Stuck In The Game

The Hidden Enemy

Stitcher gripped her bow as she walked through the forest. Herder walked beside her while piering into the forest, scouting for more wolves. As they had been wandering, Herder had befriended a lone wolf, which was a welcome companion to the group. They had been wandering for most of the night, and had encountered only a few zombies every now and then, leaving them to a soundless night.

"Do you think Gameknight and Hunter are OK?" Herder asked as he walked along a fallen tree, then jumped off as he reached the end and ran over to Stitcher. Stitcher nodded, although she had her doubts. Had they ever reached the ruined village? If they had, what could they have found? Stitcher piered at Herder as another thought stepped forward.

"What was it like to be a zombie?" She asked him, causing him to stiffen slightly.

"It was... Ah..." His voice faded. "It was like having to fight for control, like something was trying to get into my head and we were both fighting for control. It was also quite exhausting."

Stitcher nodded and continued to stare off into the night, thinking. "From what I understand, that Alex girl came here by accident with Gameknight. Although something's don't add up. Like, why were the hackers trying to get Alex in the first place? And what happened at the camp? Was that the hackers, or something else entirely?" Stitcher frowned. "How did those Diamond and Ash people get here, if the Gateway of Light is broken?"

Herder shook his head. "I don't know. We really need to find Crafter and the others." Stitcher nodded.

They eventually came upon a clearing, leaving the trio standing under a full moon, which was bright enough to allow then to see the landscape. A mountain stood just to their right, and a flashing of light drew their attention.

"What was that?" Herder whispered. Stitcher narrowed her eyes and shook her head in response. At the bottom of the mountain, there was a cave that was flashing brightly. Something was nerve racking about the whole thing.

"Let's check it out." Stitcher whispered, creeping along the shadows toward the cave opening. Herder followed, although his wolf growled in disagreement.

They approached the cave quietly, but they soon realized that was not necessary, seeing as there was so much noise coming from the cave that no one would be able to hear them. They hid behind cluster of coal ore at the mouth of the cave and listened to the conversations.

"I am super duper bored." Someone complained. Stitched moved closer and was surprised to find the hackers they had seem earlier- the one who had just spoke being 'NightmareGamer68'. Weren't they the ones that ruined the village. Stitched gripped her bow in anger. How could they do that to other living things?!

"Wanna know what I think? I think it was stupid that our group is called the "Entities" because really, don't you think it sounds stupid?" Said DaFunnyGriefer. A girl with pig tails and the name 'IBKittenGun' grunted in annoyance.

"It is, but it will be fun to blow up this server after killing all the stupid programs on it. It would be amazing to finally be noticed by Mojang!" She squealed.

"It wouldn't be fun if we get banned from Minecraft." DaFunnyGriefer responded in annoyance. What were these people talking about?

"That's why we're hackers. Duh." IBKittenGun responded, flicking through commands while doing absolutely nothing. She smiled as lava appeared over DaFunnyGriefer, causing him to curse loudly as he burned to death. He reappeared moments later, probably glaring through his screen. IBkittenGun snickered and went back to playing with commands.

"Well, are you idiots done messing around?" Said a new voice. Stitched pressed herself against the wall as a figure strolled past. Herder, still hiding behind the coal, clamped his hand over his wolf's snout lightly.