My Last Hope (Truth Series 4)

20: Protect Him

A/N: Happy Easter everyone!

Unknown POV

I lay exhausted in a soft bed. I'm tired and want to sleep but at the same time I don't.

"Sierra," Carson, my husband, calls out to me gently. I move my head to look at him. He's walking into the room I'm in wearing his usual black attire. There's a warm, happy smile on his face and a loving daze in eyes as he looks down at the light blue bundle in his arms. I smile at the wondrous sight. I sit up carefully. Carson approaches me and gently hands me the bundle. Now, in my arms, I hold a precious baby boy wrapped in a light blue blanket. He has soft white hair and bright blue eyes.

"He's beautiful," I whisper in awe as I watch the baby gaze up at me with wide eyes. "Carson, what are we going to name him?"

"Don't worry, love." He sits on the edge of the bed. "We have plenty of time to do that."

***

  "What about my uncle? What will we do if he shows!?" I ask panicking. "If he finds us, he'll-"  

Carson cuts me off with a kiss on the lips. "We are going to be fine," he reassures me when we part. "There's a house in the Nether that I used to live in. I'm the only one that knows where it is. We'll be safe there. We can stay there until our son is old enough to decide his own future."

"Okay." I agree. "When do we leave?"

"Dawn, tomorrow."

The next morning I wake up to Carson shaking me. "Everything is packed," he tells me. "You get dressed. I'll get our son. We'll eat breakfast. Then we'll leave."

I crawl out of bed and do as he says. half an hour later we are leaving the house. Carson carries most of our stuff while I carry our son. We are almost to our Nether portal when we hear a voice behind us. It's the one person I feared we would run into and I so desperately hoped we wouldn't. It's my uncle. It's Herobrine. "You can't escape me."

"Let's go! Run!" I carry our son in one arm as Carson grabs my free hand and pulls me forward as we run to the Nether portal.

"You're not going anywhere," Herobrine growls menacingly. He appears in front of us blocking our path to the portal. We stop dead in our tracks.

"Take him and go," I order as I hand Carson our son.

"What!? No!"

"You're the only one that knows where it is. Take him there. Please Carson. Protect our son."

"I will." He finally agrees. He gives me one last kiss. "I love you," he tells me as he pulls away. He runs off trying to find a way around Herobrine to get to the Nether portal.

"Oh no you don't." Herobrine starts to go after him.

"No!" I shout and blast a random spell at him. It hits him. Herobrine stands there dumbfounded for a moment before he fixes a glare on me. "If you want to go after him, you have to go through me first."

"Very well." He smirks and charges at me. I try to dodge his attack but I'm too slow. I'm still exhausted from giving birth two days ago. I know that and so does Herobrine. He grabs me by the neck. He lifts me off the ground with one of his hands wrapped around my throat. I try to hit him with another magic spell but I ultimately fail. I'm too weak to fight back. I picked a battle that I can't win. I gasp for air as he tightens his grip on my throat.

"Wait, don't kill me." I rasp. "I'd be more useful to you alive." I bargain for my life. "You can use me as leverage against Notch."

"How so?" He demands.

"If you k- if you k-kill me.." I try to speak but it's getting increasingly harder to breath. I can barely keep my eyes open and I can't focus on anything as my lungs fight for air. Herobrine's grip loosens and a small amount of oxygen fills my lungs. It's not much but it's enough to keep me alive a while longer.

"Speak." He orders.

"If you kill me, Notch will go after you with an intent to kill you. If you keep me alive, you can use me as leverage against him. Then you can do anything you want. Notch wouldn't dare do anything to stop you if my life is in your hands."

"This is true." Herobrine contemplates what I just said. He makes a decision. He draws his arm back his hand in a fist. He then lunges it forward punching me in the side of the head. Everything goes black.

"I just.. I didn't know what to do." I cry after I finish my story of how I was taken by Herobrine. Tears roll down my cheeks as I recollect the horrible memories.

Notch, my father, wraps his arms around me in a hug. "It's alright," he soothes. "You did what you had to."

My brother, Steven Ridgedog, joins us in a family hug. I cry my eyes out as I cling to the only family I have left. My husband, Carson, is dead. And my son, Soro, is far far away. I haven't seen him in twenty years but I hope to see him again one day soon.