Soul: Book 1 (DISCONTINUED)

A Newcomer

The afternoon sun shone through the window as the blue-suited spaceman paced around his room, muttering incoherent phrases to himself. Sky and Deadlox had been missing for two days already. The door opened, revealing Quentin. Jason looked at him hopefully, but his face fell when he saw his defeated expression. "Did you find them?" he asked, although he already knew the answer. Quentin shook his head. Jason sat down with a sigh of frustration.

"I found this, though." the blue mudkip said, giving Jason a piece of paper. "It was was attached to a cactus with an arrow."

"Dear Sky Army," Jason read aloud, "We have kidnapped your general and lieutenant. You will never find them again! We are more powerful and smarter than you can ever imagine. We are unstoppable! First we will conquer your army, and then all of Minecraftia! Sincerely, King Derpollolus II." Jason put down the paper thoughtfully. "Hmm. At least we know it was the squids who kidnapped Sky and Deadlox."

"I hope Ian and Jerome have better luck finding something more useful, though." Quentin replied.

A while later, Ian returned. "I was looking for a squid to capture for info, but I couldn't find any!"

"None at all?" Jason asked, shocked.

"Yeah! It was like they all vanished or something!" Ian replied. "It's so weird!"

"I found this note." Quentin said, giving it to Ian to read.

"Squids," Ian said, shaking his head, "they never learn, do they?"

"Well they've learned that they should hide from us." Jason said. "Why must the squids get smarter everytime?"

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"Sky?" a voice whispered. "Psst. Sky. Wake up." Sky groaned and opened his eyes to see red ones staring back.

"T-Ty?" Sky murmured as he sat up. "Ow!"

Ty winced. "Don't look at your arm." Sky looked at his arm and screamed. It was covered with a sling, but it still hurt like the Nether and he couldn't move his hand. "I think it's broken. I had to use your shirt for the sling, sorry."

"It's okay Ty." Now fully awake, Sky looked around. He and Ty were in a giant cage that hung above a large pool of water. There were many tunnels of water that led to the tall room. Sky glared at the two large squids that were swimming below them. "Is this the Squid Army's base?" he asked them.

"YES." they said in unison. "IT WILL ALSO BE YOUR FINAL RESTING PLACE AND YOUR DOOM. YOU WILL PERISH, BUTTER KING, FOR WE ARE-"

"Okay, okay, I get it." Sky said with annoyance.

An even bigger squid swam from one of the tunnels. A giant butter crown was placed on his head and his derpy eyes glared at the cage. Sky felt sick just looking at him. "Sky," the squid said, "do you know who I am?"

"An ugly squid?"

"No. I am King Derpollolus II."

"An ugly squid." Sky repeated.

"You won't be so brave when you hear what the leader has in store for you."

"Wait, you're not the leader?" Sky said, confused.

"No..." the mysterious voice said, purple particles floating into the room. "I am."

"Why did you bring us here?" Deadlox asked.

"All will be answered in due time. But for now, you should eat." Two squids entered the room, opened the cage, and threw two labeled boxes in. Deadlox's had a bucket of fresh water and ten cooked fish. Sky's had a bucket of stale water and five raw fish.