OMG it's chapter 30 :0

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Persephone

"Everyone in?" Newton asked. I tried darting my eyes around, but only faint light entered my eyes. I could barely see the figures of other people.

"I think so," I answered.

Newton shut down the truck door.

Caden... whoever this guy was, sat on the driver's seat. He turned to us, and started, "Okay, let's start with this..."

He then started the truck, which shook gently, causing muffling sounds. Later, we could feel the truck accelerate a couple of meters.

"Ever heard of mind control technology?" he asked.

"That's not the first time I heard it," I said as a matter-of-factly.

"Well, that's the first time we heard of it..." Nev said.

"And I read about mind control technology in this book," Ray showcased a book entitled Alezhandra's Journal.

"Wait, you had the journal?" Athaliah spoke up.

"...yes."

Silence quickly developed into an aura that surrounded us.

"Storm knew about the government's plans. She knew about its technology, that Projects are going to be used as "weapons of mass destruction", along with another technology that can cause Minecraftia's doom."

Another technology...?

"Anyways, that aside," Caden interrupted. "The government has mind control, yes. But Sir Blaise has the technology as well. And he has controlled most of the Projects living in his bases."

"Bases? As in the plural form of base?" Ray asked.

"There were more than just one base in Minecraftia. He has branches in each region in Minecraftia except Central Minecraftia," Newton explained.

"And we used to live in the East Minecraftian branch," Caden stated.

"So, you're saying that if we stay under Sir Blaise, we'll be controlled?" Nev recapped.

"Most likely. Sir Blaise actually gathered Projects all over Minecraftia so that he could control them."

"Bull-freaking-crap," Nev cursed.

"Chill," Lion told Nev.

"In more complex terms, Sir Blaise is part of Operation Lightning itself," Newton added. "And we only managed to escape him because some bombers decided to destroy the base. But most Projects there were already controlled there, so they managed to survive the bombings against their will."

"And we're surprised that those bombers were actually East Minecraftian Air Force," Caden commented.

"I wouldn't be surprised at all," I spoke up.

"What do you mean?" Newton asked.

"I talked to the East Minecraftian Director once. She intended to free Minecraftia from the President itself."

"How'd you know we could trust her?" Caden questioned.

"They literally set me into chaos," Athaliah added.

"You said that the bombers were East Minecraftian Air Force, right?"

"Yes."

"She probably sent those bombers to thwart the President's plans."

"That's only a theory. We are not sure if that's true or not," Newton concluded.

"I'm just saying that it's logical. You'll get to it someday."

Just then, I felt violent shaking inside the truck.

"It wasn't me!" Caden exclaimed.

Just then, we felt another violent shaking.

The roof suddenly got blown off the truck.

"Newton, did you just--"

We could feel the truck float off the ground.

"I'm not controlling the gravity, Caden!" Newton exclaimed as the truck door opened by itself, revealing a blue-eyed Project that held his hand out, seeming to manipulate the metal truck.

"Guys, we're in trouble!" Ray exclaimed.

"I know!" I replied as I propelled myself out of the truck and floated into the air, using my hands and feet to propel myself into the air.

I looked down, watching my hands and feet project harsh snow falls. Rising at least 10 blocks high, I could see what's happening.

A Project looking like a magnet, another Project propelling himself to the air using lightning, and another manipulated nature by uprooting trees and throwing them into me. I blocked it by summoning a giant wave of ice.

Examining them, I concluded that they were controlled Projects by having that glowing blue eyes.

I saw Athaliah pop out of the truck in her phoenix form. Her flames lit the forest in the middle of the night.

Then Newton appeared in front of me, his body standing still as he floated. I wondered why he could float, but I didn't have time to answer that as I gripped my ice katana and slashed at the magnetic Project.

The Project tried to attract my katana, but the fact that it's made of ice and not metal refused to get in the other's hands.

"Everyone out!" I heard Caden scream, referring to the people in the truck. I summoned a stalagmite made of ice on the ground, but the Project dodged that.

My enemy outstretched his hand and summoned some magnetic force to attract a scrap of metal from the truck. He threw it against me, but the metal suddenly changed directions and went on the ground.

"Kick it! Kick it! Kick it!" Newton sang as he approached the magnet and kicked it.

I made ice spikes midair, then threw it against the magnet.

I then felt a razor-sharp leaf pierce my arm, causing me to wince and cry in pain.

"Notch dang it!" I exclaimed as another Project that looked like a tree appeared in front of my eyesight.

I growled and charged at it. But as I approached the man, he got disoriented, as if something bothered his mind. He started screaming, until he collapsed to the ground.

I turned around. Caden, with his glasses off, stood on the ground.

He just nodded and jogged over to destroy another Project.

However, when I thought it was over, I saw more Projects flock the road ahead of us.

"We gotta freaking run..." I muttered. But I didn't have to.

A green, military truck with a couple of soldiers drove into the scene. The soldiers jumped off the truck and started shooting against the Projects with their redstone rifles. Needless to say, they killed a decent amount of them.

I looked at one of the trucks. Labels entitled the truck.

Armed Forces of Minecraftia -- East Minecraftian 3rd Battalion

"Go! Go! Go!" one of the soldiers ordered.

Without further ado, I started to descend to the ground and run.

"This way!" the soldier with a slight Asian accent in front of me pointed to the north side of the road, leading me to the treeline.

I nodded and ran straight into the forest.

"There's a train waiting for you there!" the soldier yelled back.

I ran, later realizing that the team, plus Newton and Caden, followed me. I looked straight into the snowcapped forest and saw a railroad track crossing through. Above the railroad track lay a train filled with haystacks and domestic animals. The unpleasant smell of manure already enveloped our nostrils.

"I hate the smell for Notch's sake," Newton commented.

"But it's the only escape. The Armed Forces can't hold them much longer," I said.

He sighed, "Fine."

We hopped on the train, landing softly on haystacks. However, I did not expect to see soldiers guarding the train.

What I did not see however, was...

"Hello. We met again, Persephone. And I see you people made new friends," she said, her figure lurking in the distance barely lit by torches.

She walked into the light, and we could see who she was.

The East Minecraftian Director.

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Oh my jeez this is the first time I updated late on schedule.

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