The screen changed to show Ivor, Jesse, and Reuben making their way through yet another set of iron doors. "Grab some ingredients and craft a weapon. I'll show you how to enchant it," Ivor told Jesse. The screen switched to show the room they were walking into, lava-lamps resting on the floor and illuminating a room with brightly colored sets of armor behind a crafting table, an anvil, and a chest.
"Where... is that room?" Olivia mused, eyes narrowing at the screen. "I don't think we saw any more doors..."
"My lab holds many secrets," Ivor replied simply, and that was that.
"Cool!" and Jesse grinned at Ivor cheerfully, before walking forward. She opened the chest and rummaged around inside it. "Ooh, diamonds, score!" she exclaimed, eyes lighting up as she took out four of the turquoise gems. She gave them an amused look and picked one out of the four that she'd taken, sticking it in her pocket. "I'll be sure to save at least one for Petra," she added.
Jace grinned and patted Petra on the back. She elbowed him with a grin.
Onscreen, Jesse trotted over to the crafting table, before stopping in front of it and contemplating it silently.
"Craft a sword!" Petra called out suddenly, making Jesse and Jace jump a bit in surprise as she nearly shouted in their ears.
"No, no, go for an axe!" Axel exclaimed, Gill echoing the sentiment a second late, "it'll look so cool!"
"The pickaxe is more efficient for destroying the Command Block! Craft a pickaxe!" Olivia exclaimed, Maya nodding and echoing the sentiment herself.
"Actually," Ivor broke in, "the Command Block enchantment is so strong that literally anything could be used to destroy the Command Block, even if it was a hoe."
"Oh, please don't craft a hoe," Lukas groaned. "Or a shovel."
"Why not a hoe?" Jace asked him, looking at him. "Actually, hoes are pretty useful. Sharpen the hoe, and you've kinda got like a one-sided pickaxe. Not to mention, if you're in the wild and starving, you can either hunt or make some sort of garden. You've got a weaponized hoe, so both are good options." He paused thoughtfully for a moment. "For that matter, shovels are pretty useful, too. No one looks twice at someone holding a shovel. Also! The edges are kinda sharp, so I can both chop at you with a sharpened shovel edge, or I can bludgeon you."
Everyone looked at Jace.
"What? I'm just being practical!"
Finally, onscreen-Jesse made her decision. Jesse placed a stick in the bottom middle slot, before slotting in two diamonds above it. The ingredients shivered together into a sword, Jesse smiling as she lifted it off the crafting table.
Petra fist-pumped the air. "Yes!"
Jesse gave the diamond sword a careful wave. "I've never had a diamond weapon before!" she said cheerfully.
Ivor smiled at the black-haired spider hybrid's excitement, dark blue eyes practically glowing with faint amusement. "Just wait until you enchant it," he replied, gesturing at the anvil.
Jesse set the sword down on the anvil carefully, before taking the enchanting book and carefully placing it next to the sword. The two of them merged together, before the sword was infused with a bright light. Wincing, Jesse stepped back and shielded her eyes for a moment, as did many of the members of the audience.
When the light faded, the sword's blade had a miasmic blade, glowing red, green, blue, purple... much like the Command Block itself, actually. The crosspiece glowed gold, and the hilt was a gleaming silver, as the sword hovered in the air a bit above the anvil, waiting for Jesse to pick it up.
"Wooaaaaah," Jesse breathed, leaning forward in interest while Lukas looked at her. Her green eyes were actually sparkling a bit in interest. Sparkling, I tell you. "That's really beautiful... oddly enough for a tool of destruction."
Onscreen, Jesse carefully took the sword, giving it a casual twirl, but at the same time being careful not to chop off one of her arms by accident or anything. "Behold!" she joked, giving the sword a wave in the air, "my enchanted diamond sword!"
Behind her, Reuben was hopping up and down in excitement and squealing.
"Aww, he likes it too," Jace grinned, fondling his pig's ears... well... fondly.
"Aww," and Jesse reached out and fondled Reuben's ears as well, making Reuben let out a happy squeal and grin. "Thanks for the approval, Reuben."
"That is so awesome!" Axel cheered, throwing his arms in the air.
Nell grinned and bounced in place on the couch in agreement.
Petra gave a nod herself, shaking her head once or twice in amusement. "Okay, that is the coolest thing I've ever seen."
"Yes, that should do the job nicely," Ivor agreed, resting his hand on Jesse's shoulder and making the girl grin at him. He paused for a moment, before beginning tentatively, "You know, I had... a lot of free time," he said at last, making Jesse twist around to look at him. "So I designed some armor specifically for you hybrids."
"And you get new armor too?! Awesome!" Maya gasped, giving Jesse a grin. The black-haired girl smiled back cheerfully.
"Whoooa, seriously?" Petra was grinning. Jace elbowed the redhead next to him, grinning at her as well.
"You didn't strike me as the type of person to like clothing, Peets."
Petra's eyebrow went up, before she let her eyelids droop and leaned forward so that her mouth was right next to Jace's ear, a strange smile spreading over her face. "Well, a girl has to look her best, doesn't she?" she pretty much purred seductively into his ear.
Jace's face turned bright red, while Lukas just gave Petra an appraising look, his own face turning red. Axel had turned to stare at Petra in surprise, while most of the other males were now staring at Petra with this hot, red, embarrassed blush spreading over their face. Most of the girls were gaping at Petra as well. No one had expected that the tomboy could even fake that sort of behavior.
Petra pulled back, smirking broadly. Jace just continued to sit there, blinking rapidly with his face flushed bright red.
He flopped onto his back silently, still bright red.
Jesse leaned back to get a good look at his face, her own cheeks tinted pink from that, before sitting forward and giving Petra a look. "I think you broke him."
Onscreen, Jesse let the arm holding her sword drop as she stared at Ivor. Reuben let out a surprised squeal as well.
Ivor went over to a chest in the corner and started rummaging through it, Jesse coming up behind him with a curious look. "Well, I mean, I didn't have your sizes... and I never had the chance to go back and see you, after... well, you know," and Ivor paused in his rummaging through the chest, before resuming it. "So I simply went wit the sizes I usually make armor with. They... should fit, now that you're older."
Straightening up, Ivor held out a jet-black suit of armor with six sleeves and jet-black gloves to accompany it. A red hourglass was emblazoned on the back, and the front was embellished with simple red designs that were reminiscent of a spiderweb. The boots were black as well, except for the red bottoms, and the leggings were plain black.
Otto let out a whistle, nodding slightly as he examined the armor himself. "Nice design."
Jesse stared at the armor, mouth slightly open, before her eyes flickered up to Ivor. "You should become a clothing designer."
Several people in the room snorted. Onscreen, Ivor did the same, handing the armor over to Jesse.
Jesse grinned and took the armor. The screen changed to show Jesse yanking the gloves up to her elbows, before jumping neatly into the boots. One of her lower, gloved arms grabbed the sword again and twirled it, and the screen zoomed out to show Jesse sheathing her sword on her back, the black armor's red designs almost glowing in the dim light.
"That's so awesome!" Nell and Axel accidentally chorused at the screen. Jesse grinned at Ivor.
"You seriously should be a clothing designer."
Soren stifled a laugh at this, while Ivor rolled his eyes, being supremely careful to hide the grin on his face.
Lukas was staring at the screen, blinking rapidly. Jace, having recovered from the blushing from now, grinned and elbowed Lukas in the ribs. "Like what ya see?" he asked, careful to keep his voice low.
"Shut up," Lukas grumbled at the same volume, his cheeks flushed bright red now.
Jesse tapped her midriff, before looking up at Ivor, raising her eyebrow with a grin. "Okay, I was half-joking before, but now I'm kinda serious- you'd make a killing if you were a clothing designer."
This prompted a small round of laughter from the audience, Ellegaard wiggling her eyebrows playfully at Ivor. He ignored the redstone engineer.
Ivor rolled his eyes and ruffled the girl's hair, making her swat him off with a giggle. "I think I'll just stick with potion-making, thank you very much. I have some for the others, too."
Jesse recovered from her giggling and put one hand on her hip, drawing the sword again and surveying it. Her gaze softened, and she gave Ivor a warm smile. "... thanks, Ivor."
Ivor returned the smile with another nod, and the two of them exited the room. The screen changed to show Jesse walking through another set of doors, back into the room with the Ender crystals. The waiting group looked up at Jesse, Olivia's eyes widening. "Nice sword. And nice armor!"she exclaimed, straightening up.
"Ivor should be a clothing designer," Jesse replied simply, with such a blank face that the audience was positive that on the inside, she was doubled over with laughter.
Ivor ignored the joke and held out two other suits of armor. "I have some for you, too," he told the other two hybrids.
"Oh, nice!" and Olivia took hers, while Lukas took his.
The screen changed to show Olivia dressed in all black like Jesse, except her armor was covered in simple purple designs that looked like sparkles, glowing in the dim light of the Ender Crystals. She kept on the green beanie with goggles, though, so besides that and the chestplate, every part of her armor was a simple black design. It was definitely what would be more of a stealth design.
Olivia blinked when she felt something drip on her shoulder. She twisted to see that there was a small spot of red on her otherwise white t-shirt. "Huh?" She looked up- and blushed. "Er, Axel, your nose is..." She trailed off, before gesturing at Axel.
Axel blinked at her, before his own face flooded bright red and he clapped his hands to his face.
Petra raised her eyebrow at Lukas. He returned the raised eyebrow silently.
Lukas wore a set of gold armor, except the shoulderpads and the leggings were dark gray chain mail. Of course, his tail was still exposed, and flicked around neatly. The chestplate had dark gray and black sort of 'spots' emblazoned on it. His boots were also gold, and the gloves were as well, except the fingertips were exposed. He also had a pair of gray goggles on his head, except the lenses seemed a bit more of a green tint than Olivia's.
Lukas flexed his hands experimentally, before a set of claws shot out of his fingers and made him jump. "Ah!" He looked up to see Jesse blinking at him, and rubbed his head awkwardly. "Ahaha, sorry. Still don't have that under control."
"You guys look awesome!" Lizzie cheered, grinning at the three hybrids. They grinned right back at her.
"I see what you mean, Ivor would be rich if he was a clothing designer," Lukas remarked, twisting and turning to look at himself.
Olivia looked pleased about hers, too. "Yeah, this is really well made," she agreed, giving Lukas a grin. He returned it, adjusting the goggles momentarily.
Jesse grinned at the two other hybrids as Gabriel and Soren came up to them. "Let's get back to Soren's fortress and see how the Witherstorms are doing against those Endermen."
Ivor pulled out some potions as he approached the group as well. Jesse looked carefully at them, before she clapped her hands and her eyes lit up as she looked up at the former Order member. "Ah, these are potions of teleportation!"
He nodded, a small smile on his face. "Very good, Jesse," he praised the spider hybrid, making her perk up, "I'm glad to see you remember some of the things that I taught you." He passed the bottles around, waiting until all of them had a bottle of their own, all of their eyes meeting as they stood there in a circle, facing one another.
Lukas took a deep breath. "Well, let's go," he stated at last, and with that the whole group uncorked their respective bottle and tipped it back, gulping down the potion.
For a few seconds, nothing happened. Then, the whole group began to glow, Jesse looking down at her hands momentarily as if to check herself.
And then they vanished from the lab.
The screen blacked out again.
Lukas's pleased grin from a moment before had faded. "Do you think any of us are going to die?" he asked quietly, accidentally echoing the question he'd asked Jesse way back after the first episode. "I mean, Ellegaard nearly did die, and that was with one Witherstorm."
"Even if one of us does die, it's only in this alternate path- it doesn't mean that we'll die in our time," Jace pointed out, although his own face had twisted into a worried expression.
Petra was quiet for a moment, frowning uncomfortably. Jesse spoke up softly, "Still... I don't want to see any of my friends die."
A/N: Special thanks to 'the indecisive bird' for the reasonings about why you should make a hoe (and partially for the reasons to make a shovel)!
And I died laughing while writing that bit where Petra was just acting super sexy because of how ridiculous it was xD
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