Chapters 4
Steve wasn't sure if he should leave the former demi-god alone or not; though a few stray tears still clung to the other's cheek it was clear he was still upset. Finally, the miner stood up and placed the bread on a wooden block next to the bed. "I'm going smelt some of the ore I got last night." He stated looking into those deep green eyes. "I'll just in the kitchen, so if you need anything just come get me okay." The miner made sure the other knew exactly where he would be, he then pointed to the bread. "You can have what's left of this, but only brake off small pieces. You could make yourself sick if you eat this too fast." The warrior's mouth opened and a hand rose as if to protest something but quickly fell back to the bed. Steve felt like he was looking at a scared child not wanting to be left alone. Yet, the former demi-god still nodded and turned away from the miner.
Steve quickly exited the room, still nervous about leaving Herobrine alone, but there was nothing he could do about it. Who knows, maybe a little time to himself would help. Closing the door behind him as left, the miner walked over to the chest he had filled with the ore he gathered from last night. He hadn't found any diamonds but he did find lots of coal, iron, and gold, even lapis lazuli and red stone. Taking out a stack of iron and coal Steve started a fire in the oven and started to smelt the ore in to ingots. The miner knew that he shouldn't be using the same oven he used to cook food in to smelt ore, but he had little room to build another one.
As the miner waited for the iron to be free of its impurities, he looked around, hearing a quiet and annoying little beeping noise. Standing from his spot, Steve slowly started to follow the noise only to find it was coming from Herobrine's bag. He picked up the leather bag and flipped it open; normally Steve wouldn't dare look into some one else's privet belongings, but when it came to an annoying beeping sound that wasn't going to stop, he felt that the former demi-god would forgive him. Four small devices lay in the top part of the bag, two looking like they clamped on to your wrists, another looked to fit over your hand like a glove and the last one looked to like it attacked to the back somehow.
The four pieces of technology were far from anything the miner had ever seen, even when he was in Tekkit city. Picking up the beeping one Steve looked for away to turn it off. He almost jumped put of his skin when Notch's face and voice appeared out of nowhere.
"H-Herobrine... can... hear... me" the voice was fading in and out and the face flicker like a flame being blown out.
"Notch. Is that you? It's Steve. Can you hear me?" The miner tried to reply back, but the image didn't seem to pay him any attention.
"Where... are... you? Why...can't... reach... you?" Notch continued, his voice braking off even more.
Steve reached his hand out to the image only for his hand to go right through Notch's face. "A projection maybe?"
"I'm... losing... signal..."Notch sounded frantic at this point as the image of his face began to flicker more until it was completely impossible to see. "Please be okay." Was the last thing Steve could make out before the device cut out.
Steve stared down at the device in his hands in shock. He wasn't sure how it did all that and wondered what else it could do. Despite the advanced look of the device, the miner could make out telltale signs of rust and a broken wires. Even though Steve had no clue as to how it worked, Notch's message said it all. The god couldn't reach or find his younger brother; which could mean that Herobrine being turned mortal severed a link they had.
Gathering all the devices in his arms, the miner quickly made his way back into the extra room.
Herobrine stared out the window next to his bed; the sun was high in the sky now. Carefully, he broke off another piece of bread, not really finding it all that filling but it kept his body quiet and that was at least something. He could not quite place the mood he was in but it was not happy but leaned more to sadness, yet he didn't feel the need to cry anymore much to his relief. Keeping his gaze out the window the warrior noticed snow starting to gently fall to the earth as clouds rolled in.
"That is right." Herobrine's voice was quiet, not wishing for the miner to hear him talking to himself. "Last time I was here, the signs of winter were showing them selves." Despite the window being closed, the former demi-god could still feel a cold breeze through the glass. He wrapped his arms around himself and backed away from the window. "Yes, winter is definitely coming and it will be a cold one." Suddenly the snow started falling faster and the sky darkened, the warrior wrapped a blanket around himself to shield his body from the warmth-stealing window as he peered out of it with worry. "Yet it seems too early for a storm to hit."
Suddenly he heard the door to the room creek open and emerald eyes where on Steve with in seconds. The miner laid the devices down in front of the warrior and Herobrine recognized them as the things the endermen made him bring. He looked back up at Steve and waited for the other to explain.
Taking a deep breath, Steve started explaining himself. "One of theses' was beeping and I went to check it out what was making the noise and found them." He looked at the warrior expecting to find the other glaring at him for going through his bag, but all the miner saw was a curious look in the former demi-god's green eyes. "Your brother was sending a message through one of them or something, but it was all broken up, and then it just died."
Herobrine's eyes widened when he heard the part about his brother and his hand went straight for the device that had played the message. "Notch." He whispered lightly as he pressed at the buttons located on the device, only for it to send a volley of sparks at him, burning his fingers. "Ow!" The former demi-god dropped the device and put his injured fingers in to his mouth. "Stupid hunk of junk."
Steve tried hard not to chuckle as he watch the warrior suck on his burned fingers, not wanting to let the other know he had given into another human trait. Instead, he turned his attention back to the devices. "What are these things?"
"Scrap metal!" The former demon growled, his fingers still near his lips. "They are ancient technology from the Aether. Made so that gods could keep track of those of us on the overworld and feed them information to complete missions for them." The warrior explained with a sigh, finally removing his hand from his mouth. "They have other uses as well, but they went out of use long before I was even around. I only own one because my brother was worried that I would run into trouble, they have been broken for years."
"Your brother sounded really worried about you." Steve stated and noticed that the other's mood seemed to fall. "Ah..." Steve bit his lip trying to think of something to change the subject, but noticed the sudden snow outside. "Whoa! When did it start snowing!" It really was coming down hard.
With a sigh, Herobrine glanced back at the window and pulled the blanket closer around himself. "Yes. It has been doing that for a while now." If being human was not bad enough, but it also had to be snowing, why did the universe hate him at the moment. "Were you not smelting ore?" He wasn't trying to be rude, but he just wanted to be left alone at the moment.
"Ah, right." Steve backed up to the door; he would have rather stayed but he wasn't going to push, not if the other wished to be alone. "I'll just be out in the kitchen."
Herobrine turned completely away from the miner and picked up the device again. He didn't even have a clue as to how to fix it; but if he could just get it working, then it was possible to let his brother know what happened and that he was okay for know. As he heard Steve leave the room the warrior sighed, "Brother, I am here... please find me."
Suddenly he could a feel a strange itching sensation on his back. Reaching back he tried to scratch it only to find that his arms were not long enough. "Eh... damn it. Why is it possible to have an itch in a place that it is impossible to scratch?" He continued to try only to find it didn't work. Falling back on the bed, he let out a small whining sound. "Why does the universe hate me?"
A/n: looks like herobrine isn't taking to being human very well, and could a worried Notch could mean trouble for everyone else. proofread by AngelWingz66