When You Realise It's Real

Chapter 30

The place was getting destroyed.

Three Witherstorms.

Three voices.

The world was getting devoured before my very eyes.

Axel had joined us, but who would die?

Reuben, but...

Many things had changed with my influence.

Would the Witherstorms even die?

Foolish human. You annoy me.

And creatures like you are the reason we have middle fingers.

What is a finger?

"Well, friends, it's been nice meeting you but..." Soren started backing away, "I gotta...go...bye!"

He started running away.

"Soren, you coward!' Jesse yelled.

"Come deal with your problems, son of a-" I covered Rory's mouth to stop him from cussing.

Then Soren was gone, leaving us with the Three Very Hungry Witherstorms. They could easily compete with the Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Gone, gone, gone.

Ivor started toward the place where Soren disapeared.

"Where are you going?!" Jesse's face had betrayal written all over it.

"I can't let him get himself killed!"

Then Ivor was gone, too. In his place was fear.

In any other situation, my mind would just be me, myself and I. Mine and mine alone.

Now it was me, myself and fear.

Fear everywhere.

Fear devouring my mind, fear stretching my limits of imagination, planting images of consequences in my mind, laughing at my thoughts.

So we turned to the Witherstorms.

Not enough Endermen focused on the Witherstorm. Too many wandering around.

"We need to get more Endermen focused on the Witherstorm!" Olivia shouted over the roars of the Witherstorms.

Yeah, figured that part out.

"I can do it!" Jesse yelled, "you guys stay here!"

Rory and I exchanged a glance, and I knew what we were both thinking.

That never happened in the game. Everyone went with her.

"But-"

"No 'buts', Lukas! I know what to do!" Jesse yelled, running into the crowd of Endermen.

The biggest Witherstorm roared, and a purple tractor  beam passed above  us.

Mind toning down the beams a bit?

I cannot.

Can you try?

I know you try to trick, Unique One. Purple eye escaped me once, I won't let you do it.

You'll be dead soon, anyway.

The black creatures pinch but they cannot kill.

The Endermen won't kill you, no, but we sure as hell can.

"So, what do we do while Jesse's getting the Endermen to focus on the Witherstorm?" I wondered.

"I'm still wondering how Jesse's getting the Endermen to focus..." Axel muttered, "I can't even get myself to focus!"