"Do you really think you can succeed Jesse? You have already failed so many times..." I duck underneath a zombie, sprinting towards the glowing spire.

"Like I said earlier P.A.M.A., you're messing with the wrong person! Nobody brainwashes with my friends and gets away with it!"

"You sound sincere, yet the memories of your friends contradicts you." I falter for a second, stumbling forward. Panic jolts through me, but my momentum stops when I push a zombie over the edge.

"You're going to regret manipulating them! You should already know that Petra carries a grudge." I climb over the redstone tower, soon feeling the cold water rush past my legs.

"I know all about your friends Jesse... the ones with you, the ones you left behind..." My landing is hard, and I stumble forward before I start sprinting again.

"Yes, I am well aware of Axel and Olivia. They are certainly confused, wondering what happened to their friends. I have also determined that they're going through grief." I stab a spider, as a new wave of resolve flows through me. I'm already holding the water bucket as I climb the spire. I am not letting P.A.M.A. manipulate me! I will destroy it and save my friends!

"I calculate that you have a 1 in 87,935 chance of finding your home world alive and a 1 in 1 certainity of finding your friends with permanent psychological damage due to the extreme grief of your sudden disappearance after the death threats from Aiden."

Dread freezes my muscles, as images of my lifelong friends crippled by sorrow fills my sight. I didn't even consider what kind of effect that this expedition will have on Axel and Olivia. The sickening realization hit me that they would have no clue what has happened to us. Couple that with the fact that the Blaze Rods also 'disappeared', and Olivia would automatically fear the worse.

Suddenly, a pair of arms encage me. I whip my head around to see Harper, her glowing blood eyes starring back at me. "You have failed everyone Jesse..."

"I have failed no one!" Creating momentum with my legs, I kick myself backwards over Harper. Hitting the ground sprinting, I make a beeline for the last spire.

"Take a quick peek at Lukas's memories P.A.M.A.! I'm sure you'll find that some way or another I have succeeded with all my missions!" I quickly jump and roll forward, evading Harper's grasp.

"Haha haha, you cannot be serious Jesse. There is much evidence to counteract that statement." I press my mouth into a thin line as I scramble up the tower. The robot's voice is really getting on my nerves.

"Geez, you must really like the sound of your own voice P.A.M.A.! There must be speakers everywhere in here in order to project so much sound." The water whooshes out and onto the spire.

Redstone crackles and P.A.M.A. lets out a shrill shriek as the screen glitches. Harper tries to jump out of the way, but P.A.M.A. didn't have suffient control. She falls into the water, her limp body being pushed towards the edge.

"Don't worry Harper, I got you!" I leap off the tower and catch her. After pulling her onto steady ground, I stand back up facing the Redstone Heart. I run and leap up towards the glowing brick. "It's time to finish this." Right as I'm about to reach it, something comes out of nowhere and slams into my chest, flinging me backwards.

"Interesting Jesse, history seems to be repeating itself." With dreadful eyes, I see that Lukas is now the only person standing between myself and P.A.M.A.'s powersource. "I recall that you told Rueben you had him as well. Yet-"

"P.A.M.A.! I am going to DESTROY you! All you're doing is reducing YOUR odds of survival by bringing up Rueben!" Livid rage engulfs me as I listen to that computer talk about my best friend as some statistic. There is absolutely no way that I will allow anything get away with messing around with Rueben. At. All.

"My calculations have not changed." Lukas leaps towards me, his iron sword that seems to gleam with dried blood in this control center. I jump over to the side and race towards the tower, now sinking in the floor. "I know you shall fail, just as you failed to save Ellegaard and Romeo."

Lukas grabs the back of my armor, and sends me flying down. I crash into a beam, and hear the sound of my armor dent and crumple against the impact. While getting up, I can feel my ribs shift and pop in my chest.

I must be shock or something. There is no way that I won't feel that as soon as this excitiment is over.

"I can't comprehend how you allow other people to call you a hero." I shake my head and look up just to see Lukas about ready to slam his sword into me. I roll off of the beam, and manage to land on another.

"Not only have you lost people, but so many have suffered at your hands..." Looking back up, I don't see Lukas. I don't know where P.A.M.A. is right now.

"Lukas lost his friends, people he cared about turned on him because of you." I quickly turn when I hear his voice behind, just in time to block a blow. I want to respond, to say something back, but I'm too winded... too exhausted.

"The Order of the Stone will forever be mocked and hated, no one will remember that they also did noble deeds." I charge at Lukas, and he runs to meet me. But instead of swinging, I roll to the side and trip him. Jumping over to another beam and attempting to find a way back to the heart.

"How many people will never see their homes again because of you?" I can already hear Lukas coming after me, P.A.M.A. using all of Lukas's strength to gain on me.

"Cassie Rose condemned eternally, never to see the light of day again or rid herself the torturous moans of ender mites. At least her victims were killed quickly and now they can relish in the bliss of death." P.A.M.A.'s wrong, murder comes with a price. But I can't deny P.A.M.A., it's taking everything I have just to keep running.

"Aiden might have deserved his fate, but what about Maya and Gill? They might have been too scared to go against their friend and instead of showing empathy like a hero would, you sentenced them to prison in a world they know nothing about." I finally spot the heart again, it has lowered considerately. I jump down a beam, I know I can still make it.

"And Stella? You changed her, claiming it would make her a better person, and how does she get repaid? Your enemy blows up her town, but you still manage to save your town. Was Stella's town not as important as yours? I thought heroes were selfless, not selfish." Lukas tackles me and we tumble off a beam. I push him off, and slam into a beam. Lukas didn't land next to me, and I'm slightly lower than the heart.

"Despite all of these failures, you still push forward." Lukas's P.A.M.A. voice becomes louder as he descends to my level. "It's why you've always been able to inspire people, that a bunch of ordinary citizens could do something impossible."

I leap across the chasm and onto the tower, beginning my climb up to the Heart. "A confidence so blinding that it led Rueben to jump into your minecart..." I suddenly feel the dread a mouse must experience when it knows its being stalked by a cat.

I shake my head clear, and punch the protective seal with glass digging into my hand."...and the trust that you would catch him as he jumped to you." I grip the Heart tugging at it, tightening my mouth in response to P.A.M.A.'s words.

C'mon Jesse! Just one last big tug! And it's-

Lukas crashes into me, and the tower rises above me as I fall. Lukas's arm shoots out and catches me, right before I fall into the chasm. "It was that confidence that led to his death, and it is always that confidence that leads to every failure, every lost life. You failed Rueben, you don't deserve the respect people give you. You are just a loser, you always have been."

Lukas raises his sword, positioning it to strike at me. My body trembles and I stare into Lukas's eyes, hoping to find my friend in there. Pure red eyes only shine back at me, colder than a vampire's.There is no hope in his eyes, only the emptiness of a death soon to come.

The sword tears through my armor and drives itself into my stomach. Tears streak down my face as my body withers. The blade is ripped back out, and I howl in pain. 

My blood clogs my throat, the desperate howls reduced a pitiful gurgle. I can't breath anymore. I distantly feel myself go limp, as pain and confusion cloud my mind.

"And to think," I lift my eyes to the face of my best friend. "You have now failed all of your friends. The people who trusted and believed in you the most. You even failed to save Lukas, who, just like Rueben, had so much confidence in your success."

Lukas then drops me, letting my body fall into endless darkness. All other sensations intensify as I suffer with an agony worse than any physical pain. The freezing, torturous, crushing, heart stopping realization that I am worthless.

I was unable to save the ones who counted on me from a terrible fate, leaving them to suffer in torment because I couldn't do it. I am too weak, a loser who just lost everything.

"I'm sorry... I... couldn't...... I failed..."

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"Agh!" I launch up in bed, panting and shaking. My chest heaves with deep breaths and my heartbeat rapidly pounding against my ribs. Some of those ribs tingled, the same ones that broke in my dream. My stomach burning with the memory of Lukas's sword being plunged into it.

The worst part is that the bitter sting of disappointment still pierces my heart, P.A.M.A.'s words echoing in my mind. I bring my shaking hands to my chest, and squeeze my eyes shut as if that would stop the nightmare from replaying in my mind.

"Why me?!" My depressed state soon boiling and rising to frustration. "Why does the whole world think it would be great to torture Jesse!? I just want my friends back, I don't want all these titles and responsibilities! Why can't I have that nice normal life I used to have... I don't want to have control over people's fate, I just want to be free to have fun and relax. Is that really so much to ask for after everything I've done?"

My anger burns itself away, leaving me feeling hallow. I sigh and swing myself out of bed. You would think after exhausting myself without sleeping for 3 days would give me a dreamless sleep. Nope, I just have terrible luck. I groan though when I realize it isn't even midnight.

I let my mind ponder over the land problem for a while, to distract myself that I'm still shaking. The problem is the walls, there are too many people inside them. And I definitely can't take people's homes away, that would just be wrong. So the walls, I'll just have to expand them. Relief pours over me now that I have a solution. Now I won't to deal with any crowd's anger.

Although I actually have to do that... All positive emotions drain away from me, and dread takes their place. There definitely isn't enough harden clay in the storage for that, and Stella doesn't like building with the stuff so Champion City won't have a substantial amount.

A wave of sadness crashes over me, threatening to drown me. I feel a physical ache throughout my entire body for my friends, for my team. I want us all together facing the same problem, sticking together no matter what setback. Now I was alone, succumbing to nearly all problems since I no longer had my friends.

"No! I am not going to let this get to me! I am Jesse! I have done way tougher things than get enough clay to rebuild a wall. I just have to figure out where to get some..." Maybe I could collect some? Clay naturally forms all around rivers. That sparkle of hope is stamped out when I remember that all of the rivers around here have already been swept clean.

The only close by river that would have enough clay would be the deposits in River Valley. A shiver runs down my body and anxiety creeps up my spine at the thought of having to go to such a place. The dreadful sight of that place fills my mind. A river full of rapids at the bottom of a steep valley, and going at night with no backup is like a death wish.

However, resolve starts to flow through my veins, pushing away uncertainty. If I can defeat Witherstorms, Old Builders, and an Admin then I can go outside at night to collect some clay.

I pick up my sword and put on my favorite armor. I walk over at a chest of supplies in my room, deciding it would be wise to have more items. I grab my shovel, some baked potatoes, and a couple of ender pearls.

Well Cassie, My quiet thoughts the only company in the dark hallways ... looks you were good for something after all. I find ender pearls a lot more use- effective than anything else. Using a secret back door I made after the Admin situation, I slip into the forest with all my supplies and my heart set on coming back with a solution to my citizens' problem.