MCSM: Hold On (Collab)

Chapter 3

Written by: X_EmLee_X

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      If there was one thing that Petra would never be able to get over, it was how depressing their once bright world had become. Where there used to be lush green grass and trees there was now dead grass and stumps. Romeo had turned the world they called home into a desolation- a graveyard.

    Her anger fumed with each step she took, and she fingered the hilt of her golden sword dangling at her waist, feeling the unique carvings of the handle. Her sword was a strange, grounding comfort. It was the one thing that the Admin hadn't changed.

    They were getting close to the ravine. In the distance, Petra could see the remnants of where they used to live before the Beacontown. No matter how much the land had changed, she still knew this forest like the back of her hand.

    As Petra was scouting the area warily, her ears caught something. A high pitched hissing noise that seemed to be resonating from their right. She held her hand to Lukas' chest, urging him to stop. "Wait."

    Lukas nodded, sapphire eyes narrowing as they drifted across the land. Petra reached into her inventory and pulled out a torch, illuminating the area and giving them better visibility. The shadows of the trees grew menacingly, and the two pressed closer to each other, waiting.

    Then, out of the shadows, a creeper pounced, launching itself towards them at lightning speed. With a gasp, Petra and Lukas leapt back, face to face with the creeper's glowing red eyes, its body completely black. Petra gritted her teeth. A Spider-Creeper. Not good.

    "Spider-Creeper!" Lukas cried. "Just our luck!"

    Petra was just about to say something in reply, when behind them four more monstrous hybrids emerged: Wither-Zombies. She groaned. "You've gotta be kidding me. Where did these guys even come from?"

    Petra and Lukas stood back to back, both weapons drawn. Lukas switched his sword out for his bow. "I'll keep back the Spider-Creepers while you take out the Wither-Zombies" He suggested. Petra nodded, and while Lukas unloaded on the creeper hybrids trying to pounce on him, Petra charged the Wither-Zombies.

    The thing you had to remember about the inhumane monsters that the Admin created: he liked to experiment. Spider-Creepers were ruthless. It had the strength, speed, agility, and pouncing ability of a spider, but it also exploded at close range like a creeper. It had the body of a creeper, but was completely black, its piercing eyes glowing red.

    The other guys weren't too bad. Petra had encountered Wither-Zombies in the Burrows when she and Jesse had attempted to break out of the Sunshine Institute. They were normal zombies, save for the fact that they were clad in orange prison vests and black. Their stomachs were composed of exposed rib cages like a wither skeleton. Not to mention there was a chance they could give you Wither if they hit you hard enough.

    She sliced through the first one at the front, cutting from its left shoulder all the way down to its abdomen. Instantly, black ink like blood began to leak profusely from the wound. She was taken off guard when another one swung at her head. She barely managed to duck, the air whiffing the top of her head. Heart pounding, she rolled under the zombie's swinging arm and stabbed her sword down between the zombie's shoulder blades.

    The agonizing choking noise that came from the zombie made Petra want to gag. Instead, she turned to face the remaining two. Each of them were limping towards her, snarling, their arms reaching out as far as they could to try to grab her. A smirk played on her face, Petra leapt into the air and dove down onto the zombie closest to her, impaling her sword right through the top of its skull with a sickening thunk.