Olivia let out a scream of shock as a rotting hand grabbed her wrist, and she bleeped to several feet away, just as a skeleton fired an arrow. The zombie was hit by an arrow and fell over, and another one that was coming over tripped over the body of the other zombie before the first one burst into smoke.

A large explosion blasted through the monsters, and the hybrids all sprinted for the doorway as fast as they could, Jesse and Petra slashing with their swords sharply to ward off some of the monsters.

"Axel, look out!" Olivia yelled, and Jesse twisted to see a spider land on Axel. Axel obviously couldn't explode again after doing it only a couple of moments before, only managing to spark a little bit, and he couldn't quite reach it, since it was perched on his back.

Jesse opened her mouth to yell, but instead what came out was a strangled-sounding hiss.

The spider stopped and looked at Jesse, tilting its head.

"Leave him alone!" Jesse hissed to the spider- but what came out was, in fact, more hissing.

The spider, to her surprise, hopped off Axel's back and crawled away.

Everyone blinked, before Jesse spun around and lopped the head off of a skeleton before it could shoot her. "Run!" she barked to them all.

"There's two things I hate," Axel mumbled as he sprinted after her, "it's running and monsters."

They sprinted through the archway, pulled a tight turn, and darted through into another room, staring at the thing in front of them in the floor.

"Holy crap," Olivia gaped. "An End portal."

She reached towards the night-sky inside of the portal, the 'stars' reflecting in her eyes- her dark one, and her glowing violet one, her expression softening. She leaned towards the portal a bit.

"Wait!" Jesse turned as Lukas glanced over his shoulder- and then let out a gasp. "Wha- look!"

Everyone turned to see Petra in the red cloak, still fighting off monsters. A zombie collided with her, sending Petra roughly to the floor.

All four of them hissed, Olivia's mouth opening to reveal suddenly jet-black teeth, Axel's eyes dilating to huge proportions, Lukas's fur standing on end as he glowered, and Jesse's arms raising.

"GET AWAY FROM THEM!" Jesse shouted in a warning to Petra, flicking her sword out again as Petra scooted backwards, away from the monsters. Jesse dropped to all eights and flew at the monsters, before lunging to her feet and slamming the sword's tip deep into the zombie's chest, making it explode into smoke.

Olivia bleeped into sight and grabbed ahold of the cloak, yanking Petra away from the monsters as Lukas skidded into the room, raking his claws recklessly across a skeleton's ribcage, snapping the bones from how roughly he did it.

Axel charged forward and flashed white, Jesse grabbing Lukas and running away-

The explosion still blasted her forward, so that she rolled and slammed into the base of the End portal, Lukas now on top of her, both of them groaning in pain, before Jesse managed to get to her feet.

Everyone ran up to the portal, Jesse sending them a last glance as more monsters came pouring into the room, "Jump!" And she catapulted herself forward into the portal.

The Nether Portal and End Portal have a huge difference. With the Nether Portal, you felt an icy heat take over your body. The End Portal felt as though Jesse had stepped into a lake, but with the main difference of the fact that after only moments, you felt searing heat take over you. Your lungs felt as though they were boiling, your skin feels as though it's burning off, and your bones felt like they were being burned into ash.

Jesse's back slammed against a block, her lungs squeezing out air even as she tried to inhale, pain still searing her skin. Even when the pain faded, she could feel it tingle over her skin, like pins and needles.

Her eyes scanned the deserted landscape, except for tall obsidian towers, a vibrant purple sky, and the ground looked white-yellow.

Moments later, Lukas landed, his hand squeezing the amulet so tightly Jesse was actually worried it might break. "Oh- oh boy. This is- this is terrifying. This just gets better and better, doesn't it?" And he let out a high-pitched, nervous laugh, ears twitching. His tail twitched too, gold-and-black flicking over the ground like a sort of flame.

Olivia appeared a moment later, her hands holding Reuben as though he were a block, arms ramrod straight and her body the same way. Jesse actually had to crane her head back to make some eye contact with her now-much-taller friend. Olivia quivered, before setting down her pig, muscles relaxing. Petra appeared a moment after that.

"Where's Axel? He was right behind me!" Olivia exclaimed, looking around in slight alarm.

A loud scream, and Axel landed right on top of Lukas. Again.

"C'mon, man! Come on!" Lukas eked out in pain, as the amulet rolled away a couple feet. Jesse shot a strand of string, hooked it, and retracted it, the amulet slapping into her open hand.

Axel hastily shoved himself off of Lukas, and Lukas sat up, an annoyed look on his face. And then he developed a frozen look, and he put his hands over his face. "Oh jeez..."

Axel frowned, actual concern showing in his face. "Did I break something...?" he mumbled, quietly.

"Oh man- wh- I- I-"

Jesse put a hand on his shoulder. "You okay?" she asked, concerned.

Lukas removed his hands, showing his blue-green eyes and revealing that he was not, in fact, crying. "What- no, I'm not- I'm not crying, just-" his breath hitched in panic, "look!"

Jesse started turning, but she'd only gotten halfway before snapping to face back to Lukas, her own eyes widening. "Well, rather... don't," she joked, feebly.

Because behind them, were thousands of Endermen.

A/N: Ehhh I'm so sorry about not updating. I had to draw a get well card for my grandma. She's in the hospital.

Finally the reviews are back! So, this will be a... lot of responding. Hoh boy.

DemonCatLady: I'm actually planning on doing a series of flashbacks. They're not exactly in order. You'll see what I have planned for the story when it comes out, now that I think about it xD And eee, thanks! The banter was fun to write. And awwee, I'm sorry you are in an art slump :(

TheRealRedGaming: Noice (thumbs up) And for some reason Lukas and Soren was like, immediately the first option. And aw, thanks :) I did want to make a skeleton hybrid, but then there would've been no room for Enderman Olivia.

NinjaCat: Hey, thanks! And yes, the potion is incredibly effective. And yes, I can FINALLY see the reviews.

Toni42: Thanks! And yes, the cloak is fab xD And you have your answer! Yes, Axel and Jesse are pretty close in this story. Nope, Jesse just took it off. Wow, that sounds... really inappropriate. And I CAN SEE YOUUUU xD Yep, the description I just kinda made up on short notice. And I'm glad you like the oath (I think that's what you're talking about in that one comment?) Oh, and I didn't even think about that lol xD And thanks, the affection is real x)

Guest: You'll see what I have planned for that chapter when that chapter gets here. :)

rebekahtpe: I don't really have one. And thank you! My favorite time would be 7:30. I have no idea why. And thanks for saying so!

NoItsBecky: Yes indeedy. And holy crap I didn't even notice that xD And I wanted to kill the reviews section but it stopped bugging out, so that's okay now! And lol, yes, so true xD I'm glad you liked it! And... that will be revealed either later on or in the sidestory.

Boggie445: BADA-BOOM-BING (I'm sorry xD )

Guest: Yep, Jesse's just kinda like 'screw it'

angelwings: Aww, well, thanks, and yes I can finally read 'em! And oh noes the cuteness I'm sorry (tear)

MidNightTwist: Once again, in the third chapter A/N, I stated that it can be interpreted as such, or overly shippy friendship. Either way works.

Kaos Ruin: I'm not sure I understand...? Sorry :/ And glad to see it wasn't just me xD And I'm slightly arachnophobic, so xD not that awesome for me

mikezoom: So, Movie Mode, but with Hybrid? Huh. Not a bad idea. I'll put a poll up about it after the story's over. If Toni42's okay with that idea, of course :)

EchoWolfWinds: It's actually part of the same story, so technically not?

ChoyofBonk: Sure, I have about fifty. Take your pick (holds them all out)

Guest: Wow, I actually... never thought about that! Good idea!

Guest: (shrugs) I knew Lukas was going to be an Enderman, but I debated Olivia being a skeleton, a zombie, or an Enderman before deciding on the Enderman. And yeah, but (shrugs again)

RapidSammiBackup: No, no problem, keep the gold eyes! And aw, that's really sweet of you to say x3 (stares nervously at your golden bat)

MissyMattingly: Aw, thanks!

RapidSammi: ?

Man, this got confusing and long really quick, but that's what happens when you get thirty-odd reviews and you can't read any of them 0-0

So anywho, if you haven't already, please go vote on the poll on my profile! I'd seriously appreciate it!

I'll update more tomorrow! Toodle-oo!

x.X. A.L. X.x.