Welcome to Minecraft You'll Never Leave...
Chapter 18
Mitch had woken up.
"Are we finally here?!" He exclaimed.
"Yeah," I said. "Now all we have to do is get to Central New York."
"Wait..." Alesa said, eyebrows raised in surprise. "We're here already?"
"Well, not here here, but we are in New York."
"You'd better find a parking place, or somewhere to keep your car. NYC is crowded."
"I know." I said, finding a parking spot, and marking it on the map in my phone. "So, now we need to find Central New York."
"Hm..." Mitch rubbed his chin. "Central Park maybe."
"That might be it."
"There's more than one Central." Alesa retorted. "You can't forget Grand Central Station."
"But that wouldn't be a good place to meet." I said. "Especially if these people specialize in kidnapping."
"Well neither is Central Park."
"Touche. We'll look at Central Park first, then if they aren't there, we'll go to Grand Central Station."
We took a subway to Central Park. It was a new experience since I've never riden in a subway before. It's nothing special though. Just riding in an underground monorail.
"Has it even been ten days?" I checked the date on my phone.
"I think so."
"Alright then." Mitch said, grabbing his backpack.
"Wait, was there a time?" Alesa asked.
"No." I checked the time. "It's only eight in the morning, and I don't think any evil masterminds meet at eight."
"Probably not. They're too cool. They have to meet at eight 'o one!" Mitch said, causing a smile to creep onto my face.
"No, eight 'o two!"
"How about eight 'o now?" Alesa said as a complete stranger by us, dropping a note. Mitch picked it up, scanning it quickly before passing it to me.
Meet me at the café down the block. I'll be waiting.
"A café? Why would you meet at a café?!" Mitch said. I couldn't think of a reason to meet at a café either.
"Should we go?" I asked. There were a few beats of silence. "I mean, we don't have another choice. It's the only lead we have." Mitch and Alesa nodded. "Then it's settled, we'll go to the café." I stood up, starting to walk away, when I noticed that neither Mitch nor Alesa had gotten up. "What's wrong?" I asked, starting to feel impatient.
"I don't know about this." Mitch said.
"We don't know that guy." Alesa added in.
"Well, it's the only lead we have, and I'm willing to follow it." They still wouldn't budge. "Look, I'm going whether you are or not." I turned around. They stayed put. "This is all we have to go on, and if you don't want to pursue it, then that's fine by me!" I walked towards the café, not looking back. I didn't hear any footsteps.
Well Seto, looks like you'll be going on a solo mission.
Great... Is it too late to walk away?
It was too late to walk away the moment you decided to try to find Ty and Adam.
"Alright... he said it was around the-" Someone jumped me from behind causing me to thrash around violently. "Let me go!" I screamed. I tried to fight against them, but this person was stronger, and -most likely- taller, making resistance futile.
I was finally pushed until I felt the sensation of falling. I tried to scream, but my voice just wouldn't work as I plummeted farther...
Farther...
Farther...
Until I hit something soft, and bounced up before being able to yank the blindfold off my head.
What I noticed was something I didn't expect at all.
"Seto's been gone a while..." Alesa muttered, looking down at a non-existant watch.
I don't know why I didn't go with Seto...
I felt a sense of impending doom. Wow, that's such a cliché term, but I guess it's cliché for that exact reason. But the real question is why I hadn't gone with Seto if I had, had this cliché sense.
"We should go look for him." I muttered, subconsciously getting up out of the bench. Alesa followed suit as we started walking in the direction Seto went.
"The guy said the café was just around the corner..." I mumbled, slowly rounding the corner. "So it should be... Huh?" There wasn't a café there. "Was the guy-" My thoughts were interrupted as Alesa let out a sharp scream.
Before I could turn around, a blindfold was thrown over my eyes, and a pair of hands clamped my arms into an akward position.
"L-Let us go!" I screamed, trying to fight against the attacker. I couldn't do much though, considering the fact that no matter how I moved, pain would shoot up my arms, causing me to cringe. I could hear Alesa struggling as we were pushed forward. Their grip on my arms became tighter as I heard a latch release, and a trap door slam into the ground. I heard Alesa's scream become fainter and fainter, but I had no clue as to why.
That is until I was pushed in there myself.
Remember that sense of impending doom I had?
Well, it turns out I was right.
My sight hadn't been taken away, but I was bound at the hands and feet.
Great... now I'm probably going to die.
"Wh-who are you?" I asked, swallowing hard.
"That I can't disclose." A woman said, slowly typing something on a machine.
"So, you're not going to tell me your plan or anything like that?"
"Hell no! I'm not that cliché!" She exclaimed suddenly causing me to flinch.
"It was just a question." I muttered under my breath.
"Well it was a stupid one!"
Does she have bionic hearing or something?
She stopped typing, and her ears seemed to perk up.
Suspicion confirmed.
"Looks like your friends have arrived." It took a minute or two for them to finally hit what looked to be one of those crash pad like the ones people use in action movies. Alesa was the first to land, Mitch managed to get his blindfold off before she had even touched down on the ground.
"Seto?" He sounded surprised.
"H-Hi..." I murmured, not wanting to make eye contact. Especially since I was in a rather awkward position...
"Wha-what do you want?" Alesa asked, pulling the blindfold off her head.
"Well, some would say powers, and others would say I just want to rid this world of the stupid."
"And what's your real motive?" I asked, dreading the answer.
"Neither."
"Huh?" Mitch asked, inching towards me.
"I'm looking at a bigger picture. Science."
"Science?" I wasn't expecting that... Science huh?
"Yes. I'm doing this for advancement in the field of trans dimensional travel."
That's not possible... I-it can't be...
"H-how is that possible?" Alesa asked.
"Well, it took a while of course, but once we jumped those hurdles it was no problem at all."
"So... are we... You know?"
"Of course!" She sounded so cheerful it made me sick... To think someone would take pride in kidnapping someone. For something as crazy as trans dimensional travel! "Of course, you have no say in the matter since you're already down here, and one of you can barely move - let alone escape!"
This woman is insane!
"I know you think I'm crazy, but I can assure you it's all for the future of this country!" One thing was starting to bother me though...
"Has anyone died because of this-this 'experiment'?"
"Oh, of course! But the only time people died during the traveling period was in the early stages of its building and testing process." I had the distinct taste of bile in my throat as she continued. "But the others died of natural causes." She called the names of a couple of people, and two men came out of a door. "If you would, please tie those two up."
Mitch tried to run away, but one of the guys caught him before he could do anything. They were both thrown down next to me.
"Now this is the fun part..." She pressed some buttons on a control panel, and the machine came to life. Alesa was zapped before us, and disappeared instantly.
"Alesa!" We both called out.
"Oh don't worry, there's a good chance she'll survive." She aimed the machine at both of us. "You I'm not so sure of." We were both hit with a beam that caused my stomach to flip, and distort, sending pain shooting through me.
Only when both of us were placed in a room was I aware of how drastic a turn this whole situation had taken.
Well, I haven't updated in forever, and I have no excuses...
I'll tell you right now that I've resolved to no longer make the promise that I'm going to update soon since soon can mean any time span.
But I have written the next chapter...
SO THERE'S THAT! Yay!
Later Legends!