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Herobrine was asleep.
He'd fought it for a long time, for what reason Steve wasn't sure. Eventually, he'd passed out on his shoulder, body rattling with each breath that filled his lungs. Steve held as still as he could. He knew how easy he was to wake.
It had been about an hour since the golem had come, to his calculations, although it was very hard to keep track of time in the stillness of this world. That meant maybe two hours since he had arrived, it had taken another hour just to find Herobrine - and avoid the hulking monster that stalked the halls. Luckily for him, it didn't appear to be very observant. Kind of a bad trait for a guard to have.
Letting out a slow breath, he slipped an arm around Herobrine and hugged him to his chest. His counterpart didn't move except to let his head droop a bit more onto his shoulder, and Steve smiled. Hopefully Notch would come for them soon, and Herobrine could rest for a while longer.
He had told him about Notch's plan before he fell asleep - to break out when the moment arose. Herobrine didn't seem too convinced that it would work, but had agreed to try. He'd told him about the other plans, too, so he knew that one way or another they were getting out. The only question was when.
Lowering his head, Steve tucked his chin against Herobrine's forehead and closed his eyes. He may as well get some rest too.
9/29/19
A second entity has appeared in the subject's server. It immediately made its way to the subject and attempted to communicate with it, to which it gave a positive response. The second entity appeared to be trying to comfort the first via physical contact. Subject HB responded well to this.
The automated guard came across the second entity, and attacked, causing an outburst from subject HB. The subject attacked the guard and forced it to retreat, locking both inside. The second entity showed similar responses to the attacks as the first. Further testing must be completed to find out the extent of the similarities between them, as well as its origin.
"Plan A didn't work."
"That's what I thought." Caden sighed, resting his chin in his hand. "They're… not good people."
"Undoubtedly." Notch's voice was quiet, but not… malicious, for once. "Our next move?"
"Steve- we can assume Steve's found Herobrine. Or, at least, we can hope." The teen tugged at the ends of his hair. It was getting long again. "We need to find some way to signal them, create a passage back here for them to take. Or-" He mimed throwing out a line. "Try and hook them in, so to speak."
"Would that work?"
"I wish I knew." The line went silent. Caden tapped a key, then watched as a window began to fill out with strings of numbers and letters. On the other end, he could hear Notch typing too, but neither of them spoke. He wondered if he should end the call.
"Notch," He said at last. "I want- wanted to say sorry." A brief pause.
"I believe you have already."
"Really apologize." Caden continued, words tumbling out despite Notch's warning tone. "What I did- I didn't- understand. Not that that's any excuse, but I- I'm sorry." He finished lamely. Notch didn't respond for a few, long moments.
"It's not really me you need to apologize to, is it?" He finally replied, his voice rumbling through his headset.
"I guess not." Caden raked his fingers through his hair again, not sure what to say.
Neither of them spoke for a while.
Steve startled awake to bright lights in his face.
Bracing a hand on the ground, he shoved himself up, blinking as he examined his surroundings. He was in a white room, with a single exit on the far side. He was alone.
"Herobrine?" He called out, scrambling upright. No response. Even his own voice felt muted, as though spoken into heavy fabric. Turning around once more, he headed for the door, the only way out.
[Solve the maze]
