Prison of the dead (Labyrinth of Monsters' sequel) A hermitcraft/3rd life fanfic

Chapter 6 - Grian

Silence. There's a good minute after Jimmy's outburst where no one speaks. I look around the group awkwardly, then back to the superhero, who quickly backs up his argument.

'It makes sense! We all have some reason to hate both of them - Doc killed Cub, Ren, and Scott, and worked Impulse to suicide, while Etho killed you, Skizz, causing Impulse to go mad, attacked badly injured both the Convex, did nothing when Scott walked off into the maze and Martyn was attacked by Ren! They're evil! Both of them!'

'How long were you thinking of that name?' I ask. 

'I thought of it last night when I was feeling jealous of the fact that all the 'NHO' are here, while all of us are without our friends.' Jimmy admitted. 'So...'

'I agree with Jimmy!' Skizz stood up suddenly. 'Etho and Doc need to be taught a lesson, whether that's through killing them or not.'

'I'm not sure about all this... killing.' I point out quietly. Everyone ignores me. 

'I'm with Skizz. Scar, what do you think?'

'Oh, I agree with you all.' He grins as he looks up. 'We're getting our revenge, and we're going to fight them with the passion of a thousand Scars!'

'Exactly!' 

'The SO DEAD it is then!' 

I shrink further into my seat. This group are planning murder. MURDER. And it's all my fault. I shouldn't have told them as much as I did. Now they're going to kill 2 people who might've been our friends in our old life that I'm slowly remembering. 

'Well, if that's all decided... we'll meet back another point to discuss how.' 

They all agree. I stay silent as they all prepare to go. Martyn waves us off, and I hurry back to my room where I lie down, unable to sleep after all I've heard.

It seems I must've dozed off at one point, since I wake to hear someone banging on the door. I wake up, groggy and disoriented. Pearl falls out of her bed in her tiredness, and she looks up at me. I smile back, and we both leave the room. Zloy is yelling for everyone to come and have breakfast. A few other equally bleary people appear from their own rooms, and we all make our way to where the food is being served. 

Pearl runs off to sit with Stress and False, and I'm left looking around. I see someone waving at me, and I realise it's Scar. Still nervous about his bloodlust last night, I jog over.

'Hey Scar!' 

He greets me back, and we both eat the food provided for us. It seems that today we don't have a choice as to what we get to eat. We finish reasonably quickly, and then chat the rest of the time about random stuff. At one point, Scar's cat Jellie jumps onto the table, demanding affection. I laugh, and stroke her. 

'You seem good with cats.' Scar notes. 

'I had two before the experiment... I think they were called Maui and Pearl.'

'Pearl? Isn't that the girl with long brown hair?'

'I think they're both called Pearl... I don't know... anyway, it looks like we can just go...' 

Sure enough, a few others are leaving their tables and heading off towards where all the activities are. Me and Scar follow after them, passing where the NHO are talking. I glare at them, and how oblivious they are to everything that's going on. Scar notices them too.

'I swear I could just break their necks right now...' He mutters. I give him a concerned look, as we carry on.

Inside the next room, we head over to the building area, where I begin to build a house. Scar watches approvingly, before grabbing some grass and dirt and beginning to terraform around. I can't help but stop and watch as he creates a beautiful area. 

'Wow, Scar, this is amazing!'

He looks up at me, slightly surprised.

'Thanks!'

'I... I saw some of the stuff you did in the graveyard.' I decide to continue speaking, even though it's probably unwise. 

'Yeah... I thought we have a place to actually bury the bodies we found, and I didn't want it to look too dark. So... I made some trees and stuff.'

'Well, it looked amazing.' 

I let my eyes wander across the rest of the area. A couple others are building too, but I can't help but watch Bdubs as he creates a stunning cottage, with ivy growing up the walls. 

'Wow! Bdubs!' I jump off the roof of my own house and glide down to the ground, running over. 'That's incredible!'

'What? Oh, this thing? You like it?'

'You know what?' Scar begins thoughtfully. 'I never realised how small you were before.'

'OH VERY FUNNY!' Bdubs snaps back. 'WHY DOES EVERYONE THINK I'M SMALL?!'

'Because you are.' I point out. The small builder shoves me.

'I'M NOT SMALL!' It sounds like he's convincing himself as much as the rest of us, and I can't help but laugh. Bdubs glares at me, before continuing to build. 

Suddenly, I remember something. Me, Scar, and Bdubs are building something. A town hall. For a mayor race. 

Mumbo for Mayor.

Grumbot.

Scar won.

Resistance.

Turf war. 

'Hermitcraft!' The name instantly comes to my head. Scar and Bdubs both look at me. 

'What? Hermitcraft? What's... OH MY GOODNESS, HERMITCRAFT!' With a gasp, Scar remembers too. 'I was a mayor! Of the shopping district! The... the...'

'Cow-mertial district!' Bdubs chips in. 'Because it was covered in mycelium!'

'Yes!'

'I started a revolution to get rid of it!'

'I was against it, and I brought in... wait... who did I...HIP! Hermit Environment Protection Agency!'

'Wait, didn't you have an enforcer?' Bdubs realises.

'Oh yeah! I did! Cub... was... the enforcer.' The mood drops at the name of the deceased vex. 

'Well, at least I know why it was the New Hermit Order.' Bdubs states. 'Because... Hermitcraft.' 

'Yeah...' my mind takes me back to Mumbo. I'd campaigned to make him the mayor. We'd made Grumbot. And Jrumbot. 

He was dead. 

Oh my goodness, Mumbo was dead. 

Mumbo.

His friend. 

His fellow architech. 

Wait... Sahara! 

Yes!

But Mumbo was still dead. 

And there was another mega-corporation as well. 

'Who else remembers Concorp?' I ask, obliviously cheerful

Scar frowns, then gasps, then realizes something.

'That was me and Cub...' 

Oh shoot. 

Tears glisten in Scar's eyes as he remembers everything. 

'T...that was... the... the convex.' 

I want to take it all back, but can't, as Scar slumps against the wall of Bdubs's house and cries.

First bad chapter! Hooray!