Winged Beasts

II

"If you're protecting me, then who's protecting you?" Grian's words replayed in Mumbo's head as Grian flew off to meet the other builders. Mumbo had continued thinking about what Grian had told him, Mumbo decided to talk to X about holding a server wide meeting later.

~Grian~

Grian flew over to where he and the other four builders were working. 

"G-Man! Hey, how you feeling?" Scar asked as he saw Grian land on the roof of the building. "I.. I'm fine. Just slept in a bit too late." Grian replied shyly. "Got any quartz?" Scar handed him the quartz and they continued building for what seemed like the next few hours. 

It had began to be sunset when BDubs read the chat.

"'Required server meeting at the town hall. ASAP' From Xisuma, sounds urgent." 

By the time the four builders got to the town hall, everyone was already there and waiting for them.

"What took you four so long?" Xisuma asked the group. The four hermits looked at each other. "We got lost in the Nether. Couldn't find the main portal." Scar replied. "We're here regardless, mind telling us what this meeting is about?" 

"Right. So it has come to my attention that there has been suspicious activity around the server lately. People trying to break in. Others not sleeping well.." Xisuma continued, Grian walked over towards Mumbo, and Mumbo started pulling some twigs and things out of Grian's hair.

"Did you tell him about what I told you?" Grian whispered. Mumbo didn't answer. "You did.. How much?" Grian asked, noticing his friends' silence.

"Only the parts on where you were scared of them coming for you. Nothing about your assaults. That's not for me to tell." Mumbo whispered back. "I didn't want anyone to know except for you right now Mumbo. I'm not ready to tell everyone else about it yet." 

"Ahem.. Mumbo, Grian? Is there something you wanted to share that's more important than what we're talking about right now?" Xisuma said shooting Mumbo and Grian a glance.

"Yes." Mumbo said.
"NO." Grian shouted.
"Grian this meeting is literally for you." Xisuma chimed in. Everyone turned to look at Grian and whispers filled the room. 
"I'm sorry. But.. I'm just not ready to fully talk about it yet." Grian said running out of the town hall. Everyone stared at Mumbo.

"What?" Mumbo asked.
"You told me to call this meeting but you didn't tell me if Grian would be ready to talk about what happened. He trusted you with information and you told me almost every bit. I know that something else is wrong but it's not my place to ask or force him to talk about it." Xisuma said, "You should really go find him and apologize for basically telling me everything. I hadn't said much to everyone else. But you seriously messed up." Everyone else spoke in agreement and basically shoved Mumbo out of the hall. 

Grian was in the Nether tunnels looking for his tunnel to his upside down build. He decided to walk it because his wings were tired. Sure it was a long tedious walk, but he just wasn't in the mood to fly at the moment. 

As another headache split through his head, he fell to his knees and groaned. Whispering voices clouded his hearing as he covered his ears to block out the noise.

"Stop... No.. Just. Stop.. I don't want this.." Grian mumbled.

~Mumbo~

<Xisuma/msg Mumbo> Did you find Grian yet?
<Mumbo/msg Xisuma> No, and I don't know where else he could be.
<Xisuma/msg Mumbo> He's in the Nether. Meet me at the hub.