"Gravel? No. Dirt? Don't think so..." Lukas said, digging through a chest on his knee. He closed it and stood up, somewhat shocked to see me standing behind him.

"Lukas, what are you doing?" I asked

"I told you, I'm going after my friends. If Gabriel's right, my friends could still be out there."

"But, you're apart of our team. We need you to keep us from falling apart."

"Yeah but, that reminds me of why I left my old team. Look. You and I make a great team. I'd even go out of my way and call us friends. I hope you understand." and just like that, he walked away.

I thought a bit. There's a no-so-high chance of them not surviving and if Lukas goes out there, Notch knows what could happen. Then again, what if Gabriel's wrong. He hasn't exactly been himself lately.

I ran up to Lukas who was outside the cave right about to mount his horse. "Lukas, wait" He turned around, facing me. It started to snow. "Before you go...er- IF you go. Consider this. There's not a huge chance they're still out there. Plus, your friends are tough. Even if they are still alive, they're tough, they can handle themselves. Trust me."

He thought about it for a bit. "I trust you. I just hope you're right"

I let out a huge sigh of relief. For a moment, I thought he was going to leave us. "If ANYTHING were to happen to you, I don't know how I'd handle it."

"Yeah...me too." he smiled. His cheeks were slightly pink, but I thought it was because it was cold out here.

"Lukas I-" I began. Almost immediately was cut off by a kiss. The world around us, for a moment dissapeared. For a moment, the world wasn't ending. For a moment, no one was sick or dying. For a moment, It was just us.

Then that moment passed