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Three pairs of overlapping footsteps echoed down the tight canal
“You can still kill the invisible man next to you and find out where Wemmbu went!” Boosfer yelled out, trying to run faster “I’m just letting you know, the offer is still on the table!” He said as a last ditch effort at directing Flame’s attention off of him.
“I’m not doing your jobs, bro” said FlameFrags. Wemmbu was beginning to catch up to Boosfer, narrowly missing slicing into his shoulder as he swiped his sword at him, the force of his swing causing Wemmbu to stumble and fall behind him and Flame again.
“Dude, Its not a job if you enjoy it!” Boosfer tried again. Seriously when will he give up. He had to have realized by now that Flame was fed up with his bullshit and wasn’t going to change up on this. Or maybe it was just a last resort at distracting them enough to let him escape. Or just nervous ramble. He will never know.
Wemmbu threw an ender pearl in front of him, it flew over Flames shoulder and placed him a few steps in front of Flame and almost in a swords reach behind Boosfer.
“Well I don’t enjoy it” Flame responded from behind him. Why is he even indulging in this. Wemmbu wondered. He should be focusing on killing Boosfer before he spills my secrets to him. He really should have killed him back at the island when he had the chance. But noooo just let the guy run away no consequences, why not? At least Boomie isn’t a problem anymore, although Parrot might not be a reliable source of Invis pots after that stunt. Pretty sure he’s still holding on to that grudge.
Wemmbu pulled out his axe and threw it in front of him in hopes of slicing Boosfer’s head off. Instead it hit him on the back of his helmet with the back of the axe’s blade, causing no important damage apart from making Boosfer stumble forward and look behind him. His eyes blew wide when he saw how close Wemmbu was getting, causing him to turn his head back around and try and run forward even faster. Running in armor was way harder than it should be, yet Wemmbu still tried to match his speed.
“Wait, you have an axe?!” said Boosfer, his voice pitching higher than is was just moments before. Well not anymore seems like he thought to himself. Wemmbu heard the swoosh of something flying through the air before Flame appeared in front of him. He had to physically stop himself from flinching away and running the opposite direction when he remembered that Flame doesn’t know who he is, and so he has no reason to kill him. The bleeding wound on his side burned. Well he doesn’t have a reason anymore at least. Relax. He kept on running forwards, just behind Flame- who seemed to have a lot more energy flowing through him than Wemmbu did, making him quickly fell behind with how fast Flame was running. Something Boosfer seemed to notice as well.
“Okay! Okay fine I’ll tell you, I’ll tell you” Boosfer yelled at the rapidly approaching FlameFrags “uhhh Wemmbu died, he’s dead, dead and gone!” Boosfer took out his own axe and jammed it between the narrow stone walls of the tunnel, getting it stuck between at about face height, then he kept on running. Flame, not really expecting that, had to stop completely for a second to not smash his head right on the handle and get a concussion. Wemmbu pearled in front of him again having had more time to react. “Just uh- tha-that’s the truth, please don’t-“
At the end of the passage he saw purple particles emerging from a seemed like dug out room. Oh no. “Wait there’s a nether portal! There’s a portal, there’s a portal” Wemmbu exclaimed for the first time since they entered the tunnel. He forced himself to run faster as he saw Boosfer get through it. He can’t afford to lose him again. He was about to throw an ender pearl trough it as well and continue their little chase when he felt a hand curl around the wrist he had already raised over his head with a plan of throwing a pearl he was holding through the portal. On edge, and not expecting contact- he flinched and yanked his hand back as hard as he could, making the pearl slip from his grasp and land on the wall behind him. Wemmbu, not braced enough for that, slid down the wall the second he appeared in the ender pearl’s place. The impact of the ground making him nearly double in pain as his side flared up, unhappy with being so carelessly thrown around. Wemmbu looked up and saw Flame standing right before him, and visibly tensed up instantly. He once again forced himself to reason and remember that Flame doesn’t know who he is, and made himself relax the tiniest bit before lashing out “What are you-?!”
“I made this escape tunnel. Theres a void trap on the other side, Boosfer probably already activated it. You would have died if you went through.” Flame responded nonchalantly.
Oh.
Well that could have been nice to know.
“God” Flame dragged out, sliding a hand down his face as he turned back to face the portal- though not really turning his back to Wemmbu either, probably still being able to see him through the corner of his eye- he saw no Boosfer there anymore, most probably the cause of his reaction. They sat there like that for a minute or two. Both not happy with the result of their little chase.
“So like…what now..?” Wemmbu tried once the silence got too long and unbearable, gods isn’t this awkward. “I kind of still need to, you know, find him? Kill him?” He tried to push down the grimace forming on his face as he tried to sit up, slowly bracing himself for having to stand up eventually, but for now sitting was just fine. His side burned, and so did his back from how he landed against the wall. He made a mental note to check out the wound on his side when he’s alone again, since now he can’t even do basic first aid with how he’s still invisible and physically unable to see the wound in question. All he can see right now is how a spot on the black jumper underneath his armor slowly grows bigger and more dark by the second.
He heard a sigh come from before him, making him remember that he is in fact, not alone. That combined with the fact of who he is in an enclosed space with did for pretty good motivation for getting up from the ground. He held onto the wall as he slowly raised himself from the floor, not dropping his hand as he stood and instead using it as leverage to stand semi straight. Now that the adrenaline was starting to wear off, the effects of bloodloss were actually starting to hit him at face value. But he couldn’t show that. Show weakness. Not infront of someone like FlameFrags anyway.
“I don’t know, bro” Said Flame just as the silence was getting overwhelming again. He turned back to him to look at him when he spoke “Bro, oh my god” He said through his fingers as he covered his face and sighed into his hands “whatever” the hands dropped and Wemmbu was at Flames full attention again. He straightened as much as his side allowed him to, debating dropping the hand supporting him aswell but decided against it, it may allow to show some weakness but its better to look weak supporting yourself than look weak falling down face first dizzy because of the lack of said support. Flame probably knows about the wound anyway, he is the reason for it’s existence after all. He’s been getting sloppy. God was he dizzy. He needs to get out of here and back to Egg before he passes out infront of his rival. Asap.
He looked back at the hand supporting him on the wall, it was slowly becoming tangible again. He reached into his belt and took one of the invis pots attached there, and threw it at his feet. The unwarned and still on edge Flame though, did not like how the breaking of a glass vial sounded, quickly pulling out his sword from its sheath he jammed its tip right at his chestplate, pushing him roughly back onto the wall. Wemmbu raised his hands in submission. Maybe he could have said something before splashing now that he thinks about it. “Yo chill bro its just invis”
Flame seemed to wake up from whatever state he was put in, and slowly retracted his sword back into its sheath. Still eyeing him warily. Right. They did kind of just try to murder eachother not too long ago. Fair. Wemmbu dropped his hands. “Seriously dude, what now? Like, does that portal lead to anywhere else than a void trap? Guesses where he might be going?” Wemmbu questioned mainly to change the topic and get Flame to stop glaring at him like he was about to pounce at him, but also as a way to get back to the topic. He really needed to kill Boosfer. It was getting annoying at that point.
“Bro, why would I know that.”
“You’re the one who spent the last I don’t know hanging around Boosfer, you tell me.”
“Whatever, bro” Flame looked back to the portal, maybe now that he was mentioned he could magically appear there again so they could kill him. But no. It was still empty. And Boosfer was still out and about somewhere. Alive. “Do you have any idea where he could be? Like, you did find him last time, didn’t you?”
“Well, yeah I guess it’s true” He could probably ask Egg again, he did know last time. “I don’t know, but I know someone who could know..” He thought out loud.
“Cool, let’s go, bro” Flame responded and turned to the way they came from slowly making his way.
Wait what.
“What.” He voiced out
Flame turned around and faced him again, an irritated look on his face as he looked at Wemmbu like he’s stupid. “I said cool, let’s go, so we can, you know, find Boosfer? Find out where Wemmbu is?” Flame looked between the exist and Wemmbu clearly running thin on patience.
“Yes I get that, but what do you mean ‘we’” Theres no way in hell Wemmbu is going anywhere with this guy. Especially to Egg. “also didn’t Boosfer say that the Wemmbu guy died?” He did not have time for this. His side is burning. He is halfway to passing out. He needs medical attention. He was supposed to get out of here and get to Egg a while ago. And he’s running low on invis pots. What the hell is he still doing here.
Flame huffed out a laugh “And you believed him? No way would Wemmbu die, bro. That guy does not die easily, I would know. He probably just said that to try and get me off of him anyway” Flame crossed his arms “Besides, our interests align. You want to find and kill Boosfer. I want to find Boosfer and find out where Wemmbu is. Why not find him together, when you just so happen to have an idea on how to find him?” He grinned smugly, but there was a threatening edge to it. Making him feel like he didn’t really had a say in this.
In retrospect he could use a hand. His whole army got killed, and Boosfer is a pain in the ass to hunt down anyway. Having the help of The Strongest Player on his side could infact be quite helpful. Who knows who that guy ran off to for protection next. Except its FlameFrags they are talking about here. There are reasons as to why they don’t really get along. Still.
Wemmbu calculated his options here. Flame was too close to the exist to make a run for it. Not like he was in any state to do so anyway. In no state to fight either that’s for sure. He sighed. Not really much of a choice here.
God was he going to regret this.
“…fine”