Hey guys! Luckily for you, track just started at my school, and since I can't ride the bus, my grandparents are picking me up after school everyday. SOOOO I GET TO POST MORE OFTEN! Anyway, here's Chapter 4, "Mitch and Jerome (And the Giant Squid)". :3
Deadlox's POV
"Next, we're going to compete in the Hunger Games. Most of Team Crafted will be there, plus a few friends," Mitch tells us.
We all nod. "Let's do this!" Jerome shouts. WE walk to the Hunger Games lobby and we enter a game together.
Spy spawns on the pedestal on my right, and Captain Sparklez is on my left. Sky turns to me. "Team?" he mouths.
"Definitely," I reply. He smiles, turns back toward the middle, and gets ready to sprint.
"5... 4... 3... 2... 1... GOOOOOO!"
*Time Skip*
Sky's POV
"Deadlox, watch out!" I shout. Death Match started a few seconds ago, and Mitch, Jerome, Deadlox, and I are the only ones left.
Deadlox spins around, catching Mitch by surprise, and stabs him in the stomach with his stone sword. Mitch disappears. Jerome roars, "I'll avenge you, Biggums!" He dodges a hit from me and sprints up behind Deadlox.
"Deadlox!" I yell again as Jerome sinks his diamond Betty into my friend's back, causing him to disappear.
Jerome turns to face me again, ax in hand. "You're next, Sky!" He rushes me, but I dodge out of the way and swing my iron sword in retaliation.
I miss. The Fluffy knocks the sword out of my grip and pushes me up against a building. "Say bye, Sky. Woo, another win for the Pope of Power Moves!" he cheers.
"Pope of-" I mutter. "Betty... Wait. WAIT. FLUFFY? FLUFFY! I Remember you, Fluffy! And Mitch, too! Benja, bacca, benja, bacca," I babble.
Jerome grins. "You remember me?" he asks, loosening his grip on the ax.
I nod happily. "And you're gonna hate it when I pull this Anti-Power Move on you," I say.
He frowns, then gasps as he realizes what I'm planning. But then it's too late, because I've already yanked Betty from his grasp. I push forward and jab Betty at Jerome's chest. It makes contact and the furry bacca disappears, leaving me as the winner of the Hunger Games.
But the game doesn't teleport me back to the lobby like it should. "Uh... How do I get back?" I ask any spectators. No one answers me. The chat has gone silent. Suddenly, there's a loud noise near Mid. I spin around to see a mutant Squid rising from the water moat that surrounds the crafting table in the middle of the arena. I gasp as the Squid uses its tentacles to walk across the land toward me. "H-Hey, S-Squid, we're f-friends, right?" I ask. The Squid picks me up with one of its slimy tentacles.
"Hey. Sky. Ready to die?" it asks.
I stab Betty into its tentacle. It releases me and I fall to the ground. I've only got 5 hearts of health now. Stupid fall damage. Still, I hit the ground running, and I don't stop 'till I'm in front of the first chest at Mid. I open it quickly. There's nothing in there but a few sticks. I move to the next chest. A few apples. I move to the next chest. An iron sword, but that's not what I'm looking for. I move to the next chest. A pair of leather boots. Not cool! I cross my fingers and open the last chest.
Yes! A budder sword!
But before I can grab it, I'm yanked into the air by another disgusting blue tentacle. I go to stab him with Betty again, but this time the Squid absorbs the ax. Giant diamond axes pop out of two of the Squid's tentacles. My eyes widen and I start squirming, kicking, punching. The tentacle grips me harder, and I gasp as black splotches dot my vision. "Hey. Hi. Sky. Why're you trying to escape?"
I suck in a breath and bite the Squid. He squeals and drops me. Luckily, I land in the water around Mid. I sprint to the chest with the budder sword in it and grab the weapon.
I turn around to face the Squid. I'm surprised to find that its grown sharp teeth on its tentacles, probably because I bit it.
Now how does that work?
I jab my Majestic Budder Sword (did I really just say 'majestic'?) at one of the Squid's tentacles. The Squid reels back as the tentacle slowly burns away, and I'm just standing here, praying to Notch that he won't adapt to this, too.
And he doesn't. He just screeches and starts running toward me on his three remaining tentacles. He swings a diamond Betty at me, and I dodge, but then I get hit by one of the sharp teeth protruding from the tentacles. I cry out in pain.
The Squid laughs. Then he lays a single tentacle on the ground. Regular squids come spewing from the ground and sky. They don't attack, they just distract. "Sky. Hey. Hi. 'Sup. Whatcha' doin'? Hey. Sky. Hey."
Oh... I can't concentrate with them blabbing. Every time another Squid spawns, the noise gets louder. I sink to the ground, moaning and covering my ears. "Shut up..," I groan. "SHUT UP!"
More squids spawn. "Make it stop..." I press my hand against my ears until it hurts. Even more squids spawn. I close my eyes and moan. Soon I feel something squeeze around me. I open my eyes to see the Squid's tentacle wrapped around my body. It's tentacle teeth are digging into my side.
"Hey. Sky. You can't escape. But it wouldn't matter if you did. You forgot all your friends. Soon they'll forget you. You'll have no where to go," the Squid taunts.
"I- I remembered some of them," I mutter. He tightens his grip on me and the teeth rip farther into my flesh.
"Doesn't matter," he replies. "You won't remember fast enough. Ha, you can't even remember your best friend! You might as well just start over and come with us."
"Sh-shut... up..," I mumble, gritting my teeth.
"Sky. Hey. Sky. You know they don't care about you. So are you coming with us or not?"
"Shut... UP!" I scream, throwing my budder sword at the Squid's face. His grip on me loosens, but I can't stay awake to see if he actually died, or just absorbed the sword.
I just can't stay awake. It hurts too much. The squid's voices, along with my vision, begin to fade.
I can't- I just can't...
It hurts too much.