Minecraft: a Novel

Chapter 44

I gasped. Instinctively, I unsheathed the gamma sword we had found and rushed at the figure attacking Ridge.
"Don't you hurt my friend!" I yelled, swinging the new uncomfortable sword.
The figure pulled his sword away from Ridge and dodged my assult.
I noticed that his sword was black too, also made of gamma metal.
I sliced in an upward spiral with my sword. My opponent twisted my sword and thrust the hilt of it against my chest, expertly. Then he put his sword away to pull out a bow. He shot it so fast I barely had time to dodge it.
Now I was genuinely scared.Even so, I advanced, swiping at the legs. The figure jumped up and pressed down on the flat of my blade. It was wrenched from my grasp
I fell back, unarmed and vunerable, sure it was the end.
My killer loaded his bow and aimed it at me.
Suddenly, a war horn blew in the distance. The figure stopped and looked out the window, into the newly fallen night. He put away his bow and grabbed the gamma swords, storing them away before leaping out the window into the dark.
I gasped in relief. That was the second time in a couple of days that my life had been narrowly spared. I stood up and walked over to Ridge, helping him up. Ridge walked over to the chair behind Jane's desk with a bit of a limp.
Then I moved to Grace and Lora, who were still out of the ground.
"They were shot by the assassin's arrows," Ridge informed me. "They were probably tipped with gamma. They need to be taken to the infirmery. So do I." He looked at his leg sadly.
"Where's Jane?" I asked, taking the arrows out of Grace and Lora.
"I don't know. There were two at first. They came out of the window from pretty much nowhere. One took Jane before leaping out the window. He also stole a couple of your enchanted Ender chests. But don't worry," he added, looking at my probably shocked face, "I had time to lock them."
"I need to tell the others. We can track the assassin with the gamma scanners. He wasn't smart about that."
"Where'd you get that gamma sword?" Ridge asked.
"The training room. I don't know how it go there," I said. "I'm going to go get Ben and Preston."

When I returned, Ridge had woken up Grace and Lora.
I explained the situation with Ridge to the others and Ben agreed. We had to go after what we had lost.

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