Zeke's house finally came into view; it wasn't anything special, since it was just a simple wooden structure. The house has built on the base of a small mountain by the river Eva polluted. Zeke must have constructed it as a temporary shelter, but ever since the Semitra incident, Zeke planned to say around until the problem was resolved.

"Ahh, home sweet home." Zeke snickered. "Damn house needs an improvement."

Jade breathed a sigh of relief as soon as she saw the house. Finally she could wash off the blood and the despair she felt from earlier. The air was warming and the atmosphere was muggy, for the plains felt warmer than the leaf-filled forest.

Opening the front wooden door, Zeke's house wasn't elaborate at all. The floor was still grass, there was little furniture, and it was a tiny cube meant for only two to three people. Jade breathed in the scent of the rather fresh scent of chopped oak wood upon her entry. Zeke had some guests from Semitra currently residing in his abode. There were three other people in there, all partly mobs. Currently, there was one man and one young woman. Jade knew them from when she saw them earlier in the morning.

Tivona, the only other female, was astounded to see Jade, her clothing blood soaked. Tivona stood up from one of the red blanketed beds in the cramped house and bolted towards Jade. Tivona was seventeen years old with blonde hair and two glowing blue-grey eyes. She had tanned skin and was once very glamorous, but now she was forever changed. Tivona was only one of the two residents in Semitra to now be half- Enderman, and Tivona didn't accept it whatsoever. Tivona's body wasn't disproportionate, but she was too tall for an average human. She was reaching seven feet (213 cm) in height. She now wore a long white robe; nothing else fit her. Other than her height and eyes, Tivona showed no other sign that she could be turning as of yet.

"Jade, your blood, why all the blood…" Tivona trailed off.

Zeke answered for Tivona. "Jade took three nasty hits from a golem. Surprised she survived. I had to heal her… with potions." Zeke knew that those people would dislike that word for the rest of their lives. Eva's potions were Semitra's downfall. At first, the citizens in the town blamed each other from the transformations. The town had gone mad, most insane from rapidly becoming undead zombies hungry for the flesh of other villagers. Some fled such as the three in Zeke's house; thankfully all had the ability to reason… for now. Rumors spread that a witch changed them from the polluted river water. The only other house in the area was Eva's, and since Mike's visit to Semitra, the remaining villagers in the corrupted town turned against Eva.

"Three? How?" A man at a crafting table stopped what he was doing. The man was still rather normal, since his worn face showed no signs of being a half-creeper human. One of the man's arms was turning the creeper green. For some reason, he and his daughter didn't transform as fast as the other residents of Semitra. He was in his forties, possessing a greying beard and balding head. He was Tivona's father, and his name was Bryan. Just like his daughter, he was tanned from living in a desert. Bryan wore iron armor, and Bryan had been Semitra's blacksmith. Currently he was making handles for pickaxes.

"I'm not normal. I'm just- I don't know." Jade shivered from looking at Bryan's creeper arm. Jade wondered how Bryan, Tivona, and Alister were coping with their changes.

"Where's Alister at?" Zeke asked Bryan.

"He went to get some food. He left about an hour ago. He'll be here soon." Bryan returned to the handles he was crafting.

"Why did he search for food?" Zeke focused on Bryan's crafting skills.

Bryan turned towards Zeke, who was standing by the only purple bed in a corner. "He was bored, so he decided to go out." Bryan shook his head. "My nephew- his time is running out. If these are his last days… let him enjoy his time." Bryan viewed Zeke's firm face gradually become grim.

"Jade," Tivona began as she tried to ignore Zeke and her father's conversation, "Do you want a bath and other clothes? The little room in the back has a tub. I have clothes to give you, I hope they fit you; I'm too tall now."

Tivona ventured outside to fetch some water. Jade used the furnaces to heat the buckets until it they were warm. After a few buckets, the bathtub was filled enough. Jade retreated to the washroom to finally remove her nasty clothes and relax in the tub, and Jade felt that she deserved it.

Meanwhile, the three others sat at Zeke's petite table in the corner of the great room. Zeke started explaining Eva's whereabouts. "Eva's in the Nether. We tried to go after her, but the portal was destroyed by the golem. So… we returned with the bad news."

Tivona uttered of her cousin, since he was the prime concern right next to Eva. "I fear for Alister. I'm getting scared now. Over the past few days, he's been so mean and lost." Tivona stated, blinking a few times. "The first are the zombies, then the skeletons. The creepers take more time, then the Ender..." Tivona couldn't finish.

"I know. Alister… I'm worried for him. W…W…will I need to kill him? " Zeke looked out the window, and currently it was midafternoon. Zeke's previous sentence hung heavily in the air. If nothing was done, eventually Alister and Zeke will be involved in a brawl. "How long has he been gone?"

Bryan stood up, agitated, not answering Zeke's question. "Why didn't they just kill Eva when she changed Mike? The villagers should have gotten rid of her then and there! Instead, they gave her a choice!" Bryan's hands flew up into the air. "Semitra lost about fifty people because they became zombies. Then those zombies ate more people, but we-"Bryan looked at the bathroom door and his daughter- "are worse creatures than them! When will we go insane?"

Tivona peered at the table, her fingers following the wood grain. She appeared to be crying. "I lost my boyfriend, my friends, my aunt, my mom… I don't know." Her head turned towards Zeke. "This is a mob-filled house now. Zeke, what if you look at me one day and I snap? What if I kill you?" Tivona traced the grain repeatedly as her tears fell to the table. Tivona then held her head in her hands as if she had a pounding headache.

"Don't say that." Bryan warned his daughter. "Don't think of that!" Bryan and the others couldn't think of anything uplifting to say. All knew if nothing was done, that day would come.

The conversation ended on a hostile and solemn note. The three couldn't think of much to do to improve the mood, so they waited until Alister returned or when Jade stepped out of the washroom to drum up additional ideas.