Song for this chapter: Heart Attack by Demi Lovato.

"Come on," I elbowed Yosh, "Let's get back to the group."

We walked back only to see Snowy and Harry knocked out, Beatrice gone, and a note stabbed into the ground with my diamond sword. I ran over, pulled out my sword, and picked up the note. It read:

"Jordan,

I honestly didn't think you were alone. It's rather sad, that you would leave someone from your group defenseless, and open to attack. That's exactly what you did to Cupquake too. Beatrice was the next victim. But you can get her back, since she is not dead, yet. All you have to do is bring Yosh and Snowy to me, and she will be released. Simple task. Do it properly, you will be rewarded. Do it wrong, you won't imagine the consequences.

Your truthful friend,

Cliff"

"Truthful friend?!" I thought out loud, "What kind of truthful friend kidnaps another person and holds her at ransom?!"

"I guess she would," Yosh responded.

"We're going."

"Where?"

"Illusionists' headquarters."

Fortunately we woke up Snowy and Harry and I lead the group to the HQ of the Illusionists. Noticing a familiar blue haired man, I immediately realized we were in the right place. He paced around the grounds, panting heavily.

"Jordan!" He ran up to me and shook my hand, "I'm glad you're here. Beatrice has gone missing!"

"Ray, calm down. She was with Rex…"

"Who's Rex?"

My eyes almost bulged out of my eye sockets. Did he just ask who Rex was?

"Uh… no one." I lied, "Speaking of Beatrice, we were wondering if she came here with a girl. You would probably recognize her long orange cat tail and cat ears…"

"Nope. What is a girl like that doing with my sister?"

"She was kind of… kidnapped."

"What?!" Ray looked like he was about to strangle me, "Who is she?!"

"Her name is Cliff. She mentioned that she knew you…"

"Cliff…"

"Do you know her?"

"No," he answered in a straight face, "I don't."

For some reason, I couldn't trust his answer. But I wouldn't confront him. Not yet.

"I have to save her," Ray continued, while looking at my group, "And you're going to help me."

Ray sped through the forest yet again, leaving the HQ behind. Yosh, Snowy, Harry, and I quickly followed. We stopped when Harry ran out of breath.

"I don't do this very often," he cried. I walked over to Harry and handed him a water bottle.

"Harry?" a voice echoed through the trees. We all stopped where we stood.

"Who are you?" Harry questioned.

"It's Pixel. Do you really not remember me?" A girl stepped in our direction. She had curly light purple hair, icy blue colored eyes, and wore a plaid blue shirt with black jeans and converse. A white beanie sat on top of her head.

Harry shook his head.

"I knew Mia. She was one of my best friends, until she joined with the squids. Then I abandoned her for others. It wasn't right. If you're part of the Sky Army, you don't have loyalty to squids."

"I remember you," I interrupted, "You were a soldier. I went into battle one time, and when I broke my leg, you helped me back to HQ."

"Oh, yes. General Sparklez. How could I forget?"

"So when did you leave HQ?"

"It was a little while after Mia left. I had made new friends, including my best friend, Lilia. We were doing rounds of battling squids and realized that two people out in the battlefield had not come back as expected. They were generals, Isaac Drakonia and Summer Blue. So Lilia and I left to find them and bring them back to Sky Army. She unexpectedly left and I continued to wander around the forest, searching for Isaac and Summer."

"I knew them. Isaac was pretty close to Ty, and Summer was close to Sierra. They were in my squadron, my co-generals. And Pixel, you were also in my squadron."

She nodded, "You haven't had happened to see them, right?"

"No. Haven't seen them in ages."

"Maybe you can help me. At least to find Lilia again."

"Sure."

Pixel, Ray, Yosh, Snowy, Harry, and I continued on our way.

"Do you have any ideas where Lilia may be?" I asked Pixel.

"Nope."

"Well we're gonna have to wing this, aren't we?"

We all nodded.

Mat POV

I walked around the forest with Ant and Jerome, Ant obviously taking the lead. I hung in the back with Jerome.

"Don't you think this is a little overreactive?" I whispered to Jerome, "You know, Paul doesn't seem like a bad guy. He's just sensitive."

"I totally agree with you," Jerome replied, also in a whisper.

"What are you two whispering about?" Ant asked, not turning his head to face us.

"Nothing," I hoped he wouldn't spin around and notice my nervous expression.

"What are three helpless boys doing out in the middle of the woods on a night like this?" a unfamiliar female voice called out. A girl with long dirty blond hair, blue eyes, and wearing a orange top, tan shorts, and black shoes revealed herself. The most noticeable thing was her orange tabby cat ears and tail. She held onto someone who I did recognize: Beatrice.

"Ant, Mat, Jerome," she continued, "My name is Cliff. I'm on your side, trying to defeat Herobrine and the squids once and for all. I've heard that Herobrine has sent double agents to spy on the Sky Army and I know who they are. Beatrice over here isn't one of them, but I'm using her as bait to get to the spies."

"Do you know where Paul is?" Ant questioned.

"Who's Paul?" Cliff responded, confused, "Never mind that, I need to see Sky."

"Sky's at HQ. We can take you there…"

"Please." Cliff grinned and followed Ant back to HQ. Jerome and I stayed a few feet away from Cliff and Beatrice.

"See, I don't trust her," I whispered to Jerome.

A few minutes later, our group plus Cliff and Beatrice, arrived back at HQ. I ran into Mitch.

"Where's Sky?" I asked.

"He's not here," Mitch replied, "Everyone is trying to look for him. Ty and Sierra are missing as well."

Ant growled, "He went out after me. I know it. Now we have to go and find him, again."