Chapter 26: Mission Impossible

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Steve and Blue rested for a day at one of the many smaller bases for the Rebels that resided around in different places around Minecraftia. They decided they must stay away from Notch for the time, being as they didn't want him finding out about Sapphire's return to Minecraftia, especially Red's. Blue and Steve were getting ready to leave for the Nether in a portal that was connected to the base they were in. "We better have something we can use as a weapon in case things go sour." Blue brought up as Steve was bent over and going through a hefty wooden chest full of different varying objects.

Steve nodded and stood up closing the chest before brushing his hands off. "Yeah that sounds like a good idea. We're going to have to manage with something small though, small enough to hide."

"We can hide those daggers over there." Blue replied and pointed to a weapon's rack in the corner of the weapons and storage room they were in. Steve glanced over to where she was pointing and made a thoughtful expression before nodding agreeably.

"They look small enough. I can hide them in a scabbard under my shirt. I doubt my brother will bother to check us that closely. He'll be too thrilled having us in his custody. We just need to make sure we aren't too obvious about 'wanting' to be captured. My brother certainly isn't dumb by any means. He'll figure out that we're up to something."

Blue nodded and looked down as she pondered on what to do. "We should still take swords but swords that we will be fine with handing over. We will just have to put up some acting like we're going to attack but in the end let Hero think he won."

"I don't think that will be hard for Hero. He is rather full of himself, even when we we're kids he was always so arrogant." Steve shook his head with a sigh and walked over towards the rack to grab the two small iron daggers that weren't that unique looking but rather plain. Blue furrowed her brows at this and looked at him curiously as he turned around to look at Blue with the daggers in hand.

"You two knew each other as kids?"

"Well, of course we did. We grew up together as brothers. That was before he got older and changed on us. He didn't always use to be so evil, well his intentions weren't to overtake my Father at a time." Steve explained and began heading over to a different chest that was full of different types of leather scabbards. Scavenging through the chest, Blue looked surprised at the thought of Herobrine being around Steve and the others and not always so anxious to spill their blood. Herobrine seemed nothing short of an evil monster and to think he might have been 'normal' was strange.

"What was he like? I mean before he turned into the person he is now." Blue asked with interest as Steve grabbed a small leather scabbard that would hold and hide the two daggers under his shirt. Steve stood back up from the chest and closed it before once again looking back at Blue. He made a troubled look at the memory of his past experience with Herobrine when they were younger. Steve looked down to the oak wooden floor and shook his head as he replied to Sapphire's question.

"He was… He was a bit of a lone wolf back then. Father told me he was actually really liked by many before I was born. Notch said that when I was born that something in Herobrine changed drastically. People started liking me more than him and I was gaining much more of my Father's attention. I guess, Hero was jealous of me… He never liked me much but we still had occasions where we got along. I still remember those times really well and I miss them a lot. I wish it didn't turn out the way it had. I wish Hero would have just accepted me as his brother and we could have been a normal happy family. Things didn't happen that way though. When we were teenagers that was when Hero really started changing for the worse. He suddenly isolated himself away from others, kept up a wall, and even became an unpleasant person to be around. Anyone would think he was just emotional because of his age but that wasn't it. He began to hate me and my Father, especially when Father decided to have me become the next King of Minecraftia and not Herobrine. Herobrine started getting in trouble a lot with my Father, he would purposely do things to bring chaos and harm to others he came across, many times with his expertise in magic. Of course, he would always deny anything he did wrong, that or he would blame it on the very person he wronged. He became really frustrated with our Father when Father began punishing him for the bad things he would do. He one day just seemed to snap, he told Father he was unfit to be King and that he should be King of Minecraftia instead…" Steve trailed off and stared at a wall with a sad frown. Blue couldn't believe what she was hearing and walked closer to Steve.

"Then what happened?"

Steve sighed and gazed back into Sapphire's eyes with a forlorn look. "When Hero was of age he ran away from the castle. We first thought he was just running away to get attention but he never came back. It wasn't until we heard a village that was under my Father's jurisdiction had been mercilessly attacked and left with only one survivor to tell the grim tale of who did such a deed. He described my twin brother in perfect detail, even said his name. Herobrine had turned into a monster and soon began attacking villages left and right, my Father's own men, and even people from your world. With his time away from us he was already skilled in magic from what my Father had taught him when he was younger. He studied further into the arcane by himself but this time began putting his hand into something much darker, the forbidden occult black magic of Minecraftia. This type of magic was outlawed by my Father but Herobrine still managed to hone himself in it. Now he is probably the strongest magic user in our world and went on to take the Nether and all of the dark creatures under his control. He is now how we know him presently. I tried so many times to try and bring back my old brother who would sometimes get along with me but he is long gone. Herobrine cares nothing for anyone other than himself and ruling over Minecraftia. I wouldn't be surprised if Herobrine was just using your sister for some sick reason. I would not put anything too low past my brother. He's a monster and needs to be stopped." Steve paused and took a deep shaky breath.

Blue looked at him sympathetically, "It must be so difficult to lose your big brother and not be able to do anything to change his mind."

Steve shook his head and shrugged, "It's just how it is, unfortunately. At first I dreaded the thought of killing my big brother but now I know it is for the better. My brother will only keep hurting others and keep causing chaos around Minecraftia as long as he lives. He needs to be put down…"

"I understand, don't feel bad Steve. There was nothing you could do to stop it from happening it sounds like. Sometimes, there are just evil people in the world and unfortunately it had to be your brother. Its his own fault for becoming jealous of you and being presumptuous enough to think him better than everyone else. He should have been happy for you and respected you and your position as the next King of Minecraftia."

Steve smiled lightly and extended his hand to brush some of Blue's hair back and behind her ear. "Thank you, Sapphire. I'm glad to have someone who doesn't think I'm terrible brother for what I must do. But now let's get going. Grab one of the iron swords here and we'll go and save your little sister from Herobrine for good this time." Steve said and tried to pick his confidence back up. Blue smiled back at him and nodded enthusiastically.

"Alright, thanks for talking to me about that. I don't mean to bring up bad memories." Blue said as she began walking over to a rack full of plain iron swords with Steve at her side.

Steve grinned and shook his head with an airy wave of his hand, "Don't worry about it, Blue! It actually was nice to talk about it. It's been a long time since I've spoke about it." Steve told her reassuringly as he grabbed two iron swords off the rack, handing one to Blue. Blue nodded in thanks and then began walking with him towards the door to the hallway to head into the portal room. "Are you sure you're ready for this? Its hard to say how this might go…"

"We can do it. Don't you think?"

Steve smiled his trademark goofy smile and took her free hand into his own, "I don't think, I know we can do it!"

Blue smiled back at his refreshing determination and squeezed his hand as the two lovers rushed forward and into the Nether portal that would lead them to the Nether and eventually to Herobrine's Nether Fortress.

Red was back in her sparkly long flowing red dress that had the diamond tiara that glittered brightly in her short hair. She was sitting on a ledge in an archery training room and laughing at two skeletons that were fighting with each other on who could shoot the best. Apparently, the two kept pleading for the Queen's final decision on who was the better. They also kept trying to impress her for her better opinion by showering her in compliments and showing off their awesome 'moves'. Herobrine apparently was busy dealing with something at the moment that he once again didn't bother to tell Red. She wondered what in the world he was always doing when he said he was 'busy'. She decided it really wasn't her business and kept herself pleasantly entertained with his minions who were surprisingly rather humorous or fascinating to interact with.

"Well, as much as I would love to choose one of you. I think you both are great shooters and shouldn't fight over it! Each one of you are unique in your shooting ability!" Red told them and jumped off the ledge she was on with a smile at the two rival skeletons.

"But my sweet dearest Queen! There is nothing unique about HIS shooting. He couldn't even shoot a full sized Magma Cube even if it was right in front of his face!"

"Lies! You should talk! You missed a shot on that one Iron Golem that time we were raiding our last village! They are bloody huge! How could you miss an Iron Golem!?"

The two skeletons deeply glared at each other and soon began yelling loudly at each other, obviously unsatisfied by Red's answer. Red rolled her eyes and chuckled to herself as she left the two to decide on their own. Walking out of the archery training room that was mainly built for the Wither and normal skeletons that resided in the fortress, she went down the hall and felt sorta queasy again. It wasn't as severe as before but every so often she would feel nauseous, the worst of it was probably the cramps she would get. She could only imagine what she would feel like when her tummy would get a bit larger as the months went by. She smiled nevertheless as she laid a hand on her stomach, she wondered if she would have a boy or a girl. 'I wonder what Herobrine would prefer. I should ask him, that is if he ever gets back from being busy.' Red thought to herself with the mental roll of her eyes. He had been gone for what felt like forever.

"Now what to do?" Red questioned herself out loud while watching random varying minions of Herobrine patrol the hallways at random.

"What would you want to do?" A rich deep voice spoke from behind her. Red breathed out a knowing laugh and looked behind her to see Herobrine smirking at her with crossed arms.

"Speak of the devil and he shall appear or should I say white-eyed devil? Where have you been, Mr. busy all the time? I was just supervising a little not so friendly competition between two skeletons. Your henchmen around here can be rather entertaining." Red replied with a half smirk tugging on her red-painted lips.

Herobrine shrugged his shoulders and shook his head, "I apologize. I was busy dealing with my, as you say, 'entraining' henchmen. They need a lot of personal direction on my part or they will always manage to screw something up."

"It's hard being the boss-man, huh?" Red replied and grinned as she went over and grabbed onto his hands gently. Herobrine glanced down briefly at their intertwined hands and then back into her eyes that twinkled with amusement.

"Not really hard as much as it can be frustrating at times." Leaning in he kissed her softly on the lips and smiled warmly at her. "I'm glad I have time to see my Red again. I much prefer being with you then dealing with incompetent idiots."

"Really? Wow, I'm so flattered you prefer me over idiots." Red snickered as he rolled his eyes.

"Of course… But now I do want to speak to you about something. Its very important and I've think I've waited long enough to finally feel like this is the right time."

Red titled her head questionably, "What is it?"

Herobrine smiled and shook his head, "Just come with me and I'll show you. Its a surprise." He let go of one of her hands and put his finger to his lips. Red was absolutely curious now as to what he had planned. She squeezed his hand and looked excited.

"Well? I love surprises! Show me!" She chirped and waited for him to begin leading her, which he did with her hand still in his own. She began trailing behind him as he began walking her in a certain direction.

"Wow, you're not just going to teleport? This must be important." Red teased which produced another eye roll from Herobrine.

"It would be much more anti-climatic if we did it that way." Hero replied in amusement to her with a smirk on his handsome face. Red snickered and gladly followed him through a couple confusing hallways until they were in a section she hadn't been in before. It was a dimmer hallway that eventually led to a circling staircase that went up.

"Ooo, a mysterious staircase. I wonder where it goes~?" Red said and giggled as the two began heading up together. Herobrine only kept smirking but didn't say anything back as they headed up for a rather long time. Red was wishing she wasn't wearing heels today as the staircase seemed to never end. "Okay, maybe you should have just teleported me! How far does this thing go?!" Red whined as they kept walking up.

"Just a little more. You'll live." Herobrine teased her which made her go into a pout as they kept ascending upwards until it finally became flat again. There in front of them was merely a wooden door that led outside. "Come." Herobrine tugged her hand and pulled her through the door as he opened it for her.

Stepping outside the door, Red found herself on the highest tower of the entire fortress. Red wow'd in awe as she went up to the railing and peered off into the distance that showed the rest of the fortress and the far distances of the Nether itself. The wind that breezed through the Nether blew through her short locks of hair. She watched down low where the moat of lava surrounded the entire fortress. It truly was a beautifully haunting sight to see. "This is amazing, Hero! How come you haven't took me up here before?!" Red exclaimed excitedly and turned to look at him curiously with a smile.

Herobrine put his hands on the railing next to her and also looked out into the vast landscape. "I don't ever let anyone else up here… Other than myself…" Herobrine trailed off and glimpsed at Red who was grinning ear to ear as she was sight-seeing all that was around her. "This place is… special to me. I enjoy coming here to think or to get away from it all. Its peaceful here."

"I can see why but why would you show me it if you want to keep it solitary?" Red questioned and turned to finally look at Hero. Herobrine looked into her eyes for a moment and then looked down as he replied.

"You are special to me. It only makes this place more special for you to be here with me… together." Herobrine said and finally looked up at her with a small smile tugging on his lips.

Red smiled back softly and went over to give him a meaningful hug. Herobrine wrapped his arms around her and rested his head on top of her head, he made sure to take in her lovely scent that only could be described as Scarlett. "Thank you for bringing me here." Red said quietly as she hugged him. Herobrine closed his eyes briefly but couldn't help but smile more.

"You're very welcome…"

Red pulled back and looked up at him in the eyes, she didn't get to speak up though as Herobrine spoke before her. "This isn't the only reason I brought you here…" Herobrine said and for once actually was nervous as he placed his right hand into his pocket. Red narrowed her eyes in confusion and titled her head.

"What is it?"

Herobrine tensed up and felt himself actually get so nervous he was finding it hard to proceed. He kept his shaky hand in his pocket and began fumbling around with a black box that he had tucked away. "Scarlett I…-" Herobrine mentally was frustrated with himself for acting in such a unsatisfactory way. It was so unlike him to get nervous about anything.

"Hero?" Red murmured with concern, she never seen him seem so… unsure of himself..

Herobrine clenched the small box tightly in his hand and was about to speak until he noticed something from the corner of his eyes. Hero let go of the box and turned sharply away from Red to look out towards his entrance bridge that was over his lava moat. There he saw the appearance of two figures running across it and they certainly didn't look like his own men.

Red looked highly confused as he turned away from her and was now glaring off into the distance with a deep scowl. "What's wrong?" She asked quizzically as she looked at his back with concern.

"… I need to deal with something… I'll be right back." Red was about to protest for Herobrine to stop but she only got her hand to reach out before he suddenly teleported away from her. Red looked absolutely disheartened as her hand was now extended to nothing but air where he had been.

"Hero … Why do you always leave me in the dark…?" Red said barely above a whisper and looked down lonesomely as she put her arm back to it's side. Turning away, she looked back out in the distance with a frown and deep longing for Herobrine to come back to her side.

Appearing at the front gate, Herobrine waited at the door's entrance where the intruders would most likely come through. He stood there with the deepest of glowers until he heard the sound of running footsteps nearing his location. He hid in the shadows and had eyes widen as he saw his younger brother and his pet girlfriend and brat sister of Red come rushing forward with pitifully weak swords at the ready. "What are these fools doing back here? Do they have a death wish?" Herobrine growled to himself and teleported right in front of them. Blue and Steve gasped and went to a screeching halt as the one and only Herobrine was standing there menacingly in front of them with bright white eyes blazing like wild fires.

"Do you two honestly think you can waltz right into my fortress at any given time and any time you feel like it? It's insulting if not absolutely extremely stupid on your part." Herobrine summoned out his highly enchanted diamond sword and began pacing towards them like a prowling lion ready for the kill. Blue and Steve began backing away nervously as he prowled forwards.

"I just want my sister back!" Blue cried out as she kept backing up from Hero.

"You're not having her. Learn that she has moved on and is done taking orders from a pitiful sniveling brat like you." Herobrine raised his sword while Steve narrowed his blue eyes and shot in front of Blue protectively.

"Leave Blue alone, Hero! You also don't own Scarlett! She must go home!"

"She is home…" Herobrine swung at Steve and Steve gasped as with one heavy swing he tossed his flimsy iron sword right out of his hands. Herobrine glanced as the weak sword rattled on the ground on the side before chuckling darkly. "What kind of blade is that? Do you come here just to insult me? I should kill you right now." Herobrine brought up his blade's tip to Steve's chin. Steve stayed still and brought out his hands in front of Blue. Blue looked horrified as Steve stood his ground to keep her safe.

"I'm not going to back down…"

"Ah, Steve…Do you never change? Daft even in the face of death."

"Leave him alone!" Blue brought up her iron sword which only made Herobrine roll his eyes as he used his telekinesis to grab onto her sword and throw it out of her hands with the other iron sword. Blue glanced over at the sword and was worried that their plans might actually be the death of them. Herobrine hardly seemed merciful this time around, not that he ever was to begin with.

"Now what? Looks like you two didn't plan this little assault very well. Getting desperate?" Herobrine chuckled and pushed his sword into Steve more, making his chin begin to bleed. Steve could literally feel the magic generating raw power through it's very blade, it was clearly black magic as it even felt dark and heavy.

"We w-will.. We'll…" Steve stuttered and then sighed, "I don't know…"

"You don't know?" Herobrine snorted a laugh and shook his head in disbelief, "This couldn't be a more brilliant idea. Come blindly running into my fortress and think you can just painlessly slip your way in and take Red from me? I must applaud you Steve, this must be your best plan as of yet."

"What are you going to do with us?" Blue questioned unsurely and was genuinely fearful to what he might say.

Herobrine swiped his sword across his chin and across his cheek, leaving a fine line of blood dripping down his face. Steve hissed and shuttered at the stinging and burning pain that was caused by the heavy enchantment of the sword. "I should very well kill you right where you stand but I think it would be much more appropriate to punish you first for your many crimes against me. I am after all a 'kind and compassionate' king." Herobrine chuckled cruelly as a group of Wither skeletons came rushing over from behind Blue and Steve with their swords out and pointed at their backs.

Herobrine turned sharply and laughed arrogantly, "This was too simple. It actually bores me. Let us welcome our 'guests' to their new home in my personal dungeons. I'm sure, they'll have a wonderful time for what I have planned for the two of them." Herobrine said and was always having a grand ol' time having them under his thumb. The wither skeletons from behind began prodding their swords forwards from behind to make them begin walking. Blue and Steve did just as they wanted since neither wanted a sword rammed into their back.

Herobrine walked through the entrance door first and then watched as his minions began walking them towards the direction of the torture chambers where he kept all of his 'guests' that he captured. Blue looked over at Steve uneasily but when Herobrine and the minions were paying attention he gave her a reassuring smile and a blown kiss with just his lips to say, 'It'll be okay'.

All of them walked silently through the halls until they came upon the dungeons entrance. Herobrine waved them to proceed forwards that was until the loud sound of heels clacking on the nether brick floor was heard rushing forward towards them. "Hero! There you are! What is going on-" Red wavered when she caught a glimpse of Blue and Steve standing in the front of a group of wither skeletons. Gasping she stared wordlessly as Blue turned to catch the gaze of her sister's. "Blue? Steve…? What?" Red shook her head in disbelief.

Herobrine cut in and began walking swiftly over towards Red, "I told you to stay put. Why are you here?" Hero questioned her with an irritable expression appearing on his face. He really didn't need his Red even being aware of the presence of these two. He would have taken care of them himself and it would have kept Red from worrying about her older sister. Unfortunately, Red has a bad habit of not following directions very well.

"Because I was worried about you." She replied and watched as the wither skeletons began ushering Blue and Steve forwards once more. Herobrine frowned lightly and shook his head.

"You have no need to worry about me. Now go, I need to deal with this 'sudden' intrusion."

"Why are they here?" Red cut in with a concerned look rising on her face. Herobrine sighed in frustration and places his hands onto Red's shoulders.

"They came back to take you from me… In which they of course failed." He told her and ran his hands down her arms, causing Red to have goosebumps from the softness of his touch. She stared into his eyes and furrowed her brows in confusion.

"Again? And so soon?"

He glumly nodded and glanced behind him for a moment before looking back at her, "Don't stress yourself about this, Red. I will deal with it. It will only distress you further to see your sister. Just go entertain yourself for now. I will come back to you when I'm finished." Herobrine tried to steer her away as quickly as possible but she didn't seem so willing.

"What are you going to do to my sister and Steve?"

"Don't worry about it. Just go. Please, Scarlett." Herobrine looked at her imploringly and tried to get her to walk away. Red continued to frown and with much reluctance, she glanced away from his eyes and nodded slowly.

"Just... don't kill her... please." Red pleaded and turned around to finally walk away with a troubled expression on her facade. Herobrine just stared at her back seriously and didn't reply. He wasn't going to kill Blue, no, but he certainly was going to make her life as miserable as can be. Steve on the other hand, he was sure going to punish and torment severely and just maybe he would also end his little feeble and sorry existence for good. He couldn't help but relish in the thought of how Notch would react to hearing the gruseome death of his youngest and most perfect little bootlicker son, Steve.

Herobrine watched Red until she was no longer in sight and then turned to walk into the torture chambers where his wither skeletons would surely have Blue and Steve ready to be caged into a tight cozy little cell together. The only thought that painfully nipped occasionally in the back of his mind was the fact that it just seemed too easy, too fast. Herobrine shook his head of his thoughts and closed the dungeons doors behind him with a loud ominous creak.