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A/N: Okay everyone! I'm here with chapter number four! I don't have much to say, other than of course thanking all of you for you're wonderful reviews! Those are what keep this story going, after all! Actually, I should probably mention that I am still accepting OC submissions, both for antagonists and protagonists. Additionally, this is the first chapter that includes an OC that I did not make myself! However, for the sake of surprise and suspense, I'll be putting the list of OC's and their respective creators at the end of the chapter. Keep in mind, if you're submission is not on the list, it does not necessarily mean they will not be accepted. Also, feel free to submit more than one OC. There isn't a limit. Remember, just send any submission in a review or PM!
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-Jeff's point of view-
"So that's where we need to go?" Andr asked as we gazed at the massive construct that was this world's Nether fortress. Calling it a Nether fortress, from my point of view, was hardly accurate; it was massive, and resembled more of a medieval castle than it did the usual walkways and buildings that made up the dark red structure normally.
I nodded, refusing to tear my eyes away from the intimidating presence the structure held. "Look's that way. The only way I could be more certain is by getting a letter telling me this is the place, signed by Herobrine himself." As my eyes roamed the walkways I could see, I took note there were multiple access points. None seemed any better than the other, as they all lead to the same massive gate situated at the base of what I assumed to be a wall guarding against access, or prying eyes, from the outside. Additionally, numerous Blazes and zombie pigmen continuously patrolled the pathway, and one would do well to notice the ghasts floating serenely above the pathways. "What really worries me is that they don't normally look like this. Some parts are familiar, but I've never seen anything like that structure in the center before."
"What do you think it could be?" Andr looked up at me inquisitively, never having seen so much as a Nether fortress before.
I glared at the structure. Having played a variety of video games in the past, it wasn't hard for me to guess at what the structure might be. Or rather, what I was sure it was. "Based on what Herobrine said earlier," I began, thinking back to Herobrine's referencing to stages, "I would have to guess that it is where the boss of the so-called stage resides." I finished, taking out my cell phone from my pocket and beginning to snap some photos of the area. I had to admit, I was relieved to find that the small, portable device worked here, much like my iPod did.
"Boss?" Andr seemed confused. I had to remember that she wasn't used to video game lingo like my comrades from our world were.
I nodded my head. "That's right. See, if what Herobrine said is true, about there being 'stages' to our adventure here, we can assume that to clear the stage, we have to accomplish some sort of task." I turned to Andr, noticing that she seemed to understand so far.
"So we have to do something special to move on to another place?"
"Correct. Chances are Herobrine opted to use the most difficult of obstacles. Which is to say, he put some sort of enemy at special junctions within each of these stages." I motioned toward the sprawling red fortress. "Just like this one."
"But there are enemies there right now. What's so special about one we can't see?" Andr asked innocently.
"See, that's where the term 'boss' comes in." I pointed at a group of Blazes milling about. "While we can see all these, and thusly know what they are, and predict their actions, the idea of hiding a boss enemy is so we can't prepare as effectively. Not only that, but the likelihood is the boss is very unlike any enemy that exists in this world, with entirely different abilities when compared to normal mobs. That's what makes defeating them an accomplishment. Oftentimes in games that utilize stages, once you defeat the boss of a stage, you unlock the next one." I looked out to the fortress once more, "That brings you one step closer to the final boss…in this case…" I clenched my fist, "Herobrine."
Andr placed a hand on my shoulder. Looking to her face, I realized she had a troubled look on her face. I should be sure my anger doesn't get the better of me. "So is there a way to prepare for…the boss?" Andr voiced the term uncertainly, not used to the word.
I smirked. "Well, not exactly. But, that isn't to say there is absolutely no way to prepare." I held up a finger. "The idea is to take information from the environment and the regular enemies, and guess the boss's abilities from that. One, the lava."
"The lava?"
"Right. Oftentimes the environment in a boss room is similar to that of the stage. In other words, we should bring lots of cobble to either block lava or make makeshift platforms above lava, in the circumstance there is a considerable amount of the stuff. While I would love to just bring water, that's impossible in the Nether. Second." I held up two fingers. "The enemies. While we can't generally predict the bosses actions based on this, we can predict its form of attack. There are Blazes. Expect the boss to be fire elemental, and thusly resistant to fire, and likely with the ability to generate it. Take note of the Ghasts. It may have the ability to fly, and likely utilizes projectile attacks. Magma cubes. It may be able to split off into multiple enemies, or spawn soldiers. Lastly, the pigmen. Even I don't really know what that entails, but it may suggest the boss may go into a sort of rage if we hurt it too badly."
"So we just have to counteract all that, right?" Andr asked.
I shook my head. "Unfortunately, no. We can make all the guesses we want. But that's all they are. Guesses. A running trend with all bosses regardless of what game you play, they all have one thing in common. Third." I now raised three fingers. "They always have something up their sleeve. Something unpredictable. So, the key to defeating a boss is to be careful. If you let down you're guard, that's all the boss needs to unleash something you didn't see coming, and take you out of the game. Permanently." I narrowed my eyes at the massive structure. "In this game where lives are at risk…we can't afford that mistake."
Andr looked uneasy. "That sounds bad…" She looked up to me.
I looked back at her, a wide smile plastered on my face, "Sure, it sounds bad. Chances are it'll be worse than bad. But I know one thing for sure. DJ, Josh, and I have played quite a few video games. We've beaten bosses before. This one will be no different."
Andr returned my smile. "Okay…then…I believe in you, Jeff!" I had to look away to hide the embarrassment I felt at the amount of trust she put in me.
"W-well…we'd better go back. We don't want to make them worry about us." I announced, changing the subject.
"Mhm!" Andr nodded in the affirmative, coming to walk by my side as we headed back to the cobblestone-protected portal.
"How could you forget?"
"It just slipped my mind, alright? Sometimes you forget things…"
"You don't forget the FLINT AND STEEL!" DJ yelled at me, standing in the makeshift, admittedly small cobblestone room that had been built around the deactivated portal.
"Look, I admit that I am at fault here somehow," I began, glaring back at DJ, "But I doubt you're yelling is going to make things any better." At my statement, DJ sat back down whilst making a displeased sound. I couldn't really blame him. It was a pretty big lapse in judgment that I had forgotten the flint and steel…you simply did not go into the Nether without said materials. I turned to the left upon hearing a disappointed sigh.
Josh shook his head, closing his laptop as he did so. "It's no good. I don't have any hacks that can generate objects. Anything short of creative mode would be wholly useless in doing so."
"So…all we can do is wait here for someone to go through the portal?" Andr asked from beside me, seeming downcast.
"Unfortunately." Josh deadpanned, clearly displeased by the current situation. "Unless someone else who came into this world just happens to come across our portal, and consequently use it as well." He shook his head, "Not likely."
"Well that's just great!" DJ shouted, seeming somewhat pissed.
"Calm down shorty." Sabri shot an annoyed glance at the boy. The two didn't even bother to fight.
"So…what is our plan, right now?" Cupa finally spoke up, playing with a dynamite stick. "Are we just gonna sit here and wait? Cause that seems really boring…"
"Like I said, we don't have any other choice. Hell, we'll be lucky if someone finds our portal within two days. Chances are…" Josh began, and would have said more, if the portal hadn't suddenly regained the telltale glow of its activation. "…So maybe I was wrong."
As expected of the portal's activation, someone appeared in the portal, hopping off the frame quickly. The teen was wearing mostly black clothes, with a large diamond sword resting on his shoulder. Well, it may be inaccurate to call it a diamond sword, considering the diamond only covered the outside edges of the blade, while in the center there was a column of obsidian. It made me think of the overly large swords that were so often portrayed in anime. The most notable thing about this newcomer was his spiky hair…as we had all predicted, our friend Glenn had followed us to this world as well.
"Hey Glenn, what's up?" I asked him nonchalantly, as if we were passing by on the street.
"Why don't you react to anything?" Glenn suddenly asked me. I shrugged.
"I react to more things than Josh. Besides, we were expecting you to show up at some point, given the circumstances." I explained. It was DJ's turn to speak up next.
"Given the circumstances?"
"Well, Josh showed up, so we figured you would too." I elaborated.
"Process of elimination." Josh added.
"How'd you get here, anyway?" DJ asked the much anticipated question.
Glenn frowned, "Well, after spawning in the friggin' sky, I hit the ground and blacked out for who knows how long. When I woke up, I walked around for a while and found a house, which I assume to be yours at this point. I found some materials, and made some supplies for myself," He gestured to his diamond/obsidian sword, "And out of curiosity, went to check out the Nether portal I found." He looked around for a minute, taking in the different individuals. "Did you guys…get trapped here?" He suddenly asked, putting the puzzle pieces together.
"Did you bring flint and steel with you?" DJ asked Glenn, ignoring his question.
Glenn rolled his eyes, the object appearing in his hand. "Yeah. You always bring flint and steel when entering the Nether."
DJ shot me an accusing glare which I chose to ignore, "To answer your question, we did get trapped here. When we came through, a bunch of ghasts attacked us. The last one got a lucky shot in and took it out…"
"Lucky shot? The thing rammed the damn portal!" DJ interrupted.
"Yes…well anyway, that's how it was. Things are a little tougher than expected." I further explained. Glenn suddenly grinned.
"I guess it's a good thing I'm here then…You're all hopeless without my help, huh? Let me show you how it's done." Glenn strolled confidently from the safety of the cobble house, "As you can see, I'm prepared. Just leave everything-" Glenn was suddenly cut off as something white and surprisingly small swooped down and snatched Glenn from where he stood, his diamond/obsidian sword clattering uselessly to the floor.
"Hey…what just happened?" DJ asked after a few moments.
"I would guess Glenn was just kidnapped by something or other." Josh hypothesized, pushing his glasses up.
"Hey…shouldn't we try to help him?" I questioned, the three of us trading glances as we stood there.
A few moments passed with none of us budging.
"Geez you guys! We'll check!" Sabri suddenly spoke up as she and both Cupa and Andr emerged from the safety of the cobblestone house we constructed around the portal. We simply shrugged in unison as we all made our way outside after them. Upon emerging from the temporary house, it didn't take long to find our friend flailing about in the air, being held up by a white-haired girl. She appeared to be wearing a white dress, and what seemed to be a ghast hat taking place comfortably atop her head. We might've found the situation comical if Glenn's life wasn't in potential danger.
"HEY! WHAT"RE YOU ALL STANDING AROUND FOR!? HELP ME OUT HERE!" Glenn shouted as he hung dangerously high above the ground. Seeing this, Josh decided to try talking first. After all, this appeared to be like Andr, Cupa and Sabri. A potentially friendly mob.
"Excuse me miss! But would you mind letting down our friend?" Josh asked, opting for the diplomatic approach. The girl put a finger on her chin as if considering the idea, causing Glenn to let out a yell of surprise as he was now held up by only one arm. Seeming to come to a decision, she brought her hand down and grabbed Glenn's free arm.
"No." The girl simply stated.
"Might I ask, why not?" Josh pressed, eyes narrowing the slightest bit.
She looked down at the distressed teen in her clutches, seeming extremely deep in thought. "I like him. He's mine…" She elaborated, quickly turning away and flying off, in the direction of the fortress Andr and I had scouted earlier, I noted.
"Hey! HEY! HOLD ON!" DJ shouted, to no avail. "Crap! What do we do?" DJ turned to us.
I glared at the direction the girl had disappeared to. "We go after them. Follow me, I know a way to access the fortress in this Nether. That's where she was heading." I eyed the large sword Glenn had dropped. "Can someone get that?"
"I got it." Josh typed on his computer, the sword disappearing in a flashy display of polygons. "I have a hack for increased storage space." Josh explained.
"Hey! Let's hurry up, huh?" Cupa shouted, snapping us all into action as Andr and I darted to where we knew the fortress was, everyone else following only steps behind.
It didn't take long for us to reach the fortress, though the sight was far more imposing at eye level than at bird's eye view. Zombie pigmen roamed across the pathway aimlessly, but we all knew that would change on our first successful hit. The Blazes spattered here and there didn't make us feel any better, nor the ghasts already turning to begin their first volley of fireballs, aimed at none other than our merry band of misfits.
"Well, this looks fun." Sabri sarcastically remarked, spinning her chain blade around, the blade gaining speed with each revolution.
"Heh! This'll be our first big piece of action so far! No way am I backing down from this!" DJ declared, smashing his gauntleted fist into the open palm of his other gauntlet.
"Andr, Cupa, I want you to take out those ghasts. Josh, be sure to deflect any projectile attacks that get too close. DJ, Sabri, and I will take care of the cannon fodder." I ordered as I readied my dual diamond pickaxes.
DJ smirked, "Time to roll out the red carpet!" He announced as the three of us lunged forward, tearing apart the first group of enemies under our simultaneous attacks. The normally potent threat of projectiles was quickly dispatched as they suddenly changed course, launching harmlessly away from our group. The mobs who had been intending to dole out damage suddenly found themselves on the receiving end of a relentless barrage of both arrows and TNT. The TNT and arrows made a perfect combination. While the arrows made up for the much slower rate of thrown TNT, the TNT made up for the lower damage the arrows dealt. While there was no rhyme or reason to the forward assault team of three's form of attack, the sheer amount of attacks left no room for the enemy to counterattack. Completing this deadly group was the support, Josh, whom calmly walked along the pathway, behind the forward attackers yet in front of the projectile fighters, protecting them from any ranged attacks from the enemy thanks to the rapid typing on his laptop.
Slowly but surely, the team was carving through the enemy closer to the main building the ghast girl had taken Glenn to. They could only hope the teen was alright.
-Glenn's point of view-
"…What are you doing?" I deadpanned as I sat there, tied to a chair.
"Watching you." The white-haired girl across from him responded, not offering any further explanation. The captive teen sweat-dropped.
"I can see that. Why?" I tried again.
"I like you." The girl responded simply, tilting her head slightly. Regardless of my displeasure, the girl was cute. (Never let it be said I didn't appreciate a good looking woman) But quite frankly, being held captive like this wasn't exactly preferable.
"Guh…" I let out a displeased noise, turning my head away from the girl. It was then I noticed something interesting. There was a window directly behind me. "Hm…you wouldn't mind if I took my leave would you?" The ghast narrowed her eyes.
"I would mind. I want you here, with me."
'That's not creepy at all…' I thought to myself as I planted my feet on the floor. "What a shame." I said, smirking. "I got things to do, you see. So, see ya!" I then pushed down on my feet hard, causing the chair I was tied to fly back, hitting the windowsill, and, just as I had hoped, continuing to topple out the window thanks to the momentum I had applied.
"…I really hope there's land under me." I noted as I felt myself fall, chair and all. Thankfully, I landed on the ground chair first, shattering the furniture into so many splinters. Biting through the pain from the considerable fall, I scrambled to my feet, sprinting down the walkway. Hopefully, I could get a head-
"COME BACK HERE!" I heard my warden yell from behind me, only serving to press myself to move faster. It was ironic that was the most emotion I heard from the girl so far. Speaking of, why was she so obsessed with ME!?
Unfortunately, I wasn't the fastest person around. Outrunning the flying girl would be an impossibility. So, I simply deduced the next best thing would be to head to the sounds of battle I could hear now that I was outside. Chances were, that was Jeff and the others.
I felt confident about my chances.
The constant barrage of fireballs was not worrying me at all…
-Jeff's point of view-
I grinned as the Blaze fell apart from yet another swing of my pickaxe, blaze rods clattering to the floor with its destruction. Not stopping, I surged forward toward a pair of zombie pigmen as the blaze rods floated over to me, disappearing into my inventory. One thing I loved about pigmen? They were so ridiculously predictable. Taking advantage of this fact, I lashed out with my pickaxes diagonally, cutting into their necks, severing their vertebrae and rendering them harmless, nothing but corpses on the ground.
"HAHA!" DJ laughed as he lifted a pair of pigmen bodily, tossing them over the edge of the walkway with seemingly no effort. While they were resistant to fire, even they would perish in that ocean of heat in short order. Sabri had proven her weapon to be surprisingly efficient, launching the silk chain at her quarry with almost surgical precision, oftentimes latching the blade onto her opponent and subsequently flinging the body into another enemy. This method proved to be ridiculously effective in sending enemies off the edge. Josh was still tapping away at his laptop, rendering projectiles aimed at us quite ineffective. Andr and Cupa had no problem at that point, dispatching enemies out of our reach with ease.
"That's the last of them!" Josh announced as a blaze succumbed to a punch from DJ, coupled with a chain strike from Sabri. I silently gave thanks for the fact Josh had something as useful as an enemy radar.
"Guys! You're here!" We looked up to be met with the sight of Glenn sprinting into view from around a corner.
"Glenn! You escaped?" I asked, stepping up from inspecting a blaze body.
"Well, it might be inaccurate to say I've escaped just yet-" Glenn began, as suddenly the ground between our group and him lit up in bright flames, everyone flinching back from the explosion that created them. As the flames died down, we were rather displeased to see the sight of the ghast girl, one arm wrapped around our friend, the other prepared to launch a fireball of searing flame at our group. It should be noted that Glenn managed to let out an impressive sigh of exasperation.
"Damnit!" DJ cursed as he brought up his gauntlets.
The ghast girl flared the fireball in her hands, aiming it at our glasses-wearing friend. "Don't try anything. Or I'll burn him."
"So? He can deflect anything you throw at him!" Cupa proudly stated, seeming smug.
"I am aware of that. But I am not a regular ghast. While you're…powers, seem flawless, they target a moving object and redirect it. If I'm right, then you can't stop a continuous stream of fire. At least not well enough to protect everyone at once. Am I right?" To illustrate her point, she raised her free arm in the air, letting loose a stream of fire for a total of ten seconds. She waited for us to make a move.
No one did.
She smirked upon seeing Josh's frown. "So I am right…but chances are, if I try to fly away, you will have that enderwoman shoot me as soon as I am out of range to hit you." At this observation, Andr flinched slightly. I had to admit, she was smart to realize all that. No one moved or said anything for a few moments. Deciding to break the silence, I stepped forward, opting to play diplomat.
"It appears we are at an impasse…" I observed, gesturing to both my group and the white-haired girl. "There must be some way to settle this. That being said, I think we're all curious…why do you want Glenn?" I asked, gesturing to my captive friend.
She narrowed her eyes suspiciously, "…I don't need to tell you…" Glenn scoffed.
'Damn, she's being difficult.' I thought idly. Switching tactics, I tried a different approach. "At least tell me you're name…in fact, I'll go first. My name is Jeff. Your turn." I gestured to the girl.
She bit her lip, as if making a decision more difficult than that of simply telling us her name. "…Hanabi…My name is Hanabi…" She finally revealed, her glare never wavering.
"Hanabi. I'm not sure what your motive for taking our friend is, but you have to understand that it's foolish. Taking someone against their will is hardly a good foundation for becoming friends." I reasoned.
"I don't care!" Hanabi stubbornly responded.
'Just why does she want him so badly!?' I thought to myself. The situation made no sense. However, if both parties wouldn't yield, compromise was always an option. "…Alright Hanabi, how about this?" I asked, getting her attention. I motioned to the three mob girls with us, Andr, Sabri, and Cupa. "As you can see, we hold no prejudice against mobs. That being said, I assume you just want to be with Glenn. If that is really the case, then I'll extend this offer. How about you release Glenn, and come live with us, in our home? If you do, you'll be around him, and in addition he can come back with us. That wouldn't be a problem, right?" I finished, looking at her expectantly.
Her expression seemed to soften, but still remained suspicious. "…And if I refuse?"
"Then we'll have to resort to…other, less favorable options." I let the subtle hint of a threat hang there, unable to gauge the ghast girl's expression, or what it meant. I was relieved to see her relax, the flame in her hand being snuffed out.
Her eyes shifted to look at the ground, uneasy, but I could tell that she had yielded. "…Fine…" The human mob finally gave in, letting go of Glenn. He stood there for a moment longer, seemingly surprised, before jogging over to our group, the ghast girl hesitantly following. While I was still suspicious of the white-haired girl, now was neither the time nor place to worry about such trivial things.
"Alright, everyone." I addressed the gathered individuals, turning back toward the way we had come. "We're going back. While we could attack right now…" I glanced at the large gate not too far from our position, quickly shaking my head, "Now isn't the time. I think we should head back and regroup, then come back to defeat the first stage." I looked expectantly at the assembled group. "Any objections?"
"I think we've all had about enough of today." Glenn deadpanned as he began the trek back to the portal, grimacing slightly as Hanabi followed behind him. I looked at each individual to see that Glenn was probably right. Everyone did look rather worn out. That being the case, it wasn't long until we all went back to the portal, safely returning from the hell of minecraft.
-Jeff's point of view-
"Are you okay?" I heard Andr's question from behind me as I stared at the stars. After we had returned from the Nether it turned out the sun had already fallen, so we all decided it would be best to continue our work after the sun came back up. Since I hadn't felt particularly tired, I opted to simply go up to the roof to go stargazing. Space had always fascinated me, so it was something I did from time to time to simply relax.
I turned my head to the girl, smiling to show her nothing was wrong. "I'm fine. Just watching the stars. I did this a lot back at home." I elaborated for her. "You're welcome to join me if you want." Andr nodded her head, accepting my invitation as she sat down next to me.
"I often look at the sky like this, too." Andr suddenly spoke up, diverting my attention to her.
"You would go watch the stars?" I asked, looking up at the many small lights.
Andr smiled, "Well, I never knew what they were called until now. Stars. That's a really pretty name for them." She observed.
"Sometimes I forget that things are so different here…lots of things that are considered common knowledge in my world are alien concepts here." I noted, once again reminded of the situation I was in.
"Like…what did you call them? Cars?" Andr questioned.
I laughed, never taking my eyes from the celestial lights. "That's one of 'em. Even though I played this game a lot, I never considered that I'd literally be living in it." I chuckled lightly. "I've said that a few times now, actually."
"How do you feel about it?" Andr asked, turning to look at me.
"About what?" I asked, feigning ignorance. That subject was too confusing for me.
"About…being in this world." Andr specified, staring at me expectantly.
I cringed slightly. It's not like I hadn't thought about this before…it was simply that I couldn't come to a conclusion. If I had come to this world and DJ had not activated the mob talker mod, I could swear I would be resigned to finding a way back home. However, meeting them had altered my feelings on the subject. Not to mention the main source of my confusion on my feelings was sitting right next to me…
"Well…" I began hesitantly. I just couldn't bring myself to deny Andr an answer. "I'm not sure, to be honest. If someone had asked me that right when I got here, I would have said I wanted to get back to my world as soon as possible and leave this place, no regrets. But…" I hesitated once more, glancing at Andr before quickly redirecting my gaze back to the stars. "After meeting people in this world…Sabri, Cupa…and you Andr. I can't help but wonder…if I leave this world, will we ever see each other again?"
Andr remained silent after that. It was easy to tell that she didn't know what to think about that either. At least, that's what I thought before I felt her wrap her arms around me, pressing against my back.
"Andr…?" I spoke, unsure of what she was doing.
"It's fine." Andr simply stated. I would have spoken, if she had not beat me to it. "It's still going to be a while until you have to go…by the time we get there, I'm sure we can think of something. Instead of worrying, can't we enjoy this time together while it lasts?"
I smiled at that. Such a simple solution. "Yeah…I guess we can." I couldn't say for sure how long we sat there like that, but eventually we went back inside the house. Unfortunately, it seemed my confusion over my feelings for the enderwoman wasn't any closer to being resolved.
-Third person point of view-
"Shit!" A teen ran through the forest overlaid by the darkness of night, attempting to escape his pursuers. Unfortunately, they outnumbered the single individual. The teen was frantically, desperately tearing through the forest, hoping that he could somehow escape the people following in his wake.
Well, people would be a generous way of referring to them. While they may have once been humans, they were irreversibly twisted to become jokes of their former selves. They were but mindless husks that followed the orders of their leaders to the letter, or die before those orders could be carried out. It could be argued that some had a semblance of individuality, but these were far and few in between, and even then they were still undoubtedly riddled with malicious intent.
"Damnit!" The teen let out another curse as a flurry of arrows impacted the area around him, one digging into his shoulder, causing him to stumble slightly. That was all the opening the pursuers needed to let fly another couple of arrows, the projectiles digging into the flesh of his legs and rendering the teen unable to move. So, it was with a painful fall that the boy was stopped. He looked on in fear as the black cloaked group surrounded him, cutting off his every escape. Two of the soldiers parted, letting in another individual. This one was different. He was a grown man, black robes covered every portion of his body, save his face which possessed a pair of eyes that glared hatefully at the helpless teen.
"D…Damn you…" The teen's voice was barely above a whisper, unable to speak loudly due to the blinding pain he was in.
"What a coincidence… your friends shared the same sentiments before I dispatched them." The nightmarish individual stated calmly yet with malice, simultaneously pulling a blade off his back, strange runes along its surface seeming to glow in the darkness. "Now tell me…where are the rest of you're friends? That paltry thing you call a resistance?" The man leaned down close the teen's face, meeting his eyes.
The teen growled, a glare of defiance originating on his face, "Like I'd ever tell one of Herobrine's damn lackeys anything!" The teen declared, spitting in the man's face.
The man didn't react for a moment, slowly standing up and wiping the spit off his face. "Stand him up." At the man's order, two of the mindless soldiers quickly made their way to either side of the teen, grabbing him by the arms and violently yanking him up, drawing a pained cry from the boy. Upon opening his eyes which had closed from the pain, the teen observed that where the black robed man had seemed calm before, his face was now twisted into a mask of pure hatred and rage.
"Very well then…if you won't tell us where the rest are, I see no reason in delaying this any further." The man said, readying the runic blade in his hand. "Regardless of what you want, you will become a slave to my power. This is the fate of your pathetic resistance, to be but pawns to Herobrine."
"What are you-" The teen began, but was abruptly cut off as the man suddenly rushed forward, impaling the teen with the rune-adorned sword. The runes glowed brightly for a few moments, before the man slowly pulled the blade out of the body. Strangely, as the blade left the boy's body, the wound that should've been there was gone; there was no trace that he had ever been stabbed in the first place. However, it was clear the person that he had once been was truly gone. Eyes which held no emotion stared blankly ahead as the soldiers that had held the teen up let go.
"This is the reward for your bravado…pathetic." The man spat as he stared at the mindless husk in front of him. With a wave of his hand the being stalked off to join the other soldiers standing to the side. "Go back. We have done all we can here." The man spoke. The cloaked soldiers plus the new addition all darted back into the forest, heading back to wherever they had come from.
"Kel'Goroth…merciless as usual! You make me so proud!" The man, upon hearing another voice spun around, dropping to one knee as he spoke.
"Herobrine! I was not expecting to see you." The robed man now dubbed Kel'Goroth greeted.
"Always so formal…no need to be so uptight. How long have we been working together now?" Herobrine rhetorically asked as Kel'Goroth stood up once again. "Bolstering the forces, I see."
"Those idiotic fools attempted to infiltrate the fortress…of course, their mission didn't go as well as they had planned. I made sure of that." Kel'Goroth reported, scowling as he recalled the group he had defeated only minutes ago.
Herobine nodded, that creepy smile he always wore never leaving his face. "Very good, very good. Did you happen to find out where the rest are?" He asked, obviously referring to the many other individuals who had lost against the Nether, yet continued to resist Herobrine's power.
"No…their location is still unknown. But I will find them." Kel'Goroth stated, glaring at the ground, getting angrier as he simply thought about the fools that continued to fight.
"They can't hide forever…"
A/N: There it is! he fourth chapter! Please tell me what you think!
Here's a list of all the OC's I've accepted, along with their respective creators. (Some haven't actually appeared yet.)
Jeff - Created by: Kirbboy
DJ - Created by: Kirbboy
Josh - Created by: Kirbboy
Glenn - Created by: Kirbboy
Kel'Goroth - Created by: muredin
Garvin - Created by: muredin
Jaden "Blade Fury" Silvic - Created by: TheFlamingBlade
And there you have it! As you can see, the list isn't that big yet. So, plenty of room for new additions. Feel free to submit an OC in either a review or PM.
Please Review! Though no flames if you will, let's keep it classy.
See you on the other side. This is Kirbboy, over and out.