Jesse felt something teleport right behind her, and she slowly turned to meet a black midriff, glancing up. It turned around to face the group, and most of them, out of habit, slapped their hands over their eyes and rushed away.

Except for Olivia. She stared up slightly at the Enderman, frozen, who stared back at her with empty eyes. It tilted its head at her as if in confusion.

Jesse doubled back, having taken to peeking out of the corners of her eyes to avoid looking it directly in the eye, and took Olivia's hand. Olivia seemed to shake herself out of it, and slowly retreated to a safe distance while Jesse held her hand, a little too tightly. Olivia didn't say anything.

They all crouched behind one of the black structures, Olivia still looking kind of dazed, purple eye practically glowing as she stared at the Endermen.

"What do we call that?" Lukas whispered, his voice quivering, "A- a herd of Endermen? A 'flock'? A swarm?"

"A haunting," Olivia said, sounding a bit dazed as well as her eyes roved over the Endermen. Everyone's gaze flickered to her. Olivia's height was already noticeable, but it looked as though she'd gained even MORE height in the last couple of minutes.

Jesse shivered a bit as she looked back at the 'haunting' of Endermen, chills crawling up her spine. "Call it whatever you want. As long as we don't look at them, we'll be fine," she stated.

"Yeah," Lukas gasped breathlessly, "yeah."

"Which way are we headed, Jesse?" Axel asked, when Olivia kept staring aimlessly at the Endermen.

Jesse pulled out the amulet again, the white glow illuminating her face. Moments later, the glow started flickering.

"I guess since the amulet can't locate people in the Nether or the End, it makes sense that it wouldn't work in the Nether or the End," Jesse sighed, as it flickered out entirely.

Petra nodded, but Lukas started laughing, making all of them look at him. "Great. Whoo, man," he stated, faint sarcasm tinging his voice, and growing heavier by the second as his ears and tail twitched in a ticked-off-way, "so we were trapped, and now, we're lost. So, we go from... uh, a death machine, that nearly drowns and-or crushes us, and we land here." And he flailed his arms wildly at the Endermen milling around them. "In the End. Which, is the right name for it, since, incredibly, we don't even know where we're going!"

Jesse cupped her elbows, staring at the floor. "Well... at least we're alive. We just have to keep on going until we get to Soren," she said, staring at the floor and trying to hide the fact that her eyes had started getting shiny. She wasn't a leader, she wasn't good at leading or taking charge, yet somehow she'd ended up as the makeshift leader of their little group, and she had no idea what to even do.

Lukas deflated a bit at her slightly defeated position, frowning at her with a soft sigh. "Let's face it, Jesse, we might never find this guy," he said, in a softer voice.

Axel pointed at something. "There he is."

And when they turned, sure enough, a figure with ginger hair could be seen climbing a staircase in the distance.

Lukas blinked. "Did that just happen?"

"That was cliche," Jesse nodded, blinking in surprise. Her topmost set of arms went to her chin and crossed over her chest, the lowest set placed their hands on her hips, and the middle two put the amulet away again.

"Yes, but... convenient," Petra agreed with a faintly amused smile, crossing her arms beneath the cloak.

"I can't believe that just happened," Lukas murmured, surprised. "That was... like we just conjured him." A more hopeful look was posing itself on his face. Jesse was forcibly reminded that none of them- the others- had seen their respective Order member after they'd gone to defeat the dragon. They'd had no idea if they were dead, or alive, or even okay, except for Jesse. Even when she'd assured them that they must be okay, all of them had been very quiet and awkward, and soon after that Jesse stopped trying to assure them. She looked away from Lukas, hoping that would stop the slight ache that was growing in her chest.

"Wonder where he's going," hummed Olivia thoughtfully, her eyes distracted from the Endermen around them.

"Only one way to find out... we gotta go," Jesse said, looking from Soren to her friends.

"Everyone follow me," Petra said, beginning to walk to the front of the group, "I'll get us to the other side, just stay behind me and we'll-" she hacked a bit, covering her mouth, before recovering, "we'll be fine."

"That... doesn't sound like a good idea," Lukas said tentatively, "actually, you know what? I'll just go."

Both Jesse and Petra looked at him in surprise. Jesse moved to stand behind her ocelot friend, who glanced at her. "Give me a chance," he spoke softly, barely loud enough for Jesse to hear, "just say the word, and I'll do it."

Jesse hesitated, before turning back to her friends. "Everyone, follow Lukas. And if all else fails, Olivia, I'm relying on you to get us out of here."

Olivia nodded seriously, and Jesse looked back at Lukas just in time for her to catch his grateful smile and nod, before he turned around. "C'mon!"

Jesse dropped to all eights and followed him, making sure to keep her gaze on Lukas's feet. Glancing behind her, she saw Petra pull the hood of the cloak up and cover her head (probably to avoid the urge to look up), Axel drop to all fours, Reuben gallop after her as he was, and Olivia bleeping out of sight.

They reached some sort of platform, with a staircase right behind them.

"Nice moves back there, Lukas," Petra said, smiling faintly at him. Lukas smiled back, even though it seemed to fade a bit as he took in Petra's greying skin. "Thanks..." and he turned to Jesse, smiling slightly with his ears perking up, "You too, Jesse. Thanks for giving me a shot."

They all turned to look at the staircase. It was going to be a terribly long climb.

"Great," grumbled Axel, "we're gonna die and it won't even be exciting."

"What, from the stairs?" Olivia asked, giving her friend a weird look, strange daze forgotten, "if Jesse can survive Magnus going wacko on her-" Axel must've told her about the Death Bowl- "then I'm pretty sure we can survive a long staircase."

Jesse gave both of them a sheepish look, a playful smile dancing across her mouth. "Honestly? I think I'd rather face wacko-Magnus."

A/N: Haha xD had to end it on that note.

Kaos Ruin: Haha, thanks xD

rebekahtpe: Hehe, I'm gonna have to think if I'm actually gonna do it. And if I do, I have to wonder if it's the Movie Mode gang (like, regular MCSM) or the Hybrid gang. Or both. (dances around) I have no clue! And I prefer evening or night.

angelwings: Ehh (shrugs) And whoops, sorry xD

NinjaCat: She can, but the Endermen are confused. And confused Endermen are still not the best Endermen.

x.X. A.L. X.x