Half a Heart~ (Dream SMP)

[5] The Real Rescue

Song choice: Rebels by Call me Karizma
Content Warning: language, knives, death.
Note: for plot reasons, they do NOT know Technoblade in this fic B)

"Let me go! The fuck?" Tommy shouted at the men who had handcuffed the three of them with some rope and tied them to a pole.
"Shut it."
"Look, I think this is all just a misunderstanding!" Val tried to explain. "We didn't come here for food, we came for our friends!"
"Well, I told you already, your friends aren't here!" The man huffed out.
"Well you have to have seen them! There's Wilbur, he's very tall, was wearing a yellow sweater? And then there's Niki, sweet girl, pink hair. Sound familiar?" She interrogated.
"Nope." The man bluffed. "Now shut up, because I will hurt you."
Val sighed and leaned her head against the wall. She looked around the tiny back room they were cramped in.

Some time later, the eerie silence in the room was broken by the sound of footsteps and rustling from outside the door.
"Who's that?" The man asked the other, who only shook his head.
"We're supposed to be the only ones here."

The door slowly creaked open, but no one came through. In the blink of an eye, a man darted through the door, heading straight for one of the captors. They started fighting as the mysterious stranger wrestled the man to the ground, eventually stabbing him with a pocket blade.

The other man shouted at the sight, lunging at the stranger. The man wrestled the other to the ground with ease, then knocked him out with one hit to the head.

Their 'saviour' stood up from his spot on the ground, turning to Tommy, Tubbo, and Val.
"Heh... sorry about that." The stranger quickly undid the ropes holding the three.
Val looked this man up and down. She couldn't quite make out his face, but one of his more distinguishable features was his long pink braid sticking out the back of his head.

"Thank you!" Tubbo exclaimed as he was untied, stretching his wrists.
"Who even are you?" Val asked, suspicious.
"You can call me Technoblade."
"Technoblade? What kind of shit name is that?"
"It's- you know what, never mind." Techno sighed. "What are you three doing here?" He asked, crossing his arms.
"We're looking for our friends Wilbur and Niki! We think they were here before the quake." Techno looked at them funny at the mention of an earthquake, but shrugged it off.
"Hmm, okay, what do they look like?" He asked.
"Wilbur's like 6'5", brown curly hair, and Niki is, like, 5'5, pink hair?"
"Ohhhh," Technoblade realized. "They actually got into an incident like you, I had to rescue them too." He chuckled. "They're behind the store."
"Thanks." Val replied, and the man simply nodded, heading for the door.

"Wait, are you leaving?" Tubbo asked as the man lay his hand on the doorknob. He froze and turned back.
"Er, yeah?" He responded, unsure.
"Well, do you have anywhere to go? It's clearly not safe here."
"Uhhh... no not really, I guess."
"Well then, why don't you stay with us? We've got a house, and we could sure use some help." Tubbo offered.

"Wait what?" Tommy said, pulling Tubbo and Val aside. "Are you sure about this?"
"He could be dangerous Tubbs," Val added. "I don't know."
"If he wanted to kill is, you know he could have done it easily already." Toby replied. "If there's more scary people like those other men out there, we could use all the help we can get."
"If you're sure, I'll trust your gut." Tommy said.
"I'm sure."
Tommy nodded slowly and they walked back to Technoblade.

"Sorry about that." Tommy said. "Just talking about some stuff."
"Yes, no worries." Techno replied awkwardly. "Should we uh... go get your friends?"
Val nodded.
"Please."

And with that, the trio had put their trust in Technoblade. They headed outside to where they hoped to find Niki and Wilbur.

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