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Daylight breaks through my kitchen as I open my top cupboard. It's still very early in the morning but I like waking up early. It gives me alot of time to breathe and have some peace before I have to go to work. I'll make myself a cup of coffee since i dont have alot of energy right now. I reach up high and grab the white mug that rests near the top. I reach iubnto my back pocket and pull out a bottle with a clear grayish liquid inside. I pop the top off and begin to pour a small amount into the bottom of the cup before starting the kettle.
I place the bottle on the counter and let out a small sigh. I like my little cottage, it's nice and small with just what I need, but sometimes I wish I could have some say in what the interior looks like. My freedom here in the city is pretty limited. Always stay invisble, no talking under any circumstance, always do your work for the day, obey Ashwaggs every comand, and never betray the mafia. That's just how it is here. If i dont follow these rules to the tee, i'll get killed like everyone else who broke the rules. I mean, I do like the interior of my house. It's cozy and comfortable. Plus, I live fairly comfortanbly as an Iron chestplate.
In this place everything revolves around the type of chestplate you wear, since no one can see who you are. There are 5 different types of chestplates, or levels if you want to get technical. No armor trims, copper armor trims, iron armor trims, gold armor trims, and diamond armor trims. Each ‘level’ showcased your skills and part in the mafia. The higher you are, the more youve done. The more youve done, the more valuable you are to ashwagg.
No trim of your armor ment you were ther lowest level possible in the mafia. It basically ment you were a noob in the mafia. They are basically the lowest of soldiers, just no faced or named people fighting. Not remembered or forgotten. Ash woukldnt even care if a squad of 12 got wiped out because they were so easily replaceable. There are usually people that just joined, or were forced to join. Most of them stay there, out of sight and out of mind from ashwag. I can understand that. The lower you are, the less spotlight you have in the mafia. But that's not how I view it. The lower you are, the more of a change to be thrown away. That's why I chose the iron rank. It's the perfect middle ground.
Then there's copper trims. Nothing special about them to be honest. They're just as useless as no trims. They spend their time doing tasks to move up. Ive never actually been in a squad with one before.The first time I saw one was when I ranked up to one.
Iron trims, which is what I am, are more authoritative players. We can be the squad leaders on smaller missions. Sometimes for building challenges, smomtimes to give out tasks for lower players, and even sometimes we get to go with the dimopnd players on scouting missions. As easy as it would be for me to move up, i dont. I dont believe I need more power in the mafia. I have my own little house and that's all i relly care about.
Then there's gold trims, they acted the same as iron trims but carried restocks for the fighting oriented people. They also guarded mafia safe houses, the vaults, and Capital City. Which is one of the civilizations the mafia protects. They go on more experienced missions and are very watched in the mafia.
Lastly are the diamond trims, They are the best of the best. Skilled fighters that could easily kill someone in a matter of seconds. They are mytic bitches. They are the only ones trusted to weild the legendary weapon the mace. A weapon that can easily kill someone in just one hit, that is if you knew how to use it.
I could have easily gone diamond since my good friend and mentor, clown pierce, resigned. He is Ashes' right hand man, his very own executioner. Fitting name for him. When I was training under him I only took him down once. I still think he let me win to make me feel better even though he says that didnt happen.
Speaking of Ashwagg, I also used to know him before ‘beccoming a ruthless unkillable mafia leader’. We were friends. Fairly close, might I add. We lived as neighbors in this small civilization before it was torn down. I miss that man, it feels like he had died that day. My house gone and my friend dead.
But that doesnt matter now. What matters is where I am, not where I was. Now I live here, amongst the invisible mafia as a somewhat saviour. I try to save people from the mafia by soparing them. I mean Ive only saved like 10 people. It's not alot, but atleast it's something. I just hope they're still alive out there.
I grab a coffee filter and some coffee grounds from the drawer. I place pthe filter ontop of my cup and begin to pour some of the bean powder into it. The kettle began to scream as the hot water pushed the steam through the whistle. I take it off the heat and pour it into the white filter, watching the hot water push through the powder and into the cup. I love black coffee so much. Just the eartly feel and bitterness of the coffee makes me so happy. Not to mention it easily masks the taste of the invisibility potion. I take the filter off and toss it. I pop the top off the bottle and down the full drink.
I hold back my gag as the thick liquid flows over my tongue and down my throat. The viscous liquid tastes like someone fermented some sort of animal, mashed it up, and put it into the glass. It's honestly the most vile thing ive ever tasted in my life, and I have to do this twice a day to keep it up. Most people like to splash it, but perosnally i dont like to. I hate that glass get everywhere, i dont want to step on all that glass all the time. I get that enough out in the city. Might as well have some sanctuary in my own home, even if it's just some small thing like glass on the floor.
I pick up the coffee from the table and take a few sips while I wait for the invisibility potion to kick in. mmm biter. A few seconds later I see my fingers that are wrapped around the handle of the mug begin to disappear, only leaving my armor visble. Finally, I can get some sun. I walk over to my door, coffee in one hand, a disk in the other, and open the door. I walk around the side of the house, past my little garden, and to the little edge of the iron level. Looking down over the edge to the lower levels below.
My house sits on the very edge of the iron level, which gives me a solid view. Mafia city unt like a normal city, each level is stacked ontop of one another. Were all segregated by the type of chestplate you wear. This city really depends on your rank. Starting from the no trims at the bottom to the diamonds at the top. Well if you want to get technical ashwaggs castle is at the very top since he runs the whole place. Like ive said before your chestplate determines everything in mafia city, Including the quality of your house. It begins with the dirty and abandoned houses of the no trims, to the ivory palaces of the diamond trims. I live in a pretty nice, but smallish, house on the iron level. It's nothing crazy, just a small cottage to call my own. It's a humble living, plus I get to stay on the downlow when it comes to the spotlight. Not alot of the higher levels pay too much attention to iron trims. That means I can conduct my rescues without the diamond tims, or even ash, catching on.
I grip my coffee and take a small sip, staring down at the lower levels. Wait, hold on a second. I take out my spy glass and zoom into a group on the lowest floor. Does that guy have a fish bucket? I swear Spoke had that same item not too long ago. I think it was his pet fish? But spike wouldnt be that dumb to join hte mafia. He's smarter than that. Spokewashere, a person known for their excessive exploiting and hacking in this world. He was chunk banned, which is a type of prison that keeps you banned at all times, but a person named Parrotx2 released him. Not sure why he released him, but hey that's not my problem. After his release he was exiled, and from my knowledge, that's where he is now. So why would he be in the city? Is he trying to infiltrate the mafia? Or is he now a part of it? Whatever, that's not my problem right now.
I pull out a disk from my back pocket and hold it in my left hand, coffee still in the other. Here in the city it's hard to have some sense of identity or individuality, since we're always invisible. Most of us carry around some sort of item that represents us, for me it's the disk pigstep. A friend gave it to me back in the day, he told me he almost got killed by piglin brutes raiding their bastion. I find it funny that I use it, if ash thought about it he would know it was me. Or maybe not, he doesnt really care for his soldiers that much. I stare down and look at the disk, letting out a small chuckle. Maybe if that piglin did kill him, maybe the server wouldnt have become so hostile. I pause. That's a terrible thing to think, wishing someone had died when they barely escaped death.
Through my little spyglass I see the group fly off to the chuch, most likey to get a mission from a gold trim. I used to do those missions religiously wehn i first started, but when i reached iron trim i kindfa stopped doing htem so often. I dont see the reason to devote all my time to the mafia. I mean, I still do missions from time to time. But only like once a day, just so higher ups dont get suspicious. I get alot of ominous keys, I could honelty move up to diamond level if I wanted, but I just stash them now. I think I have around 70 of them? The mafia uses them as tokens to rank up, i dont reall care for it so i leave them in my house.
I take a sip of my coffee and close my eyes, taking in the warmth of the sun as someone punches my back. My coffee flys out of my hand and crashes to the ground, the liquid seepiung into the ground. Fuck I iked that mug. I reach for my sword and turn around, swinging it behind me as I turn. The blade got dangerously close to the person standing behind me.
The person takes a step back, standing behind a sign that says “hello”. The person stands there with a sword in one hand and a mace in the other, a diamond rank. Fuck i almost attacked a diamond player. That would have gotten me killed so quickly. I put my sword away quickly, not to provoke them more than I already have.
“Hi?” I write back on the sign.
They pause for a second, read the sign and write something else, “follow me”
I look up at the person who has taken off their chestplate and put on an elytra. What does this diamond person want from me? The only diamond player who talks to me is a clown, so could this be him?
As soon as I take out my elytra they fly off. I guess I'm following this person. It's not like ive had any plans today anyways. I begin to fly after this person, flying high up into the sky and over the large black walls of the city. Once we pass over the walls the landscape changes drastically. The once green valley is now bombed, delotale, and gray.
What if this person is leading me to my death? What if this isnt clown, what is this person planning? I mean this could be a clown but i can't be sure. Every diamond rank holds a mace and a sword is very vague when it comes to identifying people. Alot of people hold swords. I just really hope that this is clownpeirce and not some other person. Usually diamond players dont value other people's lives and just kill no matter what. It could be for fun or for sport, they dont care about the lives they are ruining.
We continue to fly roughly 3000 blocks out from the city, until the person dives directly downwards into the forest below. I tuck in my wings and fly down below the trees, landing right behind the person. I put my chestplate back on and wait for the person to place down a sign or hand me a book, but are okeasantly surprised when i hear someones voice.
“Hello?” the familiar voice says, turning around to look at me. “We can talk now, no one can hear us from out here.” ok yeah, that's clown's voice. No doubt about that.
But knowing how he is, he could be setting me up. ClownPeirce is known for being a ruthless killer, betraying his friends for power and control. He's the top combat person in the world. That's why he is one of the few people trusted with the legendary mace. Those things can kill anyone in one hit if you know how to use it properly. Which, he does. Sometimes I wish I could get my hands on one.
I reach into my pocket and pull out a sign, I just need to make sure I'm not being played. “You're not gonna get me killed right?”
“No, why would I do that? That would benefit me in no way.” he says scarily cheery. “ I consider you one of my closest friends, other than Ash.”
Thats the thing he's still friends with ashwag, and that man can kill me at any given moment. To be honest, i dont know why clown chose me out of everyone in the world to be my friend. Or even why he chose to train me in the first place. Back in the day i wasnt good at any sort of fighting. I could have easily been killed in seconds, maybe that's why he wanted to be friends. Maybe he felt pity for me. Well, weve come this far. Hopefully he's not lying.
I let out a small annoyed sigh, “why did you pull me all the way out here?” I ask.
“Astrid!” he says wraping his arms around me. I tense up quickly as he's never hugged me like this before. “For a moment there I thought I got the wrong person” he gives off a small chuckle.
At this point both of our invisibility has run out and god damn clown is scarier than the last time ive seen him. Clowns aperince is exactially what you think it looks like, a dark black and white clown with sharp jester horns. His mask has 2 x’s for eyes and a creepy elongated smile. Overall, he's the depiction of a creepy circus.
“Well yeah, I had to be cautious. You never know anymore.” I say staring at him.
“Yeah that’s true.” He lets out a small smirk.
His Diamond trim shimmers in the sunlight. “Clown, I know you pulled me out here for a reason. So stop beating around the bush and just spit it out already.” I say looking at him with annoyance.
He scoffs, “what, I cant want to hang out with my best friend?”
“See?” I say pointing at him. “Now I know you want something from me. You only use ‘best friend’ when you want something. So just tell me already, I have things to do clown. I haven’t done my mission yet.” to be 100% honest, that was a total lie. I was never gonna go do my mission for the day. I just wanted to relax and get some peace today, and by the gods I wouldn’t get any of that being around the world's deadliest person.
“So that’s the thing, your squad has already left for the day.” He pauses. “I’m gonna give you an offer.” He’s more commanding than sounding like he’s giving me an offer. “Join my squad for the day and show Ash you have the skills!”
A wave of shock rolls over me. No, I can't do that. I’ll be in the spotlight! I’ll become a prime target! I mean this ain’t the first time he’s asked me to rank up, but it’s the first time he’s asked me to the Diamond squad. “But your team is full of Diamond players, wouldn’t an iron trim stand out?”I ask.
“I talked with Ash and learned that a diamond chest plate spot has opened up. Somehow even though they had the most powerful weapon in the world, they still died to someone outside the mafia. This is your chance to show your fit to be a diamond player!” He says externally eagerly. He reaches into his pocket, takes out a chest and opens it. Seconds later he’s holding a gold chest plate before he decides to hand it to me. “You can finally be on Diamond level with me! I mean still you have to prove yourself in gold but this is the perfect opportunity for you!”
“But-“ I get out before stopping myself, “ As much as that sounds nice, I like where I’m at now”
“Oh, come on Astrid you can’t be serious” He says slightly agitated. “You’re the only person who can combat my fighting skills so why aren’t you using it?”
“I just don’t feel like I need to go above and beyond in the mafia. I’ve done my part already.” I say shrugging.
He scoffs once again, “if you stay where you are, you’re just wasting your skills!” He says, raising his voice at me.
I scrunched my face. “If my skills are all you care about, then stop coming to me. I don’t like being used for my fighting skills. I like fighting to save, not to be used like some damn tool for ash.” I take out my elytra and an invisibility potion, swiftly downing it, then equipping my elytra. “If that’s all you wanted for me, then I’m going back.” I say before flying off back to the city.
“Wait- shit.” I hear him say in the distance.
I quickly begin to fly back, over forests and beautiful open greenery only to return to the desecrated outskirts of the city. If I go back to my house and clown see, then he will know that I lied to him. He would be furious. Even maybe going as far as to pull my stasis. You never know with clown, he’s a total loose cannon. Ugh. I really don’t want to do a mission today, but that seems like it’s the only option I have right now. This is so annoying.
I fly up over the wall and up to the silver level, just over the rundown houses of the no trims. Once I’m up, I head straight to the library where all of our missions are Delt out. I land right outside the front door. I’ve been walking to the end of the library where a gold chest plate stands, as he’s been waiting for me. He opens his pocket and reaches into it, pulling out a book. He extended his arm and hands me the book.
I open it and read, “build challenge: best read stone contraption wins. Do your best to judge the contestants. Once finished, return here.. -286, 2000”
Ok not bad at all. Fairly simple.
I rush out of the library and make my way to the place.
-25 min later-
I point to the 2 builds that have won, having the 2 people step forward. I look at what they are holding, a sword and a… Fish bucket.. Spoke? Why is he in the mafia? Is he trying to climb the ranks? Did they sabotage this? Whatever, I don’t actually care if they rigged this. I just want to go home and take a nice nap.
I gave the two winners an ominous key each. Ominous keys are our tokens. They allow us to climb the ranks of the mafia, the more you have the higher the rank. And I just gave out 2 like they were candy. They swiftly take the keys from my hands before flying off into the distance. I stare at fish bucket who continues to fly further and further away from me. Is that really Spoke? Whatever, not my circus, not my monkeys.
I let out a small sigh before flying back to the city.
-one short 25 minute flight back to the city later-
Finally, I see the city, the pillars of the city loom over me as I fly over the wall and over to the no trim level. I begin to fly higher and higher until I fly up past my home. God, I wish I could just fly home right now, I don’t even want to do this. I quickly continue to fly until I’m standing in the same library I was in a little over an hour ago.
I walk up to the gold trim and give him my book. I keep my hand out to receive my files of war. The person hands me one ominous key. fucking sucker, I still have the other four he gave me earlier. Now I have five in total. well it’s not like I’m going to use them, I’ll just stash them away in the barrel under my bed like I always do. I think I have at least 60, not counting the ones I just got.
I gave a small little nod and began to walk away when I’m stopped by a diamond trim. What the hell?! They placed down a sign as I drank another invisibility pot, what could they want. I wait there impatiently as the words finally show up. “Ash would like to speak with you. Follow me.“
Ash wants to speak with me? Did he find out who I am? Did clown tell him? Does he know what I’ve been doing here? So many questions race through my head as I try my best not to flip out.
I know my head slightly and watch them, put their light on and fly off. Shit, shit, shit, shit,. I’m so screwed. I put on my lecture and follow the person upward.
Ashwaggs castle is at the very top of the mafia pillar. Not a lot of people, well other than diamond trims, get out of this place alive. For my knowledge, only golden or diamond players interact with ash directly. So why is he wanting to talk with me?
We reach the top of the city and circle Ashes castle for just a moment before flying down. The castle is beautifully built in its gray and red tone. The place is very high above the clouds. It is truly a work of art. We both land at the garden filled with various plants that are well taken care of. It’s beautiful.I take a small walk around the garden, taking the beautiful flowers when a certain someone scares the shit at me.
“Hello.” Ash looks down at the item I’m holding. “Pig step… Hmm. Not a lot of people use that one.” He ponders for a second before shaking his head. Does he know who I am? “There is no way it’s her…” He says under his breath. “I’ve heard a lot about you. Come inside. There’s something I wanna show you“ he says flashing an eerie smile before walking through the garden.
I begin to trail behind him slightly. We walked past the most beautiful sculpted plants and up the stairs to the entrance of the castle. I’ve never been inside the castle. It’s more beautiful than it is on the outside. The walls are strictly black and gray, having different paintings and tapestries dripping over them. Multiple potted plants livening up the gloomy room. It’s quite nice. This seems like the place Ash would live in. It’s very fitting.
As we walk through the castle, someone is following us. I quickly looked back at them and saw the same diamond player that flew me over here. Are they gonna jump me? Fuck this is not good.
Ash, the diamond player, and I reach a set of double doors. Ash gives a quick push and the door swings open. I look around the room and see weapons, a board full of science, and is that… The dragon egg?! Are we in his war room?! Shit! What should I do?
Ash walks closer to the board filled with signs, “come here” a lot closer and see that the signs are filled with different types of civilizations, some are green and others are in red. What? “Isn’t it glorious? We’ve done so much as a whole.” He says looking at the board.“You know, I don’t let a lot of people into this room. Just my most loyal members. You are the first iron trim to even make it past these walls. Consider yourself lucky.”
I don’t feel lucky, I feel doomed.
“I’ve heard so much about you from a certain person, pigstep. And not just from anybody, but from my very own executioner. “ He says looking at the diamond player “isn’t that right clown?“
Clown? This fucking douche. I turned to the diamond player and give him the meanest look. It’s not like he can see it. The player nodds, while looking at me. I just know he has a shit eating grin under that invisibility. Thanks Clown.
I know Clowns identity has been revealed multiple times throughout the mafia. However, he’s way too important to kill. His skills are outnumbered. They need him here. So no matter how many times he fucks up with his invisibility, he always gets the pass cause he’s the golden boy. The executioner. The star that shines in the mafia. No wonder he wants me to rank up badly.
“Now I wonder why he’s been so adamant into getting you, a lowly iron trim, into my top-tier force. All I can assume is he knows who you are, but you’re lucky he won’t tell me who you are. Otherwise, I would’ve already dropped you into the void. Now, this is what’s gonna happen.“ he turns to the board for the civilizations. “You’re going to be ranked up to gold status and will assist the diamond trims in taking over sky block civilization.”
We’re taking over sky block civilization? I haven’t seen that place before. How would it be so high up anyways? I don’t even want to rank up. Especially not for some fight. I should just turn down this offer, even if Ash will hate me.
I take out a sign and place it down “thank you for the offer, sir. I truly appreciate it, but I’m going to humbly decline.“ I write.
Ash is off a little scarf, “decline? Do you think you can decline this? This isn’t some offer. This is an order. You will rank up to gold, you will assist the diamond trims in battle. Do you understand?” he says sternly as he stares at me. well through me technically.
I swiftly nod my head. I don’t wanna get an ashes, bad side, since he can still kill me in a moment's notice. Back when you first joined the mafia, you were forced to set up a stasis chamber. A device that allows the user to be teleported back to that same spot from anywhere in the world. It even works across dimensions. When I first made it, I thought it was for easy travel back without having to fly to the city. Boy was I wrong. I was so wrong. The stasis is pulled to execute people, they use it when people disobey policy or disobey Ash. It’s mainly used when people's invisibility runs out and their identity is shown to others.
I’ve only seen it once before. I was out on a mission, one of my first ones in fact. We were chasing down a person named parrot, I don’t know why we were chasing him. I just know we were trying to kill him. We were running out of supplies quickly, and our leader blew the firework to retreat. As we were running for our lives, one of my crewmates' invisibility started to run out. I guess they didn’t feel the effect dwindling. I remember all of us, including parrot, stopped and stared at this person. I didn’t know what to do, I didn’t think any of us did. Seconds after we stopped, the person disappeared. In fear, I asked the gold trim, our leader, what just happened in a book. They responded with, “the void.“ That's when I knew that the mafia wasn’t playing. They couldn’t care less who died, even if it’s for the stupidest reason. So I vowed to save people from it and to never get caught. Because if I get caught, I’m dead.
Ash smiles and turns around to the armor stand that held a gold trim eye armor set. He grabbed it from the stand, holding it in his hands. “Good, I’m glad I don’t have to waste such talent.” He hands me the armor. “Don’t disappoint me now pigstep. I have very high hopes for you.”
I take the armor in my hands before taking off the iron chest plate. I’m going to miss the feeling of that armor, that was the thing I hated most about ranking up. You get so used to that armor, it’s like an extension of your own body. Yet, you always switch it out for some new rough armor. I like the soft feel of my old armor, I’m gonna miss it. Put my arms over my head and slide the new armor on. God this feels so stiff. I tried to adjust it to make it more comfortable, but it doesn’t work. It feels like the netherite is rubbing against my rib cage. It’s unbearably uncomfortable.
“Gold looks good on you pigstep.” Ash says with a snicker. He must realize that they are uncomfortable for me. Sadistic asshole. “Meet the new team on the diamond level courtyard at 4 AM. You leave for the civilization shortly afterwards.” Damn 4 am?! Why so early?! “Do you understand?“ I swiftly nod my head once more. “Good, enjoy your new living quarters. You're dismissed.”
That’s right, new chest plate, new place. Fuck man I hate that I have to move before a big fight. Do I even want to fight in this? I could jump town. No Ash would see the only gold trim on the diamond squad gone. So he would know for sure that I ditched it, sending me to my doom. I just really don’t have a choice then. I turned around next to the room, the diamond player following behind me.
I get a quick tap on the shoulder before I’m handed a piece of paper, “looks like I’ve won“ I can tell clown is pleased at this. I could only guess he's smiling ear to ear.
I take out a Quill and write back, “fuck off.” I write handing it back to clown before using my elytra and flying off.
I swear this guy likes to get out of my skin for fun, and for what? Ugh, whatever. At least I’ll get a nicer house. I glide down to the iron level land at the entrance of my house, well old house now, and enter it. I begin to gather my belongings. Cups, utensils, etc. Just anything I can get right now. Fuck I almost forgot about my emergency shulker box. I keep it under my bed just in case I have to flee for any reason. It contains extra armor, strength potions, speed potions, cobwebs, extra tools, and some other experience bottles to mend the tools and armor. Just emergency stuff in case things go south here, which they most likely will. It's just a small precaution I like to take. I lift up my bed and place the box into my inventory. Where should I hide this now? Will my bed be bigger? I kinda hope so. I begin to pack my things again.
-a few hours later-
God, I feel so tired! I placed my stuff down near the entryway, the box hits the ground with a large *THUNK* Wow, this place is nice. I can’t believe this mansion is my home. Every house in the gold level are large mega mansions. At least three stories high. I have so much space now, what am I gonna do with it all? I was happy with my smallish living space before. I liked my little cottage. Oh well, I guess I can’t complain too much. I walk around the house, looking at all the rooms. Kitchen, dining room, office, and so so many bedrooms. Where is the master bedroom? I’m so beat after this morning. I just wanna go lie down. I continue to search around till I get to the very top floor. Holy shit the whole top floor is the master bedroom. I look around the large room taking it all in. The bedroom is absolutely gorgeous. Red carpets for the floor, a full walk-in closet, full of gold, trim armor, and all the invisibility parts I could ever need, beautiful curtains, that drape ever so elegantly, a gigantic vanity mirror (it’s not like I can use it that much but it’s nice to have), a bathroom so large it was the same size of my bedroom in my old house, and the largest bed I’ve ever seen in my life. I can’t believe all of this is mine.
I walked her to the bed and hold out the shoulder box. As I stared down at the red box, I get this gut-retching feeling that I’m going to have to use it soon. I don’t know if it’s for the war or not, but I’m going to keep it in my pocket just in case.
Well, I think it’s time that I hit the hay. I’ve done good today, but I have to be up early to help with the invasion. I take off my armor and place it on the armor stand next to my bed. I lift the covers up and crawl underneath it. I pulled the blanket up, it feels like I’m being lifted by a cloud. This is so nice, how am I going to get up on time? I close my eyes and begin to count sheep.
-the next morning-
My eyes shoot open. I have the feeling that something is wrong, did I sleep in? Am I late? I quickly sit up and look around the dark room. Well, it’s not daybreak yet so that’s a good sign. I’m still so tired. And I was having the best dream too. I was living alone in the forest, tending to my little farm with my imaginary dog Norman. I wish it was real. I wish I could pet Norman‘s head one last time and not have to deal with the pain that comes with being in the mafia.
I lift up my sheets and stepped out of bed, grabbing the armor from the stand. I slide the armor up and over my head and feel the embrace of the netherite. Still stiff, still uncomfortable. I take a few steps over towards the closet, grab an invisibility potion, and splash it at the base of my feet. Glass goes everywhere. Whoever designed this place didn’t give any drinkable invisibility potions for me, just the ones you splash. Now I have to clean this up. I’ll do it once I come back.
I walk down the large stairs, open the door, and fly off to the upper levels. The wind pulls my face and hair back like someone gently grabbing my hair. It’s nice having the wind kiss my skin. As I fly upwards, the diamond level quickly comes into view. The castles almost touch the sky with the most beautiful garden connecting all 10 castles. I search around the top for a moment before I see a group of 9 invisible people standing in a group, placing down signs and mingling. Even diamond members have to abide by the rules.
Circle the group before landing a few feet away from them. Heads turned my way as I landed, I can tell most of them are confused by my presence.
I start a step forward when one of them blocks my way. He places down a sign and begins to write something down. Then stands behind it, “get out of here, this is a diamond meeting.”
I placed my own sign down, “I was invited to the mission.”
They stand there for a second reading the sign before responding. “No way of gold trim was invited to a diamond mission. Stop lying. Get out of here before I decide to kill you.” Before I can react they pull out a mace. The mace.
Fuck that can kill me in one shot. The mace is a very strong weapon that is crafted with two powerful items. From what I’ve known, every mafia member has searched each trial chamber consistently taking out every single heavy core so no one else gets the weapon. And the person in front of me is holding it, wanting to kill me with it.
I stand there stuned for a moment as I try and decide what to do when the diamond player charges at me. Fuck, fuck, fuck! If they choose to use the wind charge, which they most likely will do, the force will kill me in an instant! I pull out my sword as a defense and brace myself for the attack when a diamond player blocks the swing with a shield. The force of the person's swing still shocks the area. I back up a few steps and take a breath of relief. The diamond player in front of me, places down a sign. I can’t see what it says from back here, but it made the person attacking me upset.
They placed down a sign of their own, “why are you defending a lower rank? They don’t belong here!“ The sign reads”
“Now what is going on here?” Ash says landing next to me. It makes me jump slightly. “Why are you guys fighting amongst yourself? Save that energy for the invasion.”
The attacker places down another sign “I was just telling the gold trim to leave.”
“Telling them to leave? They’re supposed to be here. I assigned them to this mission myself” Ash says looking up from the sign, glaring at them through his eyebrows.
The attacker looks down at a sign before editing it “but sir, this is a highly skilled mission. Do you think a gold trim can even handle this?”
Ashes, brows dip down into an angry stare. “You dare question me? You dare question my decision? I have them here for a reason like how I have you here for a reason.” He says with a growl. “Do I make that clear?”
The attacker nods before putting the mace away and sheepishly walking back into the group. Ash clears his throat and walks into the middle of the group. I walk up next to the diamond player who sticks up for me, assuming it’s clown.
“Today’s the day gentlemen.“ he says, looking around at all of us. “Today we shall seize more control over the world by taking over sky block civilization. A civilization that invaded us by hiding high up in the sky, away from any other civilization. Away from anyone. Today we grow stronger. You 10 will be the first on the scene, Kill or recruit as many people as you can. I know how most of you are so I expect a lot of people to die today.“He says with a sinister smile. “This half, focus on exploding their builds. And the other half, start fighting the residence."He places down a shocker and pulls out a tremendous amount of TNT before handing out a bunch to each of us. “In this shulker box is enough TNT to explode the city. Use it well. I’ll be sending you back up as soon as I can. Once the fight subsides, I’ll be down there. You were all dismissed.“
We all nods our heads and began to take off. To be honest, I have no clue where skyblock civilization is. I’m assuming it’s in the sky, but how is that even possible? I don’t know, I guess I’ll just follow the herd.
Also, I’ve never had a chance to take over a nation. I would try my best to help people through missions, but encountering people on those missions was slim. If I play my cards right here, I can probably save a bunch of people from our invasion. I can finally save a bunch of people from the mafia like I want. This is my chance to do the right thing.
I close my eyes for just a moment and take a deep breath before opening them and realize there’s nobody around me. What? Where did everyone go? I must’ve gotten caught up in my own head and I lost them. Shit. I look straight up and see them flying quickly upward. All right, I guess this is where it is. I put my wings back and start to fly upward.
It takes a few minutes, but eventually, we see the base of something. Is that it? The more we fly, the closer it gets. Until we completely shoot up past the islands. Oh wow, this place is nice. There’s multiple different islands surrounding the main one. On the outskirts are houses, farms, and grinders. And the center is a castle. It’s a massive castle, floating in the sky like something out of a fairy tale. The walls are made of cool gray stone, and there are bright teal accents that make it look magical. It’s huge, with tall towers and spires that almost seem to touch the sky.
The whole thing is floating in mid-air, which is just mind-blowing. How is that even possible? At the bottom, there are a few trees and some grass, which makes it look like it’s really there, even though it’s floating so high.
Are these the types of places Ash is trying to control? What about the people here? What are they gonna do once this place is gone? If I lived here, I would be absolutely devastated. It’s not like I can choose what to do right now. Right now, I have to start blowing up the builds.
I landed on one of the smaller islands where a bamboo farm stands and began placing the TNT. Hopefully someone else lights it. Soon after I finish placing I hear the sssss of the ignition. Right on que. As I continue to play blocks, the TNT starts to blow up. Decorating the building into a ruin. One down, a lot more to go. I hate doing this.
…
I finished placing down all the TNT. I look around to see my handiwork, even if I don’t like it. Every building, every island is completely demolished. Including the castle. Now all I need to do is look for survivors.
I fly around the castle, looking for any signs of life. I circled the castle like a hawk circling its prey until I see a group of people fighting some diamond players at the castle's entrance. I quickly slip down, sword, and shield in hand, as I land at the base of the stairs. A few people notice when I land and begin rushing me.
“get the gold trim!” They shout as one descends the stairs.
I rush and meet them halfway, thrusting my sword at them. They block with their sword and raise a shield. Terror fills their face.I raise my sword and slash downwards, catching the person off guard. Resulting in them stumbling back. I quickly splash more invisibility, strength and speed. If I’m gonna fool the mafia, I’m gonna fight like I mean it. I hold my sword firmly before rushing towards a person, creating them out into their totem pops. They placed it on a combo, but I dodged it at the last second. I go to strike them again, but they begin to flee. This is my chance. This is my chance to get away from the other diamond trims. I can help these people get away. I look over the diamond trim at the top of the stairs, he points his sword in that direction, indicating to me to go after them. Perfect.
I nod and fly after them. I trail them for a moment until they land a few inches from the ledge. It seems like there’s a whole group gathered up here.
I land a few feet away from the ledge. “You brought one out here?!” One of the group members says in a panic.
“I was going to die if I didn’t run!“ the first guy says.
“But you decided to bring them to the group!“ They exclaim.
These guys don’t seem like they want to fight, or even have the tools to do so. They just seem like scared people who wanted to get away from the mafia. I can buy them more time.
I quickly look over my shoulder to make sure that nobody is looking. “Go.” I say hush whisper “run before a diamond trim comes.”
Everyone’s eyes go wide and they quickly get the hint. They dive down off the island and fly away. I take out my shield and pretend to be upset. They got away. I looked down over the edge and ‘fly after them.’ Just dipping down below the island and flying around them. Just to make it look like I’m searching for them. It should be enough.
I resurface and meet backup with the squad at the castle, who have gotten their king, Jaron, in their grasp. Restraining him so he has nowhere to run.
In front of him stands Ash in his purple suit and stupid gold shoulder pads, looking down upon him with a smile. “How the mighty have fallen.” He says smiling ear to ear. He turns to all 10 of us with giddy. “Good job you 10, I didn’t even need to send him back up. You guys conquered this place effortlessly. I’ll have the note trims pick up the scraps, you are all dismissed.”
Dude, finally. I just wanna go home and crash out on my humongous bed. Today has been a drag. At least I can leave now.
I start to prepare to take off again when Ash raises a hand. “Hold on pigstep.” He says quickly. You stay here. “Everyone else is dismissed.“
Oh, fuck. Did he find out that I let people go? I looked back at him in fear while trying to mask it. Putting away my sword of sand right in front of them. My fellow teammates fly off the castle, leaving me alone with our leader. As I stand there, my brain begins to pace. Someone saw me. They must have. Wait, it could be that they heard me. Shit that would be way worse. But wait, wouldn't I already have been dropped into the void by now?
“You’ve done well pigstep. I’m very proud of you. You thought well and proved yourself as a skilled warrior. Capable of being a part of my team. Tomorrow we will indoctrinate you into our inner circle. Get some rest, you deserve it.” He says with a smile.
I know I didn’t fly off into the sky. God dammit. Why did Clown have to do this to me? I was good at iron, but now I’m a diamond trim. Something I would never think of becoming. Diamond players are not just as bad as Ash, but worse since they carry out his orders. As I fly over this once beautiful city, my thoughts begin to wonder. I contributed to this destruction. Am I really a good person? Or am I just covering up with denial. I didn’t wanna do it, but I still did. Am I just as bad as the worst diamond players in the mafia? At this point, there’s no going back. All I have to do now is survive. No matter the cost.
I dip my wings to my back and dive down, straight to the ground. It takes a few seconds before I finally see the ground. I lift my wings up and begin to collide, but something catches my eye. An invisible player talking to a certain person. Shit that’s wembu.
Wembu is a well known fighter who is also known for hacking the server. He’s manipulated the code so much in his favor. He must be doing something bad. But why is he with a mafia member? Is he secretly in the mafia but last I checked, he was heavily against it. Did he try to assassinate Ash? I can’t remember.
I took off my armor and land on the ground, somewhat close to them. I stand behind the large cobblestone tower so I can easily hear them without being seen by my potions effects.
“So you know the location of the Diamond players?” Wembu asks.
“Well, kinda. I know where they live. They live at the top of the city”
Wembu scoffs at spokes awnser. “Well no shit, I was talking about where there going to be. Who they are. That type of thing.”
Spike pauses. “I don’t know who they are, but I can find out.”
“Like that will happen..” he says under his breath.
“Look, I have this book that was given to me for a mission, you can check the place out and maybe there’s a Diamond player.” Spoke says taking out a book.
“What's stopping me from just riding you out and taking the book?” Wembu asks
“I know your location so that means 18 diamond players are gonna come jump your ass if you do that.” Spoke says slightly scared.
“True.. so what do you want from me for that book?”
“I want elytra’s.” Says bluntly
Wembus face turns to one of confusion, “Just go to the end”
“You took them all from the end! There’s no more left because of you!” Spoke shouts.
“Oh, right. I did that , didn't I?” Pause for a moment, thinking about something. “ Who did I give them away to?” He says under his breath
“you gave them away!?”
“Well yeah when you have that many of them, you kinda need to bargain for things. Like we're doing right now.” He says with annoyance. “I think I gave them to Zam for his empire.”
“Why did you do that?!” Spoke says with a groan. “I needed those.”
“I mean, we can go check-“ he gets before I cut him off
“You know it’s bad to be talking about this in public right? Anyone could be listening.” I say aloud.
“What the-“ he says before quickly flying off. Damn coward.
Spoke quickly jumps, “Who’s- Who’s there?” he says the stutter.
I go around the corner and put on my gold armor. “Technically you’re higher up.“
Spokes eyes go wide with fear, “but you’re talking, why are you talking?”
“Why aren’t you invisible? You're wearing an iron chest plate, so I know you're in the mafia.” I clap back.
“And you’re a gold trim, and you’re talking. I can get you killed, you know.” Spoke, says trying to get the upper hand.
I cough. “You’re one to send threats. How would Ash react if I told him that spoke, the person that was banished, was secretly infiltrating the mafia.” I say staring at him.
He takes a step closer, “you're also infiltrating the mafia? Is it to kill ash aswell.”
“Kill Ash?” I am a little shocked. “No, no. I’m trying to save people from the mafia. You’re trying to kill Ash?“ I ask leaning against the cobblestone pillar.
“Yeah it’s the fastest way to get rid of the mafia. I heard that his heart is connected to everybody's stasis chamber. If Ash dies, every mafia member dies.“ Spoke says as his invisibility wears off.
To be honest, I completely forgot what spoke looked like. He knows how to keep it consistent though. He's wearing a rainbow headband that matches his jacket, cuffs and shoes. Same black jacket, same black pants, still kind of basic. Whatever.
Wait, did he say that the stasis chambers are linked to Ash‘s heart?
“ Hold on.” my face growing more concerned. So if Ash dies… I also die. Fuck, I sent my status of chamber. If Ash dies, I die. “You can’t kill Ash.” I say slightly panicked.
“Why? It’s the quickest.-“ he says before getting cut off by me.
“Because you can’t! I’ll die, you’ll die. You’ll cause so many deaths, innocent deaths.” I say shouting at him.
“They’re not innocent if they’re in the mafia! “Spoke says getting more and more agitated
“Yes, they are! Are you kidding me? Not even 20 minutes ago did we catch a whole goddamn civilization and force them to join the mafia! They didn’t want that!” I say, raising my voice. I take a deep breath and think about the whole situation we’re in. “Fuck man…” I say placing a hand over my mouth.
Spoke takes a deep breath. “They force people in the mafia? And what do you mean you’ll die” he asks.
“the stasis? Didn’t you set one when you joined?” I ask.
He chuckles slightly. “Funny thing about that…” He says nervously.
I stare at him blankly before it clicks. “You didn’t set one. “I say shocked.
“Yeah, I kind of just showed up to the city. So I never technically joined the mafia and never set that stasis.”
“What!” I say wide eyed. “How did you just show up?! There are guards circling the city 24/7!”
I don’t know! I just showed up ok?! “He lets out a side. “Me and my team show up to the city with invisibility. No one suspected a thing.”
My brows go down. “Your team?” I ask.
Yeah, my team. Just a few friends, including Mapic. We had a whole rescue mission for him since he was held hostage in the city.” he pauses for a second, staring at me. “did you wanna join our team?” He flashes me a small smile.
Join his team? I stand there for a moment before answering, yeah, that would be good. I’ve been solo for so long..” I say with a smile before murmuring something under my breath, “unless you count clown” I take a look up at the sun and realize how late it’s gotten. “Oh shit, man I have to go back to the city. I’ve been gone for too long.”
I put all my elytra and get ready to take off when spoke stops me. “Wait! Do you wanna make a backup stasis chamber?“
“Backup? That won’t be necessary, I won’t get caught.“
“Are you sure? Ash can tell when things turn against him. It would be more of a precaution. You never know with him.“ Spoke, says concerned.
He’s right. I need to leave, but I could be dropped at any moment. This would honestly be the best choice to make right now.
I let out a small sigh, “fine yeah let’s do it. But we have to make it quick. The longer I’m out, the longer clown has the chance to notice I’m gone. Where’s your base?“
“You’re in luck, my base is right there.” he says, pointing to the most atrocious building I’ve ever seen.
It’s literally just a house with a large lava cast over it, and the name Spoke spelled on it with obsidian.
I turned back to him with a snicker. “Nice joke, dead ass though, where is your base?”
“That is my base.” He says walking towards it.
“Nahhhh” I say shaking my head “you’re fucking with me.“
I watch as he starts to ascend the stairs to the building. “ nope not fucking with you. This is my real base.“ He says pausing on the stairs “are you coming or not?“
I look over at the sun, then back to him before jogging up to him. “This is not a good base, you know.” I say following up the stairs into the door.
“Don’t say that, you haven’t even seen the inside yet.“ He opens the door and steps inside.
I quickly follow him inside and look around. This looks just as bad on the inside then it doesn’t leak outside. I don’t know why he thinks this is good. It’s just chests everywhere completely scattered. Unorganized. But the most striking thing is one singular painting on the wall. It’s clearly some sort of secret entrance.
“Come on” he says walking up to the painting and walking through. “Pretty cool right! That way the stasis can be hidden.” he says, coming back to the painting.
I laugh, “it’s not hidden at all. You only have one painting up. It’s pretty obvious”
“No, it’s super hidden. Come on, let's get this set up.”
I walked through the painting, and I met with a small cave. Just enough for about seven people to stand in Welp, it’s better than nothing.
…
A few minutes later, we successfully set up the stasis chamber. The ender pearl bubbles up to the surface, just a perfect position for the trap door to hit it when it closes.
Spoke takes out a sign before turning to me. “You never really told me your name.”
I looked down at the sign then back up at him. “You can just put down Astrid or gold player. Either works for me.”
He nods before quickly writing on the sign.
Once he’s done, I look at what he’s written. “Astrid (Gold player)”
“I just thought I could use a descriptive too.” he says with a smile.
“Fine by me.” I said heading for the painting until I stopped right before it. “Hey, I want to say thanks for doing all this. It means a lot to me.“ I say, turning back to him by this point my invisibility has completely run out, showing myself to him. I flashed him a small smile before splashing a new invisibility potion on me.
“No problem Astrid” he says, just staring at me.
I turned back to the painting and walked through it. Threw the messy base and out the door to the open field. I take out a rocket and fly off. Flying high into the sky until I finally fly high enough to not hit anything if I fly too fast. Let’s just hope nobody notices. I’ve been gone for too long.
…
I fly over the wall and up to the gold level. I need a nap after that interaction. I fly up and over to my house, circling it until I realize that diamond player sitting at the bottom of the stairs that lead up to my house. Shit someone noticed. They look up, stand up, and place on a sign. I land next to the person and wait for them to finish writing.
“Where were you?” The sign reads.
I placed down a sign of my own. “Doing some scouting on the outside of the city.”
“Bullshit. I did 20 laps and didn’t see you. Where were you.”
“What is it to you? I finished my mission and now I deserve some rest.” I write back.
“As your friend and superior, I demand you to tell me that information. Or do you want me to beat that out of you?” The two signs read.
Oh, this is ClownPierce. I thought this was a different diamond player. Still, though I can’t reveal the full story to him. As much as he is my friend, he’s Ashes soldier first.
I place down another sign. “You know I can take you any day. You don’t scare me.”
They quickly placed down another sign. “Just tell me so I don’t have to fight you.”
I let out a small sigh before placing down the neck sign. “I tried looking for those escaped players after the battle. I assumed that they were still in the area and was hunting them down”
It’s not 100% true, but there’s some truth in that.
He looks down at the sign, then up to me before placing down a sign of his own. “That’s what you’ve been doing?”
“Yes“
“Why didn’t you come back and get a squad? We could have gathered some no trims to assist you.“
I look from the sign to him then back to the sign. I didn’t get a squad because I wasn’t actually looking for people. A pull another sign “ I didn’t think I needed it. It was an easy task and I took it.”
He instantly responds “what if you got a quick dropped? What if you got hurt?”
What we both know that wouldn’t have happened” I right
“Astrid, is this your way of impressing Ash? Trying to get yourself killed?! He already wants to make you a diamond trim, so why are you still trying to hurt yourself?”
I look at the sign before breaking it. This motherfucker, just use my name in it, if any other person saw that I could’ve been thrown into the void. If that’s how he wants to play, then let’s play.
I placed out another side. “No clown. That was not my plan. My plan was to get the escapes before they flew off too far. You saw how they were geared. Basically nothing. I can hold my own.” I can feel the anger flow through me.
Clown looks down at it and stairs, I think he finally gets not this fragile little thing he needs to protect all the time. I could hear a little exhale coming from him. He places a new sign down. “All right, I’m sorry. I know you can hold your own. I was just worried about you when you weren’t home. I came down to see if you wanted to spar, but now I’m completely out of time. I have to do some reports for Ash.”
“Good luck with that. Let’s do the rain check on the spar, I would love to get some more practice with you.” I replied.
He nods his head, puts his wings on, and flies upward up to Ashes castle. As I watch him fly further and further away, my stomach begins to turn. I just lied to my friend. But that’s not why I’m nervous, what if he knows…
I shake my head vigorously, no, there’s no way. I didn’t seem suspicious. I had a good lie and he totally believed it.
My head starts to get heavy like I’m getting tired before I let out a small silent yawn. I turn around and enter my house. I open the door and shut the door behind me. The weight of sleep resting on my shoulders. I begin to walk up the stairs to my bedroom. Once I reach my room, I immediately take off my uncomfortable armor and toss it to the ground. I can’t even be bothered to put it away properly.
Plop my body down on my bed when something sharp hits my hip. “Ow!” I say out loud before checking what gave me that poke.
I reach into my pocket and grab out a small red box. It’s my emergency shulker box. I forgot I had that. I placed the box next to my bed before flopping back down. I slowly close my eyes before completely falling asleep.
-The next Morning-
I sit up on my bed and rub my eyes. The sunlight peeps through the windows and illuminates the large room with a beautiful orange glow. I give out a little yawn before locking my eyes with the shocker box. It’s aura calling for me. I don’t know why, but I feel like I’m gonna need it soon. There’s no harm in carrying it around with me, right. I pick up the box and hold it in my hands, staring down on it when I get allowed to knock on my door. I jumped slightly before placing it into my inventory.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
God give me a second, the sun just came up. I quickly grabbed my armor and put it on before splashing an invisibility potion on the ground. As soon as the potion takes effect, I begin to walk down the stairs. As soon as I got down to the bottom of the stairs, the door flings open and two diamond players rushed to me. Grabbing me and restraining my movements. quickly pinning me down hard on the ground.
“Gah-“ I get out before stopping myself.
What the fuck! What the fuck is happening right now! I must get up when one time smashes my head to the ground. I can feel my head, getting lighter and lighter as the slam makes my vision go blurry. I try to keep conscious but everything slips away from me. And before I knew it, I was out cold.
…
I blink my eyes, trying to see where I am as I’m still lightheaded. As I lift my head, blood begins to drip down my forehead and down to the ground. I try to move, but I’m stopping by the two diamond players holding my hands still.
I look up in front of me and see Ash standing right in front of me. “Well, rise and shine, sleepyhead! We have things to do!” Ash says with a smile.
Shit, I’m screwed. Scratch that, screwed implies there’s a way out of this. But there is none in this case. I’m dead.
“Oh, this isn’t my first time a mole has weasel their way into my ranks. But never have they moved up this far before. Props to you for that.” He says walking closer to me.
How did he find out!? I did my best to hide what I’ve been doing.
“For conspiring with people outside the mafia and sparing others, you, Pigstep, are hereby sentenced to death.“ He walks up to me before violently grabbing my face. He takes out a bucket of milk. “Now let’s learn the person that weaseled their way in here. I can’t wait to find out who this traitor is.” He says wickedly before placing a finger in her mouth and forcing it open. I tried to move out of his grass, but it only gets stronger. He quickly shoves the milk down my throat.
This is it, not like this. Anything with this. I don’t want him to know who I am. I’d rather be killed with violence or to the void than him finding out who I am. As the milk starts to go down my throat, I can feel the effects begin to damp in. I’m losing my invisibility. I don’t want it to end yet, but I don’t have a choice. He gripped my face harder, and felt like he’s going to break my jaw. How does he have this type of strength?
“Any second now I’ll see the little rat that-“ I can feel the invisibility completely wear out. His eyes widened before softening, “Astrid?” He asks confusedly while letting go of my face.
Once he lets go of my face, I get instantly teleported to a small platform beging suspended above the ground.
Clown, staring at me with a crossbow in hand. “Why did you do it?“ He says coldly “why did you betray us”
“Clown, “I say softly. “You…” I pause. “You always knew I didn’t like being in the mafia. It was only a matter of time before you found out.”
“I thought you were one of us. I thought…” He pauses “I thought you were my friend. I thought I could trust you.“
“Clown, I’m still your friend. I just couldn’t live with myself if I helped the mafia hurt innocent people.”
“You stopped being my friend when you decided to speak to Spoke. I saw the whole thing.” he says, raising the crossbow at me.
“Clown you don’t unders-“
“You'll die where you stand, traitor.” he pulls the trigger on the crossbow, and the arrow flies right into my shoulder.
The pain flows through me as the force of the shot, flicking me backwards, straight into the void. I begin to fall further and further down into the dark debts. The further I fall, the colder I become. I can feel the cold voice around my body and into my lungs. starting to suffocate me. I try my best to grasp for air, but nothing. I can feel my life being stripped away from me. I always thought that I was going to die in some intense battle. The mafia threw me into. Maybe even dying nobely for a good cause. But no, here I am falling for the vastness of the void unable to help myself. I didn’t even jump in on my own. My own friend shot me down.
I stare up at the hole as Clown looks down, almost to confirm his kill. I close my eyes, hoping for the suffering to end as the cold washes through me like a wave. Suddenly, a warm blanket washes over me instead, and someone begins to speak.
“Oh my gosh was I too late.“
I take a large deep breath then and begin to cough intensely. It feels like I'm coughing up one of my lungs.
“Holy shit, you’re alive!”
I opened my eyes and she spoke looking down at me. I sit up from the ground and grab my head. I pull my hand away and blood covers my hand.
“I thought they were gonna kill you when I saw the diamond trims descending at your house. I rushed back as quickly as possible to pull your stasis.” he rushes out of the room and comes back with some bandage wrap. Starting to wrap my head.
I tried to pull myself back to reality and take another deep breath before looking over at him. “Thanks. You saved me just in time.”
“Anytime, that’s what teammates do. They go out of their way for each other.“ He says before finishing the bandage. I begin to get up from the ground, but are quickly stopped. “Whoa, whoa. What's the rush? You need to rest for a little bit.”
“We need to leave now, like right now. Clown saw us talking yesterday so he knows we’re in cahoots. I have no doubt in my mind that he’s on his way here. So we need to leave.” I get up off the ground. “ We should split up, but I’ll keep in contact with you.”
I take off my gold trim armor, toss it to the ground before placing down my shulker box. I’ll open the box and begin to rummage through it. Grabbing out the contents within. A nice new set with a sleek silent armor trim in green. Another new set, but atleast this time it smy own. I quickly put it on and before heading out the painting and out the door.
Spoke quickly following behind me. “Where are you going?“ he asks.
“Home.” I say, putting on the Elytra and pulling out a rocket.
“Where’s home?”
I paused for a second. “Wherever Norman is.”
Spoke looked at me with confusion before I took flight. Quickly flying away from his base and into the air.
This isn’t how I thought things would go in the mafia, but at least I’m alive. I just hope that clown comes around eventually.