The One True Hero

CHAPTER 4

Squid's POV

A thrill shuddered through Squid's body. They'd take on Target; they'd take on Target and win.

Hit the Target's smile could've made pro-wrestlers run for their mummies. "Good." he said, and then his eyes flickered briefly behind Squid as he said "Your first object to find is Squid's 'party hat', I believe you call it? How adorable." Htt's glance behind Squid had been so quick that Squid wasn't even sure if he'd imagined it, but as Target's eyes bored into him, he thought that Htt had done it accidently.

"So, finding this item will get you into the arena. I guess all that remains is for me to say: go."

Squid heard a slight sound as the TNT that had been surrounding his pedestal receded back into the earth. Hesitantly, he put one foot down, and when that didn't get blown off, he stepped onto the dirt. The dirt block that Target was standing on started moving downwards, but was replaced by another before Squid could get there.

Suddenly, he remembered Amy, and raced over to her. They briefly hugged, before Lee coughed. Squid broke away and saw that Stampy and Sqaishey had been hugging as well. Lee stood there awkwardly, with his arms folded, and then said "Can't help but think I'll be a little bit of a... not even 3rd, a 5th wheel!"

Squid shrugged and put his arm around Amy's waist.

"Lee's got a point, we need to stay focused. Let's start looking." Stampy replied, which Squid couldn't help but think wasn't Lee's point at all.

"When Target mentioned my hat, he looked behind me. I think it's there." Squid suggested. A throng of voices replied.

"He could've been doing that to trick us."

"We should split up."

"No!"

"It'd be faster."

"What if one of us needed help?"

"SHUT UP!" Stampy yelled, and the others fell shamefacedly quiet. "Look, we might as well go that way. If it was the right way, and we didn't follow up on Squid's lead..." There were a few negative mumbles, but as Stampy started off, everyone followed.

The sun rose and set above them as they searched in the forest ; climbing trees, diving in streams, searching bushes.

As night fell, Sqaishey and Amy pulled down branches and lit a fire as Squid, Lee and Stampy started preparing some vegetables they'd found. No one really spoke as they all sipped their lukewarm vegetable soup. It wouldn't have taken a genius to realise that they were all pretty fed up.

Squid leant against a tree, to confused looks from the others, and called out "There's no use looking any more tonight, it's too dark. Night guys."