Lost? [Hermitcraft S7 AU]

XII CONCLUSION

okay this chapter is a bit different. if you didnt read the last announcement, basically I am ending this book with a summary of where it would have gone. more details in the announcement as to why. lastly, if you were here reading my dumb story, thanks, wether you followed, read, or commented. It means a lot to me. Anyways, enjoy.

btw the original name for the last chapter would have been sunset, which would have been cool lol.

Where we left off, Stress is looking for help to get Iskall away from Scar and his zombie cats (Zombie cats just sounded hilarious to me idk) She runs to ren in the middle of the night who helps her scout out her base. They see Iskall unconcious, and try to sneak in, but the two make too much noise and alarm Scar.

Ren and Stress retreat back to his sand hut, and take shifts sleeping to ensure no one break in.

Cut back to Grian, who wakes up in a cold sweat. He feels like his mind is empty, and subconciously goes to get water/ get somewhat ready. When he gets back Mumbo is here, fresh and tidied up. He brings some stone tools/ materials and a simple energy bat breakfast for Grian, not knowing if he would eat himself or not. (Not eat himself like eat by himself smh) Grian adds the gapple and weakness pots to Mumbo's bag aswell.

They start searching the area, mainly around Scar's base, (Larry and what is the start of his village). They don't end up finding him but Mumbo and Grian run into Stress and Ren who were looking for Iskall. They fill each other in, and come up with a plan to find the two, realizing they are probably infected now.

The four get Doc, Bdubs and Xisuma to come help them. Xisuma has a collection of maps and 3 walkie talkies/ communicators to help them predict where Scar and Iskall are. Doc brings an iron sword and sheild, and Bdubs brings medical equiptment and a sleeping bag, (mans needs his sleep)
They set up a temporary station/ campsite in a flat area surrounded by the pond at stress' base. X lays out all of the maps and they discuss the situation. Mumbo, Ren and Bdubs scout the area between him, Grian and Scar's base. Doc and Grian look on the opposite side near the edge if the jungle. The two groups split the gapple and have one weakness potion each. Stress and X stay at the camp, prepared to fight if nessicary. The two agreed with the rest of the group to trap Scar/Iskall if they attacked. The groups were named, Stress and X were The Home Team, Grian and Doc were The Red Team, and Mumbo, Ren and Bdubs were The Blue Team so they could communticate better.

By nighttime, the red team are walk around waving a torch, to hopefully gain any attention. Doc helps Grian further realise they are all a family and would do anything to help him, after Grian starts to get upset at himself, anxious while they are waiting in the dark. They share a moment from Doc's past when he messed up, and how he felt like he was at the bottom, but came back up. He eventually starts to calm down, even though he still feels awful.

Meanwhile, the blue team slowly make their rounds. Mumbo leads the group with the materials in his bag, and Ren and Bdubs carry torches. Eventually, Ren hears rustling from behind, and before he has time to react he is tackled to the ground by Iskall, who was bitten in the leg previously. Scar comes from the side and punches him square in the jaw. After this, Mumbo is able to shove him away, and Bdubs flustardly manages to distract Iskall enough so Mumbo can also move him. While Ren is struggling to get away, Bdubs notifies the Home Team, and they start to rush over.

While Mumbo tries to 2v1 the zombies, (With a stone sword) he tries to get Bdubs to help him fight. He is torn in the moment because of Ren's condition but he picks up a torch and tries to scare them back. (Without burning them)

In short, the Home Team arrives after about 5 minutes, and they help secure Scar/Iskall. Bdubs goes back to Ren, whose nose is bleeding hevily, but no bites to his relief. While Mumbo searches for the potion in his bag, Scar snaps his fingers. At frst the group is confused, but then they see all of his cats close behind them. Jellie attacks X, who is holding Scar. Another attacks Stress, and and two on Mumbo. The distraction gives the two enough time to escape, leaving Stress and Mumbo with bites.

Next, the bitten two eat the right portion of the apple, but then realize they don't have enough weakness potion. Mumbo lets Stress drink it thinking he'd be less susceptable. (Stress doesnt faint because there isnt much 'infection' in her system yet to heal.)

Someone calls the Red team, they meet up. Ren and Mumbo stay with the home team while bdubs joins with the red group to go shoppin. While they are away, X and Stress build a roof to their camp sort of like a gazebo. The sun starts to rise at this point and X and Stress have been sleeping in shifts.

When the red team gets back, they heal Mumbo, and think of what to do for the next night, deciding they wont come out of hiding until nighttime. They momentalrily disband, each going to their homes to refresh, except for Ren, who is watched over by Doc in his sand hut, and Grian, who asks to stay with Mumbo so they can talk heart to heart.

The next evening, the group go out as one. X and Mumbo leading, mainly circling the heart of the jungle. When they do find them, Doc holds his sheild watching for the beastlike cats, alongside Ren, who holds his sword. X and Mumbo restrict Iskall first, shoving the fruit in his face, then shortly after stress gives him the potion. He almost instantly faints, and his head lies against a tree. Meanwhile Grian and Bdubs fight Scar. Grian gives him the last peice of the apple, and a potion.

Hours later when they wake up, the two ask where they are, and who were the people around them. Learning that they had lost their memories had broke Grian. Or so he thought. Timeskip after timeskip, slowly, helping the two remember landmarks or big memories helped unlock all the details. Within 8 months, Iskall/Scar were pretty much back to normal. (Though Iskall lost less than Scar)

Eventually Grian asks Scar why he had the gapple in his base to begin with. It saved everyones' lives. Looking at the note on the box he realized that was his birthday present to Grian. At the time, his birthday was only a few weeks away. He was going to suprise him with the gift, and a party. This makes Grian cry out of happiness and hug him. He thanks him for how amazing he is, and what he does for everyone.

The last scene shows them sitting on top of the snail house, watching the sun set, happy to be friends again. Grian was ready to move on.