The Hunters (The Great War)

Chapter 8

Ty and the other kids ran down the stairs of the Town Hall and into an untouched building across the street.

"Let's hide in here until the monsters are gone," Adam said, out of breath.

"Why were there more of them?" Jason asked. "Is the evil man trying to kill us?"

"Well, he is evil," Seto pointed out.

"But what does he have to gain from killing a bunch of kids?" Dan asked. "I feel like he's smarter than wasting his monsters on us. There must be another reason."

"Maybe he was trying to get us away from the Nether portal," Stampy suggested.

"He has magic powers. Can't he just teleport to the Nether whenever he wants?" Pat asked.

"Maybe he's getting us away from it so someone else can use the portal," Squid replied.

"Who, though?" Jen asked.

"He also scared us away from the building earlier. Maybe he didn't want us going in there," Adam spoke up.

"Or, he didn't want us to find the guy we're looking for," Jordan said.

"So if he doesn't want us to find our guy..." Jerome started.

"And he just scared us away from the Nether portal..." Mitch continued.

"Then that means the guy we've been searching for is going to the Nether!" Ty exclaimed. "Come on!"

He started to run towards the door, but Jordan grabbed the back of his leather chestplate.

"What if the monsters are still out there?" Jordan asked. "We can't afford to fight another entire army."

There were no windows in this building, so they had no way of knowing if the monsters were gone or not.

"But the guy could be at the portal any second!" Ty cried, struggling to pull free.

"He's right, Ty," Adam said. "We don't know if it's safe."

Ty stopped struggling. If Adam, the most daring one of their group, didn't think it was safe, then it probably wasn't.

"Well, someone go check to see if they're gone," Ty said.

"I will!" Mitch and Jerome exclaimed at the same time. They glanced at each other, and raced to the door. They got there at the same time, falling over each other. Mitch cracked the door open, and the two of them peeked out.

"Huh," Jerome said. "The monsters disappeared."

"What? How?" Dan asked.

"Dunno," Mitch replied. "But they're not out there anymore. See?" He opened the door the rest of the way.

The other kids flinched, expecting monsters to come pouring into the room any second. But, nothing happened, and they crept over to the door.

Ty peered out the doorway. Sure enough, there were no monsters in sight.

"So. Can we go back to the portal now?" Ty asked.

"Let's do a vo--" Adam started.

"We don't need any more votes!" Ty yelled. "I'm going out there, whether you guys follow me or not!"