My Last Hope (Truth Series 4)

37: Demigods, Lions, and Withers

A/N: Hello! It's been a few days! Just to let you know, the craziness called my life is settling down a bit. Hopefully. Anyway, since I have a bit more time to work with now, I will go back to posting one or two chapters every Saturday.

Seto's POV

I stand in Notch's throne room. Everyone else is here too. Everyone except for Soro and the Yogscast members injured in the last fight. Namely Martyn. The gash on his back is infected.

The rest of us are trying to figure what the next step is. After Brine's recent attacks and threats no one knows what to do. The only thing we can think of is sending out troops from Sky Army and the Yognau(gh)ts to various cities and towns to protect. No one knows where he'll strike next. So that would be a start. But then the troops will be spread too thin and by the time backup arrives, Brine will have won. So that plan is a no go.

"I could infiltrate Brine's forces," suggests Jordan.

"What!? No!" Everyone immediately protests.

"I've known him longer. I know his habits. I know what to do to get on his good side. I could rise up the ranks of his army in no time. I'll gain his trust and he'll tell me his plans. Then I can relay them to you and turn on him when the time comes."

"No." states Sierra, determined to stop the other demigod in his tracks. She turns to him with crossed arms and a stern glare. "What if he figures it out? He'll kill you. We can't risk that."

"It's better I die than all of Minecraftia." Jordan retaliates with ease. Antvenom tenses at his side.

"Jord..." The younger male, the demigod's own boyfriend, is lost for words.

"It won't come to that," Jordan reassures him. "I'll be fine I swear." He faces Notch with a determined flare in his eyes, one I've never seen before. "As I said before, I've known him long enough to know how to stay on his good side."

"Very well." Notch agrees. Sierra turns a glare on her father.

"Okay, so that's how we get our intel but what do we do in the meantime?" I keep them on task. We don't have time for arguments. Whatever grievances Sierra has she can sort out later.

Over the course of an hour or so we come up with a semi decent plan. You know that idea we had before? The one about increasing the guard in various towns and cities. Yeah, instead we're doing the opposite. Well technically we're doing nothing. Although everyone hates the idea we all agree that it's the best plan we can come up with. We don't want the public knowing anything is going on, otherwise they're going to freak out. And people freaking out will only make the situation worse. So it's best that the general public is kept out of the loop. However, Sky and a few others are going to Spawn City to tell Machinima what is going on.

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It has been a total of two hours since our little group meeting. It's been a total of three and a half days since Soro lost consciousness. We were waiting for him to awaken but at the time it didn't seem likely that he was going to any time soon.

Currently I am sitting in a chair at Soro's bedside in the infirmary of Notch's castle. Soro just woke up a few minutes ago. He is now sitting up in the hospital bed. What is not tangled around his legs of the white sheet that had once covered him hangs off the bed. He runs his hands through his disheveled mop of hair. He is still a bit groggy but he is coming around.

"You need a haircut," I joke lightheartedly.

He laughs and his hands find a place to rest on his lap. "I already thought about that."

Notch, Sierra, Ridgedog, Rythian, Duncan, Brice, Gunnar, Star, Clash, Cana, and Nori are scattered around the large medical room. They either sit in chairs, relax on beds, or stand in various locations in the room.