Attack of the Zombies (5 page)

OMG! I feel so alive. We had Zombie training
again today and it was

We swapped rolls so Hoody and Gravy were the
shooters and me and Numbers the Sword Bearers. Anyway, Mr Mayer
told us to walk out into the clearing and Zombies would be coming
at us, shooters put them down yada, yada, yada and then he said
something that woke us all up. To spice things up a little, today
you will be attacked by twenty Zombies and to make things more
realistic, you will not know in advance where they will spawn.
Everybody ready, ok Captain, TIME SET NIGHT - and begin.

Twenty Zombies, are you kiddin' me? "Come on
guys, quick, light some torches and stick them in the ground, look
out Hoody, over to your left, here comes the first Zombie." And it
all kicked off.

Hoody and Gravy did a great job taking out
the first four Zombies with their Bows, then two spawned right
behind us and before we even knew what was happening they were in
amongst us, reaching for Hoody. I jumped forward and swung my Sword
just as it's dead fingers brushed the back of Hoody's neck, taking
it's head clean off. Numbers took the other one out with a fine
upper cut that left his Diamond Sword sticking out of the Zombies
torso, but it did the job.

Six more fell to Hoody's and Gravy's arrows
before another four Zombies burst into our little circle,
threatening to overwhelm our defenses, but Numbers fought like a
seasoned pro, slashing and thrusting his Diamond Sword and
decapitating three of the Zombies while I took care of the last
one.

Four Zombies left, but where were they. We
huddled together, waiting for the imminent arrival but nothing
happened. I looked around, trying to catch Mr Mayer's eye but he
was in a heated conversation with the Captain and did not look too
happy.

"Ok guys, we can't just sit here all night,
there must be a time limit or something. I think we should go find
them." Yeah, that went down just about as well as it sounds.

Are you mad, don't be an idiot, just sit
tight Jeb, let them come to us. We could have argued all night but
enough was enough, I gave Numbers a questioning look and to my
relief he shrugged and nodded. Yes - game on. Grabbing a torch each
we moved cautiously out into the night, looking for the last four
Zombies. When the other two saw what we were up to they grabbed
their Bows, notched an arrow each and fell in behind us.

"Ok, me and Numbers will take the lead, Hoody
and Gravy stay behind us and be ready to take these undead Mobs out
the moment you spot them. We all ready? Good, lets head towards
that low rock outcrop."

We moved cautiously through the night, the
torches only fully illuminating a few blocks around us, ever aware
that a Zombie could dash out of the darkness at any moment.

"You ok Numbers, I whispered," hoping that he
would hold strong.

"I'm better than ok Jeb, this is awesome," he
replied.

I did a double take - he was grinning from
ear to ear - this guy was loving every minute, and I was worried
about him!

As we edged up to the low rock outcrop, we
braced ourselves, ready to defend against any attack. Nodding to
Numbers and Gravy to circle to the left, myself and Hoody went to
the right. Just as we came out behind the rock a Zombie dashed at
Hoody, grabbing him and throwing him to the floor before he could
get off a shot. I jumped into the melee and cleanly sliced its head
from its shoulders. Hearing a noise I looked up as Numbers and
Gravy came around from the side of the rock and my heart nearly
stopped. Standing on top of the rock were the last three Zombies
and they were preparing to drop on top of my friends. It was a
trap!

"Look out above - it's a trap!" I screamed as
the first Zombie dropped onto Gravy, knocking him to the floor.

Numbers immediately came to his rescue,
finishing off the beast before it could get its filthy teeth into
him. Hoody pulled himself to his feet next to me and shot one of
the Zombies as it launched itself at the others, giving Gravy just
enough time to reload his bow and shoot the last Zombie before it
got a chance to attack.

That was awesome. I really thought I would be
terrified but I was just energized. We strutted, yep strutted, back
to the rest of the class who gave us a resounding cheer, well Darth
actual gave us dagger eyes, but I guess you don't get everything. I
expected Mr Mayer to congratulate us but instead he was still
arguing with the Captain. The next instant the Captain shouted TIME
SET DAY, turned to face the class and screamed, "I want you all out
of the Survival Room now," and he then rushed off, calling the
guards to him and telling them to get everyone out. All eyes turned
to Mr Mayer, who shrugged and said, "It seems we have a little
problem and the Captain has ordered us to leave until it is sorted,
class dismissed."

And that was it, we were ushered from the
room by the heavily armed guards and told to return to our rooms
and await instructions. That was twelve hours ago, and there is
still no explanation. I'm tired, whatever the problem is can wait
for the morning, I'm going to bed.

What? I was shaken awake this morning at 6am,
can you believe that? Gravy told me we had all been summoned to the
atrium by the headmaster. Breakfast was coming early this
morning.

OMG! You will not believe what we were just
told. I don't have much time to tell you so I will be really quick.
After we fought the Zombies yesterday, Mr Mayer and the Captain had
that big argument and it turns out it was because of the way the
Zombies behaved in the fight. They set a trap for us and worked as
a team and apparently that has never happened before, it should not
be possible for brain dead Mobs to be that organized!

Anyway, the bottom line is the Captain sent
out a squad of heavily armed guards (that's thirteen bowmen in
Diamond Armor) to the Portal, that's right, I said the Portal! It's
location has been a heavily guarded secret ever since Steve
returned from the Overworld, but I guess it makes sense that it is
in the Survival Room. Apparently it has been locked open and that
is why the gravity in the Survival Room is the same as the
Overworld.

But get this, the guards never returned. The
Captain sent a full platoon (that's three squads or thirty three
soldiers!) on horseback to find them but they were gone. They found
a few Bows and Swords lying around the Portal so they are presumed
dead.

Every available Avatar has been ordered to
the Survival Room to help secure the Portal from attack. We have
been told to bring all the equipment we had previously made in
Crafting School plus all the potions from Mr Larrson's class. We
have all just been drafted into the Minecraftia Defense Forces and
assigned active duty.

I have been sooooo busy. Join the Army they
say, travel the world, have great adventures, yeah right. All of
the noobs have just spent the last four days building accommodation
blocks and fortifications around the portal. Man, I know I'm only a
noob and have not yet finished my training but I did not think that
would be all I would get to do.

Ok, that's enough moaning from me, here's
what happened. We all met up at the Survival Room and were
immediately spilt into ten groups of twelve noobs. We were then
assigned a Corporal, that's is a real soldier, who is in charge of
our group. Our Corporal's name is Henckman but he said we can just
call him SIR. Yes, the capitals are needed as every time he speaks
he shouts!

Anyway, we spawned in Squads straight into
the Survival Room but instead of landing in the clearing like
normal we spawned right next to the Portal. There are no words to
describe it, so all I can say is