The Rise and the Fall ~ A Dream SMP Story

Universal Language

Bees POV

Tommy nods, determined, I can see the gears turning in his head as he becomes focused.

I stand up and walk over to Tubbo, I place my hand lightly on his forehead to check his temperature. He stirs lightly but doesn't wake. I turn to Tommy who's watching Tubbo carefully, as if his gaze will wake him.

"Tommy, I need you to replace Tubbos bandages and clean him up a little. I'm going to go check up on Wilbur," I instruct. Tommy looks over at Tubbo hesitantly but nods. I smile apologetically and head down to the ravine.

Crash! I rushed down to the source of the noise. I run up to Wilbur who's digging through a chest, throwing things across the room. He smirks when he finds a flint steel and hides it away in his cloak. His eyes wild, and his body posture stiff and tired.

"Will, what are you doing?" I ask. My voice comes out angry and mean. Wilburs head jerks back my way. He glares and says nothing, turning back to whatever he was doing. He throws a few more things before finding an iron sword, tying it to his belt. I say his name but am once again ignored. He pulls a few other things into his cloak and turns to the nether portal we constructed in the ravine. I snatch Wilburs jacket. He stops but doesn't look back at me.

"Let go," He growls, is voice low.

"Not until you tell me where you're going." He could have yanked the coat from my grip, but he didn't. Instead he turned to me, his eyes a blazing red.

"To get supplies. You saw Techno the other day. He only proved my point. No one is on our side. Everyone will drop us when they find out where not in the lead anymore. You see? Tubbo, he lying to us. He'll leave when he learns we can't win. It's only a matter of time until you leave too."

He yanks the coat from my grip, leaving me shocked and disappears into the portal.

Was he right? Would Tubbo leave us?

No. He wouldn't, I say to myself. He's Tubbo, mine and Tommy's best friend. He wouldn't.

Why would I leave? My family is here. Why would I give up on my home and trade sides?

A black and white smile flashed across my mind.

No. Why would I do it for him? He's on our side. I think. But something deep down tells me something else. Maybe I was right to not trust him. Or maybe I'm being paranoid.

I head back upstairs to see Tubbo in new, clean bandages. He's smiling but I can see the pain in his features. Tommys face is stone cold.

"How are you, Tubbo?" I ask, my voice soft.

"Okay, much better. Thank you." He says with a smile, I return the smile but I know he's in much more pain than he's letting on. I know Tommy knows that too. "Hows Wilbur?"

I cringe at the mention of his name. Tommy catches my expression and pulls me aside, gesturing to Tubbo to wait a moment.

"What?" He asks once we're outside.

"He left, he went to the nether and wouldn't tell me why or where he's going. He's getting worse, Tommy. I don't know what to do to help him. Last night he seemed so.... So sad. But every single day he just gets angrier and angrier. I'm worried he's going to get himself hurt," I say, fidgeting with my hands.

Tommy laughs, his own anger soaking his tone. "It's not like we all want to hurt people right now." When he says it I know we're both picturing Techno. We trusted him, let him live with us, became friends, and he betrayed us, but not only by switching sides but by hurting and almost killing someone we both love. And neither of us will let someone like that walk around.