The Nether Queen - Herobrine x Reader

Chapter Twenty Four

Steve tips back his mug of apple cider, then plunks it down on the table.

"So." He states. "How can we kill someone who won't die?"

"Good question." You give his mug another suspicious look before placing your chin in your hand. "The easy answer is 'we can't', but we can't exactly accept that answer." Notch and Herobrine had returned with the unfortunate news that they had failed to break through Null's defenses, and needed a new plan to get rid of him. So far, they were coming up empty.

"If anyone can tell us that, it should be him." Your husband glances at Notch, who's across the room from him. Even though they had agreed that Notch had saved his life, they still were fairly cold to each other. "And yet..."

"And yet I've never had to kill one of my creations who had grown nearly as powerful as I am." Notch finishes. "Or never been able to, anyway." He shoots Herobrine a look. They really need to chill.

"So..." You drum your fingers on the table. "What if we really can't kill him? What if there's absolutely no way?"

"We could try and trick him into lowering his defenses?" Steve suggests. "I'm not sure how, but we could give it a shot."

"It's possible, but he's clever. It would take a lot to trick him." Herobrine points out. "At least, as far as I can tell."

"Maybe we could trap him?" You ask. "Like in a Nether Portal?"

"Trap him?" Notch echoes. "He can just summon an Enderman to take him out of the Nether, even if we broke the portal."

"No, in the portal itself." You clarify. "Y'know, if you go through a Nether Portal and the exit is blocked, you can't interact with blocks. He'd be stuck." The other three stare at you blankly. "You guys don't know about that??"

"I've read about it online," Herobrine says slowly. "But I've never tried it for myself. I thought it was a myth."

"Herobrine, you're a myth."

"I suppose."

"Anyway, I've done it before by accident. I ruined one of my worlds like that once." You make a face. "So if we lure him through a portal, then block up the exit before he can get out, he'll hopefully be stuck."

"We can give it a try, I suppose." Notch rubs his beard. "An Enderman still may be able to take him out, but we can try. Steve, I assume you have obsidian?"

"Plenty."

"Get enough for a Nether Portal, please, and we can set our trap."

This was the second time Herobrine had shown up in his base in the last 24 hours.

Null watches from the shadows as Herobrine spoke with his wife - Y/N, or something, - as they stood in the dark tunnel. He can't make out what they were saying, but their conversation sounded heated, angry whispers echoing down the hall towards him. Clearly something was going on, he'd returned to his base and brought his wife with him. He wasn't abandoning her...? From the blind affection he'd observed in the past, most likely not. So something had to be going on.

Sighing, Null gestures towards them, and a group of mobs emerges from the darkness to attack them. As soon as the first arrow flies, Herobrine grabs his wife and vanishes. Null snaps his fingers to summon an Enderman to his side, and it teleports him down the hall after him. They hadn't gone far, just down the next tunnel, and their heated conversation is louder now. Herobrine takes his wife's hand, and they head down the tunnel in the opposite direction together. Null signals his Enderman and follows.

There's a Nether portal there, at the end of the tunnel. What was the purpose of that? Did he think he couldn't follow him through? Maybe he planned to destroy it from the other side - but this didn't make sense. Why would he come here just to run away? He had to realize that he did not frequently leave his base, why would he come knowing that Null would be here to stop him?

Whatever. An opportunity is an opportunity.

Gesturing to his escort, Null is teleported between them and their portal and charges, drawing his sword and swinging it at the girl's head. Herobrine shoves her out of the way and catches the blow with his pick, hooking his blade and trying to yank it out of his hand, but Null plants his foot and pulls free.

"Get into the portal." Herobrine snaps, placing himself between Null and his wife.

"But-" The girl starts, but he interrupts,

"I said go." Null hurls his sword in her direction to encourage her, and she lets out a shriek as it hits the wall beside her, running for the portal and vanishing inside. Drawing another sword, Null blocks as Herobrine swings at him again and gestures for the Enderman to get backup. Just in case. It wasn't like he had to worry about dying, after all.

"So." Null speaks up conversationally. "You're back." Herobrine doesn't answer, eyes narrowed into slits. "Not in the mood? Alright then." Drawing another sword, Null catches his pick with one and stabs at his shoulder with the other. Herobrine dodges, but suffers a gash in his upper arm. He teleports back a couple of feet, then forwards, right in front of the portal, and jumps inside. Null rolls his eyes and follows, jumping into the portal a moment after he disappears.

He teleports to the other end, and moves to step out, but hits a solid wall.

Frowning, he presses his hand to the surface. It's rough. Bedrock??

Turning around, he touches the other side, but it's blocked with bedrock as well. The sound of the portal is roaring in his ears, but he isn't being transported back through. A bug...?

He has to break the frame, so that he can replace it and be sent back through. He's trapped in here. Null reaches out to break the obsidian, but it doesn't budge. No matter how he tries to hit it, it won't even crack. What the ****?!

He snaps his fingers, trying to summon an Enderman to get him out, but nothing happens. He's trapped here, in the darkness. He can't even draw a weapon to kill himself, he's frozen here, in this tiny gap between two layers of bedrock.

Null can hear voices outside, and they're all familiar. One of them...

"Notch!" He roars. "You never struck me as such a coward!"

"No, I don't believe I even had the pleasure of meeting you." The god's response comes, muffled through the stone. "And now I never will. What a shame."

"Free me from this prison." Null snarls. "Or so help me, when I escape, I will start with you."

"Oh, you won't be escaping. And you plan to kill me anyway, I see no reason to help you." A sigh. "Although, I suppose I'll need a new mob engine now."

"I still control the mobs. You can't break my control over this world."

"Oh? I own you and all that is under your reign. If I cannot change your code, I'll simply change all the mobs'."

"You can't keep me trapped in here forever."

"Well, when you escape, let me know." A muffled sound of teleportation makes its' way through the walls of his prison, and Null slams his fists against the bedrock.

"NOTCH!" No response. Sinking to his knees, Null presses a hand to the obsidian frame. He will escape, of that he has no doubt. Until then, though, he can only imagine the revenge he will wreak upon Notch and his brother.