Choose Wisely (MCYT Super Powers AU)

Part 19: The Recruits

(Okay, so right now we are when Ant and Bad are a little after Bad and Ant hid the wither. They hid it after Dream, Tommy, and Tubbo went into the woods.)

Sam was tired. Of course he knew how brewing stands worked, but they were much more complex than the energy machines he usually used. And of course Ponk was supposed to close the Community House today, but he said he had to drop off Purpled or something, leaving Sam to pick up for the night.

"Sam!" Puffy was still at the resteraunt. "How long has the Community House been there?"

"Well, I don't know much about it," Sam said. Ponk was the one who knew about the history, Sam was just the technical stuff. "Its been here pretty much since the town was founded, but we've just made it into a resteraunt about two years ago."

"And you've all founded it together?" Puffy asked, raising her eyebrows. "You, Alyssa, Ponk, and Callahan?"

"Yep!" Sam locked the door. "Why do you ask?"

"So how long has Ponk been a business partner with that kid? Purpled?"

Sam thought. "I've only ever met him once before this. He had to stay the night at the Community House because he couldn't walk home at night. He wanted to but... the Dream Team and all."

"What kind of business do they do?" Puffy was tapping her fingers nervously on a vinila binder, her rainbow dyed hair puffing outward in the night air. "I saw him talk to Bad and Ant, I just want to make sure they're not up to anything."

"Uh..." Sam thought it was kind of embarrassing. "Purpled is actually our landlord? He's kind of annoying, but he says the prices are good."

"Has he committed crimes?" Puffy asked. "Like muggings? Or unlawful use of power?"

Unlawful power use was when you overused a power that takes over a person's will or perception of reality. A while back, Callahan had gotten in trouble for shutting up a few too many annoying customers. One of Sam's old business partners, George, had nearly gotten arrested for asking people things with his truth telling power. Even Puffy has had some run ins for her calming effect.

"Not that I know of," Sam said. "He only uses his power when he needs to I think, like when he stopped Bad from attacking Callahan. Puffy, what's going on?"

"Walk with me, Sam."

Puffy explained to Sam that Ant was still in possession of wither, something she had told him to get rid of. Sam himself wasn't to fond of the wither's presence, but he was too fascinated by the science behind it. A poison that caused searing amounts of pain for days on end, and if it wasn't stopped by day five, it would kill the victim.

"So what do we do about it?" Sam asked. "I suspect that the two are part of the Dream Team, so getting the wither off of them will be very difficult."

"And what if they wrap Purpled into this?" Puffy thought hard. "If he could make anyone believe anything, then what could we trust?"

Sam's mind wandered to all the meetings he had had with the kid. Purpled always said those prices were extremely fair.

"I'll call in a couple friends," Sam said. He had plenty of friends in the city HBomb, Foolish, Hannah, he could very easily rally them together to help. "Leave it to me."

...

(This part takes place a couple hours after Niki and Fundy find Jack. At this point, Tommy, Tubbo, and Dream are currently in L'Manburg.)

Jack wasn't really expecting company. Of course his house was clean as always, but he didn't have time to mentally prepare for talking to people, or helping them run away from bad guys.

"So... He set the forest on fire?" Jack wanted to clarify. "And they might be chasing you still. So you brought them to my house."

"Ye- well when you put it like that-" Fundy's ears flattened down as if they were trying to cover his eyes. His breathing was heavy and shaking.

"They must have put out the fire by now," Niki nervously twirled her thumbs looking out the window. "I don't see any more smoke, but they are most definitely still looking for us."

Jack also looked out the window, it was a bad luck day after all. Jack had the power of extreme luck. What kind of extreme? Well, it switched almost every other day, good luck to bad luck. If he used enough energy, he could store good luck, but he used it all a few months ago when he was stabbed by a man in a smile mask. He had to use all the luck he was saving up to not die. Since then, the bad luck days have been getting more frequent.

"So who are we up against?" Jack listed the people off the top of his head. "Fire, sleepy man, and time traveler? Easy."

"Well, no, not-" Fundy went into a coughing fit. "Not easy. I've inhaled so much smoke, and I'm sure Niki isn't feeling good from the trees being on fire either. How food are you at fighting, Jack?"

"I can hold my own," Jack bragged slightly. "But it is a bad luck day right now, and I have just recently lost all of my valuables."

"Really? What happened?" Niki looked concerned.

"I wake up in the middle if the night to find two fucking kids stealing my trident and my knives!" Jack seethed with rage at the thought. "Then the idiots ran off! It was a bad luck dat too, so just like that they were gone!"

Fundy looked like he might have laughed if it didn't hurt to do so. "Niki's right. For now, we should just hide here and lay low. We can hide upstairs, Jack will stay down here to distract the Hunters if they come."

"Sounds like a plan!" Jack clapped, just as a knock came from the door, he whisper yelled. "Hide! There's a closet upstairs!"

Jack tried to stall while Niki and Fundy went upstairs. The knocking was getting louder.

"Coming!" Jack opened the door.

Standing there where who Jack assumed to be George, Karl, and Sapnap. They looked tired and covered in ash from the fire.

"Are you Jack Manifold?" George asked.

"The one and only!" Jack put on a facade of cheerfulness. "What's the problem here?"

"Do you mind if we look around your house a bit?" Sapnap stepped inside without waiting for an answer. "We suspect you are harboring enemies of the Dream Team."

"The Dream Team?!" Jack acted surprised. "Well, if you don't mind I would prefer if you didn't search my house. I just cleaned it, and it's a bad luck day, you know?"

"Sure," Karl was looking under the couch as if a person could fit under there. "This will be quick. Are you having a bad day?"

"Yeah," Jack sighed. "I broke my lamp and cleaned it up, but then tripped and spilled all the broken glass on the ground again."

"I can tell," George picked a shard of glass out of the sole of his shoe."Are there currently more people in this house other than us?"

"Mm... hmm..." Jack was trying his best to keep his mouth shut. "Yes..."

"Where?"

"Upstairs," Jack whimpered. He should have known better than to let these people in his house in the first place. "Its just... my brother?"

"Mind if we take a look?" Sapnap glared. He made it clear he wouldn't take no for an answer.

Jack sighed. There was no getting out of this one. "If you must."

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Thank you for reading! I'm trying to make sure the timeline of this story makes sense, please leave a comment if you're confused! Words: 1310