Lost Memories

Part 2; Chapter 10 - The Hunt Within Bedrock Walls

(woo! A special 2226 word chapter!!)

=Sabre's POV=

Rainbow Steve and I took off running.

"Are you sure this is a good idea!?" Rainbow Steve yelled. I shook my head, starting to gather wood from the nearest tree. "Too late to change our minds, Elemental Steve said that our last chance to back out was when we entered through the portal!"

Rainbow Steve made a crafting table and crafted a stick. "Rainbow Steve, this is serious, we're about to fight Nightmare Steve, you can't use a stick!" I scolded.

"What do you mean, 'don't use a stick'!? This is my most trusty weapon!" He defended. I pressed my fingers to the bridge of my nose. "How about we get you a sharp stick instead? Would you like that?" I asked. Rainbow Steve nodded, a smile forming on his face.

I crafted two pickaxes, Tossing one to Rainbow Steve. He caught it and we both immediately started mining.

I reached a small vein of iron, about four in total. I pulled out a furnace and began smelting it with wood as I continued to mine. After a minute or so, I found a vein of three. I let out a frustrated growl. We were gonna need diamonds if we were to fight that lunatic!

I ran back to the furnace, putting the ore in. "TWO MINUTES UNTIL I RELEASE NIGHTMARE STEVE!!" Elemental Steve warned. Three minutes passed already? Geez! I made my way over to Rainbow Steve's mine.

"You got anything?" I asked. Rainbow Steve turned to me. "O-only four iron!" He whined. "Give it to me, I'll smelt it!" I took the iron and put it in my furnace, bouncing my leg anxiously.

I placed down a crafting table and made an iron pickaxe. It would be useful if we found any diamonds. I made a pair of stone swords to defend ourselves, then took the remaining iron to make a chestplate for Rainbow Steve.

He ran over and put three more iron into the furnace. "Rainbow Steve..." he turned to me and I fit the chestplate over his head. I fastened it so it'd stay on his small body. He grabbed my sleeve when he saw I didn't have any armor on.

"Sabre, what about you? Aren't you gonna put some armor on?" He worried. "I'll be fine, Rainbow Steve. It's you who needs to be protected." I gave him a pat on the head, then used the dug out dirt to cover up the entrance.

"NIGHTMARE STEVE IS RELEASED!!" Elemental Steve called out. "I WILL BE BACK IN THREE HOURS!!" There was lightning, then a storm of fireballs.

I shielded Rainbow Steve from a fireball explosion, gritting my teeth in pain. "Sabre!" He shouted. I was shoved back. "Quickly, go hide! I'll distract him!" He told me before taking off.

"Rainbow Steve, wait!" I called, but he was already gone and drawing Nightmare Steve's fire. I looked out across the ruined landscape. Ores had a higher blast resistance than regular stone, right? I caught a glimpse of something blue and shiny. Diamonds!

I took off running, jumping from block to block. I pulled out my iron pickaxe and stared mining out the light blue material. There were five in total. I slammed down a crafting table and created a diamond sword and a diamond axe, taking off towards Rainbow Steve. I ran into the burning forest.

"Rainbow Steve!!" I shouted, seeing a hint of shimmery white and wooly red among the bright flames. I dumped my water bucket out and ran to him, handing him the sword. "Sharp stick!" I told him. It frustrated me that I even had to say that to get him to take the dang sword.

"I should work on getting shields!" I told him. He nodded as I took off again. I gathered some wood that had beed blasted onto the ground, then surveyed the ruined field for iron. There! I slid down into a crater, mining out two blocks of ore. I put down a newly crafted furnace and waited for what seemed like an eternity.