Drew's Point of View (Drew32u)

Drew couldn't believe it. Fire Fall was gone.

He hadn't really been close to the girl; in fact, he barely even spoke to her.

But, knowing that one of their teammates was dead scared Drew. None of them had died yet down here, and it all seemed somewhat fake, in a way. But Fire's death showed them the bleak reality.

They could die any second.

Suddenly, a portal made of gold appeared nearby. It was time to choose who got to go home.

Everyone looked to Steve for orders. He seemed shaken up, though, staring at the abyss.

Nobody knew what to do. Jay was also shaken up, staring at the abyss with Steve. Everyone else stood around awkwardly, until finally, Kirai spoke up.

"Hero, you're still injured from when Techno shot you. You get to go home," she said.

"Are you sure?" Hero asked. "I can stay."

"No, you need to go," Mimi answered. "I'll go with her."

"No, Mimi, you have to stay here. What if someone else is injured? You're the closest thing we have to a medic down here," Kirai said.

Mimi sighed. "You're right."

"I'll go with her," Brayden spoke up. "I can protect her if she's hurt again. Plus, if Techno fixed the Shark, I gotta be there to fly it."

Kirai glanced at Steve and Jay, who were still staring into the abyss, shivering. Then, she nodded. "Alright. Brayden and Hero, go home."

Hero limped over to the portal. Brayden followed her. Hero entered the white center first, smiling encouragingly at everyone as she disappeared. Brayden entered next. He nodded to everyone, then disappeared.

The portal disappeared as well.

"Alright. Uh...Zaryn? Which way?" Kirai asked.

Zaryn looked at her. "There's only one way right now..." He gestured to the open iron door nearby.

"Just lead the way. I'll come up there after I get Steve and Jay moving," Kirai said.

Zaryn shrugged and walked through the iron door. Kat, Diamond, Hayden, and Mimi followed. Drew hung around in the doorway, watching Kirai, Steve and Jay.

Kirai crouched down next to the two. "Guys. We gotta keep going."

They didn't answer. They continued to stare into the abyss, shaking. Drew wasn't sure why Jay was. He didn't drop Fire into the abyss.

"Guys. I know, Fire is gone. But we have to move on. If we don't get out of this maze, we're all dead," Kirai said.

Neither of them responded.

Kirai sighed. She took Jay's hand and pulled him to his feet. He didn't protest. Kirai led him over to the iron door. She nodded at Drew as she passed, pulling Jay behind her.

Drew noted Jay's expression as he passed by. His eyes looked blank, his mouth ajar. He looked haunted.

Kirai came back out to get Steve. As soon as she stepped foot back in the room, another cracking noise, just like the ones during the parkour, was heard.

A crack started to spread through the stone floor.

"Steve!" Kirai exclaimed. She ran over to him. Drew followed.

The stone cracked even more. Drew looked to his left to see it crumbling away, starting from the wall. The crumbling stone was coming towards them.

"Steve! Get up!" Kirai yelled. When he still didn't respond, she grabbed one of his arms. Drew got the memo and grabbed the other one, and, together, they dragged him to the iron door.

The stone crumbled away behind them, but they managed to get Steve into the doorway. Drew pulled him onto the other side, into the corridor, while Kirai pushed from behind.

They fell in a heap into the corridor. The stone in the parkour room was completely gone now.

Steve stood up slowly. He looked through the doorway, at the emptiness in the room. He blinked.

Then, he walked to the front of the line and stood next to Zaryn. He followed him without a word.

Drew and Kirai looked at each other. Kirai shrugged. Drew stood up and got in line. Kirai held Jay's hand as they walked in the back of the line.

The nine of them continued through the maze.

***

Note: I forgot about Matster in the last Nomis POV, so I went back and added him in. He basically was with the group the whole time.

Grand's Point of View (The_Grand_Funadian)

It took them the rest of the day to get to Creektown, because they practically had to carry X. Grand had one side of him, and Matster had the other. Nomis led the way, with Chick and Audrey behind her. Pete brought up the rear, the pistol still in his hand.

They got back to Creektown just after night had fallen. Grand and Matster immediately took X to Hal in the infirmary.

"What happened?" Hal asked, helping them get X to a bed.

"Yuri shot him with his magma pistol," Grand answered. X lay down on the bed. He wasn't unconscious, but he was probably in shock.

"Ah. I'll get him fixed up. Thank you," Hal said.

Grand took another glance at X, then left the room with Matster.

"Where'd they go?" Matster asked, referring to Nomis and the others.

"Must be talking to Jean. Let's go," Grand said.

As they walked through Creektown, Grand noticed several craters in the ground, and damaged buildings. There had been some sort of battle here. A small one, but still one.

They walked into the Town Hall. Chick, Audrey, Nomis, and Pete were there. Nomis had the Legend Crystal out. Jean was inspecting it. Tommy and Alice were nearby.

Grand and Matster walked over to them.

"...safer with you than it will be with me," Jean said. "Herobrine already attacked us while you were gone. Luckily, just with a mutant snow golem. And also himself. But we got rid of him."

"You're sure you're okay?" Nomis asked.

"Absolutely. Tommy and Alice are great body guards," Jean replied. "And Scullscan comes in handy too."

"Okay. X is in the infirmary; he was hurt bad by Yuri. But the rest of us are gonna go find the next Crystal," Nomis said.

"No break time?" Grand asked, only half-joking.

"No. We need to find that Crystal before Herobrine does," Nomis replied.

"Night time is dangerous, though," Audrey said.

"If you guys can handle the Wither, you can handle a few monsters," Nomis replied.

"Technically we didn't handle the Wither," Pete pointed out without looking up from fiddling with his pistol.

"Yeah. Scullscan drove it away, and Yuri and the servants destroyed it," Chick added.

"Whatever. By the way, any word from the search team?" Nomis asked.

"No," Jean replied. "They should be back soon, though. I'm scared to find out the news."

"Me too," Nomis replied, thinking of Steve and the others. She hadn't seen them in a long time. "Well. We're gonna go find the next Crystal."

"Be careful!" Jean called as they ran out the door.

Nomis looked at the Legend Compass right outside of Creektown. She looked up, and pointed south. "The next one is that way."

And with that, Nomis, Audrey, Chick, Matster, Pete, and Grand ran off into the night.

***

Light's Point of View

Light stirred the potion ingredients together. The Chemical X was almost ready for the next mob.

She put in the last ingredient and let it sit there. She had to wait a few minutes for it to settle.

Light walked out of the laboratory. Herobrine wasn't on his throne. He was probably out searching for the other Legend Crystals.

Light decided to go check on the prisoner, Manga.

She walked over to the cage. She peered through the iron bars to see...

Nothing.

Light jerked up. In the corner of the cage, where there should have been stone, was a hole.

A hole that led out of the cage.

Manga had escaped.

Light immediately sprinted towards the exit. How long ago had Manga escaped? When was the last time anyone had seen him? Was he long gone already?

She ran out into the open air. It was night time. Luckily, there was no vegetation around, so Manga couldn't be hiding. He had to have run away.

Light wasn't sure what to do. There was nothing that indicated which way Manga had gone, plus it was dark. But she couldn't just let him go. If Herobrine came back to an empty prison cell, she was gonna be in trouble.

After consideration, Light sighed and walked back into the lair. Manga could have escaped hours ago.

Light trudged back into the lair, thinking up excuses that she would use on Herobrine.

As she walked, she felt something whack her in the back of the head.

Surprised, Light fell down onto the stone ground. She turned around in time to avoid another strike.

Light stood up and smirked when she saw it was Manga. He had Light's spear in his hands, but he had been using it like a staff.

"Too good to kill someone, huh?" Light asked.

"I'd kill you in an instant," Manga replied. He was obviously trying to sound tough, but Light knew he was scared. He probably couldn't even find the exit to the lair.

"Then do it," Light said.

Manga yelled and charged at her, spear pointed at her heart. Light nimbly jumped aside and kicked him in the knee.

Manga fell, almost impaling himself on the spear as he did so. He scrambled to get back up again, but Light put a foot on his back. He lie there, breathing heavily.

"Now. When you get up, you're gonna walk yourself right back to that cage. And you're gonna stay there," Light said in a sweet voice. "Understood?"

Manga paused, then nodded. Light removed her foot from his back.

The Villager man slowly stood up. Then, he whipped the spear around, aiming for Light's head.

Light grabbed the staff just before it struck her, without flinching. She held it there. Manga's eyes widened.

Light spun around so that she yanked the spear from his grip. She then pointed it at Manga's chest.

"Are we understood now?" she asked.

Manga nodded. Light gestured with the spear, and he turned around. He started walking, and Light followed behind, her spear pointed at his back. She didn't really need to, though, because she could outrun him and beat him in a fight. This was just to scare him.

They arrived at his cage. "Now get back in there," Light said.

Manga sighed, climbed into the hole he had made, and back up into the cage.

Light used some spare stone she had to fill in the hole. Manga watched her, defeated.

Suddenly, Herobrine appeared next to Light. She didn't even flinch, but Manga jumped back in surprise.

"Trying to escape, I see," Herobrine mused.

Light nodded.

"How about we put a little...unbreaking spell around this cage," Herobrine said.

Manga's eyes widened, but he didn't protest.

Herobrine snapped his fingers. Nothing seemed to have changed, but Light knew that if anyone tried to break blocks around the cage, they would be blown backwards.

Herobrine smirked. Then, he disappeared.

"Try and break out again," Light said. "I dare you."

She then walked away.

Light walked into the lab. She checked on the Chemical X.

It was ready.

Herobrine appeared again, his arm on the table and leaning his head on his arm. "Done?" he asked.

Light nodded. "It is ready for the next mob."

"Good," Herobrine replied.

"Our comrades down below are going to get a new friend."

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