Assassin [Yogscast]

Chapter 9

Herobrine went unseen in the shadows, an unimpressed smirk on his face. He wanted Ciara all for himself, she was his. There was no way he could allow this to slide, forgotten and suppressed, he had to deal with it. She was definitely special, not even he could survive that drop without activating his powers, but this was the last time she would be unfaithful to him. He would just have to find a new toy to play with, even if all that training would be going to waste.

"Goodbye, sweet Ciara." He whispered with poison lacing his tone, before vanishing. Only the disturbed leaves gave away that anyone was ever there.

Ridge stared at the treeline, eyeing it narrowly, sure he had seen something there. But then he shrugged turning back to look at the two siblings who had resorted to prodding each other while trying to pretend it wasn't them... Somehow. He couldn't help but smile at the sight, it was just too cute to leave unnoticed, and yet some part of him couldn't keep his mind off Ciara, wondering whether Toby would allow them to be together. That was even if she said yes in the first place.

"Ridge?" He snapped back to reality at the melodic voice of Ciara, who was watching him anxiously with wide, hazel eyes.

"S-sorry, I was completely out of it just then," He gave a nervous chuckle, offering an awkward grin that was just like him.

She laughed while Toby smirked, a worryingly knowing twinkle in his eyes. "Well, as I said before, but you were clearly absent for it, are you going to answer the call, or just let it keep ringing like that?"

"Oh! Sorry!" He tried to ignore her brother's insistent gaze, finally responding to the call with a 'Hey Xeph'.

"Thank Notch Ridgedog! You weren't answering and... And I thought..." Xephos' attitude changed from relieved to sad in a matter of moments, before he blundered on as if nothing ever happened. "Anyway, uh, what was I going to... Oh, I remember now, everyone's here at Sipsco, and we're waiting for you. Are you being held hostage or something?"

"What?! Why would you think an amazing demigod like me would get captured that easily?" He spluttered, pausing to cough after a bug decided that it was smart to fly into his mouth.

"Well, first you didn't answer for ages, and second, you seem a little off right now. Is there anything wrong?"

"Nah, I'm fine. See you in a few," He ended the call abruptly, turning to the other two who stared back with mild interest.

"So what's happening?" Toby inquired with an arm draped over his sister's shoulders, a slight threat in his gaze as if he knew what Ridge felt about her.

"We're going to Sipsco, everyone is there already, so we'd best be off." He briefly explained, holding a hand up to shade his eyes as he looked to the bright, innocent sky.

"Okay, cool." Ciara replied, attempting to sound light hearted, but both knew she was terrified of being accused despite it being Herobrine.

The brunette instantly shot to his feet and scooped her into his arms when he noticed her trying to get up. "You aren't going anywhere on your own after that."

"I can agree with you on that, kid." Ridge said with the ghost of a smile at his indignant expression, before placing a hand on his shoulder and concentrating.

They appeared at Sipsco, having teleported, and at the notification the remaining members looked around until Hat Films spotted them. Ciara smiled uncomfortably as she was eyed with curiosity in her brother's arms, the unlikely trio all sharing glances and conveying messages with the smallest gestures and expressions.

"Something goin' on between ya then, eh?" Ross asked after being nudged by his companions, all three now wiggling their eyebrows.

She felt the heat flood to her face, so buried it in her hands. "He's my brother!"