As the trio walked to the lighted hallway, Lukas asked. "Where are the others?"

"... Are your friends nearby?"They looked at the stage and saw Gabriel the Warrior listening to Jesse's plea of help for them.

"They got his help?"Lukas blinked, which Raven nodded in agreement.

"Go figure, but we already got out."Raven responded as they walked to join Jesse and the gang.

"I have a question for you!"Someone exclaimed. Raven quickly shuddered. She knows that voice, even if she didn't glance at him.

"Excuse me, sir; you'll have to wait your turn."Gabriel responded.

"Just tell me first; do you really believe anyone can be great?"

"With enough hard work, yes."

"Was that I went wrong? That I simply didn't work hard enough?"The bearded man pushed somebody, confirming Raven's claims.

"Ivor, is that really you?"Gabriel questioned. "How dare you interrupt like this?"

"They know each other?"Raven thought. "Are they friends? Rivals?"

"That's the guy who attacked us in the basement!"Jesse exclaimed.

"I wish I could say I was surprised."Gabriel responded.

"If its surprises you want, you're in for a treat."The man, Ivor said as he walked up to the stage. "Why don't you tell them the real story, Gabriel?"

"I see time has made you bitter."Gabriel said.

"And it has made you an even bigger fool."Ivor spat. "Now these people were promised greatness, and I am ready to deliver. I'm sorry this is how they had to learn the truth..."

"This is going to be chaos."Raven remarked as Ivor pulled the lever to show the Wither recipe.

"But nothing built can last forever, Gabriel."

"Ivor, NO!"

It is too late. Ivor placed the final skull, as the Wither was created, knocking them both offstage.

"Creature, attack!"The Wither then flied around, shooting blocks that explode upon contact. It shot a block at Raven, scared and almost getting hurt if not for Gabriel pushing her out of the way. It soon began to absorb objects from the building, giving it strength.

"Everyone, stay calm! This foul beast is no match for me!"Gabriel drew his diamond sword and attacked it, but nothing happened. He glared at Ivor. "What have you done?"

"Gabriel!"Jesse tried to approach him but he-

"No! Stay away! It's after me, not you!"Gabriel replied as they ducked when they saw the Wither approached them.

"Look at him, the mighty Gabriel! Looks like true greatness is out of his reach."Ivor spat. "He may not be able to defeat this creature, but I can! Creature, retreat!"

The Wither did nothing in reply, as it began to absorb more objects, ignoring Ivor's calls.

"He lost control of it!"Jesse said.

"No need to worry my friends. I had a special elixir that will destroy this creature."Ivor pulled out a potion bottle. Raven could hear Axel say 'uh-oh' in the back. Ivor then threw it, but nothing happened.

"Hate to break your hopes, but nothing is happening!"Raven exclaimed, trying to contain her fear of the ever-growing Wither. She needs to survive. She shouldn't die. Cedric will need a sister to support him and that sister is her.

"Impossible! It should have worked; I took such care."Ivor said in disbelief.

"The potion... Axel, you got to throw the real potion."Olivia urged.

"But, finders keepers!"Axel responded.

"You thieves! You're ruining everything!"Ivor shouted.

"Just do it, while we still have the chance."Raven nagged. Jesse then took the potion before he threw it. The Wither then covered the weird block as the glass shattered, but nothing happened.

"It's protecting itself! Without the command block exposed... the potion is useless! It wasn't supposed to happen like this."Ivor then ran away.

"Ivor! You coward, come back here!"Gabriel yelled when a purple tractor beam sucked him. He yelped, only to be pulled by Olivia.

"I can't hold on!"Olivia stated. Jesse helped his friend rescue Gabriel. Gabriel thanked him as Jesse helped him up.

"Ivor was right about one thing; I can't defeat that thing. Not on my own."Gabriel sighed. "Everyone is running away, except for you. Will you help me? I must get to the temple, but what needs to happens next, I can't do it alone."

"Of course!"Jesse replied.

"Follow me."Gabriel said as everyone followed him to escape the newly impending threat.

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As she ran, Raven looked up and gasped. "Crud."She mumbled. The Wither has grown bigger than ever, and was currently sucking people in purple tractor beams.

"Guys!"Taking a risk, Raven looked back and saw Jesse struggling by a tractor beam lifting the ground of blocks.

"Jesse! Take my hand!"Raven then reached out her hand as Jesse crawled over. She gripped his hand tightly and pulled him out of the tractor beam's path.

"Thanks."Jesse sighed in relief as they try to meet up with the rest of the gang.

"Lukas!"Raven called and the mentioned person turned around, relieved.

"Holy crap! Oh man, if I was still in that basement..."Lukas shuddered. "Thanks for coming back for me, Rae. I would have been dead if you haven't."

"Jesse! Raven!"They turned and saw Olivia and the rest of the group in a stall. As they settled in, they gasped as one of the tractor beams sucked the roof in which they rest.

"We have to stay together!"Jesse said as the group ran when Petra cried for help. Jesse grabbed her hand, with Raven pulling his leg when he was about to be pulled while grabbing into a fence. Unfortunately, the fence broke and the group would have been sucked if not for Gabriel helping them.

"Is everyone okay?"Raven panted. With everyone nodding, Gabriel spoke as the group ran.

"We must set out for my fortress; we'll be better protected there."

"Thanks for having my back out there."Petra smiled as they ran. Raven shrugged.

"I guess we're even, r-"Jesse said when-

"Look out!"Raven exclaimed as they dodged an exploding fireball from the Wither. She then ran, dodging obstacles along with the way as they fled the place of Endercon.

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"Stay together everyone!"Gabriel reminded. "We'll be safe as soon as we get to my temple."

Raven ran as if her life depends on it, literally. She was screaming internally; on the outside, she was focused on dodging the obstacles, until one of the Wither tentacles grasped her.

"Oof!"She choked before she cried for help, punching the Wither tentacle hardly while hoping someone would hear her since she cannot get her sword from the back.

"Gotcha!"She saw Jesse struck the tentacle, causing it to retreat and let go. Raven smiled and thanked Jesse as they both catch up with the others.

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"Hurry, inside the temple!"Gabriel said as they headed inside the temple. "The inner chamber is entirely made out of obsidian. We should be untouchable in there."

Gabriel then pulled a lever, opening up the chamber. Suddenly a tractor beam struck the temple's door. The group then ran into the chamber where a portal to the Nether laid.

A Wither tentacle burst through the temple as well. Gabriel unsheathed his diamond sword and started attacking it. "Hurry! If you can get to the portal, you'll be safe."

The group ran to the portal with Axel heading towards it, but he was still there. "Uh, something's not right here."He said, confused.

"It's not lit."Olivia stated before Jesse got out a flint and steel and quickly lit the portal frame.

"Everyone, get in! NOW!"Petra yelled. Everyone did except for Jesse, Petra, Lukas and Raven. Soon the mentioned four heard a scream before they turned and saw Gabriel being grasped by the Wither tentacle.

"Gabriel!"Jesse called as the group (except Lukas, who's scared for life) rushed over to help him. Another tentacle burst from the roof to attack them.

"I thought we're untouchable from now on."Raven sighed as she got out her sword to fight the tentacle along with Petra. Jesse quickly got Gabriel from being taken by the Wither Storm. She heard Gabriel thanked Jesse as he got up.

"There are so many of them... I-I can't save them at all. I can't stop this myself. We need to find the others."Raven heard Gabriel said.

"Others?"Raven blinked as she kept attacking the tentacle.

"Soren's missing for years... but the others, you must seek them out."Out of the corner of her eye, Raven spotted Gabriel giving Jesse a kind of an amulet that is held by a hand, unaware that a Wither tentacle grasped her, snapping her out.

"Gosh, darn it! Help!"Raven screamed before Petra pulled her out, only for both of the girls to be hurled to one of the obsidian walls. She groaned in pain as she witnessed Jesse struck the Wither with his sword, with hopes that what she just went to was just a dream, and she would be back home. She got up but she silently cried when her left arm became painful. She witnessed Petra struck the tentacle with her gold sword as the tentacle retreated.

"You three; go through the portal and meet up with the others. I'll stay here and do whatever I can."Petra said as she attacked the tentacle, quickly spotting that neither of the three were heading. "Get in, now!"

"Petra, you are risking your life. If you're staying, then I'm staying." Raven insisted before she coughed, with Jesse nodding in agreement. One thing that never changed when she was pixelated to Minecraft was her persistence and her concern for her friends, even if the price is risky.

"No, you're not."Petra demanded. "The gang needs you all. Get in the portal. If anything happens, I'll meet you guys at the temple."

Suddenly, they all saw Gabriel being sucked up by a tractor beam. Jesse, Petra and Raven quickly rushed over when another tractor beam sucked Petra, earning Lukas' horrified scream. The Wither tentacle attempted to swipe at Jesse and Raven, but both of them dodge it, with Raven coughing by the effort.

"Raven, get Petra! I've got Gabriel!"Jesse yelled as Raven pulled Petra out of the beam.

"Thanks Raven."Petra smiled weakly as they witnessed Jesse taking Gabriel. "I think now we should-"

"Incoming!"Raven yelled as she pushed Petra out of the way, as Raven was the next one who was sucked by the tractor beam.

"Help!"She cried, slightly coughing in pain.

She looked around and found Gabriel and Petra was nowhere to be found and saw Jesse attempting to rescue her, only for a tentacle to slam him and Lukas into the portal.

"Oh, that's just great."Raven muttered sarcastically when she coughed more again, her vision getting blurry from all her efforts. The last thing she felt was someone pulling her out before everything went black.

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Okay, that's all. You might be yelling because I pulled a freaking cliffhanger on you. My bad... (not really)

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