There are a lot of POV changes in this chapter. Oh, well. I feel super bad for Sky, though. Like, seriously, it's just one thing after another, isn't it?

Remind Me

Ch 18

Sky's POV

"Would anyone like some... CAKE!?" Ian yells, pulling a random cake out of nowhere.

"Aw, snap," I mumble, jumping off the platform and stepping slowly towards Ian. "Is anyone hungry enough to eat his cake?" I ask.

"Even if we were hungry, he probably poisoned it or something!" Jason points out.

Ian's crossed blue eyes widen. "Are you saying you don't want my cake?" His body starts trembling slightly. "DO YOU KNOW WHAT I HAD TO DO TO MAKE THIS CAKE? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I HAD TO DO!?"

I wince as I step toward Ssundee, holding out my sword in a defensive position. "OK," I say calmly. "Surround him slowly. Do not alarm him. Don't hurt him, either, because the respawn machine is off." I feel a twinge of guilt for killing Dawn, but quickly brush it away. "Contain him until we can get the glasses back," I say, trying to keep an emotionless expression on my face as the full weight of the situation hits me. I killed Dawn. The city could blow at any moment. Poisonous and jumbo squids are attacking. The army has pretty much given up. Mitch's army is attacking mine. We have Derp Ssundee on our hands.

ARGH, SO MUCH RESPONSIBILITY!

"N-No, you d-don't underst-stand!" Derp Ssundee hisses. "I w-worked hard on th-this cake, and you will eat it or else."

"No, Ssundee," I say with finality in my tone.

He grins sadistically. I guess he didn't hear the finality. "I meant what I said and I said what I meant, a Derp Ssundee's faithful one hundred percent!" Ty facepalms and then drags his hand slowly down his face after hearing Derp Ssundee's remark. I groan as well. Really, Ian? But then he pulls out a sharp dagger, and I know he's not kidding. He really did have some horrible things in mind when he said "or else." He dodges away from Mitch and Jerome and darts toward me. I jump to the right to avoid getting full-on stabbed, but the dagger grazes my left arm. I bite my lip. Yowch, headache.

Erm... Ian? Why're you giving me that look?

He throws the dagger at me. I duck and screech, "What's wrong with Ian!?"

Jason sighs. "You have to yelp or something next time he hurts you. Or now, I guess. Then you'll remember."

I nod and allow myself to shout a little at the constant pain. Ah, yes, Derp Ssundee. Note to self: Just scream next time.

"Okay," I say, dodging another knife from Derp Ssundee. "Plan B! We run downstairs, search for that kid who took the glasses, and hope Ssundee doesn't catch us. Ready? GO!"

We all dart out of the room and down the stairs with Derp Ssundee close behind. I freeze, but only for a second, when I see the immense chaos that is my army. Some of the Recruits have gathered into groups and are chanting unintelligible nothings while others huddle in corners, rocking back and forth while hugging their chests and muttering things about the end of the world as we know it. The few Recruits that are still fighting are having a very hard time, as they are now outnumbered and overpowered by the mutant squids. A few of the Recruits are being held hostage by a group of Doods in the center of the room. The Doods have swords pressed against the Recruits' throats. Okay, who do I help? The ones that are freaking out, the ones that are being surrounded by squids, or the ones that are being held hostage? And I also have to find Ssundee's glasses. Great.

"Alright. Ty, Seto, go help fight squids. Mitch, Jerome, stop the rebellion. Jason and I are going to help the insane ones. Look for Ian's sunglasses on the way. Kay, go!" I command.

Jerome's POV

I shove through the crowd of Doods. I can't believe they did this. *major facepalm*

"Hey, it's Jerome!" someone shouts.

"He'll help us, he's Mitch's best friend!"

"He was Mitch's best friend. Now he hates him." Ouch.

"Get him!" Oh, Notch, no.

Ten Doods tackle me at once. "Geroff meh!" I shout from the bottom of the pile. I quickly worm my way out and run towards Mitch.

"Yay! They're friends again!" somebody yells.

"No way! Jerome must have kidnapped him!" someone objects. Really!?

Mitch facepalms as the Doods rush me again. I let out an "oof" as they push me to the ground.

"C'mon, fight back, Jerome! Or are you too afraid?" some idiot asks. Mitch holds back laughter, not bothering to inform them that I'm on their side.

"I can't, Smart One, the respawn machine's off and if you die, you won't come back," I reply gruffly, still struggling to push them off me without pulling out Betty and just owning them all.

"That didn't stop you when you first found out Mitch wasn't on your team anymore," the Dood retorts. Ooh, guilty. I still feel bad about that. "Maybe we should do to you what you were going to do to Mitch." He raises his sword.

Oh, snap. "Biggums!" I call desperately.

His eyes widen. "Woah, guys, don't actually hurt him. He deserved to be tackled, I'll give you that, but you can't kill him! He's my best friend!" Mitch says. I smile, despite still having a blade pressed against my neck. "Now, can you all just calm down and let Jerome and these Recruits go?"

The Doods sigh but clamber off of me. "Fine," they grumble. Half of them grin widely at me while the rest shoot me murderous glares. I wince.

"Well. That's over with," I say, standing up and brushing myself off. "Has anyone seen Ian's glasses?"

Instant chaos.

Seto's POV

Ty and I run over to the Recruits, who are now surrounded by mutant squids. Ty shoots them with his bow from three feet away while I blast deadly magic in their faces. Once we've killed twenty squids, I turn to help the Recruits as Ty switches to a sword and then continues killing squids. "Were any of you bitten or suctioned?" I ask, scanning them quickly. They all stare at Ty and me in awe. I sigh. "We're on you're side now, OK?"

Most of the Recruits nod, but one narrows his eyes suspiciously. "I don't believe you," he says.

Ty turns to face the Recruits. "Oh? Alright then. They don't believe us, Seto. We'll just have to go find Sky to convince them. And while we locate Sky in this crowded room, they can fight off the squids on their own," he says like it's no big deal.

The Recruits' eyes widen. A girl steps forward quickly. "No, no, Seto, Ty, we totally believe you! That other guy's just an idiot, that's all." The guy who didn't believe us earlier glares at her but nods reluctantly.

"Good. So. Was anyone bitten or suctioned?" I ask again. Three people step up, two boys and a girl. I take off my potions pack and rifle through it. Finally, I dig out the antidote (only this one doesn't have the pain poison I gave to Sky in it). I put it into the needle and get ready to inject the first person.

"AAAAAHHH! It burns!" the boy yells. I sigh. Not this again. I haven't even touched him yet.

"Ty, I need your help with this!" I shout. Ty kills one last squid and then sprints over and takes the needle from me. Ignoring their screams and protests, he injects all three people, one after the other. I clean the spot where the needle went through. "Okay, you're good," I tell them. "Is anyone else harmed in any way, shape, or form?" Several people raise their hands.

It's healing time.

Jason's POV

"Shh, calm down now, it's alright," I coo. "The world's not going to end. We'll defeat the squids, save the town. Everything will be okay."

"A-Aren't you supposed to b-be a t-traitor?" one of the quivering Recruits asks.

I smile comfortingly. "Not anymore. Now I'm on your team. See? Things are already getting better!"

They smile a little and stand up slowly. "We should probably go help the Dead Army with the jumbo squids," one of the girls says. My eyes widen. I forgot about the jumbo squids, and I think Sky did, too.

"You guys go ahead, I'm gonna talk to Sky for a bit," I say. They nod and run outside. Before I can move in Sky's direction, though, five people tackle me. "EEP!"

"Jason! You're okay!" a couple of my Stars shout. "We were so worried about you! And when the Doods decided they were gonna fight against Sky's army and find Mitch, we were just like 'asdflkajsfl, which side do we take?' So we ended up searching the squid base for you and avoiding both armies. Oh, and we found some whacko running around wearing Ssundee's glasses, so we took them from him." The Star reaches into his backpack and pulls out Ian's sunglasses. "Here you go."

"Thank you," I say, taking the glasses.

Sky's POV

"NO. STAHP IT, RECRUITS," I shout. "I swear if you try to sacrifice me to the squid god, I will come back as a ghost and haunt you forever!" I threaten as they carry me up the steps to a room with really dim lighting.

"Most-Powerful Squid God, we have brought you the Budder God. Please accept our offering and call off your squid minions, bringing peace back to the land of Minecraftia. Or, at the very least, spare us, your humble followers," they chant.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU GUYS!?" I shout.

They ignore me and continue chanting.

Geez, why does my army have all the weirdos?

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