The Herobrine Quest

Chapter 35. So Naive

A flash of light, and a thunderous roar, and they appeared in a strange place. No sun shone in the sky, and shadows darkened the land. Ranger appeared stunned. She exclaimed "Where are we?" Wolf frowned and replied "We are in the future. A future in which Herobrine has taken over."

"How can you tell?" David asked. Wolf pointed to a large floating sign that read "Long Live Herobrine!"

David studied the sign for a moment, then said "Good enough for me."

Ranger asked "So we have to find Pro in this place?" Wolf answered "Maybe we won't have to. She couldn't have gone far, since she got here less than thirty minutes before we did." Ranger nodded. Blaze said "Wolf, I want to take this chance to say that I'm flattered you did all this for my sake." Wolf snorted and replied "Are you really so naive? I just like slapping people."

Blaze raised and eyebrow and drew in breath to speak. Ranger interrupted before more byplay could occur. "I sense this could go on for a while. Can we just start looking for Pro?"

Wolf nodded and said "Half go right, half go left." Ranger grinned and said "And some people go both ways." Blaze glanced over her shoulder and said "Come on, Scarecrow. We need to get you a brain." Wolf thought a second, then said "Wizard of Ox, right?" David stared at her, then said "Oz. Not Ox. An ox is an animal with horns."

Wolf nodded and said "I knew that." Then she walked over to the right, and Ranger, Blaze, David and Toxic followed. Ranger asked "So, how exactly are we going to find Pro?" Wolf grinned and replied "Promise not to get mad?" Ranger raised an eyebrow and said incredulously "Me? Mad? Never!" Wolf shook her head and said "I put a tracking device on Pro's helmet."

Then she added hurriedly "You know, just in case she didn't return from a mission or something. I've never used it before." Ranger simply stared. Then she said "I had no idea tracking devices were in Minecraft." Wolf reddened a little, then said "Um...well, since I'm a Brine, rules don't really apply since I am, by extension, Notch's sister."

Blaze nodded and said "Makes sense. Now let's find Pro." Wolf dug through her inventory for a second or two, then pulled out a strange looking remote. At least, it looked like a remote.

"This is the tracking receiver. It pinpoints the subject's location using the lines of latitude and longitude and shows them on this screen." Ranger opened her mouth to speak, but Wolf interrupted "Again, rules don't apply." Ranger shut her mouth.

Blaze said "Long overdue."

Ranger shot her a look much like Lizzy's "do-that-again-and-I'll-slap-you-with-a-fish" look.

Wolf tapped several buttons, and the screen glowed white. A robotic voice said "Hello, Wolf. You have selected 'Locate Subject.' Would you like to proceed with the locating process?" Wolf pressed another button labeled "Proceed."

A small antennae popped up from the top of the remote, which Ranger decided to call the Pinpointer. A satellite dish sprang from the antennae and rotated counterclockwise. Ranger grinned faintly and said "Technology these days. Seems to be more confusing by the hour."

The robotic voice said "Subject located. Name of 'Pro.' Thirty blocks west and one-hundred three blocks north." Wolf glanced sidelong at Ranger and said "I don't care if it's confusing. The point is, it works."

Blaze frowned slightly then asked "If you had the tracker, why did you send the others in the opposite direction?" Wolf smiled and said "Keep that to yourself for a while."

"You're a funny person." Blaze said.