Minecraft Elements

28 - Fearsome Weapon

At this point I'm really done apologizing and pretending I'm actually going to be able to follow a schedule. So I guess that goal is dead.

K bye.

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~ Cole ~

"Dude, there's a horse in here!"

My breath hitched when I heard the voice. It didn't sound familiar, but that still wasn't good news.

"It's all saddled up and everything!" Another person said.

"It must be those two GATU people that fell into the ravine." Lily said softly.

I motioned for Lily to stay where she was. I took out my sword, and was about to walk up the stairs.

"Wait," she whispered, "the mask."

I remembered we had stolen the masks and hoodies. "Good idea." I removed my armor, reluctantly took off my jacket, and put on the green hoodie. It felt weird, and when I put on the creeper mask, I felt uncomfortable. I peered through the tinted slits, and pulled up the hood. "Stay here."

It was difficult to see, but I managed to walk up the stairs. When I reached the top, I saw that it was in fact the two GATU people. I was glad it wasn't just a pair of regular adventurers. That would've been awkward. One of them was petting Shoelace, which made me angry.

"Bro!" The one who was petting Shoelace saw me. "Kenny, is that you? Or Ralph?"

I blinked. I had no idea who's voice was most similar to mine. "Who do you think?" I snapped.

"Chill, Kenny." The other guy raised his hands in a calming gesture. "Jeff didn't mean anything by it. What happened, man?"

I made up a story. "We got ambushed. I was separated from Ernie and Ralph. Found refuge here."

"We ran into that one girl. She caught us by surprise." Jeff growled. "I should've seen it coming. She got lucky."

Not-Jeff explained, "We fell into a ravine. Jeff was crying like a baby, but I managed to get us out of there."

"That's a bunch of spider crap! The exact opposite happened!" Jeff shouted at Not-Jeff.

As the two argued, I tried to think of what I could do. They didn't have any weapons out, so they most likely lost them. I could overpower them both easily. But first, I needed to know if they had information.

"This job is harder than I thought." I said.

"You're telling me." Jeff grunted. "I don't know why Ernie didn't want to go after the other people."

"Other people." I repeated. "Right. The other people. Who are they again?"

"Were you fooling around when Ernie explained? The other two that were a part of the project. We don't know their names, only Ernie does. And we don't need their names since Ernie chose that one guy's file. Cole, I think. Remember?"

I swallowed. "Yeah. Yeah, sorry. Must've zoned out."

"All I know is that when we find Ernie, I'm gonna talk to him about this whole thing. Give him a piece of my mind about this job." Not-Jeff crossed his arms.

Jeff snorted, and said, "You're going to give him a piece of your mind?"

"Yes. I am."

"You wouldn't even call out Ralph when he took your apple out of your hand as you were about to take a bite."