I am posting another chapter today cause you guys loved the last one so much! So here you go!
The song for this chapter is: Run by Snow Patrol (Check out the SMASH version by Katharine McPhee if you can).
After a few minutes, everyone seemed to regroup. The Illusionists, even Beatrice, returned to their camp. Ian, Mat, and Preston told the Enderdragons that they had to leave, and so the trio returned to the Sky Army. The Homies left as well. Sky, Ty, Quentin, Jerome, Mitch, Ryan, Ian, Mat, Preston, iEcho, Sierra, Yosh, Snowy, Kitty, Fury, the recruit, who's name was Annie, and I remained. Annie had blue hair with purple high lights and wore a black and blue dress.
"You have all done me proud," Sky told us, "But there is one person who made this happen. Jordan, I am personally thanking you for saving me and all of the others."
"And man, am I glad to see you doods again," Mitch remarked. He and Jerome had one of each of their arms around each other's necks.
"I think we should go back to HQ," Ian suggested. Everyone but me nodded. I stayed silent and stared at the ground. As the rest of the group prepared to leave the battlefield, Ryan noticed I was looking a little down.
"Hey, what's wrong?" he asked.
"It's not over. Herobrine isn't gone. He's after me, Sky, and Sierra."
"Herobrine?"
"It's a long story." Following the group back to HQ, I told Ryan about everything that had happened within the time I left in the first place.
"Wow," he replied when I finished, "I didn't realize it was that tough. Does everyone else know?"
"Not the whole story. Only parts."
"So you rescued Sky? Amazing."
"But I'm being tracked down by Herobrine. HQ is the first place he'll check."
Ryan stopped me in my walk, "Then we need to get you out of here."
"No… it's fine." I continued as I strolled past him. He rolled his eyes and went with the flow.
HQ was just as I remembered it. Everything practically made out of budder, signs with red lines through pictures of squids, and plenty of room for the millions of recruits it held. It was the perfect place to hold powerful army.
Sky entered and Quentin ran off to make him crutches. In the meanwhile, he motioned for everyone in the group to sit down at the conference table. Of course he was at the head. I sat to his left and Mitch across from me.
"So, as you know, I was the hostage of the squids for about two months. They beat me senselessly and I happened to escape death twice. I suppose Notch is out there somewhere. I am glad that I have finally found all of you, especially those who were thought to be dead. Maybe we can look for others from the Sky Army who fled the battlefield during the final battle."
Quentin returned with newly carved wooden crutches and laid them next to Sky's chair, "Here, I made these."
"Thanks, Mudkip," he returned to the meeting at the table, "As I was saying, we can split up into groups of four and search for more recruits. You can decide your own teams."
Ty, Quentin, and Annie automatically drew to Sky. Preston, iEcho, Mat, and Ian formed a group. Mitch and I bonded, so we recruited Ryan and Jerome. Sierra, Yosh, and Snowy teamed up as well. Kitty and Fury were left out of the mix.
"We have to leave anyways," Kitty told me. They were on their way to find Toby and the rest of the Audience members. I asked if the Sky Army could join them but she responded by saying that the matter was personal. Without hesitation, Kitty led Fury out of HQ. I haven't seen the twins since that day.
"This will probably be our last time at HQ for a long time," Sky announced, "So grab any supplies that you need."
I had already gotten myself an enchantment on my bow, making it Power III with flaming arrows. My armor was all Protection II and I still held onto Wolf's diamond Sharpness II sword. Mitch, Jerome, and Ryan had all enchanted weapons and armor as well. We crafted six enchanted budder apples just in case we ran out of food.
Just as we were about to leave, Sierra came over to me, "Goodbye for now, Jordan. I spent the last week trying to look for you. And now I have to leave again? I can't…"
"Sierra, I'm in love with you."
She paused her thoughts, "Huh?"
"From the moment I saw you under that tree, I couldn't forget the way you made me feel. When you left, I thought of turning back and going after you."
"You didn't want to hurt me."
I nodded, "To protect you, actually. Now that we're going our separate ways…"
"I'll miss you too." She finished my sentence. I came closer to her and put my hands around her waist. She romantically glanced up into my eyes but the only thing we did was hug. The only problem on our minds was not seeing each other, maybe never again.
Beatrice POV
I returned to Illusionists HQ. There was still that giant crater created by the Homies' explosive. All of my recruits stepped around it and entered their residences. I, on the other hand, made my way to the conference room.
"I'm the new leader," I thought to myself, "What am I supposed to do? I've had no previous training… or even talked to Wolf about becoming a leader."
"You need any help?" This voice sounded familiar but I couldn't distinguish it from the others in my camp. I heard it as if it were myself, as a male.
"No…" I decided not to turn around to face this man.
"Whether you like it or not, you need me. It's just your way of life. You always need someone that you can trust to get through to Herobrine."
I didn't respond and tried to glance over my shoulder to see whose body the voice belonged to.
"You know, Beatrice, I missed you. Life in the Nether was hard, having to work for father, and all that."
"Do I know you?" Confused, I wondered why he would mention my father… unless...
"Of course. I'm your brother."
"Ray?!"