Rest (Ghost Au)

Chapter 44

"Fuck off already!" Tommy yelled at the blond in front of him.

"Sorry kid," Punz shrugged, "free access to the Human Realm is just too tempting," he leaped forward, his right hand swinging the scythe.

Wilbur managed to pull Tommy aside so they weren't hit, but that just made it easier for the other Reapers to surround them.

"You know Karl," Punz addressed the brunett who just caught up to them. "Once the council realizes that you've been helping them, they're gonna have to take away your position."

Karl just glared at Punz's words.

"Then again, I could just keep quiet about it if you deactivate the UniPort," Punz said.

"I—no" Karl said.

And the next moment, he was sliced in half by Punz. His body fading into the air as he reformed back at the court's waiting room.

"Guess that was out of the table," Punz shrugged. "Now then." He charged for Wilbur and Tommy only to be blocked  by someone.

"Oh, I see you're back," Punz said, avoiding Technoblade's attack.

Tommy watched as Techno fought Punz. It was visible that the two were getting tired of fighting each other.

Tommy was pulled out of his thought when Phil came rusbing beside them. "Are you two alright?" He asked.

"Y-yeah, but Karl, is he?" Wilbur stuttered.

"He's fine," Phil reassured. "He got sent back to court. You can't exactly kill someone who's already dead,"he explained before handing a scythe to Wilbur.

"That used to be one of the Reapers before I struck them down,"Phil said. "You need to be able to defend yourself and Tommy."

"What about me? Don't I get one?" Tommy asked.

"I'd gove you one if it wasn't so risky," Phil said. "You're not human, ghost, nor Lost Soul. Who knows what could happen to you if you get hit by a scythe. And I wouldn't put it pass you to hit yourself with your own weapon."

Tommy was about to retort when they heard Punz whistle. He backed away from his enemy. Techno attempted to follow but was blocked off by other Reapers who fought him in Punz's place.

"You guys take care of him," Punz said. "I'll get the kid."

Punz charged at Phil, Wilbur and Tommy. He was immediately blocked by Wilbur, the brunet was easily pushed aside by a kick to the stomach.

Phil replaced Wilbur and was holding his ground against Punz much better.

"Wilbur!" Tommy rushed over to the brunet. "You alright?"

"Yeah, yeah," Wilbur breathed out. "I'm fine. Just..."

"Shit at fighting?"

"Yeah. Shut at fighting." Wilbur repeated.

Wilbur looked around and saw that barely any Reapers were paying attention to them and were focused with Technoblade or helping Punz take out Phil.

"Tommy I'm gnna need you to run," Wilbur whispered ti the blond.

"What? I'm not gonna leave you guys here," Tommy said.

"Toms, if you run and take another route to the UniPort and actually manage to get through. It'll be easier for us to get rid of these Reapers since they'd be following you through the portal," Wilbur explained.

"Once you get through, Fundy's waiting on the other side with another one of those charms that repel Reapers. Hopefully after that, everything will be more peaceful," Wilbur added.

Tommy nodded in understanding.

"You need to go, now. While the Reapers are still distracted," Wilbur lightly pushed Tommy to the direction of the stairs as there was no way that the boy could run pass all the chaos in front of him.

Tommy ran.

If the others can distract the Reapers for long enough, Tommy could go back one floor down and run to the other side then climb the stairs there so he would arrive at the UniPort.

***

Wilbur watched as Tommy fled. He then turnes back around and joined Phil on fighting Reapers befor ethey noticed Tommy was missing.

He pushed aside the Reaper that he was fighting. Wilbur raised the scythe and attempted to strike, but was blocked once again and was thrown to the slippery tiled floor.

He really should have taken combat lesson when he was alive.

The Reaper as about to strike Wilbur when he got the idea to slide his entire body away from the scythe, immediately stading up and striking the Reaper on their back.

Wilbur muttered a 'yes', which apparently didn't go unheard.

"You finally got one," Punz said in a mocking tone as he blocked Phil again. "If you're that helpless, I'm betting that To—" he paused.

"Where's the kid?" He asked.

Phil took Punz being distracted as an opportunity and struck but he was blocked by the other Reapers coming to Punz's aid.

Punz clicked his tongue, catching Techno's attention. "Shit," he cursed as he tried to catch up to the blond bht was met by a wall of Reapers.

"Where the hell do you all come from?!" Techno yelled in frustration, running the scythe through a row of them.

***

Tommy gasped for air as he ran across the hall. Why is this place so big?!

"And where do you think you're going?"

Tommy let out a frustrated groan, "How the fuck are you everywhere?!" He yelled when he saw Punz blocking the stairs that led to the portal.

Punz shrugged. "I must say, it's quite easy to slip by your friends when there are a ton of Reapers around."

The next thing Tommy knew, he was flat on the ground, face pressed on the cool tiles, a heavy weight on his back restraining him.

"Let's go back, yeah?" Punz said from above him.

***

Phil, Techno and Wilbur were back to back, as Reapers came for them. They tore through their bodies, making them fade but they keep being surrounded by new Reapers.

"Stop," a voice commanded.

"Try anything and the kid's gonna get it!" Everyone turned to the voice and saw Punz, holding Tommy, a scythe by the young blond's neck. "Wouldn't want to know what happens to non-ghost when struck with a scythe, would you?"

Techno scoffed before dropping the scythe. He knows that it would be too risky to disobey. The others followed his lead and disarmed themselves.

"There we go," Punz smirked, "Now we're getting somewhere."

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While outlining:

Me: So there's a fight scene in Chapter 40. Gonna be hard to write though.

Brain: Yeah...let's put another one in Chapter 44

My dumb ass: Okay!

Why do I make things harder for myself HAHAHA. I hope you enjoyed though.

5 Chapters to go!

Anyway! NEXT CHAPTER! Everyone is once again, back in court and are going to have another debate over stuff. Also, we're getting a glimpse of a new character!

Thank you for reading! Comments and suggestions are appreciated.

-LuminaStarCrest