Living in Me (Sequel to Not Gonna Die)

|Chapter 14| Back to basics

          Herobrine and Adam dropped to a normal running speed as they neared the base of Team Crafted, not entirely sure what they'd find and most definitely not wanting to crash into any unforeseen objects. It was lucky for everyone involved that they did slow down because a ring of warriors had sprung up around the outside of the base; lines upon lines of tents and hundreds of thousands of people, but the long corridor of empty space that led right up to the gate of the base told that they had not come to siege or attack.

          The two got more than their fair share of stares as they walked up the corridor towards the base, but that was to be expected. Adam had put his sunglasses back on to hide his eyes, but he hadn't been seen at all since the call to war went out, which was most unusual for the leader of an army. And Herobrine... well, he was Herobrine.

          The sheer number of people present was more than Adam had seen gathered at once in his entire life and even Herobrine seemed impressed, if the slight raise of his eyebrows was anything to go by. But neither of them spoke as they walked under the gate and passed the on duty recruits nearby, heading up towards the castle.

          "Have you ever seen something like this before?" Adam asked, craning his head over his shoulder to see the mass of warriors outside the gate, still a little unable to believe what he was seeing.

          "Once," Herobrine said quietly, his voice darker than usual. "It was a long time ago, but," he also turned his head to look over his shoulder, "I've seen an army like this before."

          Something in Herobrine's tone warned Adam about asking further question on that topic so he didn't try, and thankfully he was rescued by Jason's running footsteps as the other General caught up to them.

          "Oh hey, didn't expect you guys back for a while, it's barely been two days," Jason said as he started to walk in step with them.

          "Yeah, speaking of which, how did you get this many armies here so fast?" Herobrine asked, clearly more than a little impressed.

          "Actually, they were on their way to us when we came across them. It's all of the Lords who were here the last time Adam's magic exploded - Lord Gizzy, Lord Dan, and Lords Patrick and David - and we've got news that Lords Robert and Vikk are on the way."

          "Lord Vikk?" Adam asked in confusion. "I didn't think he liked us."

          Jason shrugged. "Maybe not, but he's coming. For most of the other Lords, we either haven't heard from yet or they've ignored us, which is probably the more likely of the two."

          "I thought that these guys didn't like you after what had happened," Herobrine said with a frown. "Out of everyone, I thought they would have been the least likely to show up."

          "Oh they weren't happy about it," a new voice said, "but I, ah, convinced them to come along."

          Lord David had just exited from one of the side streets and his grin was rather sly as he joined the three on their walk. A sheathed sword hung at his side, the pommel set with a deep blue stone. "Well, when I say convinced, I more mean threatened," he continued. "But either way, we were on our way here when the call to arms reached us."

          "I assume you know the situation?" Herobrine asked.

          "Yup, why else do you think we would be coming here?"

          "But anyway, what were you guys up to?" Jason asked. "Did you manage to get to Notch?"

          "Yeah, and I think we managed to convince him to come." Herobrine jerked his head towards Adam. "Your friend here gave him a good fright."