Let the Pain Wash Away

Part 2

Dream's head hurts. Nightmare was fighting with him again. " Well MAYBE if you weren't so FUCKING insane, we wouldn't be here! It's all your fault alright! You made the mistake, hell you are the mistake! So disappear like the goodie tooshoos part of you did and leave Erebus and me alone!" Nightmare seemed particularly mad today, he was hangry. "I know. Your right. That's why I'm doing this. It'll get you guys away from me, and I'll be dead." Dream looked down. His body was very thin and pale now. You wouldn't recognize him if it weren't for the mask and his iconic green hoodie. Dream of course has had some water but eating? That wasn't on the table. He was dying and his personas knew it, he knew it. The guards however didn't know what Dream's intentions were and to be honest they were focused on the Dreamon problem on hand ,not the Dream problem.

Dream could feel it, he couldn't stand if he wanted to now, he was so close to the relief of death. Starving hurt but he couldn't die any other way as the prison cell would basically bring him back to life. Trust him, he tried. " Fucking hell Dream," Erebus... that's new. " We can't survive without you, you're the host of the body we're all trapped in thanks to you ,so you deal with the problems." Erebus, the emotionless one in the group, was showing emotion and it was astounding. "Look, I'm sorry. Everything is overwhelming but I can't back out now. This is a choice I want, no need to make. Also it was Nightmare's fault because he came up with the plan and went through with it! Just leave me alone..." Dream curled up within himself on the cold obsidian floor. He knew the consequences for his actions but it would keep them safe. He already wrote the note ,now it was only a matter of time until his body shut down. Without knowing it, a cold substance known as tears were falling from his eyes, he hadn't cried in a long time. Dream knew, with no one to stop him he'd be dead by morning. Except someone was going to stop him, someone was going to show up. They may have come to ask questions but unbeknownst to them they were going to be someones life saver.

An hour went by and Dream still layed on the floor half dead. The lava opened up, and out came Tubbo, his brother. No one really knew about their family relationship except for Ph1LzA, and Tommy. Tubbo walked into the room thinking he'd be in and out, oh how wrong he was. " Hey Dream, I just came to ask you questions about the-" ,Tubbo stopped talking. His eyes laid on the unmoving form of Dream, you could barely see the rise and fall of Dream's chest. He let out a strangled cry, as he ran towards the masked man. " Dream! Can you hear me? Dream?!", 'No he couldn't let his only source of information and his family die!'. Dream turned over slightly, looking at the young 17 year old in front of him. " Hey Tubbo." Dream coughed, " What's up?" Tubbo let out a sigh of relief, this man almost gave him a heart attack. " Come on Dream. Off to the infirmary." Dream smiled slightly, " I can't, I can't stand. My body is too weak.", " Well then I'll just have to carry you." Tubbo put his hands under Dream's body and lifted him up. ' He's too light. I need to get to the infirmary, Now!' Tubbo jogged to the lava and told the guard he was ready to come through. " Sam, he needs a doctor!" Sam looked at Dream and nodded " Right away." They sped run the whole prison getting out quickly to get to Fundy. Fundy knew more about healing someone then they did for sure, so they ran right to his door, Tubbo being careful with Dream the whole entire time.

Knocking loudly, Sam was just about ready to run into Fundy's house. Dream may have been an asshole but he still didn't wish for the green man to die. " Fundy get out here! We have a patient for you and they are on their deathbed ,so hurry up!" Right when Sam finished the sentence, Fundy opened the door with wide eyes. He looked at Sam, then to Tubbo, then to Dream. " Dream?" Fundy seemed shocked. " No time to explain he needs medical help and fast!" Fundy rushed them in. 'What was going on.' Was the only thing going through Fundy's head as he helped the starving man onto a medical bed. He checked Dream's vitals, he really wasn't doing alright. " He seems to be suffering from extreme starvation, lack of sleep, and extreme dehydration. He will need to stay here for a few weeks, probably more. You're lucky you found him when you did, if he were to stay there any longer he would have died a very painful death. I'm also glad you kept him awake 'til he got here or else he might not have lived the trip here either. Other than that he will be alright." Tubbo was honestly shocked, relieved, and pained to know all this. Relieved that Dream will be alright, shocked that his brother could've died if he wasn't there, and pained to know his brother is going through all of that pain. " He should wake up in a few days; until then, you should get some sleep in your house, both of you"
Tubbo laid awake. The feeling of guilt was drowning him and he didn't know how to get to the surface. He decided that he would not sleep like that, so he got up and walked to the infirmary where his brother laid in deep sleep. He watched Dream's chest rise and fall; the relief of knowing he was alive was enough to make him fall asleep.
When Tubbo awoke it was to someone shaking him. Rubbing his eyes he looked at the perpetrator. " Hi Fundy. What's up?" Fundy seemed bewildered. " How'd you get in here! I had every entry locked!" Tubbo stood up, patted Fundy on the shoulder, and said, " You sir, need to get better locks, they are too easy to lock pick." Fundy looked even more confused, " Why did you even lock pick them! You didn't need to get into here!" Tubbo sighed, looked at Dream's sleeping body and felt the guilt rise from his stomach, just like lava rising up a volcano. " I couldn't sleep so I came here to reassure myself that he was ok and alive. I didn't know I would fall asleep here, but it seems I did. I'm sorry." Tubbo started heading to the door, it didn't matter, he needed to get some work done anyway. " Bye Tubbo.", " Bye Fundy." Tubbo walked to talk with Tommy while Fundy went to make sure Dream's vitals were fine, well fine for someone who was starving and suffering dehydration. Dream all the while was in a gray area, where everything was quiet and drowning.

~Edited( by me, editor will edit soon) word count:1185
1-28-21