Frostbite | Hermitcraft AU | (OLD)

Chapter 11

"Arghh why isn't this working?!" Xisuma exclaimed, as he rewired the command blocks. He'd been trying to fix the problem for few hours now, yet he couldn't figure out what was wrong. Electricity was surging through his fingers, like a sixth sense trying to find the malfunction. Everything seems fine... He thought, But how come it isn't working?

"Hey X!" A voice said behind him. He whirled around, startled by the sudden voice. 

"Oh! Hey Keralis!" He said, as he saw the fellow white-eyed bee-man.

"What are you working on?" Keralis asked, leaning to see behind X.

"I'm just trying to fix this bug," X said, "I can't seem to figure out what the problem is..."

"Maybe can I have a look?" Keralis asked, "I do have incredible sight after all," X laughed. 

"Sure! At least I have some help!" Keralis walked over to where X was standing, and examined the pile of command blocks. 

"Hmm...I can't find anything either," He said after a moment. 

"Ya...that's what I thought too..." X said, "I could kickstart it with some electricity, although I'm not sure where I could get any..." Keralis looked at him.

"Funny...I thought that same thing...It's like you can read minds!" He exclaimed. 

"Haha...ya," X laughed nervously, "I guess we were thinking the same thing..." 

"Anyway, I better be off. I gotta work on my base!" He flew off as X waved goodbye, his wings buzzing. That was close... X thought, as he looked back at the command blocks, I shouldn't have done that... He examined the wires again. I might as well try electricity... He felt his fingers tingling, as the electricity surged through them once again. He touched once of the wires, sparks flying. Suddenly, the power went out around him. Great, another bust. He sighed. I'm just going to light a torch at this point. He flicked his hand, and a majestic bright flame appeared, lighting up most of the room. The flame moved its way across to the center of the room, as X controlled it. There we go, he thought, as he stared at the flame, That'll do until I'm done. He looked back at the command blocks, as the lights on them blinked. Maybe I should take a break...

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That's Tango's base! Grian thought as he saw the two giant towers over the horizon. He flew towards the colorful base, spotting Tango at the bottom. He dove down, stopping to say hello. 

"Hey Tango!" He exclaimed, as the demon turned around. 

"Oh! Hey Grian!" Tango replied. He held a bag of Takis as he crunched on one. "What's up?" 

"It's...a long story. And kinda scary too," Grian said. Tango looked intrigued.

"Do tell!" He exclaimed, as he chewed on another Taki. 

"W-well, I came here because someone's looking for me and I don't want them too. I figured that I should go to places I wouldn't normally be, so that buys me some time to tell people." Grian explained, "If you ever see someone who looks like Etho, immediately be on guard. His name is Snowfall, and I think he's kidnapping people for their powers."

"Snowfall, huh?" Tango asked, "Sounds...icy." Grian nodded. "I'll be fine, he won't be able to even touch me, I'm basically on fire!" 

"What's that supposed to mean?" Grian asked, confused. Tango held out his arm. 

"You can touch me and find out for yourself!" Grian looked at him, then down at his arm. It looked normal. He touched it, not expecting a sharp pain cut through his skin. 

"Ow!" He yelped, immediately jerking his hand back. "Why are you burning hot?!" Tango laughed. 

"I told you, I'm on fire! Which is no surprise, since my power is fire!" He flicked his hand, and a bright orange flame appeared. Grian stared at it, awestruck. 

"That's so cool!!" He exclaimed, excited. 

"I can also breathe fire," Tango said, "Lemme show you," He tossed a Taki in the air and, to Grian's awe, spit fire. The ash fell to the ground, as Grian even more excited noises. Tango laughed.

"I think I might've found a way to defeat Snowfall!!" Grian exclaimed, staring at the ash. 

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"Is he okay?" Doc asked, looking at Iskall, who was curled up on the icy bed. 

"He's still crying..." False replied. 

"I'm not crying!" Iskall wailed, "You're crying!" They heard footsteps approach, no doubt it was someone coming to check on them. 

"Oh great," False said, "It's Flytrapper." Flytrapper stayed quiet, as she walked towards Iskall's cell. 

"Psst. Iskall." She hissed, as she approached. Iskall ignored her, still curled up. "Iskall! It's not Flytrapper anymore! It's me, Stress!" Iskall looked over his shoulder, and stared at her. 

"Your trick isn't working, you know," 

"It's not a trick, I swear!" She whispered, "I want to get you out! Snowfall isn't here, so I can't miss this chance," 

"..."

"Iskall, please? I'm trying to help you..."

"Fine." He said as he sat up, "But what about the others?" Stress glanced at them. 

"I'm sorry but I don't think I can..." 

"But..."

"I can't, Iskall. There's no time. I'm really sorry..." She glanced behind her, "Please hurry up, Snowfall might come back any minute..." Iskall wiped his tears on his sleeve, then met her at the door. 

"Just put your arm through the bars," Stress said, "I need your blood for this," Iskall did as he was told, and Stress took out a syringe from her pocket.

"Where'd you get that?" Doc asked, as he watched her take some of Iskall's blood. 

"Snowfall has some weird things lying around," She replied, "Oh, and thank you for not getting rid of that solution," She walked away, with the syringe filled with blood. A moment passed, and she came back with a purple bracelet. 

"Hopefully this works..." She said, "Stand back, I'm gonna try and break this door," Vines crawled across her skin again, and intertwined with themselves to create yet another giant vine. She braced her arm and, to Iskall's surprise, the vine pierced the ice, shattering it. Stress smiled, relieved that it had worked. "Let's get out of here now," She said, looking at Iskall. She then looked at the rest of them, "I'll be sure to get you guys some help," 

"Going somewhere?" said an icy voice behind them. Snowfall smiled. Stress whirled around, terrified. "Oops, I wasn't supposed to be here, was I?"

"I-" Stress stuttered, backing up.

"Don't bother denying it," Snowfall said, his sly grin still on his face, "It seems Stress wasn't buried as deep as I thought..."