Chapter 7
JAILBREAK
When they woke up, Lucy was relieved that there had been no attacks in the nighttime.
At the dining hall, everyone ate breakfast, many of them discussing the night before. Lucy overheard two students in matching sparkly pink jumpsuits talking about the attack. One of the students was asking his friend, “Do you think this is going to be another griefer attack like the zombie invasion?”
His friend took a bite of an apple and replied, “I hope not. I came here to learn, not to battle hostile mobs.”
Lucy knew how they felt. She didn’t want to battle these skeletons. She wanted to attend classes like usual, and to replenish her inventory as soon as possible.
Just then, Lucy saw Maya walk into the dining hall, and she decided to go talk to her. “How was your night in our dorm?” she asked Maya.
“It was nice. I have a very sweet roommate named Debbie. She made me feel right at home.” Maya smiled. “Do you want to eat breakfast with me?”
Lucy nodded. She couldn’t blame Maya for the skeleton battles, she decided. She would have to trust her; maybe they could even become good friends.
As they finished eating, the dining hall grew quiet, and Lucy and Maya looked toward the front of the room, where Victoria was about to make an announcement. “Attention, students. Before you leave for your first class, please be sure you have diamond swords and bows and arrows in your inventory. I want everyone to be prepared for battle at all times, even in class. Until we figure out who is behind these attacks, we have to take extra precautions.”
Lucy looked over at Maya. “These attacks make me so nervous.”
“Me too,” said Maya. “At least we made it through breakfast without an attack. That’s a relief.”
Lucy looked at the clock. “Oops! But if we don’t hurry, we’re going to be late for class.”
The two girls scurried out of the dining hall. As they walked on the lush green lawn, the sky grew dark.
Kaboom!
“Was that thunder?” Lucy asked.
“Or TNT?” Maya was shaking.
It started to rain, and skeletons spawned around the campus. Everywhere Lucy looked, she spotted students battling the bony beasts.
“Look out!” Maya called to Lucy.
Before Lucy could turn around, a skeleton’s arrow hit her back, and she lost hearts.
“Lucy!” She heard Adam’s voice, and turned to see him running toward her from across the lawn. He splashed a potion on the skeleton, destroying it, then handed Lucy a potion of healing. “Here, take this.”
“Thanks,” Lucy said, and then struck a skeleton that approached them.
Kaboom!
The loud sound boomed again.
“I can’t tell if it’s thunder,” Lucy said.
“I think we have our answer,” Adam said grimly, pointing at the jail. It had been destroyed by a TNT explosion.
Lucy’s jaw dropped. She quickly destroyed the skeleton she was battling and dashed over to the jail. “Come with me!” she called to Adam and Maya. “We have to find Isaac.”
They reached Isaac’s jail cell and Lucy peeked in the window. “Someone used pistons to help Isaac escape.”
Adam added, “He probably used the TNT explosion and the skeleton attack to distract us.”
“He’s so tricky.” Lucy paced. “What are we going to do?”
“Battle the skeletons that are heading toward us,” Maya cried out as she turned.
But the rain stopped as quickly as it started, and the sun shined on the campus, making their enemies disappear.
They looked back toward the dining hall to see Victoria running toward them. “What happened?”
Lucy stood by the empty jail cell. “Isaac escaped.”