Chapter five: Caves and Deals
(Sorry for the long wait but I was having a hard time writing the cave talking scene, but I finished it, Yay. Now let's begin.)
Jesse and Petra continued running before spotting a cave, and they walked inside. Jesse looked around the cave seeing that there's barely any light. "Come here, I have something to show you." Petra announced as they head in.
"Not that this is a creepy-dimly lit up cave, but how far is this thing you want to show me?" Jesse questioned, unsure about where they're headed.
"Be careful Jesse. You don't want to get a reputation as a wimp." Petra warned to which Jesse frowned and placed her hands on her hips, "This isn't my first time in a cave, Petra."
A mischievous grin twitches over Petra's lips, "Yeah, but have you ever seen a Wither Skull?" Petra said as she pulled out a dark skull form her pockets, showing it to Jesse. Jesse's eyes widen in surprise, seeing the skull first hand.
"Fresh from the nether. You're the first person I showed it to." Petra announced to her; "That's insane. You could've gotten yourself killed." Jesse said concerned about her friend.
Petra smiled at her and reassure her, "Don't worry about me so much, I can handle myself." She put the skull back in her inventory before they started to walk, "There's this guy I'm meeting up at Endercon. He's going to trade me a diamond for it."
Jesse looked away trying to hide the nerves look on her face. Ivor didn't have a diamond, and gave her lapis instead. Also the fact that he will make the Witherstorm because of her skull, but... Jesse can't tell Petra to not give Ivor the Wither Skull. Because it needs to be built for Jesse and her friends to be heros, to find the Old Builder's temple, as well as stopping Hadrian with the competitions so that the teams can go home.
And for... Reuben to-to...
Jesse quickly shock that thought away before asking Petra, "So why didn't he just get the skull himself?" Petra shrugged and answered, "He doesn't seem like the type of guy to do something like that."
"Then what type of guy is he then?" Jesse asked, acting like she doesn't know who Petra's buyer was. "He's the type of guy that knows the value of hard work."
"... wow." Jesse breathed out in a nearly quiet and admired way.
Petra turned to look at her and came to a complete stop, her brown eyes narrowed at her in confusion. "Wow... what?"
"I-in a single day, you went to the Nether, killed a Wither Skeleton. I mean, I did build a super cool statue, still... it's pretty sweet to be you, huh?" Jesse explained smiling at her, knowing that she's a very cool friend.
Petra thought for a moment, before she suggested, "You know... you could come with me, if you want."
"Sure." Jesse said with a small sly smile on her face, "I will be honored, to be your back up."
Petra looked at Jesse in confusion, "You know you don't have to make a big deal out of-"
"'You can come with me'." Jesse interrupted her with a goofy smile on her face. "I know, I was there. It was amazing."
"I'm... kinda having second thoughts on this." Petra mumbled with a concern look.
The two of them came to a stop right by a crafting table. Jesse turned to Petra and asked, "So you just, keep a crafting table down here?" Petra shrugged. "Comes in handy. Since your wooden sword got busted..."
Jesse looked at the crafting table, then back at her friend. "So your letting me make a new one?"
Petra smiled at Jesse, "Yep. Just get everything you need in the chest over there," and she pointed at the chest next to the crafting table.
"Sweet." Jesse said before trotting over to the chest and opened it. She then asked Petra, "Hey, is all this stuff your's?"
"No, I stole it from whoever was dumb enough to leave it here." Petra sarcastically said before saying, "Of course it's mine."
Jesse sheepishly chuckle and said, "Just... making sure." She then grabbed a few sticks and stone blocks. "Yes, jackpot." Jesse then head to the crafting table to place the pieces and.
She made a lever.
"Jesse. A lever's not going to do you much good in a fight." Petra sighed. Jesse then explained, "I mean, you never know when you need to... open a locked door." Jesse went back to the table and made the sword.
"See? Isn't it better when you make it yourself?" Petra grinned at her. Jesse nodded and put her new sword away in her inventory, grinning back at Petra. They walked out of the cave, and see a bridge in front of them heading into the town; and then they saw lights from the town in the distance.
"Hey, check it out." Petra pointed out, "Endercon's all lit up." Jesse looked up, and saw fireworks lighting up the shy above the convention.
"No way, we won!" Jesse pumped her fist in the air, making Petra smiled at her in amusement. "Axel was right, everyone loves a creeper."
"Good for you Jesse," Petra responded, sounding encouraging.
Jesse put her hands on her hips, even though she didn't want to talk about anything bad about Lukas. But she had to do it to keep Petra from being suspicious, "It's about time we beat Lukas and his gang of jerks. What kind of stupid name is the Ocelots anyway?"
Petra shrugged before suggesting, "You know, Lukas can be kinda arrogant, but... he's come through for me in some tough situations. I'm just saying, you may want to get to know him... just in case."
Jesse thought about this before saying, "Yeah, you might be right."
"I'm just saying. If you see him, try talking to him." Petra said
Jesse frowned at her and informed, "I don't need a lecture on the power of collaboration, Petra."
"How about a lecture on the power of my fist? It's short but deadly." Petra teased, causing Jesse to chuckle at her statement.
"Now come on, let's get to Endercon." Petra informed as they walk on the bridge. "Remember what Endercon was like before it was cool?"
"Remember what we were like before we were cool?" Jesse asked, Petra chuckles at that statement, "Some of us will never be cool."
They stopped in the middle of the bridge hearing a loud hissing sound. Their eyes widen to see a crowd of creepers approaching them.
"Creepers!" Jesse screamed as she backed away. Petra turned around the other way and let a loud annoyed groan, seeing zombies from behind them.
"Crap." Jesse squeaked as she saw the long deep drop below them.
"Well, there's only one way off this bridge..." Petra said, unsteadily. "Whatever we do, we do it together."
Jesse looked at the mobs, then at the water. She had to make a choice to either fight through the mobs or getting away safely with the water below. She thought about it before coming up with her decision. "Alright, let's jump."
Petra nodded her head, and the two of them jumped right before a creeper exploded. They fell down to the water and dove into it.
Jesse shivered at the cold feeling of the water on her. Petra looked at her before saying, "Alright let's go, and follow me." Jesse nodded and followed Petra.
A few moments later
Jesse and Petra walked into Endercon, Jesse looked around with a worried expression on her face. "Just let me know if you spot Reuben anywhere." She informed Petra.
Petra reinsures her, "He's gotta be around here somewhere."
Jesse looked around before she mumbled, "I hope you're right."
"Okay so," Petra continued, starting to sound more business-like, "When we're making the deal, I need you to... let me do all the talking, okay?"
"Sure," Jesse nodded beaming a small smile at her, having her full attention. "I'll let you handle it."
"And, if you wanna be really useful, try to look intimidating." Petra suggested to the black-haired girl.
"Like this?" Jesse asked and then made a not so serious face and made a small growl.
Petra snickers at her attempt on being intimidating and said, "I'm less scared of you than scared for you."
Jesse nervously chuckled and rubbed the back of her head. Then she saw Olivia and Axel by their build.
"Jesse!" Axel greeted as Jesse walked towards them. Olivia then noticed Petra with her and had to say her sentence, "And... Petra?" She said, trying to sound shock.
"Hey. You all know Petra, my new super close friend. We're super close now." Jesse smirked at them. To which Olivia and Axel raised an eyebrow at her, and Petra palm-face at what Jesse had just said.
"We... ran into each other, while I was looking for Reuben." Jesse answered to cover up her embarrassment from before. Axel sighed and asked, "Couldn't find him, huh?"
"He'll turn up sooner or later, I just know it." Olivia said, reinsuring Jesse that he will be around here.
"I did found him," Jesse reminded her, "but before I knew it, we were under attack by a zombie horde. I told him to run... it was for his own good." Her voice was getting a little bit sad.
"What were you doing in the woods Petra?" Axel asked to which Petra answered, "Nothing. Just drawn by Jesse's high-pitched screams."
"I would've been spider bait if she hadn't found me." Jesse agreed about that, before Axel felt bad for Jesse, "Sorry to hear that Jesse."
"But hey," Olivia said, in a overly happy tone, "we won!"
They turned to see the creeper build in all its glory. Axel's face collapse into a small frown. "Abandoning friends in their time of need paid off yet again."
Olivia shrugged before saying, "Hmm, we did alright didn't we." Jesse smiled at them before she explained, "Hey, I'm proud of you guys."
Axel smiled at her then let out a small chuckle, "Aww, shucks." He joked to her.
Olivia smiled at Jesse, "Don't make me blush..." then her expression went more deadpan. "Seriously. Don't."
Jesse lightly smiled at her, before Petra realized the time and reminded Jesse, "Hey Jesse, it's time to do that... thing."
Jesse blinked at her in confusion for a moment. "Huh-? Oh right. The... thing."
"Real subtle, like a punch to the face." Olivia looked at her with an unamused face before saying, "Anyway, we'll see you inside later?"
"I'm going to head to the map booth to get that free cake." Axel responded cheerfully, grinning at Jesse as he headed out. Olivia rolled her eyes before heading out to see the rest of the convention.
"Come on," Petra said walking to Jesse and pointed to an alleyway, "We're support to meet in that alley over there."
Jesse and Petra headed to the dark alley that they were suppose to meet up with Ivor, but Jesse still thinks that this place was a little shady. "Dark, dark. Very dark in here." Jesse mumbled to herself.
Petra stopped and look around and noticed that the person wasn't here. "That's odd. He said the dark, creepy alley close to the gates. But he's not here."
"A-are you sure this is the creepy alley he meant?" Jesse asked, but she knows very well that this is the spot, and he was just late.
"I... was?" Petra muttered to herself before turning to Jesse and explained, "Okay new plan. You stay here, in case this is the spot he meant, and I'll go look around."
Jesse slightly frowned at this because it's nearly time for the Witherstorm. "I mean I could've heard him wrong. Then again, I never gotten a meet up spot wrong before," Petra mumbled to herself in thought.
"Something about this feels off to me." Jesse admits to Petra. Petra just looked at her and informed her, "All of my secret deals feel off, that's why I keep them a secret."
"I'll be back before you know it, and if he shows up, just stall for me." Petra said to her as she walked out. Jesse just sighed, a bit worried about what will happen next.
Jesse then looked to her left and saw a chest that Ivor left with the reward until Petra made the deal. 'Maybe I should take a small peek, just in case.' Jesse thought as she walked to the chest, went on her knees and opened it. And saw a lapis gem inside.
"Good," Jesse whispered under her breath seeing that the thing was still in there. "It's still here."
"Jesse?"
Jesse rapidly turned around and let out a 'eep' in surprise, causing her to nearly fall to the ground.
A shadowed figure arrived before heading into the light. Seeing a guy with black, glossy hair and beard, lapis blue eyes, a olive green robe-like coat, a leather belt, with a lapis gem in the middle of the golden belt buckle, and messy boots. It was none other then Ivor.
"Is that really you?" He asked, hopefully.
Started: 4/12/17 Finished: 4/16/17
(Well that went okay. Hopefully I can do better with trying these chapters, and we'll see what happens in the next chapter. Bye.)