WitherMu: I Won't Hurt You (Book Two In 'The Four Words' Series) [#Wattys]

£3: -Pt.1- In The Nether

Jason's Pov

I fiddled with some paper for what seemed to be the hundredth time. Staying at the base while the rest of the team went to kill the Wither left me feeling alone. Adam had called Jordan to keep me company, and I'm assuming to make sure I didn't go anywhere.

We were both hanging on the couch, watching a movie. He must have seen how down I looked, for he immediately tried to cheer me up.

"It's a great day outside huh?" Jordan asked. I sighed.

"It's raining..." He sat there quiet for a second, then looked out the window, silently mouthing to himself 'Well fuck...'. "It's okay, I know you're trying to make me feel better."

"You know it isn't a personal thing that you're not in the Nether with the others, right?" Jordan looked at me.

"I know, I know. Can we please change the subject?" I looked away a little. The room was silent for a few moments, then a sigh sounded.

"Yeah..." Jordan turned his attention back to the movie. I stood up, heading towards the kitchen.

"I'm getting a glass of water. Do you want one?" I asked, getting one cup and then waiting for his response.

"No thanks, I'm good." He responded. I nodded as if he were next to me and filled my cup.

I filled my cup...

I killed my cup...

I killed my...

I killed my...

I killed my...

"Gah!!!" I jerked my hand away from the sink, dropping the cup, it luckily landing on a small carpet, not shattering.

"Jason? You okay out there?" I heard Jordan ask me. I looked at my hand, which was burned, but healing rather quickly.

"Uh, yeah! I turned on the hot water on accident!" I looked at the sink, turning off the hot water, and the cold on instead, filling up my cup once more.

I haven't heard that voice in a while...

3rd Person Pov

Jason turned off the sink, but he didn't move after that. He put his cup down, and a few seconds later grabbrd his head while gently, floating upwards. Jordan turned and walked to the kitchen.

"You sure you're okay? You've been out here quite a whi-" A clawed hand covered his mouth as an arm wrapped around his arms and waist, and a tail around his legs.

"For your sake and for his, just stay still..."

Adam's Pov

When we stepped out of the portal, a strong wave of heat was the first thing to hit our faces.

Lucky for us, we spawned rather close to the Nether Fortress. According to what Seto told us earlier, the Nether Fortress is like a giant labyrinth of fire and death, spreading out in many ways and going to many locations.

"Holy crap, it really is big!" Jerome stated.

"And hot... Jeez..." Quentin wiped his forehead.

"Well, lets get up there guys." I turned around and nodded. Ty's wings and tail started to form just as fire surrounded Mitch. Coincidentally, both finished transforming at the same time.

Mitch bolted up as Ty flew forwards, grabbing onto Jerome and lifting him in the air. Ian and I flew into the air at the same time, while Seto held Quentins hand and teleported up.

Actually standing on one of the walkways of the castle allowed me to paint a larger portrait of the landscape (which is basically nether, lava, fire, and death. So basically the culmination of my soul at this point.)

"Alright. For the sake of time, I've decided to separate us both into two teams, that way it'll be a quicker and more efficient way to obtain three wither skulls. Mitch and Jerome, you two are with me. Ty, Ian, Quentin, you're all with Seto, who has made four communication devices for us to radio in whenever we encounter a wither skeleton. After we have a total of three skulls, we'll meet back here. Is everything clear?" Affirmative nods and words answered me.

"Alright. Let's get this party started."