Kayla

Kayla and Streak stood in front of the second door, the green one. Streak wore his full plate armor. It had always amazed her that he could even move wearing all that. She preferred her light leather armor. Better for mobility and flexibility. Armor choices aside Kayla pulled open the green door. It swung open without a single creak. Almost as if the hinges had been recently polished.

She went first to spot any traps. As good a swordsman as Streak was he couldn't see a pressure plate if it hit him in the face. A few steps in torches on the sides of the walls flickered on one by one until the winding hallway was fully illuminated. As soon as the light reached it Kayla spotted a pressure plate. It was poorly hidden in the middle of the room. She the piece of chalk from her pocket and marked it. Afterwards she glanced at the trap. Something was wrong with it. It was clogged with stone. Not just rubble and pebbles but full stone. It looked like it had naturally formed there. But it couldn't have how would someone construct the trap in the first place.

"Come take a look at this." Kayla called to Streak. He squinted at it.

"What about it."

"Look a little closer." He leaned in more.

"Its filled with... stone?" he remarked.

"Yes and it shouldn't be there like that. Be even more careful moving forward." Streak nodded and Kayla continued scouting ahead. Hardly ten steps forward Kayla saw the same type of occurrence. On the ceiling an out of place patch of obsidian stood alone among the stone. Likely blocking something from falling. "Again!" she yelled starting to run ahead. The same thing was happening over and over. Spikes blocked by iron, pitfalls with wood stretching across that seemed to morph in with the rock, and stone filled arrow traps. "Look they are everywhere!" She called back to Streak "All the traps sabotaged in the strangest way. I mean look at this wood growing out of rock." It took streak a while to find everything Kayla had pointed out but she didn't bother to wait.

Kayla kept going only to find the same repeating results. Not worrying about traps anymore she began to rush ahead looking for the cause of the strange sabotages. Streak followed suit behind her. An inhuman shriek rang through the air. "What the hell was that?" Streak asked.

"No clue so lets go find out!" Kayla rushed towards the sound. Generally running towards the random scream gets you killed but curiosity was getting the best of her. After several twists and turns they reached the end of the corridor. There was a door that to no one's surprise was painted green. Kayla notched an arrow then pushed the door open with her foot. The room had three other doors one on each side. One of them looked like it had tried to slam shut but similar to the other traps a pillar of stone had grown out of the ground enveloping part of it's frame.

In the center of the room stood an altar. Beside it lay a corpse with stone pillars protruding from it's flesh. Seeing a dead body didn't phase her at all. Kayla had seen too many before. It's just part of being at war. The corpse wore a dark robe and carried a staff. The glass orb at the op of the staff was shattered and it's red contents scattered on the ground. In front of the altar lay a pile of dust. Chances are the altar had been used to summon something which was now an unrecognizable pile of ash.

"Whoever did this took the key with them." Streak said inspecting a key shaped notch on the wall.

"Split up?"

"Yup." Streak ran down the right door and kayla sprinted down the left. Running quickly and quietly like she had been taught. The hallway behind this door is much longer than the previous one. Kayla was gasping for breath by the time she found who she pursuing. A figure wearing brown robes and a hood ran ahead of her carrying a scythe nearly the size of the figure. The scythe was made of iron except for the edge which was lined with fine diamond barbs.

The stranger made no attempt to fight. Just kept running until they reached a dead end. Kayla strung her bow and aimed it at the figures throat. "Reveal yourself and return the key or I will not hesitate to kill you." Kayla said in her most threatening tone.

"You must not break the seals it is not time."

"Hand over the key." Kayla pulled the bow string back further. "Now."

"Fire if you want it won't do anything. I do not wish to kill you but I will if I must. Only one of you needs to survive." Kayla took her hand off the sting and the arrow flew forward. The figure didn't move a muscle but all the same a stone wall expanded from the center of the arrow and attached to the sides of the walls. Moments later the wall faded. "You can shoot me all you want and you will get the same result. Now move out of the way or I will be forced to kill you." The slightest hint of agitation was creeping into the figure's voice.

Kayla could see the green key clenched in the strangers free hand. She casually moved her hand towards her belt and gripped her knife. Going for the element of surprise she darted forward aiming at the stranger's wrist. The knife bounced off with a metallic clang. Iron had formed on the figure's wrist where Kayla had attacked. "Do you know understand you will not be able to reclaim the key? Just get out of the way and you can live another day."

"No." Kayla said standing her ground. She held her hunting knife at the ready.

"Fine. You leave me no choice." The figure hoisted their scythe above their head and swung it down at Kayla. Their dark cloak moving like a shadow against the green walls. Kayla braced herself for impact that never arrived. The scythe hovered inches above her head and she could make out a scowl on her opposer's face. "You are more useful alive so you can live this time but don't stand in my way again or I won't be so generous. And you and your friend's should just head back to Azure City. You will break the seals in time I count on that but now is not the time. Not until Sin is dead." They lowered the scythe and threw the green key onto the floor. The figure turned and began to walk away.

Kayla was left with many questions swirling through her head. The first one being the identity of the one who can create out of nothing. Before the figure could get far Kayla pulled down their hood revealing blonde... no, golden hair. It even seemed to faintly glow. The figure spun around glaring at Kayla. The figure was a she with bright green eyes and golden pupils. She quickly pulled the hood back over her head and sprinted away instead of walking like before. Kayla didn't feel quite as clueless as before after having a spilt second to see who the person was. Golden hair. Golden pupils. Those had to be connected in some way. She scoured her mind for anything related to those distinct features. Not being able to come up with anything only made her more frustrated.

She pushed the though away for a moment and set her focus on finding Streak. Hopefully he didn't get himself into any trouble. She jogged towards the entrance thinking about what the mysterious girl had said. Only one of you is needed alive. Kaya guessed that meant their party? That only one of them had to live to break the seals? But what did she mean about it being the wrong time. The walls wouldn't hold much longer. Herobrine's attacks were getting too strong and Zenith, the resistance's strongest weapon, is incapacitated. How could there be a better time? Lastly she had mentioned someone or possibly something named Sin. Kayla didn't have the slightest clue who or what that could be. But with a name like that it can't be good. So many questions...

She reached the green door and rejoined her friend's in the central chamber. Angel was sitting against the wall, Hex was sitting outside the chamber like usual, and Streak was pacing back and forth. "What happened? Did you Streak asked as soon as he saw her. Kayla normally would have responded with something snarky like 'No hello?' but now wasn't the time. Streak's look of concern deepened.

"This quest might not be as straight forward as we thought."

"What do you mean?"

"Go get Hex I'll explain it then."

Minutes later the party of four sat around the small fire they had set up in the center of the chamber. The flames danced across the coals and provided a good source of light as the sun began to set. Angel was watching the fire, Streak was tapping his foot waiting for Kayla to share the news, and Hex was trying to pay attention but kept stealing oblique glances at the carving of his father. A small frown on his normally expressionless face. Kayla cleared her throat and told them what had happened.

After a while Streak spoke up "She was able to create something out of nothing and golden hair like that..."

"You don't mean-"

"You must have at least considered it." Its true she had but Notch having a daughter seems impossible. And it only raises more questions. Wouldn't she be helping them? She had said that they were supposed to break the seals but not know. If she really was Notch's daughter then maybe she knew something they didn't but then why not tell them? Dammit just more and more questions.

Hex and Angel seemed confused and they had all right to be. Kayla hardly knew what to think herself. The group decided that they must continue to try and break the seals and that they would go for the blue key the next day. Then face Helix and break the first seal.

Kayla went to bed early that night to try and get some extra sleep. She never did get any extra hours though. All the questions in her mind kept her awake until late in the night.