Disclaimer: I'm not creative enough to own Minecraft

Chapter 5: changes and armor

When I woke up, I heard strange noises, but they soon went away. I unblocked the exit, and saw a chest. Looking inside, there was nothing except for a table I didn't recognize. I put it down near one of the walls, putting a door I found in the empty space. The table was black with holographic projection. Seeing it placed, I recognized it now…it was a tinkering table…which wasn't found in normal Minecraft play.

"What's that?" Aqua asked sleepily.

"It's a tinkering table" I said, still trying to figure out why it was here…and more importantly, why I was given it.

"What is it used for?" she asked.

"Nothing at the moment" I said.

I thought for a moment…I remember there were several other machines I had used that aren't in normal Minecraft play…mods, I believe. My eyes lit up. Mods! That meant there were a bunch of things I could get that I couldn't before! And the first should be a power suit.

"Come on Aqua, we're going to go find copper and silver" I said.

"I thought you said there wasn't any" Aqua said, getting up.

"I was wrong, come on" I replied, hurrying outside.

I gave her a stone pickaxe as we got to the cave "what am I looking for this time?" she asked

"Look for copper" I said "you'll know it when you see it. I'm looking for silver"

"Ok!" she said. We went into the cave and split up.

It wasn't long before I heard the whispering again, but I couldn't hear the voices clearly enough. I got enough silver to craft us both a helmet and power tool, then I headed back up.

"I'm back Aqua!" I said as I reached the cave entrance.

"Alex! Look what I found!" she yelled excitedly, running over to me. I thought it was nothing, until I saw she was holding a hologram projector, and she had a bunch of other items in her belt.

"Where did you get those?" I asked

"I found a chest with a bunch of them!" she said "it was just standing in the open!"

"Well, might as well use them" I said.

We walked over to our makeshift house, and she gave me the new items and started smelting. She started expanding the house as I crafted. I made the wires first, using a small hammer to bend the metals together, then I made the helmet and power tool. Stringing the wire through the iron was VERY tiring, but I got through it!

I realized I misjudged on the amount of metal, so I made us both leggings, boots, and chest plates. I put mine on, and Aqua put hers on as soon as she was ready. The power tool fit snugly on our hands, like a glove.

"It's so light and cool!" she said excitedly.

"Yea, but I have to upgrade the helmet, so let me see it" I said.

I took off her helmet and put it on the tinkering table. A whole bunch of holograms popped up. I put the holographic projector and a control circuit on the table. I clicked the hologram that said 'Night vision' to see what it would tell me.

It beeped "A Pair of augmented vision goggles to help you see at night & underwater" it said.

"Sounds like it could be useful!" Aqua said excitedly.

"Yea" I replied.

Goggles…I took off the vision piece for the helmet, and I opened up the circuitry that connected it. I put the chip in, then I set the hologram projector up, then I put the piece back on. I did the same thing for my helmet, but I remembered it needed a battery and energy as well. I installed a solar panel, then used the UV capacitor to make a battery for each of us.

"Ok Aqua, helmet's ready!" I said.

She ran over and put the helmet back on "it doesn't look any different" she said

"Just wait until night" I replied.

"Ok!" she said, then she went back to working.

I installed the pickaxe, shovel, and the in-place assembler. I decided to test it first, and put on my power tool. I pressed a button, and a compartment with a card slot opened up. I figured it would assemble it itself, and I turned it off. I used the rest of the pieces to make a plasma gun, but decided not to test it out.

"It's done Aqua!" I said

"Yay!" she said, running over again. Her visor was up, and her eyes were lit up with excitement.

She put on the power tool, and opened and closed her hands a couple of times. "How does it feel?" I asked

"It feels great!" she said "plasma cannon? What's that?"

"It's a weapon" I said "just be careful with it"

She aimed it at the wall, and shot a ball of plasma, which exploded with no damage "cool!" she said.

"Yea, and we'll need it tonight" I said

"Why?" she asked

"We're going to go out at night" I said "I'd like some wolves, and we need bones for that"

"Wolves?" she asked

"The barking you heard, those were wolves" I said

"Oh!" she replied "so we're getting dogs, yay!"

I smiled "yea, so keep working, I'm going to try to make some adjustments" I said

"Ok!" she said happily, then she went back to working.

I forgot how much of a child she could be sometimes, but she was the child I loved. I could see the sun would set soon, but I knew we would be fine. I used the In-place assembler, and put in three iron ingot cards. A hologram appeared, showing me nine slots and the three cards. I moved the cards to the right places, and pressed a 10th slot that had a bucket now. The hologram disappeared, and it spit a bucket card out.

I looked at Aqua as night finally fell. She was as ready as I was to go, and that's just what we would do…

Yay! Finally done! Sorry it took so long, I've been a bit busy recently. I decided I wanted the power suit mod first, since it REALLY helps me when I play with the mod. Unlike most of my stories, Minecraft is a place where it can be lonely without others. I say this because this is the first story (as far as I know) where I'll be more than happy to include OCs in my story. Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Bye for now!