LOCATION: BORDER OF SKELETON KINGDOM
TIME: 9:45 PM
ANDR'S POV
(Steve) ''Well, this looks like a good place to set up camp.''
(Cupa) ''Yeah, you can just sit next to the one you care about and just watch the stars...''
(Steve) ''What?''
(Cupa) ''Uhh, nothing! Just boring creeper stuff! Heheh...''
(Me) ''Hey, Cindy! Need help carrying that?''
(Cindy) ''Uhh, no thanks. I got it.''
We sat down near a small campfire that Steve had lit, apparently using nothing but a piece of flint and a small piece of iron. Cindy was still carrying around a huge box that she had insisted on bringing. And there was no arguing with a celebrity. Meh, it probably just contained shoes or something. Steve started telling us stories of his many adventures in the age of the players.
(Steve) ''...so when I gave him the glowstone, it turned out he said redstone! I nearly crapped myself when I heard that! That was like twenty minutes of my life wasted.''
(Cindy) Well, sometimes you just got to...''
We were interrupted by a low flying Skeleton delivery plane flying low nearby. The skeletons were masters of Flans Weapons Mod, which apparently contained aircraft. The plane dropped a crate into some nearby woods, then flew off.
(Me) ''Planes don't normally fly that low. And they certainly don't normally drop crates in the middle of nowhere.''
(Cupa) ''It could be Valerie and friends. We gotta be careful.''
(Yaebi) ''Maybe we should just stay away.''
(Steve) ''What, and miss this chance to take Lizard Queen out once and for all? We have the element of surprise now. Besides, she's gonna pay for what she did to Cupa...''
(Cupa) ''Aww, thanks, Steve.''
(Steve) ''Uhh, I didn't mean in that... No, wait...uuuuhhhhh...''
(Me) ''He just doesn't want any of us to die.''
(Steve) ''Yes! that's it! Thank you, Andr.''
(Me) ''No probs.''
(Yaebi) *Sigh...*
(Cindy) ''Something up, Yaebi?''
(Yaebi) ''It's just that... Well, you're all really becoming great friends. Steve, you're getting quite attached to Cupa.''
(Steve) ''Uhh...''
(Yaebi) ''Andr, You're getting all friendly and stuff with Cindy.''
(Me) ''Can't argue with that.''
(Yaebi) ''That just leaves me... I wish there was someone out there who I could be best friends with. Maybe, if I'm lucky, more than just friends...''
(Cupa) ''You mean as in a girl, right?''
(Yaebi) ''Yeah, what did you think I meant?''
(Cindy) ''If I've learned anything from my romance movies, it's that when you meet your true love, theres a spark, like a sudden but pleasant electric shock, and your hearts and souls are forever entwined...''
(Steve) ''Wow, did you just make that up just now?''
(Cindy) ''No, it's just one of the lines from 'Love Burns Like Netherrack'.''
(Steve) ''Sounds like a real chick flick.''
(Yaebi) ''How about we take a break from interfering with my love life, and go check out that crate.''
AT THE CRATE'S LANDING SITE...
(Me) ''Cupa, help me pry it open.''
(Cupa) ''Why can't I just blow it open?''
(Me) ''Because whoever sent for the crate is coming to get it. We don't want them to just run away, or worse.''
(Cupa) ''Doesn't matter anyway, Steve's got it down.''
I looked over and saw Steve whacking the crate with an iron axe. Two minutes, and one huge crash later, a hole appeared in the wood.
(Cindy) ''What's in there?''
I looked inside. There were circuits, ingots of refined iron, brass, invar, electrum, aluminium, titanium and chrome, and cells filled with various elements and chemicals. Copper wires, heating coils, coolant cells, machine blocks, all of it either IndustrialCraft or Gregtech. The mods mastered by the Spiders.
There was a rustle in the bushes. We all quickly darted away from the crate and hid. The rustling grew louder...
And a pig came out of the bush. We all breathed a sigh of relief. We looked up again to look around and see if it was safe to take another look at the crate.
(Cupa) *whispering* ''Well, it looks safe enough.''
(Me) *whispering too* ''Wait. Something isn't right. Where's the pig?...''
Then something jumped out of a tree and landed on the crate. It was a person, and seemed quite feminine...
It then grabbed a raw porkchop and ate it. Maybe I was wrong about the feminine part. It eyed the hole that Steve had made. We held our breath.
(?) ''Stupid delivery guys, why don't you drop it in a hole next time.''
(Steve) ''So? Do we rush it?''
(Me) ''Let's do it.''
We jumped out of our hiding place and attacked. The guy jumped into a tree and ran along branches, swinging and jumping like a pro. Cupa threw a TNT block at the trees, but the guy just jumped out of the way.
(?) ''I've got no fight with you. Just leave me alone.'' This guy had an unusually high and prim, yet silky voice.
(Yaebi) ''Not till you answer what we have to say.''
(?) ''You'll have to catch me first.''
(Cindy) ''That we can do.''
The guy jumped with perfect acrobatic performance into a lighter area.
(Yaebi) ''I'll go after him.''
Before we could stop him, he ran off.
YAEBI'S POV
I am going to make my stand here and now. Whoever this person is, he knows something about the Spiders. And that means he can help shed some light on the attack on Gravestone City. I heard that prim, silky voice again.
(?) ''Do you ever just give up?''
(Me) ''Listen, I'm not here to kill you. I just want information. What do you know about the Spiders?''
(?) ''Like I would tell you. Just leave me alone.''
I sat a block of glowstone down, and the place lit up. I could make out a shadow running through the trees. Then I noticed the person was about to step on a weak branch.
(Me) ''Stop! That branch can't hold your weight!.''
(?) ''Making fun of me now? I'll show you not to mess with me!'
He stepped right onto the branch, and it broke. He would have died if hadn't caught him. I landed flat on my back and the guy landed on top of me. I opened my eyes to the shock of my life. This guy wasn't a guy at all. It was a girl. The complete and total most beautiful girl my eyes had ever seen. She was struggling, but stopped after looking into my eyes. Emerald green met ruby red as we stared at each other.
(Me) ''H-h-hi.''
(?) ''Yeah, h-hi.''
We both stood up. Well, I did, but the girl had hurt her ankle in the fall. I looked her up and down. She had pale skin and thigh length, bright purple hair, tied back in a massive ponytail that looked almost like a snake. The front of her hair was combed into the shape of fangs, which curled over her cheeks a little. She was wearing a black hairband with red jewels on it, a cute low-cut top with black stripes on the tops and bottoms of her sleeves, black shorts and stockings that had the same pattern as her sleeves, and uncomforable looking shoes. She looked up at me and spoke. Her voice was smaller than before, but was nonetheless as silky.
(Hottie) ''Please don't hurt me. I didn't mean any of that.'' She was blushing.
(Me) ''I won't. I just wanted to know what you have to do with the Spiders.''
(Hottie) ''I can't tell you until I know I can trust you. It's pretty big.''
(Me) ''C'mon, I'll take you to our camp, I'll explain everything to my 'll be okay.''
(Hottie) ''I can't walk.''
(Me) ''Then I'll just have to carry you.''
I picked her up gently. I really didn't know my own strength. I was always really quite weak, and here I was, carrying the girl of my dreams with ease. Must just be adrenalin.
BACK AT THE CAMP
(Cupa) ''What were you thinking? She's a menace!''
(Me) ''She was trying to defend herself! You'd do that too!''
(Andr) ''It's no use fighting. Maybe she can help us.''
(Me) ''She knows something, but she won't tell us unless she can trust us.''
(Cindy) ''Guys, have you noticed something about her?''
(Me) ''What do you mean, Cindy?''
(Cindy) ''Well, the fact that she's over by the crate of stuff doing Notch knows what.''
We all ran over to the crate, and saw the girl pull out a wrench and start taking things apart. She eventually made a crutch out of rubber and titanium, and limped over to the tent.
(Me) ''Well, she never fails to surprise me. I'm going to look for food, you guys watch her, okay?''
(Andr) ''Okay.''
CINDY'S POV
(Me) ''So, you got a name? I'm Cindy Esquelita. The Cindy Esquelita. Will you tell me yours?''
(Girl) ''Shut it Pigtails, before I eat you.''
(Me) ''Wow, she's a bitch.''
(Andr) ''You're just not doing it right. We're friends. We're trying to stop an evil dragon girl from destroying Minecraftia.''
Suddenly, the girl seemed interested.
(Girl) ''Did you say...dragon girl?''
(Steve) ''You want more information? If you could tell us what we want to know, we'll tell you what you want to know.''
(Girl) ''Well, I'll give you some info, but if you want to know the big part, you gotta figure it out.'' She smiled, and showed off two dangerous looking fangs.
(Girl) ''My name is Stephanie, now you have to guess what mob species I am.''
(Steve) ''Finally, a really cool name. Are you an Enderman?''
(Andr) ''Actually, Steve, it's just Ender now, because of the war on sexism.''
(Stephanie) ''Huh, you're not that dumb after all. But you're still wrong, I'm not an Ender.''
(Cupa) ''You really don't look like any mob species I've ever met.''
(Stephanie) ''That's cause there aren't many of us around. We're pretty rare. Some of us may be dumb enough to think we're...extinct.''
(Me) ''Oh, my fucking Notch, it all fits! The way she looks, how she built that crutch so expertly...''
(Cupa) ''She's...''
(Andr) ''A...''
(Steve) ''Spider.''
(Stephanie) *sigh* ''Now you know my secret, so tell me what you're doing here.''
(Steve) ''We're trying to cross the Outlands to get to the Ender Kingdom before the Ender Dragon girl, or Valerie, as she likes to be known, destroys it.''
(Stephanie) ''Looks like you're hearts are in the right place. I'll lead you to my base, there you can get ready if you need to fight.''
Just then, Yaebi came back with carrots, potatoes, and against his vegetarian nature, pork, beef and chicken.
He looked at Stephanie and smiled. She smiled back.
(Me) *whispering* ''Have you seen this? It's hilarious, yet adorable, When it's just us girls and Steve, Stephanie's really bitchy. But put Yaebi in the room, and, well...''
We all watched carefully as Yaebi gave Stephanie some food, which she ate very quickly.
(Stephanie) ''Oh, I never introduced myself. I'm Stephanie.''
(Yaebi) ''I wish I had an awesome name like yours, Stephanie. But I'm stuck with Yaebi. What does that even mean?''
(Andr) ''Stephanie agreed to take us to her base tomorrow.''
(Yaebi) ''That's pretty awesome right there.''
(Stephanie) *blushing* ''It's nothing anyone else wouldn't do.''
(Me) ''Well, I think we should all go to sleep now.'' I threw an extra sleeping bag to Stephanie.
(Me) ''There's not much room for six people, but there's a little bit of space next to Yaebi's corner. You okay with sleeping there?''
(Stephanie) ''No problem at all.''
After a little bit of rearranging, we all fell asleep under the night sky.
LOCATION END DIMENSION, EXACT...OKAY LETS JUST CALL THIS PLACE 'BASE E'.
TIME: I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY I WAS MEASURING TIME HERE, SINCE CLOCKS DON'T EVEN WORK IN THE END.
Willow looked through the Dimension Window, and saw the whole fiasco with Stephanie. She was genuinely worried. Just a little bit, though.
(Willow) ''Shit. Val, we got a big problem.''
(Valerie) ''What is it... Oh shit, there's one of them left? I thought Father's army wiped them all out!''
(Willow) ''Obviously one of them got away, thanks to you.''
(Valerie) ''Why are you always blaming me?''
(Willow) ''They have a huge advantage now. We have to be careful. Very, very careful...''