"Catch them!" Dr. Patel shouted as Dream helped George to his feet.
"Hey, George, it would be a great time for—" Bad didn't get a chance to finish his sentence as the armed men began shooting tranqs from their guns, all of which George stopped mid-air as the four backed up toward the door behind them.
They managed to get out just as the guards chased behind them. George's heart was pounding in his ears. Dream's hand was grasping his own tightly as they hurried through the hallways, alarms blaring in the background and shouts coming from behind them.
"They locked the doors," Skeppy shouted as he attempted to burst the emergency door to the staircase open.
George could hear the guards' footsteps behind them, and he barely managed to create a telekinetic force field to protect them from the incoming darts, though it would only be a matter of time before he was too weak to continue holding it.
He strained to keep the force field up and asked, "Any ideas would be helpful now!"
Dream was slamming against the door in an attempt to burst it open, but without his strength, the action was rendered useless.
"We need to find a different way," Bad exclaimed.
As he did, George's empathy caught onto a familiar approaching aura. An image flashed in his mind. His adrenaline kicked in. It was enough for him to spin his head and shout, "Get away from the door!" at Bad and Skeppy before releasing the force field and tackling Dream to the ground.
One second and the door exploded off its frame. It flew forwards and hit a few of the guards in the front of the line, catching the others by surprise. Smoke dispersed from the sudden explosion, and George looked up to see two familiar figures standing with confident smirks and tranquilizer guns.
"UNO REVERSE," Tommy shouted at full volume and began screaming.
"Take this you fuckers," exclaimed Wilbur.
Some of the guards fell to the ground unconscious while others retreated with their shields to block out the gunfire.
George could hardly process the situation when he felt someone pull him to his feet, and when he turned, he could hardly believe his eyes.
"Don't look at me with that stupid face and just give me a hug you jerk," Sapnap said and pulled him into an embrace.
"Sapnap!" Dream threw his arms around the both of them and pulled them in tight, gaining a cackle from the two.
George's heart still felt like it was about to burst out of his chest. Behind Sapnap, the smoke was clearing and he could see Techno by the door leading Skeppy and Bad out. He turned to them and shouted, "You better get your asses out of here before the cops get here! We ain't stayin' for long."
"Come on," Sapnap said as he pushed both of them toward the door.
George glanced over his shoulder in time to see Tommy and Wilbur backing away as Sapnap set off a ring of fire to keep the remaining guards away as they rushed out toward the surface.
The run up the flights and flights of stairs was a blur, and when George finally got a peek at the sunlight outside, he felt himself breathe easier. It was only then that he felt his knees buckle under him from the exhaustion and he fell into Dream's arms. The world was spinning. Everyone talking wasn't helping his condition either, and he was hardly able to differentiate their words.
They had emerged from a small building in the middle of the forest at the side of a lone road. Fundy's van was parked beside them, and he spotted Phil who was tending to a wound on Skeppy's arm and Fundy who was speaking really fast and typing something onto his tablet.
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Aether's Legacy | Elysium [Dreamnotfound]
Fantasy[dreamnotfound & dTeam fantasy/superpower road trip au, 133k+ words, complete] "You're... not afraid?" His voice was barely a peep, shy gaze half-turning away but still watching him out of the corner of his eye. His hand instinctively reached for th...