Still DK's POV: "Do you want a leg or a wing?"
Those are the first words I hear as my eyes open and I regain consciousness. It's still a bit dark, and for a moment I feel I am still in Pacman's maze. But I'm not in the gear anymore. The surface I am lying down on is rough, not smooth. There is a sound of crackling to my right, and I hear some wolf howls a few chunks away.
"Oh, good. She's awake! Just in time, to. I was about to eat her share of the chicken" I hear Alex say.
"Come on! There's, like, still more to fill up a guardian!" Creep complains.
Phew. At least my friends are alive.
I pull myself up. I am on a log. Three more surround the campfire, which must be that crackling sound. The ground is damp and the grass reaches up to my ankles. 3 tents are up. Around the campsite, lots and lots of trees.
Someone puts a plastic plate on my lap. On it, a roasted chicken wing.
"Eat up. You don't want to miss dessert," That voice neither belongs to Alex, Creep or Cheese. It belongs to someone else.
Crash is there, next to Creep, toasting marshmallows.
I'm about to leap at her, for shoving us into that maze and having PACMAN nearly kill us. But the other seem fine, as if they never knew, so I just stay calm and eat my chicken.
"So, you may be wondering why I am here with you guys, eating chicken and marshmallows in a campsite. Now is the time to ask questions" Crash says, after tossing is a couple marshmallows each.
Why is she asking? OF COURSE we need to know.
"Why did we have to fight PACMAN? I DID hear Hack but it went out the other ear" Cheese asks.
"You were being featured in a little LIVE TV show called Arcade. Basically it's where people enter an arena based on a video game. Normally you would be playing Assasins Creed or Borderlands or Walking Dead. But we accept requests. Many people wanted Pacman. So lucky for you, Pacman was your enemy".
LUCKY?! Oh well, at least we didn't have to fight Indominus (Jurassic World game!).
"But why did you save us?"
"Well, when you just started fighting Pacman, I needed to grab something from my room. Yes, the arena is attached to our headquarters. Don't ask how we got so much money for both the arena and the HQ, we were insane OP bounty hunters. Also because of the money from Arcade. Anyway, I had grabbed my new command blocks when I noticed our boss sneaking around"
"You have a boss?!"
"Temporarily. Remember, we're bounty hunters. She seemed quite shy and her face was hidden with a hood, we couldn't even see her eyes. But she was going to give us over 100,000 diamonds if we managed this one goal. To kill the Endergirl, keep your friends alive but if shape, but leave the default alone. I had no idea why, but all I cared about was the bling back then. But back to the story. Using an invisibility potion, I secretly followed her into a sewer. There were two skeleton warriors, grasping hold of this guy. He seemed normal, but he had an extra four arms and glowing red eyes. A spider hybrid. But he seemed captured and vulnerable. The boss simply walked up to him, and punched him in the chest. But she wasn't punching. Her arm literally went INSIDE him"
"Yuck! You had to tell us that while eating!" Alex moans.
"Don't worry, there was no blood or anything like that. The spider dude was in heaps of pain. You won't believe what happened next, but it didn't seem real. She pulled out this red red core thing from the spiderboy's body. His eyes faded out, and he just died. Collapsed, face down on the wet smelly sewer ground. The boss just then shoved the core into her own body. And a second later, she could shoot webs from her hands"
"What you're saying is, this boss of yours can absorb the abilities of other players?" I clarify. "Sort of like eating up souls"
"Yes, if you want to be poetic. And do you know what she said next? To her little skeleton buddies? She said that it in a few days it would be Hack, Game and I next. So before you died, I cut out all power and saved your backsides".
We sit there in silence, the only thing we can hear is the fire.
"This is the day after we kidnapped you. Just needed to mention that. After I saved you guys, it took a whole day for you to wake up. But anyway, you should really get some more rest, we're going back to your friend's place t-" Crash starts, but her voice stops suddenly. "Oh, Notch"
"What is it?" Alex asks.
Crash is worried. "No no no no no no".
"WHAT!?" I ask, harder.
Crash stops stressing and looks at us. "Game was telling me about it before Arcade started. He's sending your friends a trap!"
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Icy's POV: As soon as I am aware I am awake, I sit up quickly. That blast must have knocked us out for a whole day. It's now the next night. Everyone else is still unconcious. Alex and DK are missing.
"What the Nether?" I ask myself, but then I realise what happened. "Hack and his sidekicks took them".
I do the most obvious thing in this situation. I go up to Steve. And slap him in the face to wake him up.
"Ow! Zombie! Get off me! I- Oh. It's you. What the Nether just happened?" He jumps and rubs his face where I slapped him.
"Let's just say the crazy maniacs that zapped me in the stomach got away with DK and Alex. I still don't know where Brooke is" I reply. "Let's wake the others. Let's check if we don't have to kiss them".
I approach the body of Edwin. I start passive and nudge him with my foot.
"Edwin" I whisper.
After a couple more failed attempts I immediately jump to hardcore mode. Being Pyrokinetic, a ball of fire erupts in my hand. I don't actually throw it at Edwin, but pull it so close to his face that only a silverfish could fit though the gap. The sudden heat wakes him up.
"Woah! Hey! Nice gloves! Especially the netherrack material!" Edwin yelps, then grins.
I shut the flame off as he stands and brushes the dirt off him. While Edwin is doing that, I notice Steve getting a jukebox out. He also puts on some earmuffs.
"What's that for?" I ask.
"Just cover your ears. You'll hear" Steve puts on another pair of earmuffs, on top of the first pair. "It's the most scariest, but most fun, way to wake people".
I put my hands over my ears, as he instructed. Steve shoves a disk into the jukebox and presses the earmuffs harder. At first, it is silent. But that's when I hear a voice. A voice announcing only one thing. But not just anyone's voice. Dad. Loud and booming, I bet that even people on the moon could hear it.
Most of the people lying down here would be ready to fight if they knew Herobrine was about. But this is unexpected. So it sets everyone, but me and Steve, into a riot. The others wake up as if a pin stabbed them. Edwin is looking around frantically, yelling out many half-hearted wisecracks. Allen is wildly shooting random beams of energy into the air. Piper is just standing there. Then she digs a hole, then traps herself in it and doesn't make a peep.
Steve bursts out laughing. I manage to prevent myself from smirking. After a short moment, Steve confesses. The next 2 minutes are spent watching the others beat Steve up. Once the trio are satisfied justice has been served, Allen makes a laptop appear in his hands. He types away, then uses his wand to conjure up a healing potion. I'm confused until I remember his wand is powered by tech. Allen flings it at Steve, who quickly begins to recover.
I hear the sound of grinding metal behind me. I do a 180 degree turn. I nearly trip. Standing there, towering above me, is a massive iron creature. For a moment I think it's a Darknut or Iron Knuckle from Zelda or something, but it has a few variations. It just stands there, like those knight armour displays in a castle. The iron beast grasps a massive metal axe in his hands. I spot his name tag. 'Ferrous Wroughtnaut' (Fer-us-rot-not). I quick grab my sword. But the mighty metal monster is unmoving.
Someone lets out a gasp behind me. Another gulps.
"Icy! What the Nether is that?" Piper warns.
I ignore the voices, still stunned at the sight of this mountain of iron. But I raise my sword and swing it as hard as I can at the Wroughtnaut. It bounces right off and the beast doesn't even flinch.
"Did someone just put this statue down here to troll us?" I ask aloud.
I hit it a couple more times in new spots, but it just doesn't move. I'm just about to give up, throw the Wroughtnaut into a truck, take it to an junk shop and have an auction on it. But then I notice the hole on its back, just above the 'gluteus maximus'. Without thinking of the consequences, I stab my sword into it. The Ferrous Wroughtnaut suddenly springs to life and roars. With huge, thundering steps, it slowly turns towards me.
Now the area where Steve's home is located is beautiful. On a hill, flatlands surrounding the south of the hill. The other half a forest. Around the house itself are a few flowers and birch trees. There's even a chicken coop, a water fall, and a big DIY garden. If this all gets destroyed, I promise I will take the blame.
Steve, Piper and the Wizards back away. The Wroughtnaut raises it's axe. And before I can act it swings it like a baseball bat. I feel the sting on where the axe made contact, but luckily it sliced through a tree first, slowing down the axe. That's when I realise the blow sent me flying. I quickly grab on to a tree before I end up going to Mars. The others are trying to hit it with their weapons. That won't do anything, I've seen its immune to any sort of weapon. I know it's helpless, but I grab my bow and shoot at where most armour would normally be vulnerable to. Neck, joints, hands. But it doesn't work.
The Wroughtnaut seems to ignore the others and just head for me. Of course, I was the one who stabbed it first.
"I thought Iron Man was a good guy!" Edwin yells out.
"Don't worry, we're coming!" Steve shouts, with the others behind him.
"Guys, it won't help! It's only going to attack me!" I tell them. "Stay back!"
They obey, and watch the fireworks.
I erupt a fireball from my hand and fling it at the Wroughtnaut. It bounces off the beast as if I were throwing Skittles at it. I jump down from the tree. If it's technically invincible, then I must get it away from my friends as much as possible. Or maybe...
'Woah, don't go down that road yet, Icy' I think to myself. 'Just distract it'.
The beast raises its axe above its head. Instead of the classic bat motion, it brings downwards. Probably meant to be a special move to chop me in half. I dodge it easily. The axe gets stuck in the ground, and Mr. Wroughtnaut spends a moment or so trying to pull it out.
Now I have an idea. That must be where he is vulnerable. I throw a small stone at it. Just before the Wroughtnaut pulls out the axe, it takes damage from the stone. It lets out a strange noise. While its distracted I run towards the gang. I hand Allen all of my weapons.
"Icy, you'd better know what you're doing. Because you are NOT sacrificing yourself for us" He asks me, with suspicion laced in his voice.
I nod. "I've got an idea. I'll be bait. I can keep the beast entertained. Wait until it does the special move again. On my signal, use whatever you've got on it. While its getting the axe out. Understood?"
"Yes, miss!" Edwin salutes. The others nod.
"Be careful" Piper tells me before I rush back towards the Ferrous Wroughtnaut of evil.
I get how it attacks. Every time it swings the axe I jump over it. Or duck. Depends how high or low it is. I do this for another minute or so. Then the beast gets lucky. It hits me and I slam into a tree. Wroughtnaut lumbers towards me, as I struggle to get up. I am tangled up in some weeds. Then he raises his axe.
"DO IT! NOW!" I signal the gang.
Allen and Edwin shoot out beams of magic. Piper throws a poison potion at the beast, then stabs the Wroughtnaut with her sword. Steve rapidly fires arrows from an enchanted bow. I manage to cut myself free and slice at the metal monster. With the combined force of all of us, the Wroughtnaut is reduced to one heart. It falls to its knees, defeated. I let out a relieved sigh. Piper removes it's axe and places it a few blocks away. Without the axe, it's defenceless. We surround the Wroughtnaut, making sure it doesn't get up again. I raise my blade, ready for the kill. To our surprise, the Wroughtnaut holds up a heavy hand as if to block the blade.
"Stop! Stop! Please" It speaks in a low voice that makes the ground shake. "Do not hurt me"
"Why should she? You nearly killed her, and we won against you. You don't deserve to live" Steve shoots back at the beast. "Do it, Icy".
But I don't. We need answers. I bring the blade to the Wroughnaut's neck but don't decapitate him.
"Give us answers. Who are you and why are you here? Be a good Wroughtnaut and I'll let you go".
I hear the others object but I silence them, as the Wroughtnaut begins to speak.
"I was sent here to not kill. To neutralise you. It is my masters fault. He has uses for you. And your friends" He replies.
"Who is your boss?"
"He created me. He makes things new. Not originally from Minecraft".
It's Game. The Modder. I need more information.
"Your master and his team have kidnapped a default and an ender hybrid. Where are they?" Allen asks for me,
"I am going to suffer greatly if I tell" Wroughtnaut objects, but I pull the blade closer. "He has them imprisoned in a water temple not far from here. The temple is south, next to a village. It is heavily guarded with powerful Guardians".
That's got to be enough information. Satisfied, I pull the blade away from the Wroughtnaut.
"Very well. You can go" I tell it.
The Wroughtnaut clumsily stands and starts to lumber away as fast as it can go, without even grabbing his axe. Allen, Edwin, Piper and Steve look at me.
"You're just letting him go?" Edwin says what the others are thinking.
"Nope" I reply.
I focus, then levitate the Wroughtnaut's axe and force it to decapitate the metal monster.
"No!" I hear it yell.
Eventually, the creature known as the Ferrous Wroughtnaut dissapears into many pixels. The only thing left is the helmet. I will the axe to return to me. It's the size of my body, so I'm surprised when I hold it easily. 'Axe of a thousand metals'. That's the name of the axe. Edwin grabs the helmet, wipes the inside, then puts it on and strikes a pose.
"Do I look pro or what?" Edwin grins.
"You'll attract all the Wroughtnaut ladies" I smile.
Steve is scribbling down the information the Wroughtnaut told us on a book.
"He said they were south at a water temple? Ok, so that means we have to head in the direction of those flatlands" He points south. "Grab your stuff, we're going".
I organise my inventory quickly, then follow the others on our quest to go find the pair underwater.
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Third Person: "Um, sir?"
The scientist known as GameMod spins on his office chair and locks his sight on the creeper minion cowering below him.
It must be successful. Even if it meant that a strong soldier of his was dead. He had several more.
"They fell for it".
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Hey guys! First, I'm getting Minecraft Story Mode yaaaay! Two, the Wroughtnaut is from Mowzies Mod. Three... I don't know
*gets hit by flying Coke can*
Ey! I know it's been a while, I'm just getting the most of my holiday because schools back soon!
Anyway, see ya in the next chapter!