Chapter 10 Special!

Song for this chapter: Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson (I prefer the Glee Version of this song).

You're in the Aether. White clouds swirl above your head as you try to keep your balance on a floating boulder. Everything is colorful and crisp clear. A shining holograph of you sister stands in front of your face. She holds out her hand for you and you advance to take it. As soon as you place your hand in hers, she disappears. Confused, you search your surroundings for any reason why she could've vanished.

The sky becomes dark and gray. Strikes of thunder are heard and you try to cover yourself for protection. You close your eyes for a few seconds. Next thing you know, the boulder is dropping at sixty miles per hour. Worried, you hang on for dear life. But something pulls you back up. You open your eyes to notice a familiar figure, dressed in a brown shirt, grey pants, and a black mustache and beard. The top of his head is bald. You gaze up at this figure in shock.

"Notch?"

"Jordan. My son."

"Why… why are you here?"

"I need to tell you some things that I couldn't back in the Overworld. First of all, I am Fury."

"Huh?"

"Kitty's brother. I have been him. Kitty never knew that her brother was dead."

"Dead?"

"The real Fury was killed by a creeper when he was a young boy. I took over in his body until two minutes ago to make sure that you were safe from any harm."

"Two minutes ago?"

"Yes. I traveled with a man named Paul, who was looking for you and iEcho. Then I stumbled upon Cliff, who was trying to kill Sky. But we don't want Sky to die, right?"

I nodded.

"So I banished Cliff to the Nether for a billion years," Notch continued, "She pretended to act kind until you realized her plan. Rex was part of the Herobrine spies as well."

"She was a Herobrine spy?!"

"Yes. Ty was one…"

"What?!"

"He was blackmailed. Herobrine told him that he would save you from evil. When Sky returned from the Squid dimension, Ty tried to break the deal, but it didn't work. Until two minutes ago, Ty was in full possession of Herobrine."

"What happened two minutes ago?"

"I broke the deal. You know, I have the power to do that."

I chuckled, "Yeah. I knew."

Notch smiled down at me, "That amulet you're wearing around your neck is special. I set this plan up so you would find it in the temple. Beatrice and Rex were not part of it though. So, you must use the amulet to save iEcho from Herobrine. Only with the power you possess will bring him down once and for all. I can promise you on that."

"Is Herobrine really back?"

"Yes."

"Thank you Notch," I concluded. He smiled and snapped his fingers.

I stood in front of the Aether portal. Sky sat on a budder block, playing around with his amulet. He lifted up his head to notice me, jumped up, and ran over.

"Jordan!" Sky smiled, "You're okay!"

"Yeah," I responded, "I'm glad you're not dead."

"How'd you escape?"

"I had a little help. But we don't have time for this. We've gotta find the others. I know where iEcho is."

I escorted Sky out of the temple. Right at the doors, we stumbled upon all of the members of the group: Ant, Jerome, Mat, Sierra, Harry, and Pixel. Sierra ran up and hugged me.

"I'm so happy!" she squealed and kissed me. I immediately returned it, lifted her off from the ground, and spun her around. Once I placed her down, she looked into my eyes with a smile. Sierra wiped a tear from her eye, "Is Cliff gone?"

"Yep. No more Cliff."

"Did you find your sister?"

"No, but I know that she's in the Nether…"

"The Nether?!" Ty burst, "You have got to be kidding me! I'm not going there again!"

I turned to Ty, "I know. That's why we're going back to HQ first. You don't have to join us in battle if you don't want to. We'll just recruit majority of the army. They would be more than happy to come in your place."

Ty nodded.

"And," I continued, walking up to Ty and whispering in his ear, "I know about your deal. I won't tell anyone unless you want me to."

"How…?!" Ty yelled and faced me, shocked.

"What's wrong?" Sky asked.

"Nothing…" Ty sped up to Sky and stayed by his side, occasionally glancing back at me.

A loud boom went off. All of us stopped in our tracks. Sierra tightly held onto my hand.

"What was that?" Pixel shouted.

"Quiet!" Mat responded.

Suddenly, a large mob of zombie pig men raced out from the trees and started to attack. I pulled out my enchanted diamond sword and blocked Sierra from getting hit from a pig man. She pulled out an iron axe and swung at a duo of pig men, chopping off their heads.

Sky was being targeted the most. Someone did not like him alive. The "person" controlling the pig men ordered his soldiers to attack Sky out of all people. I raced up and sliced up another three pig men.

"Retreat!" I announced, "There's too many! Sky is losing health! Retreat!"

Everyone listened to my command and ran away from the battlefield. I made sure Sierra was with me before I left.