There was a cranking sound,and I knew what it was straight away.I turned around to see...

Well...

You would be scared too,wouldn't you?

The Command Block pulsed with light,I couldn't help but admire it,then I snapped back to reality.

"Too bad we can't destroy it."I murmured to Rory as everyone gathered around it.

Rory nodded at me,then looked closely at the Command Block.

"Is that...a machine?"He asked innocently.

"It's not any machine  I've seen before."Olivia said.

She got close to it,and reached for it.

"Maybe if I could just touch it..."

"Don't touch it,Olivia!"Jesse snapped.

Yeah,don't touch it.It's actually Soren's but Ivor is using it becuase this one massive revenge story and...is that whispering?

There were whispers.They seemed to be coming from the Command Block.Nobody else seemed to react.I couldn't make out what the whispers were saying,they were too quiet.

"Hold on,three wither skulls,and soul sand..."Lukas muttered."That's the recipe for a Wither!"

"One of the baddest monsters around."I agreed.

"And on that crowd of people..."Petra added.

There was the sound of a door opening and closing.

Ivor.Evil Ivor.

"Hide!"Jesse hissed.

Wanna know where I hid?Right next to Jesse.I wasn't sure where Rory was,but the whispers had stopped.

Ivor started practicing for...well,the Wither thing.You know,all that 'You suprised to see me?No,no...'thing that he did when he came down the stairs?

Jesse knocked the bottle over,and Ivor realized that there was someone here.

Hahahahahahahaahahahahahahaha noooo...WHY IS THIS SO SCARY?I know what's going to happen!

"Hey!"

It was Rory who yelled.

Everyone revealed themselves,me a little late.

"You two!"Ivor snarled,looking at Jesse and Petra.

"You owe them something."Rory tsked,his blocky hands behind his back.

"Yeah,gimmie back my skull!"Petra demanded.

Typical Petra.

"Or else."Jesse added.

"I won't be threatened by the likes of you!"Ivor hissed.

"Hey."Axel walked over to him.He looked pretty intimidating,I had to give him that."Nobody talks to my friends that way."

"Besides."I plucked whatever courage I had left."Scamming is pretty low."

Then Ivor fled.

I hardly bothered running to keep up,I knew what would happen.

Iron golem.

Yeah.

"Hey,where'd he go?"Petra said angrily,looking around.

Ivor appeared behind the almost-finished iron golem.

"If you won't leave,then I'll have to make you."

Rory stood in front of me in a protective way as the iron golem came to life.

"You don't need to protect me,we need to make sure Lukas doesn't go in a chest."I pointed out quietly.

The iron golem swung his arm at us,and my heart jumped.

Just a little.

I ducked,shuddering as the arm passed above us.

Everyone else started running.

I still had Lukas in my sight,so I grabbed his arm.

"Come on!"I urged.

He blinked at me.

I turned and ran,hearing Lukas behind.Good.Nobody would have to go back.

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"Is everyone okay?"Jesse asked.

There was a crowd now,a big crowd.But you probably knew that.

Rory was close to my side,grinning at me.I rolled my eyes,making sure he knew it,too.

"We have the greatest warrior in this building,we should just go and tell him."Axel pointed out.

Rory and I exchanged a knowing look.Rory's face had a hint of sadness in it-even playing the game,he had respected Gabriel.Until he found out.

"A Wither in this massive crowd would be a disaster."Lukas agreed.

"So,let's go."Jesse started towards Gabriel.

I was at the end of the group,Petra just in front of me.Rory in front of her.

I coukd just see Jesse pushing the crowd.It made me wonder why they didn't do anything.I mean,playing the game,I thought it was funny.

But now...I need to find a way back.And how I got here in the first place.

I saw Jesse stop,just short of the front of the line.Olivia pushed her forward.

"Yes?What is your question?"

"Everyone here is in danger!"

"Well,danger is what I do,eh?"

"This is not a joke!"

"I have a question."A new voice cut through the crowd,making a shiver go down my spine.

"Sir,you'll have to wait your turn."Gabriel said.

Can't you reconize that voice?! I was screaming internally.

"Tell me,can anybody really be a hero?"I could hear a few protests of 'hey!'.

"With enough hard work..."

"So that's what happened?!"Ivor snapped,revealing himself."I didn't work hard enough?!"

"Ivor?"

"That's the guy who attacked us in the basement!"Jesse exclaimed.

Rory shuffled backwards through the crowd to get to me.He had tensed,and I realized I had too.We were both ready to draw out weapons,which we hadn't even used yet.

Gabriel turned his attention back to Jesse for a moment."Frankly,I'm not suprised."

"Why don't you tell them the real story,Gabriel?!"Ivor shouted.

"I see time has made you bitter."Gabriel commented.

And time has made you an even bigger fool. I quoted in my mind.

"And time has made you an even bigger fool."Ivor started towards the lever.

I wanted to run,tackle him,do anything,but it felt like there was a force holding me back from doing so.

Song lyrics echoed in my mind.

Some nights I stay up cashing in my bad luck.

My brain did that sometimes.Sung in my mind.Sometimes in the most inappropriate times,like this.

"Somebody do something!"Jesse shrieked.

Some nights I call it a draw.

And Ivor flicked the lever.

The recipe for the Wither came out.

Correction:Wither storm.

And Ivor said something different than what he said in the game.

"Let's see if you can save the world this time."He sneered,holding the third wither skull.

Probably Petra's.Rory gasped.I hadn't seen this side to him before,the scared side.

"Ivor,no!"

And he put the skull on.

Great clouds roll over the hills bringing darkness from abo-o-o-oove.

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This is the biggest chapter of ALL of my books at 1090 words including the author's note.

Hahahahah yay.I'm really excited to do this fic,becuase I have planned it allllll out.I have even started the sequel in my brain.

Anyway,question of the chapter...

Do you think all the dissapearances  (12 kids have dissapeared,including Aza and Rory,btw) are connected to what happened to our main characters?