Sky POV—

First my friend, Antvenom, is shot by a squid archer, we're low on weapon supplies, and now I lost another recruit? My day just keep getting better and better.

I walked through the thick jungles. Recruits were chopping down trees to help with supplies and make our HQ tree stronger. We set up our main camp in a jungle. We had basic things to survive, it was very easy to set traps, plus our HQ was safely hidden in the jungle leaves and trunks. It was an ideal place to live in, though it was also dangerous for us. Squids also set traps and were safely hidden in the ground, so we were always careful.

"Creepers!" Setosorcerer shouted.

I rushed over. "Time to get some gunpowder," I muttered.

Seto was fighting about five of the green explosive creatures, taking them out with his iron sword. He rarely made a creeper explode, which was always useful. I started to help, stabbing a creeper through the heart from the back. No creepers went boom! which was good. I collected the gunpowder. "Hey, Seto! How are the lumber jacks treatin' ya, man?"

Seto shrugged. "As long as they collect what we need, and don't get killed by the squids, they're doing great!"

I chuckled. "You're doing fine, man. Need and upgrade on the weapon?"

Seto raised his sword—a deadly arc made from iron—and shook his head. "Nah. I just need it to be enchanted soon, but it's gonna be good for now." He looked at me. "How's Ant doing?"

"Fine. He was fed a budder apple and put into recovery. Dawn used several healing potions, but Ant keeps saying 'squids…' "

Seto blinked. "Okay. Tell him I'm sorry I couldn't come over."

I nodded. "Alright, Seto. Bring back more gunpowder if you kill any more creepers. We're gonna need them for TNT bows!"

Seto grinned. "No problem."

I visited Ant in the recovery dorms. Dawn was still bandaging his wound, trying to make Ant hold still, but he just flailed around.

He was looking feverish and shivering cold at the same time, swatting away Dawn's caring hands. "Squids… Squids… Squids…"

"We're not the squids, Antvenom! It's Dawnables, remember?"

Ant closed his eyes and sighed in fear. "Squids…"

I sat next to my friend and held his hand. "Come on, Ant. It's me, Sky. Your Friend! Hold still, buddy."

Ethan, Fluffy, The Frog, and Deadlox were sitting near his cot, sadly looking at their injured friend. They had all abandoned their shifts to support their friend. The Frog was developing new traps to kill our slimy fiends, Deadlox was hunting for food, and Fluffy was just entertaining everyone by yelling: "I won the Hunger Games! I won the Hunger Games!"

Ant cut his nails into my hand, making me let go. "Squids…" His skin turned into a tinge of blue, and I realized what was happening.

"The arrow had squid blood on the tip! Ant's turning! He was trying to tell us!" I leaped to my feet. "Get a bucket of milk!"

Ethan was the first to react. He stood and tossed me a milk bucket. Dawn snatched it from my hands and force-fed it to Antvenom.

Nothing happened at first.

Then Ant screamed a blood curdling shriek. We plugged our ears as Ant began to flail around, swatting at invisible illusions only he could see. He stood, trying to run out of the recovery dorm.

"ANT!" I tackled him and pinned him to the cot. "ANT!"

"Squids! SQUIDS!"

Kermit helped push down Antvenom's kicking legs. Deadlox placed a hand over my friend's mouth, and Ant went silent.

Ethan was shaking as he placed down another sign: Da fuq was that?!

Ant slammed his head repeatedly on the ground, until he was unconscious. Fluffy force-fed two more milk buckets to Ant, then we all let our friend go.

Bodil40 burst inside, his bow notched and pulled back. "Where? Where are the squids?!"

I shook my head. "There were no squids. Antvenom was delusional."

Bodil loosened the grip on his weapon. "Oh…"

Dawn was breathing hard as she checked Ant's pulse and breathing. "Sorry for what we did to you, Ant…"

I walked out of the room. Though I was worried for my friend, I had to check on my recruits and everyone else.

It was time to head into the mines.