Chapter 24: Worlds Collide
Dodging the blows that Herobrine was rapidly unleashing forth upon Steve, he was having difficulty blocking each and every one of Herobrine's sporadic attempts to hit him. "They don't belong here, brother! They belong in their own world! Why don't you understand this!?" Steve yelled as he expertly deterred each and every equally skillful lunge at him.
"Because I believe in the truth! Scarlett belongs with me and only me!"
"She's from her own world! Don't you get it? It was doomed from the start! You can't have her! She has a life outside our world!"
"Nonsense! Says the one that fell for Red's brat sister." Herobrine and Steve backed off and began circling each other like two caged animals fighting for their right to be the alpha-male. Steve winced at his words and shook his head with a sad frown.
"So what if I did? I understand that she belongs in her world and not here! At least I have respect for the ones I love." Steve argued back which only made Herobrine laugh mockingly.
"Oh how noble of you, Steve! Unfortunately, we cannot all be as noble as you are. I respect my dear Scarlett but also know that she belongs here. She hates her mundane life back in her world. I know from watching her for as long as I have. She's bored with it and wished to live here before even knowing about me. I only want to give her what she and I both want." Herobrine said as Steve glared him back with hate filled eyes.
"That doesn't give you any right to decide if she belongs here or not! The only reason you want her anyways is to parade her around like some kind of show pony! She's not just some trophy! She's a woman with a life outside here, not here in Minecraftia! You've already done enough by tainting her with that black magic!"
"You are so ignorant. You don't know how I feel for Red. Yes, I do love to show her off but that is what any true Queen deserves. For their overall greatness to be shown to the world and her beauty envied by all. Perhaps, you are just jealous that I have such a delectable Queen all to myself." Herobrine chuckled in amusement as Steve shook his head and paused from circling around, being completely unaware that he was falling right into a trap.
"I am not jealous! I love Sapphire! … I-I mean-"
"Oh? So you 'love' her now do you? Large step from acting so elementary about it earlier ago." Herobrine smirked and was enjoying the fact he had Steve right where he wanted him. He was completely flustered, distracted, and best of all Hero was able to walk himself right up to the portal room's door without him taking notice.
Steve blushed furiously and was pissed off how Herobrine was always able to toy with his emotions so easily. He felt like a puppet being held together by strings and Herobrine was the one doing the pulling. "So what if I love her!? It doesn't make a difference! She isn't here anymore…" Steve's lively spirit dwindled at the end of his words. Each and every day he found himself missing Blue more and more and just when he thought time would make it easier on him. It was only playing him cruelly.
"No and thank goodness she isn't because the only one who needs to be here is her younger sister. Now as much as this has been fun chatting with you, brother. I really ought' to be going, my patience is running thin."
"What?! You're not going anywhere-" Steve was interrupted as he was thrown back by Herobrine's telekinesis. Flying back Steve flew back into a tree and made a loud 'oomph' noise as he fell down onto the grass roughly. Herobrine shook his head and chuckled again.
"Your attempts are so pitiful. Nice try, Steve." Turning to the door, Herobrine waved his hand farewell and then began walking through the door and into the portal room. Steve grumbled under his breath and knew he had to force himself up or Hero would be through that portal really soon. Pulling himself up as quickly as possible, he bolted forwards and slammed the door open. Herobrine was standing in the middle of the room and staring at the portal before glancing back at Steve. "You are persistent as always."
"You're not going through there!" Steve tried running forward to grab onto him but Herobrine slashed his right sword suddenly and made a large gash across his hand. Steve shrieked in pain and pulled back his injured hand that was now excessively bleeding and running down his arm.
"Idiot." Herobrine muttered darkly and with one swoosh of his hand, he slammed Steve against the brick wall and then began running into the portal. Leaving Steve down on the wooden planked ground, moaning in agony at the laceration on his hand and the fact he was being thrown around like a rag-doll by Herobrine.
"Y-you're not going to w-win…" Steve grumbled and tried pulling himself back up, trying his best to ignore the insufferable pain that was racking throughout his whole body. Steve stumbled up and began clumsily making his ways towards the portal's entrance that Herobrine had successfully went through.
Red had gone downstairs to watch some stupid sappy chick flick movie with horrible acting that Blue was watching on Netflix. Oh how far had so fallen to be watching chick flicks and eating a tub full of strawberry ice cream on top of it. It almost seemed to painfully clique to her. "Ugh, why am I watching this again?"
"We always watch what you want. This movie is cute."
"Yeah, hardly. More like gag worthy." Red grumbled as she held the spoon in her mouth and began absent-mindedly twirling it in her mouth. Sighing in boredom, Red was falling asleep next to Blue, who was so absorbed in her film the two didn't notice the presence that was somewhere inside their home.
"Why don't you just go to bed then? Its late anyways." Blue inquired as she briefly glanced at her little sister. Red nodded and gladly got up from the couch and put her bowl and spoon into the sink in the kitchen while putting the rest of the ice cream back in the freezer. Strolling back upstairs, she sighed and looked around her room. Nothing unordinary, so why was she suddenly feeling paranoid? Red shrugged to herself and began taking off her polo shirt and down to her black lacy bra. She was about to pull her short khakis off but was interrupted when she felt two strong arms pull her into an embrace from behind. Red panicked and was about to struggle away and scream but stopped when she heard the deep rich familiar voice speak up.
"You're so beautiful…" The voice murmured and soon she felt warm lips planting soft possessive kisses trailing up her neck. Red was relishing in the kisses but she wasn't so certain what was going on. Forcing to turn herself around in the man's arms. She found herself staring up into the flaming white eyes of Herobrine.
"H-Hero!?" She almost screamed but was quickly silenced when he put a hand to her mouth to muffle her.
"Shh, love. It's me but I don't have much time to explain. Come with me and I will take you back home." Taking his hand away he replaced it as he leaned forwards and placed a kiss onto her lips and savored every touch, taste, and feeling he got from having his Little Red back in his arms.
"How are you?! A-Am I dreaming? I thought you were dead!"
"Now, I thought you would have a little more faith in me than that, Scarlett. I don't have time to explain. It is only a matter of time until he-" Herobrine was cut off as his younger twin materialized from Red's laptop and with his diamond sword out and ready in the hand that wasn't bleeding badly.
Red gasped and quickly grabbed and put her shirt back on as she looked from Herobrine and over to Steve in shock. "W-what is going on!?" She uttered and swiftly hid behind Herobrine from Steve.
"Get away from her, Hero!" Steve shouted and was still a bleeding mess with his hand, he was also pretty cut up from the wounds he had gotten from being thrown around by Hero's telekinesis.
"Steve!?" Red blubbered out with a look of confusion clearly across her face.
Steve looked over to Red with worried filled eyes, "Stay away from him, Red!"
Red narrowed her eyes at Steve and shook her head firmly, "Not on your life, punk! I finally have him back and I'm not going to lose him again. I have no idea what's going on but I know that much!" Red retorted with a heated glare. Steve sighed and pointed his sword at Hero.
"Leave her be and lets go back to Minecraftia. These girls have been put through enough by us."
"As Scarlett said, 'not on your life'." Herobrine replied and smirked as his eyes flashed and he send Steve flying back and hitting harshly against the wall in Red's room. Steve could only shout in pain and fight against the hold that Herobrine had on him. "You're too weak brother. Now that I have my Queen back. I will be returning with her to Minecraftia, where she belongs with me." Herobrine boasted as he eyed Steve who was now laying on the ground and weakly trying to pull himself back up from the collision with the wall.
"You're going to take me back?" Red brought up with hope filling her eyes as she glanced from Steve and over at Herobrine. Hero looked to Red and brushed some stray red hair from her face affectionately while smiling at her and nodding.
"Yes, I am. I had some… drawl backs… but I'm here for you now. I apologize for my delay." Herobrine told her and was still smiling. Red blushed and wanted nothing more than to just embrace him and shower him with kisses but Red was not going to have a repeat of last time. Steve was still there and he had a dangerous sword in his hand and was defiantly not going to keep holding back for much longer. It wasn't until the door slammed open when Blue came rushing in with a look of worry that went quickly to one of horror.
"Oh my God…" Blue uttered out as she stared at the Minecraftian brothers in Red's bedroom.
"Blue!" Steve shouted out and finally found the willpower in him to stand up from seeing the one woman he accidentally fell for and missed with all his heart run into the room.
"Steve? … Herobrine!? What the hell is going on!? And y-you're bleeding, Steve!" Blue put her hands to her mouth and went to rush over to Steve. Blue grabbed onto Steve's arm and analyzed his severely injured hand. "This is awful, Steve! What is going on!? How is he still alive!?" Blue shot a look back at Herobrine, who was standing there with Red still at his side. He looked like he was getting impatient from Steve and Blue's interference once again.
"Don't worry about it, Sapphire. I'm better now that you're here." Steve said with his best reassuring smile, "Unfortunately, Herobrine is not dead. He somehow is still here and he's planning on kidnapping your sister again. He slaughtered all of my Father's men that were guarding the portal. Now he's here and I'm the only one left to stop him."
Herobrine scoffed and shook his head, "Stop me? Your odds are looking rather bleak, little brother. Why don't you give up here before I really do kill you? You're beginning to really aggravate me, like a little fly buzzing around my head. Weak but persistent and highly annoying." Herobrine threatened with a glare of his white wispy eyes.
"I won't let you take Red away from her home! She belongs here in her world!"
"Why don't you people just let me have what I want!? I don't need to be saved for God's sake! I want to be with Hero!" Red butted in with her temper flaring that they were once again telling her what to do and where she belonged.
"Red!" Blue shouted in disbelief. It appeared even during these two weeks together, she still was not above Herobrine. It pained her inside and she wanted nothing but to take Steve's sword and finish Herobrine off but for real this time!
"Blue! You know this is what I want! Remember when you said I should learn to let go? Well that applies to you also! Let go of me! This is what I want!"
"I-I can't do that! Step away from him, Red!"
"No! I love him more than anything and you know very well the other newer reason why I must stay…" Red said and hinted at her pregnancy to her sister. Blue shrunk back at that and frowned as she now was battling in her mind. She has a baby that would be better off with a Father in it's life, but giving Red up to a monster like Herobrine, it just didn't seem right!
"Newer reason?" Herobrine questioned curiously with the raise of his eyebrow. Red blushed furiously and shook her head vigorously at his inquiry.
"… Now is really not a good time. I-I'll tell you later."
"There won't be a later!" Steve suddenly shouted and charged at Herobrine as he finally had enough. Herobrine growled under his breath and clashed swords with Steve. Red gasped and backed away ever so slightly since Herobrine was clashing swords with his pest of a brother again.
"Must I slash both of your hands so you stop these pitiful attempts to attack me? I am beyond your level, Steve. You don't even have magic to protect yourself and without that you will never come close to beating me, because I will always have that over you." Herobrine brought out his hand with his sword and began choking his brother. Blue gasped and ran forwards and was about to shove off Herobrine, but Hero wasn't unsuspecting this time. Using his other free hand he paralyzed Blue and then threw her over harshly onto Red's bed with his power. Blue's head hit against the backboard of Red's bed and she cried out in pain while seeing stars momentarily. Red looked nervous to see her sister being thrown around by Herobrine but she made no notion to stop him.
"Hero, let's go before they do something worse." Red brought up as she watched her disoriented older sister on her bed and Steve wrestling with the magic that was choking him up like that of the 'force' from Star Wars.
"Indeed, this is hardly a place to fight, anyway." Herobrine smirked and with his telekinesis he brought Steve up into the air and threw him onto Blue on the bed. Steve yelled in shock as he was flung right on top of Blue by force. Blue yelped at the sudden weight on her and blushed furiously when she saw Steve on top of her. "Have fun you two." Herobrine laughed at them and took Red into an embrace and suddenly disappeared with her in his arms.
Blue and Steve both panicking from being on each other, they threw themselves off and both were blushing immensely. "I-I'm sorry!" Steve apologized as he pulled himself off of Blue and backed himself away from her to the side of the bed opposite of her. Blue rubbed her sore head and sat up in a sitting position where she was at while still blushing heatedly.
"I-It's okay. Its not your fault." She said and looked at Steve looking at her with concern.
"Are you okay!? Did he hurt you!?"
Blue shook her head and glared him, "I should be asking you that! You're bleeding terribly still! You have to fix yourself up, Steve." Blue reached out and took his injured hand into her own gently.
"I-I can't I have to go stop Herobrine.. I-I-" Steve stopped rambling when he caught himself too infixed watching Blue's pretty light blue eyes inspecting his wounds with care.
"They already got away, Steve. You're more important to me right now. Just let me fix you up." Blue grazed her hands across his arms, making goosebumps appear on Steve's skin from the contact.
His own azure blue colored eyes widen, "But what about your sister, Sapphire?"
"I know… She'll be fine. You won't be though if you keep losing blood. I care about my sister dearly, but chasing after her right now is not going to make a difference with Herobrine just flinging you around with his magic. Let me tend to your wounds then we can go after them." Blue let go of his hand and stood up, "Let me go get my first-aid. I'll be back. Just please wait… I need to talk to you too. Its important." Blue left Steve in nothing but confusion as she walked out of Red's room deafeningly silent, leaving Steve sitting there on the corner of Red's bed to himself.
"… If you say so, Blue. I'll listen. I trust you…" Steve muttered to himself and was disquietly stressing over his older brother's return and once again kidnapping Scarlett Chandler from her own world.
Steve sat there for a couple minutes until Blue came back with her first-aid kit in hand. Sitting back on the bed, she took out the necessary materials she would need to tend to him. Steve watched her take a warm damp towel she had also brought in and begin to take his impaired hand and put pressure down on his wound. Steve winced from the sharp pain from just the contact alone as Blue began cleaning off some of the blood before taking a bottle of hydrogen peroxide into her hands and began drenching it with a piece of cotton.
"You seem calmer about letting your sister go this time." Steve brought up as she began to take the wet cotton ball and was about to dab at Steve's deep laceration on his hand.
"It's not something I want… but right now your life is more important to me than setting off on another possibly deadly goose-chase for Little Red. As much as I hate that man, I don't feel like he will harm her. She'll be fine for now." Blue answered with a rather dry emotionless voice, "This will sting." She added and without another word, she began dabbing at his wounds. Steve not at all ready for that, he hissed through his teeth in pain at the stinging sensation.
"O-Ow! T-that really hurts!"
"I'm sorry…" Blue muttered and carefully cleansed his wound with the hydrogen peroxide's liquid.
Steve nodded and tried to toughen it out but it was proving a little difficult. It probably hurt more now than it actually did when he received the blow, ironically. "S-so uhm what did you need to tell me? Are you okay, Blue? … Um, I just want to say that I really missed you since you've been gone. I couldn't stop worrying about you.. and Red." Steve tried talking to get his mind off of the stinging pain as Blue was extremely precise to make sure she got everything before going on to taking out an antibacterial cream.
Sighing sadly, she took a cotton swab and began squeezing the white cream onto the swab and then spreading the ointment onto where she was working on his hand. "I couldn't stop thinking about you either, I missed you a lot as well. As for Red, she hasn't been herself the past two weeks. She acts like an empty husk of the person she used to be. She used to be so fiery, funny, and full of life but now she just mopes around and hardly speaks to me. She really is in love with your brother. That much I have realized…" Blue said dishearteningly as she finished up rubbing the ointment in, she then pulled out her gauze and stripped bandages from the first-aid kit.
Steve looked dispirited by this claim and sighed, though he was sorta happy Blue had thought of him while they two were apart. The situation was too serious right now to relish on it but it was still a nice passing thought to be on her mind. "I'm sorry, it must be very stressful on you to deal with your little sister pushing away from you so much. She really is ungrateful. She has such a loving amazing sister that she takes for granted. Its unfair to you." Steve said seriously to Blue, who was painfully silent as he talked to her.
Blue unfolding the gauze into her hands, frowned sadly, "She's just confused… She's never had a male role-model in her life to take charge. Our family wasn't around to take care of us. That's one of the reasons why we are so close, we have to fend for each other through the good and bad. I think Hero might just be that replacement male figure that she never had before. Its new and exciting to her and something she missed out on and is now going down the wrong direction with. I don't know how to dissuade her. She seems so adamant about all of this. I don't know how to change her mind, no matter what I try and do." Blue told him with her soft-spoken voice that was calm but deep down she was despairing. Placing the gauze on top his clean wound, she took the strips of the bandage and began wrapping it around his hand firmly.
Steve watched her expertly bandage his hand as he stayed quiet for a moment in thought before replying back to her, "I don't know but you must try, Sapphire. Herobrine is far from a good role-model for her. He doesn't deserve the love of your sister. I also know you want your sister back more than anything and I plan on stopping at nothing to stop my brother and bring back Red to you."
"That's very kind of you but she doesn't want to be saved… and I'm not so sure I should keep chasing after her." Sapphire finished up her bandaging that she was talented with considering she was a nurse in training. Steve looked shocked at her words and shook his head quickly.
"Blue, don't give up! She's your sister!"
"I'm not giving up on her, I just want her to be happy and obviously she isn't happy with me anymore… I just want her to stop resenting me." Blue responded and fought with all her power to fight the urge to begin crying. Rubbing at her eyes, her eyes were brimming with tears. Steve frowned and shook his head again.
"If she isn't happy with you than she is crazy. She's so lucky she gets to be with someone like you. I wish I could take her place!" Steve cut himself off and blushed furiously at his own overly affectionate words. Blue couldn't stop the flow of tears that streamed down her face as she looked at Steve with wide eyes at his words.
"You.. You would do that?"
Steve nervously gulped and nodded and glanced at his newly bandaged hand. He looked back into her icy blue eyes and placed his other hand onto her shoulder softly, "I would." He replied simply with a soft smile. Blue shuddered and soon the calm and always collected wall she had up came crashing down around her. The tears poured down her face as she bounded forwards on the bed and embraced Steve into a tight hug. Steve gasped and glanced down at Blue as she buried her face into his chest and began releasing her pent up worries and sobbing like a child.
"Th-thank you! I wish Red saw things like you do! You're just too kind to me, Steve… A-and I'm a terrible sister! Red hates me a-and I don't know what to do! I-I'm always expected to know what to d-do and I just d-don't! What do I do, Steve!?" Blubbering into his chest and dampening his light aqua blue shirt with her tears. Steve wrapped his arms protectively around Blue and held her close to him.
"Shhh, it's okay, Blue. You're certainly not a terrible sister. Red is being a terrible sister for not seeing how much you care about her and want her to come back home. You are doing everything you can. You are doing everything in your power and that's very benevolent of you. Many others wouldn't do this for their sibling." Steve comfortingly told her in a soothing quiet tone of voice.
"I-I just don't feel like I'm doing e-enough! I don't want Red to hate me! I love Red so much! B-but I just want my Scarlett back! That man stole more than Scarlett away from me that day he kidnapped her! I-I miss my Little Red! I miss her so much!" Blue mourned as Steve began rubbing circles on her back as she confided to him during her much needed breakdown.
"Shh, it's okay. I'm here. Red doesn't hate you, no matter how much she pushes away from you. She loves you but is just not showing it very well." Steve told her and finally pulled her back to look her in the eyes. The two stared at each other for a moment before Steve used his thumb to brush a tear away from Blue's eyes. "I'm here for you.."
"I love you…" Sapphire suddenly said and then kissed Steve right on his mouth without hesitation. Steve's eyes widen briefly but fluttered closed as soon as he could catch onto what was happening.
"I love you too." Steve spoke breathlessly into the kiss. Blue kissed him much more rough and desperately as Steve brought her in even closer and began exploring her mouth for the first time. He loved every touch, every sensation, every feeling he was experiencing with Sapphire. The two began enraptured in each other and kissed until the two could no longer breath and had to pull apart.
"Stay with me… Just for a while."
"I'm here for you. Just relax." Kissing her forehead, Steve laid next to Blue on Red's bed. Blue brought her face back into his chest and she continued to cry with so many different mixed emotions. Steve did the only thing he could and held her close to him as he whispered sweet-nothings to her. "Shhh, Sapphire. Calm down, I'm here. Just relax."
The two became silent for a seemingly long period of time. Steve eventually thought that Blue had drifted off to sleep from how quiet she had gotten. He was surprised when she looked up from his chest and into his eyes seriously, "I haven't even told you the actual reason I wanted to talk to you."
Steve furrowed his brows in confusion. "What is it?"
Blue stared at him with worried filled eyes and with a deep breath, she finally conceded.
"Scarlett is pregnant…"