The Hunters (The Great War)

Chapter 3

Jordan, who was in the lead, ran into an abandoned building down the street from the Training Center. The kids followed suit and ran inside.

Ty slumped down against the wall when he got inside, scared out of his mind. He had almost been killed by a Creeper that he hadn't even seen.

Why were the monsters attacking New Block City in the first place? In all ten years of his life, Ty had never seen any get within the city gates. Yet, a huge army of them had just almost killed a bunch of kids.

What was going to happen after the monsters left, if they even did? Were Ty's parents still alive? If they were, could they still live here? And if they weren't, what would Ty do?

On another note, Ty had lost his headset. He felt naked without it, since he always wore it. But, it was still in the Training Center, and who knows if they were going back there or not?

"Guys!" Mitch, who was looking out the window with Jerome, whisper-shouted. "The monsters are leaving!"

Ty stood up groggily and looked out another window. Sure enough, the army of monsters were exiting Mojang Training Center. They were walking in the opposite direction down the street, towards Central Park.

"Where are they going?" Ty wondered aloud.

Nobody answered, probably because nobody knew the answer. Would it be safe to go back to Mojang Training Center?

"Should we go back?" Stampy asked.

"I don't think it's safe to go back outside," Pat replied.

"Remember what that guy said?" Dan asked. "He said to stay in the training center."

"That guy probably isn't even alive anymore," Jason said. "We can't base our actions off of what someone we don't even know told us to do."

"Maybe the monsters are leaving the city," Jerome countered. "Which means we can go outside."

"And what if they're just hiding, waiting for us to show ourselves again?" Squid asked.

"Monsters aren't smart enough to do that," Jen replied.

"I don't know, those monsters seemed pretty smart to me," Seto said. "And did you notice they all had red eyes?"

"I think we need to do a vote," Adam spoke up.

"You and your votes," Jordan muttered.

"Who votes we--"

"Guys!" Mitch cried out from the window. "Look! It's the guy!"

The kids rushed over to the window to look out. Ty got to one first, looking in the direction of Mojang Training Center.

Sure enough, the guy that had saved them on the school bus was standing just outside of Mojang Training Center. Ty couldn't read his expression from where they were. He could tell, however, that he was holding something small and green in his hand. There was also another woman with him who was not there earlier. The man and the woman seemed to be talking about something.

"Well, if he's out there, then it must be safe!" Dan exclaimed. "Come on!"

He started running towards the door, but Jason stood in front of him, iron sword in front of his body to block Dan.