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"What's this?" Herobrine's voice caught Heather's attention, and she looked to see him standing over a single, black wool block placed in the center of their room.
"I don't know." She took a step closer. "I didn't put it there. Maybe an Enderman?"
"Possible, but they usually stick to the same blocks." Herobrine tapped it and it shrunk, flying up to his hand. "I doubt Steve would do something like this."
"Yeah, no. Not much point." She agreed. Shedding her sandals, she kicked them aside and sat down on the edge of the double bed. "I'm sticking with the Enderman theory."
"Mm."
"Speaking of which, have you seen Manfred yet?"
"I have not." Herobrine sat down on the other side. "I suppose he hasn't realized we've arrived yet."
"Probably." Heather stretched out on the bed, falling back to let her head sink into the pillow. It was always weird the first night back here. The smell was always unusual, being earthy and musky rather than the familiar scent of fluorescent ceiling lights. Not in a bad way, just… different. Like spending the night at a friend's house. Though, given that they actually spent more time here than on earth, their apartment was the one that felt more like a friend's house at this point.
Herobrine laid down beside her, an arm slipping around her waist as he pulled her against him, and Heather smiled as her eyes fell shut. This was familiar.
"Goodnight." He murmured as he tapped a button and the redstone lamps flickered out.
"Goodnight." She whispered back.
Neither of them saw the pitch-black figure as it crept through the darkness.
Year 2389
The sun had set, and the mobs were coming out.
Stretching his arms above his head, Null leaned back against the tree, watching as skeletons, zombies, creepers, and endermen blinked into existence. Notch may have severed his connection to them, but he could still take command of their armies once more. He didn't need to take over their minds - although, that would be handy - as long as he could talk them into letting him rise to power again.
Though… he didn't actually know if the rogue group of mobs still existed. Perhaps they had defected back to their former master?
One way to find out.
Stepping out of the shadow of the trees, he called out,
"Creatures of the night!" Immediately, many of the mobs turned to face him, examining him with anything from confusion to malice in their contorted faces. "Do you know who I am?"
".lluN" An Enderman spoke. ".uoy wonk ew ,seY"
"Good. Then it may interest you to know that I plan to rise to power once more."
"Kill him." Immediately, the air filled with arrows as a Skeleton gave the order. Snatching a sword out of his inventory, Null ducked back, using the tree for cover as the projectiles rained down around him.
"You're going to regret this!" He snapped from behind his shelter. "While I may have failed once, I am still more powerful than you can ever imagine!"
"That is why we must take you out here." The skeleton rattled, firing off another arrow. He was loyal, then. Grasping an Ender Pearl in his free hand, Null tossed it out behind him, landing behind the leader and taking him out with a swift blow.
He made short work of the rest of the mobs. They couldn't be allowed to warn their master, after all.
Once he'd dealt with the group, he moved on. The next mobs he came across had a similar reaction, and he slaughtered them as well. Growing frustrated, he repeated this method, over, and over, and over.
Finally, an Enderman cowered away from him, falling to his knees as the AI approaches.
".tnaw uoy tahw wonk I"
"And you will not recklessly charge into battle?" Null raised a hypothetical eyebrow. "Like the rest?"
".oN"
"Then what will you do instead?"
".esuac ruoy nioj lliw I .teser eb ot hsiw ton od I"
"You hold no loyalty for your master, then?"
".enoN"
"Very good." Snapping his fingers, Null gestured him upwards, and the Enderman rose to his full height. "You will be the first of many."
".hsiw uoy tahw si taht fi ,uoy nioj ot srehto dnif nac I"
"It is. But know this." Null lifted his sword to the mob's throat, relishing in his shuffle backwards as he felt the fear pouring off the simple mob. "Betray me, and I will find you."
".dootsrednU" The Enderman bowed his head, then teleported away. Null sheathed his sword. One down, many more to go.