Grian was blown up by end crystal

Scar froze, halfway through 'sorting' shulker boxes of supplies. Grian... No. He couldn't be out. He couldn't. It wasn't... They'd just been talking. He'd flown away for 5 minutes and...

He'd died.

Scar refused to look at chat as the reactions streamed in... Grian was dead. Cub was being eternally targeted for protecting him... He was probably going to die...

Then he saw it.

Very visible, in the middle of his base. A cake, sat on a block of vex magic with a sign on it.

I'm sorry about earlier
I'm here if you want to talk

No name, but it didn't need one for Scar to know it way from Cub. With a small smile, he sighed, fighting memories of the argument.

'YOU'RE JUST SO PROTECTIVE! I DON'T NEED YOU TO PROTECT ME EVERYWHERE I GO! I'M NOT A CHILD!'

'THEN START ACTING LIKE IT AND GROW UP!'

They hadn't needed their psychic connection to realise how much they'd hurt each other. And Cub was already over it. Because of course he was.

'Hello Scar.'

Scar screamed, turning to see Grian standing on one of the Scarland roofs, grinning.

'G...Grian... What happened?!'

'Oh... Nothing.' He gave a terrifying demon laugh. 'I was just wondering...' He fiddled with the sword in his hands. 'If you wanted to join me.'

Scar ran, shooting into the air. Fireworks behind showed Grian's pursuit... Heart racing, mind scrambling, terror filling him as he flew towards the shopping district, Grian's laugh reaching him, impossible to block out however hard Scar tried.

'Get away from me!' He insisted. 'Please!'

'JOIN ME AND THIS CAN ALL END!'

'NO!'

Scar scoured the shopping district as it rushed past him... Was there anyone there? Any hermits? Hopefully alive... Was Cub there?

He dived, down into the water, surfacing in Cub's base. Where could he go? Where could he hide... As he regained breath, he looked around, trying to spot any of the secret tunnels he knew Cub would've left in his base...

A splash behind. Scar screamed again, sending a jet of vex magic at Grian. He swerved out the way, Scar ran further into the storage system...

Dead end.

'No... No no no no...' He mumbled. 'No... Grian please... I'm too young to die...' his friend stepped closer, grey eyes shining with madness.

'Don't you want to join me?' He smiled a sad smile. Scar pressed even further against the wall, clutching a totem tight, other hand curled around the necklace he wore... The connection he shared with Cub. It was barely glowing. His friend was nowhere near him.

'Please Grian... You want me to win. Please. Please don't kill me... Please don't kill me!'

'Come on, Hotguy. Lost your power?' Grian held out the bow Scar had thrown at him, grin widening. 'No other weapons on you?'

'Please...' Grian stepped closer.

'Don't worry, Scar. I won't kill you... But this button might.' Grian pressed a button on the ground. Scar let out a yell, sprinting out the way as the ground fell away where he'd just stood... He reached his communicator, typing as fast as he could, stumbling, falling to the ground.

GoodTimeWithScar: JELO

GoodTimeWithScar: HEP

GoodTimeWithScar: CUB BAWE

cubfan135: ??????

A sword against his neck. Scar let out a squeal of fear, closing his eyes.

'Please... Grian...'

His communicator buzzed again. Scar opened his eyes.

cubfan135: coming

Grian gave a laugh, stepping away. Scar still didn't move.

'Come on... Get up...' Scar did, crawling to his feet.

TNT.

He stumbled back as Grian placed it in front of him, almost tripping and falling into the hole behind him, bubbling with lava.

'Lava or TNT? How would you like to die, Scar?'

He didn't reply, glancing between the two fates.

'Come on, Scar... Pick one. Or I blow you up anyway.'

'No... No... I don't want to blow up...' He stepped back, almost into the lava, trying to think...

Grian was squished by anvil

Someone landed in front of him.

Cub.

Scar ran over, fighting sobs as he hugged his friend.

'I'm sorry.' He choked out. 'I'm so sorry... I didn't mean what I said.'

'It's alright... Everything's alright...'

'He... He just came for me and I... I got stuck here... And he tried to kill me...'

'You're ok now, Scar. Don't worry.'

Scar snuffled, hugging Cub closer. 

'I'm sorry.'

'I forgive you... come on. Let's fix this failed trap.' 

Scar nodded, stepping out of the hug. Cub broke the TNT still there, covering the hole quickly as Scar watched. 

'There. Done... now. I had an idea for a prank, but it really needs two people to...'

'Can we just play some TCG?' Scar interrupted quietly. Cub paused.

'Yeah, of course. Whatever you wanna do.'

'Thanks.'

The pair set off, back outside, flying over to Cub's TCG pyramid. Not long later, they landed, entering, hearing the sounds of a game already in progress.

'...take 40 damage from that...' Gem's voice reached them, and Etho's disappointed reply. 'Then I hit your Stress with the vex magic attack one last time, killing her and winning the game.

'Good game... hey Cub! Hey Scar!' Etho looked over, smiling. 'Ren's still mad at both of you, by the way. He'll probably tell me off for not killing you now.'

'Yeah... probably.' Cub gave a laugh. 'Just tell him you're following the rule of no murder in the pyramid.'

'Even if you get defeated particularly badly.' Added Scar. Cub nodded. 

'Especially if you get beaten particularly badly.'

'I just want to... stop being on his side.'

'Who said you couldn't?' Cub thought suddenly.

'What?'

'Double agent. Tell the living Ren's plans. Don't kill who Ren tells you to kill. Break traps.'

'Why?'

'Because you don't want to do it, and because we've got plenty of diamonds over on this side.'

At the idea of earning diamonds, Etho perked up.

'Diamonds?'

'Yeah, all the diamonds you want.'

'Deal!' Etho and Cub shook hands, before the former flew off. Gem finished packing away her cards.

'Do either of you have a spare elytra?' She asked, grimacing at her own's durability. 

'I'll check.' Cub rifled through his ender chest, 'I've got one quite low on durability... what's yours on?'

'Mine's... very low.' 

'Then take it. Try not to die.'

Gem nodded, accepting the elytra and pulling it on with a smile.

'Alright... I'll see you two around!'

'Bye Gem!'

'See you!' 

She flew off. Scar finished getting his TCG deck in, and Cub turned back to his.

'Do you think Gem will be ok?' Scar frowned. 

'Should be... that elytra would've had enough durability to last to her base...' Cub put his first hermit on the board, just as he was proved wrong.

GeminiTay hit the ground too hard

Bad chapterrrr.

Never mind. 

I've been waiting 2 years to write the next one :DDD