Lion (TheSilentKiller-)

"Hold on, lemme see if I got a splash potion of healing..." I told everyone as I was helping Ray apply first aid.

"Hang in there, Liah," Ray comforted her. It didn't seem like she's comfortable at all though.

"Yes, I got it!" I exclaimed as I grabbed the splash potion and splashed it on Athaliah.

I barely noticed all the ice and quartz surrounding us disappear as I watched Athaliah get better. Well, slightly better...

"Good news: There are no more helicopters in the air," Storm announced.

"Feeling alright?" Ray asked.

"...yes..." Athaliah barely managed to say.

As she said that, my mind wandered off to how Nev was doing... Is she doing fine? Is she dead? I really hope it wasn't the latter.

Oh, dear Notch... Nev's name is going all out in my head...

"But where am I supposed to land?" Storm asked.

As if an answer to her question, a series of yin-yang images appeared in front of the helicopter, as if it was forming a trail.

"Do you guys think I should follow the trail?"

No one answered. For me, personally, would go against it. Who knows? Maybe it's a trap...

"Silence means yes, then."

Storm then followed the trail.

But why did that trail exist? Is this a trap? Is this a way? Is this someone trying to help us? I don't know...

I looked around and saw ruined buildings. But not Nev in sight...

Oh my Notch, I really hope Nev was safe...

I just stared wistfully at the window, hoping to see Nev fully alive as she flies near the chopper...

I then questioned myself; why am I thinking so much about Nev?

Every minute, I think of Nev... I don't know why, but I guess my mind works in strange ways...

I think...

I suddenly looked at my hand and saw the wound completely gone... Maybe it was splashed by the health potion accidentally...

But it's better than amputating your arm because of infection.

I then yawned. Quite the day I had... And time passed by really quickly too... It felt like my time in Sir Blaise's base didn't last longer than a day, when it's actually years...

Aww... I wonder how everyone else back at the base is doing...

We felt the helicopter slowly descend in the middle of the road.

"Wait, why are we landing on the road when there are literally hundreds of helipads in Heijokyo?" Ray told Storm.

"This is where the trail led me," Storm replied as she made a successful landing, not mentioning that this will cause high traffic congestion.

"Okay, everyone out! We're here!" Storm announced as she exited the helicopter. Jay went second as I helped Ray carry Athaliah to wherever we are going.

We passed by Milarite, who was about to get off the helicopter, as we carried Athaliah and follow Storm.

A car made a U-turn as it realized that a helicopter was blocking the way. We passed that by and stumbled on an old, Oriental house on an old Oriental village.

We didn't know why we were going to enter that place, but the trail apparently led us there, so we went.

Storm opened the sliding door and came to an old, Japanese setup, with birch plank floors, with white wool supported by red stained clay as its walls, and it was lit by candles with various sizes. We also saw a table with no chairs.

We also saw a man in his early 40's in a kimono sitting on the floor.

"Come sit down," he calmly said as we hesitantly did.

Guess we have to sit on the floor, then...

We sat near the table.

"Ah... I sense that one of you needed my help."

I stammered, "B-but how d-did you know?"

"I can sense a lot of things, young one," the man talked. "Athaliah, come near me and lie down."

How on Notch's name that he knew Athaliah's name?

"Psst. Lion, help me carry her," Ray said.

"Oh."

I then stood up and helped Ray carry Athaliah to where the old one desires.

"You're gonna be okay, Liah... Your wounds have been treated with first aid, and this man will help you as well..." Ray comforted her. Athaliah just smiled.

As much as I would like to ship her with Ray, I want to keep PerseRay alive, so I refrained from the shipping.

The man went near Athaliah and hovered his hands over her body, his eyes closed. Then, blue orbs with East Minecraftian fonts appeared in his hands.

His hands moved over Athaliah, then touched her forehead and stomach. Then, Athaliah started to glow blue light as her wounds miraculously started to heal and ashes were removed from her body. Ripped up parts of her clothes that used to reveal her wounds started to recover itself as well.

Honestly, I could have cured her with my splash potion, but I know that my splash potion can't do like what the man did.

The blue orbs and light faded and Athaliah looked as if she was never injured at all.

The man turned to us, "That, everyone, is the power of Qi (Chi), the spirit of life."

"Oh, old one! In the name of medicine, I owe my debt to you!" Ray said, trying to sound... formal...

"Nice. I feel a trillion times better!" Athaliah exclaimed.

"Now, I assume you are also looking for your friends, right?" The man asked, as I got reminded of Nev...

"Yes...?" I answered.

The man stood up then called someone on the room. Then two figures appeared.

Nev and Persephone.

I felt rejoiced as I felt my heart skip a beat as I called her name, "Nev!"

"Oh, hey Lion," Nev greeted while smiling...

Notch, should I tell her she's cute when she smiles? Nah, probably some other time.

"You two may sit," the man said as Persephone sat next to Ray and Nev sat next to me. I couldn't help but look at Nev...

Notch... she's so beautiful...

"So, do any of you have questions before I say anything else?" The man asked. I turned my focus to him.

"Yes, uh... We didn't get your name," Ray told the man.

"Oh, right. My name's Wei Lu Shi," the man introduced himself. "And you don't need to state your names since I already know who you are."

"Age?" Athaliah jumped in.

"I look like I'm in my 40's, but I'm actually 19 years old."

"...wait, why?" I said.

"I'll tell you my secret. Don't tell anyone else," the man replied. We nodded in agreement.

"I'm actually a Project. My codename is Project Qi. Because they treated me with some chemicals, I look like I'm so old," he explained.

"Oh."

"So now that I shared my secret, it's time to share what I know with you."

"And, what is it going to be?" Persephone asked curiously.

"I saw you all in a vision, a thing I have every once in a while."

"What's the vision about?" Athaliah said.

"I would rather not tell, since that will spoil the story."

"Did you just break the 4th Wall?" Ray gasped.

"Oh," was all Wei could say.

Sigh

"Anyways, I have gathered you here to tell you something."

I kept silent. Why does he know about everything? Well, there's Storm, but this guy is wiser than anyone.

"Remember Ms. Uchiha?"

"Wait, Ms. Uchiha? The new East Minecraftian Regional Director?" Storm explained.

"Yes... But there's something about her..."

"What would that be?" I asked.

"The President, nor any government official knows about this, but she's a Project..."

"A Pro-- what?" Nev said.

"And I heard that she opposed the President's plan, or rather, Operation Lightning," Wei continued.

How does he knows all of this?

"And if you guys, with enough persuasive power, could convince her to join your side, then that'll help your cause."

"Our... cause?" Nev repeated.

"Uh... Question: How did you know all of this?" I asked Wei.

"Because I receive visions for... every three days."

"Oh."

"But we have to travel to Shenzen to convince her," Storm pointed out. "And I doubt that the government will let us use airports."

"You don't have to..."

Everyone kept silent.

"Ms. Uchiha is being hunted in Shenzen. So she secretly escaped that city and escaped right here in Heijokyo. I don't know her whereabouts, since I can't determine where she is. And if you found her, great."

"So you're saying that we should look for her in this city and persuade her?" Storm asked.

"Yes."

"Sounds simple enough," Nev commented.

"There are like, so many police officers and military personnel guarding every single inch of this city, not to mention that they are hunting down Projects, so it won't be simple," Storm countered.

Nev shrugged, "Close enough."

-=-<|>-=-

Oh nice, an update that's on schedule.

I have a feeling that this story will have around 40 chapters ^.^

Btw, next chapter won't be up in Wednesday, February 15, 2017 because of the Valentine's special. But next chapter would possibly be up at Friday or Saturday.

Fun facts:

1. I forgot to mention this, but here we go:

Team Olympus' name was actually not going to be Team Olympus. I originally named it "Team Hoodini" but since a game called "Monster Legends" had a monster named Hoodini, I didn't want to break copyright, so I immediately changed it to Team Olympus, which came from the name of a mountain that appeared in Greek mythology.

2. The name of Wei Lu Shi was actually thought of randomly when I was thinking of a Chinese name.

However, the name of Ms. Uchiha was actually named after an admin of a server where I was playing at.

3. I had no idea why did I make Athaliah sacrifice herself for the chopper. I just thought, "This needs more drama".

4. I actually had trouble plotting out Chapter 17, and I almost called Choco, Naomi, or Leo for help, but I went to the toilet (I needed to go), and eventually had a Eureka moment because I figured what happens in that chapter.

5. The reference of "Dumb Ways to Die" actually came from the game itself. I remember the lyrics of the... theme song (idk what to call it) of the game.

"Set fire to your hair" and blah blah blah

The quote before it, "I wonder what does thts red button do?" was actually part of the song itself.

6. I actually forgot that Lion uses any sort of potions, so I face-palmed myself for forgetting that. Sigh.

7. No idea why I added the 4th wall breaking scene.

8. I actually was spelling the word "reference" wrong. I spelled it "referrence".

Yeah, such big difference.

9. More references. Yay

So ye

What will Team Olympus face? Who is Ms. Uchiha? How did Wei know about almost everything? Will the team get successful in persuading Ms. Uchiha? Find out next time on Minecraft: Arctic Fox!

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