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Escape .
Was escape possible at this time ?. She ran out of fireworks a long time ago, her only way was to run now. Run in a well covered, thick forest.
She heard the sound of fireworks behind her, not too close, not too far.. just.. hovering .. watching… intently from above.
She felt like a small animal being watched by an eagle. She knew she couldn’t sprint for much longer, she knew what fate awaited her if she didn’t run, but she was slowly starting to lose hope..
If she knew that this would have happened, she would have never married Squiddo.. not even as a joke, because her life was in danger now.
——
She remember how one of these past days, her communicator went off, it was a message from one of her friends, Squiddo, texting in the open chat:
TheRealSquiddo: Jumper do you want to get married
TheRealSquiddo: We can divorcea fter
She thought this was hilarious, and they would divorce after anyways. So she responded accordingly:
JumperWho: YES
TheRealSquiddo: YESSS
TheRealSquiddo: Pangi is making us a wedding!
JumperWho: im nerveous….
TheRealSquiddo: Its OKAY!
It didn’t take long for the half-assed wedding venue to be ready, a lot of friends were there, and it was extremely hilarious. And she also got to keep a lot of things that were being thrown ! So it was a win-win situation.
Soon, the time came for her to walk down the aisle.
The wedding ceremony itself wasn’t as long as a usual one. So it ended within 5 minutes. It was extremely hilarious, and everyone had a great time.. but they never had a divorce, did they ?
Maybe that’s where she messed up…
——
The days after… weird things began happening. She couldn’t point out what, but she could tell that something was wrong. She could tell she was being watched. She felt the presence of eyes watching her every move, no matter where she was, she felt eyes piercing her soul, staring at her like she committed a sin.
It was driving her insane.
She spent all her time with friends or people around the server for that same reason, she felt as if she were to be alone, she would suffocate in the stares being thrown at her.
Weirdly enough, the feeling began slowly going away, making her feel safer to be alone now. Which made her wave goodbye to Rek after a while of hanging out so she could go back and restock on her things.
On her way, she ran out of fireworks..
‘Bummer..’ she thought.
Pulling out her inventory to take out a ender chest to take to see if she had any fireworks, she realized there was not an ender chest to begin with.
She groaned in defeat, now she had to sprint to her base.. which was not that great because she was running a bit out of food, with no animals to be seen around
That should have been her first red flag.
After a while of her running towards her base, that same weird feeling began creeping into her head again.
With her current condition, she was vulnerable to anything, I mean.. she’s not bad at PvP, but she’s severely understocked for a fight. Enough to protect herself.. and then she heard the sound of a rocket being used.
She stopped running for a few seconds. Was her paranoia acting up ?
Was someone messing with her ?
Was she just hearing things.. ?
She decided to shake the thought away, the faster she got there the safer she’ll be…
Then she heard it again.
This time she was 100% sure someone was following her.
She looked around, above, among the trees.. nothing. It was so dark she couldn’t see that much, and due to said trees, the moonlight couldn’t be seen. She regretted taking the forest path.
She heard the sound of someone hitting the ground.
Her heart began pounding, her mind was spinning, question after question.. she was in friendly terms with everyone ! Who would want to hurt her !?
She put her shield up now looking everywhere, looking for an escape.. anywhere, somewhere.
‘Breath.. breath.. breath’ this wasn’t helping her, if anything, it was making the heavy feeling in her chest feel worse.
“Hello Jumper.”
A voice from behind her spoke.
Wait.. she recognized that voice.
“Ash?”
Her voice broke at the end, gosh she like she was trying to sound confident..
“Oh Ash bro- you scared me so badly”
She lowered her shield and laughed, she knew Ash ! That made her feel 10 times better than before !
…
He wasn’t saying anything. Why was he so quiet ? He was just staring at her..
“Are you okay? Do you need help?”
Jumper asked, she was concerned, what if he got hurt and needed some food ?
“What happened on January 7th?”
He asked in an eerily calm manner, with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes (LMAO)… that sent shivers down her spine..
“Uhh..! I don’t know bro— it’s already the 14th.”
She replied with a nervous laugh. Something is off.
“But you do know.”
His voice suddenly dropped a few tones. His eyes had this vibrant look in them of untold anger, and she couldn’t look away for some reason
“I- hey I really don’t..-”
She choked on her own words, she was breaking in a cold sweat. What is happening ?
“Oh? Really? How weird..”
He slowly paced towards her left side, his voice still calm and collected.
“But you were the star of the show that day! Come on Jumper. Don’t lie to me.”
He stopped at her left side, and she felt it, the cold touch of the sharp edges of a diamond sword.
“Ash what the hell!?”
She jumped(oh!) back, pulling her shield up.
“I genuinely don’t know what you’re talking about!”
She pulled out her own sword, but could she really win this if it came to a fight against him ?
He didn’t even look at her, as if he were bored, tired, anything but listening to her.
“So blissful you can’t even remember, Jumper?”
He laughed, this empty, eerie laugh that made her breath shorten, gripping her sword and shield closer.
“I’ll let you think.”
She didn’t even have time to think before he struck her shield, scaring the fuck out of her.
She pushed him back with the shield, which only made him laugh.
She really wasn’t up for a fight, not because he was her friend, but because she was horribly under geared.
She took the chance to run, she was not fighting a losing battle ! Not today !
“I’ll give you time, Jumper!”
He screamed
“Make it as far as you can!!”
He laughed to himself, he knew that she didn’t have much food left- little to no gear. He was just waiting for the right moment to get rid of her .
Jumper didn’t hesitate either ! She knew that one of her hearts was at stake now for whatever reason.
She ran under the trees, hopping for an opening, anything, really. She was hoping for a miracle at this point.
But her luck isn’t great, didn’t Ash have an elytra and fireworks ? He could find her anywhere with that shit. And she was not wrong, as she heard the sound of fireworks, and the sound of something (that she guessed was Ash) hitting the floor.
Out of nowhere, she heard the sound of a bow being shot, and the sensation of extreme agony hit her right leg. She fell to the ground with a thud, she butted her lip, the feeling of the arrow making everything ten times worse than before
“Ash what the actual fuck!”
She yelled at him, what that a good choice ?
“What do you actually want from me?! JUST SAY IT.”
She held onto her leg, the blood from the pierced arrow trickling down, a weird ass sensation.
“Oh Jumper.”
He chuckled,
“I don’t want anything . Not from some like you for sure.”
He rolled his eyes, sword in hand, a small laugh from him.
She just looked at him, he lost his fucking mind.
“I’m just.. here to make you understand something.”
He said softly, the sword rising to her neck.
“You are not worthy of being near Squiddo, you heard me?”
He asked in this happy-go-luck voice, that empty- fake smile on his face again.
“What..??”
She was more confused now.
“You’re just.. not worthy. Not enough. Not in the same league as her.”
He kept going, what the fuck was happening..
“Only I AM .”
He smiled- not the same as the one as before that’s for sure, his eyes looked so frantic.. so wild.
Before she could answer him, he raised his sword, and with just one strike she found herself standing next to her bed- she was missing everything.. including one of her hearts.
——
Ash came back to his base, his sword was covered in blood, so was his clothes- but it didn’t matter to him ! Not one bit.
It was all for his lovely girlfriend after all !
——
ashswagg whispers to You: I hope I made my point clear
ashswagg whispers to you: Stay away from her.