"Okay there, all done!" I take a step back and look over our work. It's pretty darn good for the fact Axel generally smashes glass whenever it's close to him.

"I still think it's a little too safe. Can't we just let the lava run free? Lava has rights too y'know."

I chuckle and raise an eyebrow at the big green goof. "Uh, no Axel. I'm pretty sure lava doesn't have rights. And that would be incredibly hazardous to the people."

"Oh come on, they should know how to avoid lava. It shouldn't be our fault that they're stupid and walked into lava." I huff and walk back to the Order Hall, Axel joining me.

"How about you tell Petra that, and find out what her opinion is on the matter."

"Uhh... y'know, it's fine as it is. No need to tear it down now that it's built."

A memory pops up, and I open my mouth... before I think how Axel might react. It could be good, but there's still a chance that he will react negatively. Jesse's the one who calms him down, so perhaps I should just wait until we met back up.

"What's ya thinkin' about?"

"Nothing!" It looks like my lying skills are as bad as ever.

"Aww Olivia..." Axel jabs my side, a fit of giggles raising up. "You aren't keeping secrets from me are you?"

Axel is smirking, so whatever my answer, he already knows I'm keeping something from him. So I just sigh and say what's on my mind. "I heard a citizen say that they saw Lukas come in today, he's probably in the Treasure Hall right now."

I stop, right in front of the Order Doors, to gage his reaction. To my surprise he just shrugs. "Cool, it's been awhile since we've seen that cat."

"You aren't still bitter are you?" I flick the switch to open the doors, my handiwork.

"Of course not. He choose to stand by us and it's clear that Aiden turned his back on him. I kinda feel bad for him... I don't know what I would do if you or Jesse ever did stuff like that to me."

I lightly punch his shoulder. "Well it's a good thing we aren't Aiden and will never do that to each other."

We smile at each other and walk in the empty Treasure Hall. Neither of us falter and continue to walk, now heading towards the kitchen. Ivor did say to do lunch, clearly also while talking about the enchanted flint and steel.

But they aren't in there either, and this really terrible feeling starts to crawl up my back. I hastily turn out of that room and check the other rooms. Axel must have figured out what I'm doing, and went to check the bedrooms.

Every single room is empty though. Empty! I would've known if Jesse left, he would've told me. I mutter under my breath, Ivor could have something to do about this. I wouldn't put it past him to drag him and Petra, and possibly Lukas, into something they didn't know they were getting themselves into.

Axel walks into the Treasure Room and shakes his head. I groan and sit down on the steps. I can tell that he isn't comfortable with this either, but Axel shuts most of his emotions in him. Unless it's anger, but he thinks others will call him stupid if he tries to express his true emotions.

Axel takes a seat too. "He'll come back. Jesse wouldn't leave us behind for too long."

"I'm just worried that Ivor dragged him and Petra into some new dangerous thing."

"Can't say he's my favorite person. But Ivor seems like he needs a lot of motivation to break routine."

My eyebrows shoot up. "Why do you say that?"

He just shrugs and looks ahead. "Well, it took him years to do something about the lies about the old Older and only started to work with us when he couldn't handle the Wither Storm himself."

"Clever little griever." I smile at him and returns a playful one.

"Did you just call me little?" His voice is threatening, but his face totally gives him away.

"Would you rather be called 'Axel the Clever Little Griever' or 'Axel the Big Green Softy'?" He pushes me my side as I laugh. He stands and shows off his muscles, trying not to look little or soft.

"Neither, I'd go with 'Axel the Mighty'!" That's all it takes for another set of laughter to bubble up.

~

It's been three days, three days since Jesse disappeared. I don't think we've ever been separated that long since we've met. My life feels so strange without seeing groggy green eyes stumble into the kitchen for breakfast or his undying energy usually dragging me throughout the day when he finally wakes up.

"Don't sulk Olivia." I roll my head over to Axel. Who is, as per Sunday tradition, eating pie for breakfast.

"I'm just worried. Who knows what could've happened since they've left!" This always happens. I blow up at the tiniest things once stress starts getting to me. Jesse usually always calls me down, but him not being here is the cause of all my anxiety.

"Have some pie, you'll feel better." Axel pushes some pie over to me, but I just swat it off the table.

"I don't want pie! I want Jesse back! It's weird without him here." Axel sighs but says nothing. I drink my milk and he eats his pie, the room silent except for the small noises we make. At point thought, he looks up at me.

"How about we do something new?" His unibrow scrunched downward in thought. "It'll feel weird too and distract us."

I'm about to snap back at him, when he gives me a great idea! "Axel, that's brilliant!"

He goes bug eyed. "It is?"

"Yes! We could start making improvements to the town! Not only will it feel weird for people to actually be happy with us when we talk to them, but Jesse will be so shocked when he gets back!" I smile, it's the perfect plan of action.

"Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's go." He takes the last of his pie to go and we both walk out the door, happy again for the time being.

~

It's now been three weeks since Jesse, Petra, Ivor, and as we've gathered, Lukas have vanished. In that time, we've managed to upgrade the gate, help countless citizens with building new homes or making existing ones bigger, cut down forests of trees, while replanting, for wood for all the builds, and we even made a recreation of the creeper statue that won at Endercon.

We've been happy to help all those people out... but I can't help but feel so depressed. Days starting to slowly blur together, as I constantly fret about where Jesse is and what has happened to him. At least with the Wither Storm we always knew where the other's were.

I sigh, and lean against the window. Just watching droplets of rain fall outside for a moment before my thoughts swirl back up. I'm grateful to Axel for everything he's done, but it's starting to get to him too.

There are now bags under his eyes, and he'll just zone out when I'm talking to him. I guess he does to that to strangers a lot, but not to me, not to the people he cares about. Axel's sweet tooth has particularly died now too. He can't stand the sight of cookies or cake anymore without thinking of Jesse.

We haven't even seen each other today. I've stayed in my room the entire day because I really don't feel like working in this weather. I'm assuming he's in his room too, because usually he would check up on me.

I wonder if he's dead. I know it's bad for me to think such pessimistic thoughts, and I genuinely tried to resist them, but it's so hard. I know Jesse would be thinking about us and trying to get back to us any way he can, but he can't do that if he's dead.

Yet Jesse defeated the Wither Storm! He doesn't go down easy. Not only that, but he has Petra and Lukas on his side. Petra's way too stubborn to die and Lukas would be able to think his way out of nearly any situation. Ivor there too... and while I don't want him to die, I admit I'm more worried about the others.

Even the citizens too are starting to get a bit restless. We kept telling them for days that Jesse and Petra went to go do something private and just left it at that. At first it was hot gossip, about what private things Jesse and Petra could be doing. But when they just never showed up, everyone started to get on edge.

Some people have even flat out asked us if he died. We used to tell them so many times and how strong Jesse is that we would nearly convince ourselves that he could never die. They would leave smiling, thinking their fears weren't true.

But now we avoid that question. Changing the topic or finding an excuse to leave. Now we've started to accept that our friends may be dead, and we are both terrible liars. It might start a few rumors, us refusing to answer, but fear would break out if we tried to lie.

I focus on the water droplets rolling down the window, and only now do I notice that tears are rolling down my cheeks. I lift a hand to wipe them, but just let it fall. Instead just curl into a tight ball and begin to sob.

"I w-wish... I wi-" My own sob cuts me off, as my body starts to shake. I take my head out of my knees and look up at the blank ceiling. As if answers would suddenly come down from above.

"Sometimes I wish...."

****

So, do you think Olivia wished Jesse never left them or that they went with him? It could go either way depending how you view Olivia.

But it was really fun to write! Olivia's character was so easy to write, probably because I could relate with this topic, and I'm not complaining though! Axel though turned out to be more thoughtful and sensitive in this oneshot. I liked that though, I think of it as a side he only shows to Olivia and Jesse. The two people who would never make fun of him about it.

That's all from me today! And tomorrow I'll give ya The New and the Old Order! See you then!