Wither Skulls

Chapter Seventeen

Olivia's POV

I felt like my arm had been crushed under a rock, a heavy boulder that wouldn't ever move. Then I opened my eyes and realized it was Axel. Groaning I tried to sit up, feeling pain shooting through my spine as I did so, biting the inside of my cheek to try and focus on something else.

Jessie was a few blocks away from me, the only movement coming from her being the faint rise and fall of her chest, making my own heart stop entirely. What if she's hurt? Axel looked fine, and I knew I would be able to get my arm out from under him, so I did, trying my best to crawl over to Jessie, who winced in pain once I got there.

Petra was at her side, knocked out from the fall, blood running from somewhere under her bandana and over her left eye. I realize I hadn't seen Lukas or Jen yet, and whipped my head around, desperately searching.

I saw Ken, laying with his head limply against the ground, the once tough exterior looking weak. Lukas was next to him without a scratch on him, making me wonder if the trial had broken his fall.

Jennifer was holding her tail, the only thing was it didn't see right. It looked as if something had fallen on her, causing her tail to be missing its tip, the once white and brownish balck fur now russet with her own blood.

There, not far away, was Ken's Pckaxe, slightly covered in blood as it rested amongst the rubble. "Jen?" I breathed out, finding it hard not to be scared. She looked up at me, and I realized more than just the tip was missing.

Her entire tail had been chopped off by the falling weapon.

Chapter Seventeen- Tunnels and Potions

Tears formed in the smaller girl's eyes, rushing down her cheeks as she stared down at the tail once attached to her back."I- I thought that...." She chokes out, looking devastated. My heart swelled, feeling terrible that this happened. "What did you think?" I finally ask, kneeling in front of her.

Her eyes traveled up to meet mine, and I felt my heart break. "I thought I would be glad it was finally gone." She answers finally, more tears leaking from her eyes. Obviously she was wrong, but I couldn't help but feel the need to ask her why again, but kept my mouth shut.

Axel started to wake up, rubbing his head in pain as he did so, looking around in fear until his eyes landed on us, rushing over only to skid to a halt at the sight in front of him."Oh.... Jen...." He trails, looking down at the tortured girl as if he had just seen the worst thing that could happen to a person. She looked up at him, eyes watery. "I- It, its gone." She chokes out for a second time.

He knelt down, and to my utter shock, wrapped his arms around her in a hug, letting her cry into his chest in both pain and sorrow.

I turned my head towards Lukas, who struggled to push himself to his feet, looking fine despite being a little off balance, and spotted Jessie and Petra knocked out on the ground, before tentatively moving towards me, a hand over his mouth.

"W-What just happened?" He stutters out, looking terrified. It was understandable. The ground once below our feet was in crumbled bits around us, we weren't sure if Petra and Jessie were even alive and Jennifer was crying her eyes out into Axeo's chest. "I don't know." I mutter, hugging my arms around my stomach tightly, feeling the shiver of a held back gag at how much blood surrounded us.

He moved closer to me, not wanting to be standing alone, and I gladly let him, not wanting to be alone myself.

No light other than the faint one from the sun coming through the hole above our heads, and the Redstone torches placed inside a tunnel leading away from where we currently were. It didn't seem right, the only exit being the tunnels. Like we were being forced somewhere we shouldn't be going.