(A/N: you dudes are gonna hate me after this chapter is done. Honestly, I hate myself. :/)

~Ssundee~
I felt as though every fibre of my being had been frozen into that one, endless stretch of time as Herobrine's soulless eyes swept the full extent of the battlefield, before coming to rest on me. This was the man who had made my life hell. He'd taken Diamond from me before when I loved her, forced me into countless battles and fights, and shown me pain that was beyond what I could ever imagine. Derp stiffened next to me and I could almost feel the hostility that had started radiating off of him. I forced myself to meet Herobrine's gaze and I saw him smile coldly. Slowly, he raised his hand. Slowly, he blinked. Then, someone broke from the stillness of the frozen battle. I clenched my teeth and I heard Derp snarl next to me. Diamond loped towards the squid as a deformed shape dropped from the sky beside Herobrine. Tentacles whipped around him restlessly and his face was contorted, somehow forming a smile that looked more like a grimace. Diamond slowed and stood before him, before smiling back and wrapping her arms around him. Someone yelled in fury and a blur of green and red rushed by me. I lurched forward, my lips moving before my mind registered what I was saying. "LANCEY! STOP!" But my friend was lost in rage and jealously, sprinting towards the squid mutant and Diamond, raising his sword. Herobrine blinked again, then splayed out his palm. As if in slow motion, I watched the bolt of silver magic streak down from the sky, towards Lancey. I grit my teeth and ran forward. I heard Derp cry out a warning but I wasn't just going to stand there and watch Lancey be torn apart by magic. I ploughed into him just as it flew over my head, missing my hair by centimetres. We hit the ground and I saw angry tears in Lancey's eyes as he tried to push me off of him. I waited till I was sure the magic had dissipated before letting him up. It was then I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I gulped and tilted my head backwards, staring up at the massive squid looming above me, his bulking figure blotting out the sun. I backed away. Then, I ran. Too late. Something slammed into my back and I felt my newly healed ribs struggling to cope with the sudden impact. Talons wrapped round my waist and I felt my feet leave the ground.

I cried out and saw Derp's crooked eyes cloud over, the pupils slowly turning a dark shade of red. He was angrier than I'd ever seen him before. Then the squid's grip tightened and I was turned round, my stomach twisting painfully when my gaze met Herobrine's. Then, fury replaced my fear, and I imagined my eyes reddening as Derp's had. I lifted my sword that was still in my hand, plunging it down into the squid's tentacle. It screeched in pain and blue blood spurted away from the open wound. It dropped me instinctively and I was falling towards the ground, metres below me. Then, I was halted in mid-air. A fist of air gripped me and brought me back up to Herobrine's level once more. His fist was clenched. He was manipulating the air around me. I snarled. "Are you such a coward you'd rather use magic than fight me with a sword?" He narrowed his eyes, smiling venomously. "As you wish." His voice was deep and velvety, like chocolate. But there was something about it that wasn't quite right. He pulled me in and dropped me on top of the squid's head in front of him. I adjusted my stance into something more menacing and held my sword up before me. Herobrine clicked his fingers and a diamond sword appeared in his hands. It's hilt was studded with redstone and gold, it's electric blue blade giving off a cool, sinister sheen when it caught the light. I swallowed hard, my throat constricting. Fear washed over me, like cold poison. Derp wasn't here to fight beside me this time. I was alone. Up against one of the deadliest foes in Minecraftia. Suddenly, Herobrine's body seemed to flicker, like a hologram. I gasped. In that instant, beneath, I'd seen the body of a squid-human hybrid. It wasn't Herobrine. They'd used his DNA to somehow make a squid version of him. Like what they'd done with my DNA when they'd imprisoned me; creating the SSuid. In turn, they'd created SquidBrine. I laughed bitterly. It might've been the hysteria brought on by the fear, or the sheer craziness of my situation, but I found some aspect of this scenario funny. I'd sworn revenge on who I had thought was Herobrine. My friends had all thought they'd been fighting Notch's oldest enemy. When in reality, he was nothing more than a fake. "You're a fake. You're a squid. Aren't you?" SquidBrine grinned, showing pointed teeth. "Took you that long to guess?" His voice and changed now, was derpier, like a squid's.

I narrowed my eyes. "Doesn't matter, I know now. I also know that if one of us is going to make it out of this fight alive...it'll be me." SquidBrine winked at me. "We'll see about that, Ssundee." I growled and leapt at him. Thus the battle began. As our swords clashed together, diamond and iron ringing out together, I heard the battle below us snap back into motion. SkyArmy rallied and drove against the squids once more. I stood my ground, my feet sliding backwards as SquidBrine pushed against my blade. I grit my teeth, setting my jaw in determination. I was not going to lose this battle; this was a battle for my life, I couldn't afford to lose it. I pushed back, harder. Now it was SquidBrine's feet that were scrabbling for purchase. I twisted my shoulders and my sword hit the flesh below us. I stumbled backwards and gathered my thoughts once more before sidestepping SquidBrine's stab at my chest and swiftly diving below his guard and swinging upwards. He dodged though and stabbed downwards suddenly. I yelped as the blade tore through the clothes on my chest, not even an inch from my pounding heart. I quickly learnt that SquidBrine's attacking methods mainly consisted of stabs and whirls. In order to keep up with his rapid attacks I had to keep moving. If I stopped for a second he'd grab me and run me through. Our swords clashed together again and I tried to hold it, but failed. Instead, I kicked SquidBrine's shin and as his face contorted in pain, white eyes sharpening in contrast, I twisted my blade away from his and stabbed into his chest. He screamed in pain and I felt my stomach turn in disgust as his murky squid blood splattered over my hands. He slumped to his knees and I stepped back. That was when I made my big mistake. It had been too easy. I let my guard down, and that's when SquidBrine's body flickered again, more violently, before disappearing completely, revealing the squid beneath. He slowly lifted his head, his white eyes meeting mine. My heart skipped a beat. He laughed and got to his feet. "Don't you see? I have TWO hearts. Try and kill me now." He leapt at me while I was still in shock and pinned me to the ground. The giant squid below us shifted and we slid forwards. I yelled in panic as I felt my head tilt back into thin air, resting on nothing. He grabbed my wrist and twisted it. I cried out as pain rocketed up my arm; I dropped the sword and watched it slide over the edge. I was utterly defenceless. SquidBrine grinned, once more showing his pointed teeth. Now they were up close, I could see the blood staining them. Were squids cannibals?

"They told me you'd put up a fight, that I'd had some trouble putting you down." I wanted, to fight back, but I was drained of energy and strength. He laughed cruelly. "I guess they were wrong." He raised his sword above my heaving chest and I closed my eyes, waiting for the final blow. Then, I heard a voice. It was one I loved, but was twisted in hate and fury. "GET OFF HIM NOW OR I'LL TEAR YOUR PATHETIC SPINE OUT OF YOUR MUTATED BODY!" I opened my eyes as a shadow fell across me and the weight lifted from my body; I found myself staring up at Derp. His figure blotted out the sun above me. He had SquidBrine lifted above me, his hand round his neck and his crooked eyes practically glowing red. He was nearly completely immersed in a red haze. "D-Derp?" I croaked. He didn't seem to hear me, and if he did he was ignoring me. "Derp!" He turned his head and I started, nearly falling off the edge of the squid's head. His face was twisted in fury, his eyes burning in hate and fury. (Hey, this reminds me of It's The Eyes XD) I almost didn't recognise him. As his gaze found me, the redness in his eyes seemed to subside slightly though, enough for him to identify me as not a potential threat. He blinked. "Yes?" His voice was still different, the hoarseness and slightly strangled tones I was used to sounded harsher to me, more grating. I gulped. "I don't want to hurt you. It's me, Ssundee." He blinked again and all of a sudden his eyes cleared. "S-Ssundee?" I nodded, relieved. Seeing him like that had scared me. It was like he'd become an entirely different person. He was still strangling SquidBrine as he stared at me. I struggled to my feet, moving away from the edge of the squid's head. "He won't die if you strangle him. We have to stab him in the heart." Derp looked at SquidBrine's bleeding chest wound, confusion evident on his face. "Didn't you already do that?" I growled. "Yeah, but apparently he has two hearts." Derp scowled. "Where'd your sword go?" I looked over the edge. "Down there somewhere." Derp nodded, turning back to SquidBrine, who was still squirming in his grasp. "I'll use mine." Holding SquidBrine in one hand, gripping his sword in the other, Derp prepared to kill him. I could already feel the relief as our responsibilities were lifted off of our shoulders.

I could already see our new life together. I should've seen it coming. It was all my fault. We'd both thought it was over, that this would be the last blow given. We didn't seen the tentacles creep out from behind SquidBrine's back, darting forward, wrapping round Derp's wrists. He cried out and I ran forward, trying to prise them off of him while they wrapped round his legs. One of them went low and swept my feet out from under me. I hit the ground and slipped slightly on the smily skin of the giant squid we were still standing on. The tentacles wrapped around me as well and dragged me over to SquidBrine. Derp's eyes were reddening again in anger as he fought back against the grips of the tentacles. I couldn't believe we'd come so far, only to fall at the last hurdle once more. The tentacles drew me close to Derp. SquidBrine held us together in front of him. Even Derp had ceased to struggle now. Another tentacle snuck over to us and wrapped round the hilt of Derp's dropped sword. How ironic: we would be killed by our own weapon. I relaxed, hoping I was ready for death. At least we would die together. We'd weakened SquidBrine. The others could take him down now. Derp's anger faded and I felt him slump in the tentacles' grasp beside me. I forced myself to meet SquidBrine's soulless eyes; Herobrine's eyes that he'd stolen. He raised Derp's sword in his hand, having transferred it from his tentacle into his grasp. I wanted to close my eyes once more, but at the same time, some part of me knew I had to see it through. Time seemed to slow again, even slower than before. The blade jerked forwards. SquidBrine smiled coldly. I felt my eyes heat up as tears threatened to come through. Then, Derp lurched forward, taking SquidBrine by surprise. His grip with the tentacles slipped and I fell to the ground. I watched, frozen in horror as the sword carried straight on, into Derp's chest. Into his heart. I couldn't move, my body going very cold and still. My mind refusing to work, my lungs struggling to breathe as Derp's ceased to do so. Finally, I found my voice. "No, NO!" I screamed, not caring anymore. The sword's hilt stuck out of Derp's chest as his head dropped onto his chest. Tears stained my face as I watched SquidBrine's eyes widen, before narrowing in a sadistic smile. Anger flowed through me and I got to my feet. "GET OUT OF HERE! YOU KILLED THE ONE I LOVED! YOU SHOULD BE DEAD! NOT HIM!" I shoved SquidBrine so he fell on the ground.

He lost his grip and I watched as he began to slide backwards, over the edge. I grabbed his arm just before he went over. "Woe betide you if I ever meet you in battle again." I saw fear in SquidBrine's empty eyes as I hissed: "Because you won't live to see another dawn if you do." Then I let go; he fell to the ground. I was tired, and defeated. I fell to my knees, crawling over to Derp's too still body. "Derp...please wake up...please..." I didn't know why I was saying this, but I just felt as though I had to say something. Make it seem as though it wasn't true...that he wasn't dead. The tears began to fall. Everything we'd been through, all we'd done together. All over in less than a second. The fact that he had been determined to save me right to the very end was enough. He'd loved me so much he'd been willing to sacrifice himself for me. I bowed my head, beginning to sob as my heart broke in two. One part had been mine, the other had been his. For so many years, we'd shared a mind and a conscious. But I hadn't realised how much more we'd shared. We'd shared a life, a heart, a love, a future. Now it was over. I draped myself over Derp's dead body, letting the misery and grief wrack my soul. I felt the squid's tentacles buckle beneath me as it began to fall and I knew we'd won this fight. The screeches of dragons and squids evaded my senses as SkyArmy declared their triumph to the sky. Seto saw us first. I heard his footsteps as he approached, and for the first time, I heard him swear. "Oh my god." I lifted my head, somehow finding the strength to meet my friends' eyes. They were full of sorrow and shock. He looked at me. "Is he..." I nodded and that simple gesture threw me back into a pit of grief. Seeing it was one thing, admitting to it was another. A despairing wail escaped me as I buried my face in my arms, wanting everything to stop. Wanting to turn back time, lop off SquidBrine's tentacles and stab him twice in the heart. Wanting to be in Derp's arms, the arms that would never move again. Leaning against the body that was now cold and lifeless, hearing a heartbeat that had now fallen silent. I felt as though my life had been torn away from me. My very identity gone. As the other members of SkyArmy gathered round, speaking in hushed whispers as I cried, I remembered something. If one of us died, so did the other...so why wasn't I dead?...
(A/N: See, I told you you'd hate me. XD There is gonna be 2 more chapters of this by the way. The end is nigh. Leave a like if you enjoyed dudes, and as always, stay awesome for me. Baiiiiiiii!)