"So, then, what is Super TNT, exactly?"

"Well, it's just another one of my... marvelous Impossible Objects."

Jesse arched her eyebrow, then pointed at it while still looking at Soren. "If it's impossible, how'd you make it in the first place?"

Axel scratched his head. "I feel like you're more sarcastic nowadays, Jesse."

Jesse glanced at Petra, "I used to not be. Then I learned from the master."

Petra snickered a little at that.

"Remember, Jesse. I killed the Ender Dragon," Soren responded, his lips twitching at the banter as if he were trying not to laugh, "I do impossible things everyday."

Jesse held out some of the gunpowder, arching her eyebrows. "So, do we just combine it with the gunpowder?" she asked, waving it a bit.

"Well, the crafting recipe is quite simple, really. Super TNT in the middle, and gunpowder all around," Soren gestured slightly at the TNT, being careful not to wave the arm holding the Super TNT too much.

Jesse smiled and reached out for the TNT. "Got it!" she nodded.

Soren jumped out of reach, a panicked look on his face. "No! No no no! The ingredients are highly unstable. Even putting them in close proximity to each other is a risk."

"Oh, okay..." Jesse stepped back and put the gunpowder in her pocket again. She really didn't want something so volatile and dangerous exploding in such a small space. "Well, w-we may not have the Formidi-Bomb yet, but at least we have the ingredients to build one. Progress!"

"I feel like doing jazz hands when we say that. Like, 'progress'!" And Lukas did said jazz hands.

Jesse rolled her eyes with a giggle at that, and Petra shook her head. "Lukas, you are a dork," she declared, playfully, even though she still sounded sick. Everyone grinned at that.

Lukas acted affronted. "Hey!"

Before Soren could say anything more, an Enderman abruptly appeared in the other room, and Jesse slapped her hands over her eyes instinctively with a hiss. Everyone took to looking out of the corners of their eyes, except Olivia, who just stared back, trying not to make direct eye contact with the monster.

Soren tsked softly. "Oh. Oh dear. I was afraid of this. With the End underwater, the Endermen will try to escape."

"Could've mentioned that before!" Lukas eked out.

"Well, what are we supposed to do?" Jesse squeaked, looking from Soren to the Endermen. "I doubt that we're going to be able to outrun them- they can teleport for Notch's sake!"

Soren stared at the wall, his brow creasing as he thought. Something Jesse had said must've triggered it somehow. "Of course..." And his eyes widened. "Of course! To the minecarts, everyone!" and he pointed at the minecarts that Axel had brought out only minutes before, rather dramatically.

Everyone ran straight for the minecarts, more and more and more Endermen teleporting into the room. Despite that, Soren had a big grin on his face. "I've been waiting ages to say that..." he glanced at Jesse and Lukas. "To people, I mean."

Lukas nearly faceplanted at that.

Everyone lunged into the minecarts, which were not connected for some reason, Reuben somehow being first, then Jesse, Olivia teleporting in, Lukas lunging in, Axel rushing in and nearly landing in the cart headfirst, Petra gliding in with an exhausted look on her face, and Soren hopping in the last one.

The carts started to move slowly from all of them jumping in, as more and more Endermen appeared in the room.

Reuben looked down at the redstone-activated, glowing tracks, and the wheels inched forward.

He was zooming forward the next second. Jesse's hands- all six of them- tightened on the minecart rim.

The moment the wheels touched the red tracks, Jesse found the cart rolling forward rapidly, almost falling out backwards as the cart practically flew across the tracks.

Actually, had she not tightened her hands on the rim, she would've fallen out backwards. Which would've hurt quite a lot.

The walls started closing behind the carts as they all started zooming away. Just before the walls slammed shut, leaving almost no light in the tunnel, a loud, Enderman screech rang out in the air, before the sound of the walls slamming closed sounded, and the whole tunnel fell silent except for the sound of the minecarts rushing along the tracks.

"That was close," Petra breathed, hands tight on the cart rims. Jesse looked back to see that her knuckles were white.

"Now, all we gotta do is find a way to get the bomb into the Witherstorm," Lukas agreed, "shouldn't be- too hard, right?"

"It's not a picky eater," Olivia agreed, "we could just stick it in the tractor beam and it'll eat it itself. And then... boom! Bye bye, Witherstorm."

"INCOMING!"

Everyone turned to see what in the world Axel meant. The sun was setting, and there was a creeper and two spiders on the tracks.

Reuben covered his eyes with his hooves, right as the carts slammed into the creeper and catapulted their riders into the air. Jesse momentarily felt weightless as she did a slow, lazy flip in the air, before slamming onto her back, bouncing, and landing again, breathing heavily as she stared at the darkening sky.

A spider scurried past her. Then a creeper. And then more mobs. Jesse blinked as she watched the monsters... running away?

"There you are!" Jesse felt hope twitch in her chest, and she turned to see the brunette redstone engineer holding a stone sword, the rogue standing next to her also with a stone sword.

Magnus grinned at them. "So glad you could make it!"

Jesse drew her own sword as everyone ran towards the two of them, Axel literally lifting Magnus off the ground in a hug and Olivia bleeping over to hug her own mentor tightly. Grins and laughs were exchanged, and Jesse watched, eyes softening. "I'm glad you're okay!" she told them, relieved. "I thought Ivor was coming to get you!"

Ellegaard blinked. "Ivor? We haven't even seen him!"

They backed away from the monsters swarming in their direction, before Soren spoke, making everyone look at him.

"You don't have to worry about the monsters. They're running away." Soren raised an arm and pointed, his face ashen with fear. "Worry about what they're running away from."

Jesse turned, holding her breath.

There it was.

The Witherstorm.

A/N: Stopping point! Next chapter a ton of crap's gonna go down, so it might take the crown of the longest chapter in this story.

Spacey: Yeah, it's based off of their personalities and the fact that people don't have the same handwriting xD

Kaos Ruin: Your wish is my command (wiggles eyebrows) And yeah, Jesse's not totally okay right now.

angelwings: Pffft, well i did say in the third chapter A/N that ships are implied, so while there can be implied fluff it's not gonna be canon.

Guest: I think you are RapidSammi but I have no clue. 1: Thank you! It's really nice of you to say that :) 2: Part of the reason why I added it- I figured Petra's going to be pissed that Jesse broke her promise. 3: I LOVE it! Go right ahead and use it!

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