Minecraft Story Mode: Colliding Worlds

Part 17: The Temple

"Found anything yet?" I asked Olivia, who was standing close by.

"Nothing but more trees," She responded. "You?"

"Same," I replied. "I'm going to go check and see if anyone else has spotted anything."

Olivia nodded in acknowledgement, and went back to staring out into the jungle.

"Hey, Lukas," I waved to him as I approached.

"Woah!" He gasped, jumping a little.

"Oh my gosh, did I startle you?" I asked him. "I am sooo sorry, I didn't mean to- I-"

"It's okay," Lukas assured me. "What are you doing over here, anyways?"

"I just came to check and see if you'd found anything yet," I responded.

"Nope," He sighed. "Nothing but trees, trees, and more trees."

"Okay," I began. "Well, keep looking. I'm sure one of us will find something eventually."

Lukas nodded silently and turned to peer into the jungle again.

With that, I headed off to check on Jesse and Petra's progress.

"Hello, you guys find anything yet?" I asked them.

"Nothing yet," Jesse reported.

"Just a bunch of these weird trees," Petra added, leaning on one of their wafer-like trunks.

"Yeah, no one else has had any luck yet, either," I told them. "But keep looking. I'm sure we'll find something eventually."

"Right," They nodded, and the two of them continued searching.

Next, I decided to go check in with Soren.

"Hey, Soren," I started to say. "Any luck?"

"Enderlord's definitely been through here," Soren responded idly, studying some of the tree trunks closely.

"Well, that's some good news, at least," I pointed out. "It means we're going in the right direction."

"Indeed," Soren agreed. "But it's nearly impossible to tell where he went from here because of his ability to teleport."

"Right," I began. "Well, I'm sure we'll find him. Just keep looking."

Soren dipped his head in acknowledgment and continued to study the tree trunks.

"Yo, Ivor," I decided to check in with him next. "See anything out there?"

"You mean other than a bunch of these weird looking trees?" He pressed. "Nope, nothing."

"Okay," I sighed. "Well, uhh, keep looking, and I'm sure one of us will find something."

Ivor stared at me skeptically, but said nothing more, and continued his search.

The last person I had yet to check on was Axel. Given his track record, I wasn't sure he'd have found much of anything, but it was worth a shot nonetheless, and besides, I already checked in with everyone else. I didn't want him to feel left out. Not that I thought he noticed, or even cared, but I would just feel bad myself if he was the only one I didn't end up talking to.

"Heya Axel," I grinned as I approached. "See anything out there?"

"Nope, just a whole lot of trees..." Axel began, squinting his eyes. "Wait a minute... is that a jungle temple?"

"Let me see," I murmured, coming to stand directly beside him and letting my attention fall on where he was looking. "Oh my gosh, it is!"

I noticed something else by its vine covered, mossy entrance. Hints of a bright, out of place looking purple hovering in the air.