Double This, Double That

Ch 15: Playing with Fire (and TNT)

Chapter Fifteen: Playing with Fire (and TNT)

Time: literally half a second later

Place: Sky's funeral site

Ty's POV

I jump off the platform and run after the man. He's wearing a trench coat and a fedora – exactly what I was wearing in the vision.

Well. Exactly what Sky was wearing, since I was in his body when I had the vision of his funeral.

"Ty!" Jason shouts. "Where are you going?"

"Sky!" I yell back, not bothering to offer any more information as I run into the forest.

Seto gasps. I guess he figured it out. I'm not gonna stop to ask him, though. I'm going to catch up to Sky. "Wait!" I call, stumbling over a mound of dirt. Suddenly, I feel a sort of... energy surrounding me, and I look down to see purple strands of light wrapping around my feet, increasing my speed. Thank you, Seto.

With the extra speed, it's not hard to catch up to Sky, and as soon as I'm close enough, I tackle him to the ground. "Eep! Ty!" he yelps, struggling to get away.

I shake my head and pin him to the ground. "What the nether your problem!?"

"W-What you do mean?"

"I mean, why in Minecraftia did you act like you were Evil-Sky!?"

"I had a reason, I swear."

"And that reason was...?"

"Evil-Ty would have killed you!

"So? You're my best friend, I thought-" I cut myself off with a sob. Darn it, Ty, don't cry. "We thought you were dead, Sky! Gone, forever! You could have at least given us a hint or something!"

"I thought your visions were enough of a hint!"

"Wait. You knew you were going to be alive at your funeral?"

"I figured it out a few minutes before I killed Evil-Sky."

I shake my head in disbelief. "I just can't believe that you're okay..," I cry, crawling off of him.

He slowly sits up and brushes himself off. Then he pulls me into a hug. "Hey, it's okay, Ty!" he comforts me. He quickly pulls away, though. "Oh, yeah. Forgot to tell you something. Evil-Ty wanted to kill you really badly."

"I-I know that," I sniffle.

"He wouldn't leave me alone about it," Sky continues.

"Okay...?"

"So I agreed to give him one chance."

"TO KILL ME!?" I screech.

"Woah, woah, calm down!" he says, holding up his hands in a defensive position. "Anyways, Evil-Ty decided to set a TNT trap for you. HE figured either you or Jason would open the casket first at the visitation, and either way you'd be close enough to get hurt. So, he put TNT beneath the casket while you guys were all planning at Seto's house. That way when you tried to open the double chest/casket thingy, it would blow up, killing you."

Wow. "And you allowed him to do this!?"

"Well- Yeah..," he says, scratching the back of his neck guiltily and refusing to make eye contact with me. "But you're okay now, aren't you? You saw me and chased me into the forest, away from the trapped chest. You're fine!"

"But... But what about the others?"

"Eh, they'll respawn."

"Oh, yeah. Wait, I would respawn, too, wouldn't I? You know, since technically, the TNT would be hurting me, not Evil-Ty..."