At around six in the morning, I woke up to find that Sparkley pants was lying to me.
Allergies. He might as well have said he was lying, it was so obvious.
His coughing and hacking woke me up, and I turned over to him with a smirk on my face.

"How about them allergies huh?"

"Shut-" he had another coughing fit. His eyes were kinda swollen and he had a wet nose, he was definitely sick.

"Alright, lay back down. I'll go get medicine from Dec."

"There's no time, we have to go to the inertia today. I'll be fine, don't worry-" more coughing interrupted him.

"We'll make time. You're sick and you need medicine, that's that."

Our communicators beeped at the same time. Sparklez groaned and laid back down on the bed, pulling the covers over his head.

I picked mine up from the night stand and checked my messages.

'1 message from OMGitsfirefoxx'
"Missions been post phoned...bad news. Steve's been captured. Come to Ianites house for more info, were already there. I'm sorry Tom."

I felt like a truck going 90 miles an hour just hit me.
Steve.

He's in the inertia.

He's gone.

"What did it say? Do we have to leave now?" Sparklez asked from underneath the blanket.

My temper began to rise.
"No good Mianite loving freaks, bunch of stupid idiots that have to get their way every freaking turn, I'll kill every last shit head in that place..."

Sparklez removed the covers from his face and looked to me.

"What? What's happened? Tom what's wrong?"

He sat up beside me and out a hand on my arm.

"They got Steve...why did I let him go..." Regret filled me. I let him go that day. I should have tried everything in my power to get him back. But I didnt.

He turned to his side of the bed and dug out his communicator from a drawer on a nearby shelf.
I watched as he checked the message, his face falling as he did.

"We'll get him back. We will." I assured myself.

Everything was gonna be fine.

But my mind couldn't help but list all of the possibilities of what's going to happen to Steve.

"Come on, let's go to Ianites house. We can get more information on what exactly happened."

~

I gripped Sparklez hand tighter as they read off Steve's letter. Any tighter, and I might break his hand, but I couldn't help it. Steve is like a dad to me, he took care of me when I was in need of help.

And they took him, like it was nothing.

Clipped off his wings, he had said in the letter. It must have been so painful...
As Wag read off the last part of the letter, Martha broke out into loud sobs. Ianite was trying to comfort her, holding her and brushing her hair lightly, but it didn't seem to help her.

"H-he was f-fine wh-when I l-left!" She sobbed into her mothers arms.

I felt like crying too. But I didn't, surprisingly. My mind was in more shock than sadness I guess.

"Tom?" Sparklez whispered to me. We were sitting on a small couch in Ianites living room. The others stood or sat on a random stool or chair.

"Y-yeah?" I whispered back.

"You're hurting me...I can't feel my hand."

I immediately let go and apologized. I need to get out of here.

Ianite said we were definitely going tomorrow. But I felt weak and useless, I didn't feel like I could stand at all, let alone fight.

Sparklez scooted a bit closer to me, while the others talked about disguises and roles they had to play when sneaking into the inertia.

"Are you okay? You look really pale," he whispered again.

"I need to get out of this room, or I might have an episode in here."

He didn't say another word as he helped me up from the couch and we began walking towards the door. The others glanced at us, but said nothing. They understood what I was going through.

We walked out onto the endstone, heading towards the small forest that surrounded Ianites house. The end was dark and eerie, which made me feel even more uneasy.

When we got a good distance away from the house, I let out everything.
I told Sparklez to stay away for a minute or two. I didn't want him to see me so full of rage and hate.
I cursed, screamed, hit anything in sight, and my body felt like it was on fire.
The episode went on for a good ten minutes. I was completely exhausted after it.

I walked back to where I had told Sparklez to wait, and he was sitting cross legged on an old tree stump.
His head were propped on his hands and he was staring in-tentatively at something in the sky. His eyes were still a bit red, and he was sniffling. I keep forgetting he's really sick.

"Hey...sorry that happened. I didn't really want to do that."

"Come here, come look at this." He waved me over, his voice was really nasally.

I stood beside him, but I saw nothing. Just a bunch of trees.

"What? I don't see anything, just trees."

"Look in the trees, look what's inside," he smiled and sniffled while he pointed at one of the trees.

I looked closer, and saw just what he was so interested in.

There were owls hiding in the trees, their yellow eyes shining in the darkness.

"Oh wow! I've never seen owls before!"

"Neither have I, they're beautiful."

Sparklez scooted over on the large tree stump and patted the empty space beside him. I sat down, and we watched for awhile at the hooting owls.

My head leaned on his shoulder, I really was tired.

"Have you got all of your anger out? Cause I think Ianite needs our help with something, she sent me a message that said she needed us and quick."
He coughed lightly.

"Why didn't you tell me?!" I raised my head up.

"I was gonna wait until you calmed down a little, you can't help anyone if your head isn't clear," he smiled, his voice was really dry. He's such a dork.

The owls began to fly off, but I wasn't sure why.

We got up and started jogging in the direction of the house. Before we even got near the place, we could hear Ianites shouts of anger.

"OUT! GET OUT NOW! YOU STUPID PESTS! GIVE ME MY BOOKS BACK!" I heard her yell.

We finally reached the end of the forest, to see Lady Ianite throwing rocks at a herd of owls, which were carrying glowing books.

The others just kinda stood behind her, amazed at the very sight of the owls like me and Sparklez.

They finally flew away, leaving a very frustrated Ianite.

"They stole all of my books! My diaries! I could kill those pests!"

"Why do they want books?" Wag asked confused.

"I don't have a clue! I forgot how infuriating they are..."

"Uh we could get them back for you my lady?" Sparklez chimed in.

"Oh that would be wonderful! Ooooo! Let's make a game out of it! Whoever gets the first five sets of a book, gets one wish! No matter what the price! But please...nothing too extreme? I am still very weak."

We all nodded and agreed.
~
"Ha! I won! Suck it Tucker!" I stuck the blue flower in Tucker's face and he rolled his eyes.

"Wow, a blue flower. What a wish."

"It's not just any flower, look at the name tag boy!"

The name tag read 'Toms blue balls.'

He laughed and hunched over clutching his stomach. The others just stood awkwardly, not understanding the joke.

"I fought off like ten owls for nothing? I'm very disappointed..." Wag said shaking his head.

"I'll give you all some cobalt, for armor! Come inside my house and retrieve it, it's in the chests by the front door!"

Everyone went inside, but I didn't.

I didn't see Sparklez anywhere. He hadn't come back yet.

I walked into the forest, towards the direction of where Sparklez went.

After several minutes of walking in the same path he chose and not seeing a single thing, I decided to turn around and ask Ianite if she could find him.
But my thoughts were muddled when I heard loud coughing nearby.

He was here somewhere.
"Sparklez?!" I yelled out into the forest.

No answer.

I began walking into the forest. I called his name again, but was answered by the silent wind. I started panicking.

My feet began to break out into a sprint and then into a run.

My arms pushed wildly at the trees and branches in my way. I finally ran up onto a clearing after getting poked and stabbed by many branches.

"SPARKLEZ!" I yelled at the top of my lungs.

"I'm right here you doof..." A cracked voice answered.

I turned around. I did a complete circle around the arena, he was no where to be found.

"No, up here. In the tree."

I looked up at the trees and finally spotted him, he was sitting on a far up branch, leaning up against the trees trunk.

He looked like he'd just faced death.

His eyes were even more red that before. His face was pale and sweaty, his could barely sit up right because he was so out if it. He wasn't really staring at me, just near me. Like he was in another world or something.

God, he was sick.

"Why are you in a tree?" Was all I could manage to say.

"I'm tired...I chased an owl up here and I just kinda let it go...Tom?"

"Yes Sparklez?"

"I think I'm stuck." He looked down at his feet and swayed a little bit, almost falling out of the tree.

"Woah woah, stay still. I'll get you down."

I reached up towards the tree and stretched out my arms for him to reach.
He must have been so sick he couldn't think right, because when I did do this, he slid forward and fell on top of me.

I felt my head make a large thud noise as it hit the ground.

Dizziness sinked in and it took me a minute to realize what had happened.

Sparklez laughed lazily and didn't bother to move off of me.
"Get off! You're crushing me!" I yelled pushing at his shoulders.

"I'm so tired Tom..." He yawns lightly and laid his head down on my chest, still laying flat on top of me.

"Dude no! I don't want you asleep on me!"

"But...I love you...don't you love me too?" He said in a sweet and exhausted voice.

It made me feel like my heart was in my stomach as he said the words.
I guess I would have to carry him or something.

"Yes I do..." I sighed while brushing his hair.

What was he going to do about tomorrow? He can't go to the inertia like this, he'd die immediately.

I felt him touch my hair, examining it as if it were a foreign object.

"Why do you have blue hair?" He said, entranced by its appearance.

"Because I dyed it? You remember that, I lost a bet with Tucker? And I had to dye my hair blue?"

"Oh yeah...I forgot," he giggled.

"Come on, I'm taking you home." I tried again to push him off, but it was useless. He was like a boulder that wouldn't budge.

"I wanna stay here...with you..." He snuggled into my neck and closed his eyes.

"We can snuggle at home Sparklez, it's getting dark and mobs are gonna attack soon. You still wanna save Andor don't you? You can't die before saving him." I tried to pressure him into getting off me.

He just chuckled quietly and stayed planted on top of me.
What do I do now?

I saw mobs spawning nearby, mostly Endermen. There were tons of ender mobs in here, some that I didn't even know existed.

"Sparklez come on please, were gonna get killed if you don't move!"

"Go to sleep Tom..." Was all he said.

The only way I was gonna get him off me, was to hurt him.

"You know...I'd rather have Martha on top of me than you. She's way hotter and sexier," I lied.

His eyes shot open and they were full of hurt.

"I thought...I thought you liked me?" He asked in a tired voice.

God this was gonna kill me.

"Nope! Martha is the only woman for me!"

He flinched at the words and sat up. It was working.

"But...you're gay, like me." I could hear the pain in his voice. I don't want this, but I can't let us both die out here.

"Why would I be gay? You're the one whose gay, you weird homo. Get off me, before you give me some kind of disease."

His expression tore me apart. Tears began to well up in his eyes, he looked around blindly at his surroundings for a moment as if he didn't know where he was.

"I'm not...I'm n-not..." He hiccuped.

He broke down.

His light sobs filled the air, as he ran from me, into the dark forest.

"Sparklez wait! I didn't mean it!"

I took off after him. He wasn't armed and he would definitely get hurt since he was so out of it.

I pushed past Endermen and floating purple one eyed creatures.

The owls in the trees watched me with their yellow eyes, wondering where I was off to.
There were so many paths he could have taken.

"Sparklez!!!" I yelled into the the forest as I ran.

I stopped to catch my breath in a small clearing, my heart pounding from the sudden energy.

My eyes searched around, looking up in the trees and beneath them.

Nothing.

I had lost him.

A twig snapped behind me, I turned thinking it was Sparklez.

Martha flinched as I snapped my head towards her.

"Are you looking for Jordan?" She asked quietly. Her cheeks were still stained with tears, her eyes puffy and sore. I guess she was the one who was suffering the most from Steve's capture. I was a close second though.

"Yeah, have you seen him run by?"

"Yes just a moment ago, he seemed very upset. Did you say something rude to him?"

"I may have said a few things, but I didn't mean it! I was just trying to get him off me!"

"Off you? Why was he on you in the first place?"

I explained what happened when I found him and the things that I had said to him.

"You could have just pinched him, it would've been less traumatic..."

I face palmed myself and groaned.
"Why didn't I think of that?!"

"Because you act upon feeling and not thinking?"

Did she insult me? Or compliment me?

"What that supposed to mean?" I said in a low voice.

"It means you do things based on what you feel you should do, and you do not think it out logically before you attempt it. Jordan is the opposite, he acts on deep thinking and logic. You two are...complete opposites, but you somehow work together perfectly." She smiled sadly while staring up at the sky.

"I'm sorry about Steve...but I really need to find Sparklez. Can you help?"

"I cannot, but my mother can. I will inform her of what's happened, she knows how to navigate Jordan's mind particularly well."

I did not want that woman's help. I resented her from that last little remark towards Sparklez for thinking a THOUGHT. She didn't have to read his mind, he has a right to free thinking. I didn't even want to come here since she was here, but I came for Sparklez so he could get the information and stuff.

"I know you dislike my mother, but she can find him. Please let her help?"

"Fine. But if she says one wrong thing to me, I will punch her in the face. No offense, you're cool Martha."

She smiled shyly and pushed a string of hair out of her face and behind her ear.
"It's fine, I take no offense. I will call her now."

She dialed a number on her communicator, and Ianites voice answered.
"Martha? Where did you run off to?"

"Mother, Tom has lost Jordan in the forest. He can't find him and we need your assistance in retrieving him. Do you think you can aid us?"

"Martha dear, Jordan is in my home. He's a mess, laying on my couch and sobbing about being...a gay homo, is it? I don't understand the phrase...I can't understand his thoughts, they're so clouded. But he is here, Tom can come see him if he'd like."

Oh thank god he was safe.

"Thank you mother, we'll be there shortly." She turned off the communicator and turned to me.

"You told him he was a gay homo? I'm not entirely sure what that means, but really? You could not have said something less offensive?"

"It's like a way more offensive term for liking guys...and yeah I probably could have said something less hurtful. I feel terrible about it now..." I scratched my head, thinking back on what I could've done differently.

"I'm sure he won't remember it, he is very sick after all. Come, let's go get him."
She tried to smile a little as she pulled me along the path. Her mind was still on Steve I guess. I was too I suppose, but right now I had to focus on patching things with Sparklez and his seriously messed up state.

I'd have to deal with these emotions later...
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IM SORRY I POSTED LATE I ACCIDENTALLY SLEPT UNTIL THREE AND I DIDNT WANT TO MISS THE STREAM SO I DIDNT DO ANYTHING UNTIL 6!
xD xD xD

But I'm here now! Sick and exhausted, but here!

Omg the episodes I've watched so far are like really giving me da feels. Poor Andor, his wings are gone.

BUT SPARKLEZ GAVE HIM NEW ONES. #SPANDOR

Even though he's kinda of The grandson of Sparklez...

I HAVE SO MANY CREATIVE JUICES TO APPLY TO MY NOTES, I MUST GO AND FLOURISH THEM!

Okay that sounded kinda gross...

Anyway guys! I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Leave a favorite if you did! Thanks!
- Lee
(P.s. Sorry for any spelling or grammar mistakes, I had to edit really quickly today, bye lovelies!)