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them.
    Rattle. Rattle. The sound grew louder.
    â€œThat sound is too loud, it isn’t just one skeleton alone; it sounds like a group of skeletons,” Steve said nervously.
    From the darkness, the noise grew louder and louder, until the group could see white skeletal bodies advancing toward them.
    â€œWatch out!” yelled Henry as a skeleton shot an arrow at Kyra.
    With one mighty blow, Max defeated a skeleton. Lucy and Kyra battled with two skeletons while Henry and Steve battled three.
    Henry found a skeleton spawner in the corner. It was a small cage situated by the dirt wall with a tiny skeleton inside its black bars.
    â€œI found the spawner!” Henry announced with excitement.
    Henry took out a pickaxe from his inventory and hit the cage with all of his strength and broke the skeleton spawner. The spawner crumbled into pieces and the skeletons could no longer spawn.
    With the skeletons no longer spawning, the group was saved! And since Henry broke the spawner, he was rewarded with XP. Getting an XP level meant he now had the power to enchant.
    â€œGood job!” Steve cried out as he raced toward a skeleton with his gold sword. “If I had my enchanted diamond sword, this battle would have been over by now.”
    Despite having only a gold sword, Steve destroyed the skeleton.
    â€œYou did a great job without it, my friend.” Henry said as he joined the others to battle the remaining skeletons. When the last of the skeletons were defeated, the group walked farther into the tunnel.
    Despite winning the battle, they were still watching for other hostile mobs that could spawn in this low-lit area. It was dangerous, but they were on a quest. They had to find the griefer. They needed to stop this awful tormentor before he caused more trouble.
    Steve saw a door off in the distance. “Look, another door!” he said. Steve sprinted toward the door. He ran so fast, he couldn’t hear Henry calling out to him, warning him.
    â€œDon’t step on that!” said Henry, but it was too late. Steve had stepped on a tripwire string that opened a hole.
    The gang jumped back to avoid plunging into the cavernous hole.
    â€œThanks for pointing that out, Henry,” said Steve. But there was no response.
    Lucy called out to Henry, but he didn’t reply.
    â€œHenry?!” Steve called out again. But Henry was silent. There was nothing on the ground but a small piece of wool, and no sign of Henry.
    Henry was missing!

4
    WHERE’S HENRY?
    L ucy was upset. “Where’s Henry?” she asked.
    â€œWe have to find him,” said Max as he placed another torch, “Does anybody see him?”
    â€œHe must have fallen down the hole when the pistons activated,” said Kyra.
    â€œHow are we going to find him?” asked Lucy.
    â€œI’m not sure, but we can’t stay here. It’s too dangerous. We have to move forward and then make a plan to find him.” Kyra started to walk toward the door Steve had pointed out.
    â€œWe can’t leave our friend, Kyra,” said Lucy. “Henry is a part of our team. We can’t just abandon our friends when it gets too complicated or dangerous.”
    â€œBehind you!” Kyra shouted at Lucy.
    Lucy turned around to see a creeper. It let out a loud hiss. Before it could explode, the group sprinted toward the door. When they opened it, they saw Adam.
    â€œWhat are you doing here, Adam?” asked Steve.
    Adam was just as surprised to see them. “This is my house,” he said. “I live here. I didn’t know there was a door here. This is new.”
    Steve introduced his friends to Adam and then asked, “Why is there an underground tunnel leading to your house?”
    â€œI don’t know. I’m shocked. And to make matters worse, Thomas is missing. I’ve looked everywhere for him and I’m getting really worried. First, I lose all of my potions, and now I lose my best friend. What is