The White-Eyed Demon

Chapter 15: Guilt & Remorse

Steve got a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach that something horrible had happened to Sirenia. He stopped walking. Alex looked behind her to see Steve standing still, a hand placed over his chest. She approached him, concerned. "Steve, are you okay?" Steve looked at Alex, panic in his eyes. "Something bad has happened to Sirenia, I know it!" Alex was confused. "How?" "Just a gut feeling I have. He's hurt her." He looked at Alex who had the map. "How much further is it?!" Alex glanced down at the map in her hands, studying it carefully. "About two days away." Steve mentally cursed himself, if she died he would never be able to live with the guilt. "We need to get there sooner." 

Alex shook her head. "How? Horses would only slow us down because of how uneven the terrain is and all the foliage." Steve stared at Alex, determination on his face. "Then we run. Time is not on our side Alex, we cannot afford to go at an even walking pace." Alex trusted Steve's judgement as his 'gut feelings' had saved their hides more than once. "Alright, lets start running." Alex led the way through the dense forest, with Steve silently praying that Sirenia would be okay and that she was not in mortal danger. 

~Timeskip to Next Day at the Mansion~

While sleeping after torturing Sirenia, Herobrine went back to his 'normal' self. When he woke up the following morning and noticed the mortal woman was no longer beside him he began to worry. Completely forgetting about all that had happened the night prior. He searched the mansion high and low but was unable to find her in any of the 'conventional' places he figured she would be. So he began to look in places he would least expect to find her. 

When he entered the dungeon the smell of blood along with cum permeated the air. He looked into every cell but upon glancing into the last one, his heart sank. A limp figure lay in the cell, blood and cum surrounding it. He hesitantly entered the cell. The faint light given off of the redstone torches was enough to see by and what he saw horrified him. It was her. 

Herobrine fell to his knees, shocked beyond all understanding as to how this happened. As he looked around the room, memories of what transpired the night before came back. He felt sick to his stomach as he remembered all he did to her. "I-I need to make this right, somehow." 

He stood up and walked over towards Sirenia, gingerly picking her up off the floor. "I-I'm so sorry. . ." With a heavy heart he carried her to a guest bedroom, laying her down on the bed before leaving to go get her some new clothes. He had an Enderman teleport to a nearby village and grab some clothes for her. After receiving the clothes he placed them on the table beside the bed. A slime hopped into the room with a first aid kit on its head. Herobrine nodded his thanks to the slime and got to work on tending to Sirenia's wounds. Tears blurring his vision while doing so. He placed a hand over his mouth to stifle a gasp upon seeing her back. It was covered in dried blood and deep cuts. Herobrine began to wash the dried blood off of her back, being extremely gentle so as not to cause her more pain. He waited for her to wake up. When she did she looked at him but said nothing. He had accomplished the task he set out to complete the night before, he broke her. He walked towards a chest in the room and after some shuffling around, pulled out an 'All Heal' potion. Shutting the chest after finding what he was looking for he returned to her with it. "Drink this. It will help." He offered Sirenia the glass bottle with a bright pink liquid inside. She did not question it and took the bottle from him, removed the cork and drank the contents, making sure every drop of the pink liquid was gone before handing it back to him. 

Herobrine watched as the wounds on her back became scars. His voice was faint. "Mortal, what is your name?" She spoke in an emotionless tone. "Sirenia." Without warning he pulled her into a tight hug, crying. "I'M SO SORRY SIRENIA!! Y-YOU WERE RIGHT I'M JUST A MONSTER!! I will never forgive myself for this, for hurting you the way I did! You in no way deserved what I did to you. This deep pain in my chest, it won't go away! It hurts worse than any swords blade!" 

Herobrine had never known any kind of positive emotion, nor was he used to pains caused by emotions. He knew pain, physical pain. But this kind of pain, it was beyond his understanding and it was crippling. "I-I wish I could understand why you make me feel so weird. Why it is that only you make me feel like this?" Herobrine continued to hold Sirenia close to him, his tears landing on her neck and shoulders. Apologizing over and over again, the guilt of what he had done eating away at him. "If-If I could go back in time and stop all of this from happening I would do it in a heartbeat Sirenia. I-I never wanted to hurt you, ever! I-I tried so hard to prevent 'HIM' from coming out around you and I failed. Every time I hurt you, afterwards I would be overcome by guilt. I know you will never forgive me for this, that you hate me with every fiber of your being." 

Sirenia says nothing in return but can hear the true desperation and pain in Herobrine's voice. 'He really does regret it, that or a he is a really good actor.' Herobrine shouts while crying. "I DO REGRET IT! I DO!!" Sirenia jolts at this, turning her head to look at Herobrine. "I-I can read your thoughts Sirenia. I know you're confused, angry, upset, hurt, and afraid. To be honest, I am too. I'm scared of myself, if that makes any sense." 

Sirenia nods her head yes. 'How is this man the same one who hurt me yesterday? This one is dare I say more 'human' than the other. The other one is the total embodiment of Evil. How can one man act like two completely separate people?!'  Herobrine sighs heavily and releases Sirenia from the hug, looking her right in the eyes. "Because I am mortal here in the Overworld, I can be killed but it usually takes a lot to bring me down. The part of me everyone knows and fears is the demonic part of me. The part that Notch sealed into the Nether. While in the Nether I enter a feral like state. All I want to do is kill and destroy. When I cross back into the Overworld it takes a while for that feral part of me to go away completely. I only enter that state in the Overworld when I am badly injured or extremely angry. Lately however, the feral part has been able to take over without me being provoked. That part of me HATES any and all humans, he is sadistic taking great pleasure in harming others." 

Sirenia's eyes go wide. 'Is there a way to stop it?!' Herobrine shakes his head no. "None that I am aware of. I'm sure Notch could do something but he hates me." Sirenia felt bad for Herobrine, for some bizarre reason. Perhaps it was knowing he truly cared about her and was beside himself in grief that he had hurt her, or perhaps it was pity for him. Whatever the reason she no longer felt as terrified of him as she did before, at least when he was in this state. At that moment Herobrine vowed to himself that he would do absolutely everything in his power to prevent his demon from coming out so something like this would never happen again.