Chapter 3 Return (Bartimeus POV)

After I finished gathering the things I needed, I headed over to Tom's house. As of then, Tom and Paul were really the only people I trusted. I trusted Tom because I knew he was an honest guy and would never do anything to hurt us. I also trusted Paul because I was with him pretty much all day every day, and we were the best of friends. I honestly didn't know what to think of the other four. Steve is a great guy, but I was told he almost went on Phillip's side, and almost prevented him from dying when they were in the other dimension. That made him a little iffy.

I ducked down in the doorway of Tom's house because of my height, and then straightened myself after entering. I headed into the lab, where Tom was bent over the table, fiddling with his tracking device. He looked up when he heard me enter.

"You're the first one to wake up, I presume," Tom said.

"I'm guessing so," I replied. "Hey, can I talk to you about something."

Tom went back to tinkering and gave me a quick yes. I got flustered for a moment for him not giving all of his attention to me.

"I'd appreciate it if you'd look at me when I told you this," I said to Tom.

"I'm almost done," Tom said. "I just have to connect a few more wires."

"No, I'm not kidding," I said in a more serious tone. "Our plan could be in peril."

Tom's face shot up from his work, and he looked me in the eyes with worry.

"What is it?" He asked.

"I had a dream," I said. "There were two parts to it, but the first part wasn't anything important. The second pat is what mattered. I saw my dad, and he told me that one of us is not who we really are. I know it's not you, and I know it's not me. I can trust you enough to believe that. I'm also assuming that that person isn't Paul, either."

"Oh my," Tom said. "That is bad. Are you sure your father didn't say who it was?"

"Yes," I said. "He said that he was only told that someone was not right, but he wasn't told who it was."

"Interesting," Tom said. "I don't know what to say."

"Me neither," I said. "I just wanted you to know, and to keep an eye out for me."

"Sure," Tom said. "If anything seems wrong, I'll be the first to act. I have your back."

"Thanks, Tom," I said. "You're always a help."

Tom nodded, and went back to work. He seemed to connect some of the inner workings of the device, and then closed up a hatch, "It's ready."

Tom and I left the house and gathered everyone up. Tom slipped the tracking device onto his head, and turned it on. I heard a slight buzzing sound, and the glass part turned into a shade of bright green. Tom pressed a few buttons on the side, and then started heading to the vault.

"There should be tracks in the air here," Tom said.

"Right here is where they took off," Papart said.

"You're right," Tom said. "All right, we've got ourselves a trail."

"Great," Martin, the scout said. "I have speed potions for you all so we can get moving quickly."

"Great," Paul said, taking his and gulping it down quickly. We all did the same, and we were out of the village walls in a short amount of time. We were all close behind Tom, who took many twists and turns. All of the sudden, Tom stopped, and I tripped trying not to run into him. I picked up my top hat and put it back on, and then straightened my bow tie.

"What's going on?" Alex asked.

"The trail goes into the ground. All six of them," Tom explained. He put on his power glove and switched it to a shovel, digging a staircase into the ground. We stayed a few block back and let the creeper do his work. We eventually reached somewhere a few blocks above bedrock, in a little central hub area. There were six branches leading off of the room, and Tom said that each one had a trail leading down it.

"The scattered," Papart said. "Probably to make it harder to catch them."

"We don't want to separate," I said. "We don't know what each of them has, other than a Power-Suit. There could be much more in store for us."

"Then what are we going to do?" Tom asked. "If we go after each person individually, we're never going to find the command blocks in time to stop the world border."

I started thinking, trying to come up with an idea. Finally, I stumbled upon one.

"Feleia," I said. "She can come through here and destroy the blocks for us. Then, we can easily access everyone, and bring them together so they can defend themselves, since they'll be out in the open."

"That's a great idea!" Paul said. "Do we have enough time to fetch her?"

I always carry some spare Eye's of Ender around, and some portal blocks," I said with a smile. "I'll make a portal right now. I think it'd be best if only I went through, though, as to not alarm any enderman."

Everyone else agreed, and Martin helped me create the portal. I put in the Eye's of Ender, and the portal lit up, creating a dark abyss before us. Tom nodded me a good luck, and I jumped in, clinging to my top hat.

I popped out on the obsidian island, and ender pearled to the mainland. I found Feleia resting on the ground. I pulled out my sword and prodded her with it. She instantly opened her eyes and looked at me.

"Bartimeus!" She said, her face lighting up. I smiled back at her. "What do you need?"

"Help," I said. I explained our predicament in the overworld, and told her the World Border would be coming to her soon.

"I think I can destroy those blocks for you," Feleia said. "Hop on my back and we can ride to my portal so that I can get to the Overworld with you."

I climbed up on Feleia's spiny back, and held on tight to my top hat as she flew threw the air, and to another island a bit off from the mainland. On it was a massive portal back to the Overworld, which she dove into. We were instantly teleported back to somewhere around where the village was. I guided her to where Tom and the others were. I went down underground and told them to come up so that Feleia wouldn't destroy them. Once they were all out, I nodded to the dragon.

"Let's get to work, Feleia," I said.