Chapter 11 – The Spiders

Tom put his map away and nodded.

"This is it," he said. "The spider cave." I stared at it, its gaping opening taunting us to go inside.

"Well, I guess we go in," I grunted.

We jumped down into the cave. Well, more like I jumped and Tom used his tie to helicopter down. I waited for his descent. Once he landed, I told him that we would need to use his X-Ray spec to see in this, for I only had a few torches. As I used them to mark off the entrance, my jaw almost fell off. There were millions of spider webs on the walls, and most of them had a spider sitting on it. One of the spiders saw Tom, and me and jumped at us. I swung and killed it, only to have more spiders pile on us. There were so many.

Tom and I were fighting for our lives. Tom kicked and jumped around, quickly evading an attack and returning the favor, though actually landing a hit, unlike the spiders.

I was just using my strength as more swarmed around me. I slashed and swung with very heavy blows, knocking the spiders back to where they came from.

Then, I saw Tom pinned down to the floor. I stopped and looked who did it. There, on top of him, was the biggest spider I had ever seen, just getting ready to kill Tom. I stopped swinging and ran towards Tom. I jumped right in front of his face and blocked the powerful head-butt from hitting him.

I skidded on the floor down a bit, and then fell down a big hole, into a spider web that was right above lava. All I could do was wait until I stopped slowly moving, and then fall to my death.

My feet were dangling just above the lava, and my toes felt like they were burning. Then, the cobweb let me go. I closed my eyes. Then, I felt myself hit hard, solid material. I opened my eyes to find tom helicoptering me out of the pit. He winked at me.

"Close call, huh," he chuckled. "Go finish her off, I'll protect you."

He let me go. I found the big spider queen (it wasn't that hard), and ran right at her. I jumped and swung right at her face. She screeched super loudly and tumbled to the ground. All of the spiders stopped fighting and the spider queen stood up, struggling to do so.

"You have bested us," the spider queen said. "The Mob Code says that we must help you with whatever you'd like to do with us. So tell us, what may we do for you?"

"We need your help defeating the Wither Boss," I told her. All of the spiders around hissed in surprised. "You'll be climbing trees and attacking from there. And make sure you're distracting, so the skeletons can shoot the Wither Boss."

"We cannot fight with the skeletons!" The spider queen shrieked. "They are our sworn enemies! They randomly hop on us pretending to know that it doesn't hurt, and then has us ride them around like slaves! I cannot stand them."

"But, you cant break the code, or do you want me to finish you off?" I asked quizzically.

"Steve, calm yourself," Tom warned.

"No one will ever make me fight with the skeletons, EVER!" The queen yelled. "And that means you, Steve, cannot make us."

"But…" I began. "The Code…"

"Who cares about the code!?" The queen shrieked. "We've been defying it all of this time. Every time someone defeats us, we attack. The rest of the mobs are different then your stupid suicide creepers. You have to kill the leader, you FOOL!"

And with that, the spiders attacked. So many more had come to witness the speech, and to feast on Tom's and my blood. Tom and I both struggled to fight off the hordes of spiders. Then, I found a straight path to the spider queen.

I ran and ran and jumped in the air. I landed on the spider queen's back and rose up my sword, and then struck down onto her back. She writhed in pain and then silenced. I had bested the spiders. No, Tom and I had bested the spiders. All of the spiders stopped attacking and bowed for us. A small spider stepped forward.

"I'm Paul, the general." He explained. "I heard your story, and now would be glad to serve as the spider messenger. I have these nifty ender pearls I keep on finding, and can get to you in a jiffy. So, see ya around!"

We thanked Paul for his offer to help, and told him that we wouldn't need him for about five to ten days. He took notice for that, and thanked us for the information. We said goodbye and exited the cave.

"Steve, you were great in there!" Tom exclaimed. "I've never seen anything fight so well."

"Well, I couldn't of done it without your help." I reminded him. "You saved me there. I'd be dead if you hadn't come to me in the lava."

We sat down and ate tons. When my belly was full, I fell asleep on the sand, and so did Tom.