A Dragon's Hoard

Chapter 14

 Tommy was fighting too much. Fundy could barely keep the boy on his shoulder, he was trying to get back to Nyx, fighting tooth and nail. "TOMMY! Stop. We have to go or we will die!"

"No! I'm not leaving her behind!" he broke out of Fundy's arms, running back towards the Holy Land. She was still there, firing at the guards who were shooting at her with crossbows. Tubbo and Niki were nowhere to be seen, and the others had backed away from the fight. The woods were on fire, ash thrown into the sky. She was unstoppable.

She fired explosion after explosion, Schlatt was calling for backup, the place would soon be filled with soldiers. She would die. Maybe if they could knock her out she would stop. She was already bleeding from several bolts that had buried themselves in her skin. Tommy didn't know what to do, he didn't know how to help.

"TOMMY!" the voice was hoarse, like it hadn't been used for days. Tommy turned back towards the noise and gasped, it wasn't Fundy.

"Dream?" And it was indeed. He looked horrible, his skin was pale, his cheeks were sunken. There were cuts all over his body and burn marks on his arms. His clothes were torn to shreds and his wings barely moved as he stumbled towards Tommy. There was a black mark that looked like Nyx's curling around his neck.

Tommy barely caught Dream as he fell at his feet, clearly exhausted and in pain. He took one last look at Nyx before helping the injured Dream into the forest, towards Fundy. He gasped as he saw Dream and then hugged him as gently as possible. Dream couldn't even fully wrap his arms around him.

"Tommy, we have to get the key, you have to get it to Nyx. She needs you."

"Wha- Dream, what key? What do you mean? You're not making sense."

"She's stuck, we think that the key to the collar can help her fight it."

"Fight what?!?"

"I'll explain later, but we need to get the key off Schlatt and into her head. She told me about your powers."

"Told you? When did you talk to Nyx?!?"

"When we were both in the Dark," he said it like it was obvious.

"You- Prime, just tell us what the plan is," Niki and Tubbo had made their way over and after getting over their shock, helped Dream away from the fighting. Niki pulled a healing potion out of her bag and handed it to Dream.

Soon the plan was decided, and although Dream was not fully making sense, he managed to explain the situation enough. Tommy drank the invisibility potion and Niki and Tubbo set off as a distraction. They dodged blasts and took to fighting the soldiers still trying to shoot her. Tommy made his way over to Schlatt as fast as he could without getting exploded.

The man was standing slightly behind a guard and was smiling, really smiling. Tommy would have punched the guy if he could have. He was right behind him, his hand grabbed the chain on which a silver key hung, he lifted it up, and got a hard elbow to the stomach.

Schlatt was swinging wildly, he couldn't see him but he knew he was there. Shit, that makes it harder. Tommy stepped forward, just outside of his range, then lunged forward, tackling the man. He made a grab for his neck and his fist came back holding the key. He took a punch to the face as he got off of Schlatt and ran as fast as he could back to Dream.

"I got it!!!"

"Ok, now comes the hard part. I need you to use your powers to go into Nyx's mind."

"Well how do I do that? I've only used it once, and that was an accident!"

Dream smiled at him, "I'll walk you through it. Close your eyes and try to connect with your hybrid side. It's separate but still a part of you. You have the power to control it because it's as easy as moving your arm."