My Last Hope (Truth Series 4)

29: Parkour Eradication

A/N: XP This is late. Sorry.

Third Person POV

Double, Sly, Chimney Swift, and Bodil traverse a parkour map with ease. They're just hanging out and having fun teasing each other.

"What was that Triple?" Bodil laughs as he watches his friend fail a jump for the third time.

"Come on, we don't have all day Triple," Chim teases.

"I'm coming. I'm coming." Double replies with a grin as he attempts the jump a fourth time.This time he lands awkwardly on the next platform.

"About time you got your ass over here." Sly giggles. Double rolls his eyes at his friend's immaturity but grins none the less. Together they continue on through the map.

Chimney's POV

I parkour behind the others. It's not that I'm slow or bad at parkour. I just want to make sure we all stay together. The note at the beginning said that this map was long and could be confusing. I don't want anyone to get lost or separated from the group. Double already did that once. We've been on this map for just over an hour already.

"I found a checkpoint!" Bodil shouts with a giggle.

"It's about time!" Sly exclaims before making the final jump between his platform and the checkpoint.

I stand on one platform made of stone and dirt. There are two platforms that are in front me. They're made of the same thing as the one I'm on. Following the two platforms is the checkpoint. The checkpoint is on a cliff type thing made of grass blocks that connects back to the mainland. Beneath the platforms and the cliff is an ocean of blue green water. The water moves quick and splashes against the base of the cliff.

Bodil and now Sly are on the cliff. Double is on the platform just in front of me.

Something slices through my back. I cry out. I'm pushed forward. I fall from the platform. I tumble down. The raging water engulfs me. I use the power of my tooth so I can breathe under water.

Sly's POV

I stand with Bodil at the checkpoint. I survey the map in front of us. We still have a long way to go. I hear Chim scream.

"What the?" I do a 180. Chim has fallen off his platform. Where he once stood is a white skeleton holding a sword. Bodil cries out beside me. A skeleton stands behind him. A sword protrudes from his chest.

"Bodil!" Double screams. I attack the skeleton. He knocks Bodil away from him. He dodges my sword. This skelly is weird. He shouldn't be that fast. He shouldn't have a sword. The skeleton aims to strike me. I dodge it. He still manages to clip my shoulder. I hear Double scream behind me. I can't see him. I don't know if he's okay. It worries me. The skelly's sword pierces my chest. I cough. Blood pools in my mouth. I spit some at the skelly. The world fades from existence.

Chimney's POV

I stay below the surface. I can hear the muffled screams of my friends. I want to help them. But I can't. Someone needs to tell the others what happened. Maybe it's just part of the map. No it can't be. The map is on peaceful. It's set so there is constant daylight. No monster should have gotten the jump on us. But one did. After a few minutes the noises end. The only sound I can hear is the rough churning of the water around me. I swim up. My head breaks the surface. The world is quiet. Everything is strangely calm. Even the water has stilled. I swim to the base if the cliff and climb the side of it. After about ten minutes of struggling to climb with my battered back I reach the top. I survey the scene around me. Bodil and Sly lay on the ground covered in their own blood. Double is on one of the platforms also covered in blood. I run over to Sly first. I feel his neck for a pulse. I can't find one. But that's... that's impossible. You can't die on a map. You always respawn. Sly should be respawning.

"Dammit!" This can't be happening. Tears well up in my eyes. I make my way to Bodil next. Again, I feel for a pulse. Again, I don't find one. The tears fall from my eyes. "Notch dammit!" Why? This shouldn't have happened. None of this should have happened. I make my way over to Double, parkouring to the platform he's on. "Double!" I cry out in joy when I see him struggling to get up off the ground. He's alive! Oh thank Notch! He's alive! He's beaten up but alive. Blood spills from a wound on his shoulder. It looks like a sword was shoved straight through it. His shirt and pants are torn up and he has scratch marks and cuts everywhere on his body. He's breathing heavily. I help him clamber to his feet.

"We need.." He gasps. "We need to get..." He coughs roughly, spitting up blood in the process. Damn. They beat the Nether out of him. "..get to the Aether. I have.." Another cough followed by him wheezing.

"Slow down Double. We need to get you help first." I tell him.

He shakes his head no. "I have message for Notch from.." He coughs again and swallows thickly. "..from Brine."