Betrayal - Hermitcraft

Chapter 6

'uggghh.. huh?..'

Grian groaned, rubbing his eyes and getting onto his knees. Letting himself blink, he realized something was.. off. The room was completely gray, the floor, the wall, the ceiling. 

'Nice.. infinity room.' Grian attempted to get on his feet, but it seemed he was cuffed to the wall. There was what seemed to be a bed, a darker gray. He felt grateful for at least that, not that he would be able to use it.

In a panic he quickly checked his inventory for anything. His pockets had been completely looted, including his sword and Cleo's ender pearl.

Suddenly there was tapping, stepping even. The leader's eyes darted around the seemingly endless cube, wondering where It could have came from. Walking though the wall, confusing him, was three people. All Team Star.

Doc, Ren, and.. Mumbo?

Grain lashed out, attempting to attack but his sudden dash quickly halted due to the handcuffs.

'Yet again The G Team's powerful leader is at our feet.' Ren laughed.

'Quiet, Ren.' Mumbo huffed. 'You weren't even there the first time stop acting like it.'

'What the hell is wrong with you two?' Doc asked, facepalming. 

Grain couldn't help but let out a little chuckle, but was met with Doc's diamond sword near his neck. 'You don't get to speak.'

***

Iskall groaned, rewiring the machine at the top floor, with some help with Tango. 'A little more redstone, please.'

As well as the two, Cleo was also there with Stress. 'It's Mumbo, Cleo!' 'It's been awhile, still.' 'Mumbo could have a whole lot of info!' 

'Will you two argue somewhere else?' Tango looked up, staring at his two teammates. 'Iskall's trying to focus.' Iskall got out from under the mechanical table. 'It's fine, Tango, but thanks for the concern.'

The room turned deathly quiet at a knock.

'Must be Gri! See, I told you it would be fine!' Stress elbowed Cleo, who replied with a huff. She quickly left.

Iskall kept busy at the mechanics, Tango handing him a repeater. Cleo sat down on the ground nearby. 'What's even the problem with it?' she asked. 'I don't know,' Iskall confessed, 'we assume it happened when they broke in the base, but we can't be certain.'

Stress returned, though instead of returning with a happy expression and Grian, she returned with a face full of fear and a book, which was handed to Iskall.

'Team Star. Thanks to your mole, we have obtained your leader, Grian. Though we won't share his location, we will negotiate. Surrender Team G to us. There will be consequences if you don't.'

After finishing reading it out loud, all players in the room had shared the expression of pure shock. Iskall crumbled up the paper and threw it out. 'I knew something was up,' Cleo muttered, 'are we going to surrender?'

'Not at all, Cleo. Once we finish this, we release The Elder Guardian.'

Cleo had also noticed that Iskall directed Stress over, him telling her 'Plan S', and Stress nodding and heading out. 'What's Plan S?' Iskall looked over at Cleo, realizing Tango's suspicious look as well. 'Plan S is a backup plan that me and Stress created, just in case something like the break-in happened again.'

'Why call it Plan S?'

***

Stress wiped her hair from her face, letting a yawn out as she stared into the flaming torch which acted as a candle. The feather quickly writing down words on the paper, strapped to the leather of the book.

'I hope this works, Iskall.' she muttered, finishing up the last details of the message.