Ssundees POV:
I didn't have any dreams, I could only see some sort of fog. Then I woke up to the sound of a certain someone yelling. I sleepily looked towards where the group was, and saw that Max was yelling at Herobrine and Sky, while Barney and Ross held him back. Hero had a shaky smile on his face, and his stance shown that he was ready to run if Max got out of the hold of Ross and Barney. Sky, on the other hand, was getting a laugh out of Max being so mad. I walked over to the group, yawning.
"What happened to make Max so mad?" I ask, and before Max could explain, Sky spokeup insted. He pointed to Herobrine, a fake innocent look on his face.
"Hero started to call him Mad Max." He said simply, walking over to the mad redhead. He tried to touch Maxs' shoulder, but was nearly bitten.
"You told him to do it Sky, so don't act so innocent. Your lucky that Ross and Barney are holding me back, or else you would have been kicked by now." He tried to kick them from where he was, but was too far away to be able to do any damage to the two of them. Herobrine laughed a little, and gave Max a fake apologetic look.
"I'm sorry Max, I thought that calling you Mad Max was a nickname." Even I had to chuckle from the fake innocence in his voice. Max stopped struggling so he could glare at Hero.
"Oh, you are faking, and I can tell." He grumbled, and I hoped his temper tantrum was almost over. "Once I am free from this hold, I am going to-" He was cut off by a yell that came across the clearing.
"Sundee!" I reconized that voice. I turned to where it came from and saw Crainer and Sub headed this way. Crainers hair was more all over the place than usual, so he possibly forgot to brush it again. He was wearing a plain orange shirt which was also weird. Sub was, of course, wearing his tightly closed hoodie so I couldn't see his face. Deadlox likes to joke that there is a bad scar or burn somewhere on his face that he doesn't want anyone to see. In Subs hand, was a picaxe, so they were probably going mining.
"Hey Crainer, is that a cobble sword I see your holding?" I teased lightly, expecting Crainer to stomp around and shout that he isn't grown up. But instead, he snapped at me, no joking tone in his voice.
"At the moment I don't really care Ssundee, so shut the heck up!" He shouted, and I did just that. When Crainer is stressed out or worried, he doesn't tolorate jokes like that. He could be scary if he wanted to. He seemed to realize what he did a few seconds later though. He looked towards the ground, and I could tell that he wished he hadn't said that. "Sorry Sundee."
"It's alright Crainer, I should have noticed that you weren't in the mood for jokes today." I didn't like to see my best friend so down. I decided to change the subject for him. "Anyways, what are you guys doing?" Unfortunately, I didn't see a good change in Crainers mood. Even Sub seemed on edge. Sub moved his hands, and the chat appeared.
"We were going to build a Nether portal"
I started to wonder if they were doing a survival series, but the look on Crainers face proved otherwise. "I guess something happened in the Nether and you need to get there quickly?" I asked, and they nodded.
"This morning, I was watching cartoons but Sub crashed through my door and changed the channel to the news. Since he lives close to the News Station, he can sometimes hear what they are going to talk about before it airs. Well, at first I thought he was teasing me because it was about a cobblestone building at first." Sub moved his hand again. I don't know how he does it, but he can talk through the chat.
"I told you that I wasn't teasing you."
"Let me talk Sub, I know you weren't making a joke." He sighed before continuing his story. "After a minute, though, the news changed to an emergency broadcast. Captain Sparlez, AntVenom, Caveman Films, and DanTDM were doing a survival series, but...they were attacked in the Nether. First, in the video they recovered, there was an odd crow staring at them while they mined quartz. Dan pointed it out, but was quickly struck by something on his head, making him faint. Shadow things attacked the rest, and they couldn't fight back. Everything they tried failed. The video ended with some sort of shadow like creature with glowing eyes running straight towards Captain Sparklez. They think it was Herobrine. King Notch won't believe them, and thinks it could have been a Wither." Crainer finished, and I became worried. I turned to Herobrine, whose eyes weren't human like they were a few minutes ago. I could tell that Sub was looking at Hero as well.
"B-But how could I have hurt them, if I'm right here?" He asked, panic in his voice. "All I did last night was help prank Seto." Sub took a fighting stance, and I could tell he didn't believe Hero. Crainer and I tried to grab him, but he ran at Herobrine. A second later, the picaxe sliced open Heros throat. He tried to breath, but couldn't really get that much air. Sub was shaking, and he raised the picaxe in the air, ready to smash it through Herobrines skull.
"Why should I believe you? You killed thousands of innocent people and don't deserve to be forgiven or trusted!"
Herobrine glared at Sub at first, but he then sighed in defeat. "Yeah, I know." He stated quietly, his wound on his neck nearly healed aready. He looked at the raised picaxe, a serious expression on his face. "If you feel like smashing my head open will help, then go ahead. I have already been stabbed multiple times from someone who wanted revenge." Sub loosened his grip on his weapon, letting his arm fall to his side. It seemed a bit longer than usual for the chat to appear.
"I am not the kind of person to drive a picaxe through someones skull. Plus, I don't want to see how you can heal your head with brain scattered everywhere. I am keeping an eye on you instead."
Herobrine nodded in understanding, and I looked towards Crainer. Sky had walked towards him, and I could tell something was bothering him.
"So, how long ago did they dissapear?" Sky asked, his words filled with worry.
"Well, if I am correct, about ten hours ago, why?" Crainer asked, and I could see an imediate change in Sky. He became more serious, and his aura moved less freely around him. He turned to us, in what we call Commander Sky mode.
"Alright, change of plans. Now, we have a missing person mission. Cops will do nothing in the Nether, their survival skills aren't good enough." We all stood at attention, aside from Crainer, Herobrine, and Sub. Hero had a confused look on his face, staring at Sky. It was the first time he saw Sky acting like an actual army leader. "Barney, Red, and Ross use your searching skills to find any clues in their houses to what my have happened. Jin and Max, you two need to use your aura and computer skills to find anyone that my have a hatred towards them. The rest of you will aid in the Nether. Ten hours is far too long. If there was someone with a grudge against them, its likely we will be going from missing person to murder." As soon as he finished, the Roomates ran towards the city. Sky looked around at the trees.
"How likely is it for at least one obsidian mine or portal to be open?" He asked, and Seto looked thoughtful for a second. "Who knows."
"Far too small of a chance, we may have to sneak past a guard or something." Mitch stated, Jerome agreeing with him.
"Guys..." Herobrine said silently, trying to gain their attention, but failing.
"How long could it take to make a new mine?" Husky asked, and Deadlox shrugged.
"Guys!" Hero shouted, snapping everyone from the discussion. "I have an idea." An obsidian sword appeared in his hand, and he walked up to a wide tree. His eyes glowed brightly as he slashed at the tree, creating a portal.
"Whoa.." Crainer said, and Herobrine looked towards us.
"Hurry through, it wont hold for long. Just dont run past because-" I didn't hear the last bit of it, because I was already running through the portal. All around me was black and I couldn't breath for what seemed to be an hour. Next thing I know, I'm headed straight for a Nether Brick wall. I hit my head, and everything went black.
-timeskip of a few minutes-
Herobrines POV:
I looked at Ssundee, nearly laughing that he didn't heed my warning. Sky sent the others down the hall, while Sky, Crainer, Sub, and I made sure Ssundee was okay. Sub was keeping his distance, and I could tell that he still didn't trust me. Crainer was trying to shake Ssundee awake every few minutes. Sky was looking at the books scattered on the floor around us.
"Where are we? I have never seen a fortress like this." He said, and I nearly laughed again. He hadn't noticed that he was in my castle.
"Sky, it's my castle. This room only has a few dusty books that I've read nearly a hundred times." Next thing I know, I hear Ssundee groaning.
"My head feels as though it was hit by a wall of bricks...oh wait, it was." He laughed to himself, kicking the wall for knocking him out. Once we made sure Ssundee was okay, we started to walk down the poorly lit hallway. My eyes lit up the area we were walking in, so it wasn't that bad. We then heard a scream, and ran to see what happened. We came to a stop when I noticed a body on the ground. Mitch was yelling about stepping on it accidently, and I walked closer so we got a better look. Sky gasped, and I could see tears in his eyes.
"Caveman Films...oh gosh." Sky said silently, and I could see everyone else had some tears in their eyes as well. I kneeled beside the bloody body, and put my hand on his chest to see if I could still restart his heart. Instead, my hand started to sink into a wound. I pulled back the cape he had, and froze. There was a large hole in his chest, and his heart was gone. The blood was still fresh, and that meant the killer was still close. I felt anger, and stood up. My eyes dimmed, causing a ghastly glow to surround us. His heart wasn't just stolen, it looked to have been torn out, long and painfully. My hand went to where my near hollow chest was, only feeling the thrumming of magic. I didn't have a heart either, so was I dead? alive? I didn't know, but what I did know, was that whatever happened to me that caused me to still be here, didn't happen to him. I looked at the group, not really wanting to tell them what I just found out, since they weren't really looking at the body. I took off my jacket, draping it over the wound on the body. I looked at the ground as I talked to the silent group.
"They took his heart..."
Well, heres the rewrite of chapter 33. I added a ton more stuff, and this time I didn't forget to bold what Sub said. If your wondering where the other version went, I replaced it with the second authors note, so it isn't on here anymore. This is only part one, and I had fun rewriting it so it would actually work, instead of being all over the place like the other version of this chapter. I hope everyone has had a good day, and if you can tell what occurs next, you get some cookies! (::) (::) (::) (::) Sayonara
