Sky POV—

That victory was like first blood to the Sky Army.

The prisoners all grew accustomed to the new people and the alliances that had formed among all the armies. Toby was extremely happy that there were no Squid Army hideouts near The Audience HQ. Everyone got new/old recruits back. Everything was normal.

Well, as normal as it could get.

After about an hour after the demolition of The Squids' base, everyone met up in the Skyhub 2013. People were still in battle gear, weapons and potions at the ready in case something happened. The structures of the iron golems were still at the ready for pumpkin heads to drop down, creating the iron beasts to kill the attackers. Everyone arrived, were assigned stations (a few people had to keep guard. Most of the archers had to take guard. That often meant Del, Polska, Ck, Bodil, Deadlox, and Kermit) and the meeting commenced.

This time, Noah and Marz stood in the middle. Marz held the map as Noah crossed out the base we had just taken out. "That was our first step to saving Minecraft forever for future generations. However, it is only one of possibly hundreds. And it isn't going to get any easier."

Susan walked up, holding a leather-bound book to show everyone. "This may help. This has coordinates, blueprints, directions, weapon designs—"

"Give it here!" Sparklez snatched the book and quickly flipped though the pages. "Holy squid shit! These designs are gonna be fucking awesome!"

Susan walked back into the circle. Sure, she hadn't finished, but she got the basic point across.

Noah continued: "The next target is where PBG and Markiplier's groups sometimes reside at."

The two groups started to protest. "Not PBG-Markiplier HQ! That's bullshit!"

Marz pointed to a small red dot in the middle of a desert. "Look at the evidence, boys. It's right there, about 200 blocks south."

"Dammit!" Markiplier screamed to the ceiling above. "Why, Notch!? Why!?"

The two siblings continued: "The same deal: Prisoners that need to be freed and sent over to the closest base. Blow it up with TNT. Blah blah blah."

I shrugged. "That's it? That's the entire meeting?"

iAngel coughed. "There is one more thing."

Ethan stepped into the middle, the two children of Herobrine retreating to give the mute some room. Ethan cleared his voice, then spoke in his thick, Canadian voice: "There are two hybrids in this base. One is part Skeleton, and the other is part Spider. Now, these aren't normal hybrids like Athena. They don't maintain the human form."

The hybrid froze. "A Skeleton and a Spider?"

"Yes."

Athena nodded weakly. "Go on..."

Ethan continued: "Well, we believe that if these two hybrids are friendly and can cooperate with us, we might be able to to get two less suspicious people on the inside for more information."

I crossed my arms and shifted the weight on my feet. "So, what you're saying is that if we can find these hybrids and they're friendly, we can use them for extra help?"

"Yes."

I took a deep breath in and let it out slowly. As much as I doubted this, I knew this plan would work if we pulled it off. "Okay. We'll send two different people this time."

We all held a quick vote, ending up with the two people: Ruby and Sapphire.

Ruby POV—

Both my sister and I were voted to be sent into The Squids' next base, and I was nervous.

How many times in your life are you sent to do a dangerous mission with no training or anything like that?

Almost never.

The both of us walked through the desert with PBG, Kyrak, McJones, Markiplier, and Minion guiding us to their own hideout. Sapphire and I were talking about the plan and who would do what. We had to make a distraction, free the prisoners, and find the hybrids Ethan was talking about. Easy, right?

Well, easier said than done.

Kyrak tripped over something, face-planting in the hot sand. "Ow!"

PBG quickly put a hand over his mouth. "Shhhh!"

Sapphire pulled out her diamond sword. "I think was just found our secret hideout."

Minion took one step forward and knelt next to the ground. He carefully rapped his knuckles on the ground until we all heard the metallic clang! We all shrunk back in sudden surprise. The iron door was cleverly hidden under a sheet covered in sand, almost like camouflage. If we had taken even one step to the east, we would have never found it.

Wow. The Squids were smarter than I thought.

McJones wiped some of the sweat from his brow. "Alrighty," he said. "You guys have everything you need, right?"

I pulled off my backpack and checked through our supplies. "TNT, flint-and-steel, some redstone, water, and our weapons." I nodded. "Yeah. I think we have everything we need."

PBG shook my sister's and I's hands. "We'll see you at our little HQ, right?"

Sapphire grinned. "Not like we're gonna send a few Squid guards over."

Kyrak chuckled, but only half heartedly. There was no joking around in this situation. Either we succeeded, or we failed. It was our decision. There was no stealing each others weapons for a joke, or mistakes. This wasn't those drills we practiced at The Alternate Army HQ. This was full-on real.

The group said good-bye, telling us where their small base was when the prisoners were free, then left. Sapphire took a deep breath, and let it out slowly. "You ready?"

"No."

"Too bad." Sapphire brushed away some sand, taking a handful in her hand. "Who works for The Squids and who's the prisoner?"

I pointed at her. "You be the agent. I'll be the prisoner."

My sister nodded, brushing some sand from her sea-blue blouse. "Or, we can just bust in and do our business really quickly.

I looked at her. "You mean, just go on a rampage?"

Sapphire grinned. "No shit."

I pondered this for a second, then shook my head. "What about the prisoners and the guards?"

My sister's blue eyes twinkled with a kind of happy mischief. "What about the prisoners and the guards?"

Sapphire POV—

Wow. I almost died in front of my sister.

My plan had the basic components of the original plan: Make a distraction, free the prisoners, find the hybrids Ethan was talking about, blow the hideout up with TNT. Only, the events were to be switched up a little bit.

Phase one commenced: I burst into the hideout, blood covering my body. "Somebody! Sky Army is attacking outside! Send out the troops! Please!"

As I had hoped for, I got the immediate response that I wanted. Dozens of Squid guards ran outside from where I came from, weapons and armor ready for a battle that wasn't even going to happen.

"Ydal gnuoy! Sky Army eht si erehw?" one of the Squids yelled from the surface.

I heard Ruby's voice: "Surprise, motha fuckas!"

Phase two commenced: As I quickly slammed the iron door shut behind The Squids, the quiet twangs of a bowstring and a few screams could faintly be heard outside. I sighed as I wiped off the fake blood from around my eyes, which only turned out to be some redstone mixed with water. This was going to take no time at all.

Rata-ta-ta-ta-ta-bump.

I opened the iron door back up, desert sand spilling in. Ruby was placing a few arrows back into her quiver, the dead guards around. her mouth was in a wide grin. "That was awesome!"

"Told ya."

Ruby quickly smeared the redstone-water mixture on her face and clothes, which blended in a little bit with her orange skirt but ruined her pink blouse. She looked at me, her red eyes glimmering with determination. "Let's get going."

As I turned to start running down the hall behind me, something lunged at Ruby. My twin sister gasped as I quickly threw myself in front of her. I was knocked to the ground as a Squid pinned me to the cobblestone ground. Ruby tried to pull the guard off of me, but was simply tossed aside like a rag doll, too far down the hall to help me in time. I cried out as he pulled out a squid knife, placing the blade on my throat. Ruby began running back towards me, fumbling with her bow the guard put pressure against the knife—

As a last resort, I grabbed a handful of sand and threw it at the guards eyes. He screamed in pain, dropping his blade to place his hands over his red eyes. I took the chance and threw him off of me. "Ruby!"

An arrow sprouted like a flower from the Squid's chest, and he fell forward. I was breathing hard, a hand protectively over my throat as Ruby finally made it to me. "You alright?"

I nodded. "Yeah. I think so."

She pulled me from the ground, pointing down the hall. "We gotta go."

Ruby POV—

Whoa. That was really scary, and really close.

I sprinted down the hall, bow notched with a TNT arrow in case something happened. Sapphire was nearly killed because of our carelessness. She threw me aside to save my life. I owed her.

"Yeh! Sredrutni!"

My sister and I kept running down the hall, starting to limp. "Help! The Sky Army launched an attack outside! Send out the troops!" we screamed.

They still took the bait, running down the hall to run into a non-existent battle outside. Sapphire and I kept running down the hall laughing at gullibility of The Squids. "Oh my Notch! That is awesome!"

We made a turn to find a wooden door labeled "Ecnerefnoc Moor," or "Conference Room." Sapphire used her diamond sword to cave in the dark wood. I walked in, pulling back my arrow with a fire charge on the arrowhead. Several Squids were sitting at the table, gasping and crying out. Sapphire and I stood shoulder-to-shoulder, weapons at the ready.

"Would you kindly give us directions to the prison cells, please?" I asked, flashing a sweet smile.

Every single Squid pointed to the left of the room. There was no door, but I knew they were talking about going left in the hall.

"Thank you very much," Sapphire said, placing a TNT on the table and struck it with a flint-and-steel. We both ran out of the room just as the red and white block burst into a brilliant flash of white light.

Sapphire skidded to a stop. "Squids!"

I stopped as well. There were about two-dozen Squids standing in the hall, weapons as the ready. I turned on my heels and dashed the other way, Sapphire following.

Another two-dozen Squid guards appeared at the other end of the hall, screaming and raising their weapons.

We both skidded to another stop. "Shit!"

My twin and I went back-to-back. There was no way we were going to get out of this situation without having to fight. I raised my bow, notching an arrow with a fire charge. Sapphire held her sword in front of her, standing in her attack stance.

"Sevil ruoy eraps llahs ew dna, won rednerrus!" one of The Squids on my side shouted.

"Fuck you!" I sent an arrow flying, the tip bursting into a sphere of fire that matched my skirt. The arrow hit home, the fire vanishing before the Squid itself was engulfed in flames. The fire quickly spread, the flames licking The Squids next to him as they caught fire.

"Woo!" I cheered.

All of The Squids that were facing me were now lying on the floor, fire crackling and spreading the wooden walls.

I notched another arrow—something called a Spread Arrow—and turned on my heels. Sapphire was up to her neck in Squids trying to kill her, which probably wasn't gonna end well.

"Sapphire! Hit the floor!" I yelled, drawing back my bowstring.

My sister dove to the ground as I released my grip on the arrow. The arrowhead popped into a cloud of poisoned shards of flint and wood. Each shard implanted themselves in one of The Squids, making them scream and fall to the ground. The poisons quickly took effect, and the guards died.

Sapphire jumped from the ground. "Nice job."

"Now we're even."

Sapphire POV—

Ruby and I dashed down the corridor until we reached an iron door labeled "Nosrip," or "Prison."

Pretty self-explanatory, really.

Ruby pulled back a TNT arrow, aiming at the door. I started the countdown. "Three... two... one..."

"FIRE IN THE HOLE, BITCHES!"

The explosion crumpled the door like aluminum, tearing away to reveal dozens of angry guards. All of them had bows notched with arrows, but the arrows had a dark, navy blue liquid dripping from the arrowheads.

Squid blood. No doubt.

I raised my enchanted diamond sword, a smirk tugging lightly at my lips. "Hello!"

The Squids took a few steps towards us, a show of threat.

My sister turned to me. "I guess we didn't miss the welcoming party."

The prisoners began to cheer, realizing that we were help. "Woo! Sky Army for the win!"

"Alternate Army!"

"The Audience!"

"The Dwellers!"

"Team Press Start!"

The Squids lowered their guard for a split second to shut them up, and Ruby took that as a chance. She pulled out a Spread/TNT arrow—a mix of the TNT and Spread arrow, if it wasn't obvious enough—and it fly.

"Duck!" my twin yelled, and I dove to the left.

The arrowhead burst into a cloud of miniature TNT blocks, flashing twice before exploding. The Squid guards flew all around the prison, slamming against the cell bars and stone walls. The Squids crumpled to the ground, lifeless.

Ruby put a hand to her mouth in a mock surprise. "Oops!"

I pulled out the TNT, a smile forming as I turned my attention to the prisoners. "Ya ready to get out of this Nether-hole?"

Loud cheers and hoots filled the air, answering my question. I passed a few TNT blocks to sister, motioning to the left. "I'll take the right."

"Gotcha."

I placed down the red and white TNT like a boss, quickly throwing it down and striking it with the flint-and-steel. In a few flashes and startled screams, all of the prisoners walked out, running to a wooden door that was the weapon closet.

"Ruby! Sapphire!"

My twin and I turned to see a familiar girl. She was about our age, dressed in normal prison clothes except for the red and white plaid bow tied in her long coffee brown hair. She was holding a bow in her hand, the world's largest grin on her face. We both gasped and ran to the girl. "Ray! Oh my gosh!" I said.

The girl laughed, flashing her white teeth. "Thank Notch! I've been here for the last two years!"

"Really? That's what happened to you?" my firey twin asked.

"Yeah! Fucking hated it here!"

I laughed. "Good to see you again, really! But, we have some unfinished business." I pulled out the last nine TNT explosives in my backpack. "We gotta blow this place to the Nether."

Ray nodded. "Alright. Where do the rest of us go?"

Ruby pointed to the open door. "Down the hall, take a right and you'll find the exit. Lead everyone else over there and start heading north at the surface. you'll soon find a small base with five people. Those are a few of our friends. We'll meet you there."

Ray nodded, turning on her heels and raising her bow. "Everyone follow me! I know a way out!"

"YEEEEAAH!"

The hundreds of lost recruits followed our long-lost friend out, and we were left alone.

My sister then bumped her head. "Shit! We forgot about the hybrids!"

Fuck. We really did for get about them, but I knew something. I pointed to the door at the opposite end, a sign reading "Sllec Ytiruces Mumixam."

"Maximum Security Cells," I pointed out. We both busted in, finding a big surprise.

Inside, were hundreds of hostile monsters. From skeletons, to zombies, to spiders, to magma cubes, to even an injured Wither. Each one was held in a container made of enchanted obsidian.

"Fuck. What were the hybrids of again?" I asked.

"Um... I think a Skeleton and a Spider."

I looked to see the monsters again. There were dozens of skeletons and spiders. But were these all hybrids...?

I raised my hands. "If any of you can talk, please do so!"

A cell to my left had two small voices rise from the obsidian: "We can."

I turned on my heels to see a spider-jockey, only the skeleton wasn't sitting on the spider. There was a saddle, though...

The Skeleton sat on the ground, looking tired and worn, it's bow hanging limply at its side. The spider was on the ceiling of the cell, spinning a web in boredom, hissing as its leg got caught in the sticky strands.

The skeleton looked at us. "And my we ask why you want to know?" It was a female, no doubt.

I stumbled over the words on my tongue. "Um... er... uh... a special order from Sky Army?"

The spider looked down. "Sky Army, eh? We used to work for The Audience." He had a deep male voice, though only a young teenager's voice.

Ruby took a cautious step forward. "Hm. Sky Army and The Audience are allies now. Did you know that?"

The Skeleton shook its head, the bones making a click-clack-click-clack! "Unfortunately, we cannot hear recent news that often, nowadays."

The Spider hopped from its perch and onto the ground. "Why would Sky Army need us? We do not have a good purpose."

"You might hold the key to destroying The Squids forever."

"Oh... that is a good purpose," the Skeleton replied.

I nodded. "Please. We need to help you. Besides, we're about to blow this place to shit."

The two hybrids though for a minute before finally saying "yes." My twin fired a TNT arrow at the obsidian, and it shattered like a piece of glass.

So much for enchanted obsidian.

The spider-jockey crawled out of the prison, both of the monsters looking partly angry, partly happy, partly depressed. I had no idea why. All four of us dashed down the hall, placing our remaining TNT as we did so. I only left one at the end of the hall just before the exit came into sight, so Ruby could shoot an arrow to set the trap off."YEH! EREH REVO TEG!"

Fuck, I muttered under my breath. We were only thirty blocks from the exit. An enemy arrow whizzed past my ear as we all sprinted faster to the exit.

"Now!" Ruby and the Skeleton pulled back their bowstrings, and fired two arrows at the TNT near the end of the hall. The block flashed white as we slammed the iron door behind us and leaned all our weight against it.

BOOOOOOOOM! Smoke rose from the doors, and we all relaxed. I closed my eyes for a second, finally getting some rest."You do realize that would have gone faster if we had just copied what Athena and Susan did in the previous base, right?" my firey-twin sister noted.I laughed. "Yes. But what we did was just more epic and awesome!""Ruby! Sapphire!"

I opened my eyes. Ray was running from the north, a huge smile on her grimy face. "THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME! EVERYONE WATCHED!"

And so ends another epic chapter.

So, as you may have noticed, I have brought back a character I had forgotten about from Part 2 (Sorry to arianagrandeluver! THERE ARE SO MANY OCS AND CHARACTERS THAT I SOMETIMES FORGET ABOUT A FEW! I almost forgot about Ethan!)

Anyways, leave a vote in the poll displayed on my profile before August 24 at midnight, and I will see you next time.

-The Awesomer