Hello, this is Pastrinator64 with another chapter from THE GLITCH. Last time on THE GLITCH we watched as the President of the United States was interrogated by the chancellor of Germany: Detlev Kaiser. After refusing to give out the information even after needles, knife slashes and rusty nail puncturing, Detlev finally decided to go on and kill his uncooperative prisoner, but that's when General Chase Newman and his soldiers burst through the door to rescue the President. But, the Glitch has been revealed to have possessed Detlev as well, and both Detlev and his accomplice turned into plasma masses to attack! Now we turn back to Norman as he goes throughout the land looking for the rest of his somehow alive friends.
Now, let the story commence!
Chapter 38: The "Almost" Reunion
They had found Bailey and Butterball and Blackberry. The three had made a camp in the middle of the forest, which was just a small dirt hut with a door. When Bailey saw him she rushed forward and tackled him in a very painful bear hug.
"NORMAN! Where in the Overworld did you come from? Last I saw was a blinding flash of light when you jumped off the ship and I woke up as though I were in a dream in this forest with Butterball and Blackberry! Everyone was gone! What happened?"
Norman struggled to breath and tapped her on the shoulder.
"Bailey... Can't... BREATH..."
She finally let him go and he almost collapsed to the ground gasping. After a few seconds he had caught his breath, so he stood back up and explained everything that had happened since her recollection. When he was finished she finally noticed that Joe and Calista were standing behind Norman. She walked forward and shook Joe's hand.
"Hi, I'm Bailey."
Butterball poked out from the trees and scuttled forward. Joe's automatic reaction was to run forward with his weapon. He did just that, and then he jumped up into the air and yelled out, his camera with the diamond lens cap ready to strike.
"STOP!" screamed Bailey.
As if he were in a cartoon Joe froze to a screeching halt, his mouth open. Bailey walked over past the frozen Joe and petted Butterball on the head.
"Butterball here is my pet and companion. I'm a Creeperwhisperer." she explained.
Joe quickly switched into rewind mode and flew back onto the ground in the opposite way as he had jumped. Norman wasn't exactly sure how that was physically possible, but he didn't feel like trying to figure it out.
Joe looked up and gasped, finally noticing that Blackberry was standing above them. He was soon able to realize that she had also tamed the giant metal monster, so he calmed down a bit. Norman looked to his left and gasped, seeing that Calista was so overwhelmed by the Mechacreeper that she had fainted, and was lying unconscious on the ground. He helped her up and she came awake again, and she rubbed her head and moaned.
When she looked back up and saw Blackberry, she almost fainted a second time, but Bailey quickly stepped in and explained all about her being a Creeperwhisperer and that she had tamed both the regular and giant metal Creeper. Once Joe finally realized that they had Blackberry on their side he whooped and hollered. Norman, Joe and Calista all walked past a few trees and found Bailey's dirt hut sitting a few paces away.
They entered the little hut and Norman, Joe and Calista sat down on the grass across from Bailey. Butterball went to the corner and lay down to sleep in the grass.
"Ok, let's get down to business." said Norman. "Where is the rest of the group?"
"I don't know. I just blacked out on the ship and then *BOOM* I woke up here. No clue at all." she murmured.
Norman harrumphed and thought for a moment.
"I guess this means we'll have to go searching..."
Norman stood up and said,
"Alright, then we've got to leave now. No excuses. We need to find everyone."
No one really felt like arguing, so they all got up and headed out the door. Norman was thankful that no one argued, because they would've been wasting time.
They began to travel into the forest. Norman wanted to stay hidden, but with Blackberry's giant metal body thundering through the trees it was almost impossible for them to be stealthy. They were a total giveaway. Frequently they would come across a swarm of gathered hostile mobs that had followed them, and with the bugs in their programming some of them had the advantage. Thankfully, they were able to fight off whatever came at them until they entered a large hills biome.
Soon giant hills stretched high up into the air, all around and in different shapes. Everything was green and blue and beautiful. Norman looked around for any kind of house and finally he spotted a little brown house sat atop one of the large hill to his right.
"There's someone!" he declared.
He pointed out the house at the top of the large hill and they all started for it. Once they got to steeper slopes they had to break a few blocks to be able to jump up. Once they reached the top they found that the small shack was just ten or so blocks away.
They walked forward and Norman knocked at the door. Immediately, someone jumped out through the door and tackled Norman to the ground, holding a diamond blade to his neck.
"DANNY! IT'S ME! LET GO!" he shouted.
Danny stood back up and then walked into the doorframe of his house.
"Where did you come from?" he noticed the others and added, "Where did THEY come from?"
Norman explained the whole situation up until the part where they got to the top of the large hill.
"...And THAT'S when you jumped out and almost skewered me with your sword." he finished.
Danny thought for a moment. Finally, he sighed and said,
"Weird, because I just blacked out on the ship too, and then I woke up on this large hill. So, in other words, we have to leave to find everyone. Great, just what I need, MORE perilous travel..." he muttered.
But after a few minutes of convincing they were on their way again. First they chopped down the wooden cabin for some extra supplies, and then they traveled back down off the other side of the large hill.
Soon they had left the surprisingly small large hill biome and entered another forest. Around the edge of the forest they saw a small room built into the side of a medium-sized hill with just a door to give it away. Norman peered through the cracks in the door and looked around inside. There were torches, a furnace and a bed. That was it. He was about to knock when Danny pushed him aside and came charging through the door with his sword.
Immediately he stopped to see Quinn standing in the corner, turned in their direction. He was petting Doughbelly, who had grown already to the size of a regular block.
"You're getting a bit big, Doughbelly." he muttered.
He looked over and grinned when he saw his friends coming in through the doorway.
"Dudes! Finally! I've been looking for you guys!"
He ran over and hugged both Norman and Bailey really awkwardly and was about to put his arms around Danny when Danny held out his sword.
"Touch me and perish..."
Quinn backed up and muttered,
"Alright, man, be cool."
He looked around and noticed Joe and Calista.
"So, who're the new guys? Well, guy and girl."
Joe came forward and said,
"Hey little dude, my name's Joe Camera."
"Quinn Dragonegg. Woah! Wait, you have one of those rare block thingies? That's wicked!" replied Quinn.
Joe nodded and said,
"Yup, sometimes it sucks buckets but other times it's really cool."
Quinn stepped forward and even though he never had seen Calista in his life he walked forward and hugged her like she was his best friend.
"Hi, I'm Quinn!" he declared.
Calista pushed him away and blushed immensely.
"Um, hi. I'm... Calista." she murmured timidly.
"You smell like flowers." he commented.
Norman stepped in quickly and said,
"Alright, I think that's a good enough greeting, Quinn."
Quinn looked behind Calista and noticed Boysenberry staring at him through the doorway. He gained a huge grin and then called to Doughbelly on the other side of the room, who came trotting over.
"Doughbelly! I found you a playmate!"
Doughbelly looked through the doorway and saw the Frienderdragon, and immediately he let out a loud croak and leaped forward onto Boysenberry's nose, who backed up and let out an even louder croak. When everyone was out of the house they saw Doughbelly bouncing playfully on Boysenberry's neckâBoysenberry seemed equally excited.
Norman turned around and faced his ever-growing group of friends.
"Alright, we still need to find ONE more person, and that's Lizzy."
Lizzy was Norman's main priority from the start. They traveled through the forest, quickly exiting onto a stretch of plains. Sitting right in the middle of a patch of roses was a dirt shack with just an empty doorway as an entrance. Norman called out first,
"Helloooooooo? Anybody there?"
When no one answered he walked towards the empty doorway and peered inside. It was only a 5x7x3 space, and unfortunately was completely empty. Suddenly, he felt a shiver down a spine and soon after heard a scream. He looked around at his friends, who were just standing there, frozen completely as though time had stopped. Everything turned black and white and Norman quickly turned around, looking for the source of the scream.
Finally, he ran around back of the dirt hut and screamed himself and fell backwards, scrambling and breathing heavily. Standing there in front of him was Slenderman, his arms reaching out to grab him. He had only played Slender once, and when he did his older brother had duct-taped him to a chair and plopped him in front of his laptop to watch as he was playing Slender. Since he was duct-taped he couldn't move, and eventually Slenderman just appeared in front of him and killed him while he was immobilized, wetting his pants. Ever since he was freaked out about Slenderman.
Norman panted and looked above Slenderman, seeing that his tentacles were out. And they were wrapped around Lizzy, who was struggling and screaming at the top of her lungs.
"NORMAN! HELP! PLEASE! HELP ME! NORMAN, PLEASE!"
Norman stood back up and held out Jeff's old iron sword as to threaten Slenderman. As if he was bored, Slenderman began to slowly turn around and walk away, but Norman jumped up and slashed at one of the tentacles wrapped around Lizzy. But the blade just bounced right off. Slenderman stopped and turned back around to face Norman, who backed up immediately in fear. Suddenly, a creepy voice echoed through his mind.
"Don't you know that weapons of this dimension do not affect me? If you ever want to save her, you'll have to come to MY dimension and survive through Slender. If you collect all the notes, only then will you be allowed a chance to fight me. If you choose not, this minor will suffer a long and torturing death before I chop her up and eat her. Goodbye, Norman..."
Slenderman turned around again and then lifted slightly into the air. He began to glide ghoulishly away, leaving an almost visible trail of cold behind him. Lizzy's screams echoed through the air as she drifted farther and farther away until both she and Slenderman were gone.
Everything regained its color and the air's cold vanished, replaced with the normal summery air. Instantly he heard voices behind him, confused ones. He heard footsteps and turned around to see his friends running around the dirt shack towards him.
"Norman, what happened just now?! One minute you were there and then now you're here!" exclaimed Bailey.
Norman paused for a few seconds, trying to process what had just happened. Once he was finished he explained.
"I... I was standing, and then I felt a shiver down my back and everything turned black and white. You guys froze like time had stopped, and I was the only one moving. I heard a scream and... And I ran around back of the hut, and Slenderman was there. In his... Tentacles, yes, tentacles, being held captive was Lizzy, who was screaming for her life. I tried to slice off his tentacles, but he seemed unaffected. He spoke to me in my mind saying that I had to come into his dimension and survive through Slender in order to be allowed to fight him and possibly save Lizzy. Until then, he said that he's going to TORTURE her! I can't let that happen!"
Norman looked off into the distance where Slenderman and Lizzy had disappeared. Suddenly, he heard Slenderman's voice in his head once more.
"Number 38. DO NOT BE LATE!"
"We have to find the 38th Dimension, that's his." said Norman. "But how are we going to get there?"
Yeah, how ARE they going to get to the 38th Dimension, the dimension of Slender? Will Norman be able to find and rescue Lizzy from Slenderman's tentacles? Will she even survive Slenderman's tormenting long enough for Norman to arrive? Find out next chapter in THE GLITCH!
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