Rest (Ghost Au)

Chapter 40

"Techno!" Tommy exclaimed when he saw the pink haired male who was holding him by his shoulders. It was weird actually feeling the ghosts. Tommy keeps forgetting that in the Ghost Realm, ghosts are tangible.

"Yeah, it's me, Maybe reminisce some other time?" Technoblade said pushing Tommy behind him. "You are literally being chased right now." He grabbed a wooden pole from one of the discarded boxes and raised it in front of himself. 

One of the Reapers leaped forwards with a brown scythe. It was a common Reaper weapon, one that when slashed through a ghost, forces them to teleport back to the waiting room of the courthouse. It was handy when it came to spirits that break the rules but don't want to go to trial, painful though. 

Techno blocked the scythe with his weapon and kicked the Reaper's feet apart making them topple to the ground. His priority right now is to get Tommy pass the group of Reapers coming after them because even though the scythe is mostly harmless to ghosts, Tommy's human. "C'mon," he said before grabbing onto Tommy's wrist, pulling the boy with him.

Techno dodged another Reaper with a scythe and whacked their back with the pole. He pulled Tommy close as to prevent the boy from flying forward, straight to the enemy. Glancing to his right, he found two others heading for them. Techno used the pole to block the sharp side of the scythe, making it sink into the wood. He pulled the pole down, bringing the scythe with it, making the Reapers weaponless. Techno pulled one of the scythes out of the pole and struck the two Reapers in one swipe. 

The Reapers turned transparent, their bodies split at areas where they were struck before they faded into nothing. "What the fuck?!" Tommy exclaimed when he saw the scene play out.

"Yeah, they're fine, gonna be transported to the courthouse" Techno answered. "They're already dead anyway." He faced Tommy again. "You on the other hand..."

Tommy gulped at the implication. "Get down!" Techno's yell startled him, but his body followed the instruction on instinct. He could hear a sharp swiping sound from above him. Techno used the blade-less side of the scythe to push the Reaper back before slicing them with the other end once the scythe they were holding was no longer above Tommy. 

"C'mon." Techno pulled the boy up by the arm and lead him through the three Reapers that was heading to them. He let the blades of the scythe collide with one of the Reapers while he kicked the handle of the other Reaper's scythe, pushing them back. He then curved his own scythe with the one he had collided with and used that to pull the weapon away from the Reaper. Once they were weaponless, Techno struck his scythe through them. The third Reaper came from his right, which made it easier for him because all he needed to do was twist the scythe around and strike backwards and hit the third Reaper, making them fade away. 

The second Reaper came at Tommy once they got their balance back. Techno pulled Tommy back so he wouldn't get hit and stabbed the Reaper with the tip of the scythe from behind, making them disappear.

"Holy shit!" Tommy exclaimed. "How the fuck are you so good?" 

Technoblade huffed out a laugh, "Used to take lessons for a role back in high school."

"You're such a nerd," Tommy said.

"You're the nerd," Techno replied. 

"I wouldn't be too relaxed if I were you," someone said.

The two faced front and found the blond Reaper, twirling his scythe. "Name's Punz," he said. "I think this fight would be fun, don't you?"

Techno glared at the guy before charging in. All the other Reapers were gone, he just has to get rid of this one. Punz dodged his attack and stepped backwards, before swiping his scythe, aiming for Techno. Turns out getting rid of this one wasn't gonna be as easy as it looks like he knew how to fight. 

Techno leaned backwards, avoiding the blade of the scythe. Once it has passed, he pulled himself up and struck, but it was blocked by Punz's own scythe. The two went back and forth from attacking and defending. Punz kicked Techno's side, making the pink haired boy to stumble a bit, but regain his balance easily. The stumble however, nearly got his head sliced off if it wasn't for his quick reflex, ducking away from the weapon. 

Techno took this opportunity to strike from below, but Punz managed to jump, the scythe not touching him at all. Techno stood up and charged once more and they went back to their back and forth fight. Eventually Techno found an opening. While his scythe was connected to the other's by their blades, he curved his own and pulled. Though the movement didn't manage to pull the weapon away from Punz, it was enough to make his footing stumble. 

Techno kicked the boy back, making Punz's grip on his weapon loosen. Techno pulled the scythe away as Punz stumbled to the ground, clutching his stomach. 

While Punz was down, Techno turned to Tommy. "Go and find Phil and Wilbur," Techno said, gently pushing the boy forward. "I'll hold these guys off."

"But—"

"Go, Tommy," Technoblade said with a smirk. "This wont take long."

Tommy nodded before running off. Technoblade can take care of himself. He thought as he frantically searched the area for Wil and Philza. 

"Tommy!" A loud yell caught his attention. Turning to his right, he spotted Wilbur who rushed up to him and pulled him into a hug, Phil and Karl behind him.

"You are such an idiot!" Wilbur exclaimed. 

"Nice to see you too, big dubs," Tommy sighed, letting his body relax into the embrace. 

"Come on, Tommy," Phil placed a hand on the blond's head. "You must be tired by now, but we have to go somewhere hidden."

Tommy whined, "Where are we going?"

"Well, we don't really have anywhere else, apart from my base" Karl said. 

"What about Techno?" Tommy asked, separating himself from Wilbur, "and Sam and Puffy?"

"Dream's gonna go and get Sam and Puffy," Wilbur said as they began following Karl to his base. "He says he can probably convince one of the Reapers to let them go, then they'll meet up with Techno."

"Once they're free, Sam can lead them to my base," Karl said taking a turn at a random alley.

"Are you sure that no one knows about your base other than Sam?" Phil asked.

"Yeah, yeah," Karl said. "The only reason he knows where it is is because he helped me set it up."

They traveled a few more minutes, without any Reapers showing up, so that was good. Eventually they stopped in front of the Gate Room. "What are we doing here?" Tommy asked.

"We're going to my base. It's around here, hold on." Karl lead them to his little office where he and Tommy hid the first time. 

"Isn't this gonna be obvious?" Wilbur asked.

"Of course not. I asked Sam for help setting it up for a reason." Karl twisted the doorknob in a pattern before opening it. 

Inside was a wide white room with gray bookshelves surrounding it filled with books of varying shades. Gray tables and chairs and oddly enough, dead flowers in gray pots. The place looked nothing like Karl's office.

"Welcome to a place that I like to call The In-between."

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Fight scenes my detested <3 I avoid fight scenes as much as possible because describing it is so...so...I don't know, hard? Whenever I write them I feel like my vocabulary's shrunk and keep repeating words 'cause I don't know how to describe the scenes in my head, lol. 

I wish the scene made sense though hahaha. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter!

NEXT CHAPTER! They finally have met again! Everyone gets to have a talk in Karl's base. Gonna be a chill chapter, I think. 

Thank you for reading! Comments and suggestions are appreciated.

-LuminaStarCrest