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Chapter 12: Maillie

My eyes fluttered open to dim candle light. I looked around and saw I was in a cage of sorts. There was a small bed nearby, looked barley comfortable enough to sleep in, a small bucket, and nothing else.

"Morning sleepy head" Maillie said. She had changed, and she wore shorts and a T-shirt, both beige "comfortable in there?"

"Do you really care?" I asked.

"Despite what you think, I don't hate you" she replied "all I want are answers"

"Answers to what?" I asked.

"Why are you here?" she asked "who, or what, are you? And why do you seem like the only normal person in your group?"

"Why should I tell you anything?" I asked, my anger coming back.

"Because you currently have nothing with you, and I'm the only reason you weren't thrown off the side of the ship" she replied.

"My name is Alex, that's all you're getting" I said.

"Fine, you can stay in there then" Maillie said "oh, and if you try to escape, you'll be sorry" she walked out of the room.

"Well, there goes our escape route" Blazette said from nearby.

"Why are you so secretive?" Elda asked "it's not like we wouldn't tell her under normal conditions"

"I don't like when people threaten my friends" I said.

"Yea, and look where we are now" Blazette said.

"It's not like he wanted us to be in here!" Aqua said "he was trying to save us!"

"A good job he did" Blazette said.

"I don't get why the endermen didn't listen to me though" Elda said.

"Loyalty, probably" Aqua said "it's why I follow Alex so well"

"Yea, but I'm the Enderman princess!" Elda said.

That gave me an idea "Elda, can't you teleport out?" I asked.

"There are archers everywhere" Blazette said "she'd get out, but we wouldn't"

I looked through my bag "I have a bat" I said "can't kill anything with it, but I can knock them out"

"If that's even possible with undead" Blazette said.

"I think it's possible" Aqua said.

"Ok, let me try" Elda said. In a moment, she was gone.

"Well, she ditched us" Blazette said when she didn't return.

"Her powers aren't working right" I said "maybe she was off?"

We heard a thud, and in a moment, the light turned on "or I purposefully went to get the key" Elda said.

"Told you!" I teased. Elda opened the cages, and we stepped out "where are we?"

"Bottom deck" Elda said "Maillie is on the top. We can't get out until she stops the ship"

"Ok, let's get to it then" I said.

It took forever to get to the top. When we finally did, I stopped them "what's wrong Alex?" Aqua asked

"I want to fight her alone" I said "she won't have the upper hand this time"

Blazette gave me a weird looking sword "it's a meteorite sword" she said "it'll give you a fair chance against her diamond sword"

"Thanks" I said "see if you can find our stuff, I got her" they ran off, and I went into the room.

The captains' room was meant for luxury. There was a single door going into another room. There was a table with a map, and a couple of chairs, but nothing else. Maillie was looking at the map.

"I should have guessed you would get out" she said, looking up at me.

She had a loose t-shirt on and a skirt, which really didn't seem to belong on an airship. As she looked at me, I noticed she had hazel eyes that seemed to sparkle in the light.

"Well, kind of easy when you have an enderman princess" I said.

She smiled "put the sword away, I'd prefer not to fight" she said

"How do I know you won't attack me?" I asked.

"Oh please, do you think I can fight in this?" she asked "actually…never mind, Aqua manages it pretty well"

I shrugged "she's used to it" I said.

"Regardless, I've thought about something" she said "the blaze officer told me one of his crew attacked Aqua, which is why she and Blazette attacked them."

"They told you their names?" I asked

"Yea" she replied "well, Aqua did, Blazette was being even more hostile than you"

"Ok…" I said

"Anyways" she continued "I think we'd be better as friends than enemies, so I'm willing to give you an offer. You guys will be released, and I get to travel with you"

"Why would you want to travel with us?" I asked.

"Because you guys are interesting" she replied "and I think you could use my ship"

"Good point" I said "but not enough"

"Well, I have this" she said, tossing me a book "it's pretty much the basics, I know you won't have it."

I looked at the book, which read 'Materials and you, part 1' "this would have been helpful" I said.

"You can upgrade it through crafting" Maillie said "you should duplicate it first using a book though"

"Good to know" I said.

"So, still need convincing?" she asked

I looked at her "how many beds?" I asked

"There's a officer quarter open, there are 2 bunk beds there" Maillie said "we can find a place to stay in the morning"

"Is it ever morning here?" I asked

"No, just sleep for 8 hours and you're fine" Maillie said "night"

"Night" I said, then I walked off.

I was shown to a room just below the deck. I could hear the mobs as they went to their rooms, and soon, the girls came in.

"But Blazette!" Elda complained

"Relax, Alex will get it sorted out" Aqua said.

"He'd better" Blazette said "Maillie trained these guys, and it could be bad if we aren't careful"

I heard Aqua crawl into the bed above me "they say she's nice, so maybe we saw her bad side" she suggested.

"Whatever, I'm going to sleep" Blazette said "night"

"Night!" the reply was lost as I fell asleep.

Yay! Another chapter done! I don't really have anything to say for this chapter…so yea. Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Bye for now!