Book 4: The Son of Herobrine

Chapter: 23 (Nether)

Meanwhile, Lukas walked down the empty halls of the Nether Fortress. He saw Aiden swaying down the halls and went to see what he was doing. "Hey, uh...Aiden. How you...uh...doing?" It was hard for Lukas to talk to his frenemy. He doubted he and Aiden would ever be friends again.
"I'm'a fine." Aiden slurred. "How's you." He asked with a drunk grin. Lukas could tell where he's been and what he's done.
"Here." Lukas offered him a cup of milk and Aiden drank it quickly. "Better?" Lukas asked when Aiden handed him the empty cup.
"Yeah." Aiden said.
"Crazy night?" Lukas asked, emotionless.
"Yeah." Aiden said with the same amount of emotions.
"What happened?" Lukas asked.
"Why should I tell you?" Aiden asked.
"I was just wondering. You only go to the bar if something bad happened."
"Why would you care?" Aiden asked bitterly and tried to walk past Lukas, who stopped him.
"I was just thinking, we might all have to work together. If we want to beat...what was his name?"
"Null?"
"Yeah. If we want to beat Null, then we have to do it together. And we can't all work together if we're at each other's throats the whole time. We might as well kill ourselves." Aiden chuckled at this. "It's like when we took part in a building competion. We couldn't build if we didn't get along. That's how we became the Ocelots. Not because we fought, which we did from time to time, but it's about what we can do." Lukas explained.
"And you can do a lot more in a group than you can by yourself." Aiden said, with a small smile.
"Yeah." Lukas said with a smile. Aiden's smile widened and soon they were laughing. "Remeber when we fought in Sky City?" Lukas said between laughs.
"So stupid." Aiden laughed. "Remeber when I pushed you off Sky City?" They laughed some more, then their laughs stopped.
"What's been bothering you?" Lukas asked. Aiden looked at him with a serious look.
"All this king stuff. It's...really hard. Most the people don't want me, and a plaugue broke out on the hybrids. I don't know how to stop it. And on top of that I..." Aiden stopped and looked at the ground.
"What happened?" Lukas encouraged.
"I lost the Nether Crown." Aiden admitted. Lukas gasped.
"I'll help you find it. I promise." He said quickly.
"It's fine. I bet Herobrine took it back."
"So, Herobrine's your dad?" Lukas asked.
"I guess so. Pretty cool huh?" Aiden said with a smile.
"Cool beans." Lukas said, and they began to laugh again.
"Lukas! Aiden?" Jess said as she ran down the hall. She stopped and smiled at the two friends. "Good job." She said with a proud smile.
"Hey Jess." Lukas said. Aiden noticed he was blushing, and hid a smile.
"Um...Herobrine and Entity have important news. They need us all to meet them in the dungeon." Jess informed. Aiden and Lukas looked at each other with confused expressions, then Lukas and Jess ran towards the Nether Fortress' dungeon, followed by Aiden.