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Petra wasn't in the mood to sleep. She was too busy thinking about Jesse's outburst at the citizen at Ivor's tower. That wasn't normal. Jesse was...fun loving. Friendly. He forgave Ivor quicker then any of the gang. He had a good heart. What had happened? Was Jesse finally snapping? He couldn't be. It was Jesse.

"Petra?"

Petra turned to the door she didn't even hear open. Lukas stood there in the doorway. "How ya doing?"

Petra sighed. "Not good. Everyone else asleep?"
Lukas shook his head. "No. No one is really tired. We have been er, resting for 5 months. Might take a few days to get exhausted."
Petra hummed thoughtfully. After sleeping a few times, the last time she remembered was with the stranger. She hadn't felt more energized since the adrenaline rush when the Witherstorm first appeared.

She shrugged. "I guess you're right. How is everyone else?"

Lukas glanced behind him. "They finished their rooms. And no one can sleep. So they aren't really doing that much."

Petra put her hand to her forehead. "Now what? I don't think I'm gonna just sit here for like 8 hours straight."

Lukas grinned. "Maybe we could head back to town? I'm sure we could use a walk!"

Petra raised an eyebrow. "Um, it's night? With monsters, Lukas."

"We took on a Witherstorm Petra, a few measly mobs won't be a problem, especially with how big our group is."

Petra sighed. "Fine, but only if everyone else is going."
Lukas smiled and nodded, then ran out of Petra's room Petra just watched him go.

"Ugh. I'm having second thoughts about this..."

Lukas asked each member, and everyone agreed except for Axel, Olivia, and Gabriel.

Axel claimed that he "Would get tired". Olivia was still very shaken by the Reuben encounter in Jesse's treehouse. Gabriel had said he wanted to practice for tomorrow, Petra tried mentioning that they were going out in the middle of the night, with mobs, but Gabriel had stated that he didn't want to risk passing out.

Meanwhile everyone had gotten a single weapon and stood at the door.

"Everyone ready?" Soren asked timidly.

Magnus tapped his foot. "Yeah yeah," Magnus muttered.

Ellegaard smiled. "You bet I am!"

Petra shrugged. "Let's just go."

Lukas opened the door, and they headed out into the night.

They had gone through multiple mobs easily, until...

"Hey, look at that!" Lukas cried, sprinting towards a small weird build.

It was dirt surrounding what sounded like water. After digging it up they saw...

"Gunpowder?" Soren wondered aloud. "This build is...odd."

Lukas's eyes widened. "It's from a creeper. I've seen a trap like this before. They lead a mob into a small dirt trap, and then they place water then cover it."

"They drown it..." Ellegaard whispered.

Soren felt a chill. "Why would someone build such a sadistic trap? Isn't a sword enough?"

Lukas shrugged. "Well, it's not like we should feel bad, these things slaughter a lot of people each year."

Petra's eyes widened. "I think I might know who built this..." She said quietly.

Her comment earned her a few odd looks at first, then everyone's eyes lit up in recognization.

"Stranger..."
Petra nodded. "This is his work. He really doesn't like mobs."

Magnus just chuckled. "Who can blame him? These baddies have no mercy for an innocent citizens like from the convention and Endercon."

They gave the trap one last glance, then headed to the plaza.

"Wow, I've never seen it like this before," Lukas said.

The place was dark, and not a soul in sight. No monsters were in the plaza, even with all the nights.

Soren shrieked when he bumped into a creeper statue display, which earned him a few irritated glares.

They walked further into the plaza, checking out the old chicken machine, finding a few cakes.

Then ALL of the lights turned ON.

The entire gang froze, and glanced around them in a panic. Was it against the rules to be hear at night? Did someone find them?
Step step step...

The group split up and hid in different areas. They didn't know why, just instinct screamed at them to do so, and they complied.

Petra scanned the area, annoyed that she had to wear this dumb mob mask now that they were out of the new tree house.

Finally, a dark figure trudged out, weapon in hand.
Petra glared. That wasn't Stranger. The stranger's eyes glowed blue, with a pumkin on his head.

The person walked across the main area, and began going through a treasure chest.
"Where is that thing..." a familiar voice muttered.

Soren's eyes widened. "Ivor..." He said, gripping his weapon.

"You see Jesse? The Order of The Stone is fake! An act! A charade!"
Jesse stared at Soren angrily. "So you're just a fake? You LIED to the entire world?"

Soren stuttered. "Jesse, I'm...I'm sorry."
Jesse acted with rage, he shoved Soren to the floor. His friends held him back while Ivor held a satisfied grin on his face. Soren had finally gotten what was coming to him...

Soren began shaking angrily. Ivor humiliated him! And he was right there.

Ellegaard glanced at Soren. "Soren," She whispered.

Magnus shook his head. "It ain't worth it Soren, don't do it.

Before they could say anything more, Soren jumped out from his cover, and charged, screaming.

Ivor turned around only to be tackled and pinned to the ground. "What on earth?!"

Soren felt satisfaction when he lifted the sword, and swung at Ivor's head.

KLANG!

Another sword had stopped Soren's attack. He began turning his head until he was kicked extremely hard in the gut by another person. He tumbled to the ground and saw.

"Jesse!" Ivor cried as he was helped up by Jesse. "He's insane! He tried to kill me!"
Jesse glared. "I saw."

Soren was frozen to the spot in fear. He couldn't move. Jesse went into a full sprint towards Soren, sword raised for the killing blow. Soren lifted his arms in fear, waiting for death.

Until another sword blocked off Jesse's attack.

"Lukas.." Soren realized.

Jesse glared at the newcomer. "Looks like our burglar has backup," Jesse hissed at Lukas.

Ivor smiled evilly, and brought out an axe, and advanced on Soren. Both Soren and Lukas began backing up.

"I don't want to fight you," Lukas stated, sword at the ready.

Jesse just gave a smile that unsettled Lukas. "All evidence to the contrary," Jesse spat.

Soren's arms shook as Ivor advanced on him. "We don't need to fight!" He cried.

Ivor just shrugged. "I wouldn't want to fight me either." He said smugly, swinging at Soren.

Jesse growled and thrust his sword at Lukas, who barely dodged Jesse's sword.

Soren was struggling to fend off an angry Ivor who kept swinging in anger.

Lukas blocked off Jesse's attacks, he dodged one, and began sprinting towards Soren and Ivor.

"Ivor look out!"

Ivor looked up, and blocked Lukas's swing.

Only to get swiped in the chest by a panicked Soren.

Ivor's face tensed up, and grabbed the wound which began bleeding. He dropped his sword, and clutched at his chest.

"Ivor! No!" Jesse shouted. He shoved past Lukas, and stabbed Soren in the leg out of rage.

Soren cried out in pain, Lukas quickly blocked Jesse's swing at Soren, and began walking back, dragging Soren with him.

Jesse considered attacking the two masked intruders, but ran to Ivor to patch up his bleeding.

"Let's go!" Lukas cried, with the other ones snapping out of shock at the entire event that just happened. Magnus grabbed Soren's other arm, while the others guarded against any threats.

They exited the village and started the path down to the tree house.

Only to run into mobs. Right. Mobs come at night.

Petra got her sword out, and began attacking the nearest mobs, while Ellegaard carefully watched her back.

A stray arrow flew past Petra's face, and nailed Lukas in the shoulder. Lukas hissed in pain and pulled the arrow out with his free hand.

"This was a bad idea..."

Meanwhile...

Jesse had gotten Ivor back to the his new lava house, and was now pacing in anger.

"What idiot would attack the Order of The Stone?!" Jesse asked, irritated.

Ivor shrugged in his bed. "I haven't the faintest clue, but they picked the wrong fight! I'll put them in a dirt trap surrounded by...by Lava! LONG LIVE LAVA!"

Jesse didn't agree, or just didn't hear Ivor, as he clenched his fist in anger.

"We have to find out who they are..."

Jesse was confused to say the least, he had run into some people like that before, a lot of times actually. He helped a lot of people as his...other. People in masks were pretty common, so he could check that off the list. Most of the time he helped people without masks, citizens who just got lost. He ran into them multiple times, so that was not uncommon. Rumors began to spread about "The Blue Eyed Pumpkin". Not the most original title, but it was alright.

Ivor was brainstorming. "We should have guards set up! Make sure the entire town is secured!"

Jesse went to stop Ivor, tell him he was overthinking. But stopped. "You know what Ivor?"

"What? What do I know?"

"Guards doesn't seem like a bad idea. Protecting the towns resources from thieves like the ones from earlier."

Ivor noticed the sun starting to come back, but not enough for the monsters to burn.

"Thanks Jesse. At least you can acknowledge my genius intellect!"

Jesse began walking towards the exit. "Rest well Ivor, I've got work to do. Talk to some people"

Ivor shook his head at Jesse, who was at the door. "Are you kidding? I'll be back up in no time!"
Ivor passed out 5 minutes later.

Meanwhile...

The gang stumbled up the emergency staircase, since the ladder was the normal, and faster way of getting down.

The door slammed open, which had the rest of the crew who didn't come looking up in curiosity.

"What happened?"

"Not now," Lukas muttered through grit teeth.

Petra checked the stairs for unwelcome visitors, then slammed the metal door shut.

"What the hell was that?!" Asked and angry Petra, glaring at both Lukas and Soren.

Lukas stumbled over his words. "I'm sorry, I don't know.."

Soren groaned in pain as Axel, Olivia, and Gabriel helped Soren to his room, while the others sat on chairs.

"That was NOT according to plan," Petra said in frustration.

"We were all surprised Petra," Lukas said calmly.

"Who knew that Soren out of all people would gain a burst of courage?" Magnus spat sarcastically.

Ellegaard glared. "He's had a rough time? We died! And Jesse doesn't even know for better or worse!"

Ellegaard rolled her eyes. "Yes, but Ivor being his old self must of brought back memories."

Magnus slammed his fist on the table. "Sorry precious, but that's not an excuse to ATTACK and try to kill someone!"

Petra put her hand to her head. "Why was Jesse and Ivor even out there at the middle of the night?"
"Beats me," Lukas said shrugging. "I thought he would be at home sleeping. I've never fought against Jesse before..."

"And?" Magnus prodded.

"He's tough. Especially when he's angry."
Petra shuddered. "He's not himself anymore, he's so rough and mean with everyone nowadays. Except..."

"Ivor." Ellegaard stated.

"Why him? Ivor's can be really annoying sometimes," Petra muttered harshly.

"Technically, he's the last friend other than Reuben. He's keeping his friends close in bad times.

Magnus sighed. "Well I guess I can understand that..."

Axel walked into the room. "How is he?" Lukas said.

"He'll live," Axel said. "Now can you tell me what happened?"
"We had a run in."

"With who?" Olivia said, around the corner?

"...Jesse and Ivor." Petra stated.

Axel and Olivia's mouths dropped open. "Jesse? He attacked you?"
"More like Soren," Magnus hissed. "He just attacked Ivor when his back was turned."

"Why?!" Olivia cried.

"No clue," Petra said. "He just sorta snapped."

"Yeah, Mr Enderlover had a temper tantrum," Magnus said sarcastically.

"Magnus?"

"What?"
"Not right now!"

"Fine."

Petra just shook her head. "That should of never happened. That was unacceptable."
Lukas put his hands up in defense. "Hey! Soren started it! I just helped."

Axel frowned. "That doesn't sound like the heroic Soren I know."

Olivia shrugged. "I don't get it, he just 'snapped' and thats it?"

"Yeah," Lukas said. "It was really weird."

Meanwhile

The Ocelots stared at Jesse with disgust. He was the reason why Lukas died, and Jesse wanted their help?

"Really." Aiden sneered. "What's in it for us?"
Jesse then pulled out pairs of DIAMOND weapons and armor, all enchanted.

"You'll get these," Jesse said grinning. "And maybe more."
Aiden looked to the other 2 Ocelots and nodded. "Fine. What do you want us to do?"

"Be the guards to the city. We had intruders earlier, so I wanted to get here quickly as possible."

Aiden then glared. "Why us? What's the catch?"

"Nothing," Jesse stated. "You're the best I know, and I need the best to guard the citizen. Also, think of the attention you could get. Think about it, you're the people The ORDER OF THE STONE came to when they were in need."
Aiden widened his eyes. "Fine fine, offer I can't resist, I get it. Where do we patrol."
"Around the entrances, guard them, especially at night. I don't want thieves or mobs getting in."
Aiden put on the armor. "Fine."

Jesse smiled as the 3 went to prepare, even though morning was coming quickly. He was going to end these Thieves once and for all.

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