Herobrine x Reader - Secrets You Hold

Chapter 38- Reunion

My world was set in slow motion, the sudden movement of the guard opening the door, the sudden blade that pierced into his chest that made him drop dead to the ground, and the horrifying angry king of the Nether revealing himself right behind him.

"This will be fun.." The hooded figure stood beside me grabbing his sword, his other colleagues now gone from sight, "Get him!" He screamed.

All of a sudden, hundreds of arrows flew from above, shooting straight towards Herobrine.

"HEROBRINE RUN!" I screamed while disregarding the chains on my arms and legs which suddenly pushed me back when I tried to run to him, the pain shocking throughout my body. I kneeled on the ground, and lifted my head, watching in horror of what would happen when the arrows would come down until his body suddenly moved.

He used his lightning-like speed to dodge all the arrows that came down towards him, running towards me as he flipped and swerved throughout all of them, his abilities making me stare in awe. When the arrows suddenly stopped, he continued to run down the hall towards me, the guards were taken back, not knowing what to do until 202 ran forward towards Herobrine. "KEEP SHOOTING!" He yelled, sounding desperate as he held his black sword ready to fight his enemy.

Hero's eyes went forward again, the rage in his face revealing enough to make me afraid of what would happen next. He continued to dodge the arrows above him, but with this new enemy running toward him, he was distracted enough to get hit by a couple, each hit making my heart sink in agony.

Suddenly, the fires ceased when 202 was close enough to reach him, and he lunged his sword right to Herobrine, which he was able to block in time. From afar, I watched their fight with wide-open eyes, crossing my fingers that Hero would land good hits on him, which availed. Hero began to get behind 202's sword and land a couple of good hits across his arm and scratches against his body, at some point, 202 even had to back up to take a breath taker, but Hero wouldn't allow it and continued to fight. The knights from above slowly moved to assist 202, but he gave them an evil stare from the corner of the eye and shouted at them.

"Don't come any closer! This is my fight, I'll stop him with all my willpower and claim his kingdom", he yelled as his sword continued to be beaten down by Heros. "You've gotten better at fighting me huh?! Is the rage of your beloved making you stronger?" His antagonizing voice echoing across the hall as he continued to hit his sword against Hero's.

I could tell from the fight that Hero's rage and desperation made him all the more powerful in this fight, and it was totally different from when he fought him before. Maybe it was because he wasn't disguised as Notch and now was someone totally different from who he's seen before, or 202 was tired out from all the powers he's used, either way, Hero was dominating the fight.

Eventually, when 202 seemed to be right at the end of his defeat, he strikes back with more power than before, getting a good couple of hits across Hero's body. He was forced to back away, the arrows on his back and scratches on his chest bringing his stamina down to a low, but that just meant they were on equal footing now.

202 tried to get back to higher ground by aiming for his legs, but Hero jumped just in the right time to strike back at his higher half. His desperation would bring the end of himself when 202 was not ready to defend himself, which resulted in a loud slashing sound erupting within the hall and his limp body falling to the ground, blood slowly pouring from his open wound.

Hero's victory gave him the time to slowly catch his breath, the knights above astounded by his sudden progress of strength. He pulled the arrows out of his body, and slowly continued his way towards me, halfway within my reach.

I didn't know whether I should have been happy or not, but something in my mind didn't seem right, the fight was too easy, and the other two were still missing, but he continued to come towards me and he got closer and closer until finally was right next to me, tugging on the chains on my wrist and legs until they tore apart in his grip, was this it? Was it really that easy? Are we finally able to escape this never-ending chase? Hero grabbed my hands to help me up from my knees and kept me stable so I could stand up on my own, and I looked up at him as he gave me a slim smile, like a Hero from a novel. My face erupted with heat as I smiled back, but it didn't last long.

Suddenly, the whole room began to shake, and this time it wasn't from me. Rubble began to fall from the ceiling, cracks began to form from the wall, and when I looked behind Heros's body, all the knights and 202's body on the ground had vanished. They were planning on taking the whole building down including us with it, and the chains on my body were the trigger...

Hero didn't take the time to be concerned, he took my hand and ran with all his might down the hall. The ceiling was beginning to collapse, the walls cracked and fell, and Hero continued to run faster, my legs couldn't keep up with how fast he was going and I skidded and tripped but was continued to be yanked by his grasp that I couldn't stop running. I could see the exit getting bigger and bigger in my blurry vision as we were almost there, but the ceiling above was faster than us and began to crash down in my peripheral vision. This was it, this was how we were going to die, all that we've been through and escaped from was meaningless in the end. I shut my eyes as I continued to run alongside him, but then there was a sudden yank from his grip and I flew forward into his arms as we reached the exit of the castle, Hero used all his might and running speed to push my body out of his grasp and out the doorway.

My body hit the ground as the whole earth shook and bang with the collision of the ceiling and the floor. My body floppily fell down a couple of stairs until my body slowly stopped. A stray rock hit my head which took me a moment to recuperate from all the previous events. I shakily lifted my body off the ground, my arms almost giving up when I used them to push upward.

"We made it.." I signed myself, holding my arm which formed a big scratch from the impact of the tan stone floor.

I turned around to give a pleasant smile to the victory of our escape but my breath caught in my throat and my heart pinched when I noticed that no one was behind me.