

"One more step and I kill them both." He threatened after seeing how close to morning it was.

Cursing myself for mentioning it, giving him less time to actually toy with us.

I wasn't fast enough to get over to him to stop the shot at Xander, so I didn't have much of a choice.

"That's good." He said before quickly aiming both his hands at me and firing, having been unable to react fast enough to dodge, I threw my sword at one, causing it to exploded, getting the other one beside it, though having only stopped one, the other having been thrown off a bit and hit the ground.

Even though it wasn't a full hit, it still dealt a lot of damage, having felt like a explosion from a creeper, leaving several burn spots on me as I fell near Tyler, the blast throwing me back.

Tyler glanced over to me as I felt the spots hit burn badly, not having been able to fight long.

Alka looked all around the area, no one else being able to fight, leaving him free to do anything.

"I'll admit, you all fought well. So I'll only kill one of you." He said with a laugh as he turned towards Xander. "I had come here to kill that one boy. But he can wait another day."

Picking up Xander, he pressed him against the tree, finally ready to end it.

"Get away from him." I told him after pushing myself up, not giving up yet.

"You can always die too. I don't have a problem with that." Alka said, looking back at me as I got on my feet, the burns worsening as a result of my movements, clearly showing the pain of it.

Smiling at this, he took aim at me for the final time. "Of course, you can always die first." With those words, he fired off his last shot right at me, not able to move and having no way to stop it.

Closing my eyes, I lowered my head and resigning to my fate at his hands.

Woo! Two chapters in one night. The next chapter will be the final chapter with the fights with Alka.

S.W.38. Signing off.