Skys POV:
I sat up in my bed when someone knocked on my door. A glance at the clock showed it was 7:15 in the morning. I yawned, stretching carefully so I wouldn't open the gash on my side.
"Come in." The door opened, revealing Deadlox. He had a pink mug of coffee in his hand.
"Hey sleepyhead, how are you feeling?" I shrugged.
"Fine. Although I'm bummed I am stuck to the house until I heal enough." I flopped back onto my bed, regretting that decision a second later. Deadlox laughed from the doorway.
"Well then, if your fine, its your turn to make breakfast." I jumped up, forgetting about my side again. It was rare when Husky or Jason let me cook, even rarer to be able to make breakfast.
"Lets go then!" I ran past him, into the hallway. I nearly slipped on the floor, but I caught myself. Deadlox groaned, whacking me lightly on the head.
"Without killing yourself perferably." I nodded and walked as quickly as possible down the stairs. I noticed both Red and Mitch held a smile, and I got ready for another prank. As soon as I reached the kitchen door and opened it, a barrel came rolling at me. I dodged it, making it slam into a wall. Jin crawled out of it, looking both sleepy and dizzy.
"What the fudge?" He said, standing shakily. Of course they put him in a barrel asleep. He was a very heavy sleeper. The prank wasn't for me, they meant for me to dodge it. I pointed to Red and Mitch.
"My guess would be those two." I turned to them. "Why did you put Jin in a barrel?"
"He wouldn't wake up, so we decided to do that. Besides we didn't hurt him, the most we hurt would have been your wall." Mitch answered, pretending to be bored. I smirked.
"Oh, haha." I spoke with a sarcastic tone. "Are you okay Jin?" He nodded, still a little dizzy.
"Yep. I am just...the room is spinning." Barney patted his back when he looked like he was going to vomit. Last time he was spun that much, the amusement park people had to clean up a lot of it.
"You know he can't handle that much spinning, remember the roller coaster?" Reds smile grew. Mitch looked a little sorry, but he was still smiling.
"We originally planned for you to possibly stop the barrel by warning you, but a louder bumb into the wall would have woken him up better. It was a great prank designed by the Sensational Red Vactor and Mitch." Before I could say anything else, Herobrine came downstairs, coughing some. He sounded worse, which could not be a good thing.
"Is everyone okay down here? I heard a crash." Ssundee got a serious look on his face. Since Notch wasn't here, he was going to be Mother Hen. He started to drag Hero back up the stairs.
"Come on Hero, back to bed." Hero whined as he was basically dragged.
"One, I can walk. Two, I feel just fine." Ssundee chuckled.
"Tell that to your bed." When they were upstairs, I walked into the kitchen. I grabbed the budder from the fridge and started to put them into pancake batter. I made pancakes like they should be, but I added two whole sticks of budder for one bowl of batter. Husky would always scold me for doing it, but I always did it anyways. I also made some eggs and bacon. I silently hoped Bacon Man and Pancake Pal wouldn't pay a visit at the moment. They weren't actually made of Bacon and Pancakes, they just have some atributes to the food. The Breakfast Brigade are actually some sort of clay golems that gained sentient life from a powerful sorcerror. Pancake Pal would always be covered in syrup, even though nothing he touches get covered in it, just like Hashbrown Hank would always smell like fried potatoes. They didn't care if we ate the food they were similar to, but I didn't want to offend them in any way. Right before I could put the food on plates, I heard Deadlox call into the kitchen.
"I can hear the Breakfast Brigade, their down the street, headed this way. They're quieter than usual." I silently cursed as I covered the pans before walking into the living room and closing the kitchen door. Speak of the devil, there was a slow knock on the door not even a minute later. Max went to open it, but I got in front of him.
"Bad Mad Max, opening the door is my job." I ducked, dodging a punch and quickly opened the door. Bacon Man came inside without talking...odd. Pancake Pal followed, glancing worringly in my direction. Hashbrown Hank looked tired, he walked with a limp. Cereal Killer wasn't making any empty threats and his usually blood red eyes were dull. I didn't see Sausage Samaurai, and closed the door.
"Is everything okay?" Bacon Man suddenly turned, grabbing me by the collar of my shirt with one arm and lifting me off the ground a few feet. I winced from the pain in my side, but didn't say anything. He usually likes to show off his strength like this, but he is usually taunting me or something. He was silent, and I couldn't see his eyes under his hair from this angle. Pancake Pal put a hand on his shoulder.
"Come on Bacon Man, stop pretending everythings alright." I was even more confused now. I looked back at him. He was shaking, his free hand over his face. I knew he was crying.
"Bacon Man?" He then dropped me. I nearly fell, but caught myself. Now that I could see his eyes, they were as dull as Cereal Killers, maybe even more. "Whats going on?" He scowled.
"Squids happened." He spoke with venom in his voice. This was even more odd. He loved squids, and joined the Sky Army so he could get rid of their Emporor and lead them in the right path. If he spoke bad about them, something big must have happened. He then yelled. "The squids killed Sausage Samaurai!" Pancake Pal hugged him, making him go quiet.
"Don't yell like that, please." he didn't sound mad at Bacon Man, he sounded as though he was trying to calm him down. I gave him a sympathetic look. This must be the first death of a friend he's witnessed. It has to be why everyone but Pancake Pal looked horrible.
"Can you tell me what happened?" I asked quietly, trying not to make him mad. He suprisingly nodded.
"We were looking for pollution in the water when they attacked. I got Pancake Pal to safety, but when I returned to try and get the rest of them, Samaurai Sausage was...being torn to shreds by squids. They found the weak point that held him together, since he wasn't clay like us."
"He wasn't?" I couldn't help asking that question. He shook his head.
"He was made from rocks and melted iron. The sorcerror had run out of clay. Hashbrown Hank got his leg hurt, but I'm sure your sorcerror can fix it. I don't know if Cereal Killer got hurt, but he hasn't talked since it happened." I looked over at Cereal Killer. He was leaning against the wall, a blank look on his face. As his name implies, he's seen people die before, so what could be wrong with him? "I should have saw it coming. If I had listened to you about being prepared, none of this would have happened." I looked back at Bacon Man.
"Mistakes are something every leader makes, even if they think it was right at first." I say, glancing at Deadlox for a second.
"But why was I made the leader of this group? I goof off and never listen. You are strong, brave, and wise, everything in a leader." I sighed.
" I am strong because I have been weak. I am brave because I have felt fear. I am wise because I've made mistakes, and learned from them. I chose you to be the leader because you have potential. You are brave, you've shown that many times. You believe the squids could be good. You are strong in more than one way. Sure, you can lift me off the ground with one hand, but you also care for your team. You put your friends before yourself, trying to get them to safety. Do-"
"If I'm all of those things, why did Sausage Samurai die? I wasn't quick enough to get everyone to someplace where they wouldn't be hurt."
"Casualties are unfortunately a big part of any war. I'm sure he died while fighting for what we stand for." Hashbrown Hank spoke up, he even sounded tired.
"He did. If it wasn't for him, I could have lost my life as well." I looked at his leg. It looked as though it was covered in cracks.
"Hey Seto, could you fix his leg?" He nodded, and I turned back to Bacon Man. "He died for a reason, and that should mean something. It is your job as not only his friend, but comrade to make sure his sacrifice wasn't in vain. T-" I stopped talking in surprise when I was suddenly hugged by him. Maybe Deadlox was right, talking is far better than trying to make it okay with some spell.
"Stop hugging him like that, he has a gash on his side!" Deadlox whacked him on the head lightly with a book, giving me a proud look. He let go, not looking sorry. He seemed more like himself.
"What happened, get beat up by Herobrine?" I tried to hide a smile at his remark. Then, there was a cough from the stairs.
"Hero, get back to bed!" Ssundee called, making the Breakfast Brigade look towards the stairs. Hero was smiling, his eyes human. When Ssundee was coming up the stairs, he jumped over the railings, landing surprisingly graceful for being sick. "Hey, thats not fair."
"I'm fine Ssundee." He stated, walking towards Bacon Man. "I highly doubt it was Herobrine who beat him up." He said it boredly, easily hiding the fact that he was talking about himself.
"What makes you say that?" Bacon Man asked, and Herobrines smile grew.
"Because your looking at him." He turned his eyes back to the glowing white, causing Bacon Man to scream and kick him into the far wall, less than a foot away from where Jin was still trying not to vomit from being spun. I should have saw that coming, it must have hurt. Hero stood up after a few seconds, grabbing his shoulder and jerking it back into place with a loud crack. Bacon Man started to shake me, shouting.
"Why do you have a mass murderer in your house!?" I shrugged nonchalantly.
"Because he joined Team Crafted." I was picked off the ground again.
"How crazy can you be? I heard he killed thousands and kidnapped Captain Sparklez, Dan, Ant, and Caveman Films!" He shouted, fear in his voice. I had no idea he was afraid of Herobrine.
"You probably hadn't heard, huh?" Hero was standing a few feet away from us. His eyes were back to human, and he had a sad look on his face.
"What haven't I heard, monster?" Bacon Man growled, but Hero seemed unfazed.
"For starters, I didn't kidnap them. The squids had some sort of plan. They made Captain Sparklez possessed by a sword and...lets just say Caveman Films didn't make it. They should be the ones to tell you, its their buissiness." Bacon Man set me on the ground, facing Hero completely.
"What do you mean Caveman Films didn't make it? He is a great fighter, he wouldn't be killed permanetly in the Nether!" He jabbed Hero in the chest with a finger. "Your probably lying about it and waiting to kill everyone when they have their guard down." Hero sighed, looking at the ground.
"Think what you want about me, but I don't lie about things like this. Caveman Films died in my castle. It wasn't by me though, so drop it." He spoke forcefully, keeping his voice calm. He growled, not at Bacon Man, but at himself. Was something going on in his head? A thought came to my mind, and I got between the two of them.
"Alright, thats enough. Why don't we just tell you why he's with us Bacon Man?" He nodded, and I began to explain.
-Hiya, this is the next chapter to the story. It took awhile because I wanted to get my sister to read it first. Because I got her to read this chapter and next one I have started writing, she kind of added a curse word in the next chapter. I would have tooken it out, but it fits perfectly with whats going to happen. I hope you have had a great day and have some free cookies! (::) (::) (::) (::)