Hey, guys, sorry for the delay of this chapter. I got extremely busy with trying to get my YouTube and everything else of mine updated, and I just lost some inspiration when I heard the issue with Team Crafted. Even though that is happing right now in real life, I am going to continue on writing as if nothing happened. Many other writers are doing that as well :) So, here is the new chapter!
Sky's POV-
I finally got to see some of my friends coming back to camp about midnight. The full moon was high in the sky when we heard a bunch of walking coming towards us. Turning my head, I quickly saw Bashur, Quentin, Spade, Noah, AntVenom, Vengelfe, Dave, Murphy, Aqueous, Alix and Simon walking up to us, their diamond pickaxes hung loosely at their sides. Their packs were completely filled with ores, and exhaustion lined their eyes.
"Wow, you guys take forever to mine ore," Jerome then said, smiling towards them. Quentin shot Jerome a nasty look, and then he muttered something under his breath, and of what I heard, it wasn't pretty or nice.
Shaking my head quickly, I then said, "Just drop your packs by my tent and head to bed. Get your rest for the morning." They all obeyed, and after dropping off their packs, they clambered into their tents and quickly fell asleep. I laughed to myself, and then I brushed my hair out of my face. Leaning back in my seat, I then saw who was still awak with me. Jerome sat a log away from me, Sierra sat right beside him, Ray sat across the fire from me, and to the other side of me sat Ian and April. Everyone else had gone to bed, either from lack of sleep or because they could no longer stay out that late and wanted to go to sleep.
Sighing, I then looked down to my hand, where I held the Rugged Rapier. I had grown attatched to that weapon, and I always loved to look at my reflection in the blade and hilt. This, so far, was the only weapon that did not wrap around the person's wrist when they picked it up. Instead, every single time I picked it up and looked to it, I felt an ancient power surge through my body, and I felt extremely powerful. The bejeweled hilt glimmered the colors of the rainbow in the fire light, and it made me awed by such beauty. Who knew what a simple weapon could do to a person... or anything else it came in contact with. Right then, for some reason, I began to miss Butter Golem. He had gone on his way back at the caverns, and nobody knew the reason why he had left. Just feeling secure around him made me wish to have him back. He provided the only comfort of safety ever since CubeCity was destroyed, and he would do anything to save me and my friends. Plus, he wasn't that bad to look at, as the butter in his skin made him majestic and beautiful to me.
Suddenly, I heard Jerome and Sierra stand up, and they looked over to me and said, "Uh... Sky? You... might wanna check this... out."
Picking my head up, I then froze when I saw my other group of friends running up to me. They appeared to be in a hurry, and worry glinted in their eyes like a beacon on a misty night. I saw ButterSolace, Ryan, Bodil, Pixel, Gizzy, Ty, Kermit and Wolf, but that was all. At first, I didn't see the problem. Standing up, I then looked to them, sheathing the Rugged Rapier back into its case. "What's the matter, guys? You guys come across a group of Creepers or Squids?" I asked, cocking my head to the side slightly.
Deadlox keeled over, obviously having stomach cramps from running so fast. After a minute, he pushed himself up, and he shakily said, "No, we... did not. But... we think Jen and Seto did." Right then, he turned around and he began to retch. I took a step back, not wanting to be in the splash zone.
"What do you mean by 'Jen and Seto did'?" Sierra asked, walking up to my side.
Bodil pushed himself up, as he was out of breath as well, and he looked over to me, Ian, April, Sierra, Ray and Jerome. "We got ahead of the two and a minute later we turned back around to find them, but they were nowhere in sight. We retraced our steps a little bit, and when we got to a giant clearing, we saw that there was slime on the ground and a pool of blood as well. We think they might have been captured by Squids and taken to their base, and we also believe that one of them is seriously injured," Bodil said, looking towards me and the others.
Sierra gasped in shock, and then, her eyes hardened immediately afterwards. "Nobody takes my best friend... EVER!" She cried out, anger flying through her eyes. Her fists clenched together in anger, and Jerome had to grasp onto her shoulders to keep her from running away from camp in anger.
"Sierra, calm down. I understand why you are angry, and I feel the same way, but violence is not the answer. But, we will go after them. We cannot let our close friends die by their captors. Even if it really was the Squids that captured them, that will not deter me from getting them back. In the morning, we will go after Jen and Seto, and we will get the Whirlpool Whiplashes at the same time... even if it kills us."
Jen's POV-
The first thing that came to me when I woke up was the bitter coldness on my skin. Coming conscious, I groaned in pain, feeling my head throbbing with pain. Whatever had knocked me unconscious did it pretty hard. Sitting up, I blinked several times to get accustomed to my surroundings. It didn't take me long to realize that I was in a prison cage, and that the ground was freezing cold. Fear began to set in, and I looked around for Seto in desperation. I had to find him. The last I saw of him was with an arrow pierced into his body... not good for him. Pushing myself up, I then saw Seto only a couple feet away from me, lying on the ground knocked out. Crawling to his side, I then picked up his head and put it in my lap, and examined his wound. He had the arrow pierced through his body, and blood still pooled around the wound. Brushing his forehead quickly, I made sure that he was still breathing, and took a sigh of relief when I felt him breathe.
Seto stirred quickly, and he slowly opened his eyes. When he saw me, he smiled, and then he said, "Well, this is a wonderful morning for me." I laughed, and then Seto tried to push himself up, but I kept him down where he was.
"Don't move too much, you have an arrow in your body and you are bleeding heavily still," I said, glancing towards the arrow in his body quickly. Seto lifted his head and looked to the wound as well, and then his eyes widened in shock.
"So that wasn't a dream..." He muttered, and then he sighed as he closed his eyes. Putting a hand next to the arrow, Seto bit his lip, and he quickly ripped out the arrow. He gasped in pain when it came out, and then immediately afterwards his hands began to glow. I pulled back slightly in shock, and when I looked back, the wound was gone and all that was left was a giant rip in his shirt. Pushing himself up into a sitting position, Seto then looked over to me. "Well, at least I am in here with you. Do you know what happened?"
I shook my head. "I really don't know, sorry, Seto," I apologized, smiling towards him. Smiling, Seto then began to lean in towards me, but right then, we heard some movement from the cell across from us.
Turning our heads, we both stood up, shaky from being out for however long we were out, and we walked to the edge of the cage. Looking at the cage opposite of us, I froze when I saw three people in the cell opposite of us and then three others in the cell next to theirs. All six of them were looking towards me and Seto, confusion and curiosity lacing their expressions. The three people in the cell opposite of us were the most unique and eccentric. The one that I saw the most because they were glowing was a strange, black, aqua blue and pink bug, whose eyes and head were pink and other parts of the body was aqua blue. The bug was leaning up against the wall, their pink, glowing eyes looking towards me and Seto. The one right up against the cell bars was a strange blue monkey, who had golden eyes and wore a purple tie. The other thing in the cell with them was a furry green lion, who had brilliant blue eyes and wore blue shorts. The lion was kneeling on the ground, sitting almost like a real lion would.
In the cell next to them, there stood three girls. I knew they were girls, as they were humans, or at least, mostly humans. There were two right up against the bars, and one that stood further back from the others. The one further back from the others was a pale girl with white hair and blue highlights in her bangs and at the tips of her hair, diamond blue eyes similar to Sierra's eyes, wore a black top with the sleeves pulled down slightly, white short shorts with black suspenders hanging to the side, and black and diamond blue boots that came up above her knees. The one closest to me in that cell was a girl that had brown hair, dark blue eyes, had gray cat ears in her hair, and light skin. She wore a green and black headset, a gray jacket with green flames on the arms, black jeans with white suspenders hanging to the side, and green and white boots over her feet. She gripped tightly onto the bars in front of her, looking towards us with a strange light in her eyes. The last one was the strangest in that cell, although she had a certain beauty to her. She had bright orange hair, dark purple eyes, and light-tan skin. She wore a black shirt with the sleeves pulled down, orange and red flames on the arms, dark red short shorts, and orange, black and red boots that went to just below her knees.
"Well, its about time that you two woke up. We were beginning to question if the male was dead or not," The blue monkey said, his voice radiating a British accent.
"The male one? I have a name, you know," Seto cried out, narrowing his gaze on the humanoid animals.
"Well, we don't know what it is, do we?" The humanoid bug asked, and it didn't take me long to realize that that creature was a female. I pulled back slightly in shock, then noticing the curves on the bug. I couldn't see them before, as the cell was extremely dark, but now that I looked at her, I fully realizd that she was in fact a girl.
"How long have we been out?" I asked, looking to the cage with the humanoid creatures.
The monkey glanced over to the lion and the bug, and then he looked back to me. Blinking his golden eyes, he then said, "About three hours. The Squids threw you in here about that long ago, and both of you have been knocked out until just barely. I'm James or Blue Monkey, this is WeedLion and Deceptibonks with me, and in the other cage is Kaelyn or CliffDiverWC, Emerlyn or Emeraldear, and Mallory or kittycat0607."
Nodding, I then said, "Well, my name is Jennifer, but you can call me Jen, and this is my close friend Seto or setosorcerer." Seto waved slightly towards the others, and then I helped him stand up.
"So how did you guys get captured by the Squids?" Seto asked, looking to the six Minecrafters. They all looked at each other through the bars, and then Cliff gripped onto the bars in front of her.
"We all were captured around the same time as each other, and we all came from a secret agency called MSA, or Minecraftia Secret Agency. We were captured about two years ago, having been stuck in here ever since. Trust me, being stuck in here sucks. How did you guys get captured?" Cliff asked, blinking her brillant purple eyes several times.
Breathing in, I glanced over to Seto. "We got captured when we were gathering meat from animals and from gathering experience and when we had pulled back away from our friends. Seto got shot by the Archer Squids I'm assuming, and I got knocked out by something."
"Why in the world were you doing that?" WeedLion growled, cocking his head to the side in a questioning manner.
"We were finishing a mission that our friend Sky had sent us on. We were gathering the stuff to get experience so we could raid the Squid Palace... or whatever this place is called," Seto answered, rolling his shoulders so he could shake out the tense muscles.
Immediately after that, all six of them froze in shock. "Wait, do you mean Sky Fisher? Adam Skyler Fisher?" Eme asked, her eyes widening in shock.
Confusion filled me and Seto. "Yeah, why?" Seto asked cautiously, adjusting his hood.
Deceptibonks pushed herself away from the wall, and she approached the bars alongside WeedLion. "Sky Fisher... he used to be our close friend. We... well... we knew his parents," She said, her glowing eyes reflecting across the Lapis Lazuli blocks that created the ground and the ceiling in this jail.
Bajan's POV-
When everyone else had learned of the disappearance of Jen and Seto, everyone began to freak out. I especially was shocked. I had gone to bed early that previous night as I was extremely exhausted and I wanted to think alone, and I wasn't up when everyone else found out about the situation that was happening. I woke up with Sierra shaking me vigorously, which startled me completely.
"What in the Nether, Sierra? Why did you do that?" I asked, rubbing my eyes tiredly. Pushing myself up, I then saw that she looked extremely tired, but she looked pumped up about something. Worry also filled her eyes, which contradicted each other completely.
"Adam sent me to wake you up. Last night we got the news that Jen and Seto were captured by the Squids, and we are going to gear up so we can go rescue them," Sierra said, no emotion whatsoever on her face. She didn't appear sad or angry, nor did she appear happy or excited.
"Oh, my Notch, are you OK?" I asked, standing up and bringing her into me. "How did you take the news?"
Sierra shook me off of her, which she never had done before. I was shocked by that action. She normally never did that to me, always accepting my love gratefully. But I saw something that had changed within her. "At first I was shocked. Then, something inside of me clicked, and I no longer was sad. I... became strong. I wanted to go and save her right then and show the Squids a piece of my mind, but Adam and Jerome stopped me. I feel the same right now," Sierra said, looking up to me. Her eyes glowed strength, and for the first time since we escaped from CubeCity she appeared to be the same, strong girl I used to know. I missed seeing that.
Smiling, I then nodded. Running my fingers through my hair, I then pulled on my checkered red and black jacket. "Well, let's go and show these mother truckers who not to mess with," I said, a smile appearing on my face.
Soon after that, we got to work with enchanting our new gear. CaptainSparklez and Brice got to work on making the armor, while Ian and Jason began to enchant the gear that was already made. Everyone had given all of their XP up to the two, giving it to them in XP bottles. By the time the sun had risen to the highest peak in the sky, everyone had enchanted gear that replaced their old gear and that had multiple enchantments including Aqua Infinity. I sported a full enchanted set of iron armor, carrying a Big Bertha at my side that was enchanted with eight levels of experience. Brushing my hair to the side, I then looked to the rest of my friends. Jerome wore a similar set of iron armor with an enchanted Betty in his hands, which glimmered in the sunlight beautifully. Adam wore his specialized enchanted Butter armor, his old and trustworthy enchanted Butter sword in his hand. He was the only person that didn't get a new weapon. Everybody else wore their favorite armor, from diamond on Sierra to OP leather armor on Kermit. Preston and AntVenom cooked all of the meat that the hunters had gathered the night before, giving every person their share of the food. When Ant gave me my food, I realized that he had given me a stack and a half of cooked porkchops and chicken together. That was a lot of food.
By the time lunch rolled around, we were all prepared for battle and for swimming in water, and we set out for the MineOcean that was six miles east of our original position. Sky led the group towards the ocean, not a single word coming out of his mouth. Dawn was right next to him, she being silent as well. Most everybody was silent, walking forward with determination to get back our friends. I sighed, looking around to my friends. Everyone kept their eyes ahead, even MunchingBrotato, who normally could not sit still for three minutes. Jerome no longer looked mad at me, but he never met my eyes once. Ryan was the same way, keeping to himself despite he never did that normaly. I was shocked by how silent everyone was. It was unreal.
About two hours later, we finally began to feel the ocean breeze hitting our noses, and we all were immediately pulled towards it. We clambered over a hill, and when we hit the top, we saw the beach before us. The sand welcomed us like a warm hug, and I closed my eyes in enjoyment as the breeze blew through my hair. Walking out across the sand, we all stopped before we hit the water's edge. Adam put a hand up to shielf the sun from his eyes, and he cursed under his breath. "What's the problem, Sky?" Ty asked, looking up to our friend.
He pointed out to the ocean, and I looked to where he was pointing. The sky was filling with black clouds, and in the distance the seas rocked with the storm that was raging out there. The waters looked deadly, and I immediately felt everything suck into me in fear. We were going to walk into that? "That's the problem. We won't be able to ride a boat out to there without possibly killing ourselves. The only way we will be able to get there is to swim most of the way and then dive under the water to find the mysterious maze that will lead to the heart of the castle. But... where is the castle?"
AntVenom stepped forward, his keen eyes searching the horizon intently. A moment later, he then cried out in surprise. "Ah-ha, there it is!" Ant cried out, pointing towards the center of the ocean. Everyone fell silent, looking to AntVenom in confusion. Nobody could see the castle, not even me. We didn't know what he was talking about.
"Are you OK, Venom? Maybe you didn't get enough sleep last night..." Bashur muttered, looking towards our guide in confusion.
AntVenom shook his head. "No, it is hidden. If you look closely at hat spot, you will see the very, very faint image of a large structure." Squinting my eyes, I then tried to see what he was trying to tell us. All of a sudden, I spotted a very faint image in the distance, seeing it tower above everything else on the ocean. It looked extremely hazy, as if the image was distorted. "Just think of that like... those mirrors that through one side you can see through it and the other side all you can see is the reflection of everything around it. That is the same thing that is protecting the castle. I would estimate that the castle is a good... one thousand blocks from the beach, give or take a couple hundred blocks."
"Venom, you are a genius!" Sky cried out, smiling towards him quickly. Adam then turned to the rest of us. "Guys, this mission will be very hard and very dangerous, so if there are any of you that want to stay behind, do so now," He said, glancing quickly over to his sister as if directing that statement right towards her. But nobody said anything, looking towards the Sky Army leader with determination in their eyes. Frowning for a quick second and then smiling, Adam then said, "Well, then let's go and head towards the Squid Castle." Turning around, Adam then trudged into the water, the liquid splashing up against his legs as he moved deeper and deeper into the water. Within seconds, his head submerged under the water, and he disappeared completely into the dark water. He never did float back up to the surface, as his armor weighed him down and kept him from floating back up. Everyone else began to follow him, clambering into the water as well.
Right as I stepped into the water, I gasped in shock from the cold. It felt like ice to my skin, and immediately everything on me shrunk into my body to keep warm. Biting my lip, I then pushed my way further into the water, the water biting my exposed skin like a mosquito. Before I pulled my head under the water, I took in a deep breath, and I closed my eyes as I then sunk into the water. But I never felt the water hit my face. Opening my eyes, I then stared in awe at the bubble of air that had formed around my face. I had never before experience Aqua Infinity enchantments on armor, so this was brand new to me. Looking around, I could easily see through the water around me, and I could see my friends all around me as we marched slowly through the water. The ocean was truly beautiful.
Eventually my body became numb to the cold, and so I got used to it. Looking around to my friends, I saw that they all were trudging slowly along, as their armor was quite heavy despite the fact that they were all ripped from wearing armor for years. I looked to my right and saw Jerome struggling to keep up with the others, as his fur was causing him to pull back and cause more weight on his body. Stepping next to him, I then put my arm around his shoulder and I began to help him move forward, taking part of the weight that he had to carry. Jerome only looked over to me, his dark eyes exhausted from carrying so much weight on his body. He smiled as he realized that I was helping him progress forward, and together we managed to keep up with the others as we walked through the dark waters.
About two hours later, we had finally begun to see a dark and shadowy form come to sight before us. Adam stopped at the front of the group, making all the rest of us come to a stop. He then turned to us after he examined the structure for a moment. "OK, here is the entrance to the Squid maze which will lead us to the castle," Adam started, his voice wavering slightly because of the water that surrounded us. "If we see any Squids, kill them immediately and stick together with a partner or two so that if one of us gets lost we won't be alone." We all nodded, and right then, he turned around, and grasping onto Dawn's hand, the two of them then walked forward towards the entrance. Everyone eventually paired up with someone, and I ended up being paired with Jerome and Sierra, which didn't surprise me at all. We entered into the water-filled maze, and we realized that everyone had split up, going separate ways. Pushing forward with Jerome still next to me, I then walked forward, going with my gut instincts. We walked forward for quite a bit of time, only turning once in a while when a corner would appear. At one point we ran into Eagle and Preston, who were extremely lost. Preston, as he was a lava Creeper, was wearing complete protection around his body, and he kinda reminded me of a bloated, see-through marshmallow.
"You guys lost as well?" Eagle asked, brushing her orange hair out of her face quickly. Most of it was damp, although around her face it was all dry. It was a very strange mixture.
Jerome shook his head. "Nah, we're just walking at this point. Not really going in a specific direction," He answered nonchalantly. The siblings nodded, and then they turned around and headed opposite of the direction we had just gone. We stood there for a moment, just watching them walk off. Once they had turned a corner, Jerome sighed, and then he said, "We have almost fourty people walking around in this maze, and yet every single one of us is lost and we cannot find each other. How big is this freaking maze?"
I shrugged. "I really don't know, but let's just keep on going." We all fell silent as we then trudged through the maze, occasionally hitting a Squid guard that was walking through the maze. Sierra quickly killed them, however, before the Squids could even cry out to its comrades. We continued walking for about half an hour, when all of a sudden, we hit a big room, and at the end of it, was a door that lead to the castle.
Putting her wrist up to her mouth, Sierra then exclaimed, "Guys, we have found the entrance! Come to our position and we can enter the base." It didn't take long for everyone to get to where they were. The last ones were Bashur and Pewface, and once they arrived, Adam walked up to the door.
"Let's get our friends back," Sky said, smiling towards us. We all smiled back towards him, not wanting to exclaim at all in fear that we might be caught. Sky opened the door, and the water immediately flooded into a room made of iron. The water all drained out, and then there was another set of doors. Adam carefully opened the doors, and right as he made sure the coast was clear, we piled through the doors and we began to make our way through the halls.
All of a sudden, we heard an alarm start blaring, and we heard a strange voice over the intercom. "Xbsojoh, xbsojoh, jousvefs bmfsu. jousvefs bmfsu. Xbsojoh, xbsojoh," The voice cried out, and we all stood there confused, wondering what in the world that meant. All of a sudden, we heard strange sounds coming from both sides of the hall we were in, and we turned towards the sound. I stepped back in shock, accidentally bumping into Ty. A whole armada of Squids were charging towards us, coming from both sides. We all stanced ourselves, our weapons weilded for battle.
The next minute went by in a blur. I remember killing many Squids, but with every Squid we killed, another three replaced that one. Turning, I remember the Squids beginning to latch onto my friends, taking them down quickly. When a Squid took down both Jerome and Sierra, I froze in place, and I cried out, "No, Jerome, Sierra!" Right then, I got tackled to the ground, and all I could see after that was a swarm of tentacles. Something hard hit my head, and the last thing I remember was Ray calling out my name, although it was very faint and far away.
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