Dimitri withdrew his signature weapon, a butter cleaver, and said sharply, "What is your business here?"

The girl rolled her two-tone eyes,one purple and the other crimson, "Fine! If you don't want information on your commander we can go! Right, Dark?"

The younger girl nodded happily but Dimitri yelped, "Okay! Please?"

The tall girl grinned with pointed teeth and said, "I'm Drakonia, or Drak. This is my comrade, Dark. Or Dub."

She placed a bit of endstone and continued, "This may take a bit, though. Sit down, sergeant."

Dimitri sat on a block of butter and Drakonia began, "Us Endermen and Enderhybrids are directly tied to the End as you know. We can sense any power fluxes such as our Enderdragon dying...and she did. Good riddance, I say. Shortly after, a new one came into power but this one wasn't of End origin...it seems he, or she, didn't even come from the End in the first place. They also had a distinctive power signature from Enderlox's. There's some good news, Enderlox didn't ascend to full Enderdragon. However this is also bad. This new Enderdragon is not tied to the End so they can leave the End. It has been a sacred pledge to have direct kin to the Enderdragon or an Enderman ascend to the throne. There has only been few exceptions to this rule, such as one elected by destiny. Whoever did this has brought the wrath of Notch upon us!"

Drakonia stopped, to catch her breath, for she had raised her voice, and continued, "Dub was actually supposed to be next in line for the throne anyway. Now we are in more danger than ever. Not only us, fugitives of the End, but you too."

A long silence hung over the ship like an invisible fog and Drakonia stood up, "I'll be taking my leave to warn other groups. See you if the world doesn't end."

She jumped off the ledge of the ship to be grabbed by Enderdragon Dub and flown away to parts unknown to the east.

"Captain Sparklez reported missing by music directors when he didn't show up to discuss a new song. After a short investigation, it seems as if the singer has literally vanished off the face of Minecraftia. With reports of new dangers in our land, this has been a field day for speculation.", Darren read off his laptop from his perch in the crafting room. It was an anvil set upon a small ledge.

Miki, who had oiled her bow-string, replied, "That sounds...worrying. What kind of speculation?"

Darren hummed and then read off yet another article, "Some of the speculation has included him being eaten by a Jungle Dramcryx, murdered by creepers who heard Revenge, and the most popular, Enderlox got him."

Miki frowned, "Sadly the Enderlox one sounds the most probable. The others sound...desperate."

Annie stopped from her work and commented, "Do you think it has anything to do with what Drakonia mentioned?"

Darren sighed, "Definitely not the creeper ones or Jungle dramcryx may never know unless Enderlox chooses to tell us if it's the last. What are you up to anyway? I've wondered that for half an hour."

Annie didn't even look at him as she continued fiddling with a philosopher's stone, "Making rings."

Darren burst out in laughter, "Are you serious?"

Annie responded, "As serious as flying, shooting arrows, and controlling Nether flames can be."

Darren stopped laughing and yelled with unbridled excitement, "Sign me up then!"

Annie threw him a ring and murmured, "Fly to your heart's content."

He grinned. Suddenly a jerk from the ship catapulted him from his perch and painfully upon the shining butter floor. He groaned, "Butter, why must you betray me like this?"

Even more worrying was the earthshaking roar that cam shortly after. It shook the ship and almost knocked over some of the smaller recruits. Darren was up in an instant, brandishing one of his katana, as if the enemy was already upon him. He murmured, "What...was that girl seriously true?"

The two black shadows that circled the ship only confirmed this. One was greatly larger than the other, unmistakably an Enderdragon with large purple wings. The other was smaller, but had purple wings as well with glowing headphones. Dimitri and Ryan's voices could be heard, barking out orders. Night and Flame wasted no time in making a rendezvous with Miki, Darren and Annie in the crafting room, where it was somewhat safe. Flame, twirling his butter daggers, quietly said, "Do you really think we can face an Enderdragon and Enderlox? That is definitely Enderlox."

Miki groaned as she withdrew her bow,placing a butter arrow on it "We can only try."

The five ran onto the deck and scattered, just as the carnage began. Night grimaced as a recruit before her was snatched up by Enderlox, and dropped to the ground, blocks and blocks below. She swallowed nervously, and took up a position by Miki, trying to take down the dragon with arrows. She let them loose, one even hitting the dragon in the wing. Sadly it seemed only a prick to the dragon. The dragon swooped under the ship and emerged on the other side, digging its claws into the butter, leaving long gouges in it, clinging on. It roared as it clung to the ship and all the recruits didn't fail to see the red-rimmed glasses perched on it's snout. Was this horrible dragon CaptainSparklez? He leapt off the ship's edge and a second later the ship lurched with the force of an Enderdragon ramming it.

Dimitri sighed in desperation,barely keeping his balance, "I'm afraid we have to abandon ship. How about it, Ryan?"

Ryan let his railgun to rest at his side as he quietly replied, "I'm sad to say it but we must. The welfare of the recruits is most important. Plus..."

He looked at Dimitri and continued softly, "It's just a ship."

Dimitri nodded and said, "How do we get our recruits off? We have a few jetpacks and the recruit Annie has been making flying rings but that's not enough to rescue everyone...even Reece couldn't teleport everyone off."

Night overheard their conversation. She had took so many measures to keep her enderman side a secret...she even stopped teleporting but...her eyes roved over the ship at her friends. No secret was worth keeping if it could hurt her friends if kept. She ran to Flame and told him, "Trust me, Flame!"

He turned his head as she grabbed his arm and warped away. Next thing they knew they were in a jungle. She said to him, "Stay here! I have to help the others!" and warped away.

Flame stood among the bushes, speechless.

Night stopped by Dimitri and quickly said, "I can teleport, don't question it." and ran off.

Ryan turned to Dimitri and commented, "That luck."

Meanwhile Annie was giving Miki a flying ring and explaining, "We have to get out of here, guys!"

Darren frowned angrily, "And not help the others?"

Annie shifted from one foot to the other and sighed, "Don't be a hero, Darren."

He chuckled, "My name practically means that I'm great, like a hero!" and ran to go help other recruits.

Annie sighed and turned to Miki," Your name doesn't mean hero does it?"

Miki shook her head, her hair swaying in the slight wind "It means something about trees but I'm helping anyway."

Darren ran downstairs, peering into a recruits room. A younger boy crouched in the corner, shivering in fear. At the sight of Darren, he moved toward the corner, behind a crafting bench. The kid must have been eleven-year-old at best, sadly one of the orphans the Sky Army had brought into their care. This was the same army people wrote off as "too silly" , may I add? Anyway, Darren whispered softly, "Come on, kid."

The kid slowly walked towards Darren but a hole was torn right beside him by DragonSparklez's cruel black talons, causing him to almost tackle Darren in shock. Darren asked him, "No one else is down here, right?"

The kid nodded frantically and Darren motioned for him to go upstairs while he ran after him. Reece popped into reality and grabbed the kid, warping him away. At this point only Miki, Annie, Darren, Ryan, and Dimitri remained. Dimitri looked wistfully at the others. Ryan had his jetpack and the kids had the rings. Would he have to go down with the ship? Darren, seeing his sadness, slipped the ring off his finger and handed it to Dimitri. He said, "Don't try to give it back. Just get out of here. I think Sky may have had a jetpack stowed away."

He ran towards Sky's room, leaving the others with no words. Dimitri choked, "Let's get out of here before the entire ship goes down. I have faith in the kid."

He jumped into the air and flew off, pursued by Ryan. Annie stopped and murmured, "Wait..."

Darren poked his head out of Sky's commander's post and yelled, "Go! I think I may have found something!"

Annie paused but after another yell, she yelled back,"Good luck, then!"

Miki responded too, "We'll try to contact you! I have an idea where to go. Go to the north and find the place with our commander's name!"

The two shot off and Darren smiled weakly. There was no jetpack so an escape was going to be a risk. He peered over the ledge. The ground was coming up fast but he leapt off, he may be able to land on one of the trees. Enderlox and his dragon had gone long ago, seeing their job done. With a sigh he launched himself off the ship, landing harshly onto a spruce tree, for the ship was crashing into a taiga biome.

Darren grimaced as he looked at the slowly crashing ship. It seemed almost dreamlike as it crashed into the forested hill, trees snapping like twigs and stone being exposed. With an explosion, the ship's engine burst, tearing yet another hole in the ship, exposing the recruit rooms. The chests were in dismay, items all over and beds flung into the snow. Suddenly everything was still. Even the peaceful mobs seemed to stop and wonder, 'Why has a giant human contraption invaded out home?'

Darren spoke to the wind, "Happy, Enderlox? You have our commander. You have destroyed our ship, what many of us called home, including me. Our friends and comrades are scattered in a dismantled army with just the love of butter and a hate for squids. And a hate for you, our former ally."