Blade of the Sea Book 3: A Children's Survival Unofficial Minecraft Adventure Book by Jesse Nethermind

Author:Jesse Nethermind [Nethermind, Jesse]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Bonefeather Press
Published: 2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9: Trish

Trish, Veera, and Sharp ran up a stone staircase, torches providing light at intervals along the way. The ninjas couldn’t be too far behind them, so they kept going as fast as they could.

“Wait, wait,” Veera said, holding her side. “It’s been too long since I did this sort of thing.”

“You used to run away from ninjas?” Trish asked. “Was this a regular thing?”

“Yeah…ninjas, knights, a dragon.” Veera leaned against the wall, breathing deep. “Those were the wild days.”

“Why’d you stop?”

“Wild days mean risky days, and I saw one too many friends learn that lesson the hard way.”

Trish nodded, thinking about Patrick. She hoped he was okay.

“Hear that?” Veera held up a hand for silence, and sure enough, they could hear soft footsteps behind them.

Veera motioned over to the side of the stone wall, then crouched down. Trish did the same, a hand on Sharp’s back to keep him calm.

“On my move,” Veera said. Another couple of seconds passed and then she leaped up and shouted, “Now!”

At that exact moment, the ninjas appeared around the stairs. Veera already had her foot up and was pushing it out for a kick before the ninjas could even register what was happening. Her foot connected with the first one, sending him back to knock over the others and send them tumbling backward down the stairs.

Trish stood with her new diamond sword out, ready for an attack that never came.

“Okay, let’s keep moving,” Veera said with a huge smile.

“That was brilliant,” Trish said.

“Yes, but they’ll recover and come after us, so if we could get moving.”

Trish and Sharp followed Veera up the stairs, and soon they found the exit. It led into a new part of the pyramid, one that was just long, dark tunnels with ladders along the way. There didn’t seem to be anything hidden here, but there were so many ladders, they couldn’t be sure which one to take.

“Let’s go with the left,” Veera said, and went for the far one.

“But if I’m turned around,” Trish argued, “the other one would be the left.”

“Then don’t turn around!” Veera climbed the one she’d gone to, so Trish and Sharp followed.

Trish had to carry Sharp up the ladder, so when they found only more ladders, she groaned.

“Any chance you can grow hands and learn to climb ladders?” she asked Sharp, who just whimpered in response. “Yeah, I didn’t think so. But it never hurts to ask.”

Veera led them up ladder after ladder, and when they reached dead ends, they’d have to climb back down one ladder only to try another.

A bat flew past, and Trish ducked, nearly dropping Sharp. At the next ledge, she held up a hand and said, “Wait, I need…a…break.”

Veera looked at her with crazy eyes, like she was about to argue, then plopped down beside Trish.

“We’re lost in here,” Veera said. “Doomed to wander these halls for all eternity.”

“Who talks like that?” Trish asked.

“People who’ve lost all hope.”

Sharp barked encouragement, his tongue sticking out and his tail wagging.

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