Ch.18 Maul's Fate

Skelar remained in the corner where he and half the village guard were pinned up by werewolves. Above them on and around were skeletons and creepers that had spawned. A few Zombies moaned and groaned wandering aimlessly around. Too bad the Skeletons were stupid. Their natural instinct was to shoot anything that moved.

The werewolves made quick work of all the mobs. Skelar sighed crossing his arms. "This is utter bullshit! They have Sell and Hel!"

Serdra hissed at him to shut up. "We can't do anything about that right now! We need to focus on ourselves."

"Fuck that!" Skelar barked growing angrier by the second. "These bastards don't have shit on us! Hey, where are all the long ranged guys?"

Serdra face palmed herself. "In the middle of the tower holed up."

An explosion came from one of the houses that shook the ground and made all the werewolves spin around. Skelar took the moment to attack. Serdra and the others followed after attacking werewolves one by one as a group. The rest of the werewolves could be seen fleeing, yelping and barking from fear. Skelar and the others rejoiced.

"We made them run!"

"Hah! Cowards!"

Arrows rained down upon them sudden and Creepers landed flashing and exploding. Everyone freaked out and ran for cover. Skelar got shot in the back by a Skeleton as he was running up the ridge for the woods. He stumbled and fell face first on the trail. What had caused that explosion? It wasn't any kind of TNT. Skeletons, Creepers, Zombies, and Spiders trampled across his body into the woods without any further hesitation. Skelar raised his head up in confusion watching them head off down the trail. "What the fuck..?"

Serdra sprinted over to him and knelt down helping him to his knees. "Hold still, you have an arrow that's deep."

Skelar didn't have time to register what she said as pain exploded in his lower right side of his back. "AH! Shit!"

He fell forward with tears of pain creeping from the corners of his eyes. Serdra waved the arrow in front of him. "I got it! See? You'll be ok now!"

He whimpered. "Why me?"

A werewolf figure stood at the edge of the forest watching them. Skelar looked up to see Rayr there. "Rayr! Rayr, you're ok!"

Rayr hesitantly stepped forward. "It's bad. Hel's been taken down by the whole pack. Sell's been killed by the wolf that tricked us all. Her heart bled out as he took her to the pack." He collapsed howling sadness and crying for forgiveness. "I'm such a coward! I'm sorry I wasn't any help! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

The news hit Serdra and Skelar like a ton of bricks. They looked at one another in silence. Skelar shook his head at the thought of Sell being dead. "Hell no. She wouldn't just…"

"She lost a lot of blood on the way he said…" Serdra stared back with tears running down. "Hel's been killed too…"

Skelar got to his feet and sprinted off through the woods. His tears flying behind him as he ran.

No. All that could be heard were his feet trampling the grass beneath him.

No. He knocked low hanging leaves out of his way as he charged through.

No! He leapt a nine block wide hole and landed on the other side running.

This isn't happening! Sell's not dead and Hel's not dead either! It's all just a lie! Skelar screamed in his head as he sprinted on through the woods. A werewolf caught up to his side at last.

"I'm sorry, Skelar. It's true! Don't get into the throng; we'll both be killed too!" Rayr whined.

"Shut up! It's time we showed our strength as well." Skelar ordered leaping onto the werewolf's back. "Hurry, go!"

Rayr leapt into his sprint and hurtled head long through the forest. Rayr's ears picked up on fighting and agonized cries of pain, his sprint slowed until he came to a stop to listen. "Fighting ahead."

Skelar slid off his back grasping the hilt of his sword. "Come on. I don't think that army of mobs were anything but normal."

A great fireball illuminated the woods ahead of them, catching the werewolves and some of the forest on fire. Wolves yelped and cried out all around. Skelar grasped Rayr's fur on the side out of surprise and a little afraid. "The fuck..?"

Rayr sprang away from Skelar to clamp his jaws around a fleeing werewolf and pin him down. The werewolf yelped and cried out struggling. "No! I don't want to die! Please? Let me go!"

"What's going on?" Rayr growled into his neck fur.

"The body erupted in fire! Came to life!" the werewolf yelped.

Skelar gasped and took off towards the fire and fighting. Rayr barked at him. "Wait, Skelar!"

Skelar was several tree lengths from the clearing. He spotted a figure in a white and black cloak that was turning to help someone. He heard the figure cry out Hel. He gasped as his body pinned its self behind a tree at the sight. A huge werewolf appeared that he hadn't seen before and backhanded the figure, sending it flying through the woods.

The trees weren't standing a chance. Skelar's breath left him as he saw the body crash into trees and keep on going. He felt himself slide down the trunk of the tree and sit there on the ground in shock. His mind couldn't wrap around the thought of a massive werewolf of that proportion stalking these woods. An arrow flew over his head and buried into a tree trunk six blocks away from him.

He turned to see the mob army that had exploded from the house in the village attacking the werewolves, some catching fire while others were being smacked about and bitten. Rayr knelt in front of him suddenly panting. "What's wrong?"

Skelar looked at him with bulging eyes. "Huge werewolf…"

Rayr's eyes flicked around the woods to stop at a sound of something large crashing through the woods. "Come on, while he's away we need to get Hel's body!"

Skelar looked around the trunk of the tree at the chaos in front of them. The black werewolf's body was below a small drop off not but twelve steps away. "Cover me."

Skelar gripped the tree and got to his feet. One… He took deep breaths to gain control over his nerves. Two… His hand pulled out his sword on his side belt. Three! He sprang from his hiding spot swinging his sword and taking out a bouncing skeleton that was having a duel with another skeleton. He dove into the drop off over Hel's body and grabbed up the upper body of Hel, placing it on his back; Hel's head lolled over his shoulder and heavily hit his chest as he struggled with the over grown body. Rayr slowly backed into the tree line making sure no others tried to attack. Everyone was busy with their own issues at the moment.

He whirled around and bounded into the woods to take up his stride with Skelar. Skelar paused to get his breath. "Damn! He's heavy!"

Rayr lowered himself looking over at him. "Put him on my back. I'll carry him to the village."

Skelar nodded and did as Rayr suggested when Hel was finally on Rayr's back. "Get him to the village vet quickly."

A scream split the air that made them both look towards the direction it came from. Skelar looked at Rayr. "That was a female!"

Rayr sniffed the air and shook his head. "I can't get a scent."

Skelar took off through the woods calling over his shoulder. "Get to the village with him! I'll see into this!"

Rayr had no choice. He looked at the limp, broken form of Hel on his back and trotted off towards the village.

Skelar stopped at a tree, his chest heaving as he panted hard. He had heard the scream over here somewhere. A roar made him look up to see the massive werewolf charging towards the side of a mountainous hillside. "Die, Sell!"

Sell? Skelar looked up to see a Skeletal heir with the black and white cloak slipping from the side of the hillside upside down. The hood falling back to show the skeletal figure with burning eye sockets. Skelar's body reacted without him knowing it. He sprang from his place and felt something surge through him with intense heat. His sword left his out stretched hand, flying towards the werewolf's chest. "Hit the mark!"

Maul saw the sword in the corner of his eye and sideways dodged at the last second. "Stupid foolish heir!"

"Get back, Skelar!" Sell screamed out to him as a scythe appeared in Sell's hand before his eyes.

I whirled the scythe, sending flames across it to the tip and pushed off from the side of the hill. I gripped the pole and swung it reciting words that came to mind. "Death may take my enemies by surprise, I will take my enemies to their graves alive! I will face thy evil, thy shadows of the night and show them the proper light!"

My scythe cut across Maul's muzzle leaving a deep burning gash. The fire mixing with flesh made Maul's nostrils flare. He roared out rearing back as his great paws raked at his muzzle. I landed and sprang forward not allowing him another chance to attack. I swung the scythe many more times as I attacked his body setting his fur and flesh aflame.

The air was filled with the great werewolf crying out from the pain and trying to put out the flames. Skelar had retrieved his sword where it had buried itself and threw it once more. This time it struck its mark, in Maul's throat. Maul's eyes went wide as he felt the blade pierce into him. He yelped shaking himself trying to rid his neck of the intruder.

"Now, Sell!" he yelled out to me.

I took the chance to leap up and scale the side of the hillside until I was standing atop over the alpha. I took a running start and leapt the gap between me and the great beast. I raised the scythe over my head, my hood that covered my face flew back to expose my skull. My bleached bones shone beneath the moonlight and from where Skelar stood watching I must've been quite a terrifying sight. I stabbed the blade of the scythe firmly into Maul's head making all movements cease.

"I wasn't joking when I said I was going to bring you to the grave alive." I rasped and forced the blade in further. "It's up to Notch to judge you now. For your evil and siding with the darkness below. Prayers won't be enough to overlook your wretchedness!"

The earth below him seemed to shake and open up slowly to consume Maul whole. I stepped onto his shoulders and sprang in front of him. My scythe whipped across his face before resting at my side. "That being said and done, may you not have the sight to see Him when he speaks to such a damned beast such as you."

I stood there staring deep into Maul's eyes, seeing his mind trying to process what was happening as he was being sucked down into the earth. Below was a great gorge of lava. That seemed like a fitting end to Maul. The grass reconnected and the ground returned to normal like nothing ahd ever happened. Skelar looked to me as I slowly turned to him. We stood there in silence for a moment. He jabbed a bony finger at me and fire lit his eyes.

"That bastard took my sword! You had the ground suck him up with my sword!"

I sighed flipping my hood back over my skull. "You can make another at the forge. Stop complaining."

"But I worked hard on that! It took me all damn day!"

I turned walking back towards the village, my form shifting back to Minecraftian slowly. Skelar also changed and caught up to me.

"How are you alive again? Rayr said you died."

My right hand went up to my chest and gripped my shirt. I looked up to the sky and smiled up at the moon. "Yes. I did die but I'll tell you after we get Hel."

"He's at the village," Skelar said quickly. "Rayr and I took him from the fight. I sent Rayr back with him while I came to find you."

I grabbed Skelar's arm tightly. "Was he alive when you got him?"

Skelar shrugged. "I don't know. He didn't move when I had him slung over my back. He didn't even move when I placed him on Rayr's back."

I sprinted away from him. "Come on! Hurry!"

Skelar ran after me but a bit slower, drained of energy from all that had happened. The fire from the circle had burnt out, the werewolves gone. The sun was on the rise ahead of us over the hills. The sky was lightening up and the dark was fading behind us. Now that I was back on my feet with no injuries, well not serious ones, I began to wonder what was in store for Hel.

Now that the werewolves had no leader they weren't a problem. Of course I think that but it could always turn for the worst. The village was still weak and it could've been weakened further by the werewolf attack that had fallen once more upon them all. Leaping down every other step on the ridge I ran towards the stable where the villagers had gathered.

"Serdra!" I called out making her turn and gape at me like most of the others. "Is he alive?"

I pushed past them all without getting a reply. I stumbled through the door and grabbed a fence post to brace myself before falling and saw that Hel was in much worse shape that I had thought. I panted against the post looking at the IV's that were hooked up all over him and a machine that whirred and beeped. The veterinarian looked up at me with a straight face and looked back at him.

I knew. Hel was on the verge of death.

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