My Last Hope (Truth Series 4)

49: Family Matters

A/N: So, to be honest, I had this written two weeks ago. I also had another two or three chapters written. But, then I was talking to some friends and decided to only include certain parts because I feel that all the stuff I had detracted from the main story. I will be posting the additional parts I wrote in Buried Secrets (my one shot collection). I also have a few other one-shots that will be posted there. Anyway enough of my babbling! Enjoy the story!

Third Person POV

In Spawn City Soro and Star fight together. Soro cuts through monsters left and right using Wit's End. Star a bit shaky, still not used to the weight of a sword.

'Watch your left.' Soro's voice sounds sharp and clear in her head.

Star grunts, heaving her weapon through the zombie to her left. 'Thanks.'

'Don't let your sword touch the ground. Keep it up and ready.' Soro instructs. Wit's End lops the head off a creeper.

'How do you know so much?' Star struggles to do as told.

'Practice.'

'Practice? How much practice could you have? According to Ridge, you've been gone for five years.'

'For me, it was seven and a half.' Soro slices an arrow in half before it can reach its target. 'Doesn't matter. I've been learning to fight since I learned to walk.'

'Let me guess,' Star dodges a rogue's blade. 'You've been learning magic just a long.'

'Longer, actually.'

'Impossible.'

'The first magic I ever learned was voice controlled. My mind develops faster than my body. So, I learned to talk before I learned to walk.'

'Great.' Sarcasm rings clear in Soro's head. 'That means you've always been this annoying.'

Soro laughs aloud. 'Like you're one to talk.'

Sparklez, Antvenom, Ryan (xRpMx13), Sky, and Jason take on a horde of sword-bearing skeletons.

Sparklez parries a blow using the opening to shatter his attacker.

Antvenom ducks beneath a sword and thrusts his own through the skelly's neck.

Ryan dodges a sword, but it gets caught in his batman cape. "Let go of me asshole." The cape tears as Ryan moves, swiftly grabbing the skeleton by its shoulders and dragging its head down to collide with his raised knee. Pieces of skull fly everywhere before turning to dust.

Sky cuts down skeleton after skeleton with ease. All the while keeping part of his attention on Jason. He's not about to let another friend die.

Jason fights hard, but he's struggling. His movements are slower than they should be. His breath comes in short gasps. The effect of the last battle still weighs him down.

Notch and Gunnar watch the battle from the god's Aetherian castle. Notch looks on with mild interest. It seems Minecraftia always has a war going on. The only thing he's considered about is what happens with Brine. Gunnar stares at the scene intensely. His arms are crossed, eyes narrowed, and a deep frown set on his face. He growls. "I should be done there." Notch doesn't respond. "I am a citizen of Minecraftia. I should be fighting alongside my children." Gunnar looks to Notch. "As should you."

"I have done all I can. If I do anything more, I will upset the balance of the world. However, there is nothing stopping you." Notch turns his back to Gunnar and the battle going on below them. He walks further into castle. "I wish you the best, my friend."

Only the occasional blink interrupts Gunnar as he stares at the god's retreating form. Finally realizing the god's words, the werelion grins. "Thank you."

Rythian drags Enderbane through an enderman. Duncan finishes another one with a strike from his power glove. Purple dust erupts everywhere from their destroyed corpses.

An enderman's claws rake across Duncan's back. He cries out as his lab coat turns a deep shade of pink. Rythian turns and kills the enderman that hurt Duncan. "You okay?"

"I'll be fine," Duncan groans. A warm feeling washes over him. The pain in his back lessons.

A few blocks away Ridgedog floats in the air focusing on a healing incantation. Purple magic flows from his hands and washes over Duncan. The magic dims slightly. Ridge descends. His feet touch the ground softly. He's too focus in his spell. He doesn't notice the enderman until its claws are embedded in his shoulder. "Gah." The enderman drags him closer and screeches in his ear. Ridge screams in response. Blood drips from his ear.

"Ridge!" Duncan and Rythian rush to his aid. They're too late. An enderman's hand pierces through Ridgedog's chest and out his back. Blood trickles from his mouth, and he coughs roughly. The enderman draws its hand out, claws dragging across some internal organs along the way. Blood splatters the ground. Even more pours heavily from the hole in Ridge's chest. He sputters, muttering incoherently in Aetherian. He falls to the ground. Dead.

In a furious rage Rythian slices the enderman that slain the demigod in half. Everything that dares get close to the endermage or the scientist quickly follows.

Clash, Chim, and Double fight together easily. All's going well until Double takes a sword to the shoulder.

"Ow. Jerk." Double retaliates, kicking the skeleton. Its spine snaps.

"Look out!" Clash kills a zombie before it can reach Double.

"Double you should get out of here." Chim dodges an arrow.

"What!?" Double demands.

"You're still recovering. You should back out now before you get hurt anymore." Clash urges. His sword splits a skeleton's skull.

"No. I'm staying." Double gets the jump on a witch, killing it with ease. "This is as much my fight as it is yours. I'm not backing out of this."

Brice blocks himself and Seto from a witch's potion with a magic shield. As soon as the shield dissipates, Seto hits the witch with a magic blast of fire. The witch screams as she burns. The fire spreads to those around it. Brice stops the sword with a shield. He strikes back with his own sword, slicing through a rogue's stomach. An arrow grazes Seto's cheek as he kills a group of zombies.

The two fare well in the battle, taking out enemies with a combination of sword skills and magic. After a while, the boys appear to be winded and lightly wounded. Seto seems to be affected worse. He pants heavily and holds a glowing hand to a wound on his stomach.

"Seto, get out of here," Brice orders.

"What? No."

"Back off and recover for a bit. You can rejoin the fight later." Brice kills a witch, quickly followed by a rogue. Seto doesn't respond. "Please, Seto. I don't want to lose you."

"Fine."

"Thank you. I'll see you when this thing is over. I love you, Seto."

Seto smiles softly. He disengages from the fight. "I love you too, Brice." Seto teleports away. He reappears on an abandoned street. He collapses against a building. "I'm sorry."