Edwin's POV: I hear thunder and the howling of a wolf outside, waking me up for the second time tonight. I check the time. 3:30. I throw my head onto my pillow, but I can't fall asleep again. Wolves these days. I mean, it is their nature to howl, but it gets on my nerves and makes me shiver!

"Annoying wolves" I mutter.

The sound of rain drumming on my tent makes it hard to shut down again. I close my eyes, hoping my body will automatically sleep, but it doesn't. I grumble, and I pull out my wand to knock myself out.

Then I hear a scream. I sit up, suddenly. So does Allen.

"What was that?" He asks, tense.

"I dunno, some noob getting killed again?" I reply, all serious. "Let's check outside. If someone else got kidnapped I promise I'm going to slap myself".

Allen leaves, and I follow suit. Luckily, we don't seem to be the only ones awoken by the scream. Everyone is up, in the pouring rain, all wide awake and alert.

"What's going on?" I shake Miner's shoulder.

"I don't know! Wait- Guys, where's DK?" He replies, then scans the group.

"She's not here?!" Icy's eyes widen. "I swear she came out with me!"

"Then you must be seeing things!" Piper replies.

I slap myself, as promised. DK must have been the one kidnapped. I randomly take out a magnifying glass, and Cheese raises an eyebrow at me.

"Seriously, bro?" He wonders.

"What, it's a mystery!" I shrug. "Too bad I didn't bring a fedora with me".

I first look in the tent of Icy and DK. Nothing seems out of place. However, I notice a strange black object on the ground. I pick it up, and take a look.

"An obsidian fragment?" I say to myself, like they always do in old fashioned detective movies. "Hmm. Maybe she got knocked out by her attacker by dropping the block on her head?"

I exit the tent, then drink a potion of night vision, and observe the area. It's the same as it was a few hours ago, except everything is wet, and everyone is worrying. The fireplace has been put out by the H20, and the ground is a lot more squishy than last time. I look to my left, and I can just see footprints deep in the forest. There is also a small trail of blood. Those must be some clues.

I hear the sound of a bowstring being stretched, and my cat ears perk up. Before I can warn anyone, though, an arrow coated with a strange purple liquid on it flies through the air with an electric buzzing noise. I duck before the arrow can pierce my skull, but this results in it hitting Creep on the knee. The saying, 'I took an arrow to the knee' has become literal. He wails out, but then passes out on the wet slimy ground. Before any of us can even take in what just happened, a small object lands on the ground in front of us. I glance at it. It's the size of my fist, green and flashing white. A bomb.

"Hit the dirt!" I shout, but I shout too late.

The bomb explodes, but not in a way I would expect it to. Instead of destroying everything around it, it launches clouds of strange orange gas. Whatever it is, I would not like to have it in my lungs.

"Scatter!" Misty yells out.

And we do just that, running deep into the forest. I look behind me, and it's catching up. It must be spreading everywhere, with the rain not making a dent in it. I grab a swiftness potion, and run away. The ground, which is still bouncy, helps run faster. The trees and all other terrain seem to blur the more I run. After a minute of running, I check to see if the gas is still spreading. It's not, so I must have gotten out of range. That's so wrong, being scared of a little gas bomb. One problem, though. We are all split up. And splitting up alway leads to something bad.

"Ok, time to pull out the player tracker" I say to myself, although I don't have one. "Or maybe a compass. Ooooor a map. Whatever, I'll just use my wand".

Without warning, I get the feeling an arrow is approaching. I take out my wand and zap the arrow, which is arriving from the south-east. It disintegrates quickly. That must have come from whoever shot Creep and threw the gas bomb.

"Nice try, noob!" I shout to the mystery assassin. "Come at me!"

I hear a sketchy clicking, the sound of a spider, but I don't see it. Some special spider jockey? No, the sound of the spider came from the north-west. The complete opposite sides.

Another arrow attempts to snipe me down, but I sense it coming and turn around. I knock it aside easily. But then there's a 'whoosh' sound, and a split second later I feel something cold and sticky on my feet. That arrow distracted me long enough for something, or someone, to shoot me with the stuff. I look down. My feet are stuck in a pile of SOMETHING... But what is it? I try to take a step forwards, but my feet are stuck in the pile of sticky paste-like goop. I crouch down to have a closer look. It's transparent, and glows ever so slightly.

"Yuck, what is this?" I exclaim. Then I take a closer look at it, and my eyes widen. "Woah-Is this-?"

"Yes, Edwin. It's spider web. No need to question it, we can explain once you've been taken care of, OK?" A stern British female voice says from out of nowhere.

"Mate, do ya have to be so cryptic?" Someone else with a small Australian accent replies.

"That sentence was not cryptic. I was just trying to do what you said".

"Whatever, let's just get this bloke or that Trans guy is probably gonna to stare us to death!"

"You wanted to go first, so go".

"Fine".

Someone leaps out from behind a tree, a massive electric bow in his gauntlet-wearing hands, loaded and ready to strike. However, his crown lowers over his eyes, resulting in him tripping over his cape and tumbling to the ground. Another person, the female, sighs and pops up from the tree next to that. The one who tripped is a skeleton. Besides his other features, he has a pure golden bling necklace. Ka-Ching. Moving on to the next person; the female looks normal at first. Just your everyday human, wearing everyday business clothes, and a sturdy black crown. Then she reveals her arms. Her SIX arms. And she has a blindfold, but against all odds she can still see. I think. Does she?

The skeleton manages to stand up. If he had skin I bet he would be blushing. This time he is more careful when aiming his bow.

"G'day! Or should I say G'night? Ya know, it's night time and all that. Wait, yup. It's day. Because it's three in the morning, right?" He says. "Anyway, you're comin' with us".

"Let me think. Can I say no?" I scowl. "Who are you, the Skull King from AtlanticCraft?"

"Hey, don't abuse him! He's one of my idols!" He exclaims, and points at me.

"We will tell you who we are later on" The spider woman speaks, calm, unlike her other companion. "Edwin C Dude, surrender or we will have to take you in by force".

"Surrender? Do you think I'm from Noobland?" I laugh, and get into a defensive decision. "You gonna fight or just make me die of laughter?"

"Come on, cuz! Can't I just shoot him now and get it over and done with?!" The skeleton shouts to the spider woman.

She rolls her eyes. "Fine. Do it quick, this one is annoying".

I quickly lean left to avoid an arrow from the skeleton, but only a second later do I remember that my legs are still stuck to the ground, and I fall flat on my face. Oof. I struggle to sit up, I feel a splash of a bottle, and suddenly I feel fatigued. I feel my wand being taken out of my inventory, and a foot steps on my back. I can only just make out voices.

"Easy as pumpkin pie".

"Knock him out"

"Isn't he already knocked out? Your potion got him pretty good".

"Just hit him already. Besides, we're in the same team, and I got most of the points. I'm being fair".

"Whatever, but before I do that, which team is winning? Us or them?"

"Trans and Dyner, of course. Trans can teleport, and Dyner is a crazy pyro, duh. Both of them got a good strategy. I told you we should have stayed at the group's camp. Trans and Dyner got most of them. We just need to confront Alex if we are to win. That's all that matters, the points are just extra. Although it is unlikely we're going to find her. Meh, this game is noobish, let's just get back to where the others are, quick".

"Shoot. Well, here goes nothin'. See you on the flip side, Ed".

Then I feel a cold fist connect with my head with great force, and I go out.

Alex's POV: I don't stop running, unless you count the times I trip over stones or bump into trees. The cloud is spreading, and it's speed is increasing. It's Catching Fire all over again. Everyone else is falling around me. Some getting caught in the gas, others being taken out by arrows and other things flying through the air. I gulp in air and run faster. I take a moment to look behind me, and end up smacking into yet another tree. A jungle tree, as I was told. This gives me an idea. I grab onto the vines of the tree and start climbing. Only five blocks up and already the ground is shrinking. The gas is getting closer.

"Come on, come on, please don't follow me up here".

I reach the part with leaves. I break a few clumps that prevent me from reaching the top, then collapse on the leaves, thankful that Minecraft physics allow me to treat leaves like actual solid blocks. I sigh in relief and munch on some bread. I can only get half a minute to catch my breath in peace before I hear rustling under the tree. I look down. Thankfully, the gas isn't spreading upwards, nor heading around this tree. The tree must be out of range. But what gets my attention is the person attempting to climb up. Icy. At least someone is still here.

"Hurry up!" I yell down to her.

"What do you think I'm doing?!" Icy shouts back, then she looks behind her. "Oh, Derp!"

"I'm going down!" I start to climb down the vines. "What's going on?"

"No, Alex! Stay up there! And don't leave! We'll find you soon enough!"

Before I can object, a fireball comes out of nowhere and hits the trunk of the tree. The impact knocks Icy off, but she grabs onto a branch.

"Shoot!" She exclaims.

However, before she can recover, someone materialises out of nowhere and grabs her in a bear hug (or a zombie hug, because bears aren't in vanilla minecraft). They quickly teleport away, leaving me stunned.

"Oh my Notch!" I blurt out, then cover my mouth. The bad guys could have heard me. And I think they did.

I wait in silence for a moment, on guard, waiting for disaster. Nothing happens. For a moment, I think I'm safe, and make one small noise. One breath. One tiny breath that makes a difference.

Suddenly, I hear some rustling and a clicking of bones behind me. I turn around, just in time to see a metallic fist go straight for my head.

When I wake up, I feel the cold hard ground. There's a strange smell, a smell of rotten flesh and cave and who knows what. I'm about to open my eyes when I hear voices, so I just stay laying still. I hope they don't notice me.

"You brought her in like THAT?! I TOLD you to be nice! I might have gone myself, but you guys did it instead, and this is what happens!" A girl's voice shouts. Why do I know that voice? Other voices argue.

"Dude! I'm sorry! I got excited!" Every time he speaks, I hear a clicking. Like skeleton bones. Very familiar.

"Excited? You went CUCKOO!" Someone hisses, then starts coughing.

"My master is VERY disgusted!" A sharp voice says, almost whispering, but it doesn't even sound HUMAN! "We did the job perfectly, and this is what we get?"

"Commander, it was my fault, I told him to do it!" Another female, this time older and more calm.

"I don't CARE who's fault it was, or how you feel about it! All I care about is making sure this doesn't happen again! Listen, all of you. Whoever doesn't follow orders by even a BIT, will meet a really ugly end, understand?!" The girl, who must be the leader, lowers her voice and calms down. "Now, get out and do whatever you do these days. Alex is going to wake up at any moment".

I hear footsteps, mixed with the sounds of clicking of bones, hissing, and a grumbling of some sort of mob. As soon as the sound of footsteps fade, I slowly sit up. At first, everything is blurred. All I can see is grey, and a bit of white and green. Then my eyes adjust, and the first thing that comes into focus is the familiar player standing above me.

"Oh, knock me on the head and call me a noob" I whisper to myself.

"Ah. Came to right on time. Surprised to see me?" Brooke asks. "Need a hand?"

I nod. She takes out her hand, and I grab it. Brooke pulls me up.

"Where are the others?" I ask, weakly.

"Long story. Let's just say as soon as we found out you were getting hunted down, I made sure you got out safely. The others are still out there, though".

"But weren't THEY the ones hunting us?"

"No. It's just that they got a bit crazy. My troops, not your assassins. I am sorry for my troops' brutality. They just love combat. Now, follow me. I am going to explain everything".

And I follow her without question.

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Hey guys! Sorry if this chapter is a little short, it's just that I am working on another few SECRET fanfics. They will be published as soon as possible.

I'd just like to say a huge thanks to all reviewers and followers. Every review, favourite and follow makes me want to make a Minecraft map just for you guys (even though I'm a really bad builder). I'd also like to thank Cosmiicao for the review. I nearly fell off my chair. Thanks for that advice, it's a big help!

So yeah, anyway, they meet again at last! I wonder what the gang will think of this...

DK: No you don't! You're the one writing the story anyway!

Me: Whatever! Anyway, keep calm and mine on!

DK: And have fun on the cliff! Don't worry, I'll put down some slime blocks for when the chapter does come.