Chapter 12
The sound of plates and forks clinking together filled the air of the small cafe the three found themselves in. Steve had eaten a small sandwich and was waiting for Ridan to finish, Hero having been the first to finish before anyone. They had arrived at Tekkit city a few hours ago, and Ridan, keeping to his word set them up with a room at a hotel. Herobrine had complained quietly to Steve about the beds being so close together; but the miner quickly solved the problem by taking the bed in the middle. They dropped their stuff off before they were dragged off to a nearby cafe by the slayer.
"The food here is some of the best I ever had." Ridan smiled as he finished his steak dinner. He quickly pushed his plate away and raised his hand, signaling to the waiter for the check. The slayer nudged Hero playfully with a big grin on his face. "How about you? You finished first so you must have really enjoyed it right?"
"The food was fine." The warrior rolled his eyes, 'fine' was an overstatement as far as he was concerned; having eaten with the gods, he had tasted way better but he couldn't bring himself to say the food was bad; also having been forced to eat zombie flesh and drink spider venom. So 'fine' was about the nicest thing he could say at the moment. "And the reason I finished before you is because I ordered something small unlike you did."
Ridan chuckled and looked over at the miner. "What about you? How was your sandwich?"
"Pretty good." Steve smiled leaning back as the waiter came and took their plates, and left the bill in their place. "It was a little too fancy for my taste." The miner picked up the bill and looked it over, wondering how much a sandwich like that cost. "Whoa, yep it was defiantly too fancy for me. Never having that again, not at this price."
Hero snatched the bill from Steve's hand and looked at the charge for his own meal. "Really, they want five emeralds for a simple one piece of breaded fish and cut potatoes?" The warrior rolled his eyes and set the bill in front of Ridan. "I could have made the same thing at home for less."
The slayer ruffled the warrior's hair and picked up the bill. "Well some one else cooked it, so you wouldn't have to." Ridan chuckled as his hand was violently knocked away from the warrior's head. "Besides mine was the one that cost the most, and don't forget I'm the one who's paying." He stood and walked away to pay the bill.
Steve stood up started to get ready to go. "I guess he's right. Might as well enjoy it." He pulled his coat on waited for the former demi-god to stand as well.
"I guess." Hero sighed as he stood up, pulling his jacket on over his bear sweater. The hood was still up casting a dark shadow over Herobrine's face, though the sweater itself was cute it did little to contain the wearers intimidating look. Ridan had asked throughout the day why the warrior was wearing the hood up on his swear, but each time the question went unanswered. Hero had gotten quite a few odd glances both on the street and in the cafe, but they quickly stopped when Hero stared right back at them.
Once the slayer walked back to the table, the three headed back to the hotel to figure out what they would do from there. Ridan smiled as he explained that he needed to go catch up with Luna and Dawn, this left Hero and Steve alone. The two walked inside the hotel lobby, glancing around at everything around them. It was night and the moon was almost full, so much of the costumers were coming in and heading to their rooms.
Hero glanced around spotting one of the girls at the desk that still looked like she rather be doing something else; he remembered her well from when they came to check in, having almost stabbed the room key through Ridan's hand. The former demi-god was pretty sure her nametag read Raven.
The two made their way to the stairs that led to their room, planning on walking. Steve had made it quite clear when they had first come here that he didn't trust the elevator that Ridan had made them take, the miner a stated that it was dangerous and unpredictable. Hero had found this amusing, seeing as how he and the miner and he had jumped from the Aether to the Overworld without a parachute; but then again, the former demi-god did find the small metal box they were shoved into a little unnerving. But he simply thought that it was simply a human thing, they did have elevators in the Aether, and they were just more open.
Their room was on the fifth floor, so the climb was rather short. Or at least it seemed sort to the former demi-god. Walking up the stairs had tired him out but it seemed to pass quickly, having normally climbed thirty floors in his own house just to get to his own room helped. Steve pulled the keys out of his pocket as they reached the room and unlocked the door. The first thing the miner did was flop down on the middle bed and made him self comfortable.
"Where are you going?" Steve asked noticing that Herobrine didn't follow his lead.
"I am taking a shower." Was the only answer he got as the former demi-god entered the bathroom with his bag.
"Okay," was all Herobrine heard before he closed the door behind him.
The warrior undressed himself as he turned the water on, quickly he climbed in and felt relaxed as the hot water poured over him. This was defiantly something he missed about being at his own home. All the dirt and grime he felt that might of acuminated over the passed few days all washed away. He had been tempted to hook one up at Steve's house but the miner's home was too small for him to run the needed red stone wiring. As he slowly placed his face into the water, he looked down at his bandage covered right hand, holding it out of the water's stream. A hot shower wasn't the only thing he was missing right now.
He could remember when all he had to do was will for his hand to catch a flame; he remembered the feeling power flowing through his very veins, and now what did he have? That witch would, with or with out powers she would pay, even if he had to strangle her with his own hands. The warrior sighed and closed his eyes as he once again tried to will flames to appear on his right hand, only to laugh at himself for even trying. That was, until a light smoke mixed in with the steam the hot water made.
Hero slowly opened his eyes as he noticed the change in the air, "Ah!" Upon seeming his hand, instinct took over and he pulled it in to the water in order to put out the flames that had appeared on his hand. His heart pounded in his chest as he stared at his hand. How had that happened? His green eyes moved to focus on the bandages that wrapped around his hand. They were meant to stop the wither effect on his wrist and palm from spreading up, but maybe it also stopped the curse from spreading down.
There was a knock on the door that made Hero jump out of his skin. "Hey! You alright in there?" Steve's voice came through the door; the warrior remembered that he had let a yell out when he seen his hand catch flame. The miner must have heard him.
"Yes. I am fine." He called back trying to think up a reason for the scream. "I thought I was going to slip but I am fine, now." He rolled his eyes, not even believing his own story.
"Alright." He heard the miner move away from the door.
Herobrine looked back to his hand and tried again, he focused hard but nothing happened. With a sigh, he slowly turned off the shower, finding it less enjoyable now that he had been in it longer then seven minutes. "I guess it was just a fluke." The former demi-god sighed as he got out of the shower and pulled a towel around his waist and started to dry off. Once dried, he changed into some loose fitting nightclothes and walked out of the bathroom, flopping on to his bed.
"Everything right?" Steve asked, when he seen the former demi-god flop onto the bed, hair still wet from the shower. He was a little worried that the warrior seemed to be a little down. He placed his book down and turned to face Herobrine in the bed next to his.
"I am..." sigh "Fine." There was nothing convincing about the warrior's voice yet the miner shrugged it off thinking that just Herobrine still not use to being human. He would try to ask more about it later, but at the moment the former demi-god didn't seem to want to talk about it. So, he picked up his book and started reading again.
The next day they woke up to find Ridan passed out on the only other bed in the room. Herobrine had suggested they ditch him in order to get their stuff done sooner, but Steve shook his head saying that they should wake the slayer up. Once the slayer had woken up, they found themselves dragged once again to a small restaurant to have breakfast. Once all that had been taken care of Steve led the group to the house of the person who had put in the order for red stone. The man was delighted that they got there was they did, saying that they were 'just in time.' It turned out that his quarries and broken down and he didn't have any red stone left to build more. He even was willing to bye Steve's gold ore as well.
Once their business was done Ridan dragged the two 'brothers' off again, insisting that there was a game that the two would just love. The name of the game made Hero plant his face into his hands, though Ridan wasn't sure as to why. The game was call 'the Herobrine' where one person was Herobrine and had to take down everyone else, while everyone else tried to take you down; when you where declared dead you were ported to a observation deck to watch everyone else.
The game proved to be better then what Steve and Hero thought it would be, even if it was just the three of them. Hero epically liked it when he got to play himself, he had more fun chasing down Ridan and playing his old tormenting games on the slayer. It even wasn't so bad being one of the survivors; choosing some of his favorite classes to hunt down Ridan or Steve, changing the hunted into the hunter.
Once the game was over Herobrine separated himself from Steve and Ridan, only telling Steve, to explore the city on his own.
The city was big but the former demi-god did his best to remember the way back to the hotel. As he walked, many venders tried to sell him different things but seeing as he had no money him, he declined. As he walked he felt like he was being followed. He glanced behind him but saw that there were to many people around to tell if he was being followed or not. The warrior quickened his set and took many sharp turns but he couldn't shake his follower. Finally he reached an alleyway completely out of breath, but he could feel that he was no longer being chased. With a sigh of relief, he started to walk away only for a hand to reach out from the darkness to reach out and pull him into darkness of the alleyway.
A/n: just a filler chapter. there is a lot more action in the next chapter. so who is the mysterious man that just dragged Herobrine away, will Steve and Ridan have to save the former demi-god? proofread by AngelWingz66
