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Chapter 15: Limbo

Nothing…a sea of void…no pain, no feeling, just nothing…was this death? Had I finally pushed too far? My feeling slowly came back. I felt the falling sensation again, as if I was caught in an infinite pit, doomed to fall for eternity. Then I saw it, as it opened, in the direction I identified as up…a large red eye. I heard a scream on one side, and crying on the other, but no other sounds were present. I looked around and saw black, then I looked down…and saw a dark floor rushing at me.

I braced myself for impact, but I landed gently, as if it had merely caught me from an inch away. "Well, at least we're alive" I heard Blazette say.

"ALIVE?" Elda screamed "DOES THIS PLACE LOOK "ALIVE" TO YOU?" I could hear the note of hysteria in her voice.

Now I heard a loud, unnerving sound, like a hundred angelic voices singing a single note. Besides that, I heard crying, obviously Aqua's. I looked around, and saw half opened eyes everywhere…except for one, that was opening more…and more… and more…it was almost a star now…

BANG!

I heard the gun go off next to me.

BOOM!

An explosion hit the eye perfectly, and it was gone. "Just in time, too" Maillie said. Her voice was shaky with fear.

"w-what was that?" I asked, unable to keep my own fear at bay.

"Monolith" Maillie said "not harmful, but in its own sense, deadly"

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Read about Limbo" Blazette said. She was comforting Elda, and Maillie was next to Aqua, who was crying uncontrollably.

I opened my book to Limbo "Limbo, a dark dimension often associated with death" I read "Monoliths are the only natural mobs, and one is the sky itself…though the sky monolith cannot do anything besides scare others. Limbo is a dark place, filled only with unraveled fabric, which is why some purposefully go to Limbo. Monoliths look like floating red eyes, and give off what sounds to be angelic singing, giving them a creepy surreal feel. They originate as completely closed, and will open to half open when spawned. If it sees a person, then it will slowly open to a star, and then teleport the player to Limbo, essentially killing it. If in Limbo, the Monolith will teleport the person to a random Limbo location."

"Keep reading" Maillie said. Aqua was calmed to occasional sobs, and Elda was calming herself down.

"Monoliths only spawn in pocket dungeons and Limbo" I read "so there is no danger of them elsewhere. Besides Monoliths, there are other ways to get to Limbo. Abusing an unstable warp door will take you to Limbo, as will death in a pocket dimension. Limbo is buried deep inside the void, and cannot be reached without traveling through a rift the wrong way. There are two known ways to escape: rift gates and portal water."

"Rift gates are the less dangerous option" Maillie said "however, they'll more than likely end with the same result: Limbo"

"What about this *hic* Portal water?" Aqua asked shakily. I couldn't suppress a smile as I realized she gave herself hiccups.

"While there's no way to get out by climbing" Maillie said "if we go deeper into Limbo, we'll eventually find pools of dark red water. Jumping into these will cause us to wake up in a random location in the Overworld"

"I *hic* like the prospect of *hic* portal water better" Aqua said.

"Did you really give yourself hiccups?" Blazette asked Aqua.

"*hic* hiccups?" Aqua asked "what *hic* are those?"

"It's that jolt you feel every once in a while that's causing you to make that 'hic' sound" Maillie said "if we had water, I'd suggest drinking that"

"Water doesn't affect her the same way" I said "it should go away soon"

"What do we do about the Monoliths?" Elda asked, obviously trying to control herself.

"Run" Maillie said "I don't have enough bullets to shoot the hundreds I'd need to, and they take about 10 seconds to open before we're out of range"

"Ok, so run fast enough and we'll get to the portal water before the Monoliths teleport us" I said "got it"

"Ok, on the count of three" Maillie said.

"*hic* wait!" Aqua said "what happens *hic* if we don't *hic* make it?"

"If a Monolith catches you, keep heading down" Maillie said "when you get to the Overworld, I can find you through your power suit"

"What if we don't have a power suit?" Elda asked.

"I don't think you two would have a problem" Maillie said "my crew can find me anywhere, and take me to the right destination; Elda, if need be, can teleport to the End, and from there find the house; Blazette can find her castle, and the portal is nearby; and Aqua and Alex are easily found through their power suits"

"I see no problem with that" I said. I remember telling Maillie about each of the girls while we were in the dark tower.

"Ok, try to stick together" Maillie said. "Three…two…one!"

We ran off, ignoring the sounds of Monoliths. It was surprising how we could fall from however high we want. We got to the red water, and immediately jumped in. it was black for a moment, and then we were in the Overworld, on a couple blocks of unraveled fabric.

"Well…that was easier than I thought" I said.

"*hic* yea" Aqua said "I thought *hic* we'd have more trouble"

"Ok, your ship?" Elda asked Maillie.

"It's tens of thousands of blocks away" she said "it could take hours"

I sighed "I guess we wait then" I said. There was rustling in the bushes, but it was sunrise.

"Who's there?" Elda asked.

"Maybe *hic* it's friendly" Aqua suggested.

I stepped towards it "who are you" I asked, identifying the steps as human.

Someone tackled me, knocking my helmet and my power suit off. Before I could react, I had a knife to my neck.

The girl smirked smugly "I'm Katie" she said "nice to meet you"

Yay! Another chapter done! Wow, I've put a LOT of cliffhangers recently, haven't I? Katie, along with Evan, who I'm going to add next chapter, belong to "Xorobukkit" who I also got Blazette from, in case anyone forgot. Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Bye for now!