My Last Hope (Truth Series 4)

10: A Friend

A/N: Happy Saturday everyone!

Third Person POV

Ryan, Ant, Spoon, Seamus, and Chim make their way to the second location that was circled on the map in Chim's basement. They reach their destination at about mid afternoon. This gives them a few hours to investigate the area before nightfall. They explore for about two hours without finding anything.

"There's nothing here." Seamus states clearly unhappy with the situation. "This was a waste of time."

"Let's set up camp here," Chim suggests. "We can go back to my house in the morning. Hopefully the others have better luck." They're just about to start setting up their camp when a scream cuts through the air.

"What the Nether was that!?" Seamus exclaims.

"Let's check it out," Ant decides for the group.

"I think it came from over here." Chim leads the way. They walk in the direction the scream came from for a few minutes until they discover a medium sized one story building. The structure is partially hidden by the dark oak wood trees of a roofed forest. The group of five is currently standing approximately 20 blocks from the building.

"What the fuck!? How the Nether did we miss this!?" Spoon demands frustrated.

"That doesn't matter, right now." Ryan reasons with him. "All the matters is we found it."

The group travels closer to the building. They walk carefully trying to avoid potentially being seen by anyone lurking around. They stop behind the row of trees surrounding the place. Cautiously they peer around the trees trying to get a better look at the place. It seems to be made completely of stone brick and obsidian with iron front doors and no windows. The one story building doesn't look like much but it most likely continues underground. Standing just outside the building is a man. He wears red sunglasses, black slacks, a white shirt, and a black unbuttoned suit jacket. He has bright blue eyes, pitch black hair and a short beard. Ryan and Ant immediately recognize the man as their friend. Ant runs out of the cover of the trees. Ryan tries to stop him but to no avail.

"Jordan!" Ant calls out drawing the man's attention.

"No." The man's eyes widen in horror. "Nononononono. You shouldn't be here!" The man hisses.

"Why?"

"It's dangerous."

"Danger doesn't scare me."

"You don't understand! You shouldn't be here! You can't be here! If he finds out you're here, he'll kill you!" The man, Jordan, rambles.

"Jordan, what are you talking about!?" Ant demands. He's never seen Jordan like this. It's starting to scare him.

"You can't be here! You have to leave!"

"Alright, I will," Ant agrees. "But first, you have to tell me if you've seen a girl named Jennifer Star."

"Shit!" Jordan exclaims now more terrified than before. "You found her book!" He mutters to himself. "Oh, shit! You found her book! This is bad! This is bad!" Ant stares at his friend terrified of the way he's reacting. Jordan paces back and forth in front of part of the building muttering things to himself. Suddenly he stops. He looks at Ant completely horrified. "You have to leave!" Jordan exclaims desperately. "Now! Taylor! You have to leave now! Go! Hurry!"

"I-" Ant tries to protest but he is cut off by Ryan who grabs him by the arm and drags him back into the forest. Ryan stands facing away from the building with his back pressed against a tree. Ant fights against him and tries to protest again. Ryan holds him back and clamps one of his hands over the resisting man's mouth. He was just in time. Ant stills immediately horrified when the door to the building behind them opens and closes.

"Sparklez!" A deep commanding voice calls. "What did I just tell you about coming out here!?" The mysterious voice demands.

"I'm sorry, father." Jordan replies sounding both scared and ashamed. "I did not mean to upset you."

"Let's go," the voice commands.

The group hiding in the trees hears the door open again. Ryan peeks out from behind a tree. He catches a glimpse of a black cloth, most likely a cloak, just before the door clothes behind it. Ryan releases Ant and addresses the group. "We need to go back to Chim's house, now!"

"It's late. We should set up camp somewhere around here," Chim protests.

"No! We need to get out of here, now!" Ryan tells him.

"Why? What's the rush?" Seamus asks.

"I'll explain later. Right now, we need to run as far away from here as possible!"

The group finally listens to him and start running away from the building they discovered. They keep running until they are too exhausted to go any further. By that point night has already fallen. Seamus, Chim, and Spoon set up a temporary camp as Ryan and Ant defend them from monsters. As they had a late start setting up their camp they can't all sleep at once because of all the mobs spawned nearby. So once the camp is set up they take shifts guarding it throughout the night. Chim is the last one to have a shift. He wakes up the rest of the group at the crack of dawn. They eat breakfast and then spend the rest of the day walking back to Chim's house. The group arrives at noon, right when the sun is at it's highest point in the sky. They're the first ones there. So, they eat lunch and hang out in Chim's living room waiting for the other group to arrive. Bodil, Sly, Double, and Clash arrive at the house about an hour later.

"Do you know of a way to contact Notch?" Ryan asks Clash as soon as the lion walks through the door.

"I am here." The god appears in the living room. "What is it that you require?"

"I know who kidnapped her."