"Coleman? Was she there?" Sky turned to his lieutenant as she walked into the camp. "Yes." Kris snarled. "Along with that deserter, Saylor Campbell. They escaped through some sort of tunnel." Sky turned around, and Kris could hear him talking to himself. "…stupid, can't even catch a squid girl…what's wrong with me?…" Kris heard Sky berating himself and He smiled. It was working.
The first thing Saylor noticed was that she was underwater. The second thing Saylor noticed was that she was breathing perfectly fine. The third thing she noticed was that she was blindfolded. She reached up to take the blindfold off her face, but someone stopped her. Saylor started to panic, but then she heard Tyla's voice.
"Saylor, it's alright. Just… please don't take the blindfold off." Saylor turned her head in the direction of Tyla's voice. "Why?" She heard her friend sigh. "Because… you can, but remember the Agreement. You can't do anything in front of me."
Saylor tore the blindfold off and gasped. She was looking across an underwater bowl that was full of SQUIDS! She stared in half shock, half petrified indecision at what she was seeing. Squids swam around in groups, and there was one that was snuggling up to Tyla like a dog.
She looked down. She was sitting on a crafting table. A squid was watching her from a bit deeper down, and Tyla was floating next to her, holding on to the fencepost. "Oh… Notch…" Saylor said. Tyla was looking at her nervously. "Don't worry, girl. There's no way I'm going to disturb this." The more Saylor watched the squids, the more she found herself comparing them to a dog her sister had. They seemed simple, but they were friendly.
"How… How could I have thought they were evil?" Saylor asked out loud. Tyla smiled. Then she tapped Saylor's shoulder to get her to watch. She held out her hand, with just the thumb, second and pinkie fingers extended. American sign language for 'I love you'.
Immediately, the squids came closer, clustering around Tyla. They were nervous, though, keeping their distance from Saylor. Cautiously, she held out her hand, just like Tyla had, in the same gesture. The squids, nervously at first, then more boldly, came closer. "How could I?" she repeated.
"That's insane!" Saylor hissed as she and Tyla trod water, preparing to go to shore. "Keep your voice down! And it might be the only way to cure Sky!" Night was falling, and Saylor could see that the Sky Army had made a camp of some sort on the beach. Saylor swallowed. "Do you think I can do this?" "Of course you can! I need less than a minute!"
Saylor took a deep breath and paddled towards shore. Hold the attention of most of the Sky Army for less than a minute. Shouldn't be too hard, right? Saylor walked through the shallow water, and most of Saylor's former cohorts yelled "Squid girl! Get her!"
"Hey! It's me, squid-for-brains." Saylor said. A boy who had jumped into the water in his enthusiasm ignored the insult and stared. "Saylor?" he asked incredulously. "No, I'm the squid queen!" Saylor said sarcastically. Someone, however, took it much more literally than Saylor would have liked.
"Squid! Die!" Sky yelled, and Saylor had just enough time to draw her sword before Sky leapt into the water, doing his very best to murder her. Well, if she'd wanted to make a distraction, then she'd succeeded. Everyone was watching her and Sky fight, and Saylor could only hope that they weren't going to help Sky.
Tyla, crossing her fingers that Saylor could take care of herself, headed for the Nether portal. She managed to avoid a couple of Sky Army patrols, four creepers and a spider, then she saw the Nether portal that she had followed Sky through… was it really only a few weeks ago?
Bracing herself, Tyla stepped into the portal. Killing Him was the only way she could think of to free Sky's mind, but now that she was actually trying to do it, it felt like much less of a good idea.
Out of the corner of her eye, Saylor saw Kris, watching the fight. This did not make her more optimistic. Saylor, finding a burst of strength, knocked Sky's sword out of his hand. Then she stepped on it, so that he couldn't pick it up again.
"No!" Sky said, trying to lift his sword. "No!" Saylor lowered her sword, and it was right at that moment that Kris's mind snapped.
Herobrine had been working through Kris for more than a month, and finally she couldn't take it any more. Drawing her sword, Kris gave a yell and ran towards Saylor. "Oh s_!" Saylor said.