Just for clarification.....
Adam is the Inshire Version
Sky is Minecraftia Version

And I hope you enjoy the chapter as well! This one took a while to write...

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"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."
-Maya Angelou-
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Jasper looked at Miranda, Sky was staring at the both of them. His eyes wander over at Mason, they widen when he spots James.

"Oh no," Sky muttered to himself.

Mason took a step back when James came closer.

"Give me that wizard, kid," James said. Mason gripped Seto's knees and then shook his head. He took another step back.

"No way," Mason said. James chuckled.

"You don't know what you are doing, give him to me, now," James said before his hand glowed along with his eyes. Mason looked and took another step back. A knife flew into James's arm and he yelped, grabbing his arm. Jason pushed Mason back, Sky attacking him. James disappeared and reappeared behind Sky. Sky looked behind him, dodging a spell. James grabbed him and pushed him into the wall, Sky stomped on James's foot and felt his grip loosen. Sky kicked James, he stumbled backward into the other side of the stairwell. James flicked his wrist up, Sky went flying up and out of the stairwell, hitting the ground. Adam grabbed Sky. He pulled Sky to his feet.

"Don't hurt Adam!" Felicia shouted at Sky. Sky looked at Felicia.

"So let him hurt me?" Sky asked before Adam punched him, making him fall back onto the ground. Adam kicked Sky in the stomach, Sky groaned and grabbed Adam's leg, he pushed down on the back of his knee, kicking him in the chest, making Adam fall back as well. Sky gets to his feet, Adam kicking them out from under him, but catches himself. Adam gets up. "Oh come on, this will go on forever!" Adam pulled out his sword. Sky looked at it.

"So let me kill you and it won't," Adam said. Adam slashed at Sky, he dodged it jumping back.

"Sky!" Jason said. Sky looked at Jason behind Adam, Adam turned around, looking at Jason. Adam smiled a bit.

"Didn't Felicia take your sword?" Adam asked. Jason took a step back as Adam turned more towards Jason. "I killed just kill both sides of you now." Adam lunged at Jason, Jason fell backward. Sky ran after them.

"Jason, run!" Sky yelled. Jason gets to his feet, running. Jason ran into a building, Adam and Sky following. Sky pulled out his sword, Jason flinched when a dagger flew into the wall by him.

"Ah!" He yelped and was grabbed. Adam pushed him into the wall, turning his sword in his hand. Jason pushed against Adam, the sword pushing against his throat.  

"No, Adam—" A blade stuck out of Adam's shoulder almost hitting Jason as well. Adam cried out, an arm goes around Adam's neck, pulling him backward. Adam fell on his back, Sky yanked out his sword, grabbing Adam's. Sky was quick to put his leg on Adam's chest, the two swords crossed on Adam's neck. Sky gripped the handles.

"Oh, you aren't gonna kill me?" Adam asked through his pain. Adam grabbed Sky's leg and arm, Sky pulled up on the swords, the metal touching Adam's skin.

"Don't make me do it." Sky threaten. Jason was about to speak when he saw Felicia.

"No! Get off him!" She shouted running in. Jason grabbed her as she was about to tackle Sky down. 

"Don't!" Jason said. Felicia struggled.

"He's innocent! He's a victim! He would never—"

"We know! Felicia, we know he was forced to do all this." Jason said. He turned her around, facing him. "But he is dangerous so—SKY!" Adam pulled out one of Sky's daggers and stabbed his arm. Sky screamed and was pushed off by Adam. "NO!" Adam grabbed the sword and Sky, pushing him against the floor.

"NOS!" A hand grabbed the blade of the sword, a figure pushing themselves into Adam, knocking him off Sky. They hit Adam in the head with the hilt of the sword, knocking him out. Felicia went over to Adam while Jason helped Sky up.

"You okay?" Jason asked Sky. Though his question fell on deaf ears when Sky was staring at the figure. 'I know that accent anywhere.' Sky thought.

"B-Barney?"

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"I still can't believe you are here," Jerome said to Sky. A nurse tending to Sky's arm. Sky looked at Jerome.

"Nice to know you all are alright." Sky said. Jerome looked over at Mitch. Mitch having to lay down from the spider venom side effects.

"Gets hit with mutant spider venom and he isn't the same," Jerome said.

"Why didn't he just kill it?" Sky asked. Mitchell chuckled and looked at Sky.

"Well maybe because he was too busy panicking. And now that we have you here, why should we care enough? What significance can you provide?" Mitchell asked. Sky looked at Mitchell, the nurse finished tending to Sky's arm. Sky stood, Jerome was about to intervene but didn't.

"I don't need to prove myself to you." Sky said.

"Than how can we trust you?" Mitchell asked. He took a step towards Sky. "I know you are the Minecraftia version of Adam, but no one trusts you when you look so much like that traitor." Sky looked over at Jason when he came into the infirmary, Melissa beside him carrying Jeffery in her arms.

"Mitchell, are you causing a problem again?" Jason asked. Mitchell turned around.

"Ooohhh! The corpse is back to life. I thought you were killed like a dog." Mitchell said. Jerome was about to speak when Sky put his arm across Jerome's chest.

"Don't, Jason's different." Sky whispered to him. Jason stopped in front of Mitchell.

"That's rich coming from someone who sleeps around with any girl he meets like a dog," Jason said. Melissa smiled, covering her mouth to hide her laughter while everyone else was either smiling or shocked. Mostly Jason's Minecraftia friends were shocked. Mitchell narrows his eyes.

"Alright....that was good. But that still doesn't change anything. Now that you have Adam, Ian, Miranda, and Max in your prison, what do you plan to do now? Aren't you suppose to be in charge?" Mitchell asked smiling. Jason looked over at Sky.

"Um...Sky, you got a plan for us?" Jason asked. Sky shook his head.

"Jason, I haven't exactly been here long. Jasper and I only just got here....last night actually. So I don't know." Sky said looking away from him and at the floor when Barney and Ty came in. Jerome looked at them and back at Sky.

"Go talk to him," Jerome mumbled to Sky. Sky stayed silent, not acknowledging him at all. Jerome sighed and looked at Jason.

"Go get your Inshire version," Jason told Jerome.

"Why?" He asked. Jason glanced at Sky and back to Jerome. Jerome walked over to him. "Jason, why? He's fine—"

"No, he isn't, Jerome. He's hiding something." Jason said. Mitchell rolled his eyes.

"We can all talk about your friend later," Mitchell said. Jason and Jerome looked at Mitchell as Melissa went over to Sky. Sky looked at her. She set Jeffrey on the bed. The little piglet went into Sky's lap immediately. Sky smiled and petted the little pig.

"Hey, nice to know you are okay." Sky said. Jeffrey nudged Sky's chin and oinked at him. "Jason would be mad if something happened to you."

"Is something the matter?" She asks. Sky looked away, petting Jeffrey.

"I'll get over it, I'm fine." He said. Melissa stared at him, she shook her head.

"No. That's not good enough. But, Jason told me that you married Alesa in Minecraftia. You want me to go get her? She—"

"N-No." Sky stuttered as he looked at her panicked. "It's Melissa right?" She nodded. Sky looked down at Jeffrey. "I know you are trying to help, but this isn't exactly something you can fix."

"You mad at Barney?" She asked. Sky looked at her.

"No. I..I don't know. Barney is getting to me, but he isn't even half of it." Sky said.

"Okay, what's the other half?" She asked. Sky looked away instantly.

"I don't want to talk about it." He mumbled. She was gonna ask more questions, but she felt as if she already pushed him too far just by the hurt look on his face. Inshire Jerome went past her.

"Hey, what's wrong?" He asked. Sky looked at him, he then looked at Jason and Minecraftia Jerome.

"Can you two just not? I'm fine. I don't need your concern or sympathy." Sky asked.

"We know how Barney affected you back in Minecraftia and us—"

"You what? Figured I would be upset learning he was alive? Of course, I am, but it wasn't his fault exactly. You two haven't been in Minecraftia for a long time, you don't know how bad it is getting up there with all of us here." Sky said. Jerome stepped up.

"Than why did you leave? If it is that bad then why would you abandon that—" Mitch sighed irritated from over on his bed.

"And here we go again," Mitch said. Jeffrey gets out of Sky's lap as he stared at Minecraftia Jerome.

"Really? Are we really gonna start this again? If you apparently know so much, more than I could ever like you playoff to be, please take charge and take the burden off my shoulders. It improves everything about my life right now." Sky said. Jerome rolled his eyes.

"Oh go cry me a river. It always has to be all about you, it is our fault that you were placed as Commander? No! You were picked because you are the best option—"

"We both know that I haven't been the best option for a long time." Sky said. Jerome stepped towards Sky, Jason grabbing his arm.

"And who's fault is that? Even here you bring your baggage with you when we haven't made the slightest bit of progression until you showed up. And by the way, you shouldn't even be here. You just woke up from a coma, you should be at the base healing—" Sky got off the bed, standing.

"I'm fine—" Jerome pulled Jason's hand off him.

"No, you aren't—"

"Leave it alone, Jerome! I'm warning you!" Sky shouted. Jerome looked at Sky.

"You're warning me? You—"

"ENOUGH!" Jason yelled. Everyone fell silent. Jason went closer to the bed, Jeffrey coming over to him and nudging his hand. "Can we not do this here? Can we not argue like this all the time?" Jerome looked at Jason.

"Jason, you—"

"Shut it, Jerome!" Jason snapped at him. Jason looked at Sky. "It's fine if you don't have a plan, you always made the battle plans at the Sky Army so I thought you might have an idea. I forgot you haven't been here long though." Jason looked at Jerome. "No more picking fights."

"But—"

"No more! That includes in Inshire and in Minecraftia!" Jason said. Jerome looked away. "Am I clear?" Jerome didn't answer, Jason rests his hand on the footrest of the bed. "Am I clear, Jerome?" Jerome looked at Jason, he forced a smile on his face.

"Crystal," Jerome said.

"Good," Jason said before going back over to Mitchell. Jerome lost his smile. "What did Inshire do to him? He's a completely different person."

"That's good." Sky said. Jerome looked at Sky. 

"I guess you're right. He use to be a pushover, he let anyone walk all over him. Now he actually grew a spine." Jerome said.  Sky looked at Jerome.

"He always had one, he was just everything you are incapable of being." Sky said. 

"And what's that?" Jerome asked crossing his arms, but before Sky could answer, Melissa went in between them, pushing Jerome and Sky further apart.

"Okay! Let's not find out what. Jerome, go back over to Jason, please. No more fighting." Melissa said. Jerome walked away. Melissa looked at Sky. "Is it always like this between you two?"

"No," Jasper said. Melissa looked at him. "No, it isn't. They only fight when something is wrong with him." Jasper pointed at Sky. Sky looked at him.

"I'm fine. Let's leave it at that." Sky said.

"How many times are you gonna say that when it isn't true?" Jasper asked. Sky stared at him.

"You think you are so smart, don't you?—"

"And you think I don't know what happened between you and Alesa before we came here," Jasper said. Sky looked away. Jasper stood up, staring at him. "It is wrong how she put you in a corner but—"

"I don't want to talk about this, ever. Especially with a recruit." Sky said. Jasper looked away from him.

"Alright, fine. Be like that, Commander. But I can tell it is eating you up inside. And the longer you keep it in, the sooner you'll just snap." Jasper said.

"I'm used to keeping my emotions in check." Sky said. Jasper smiled a bit.

"So fighting with Jerome is you keeping your emotions in check?" Jasper asked. Sky stared at him.

"Shut up." Sky said.