The Bench In The Courtyard - Bench Trio

20 - Choices and Bullets

TW - swearing, guns, abuse, attempted murder, talking about murder

TOMMY POV -

"WHAT THE FUCK?!" I yelled.

I was so confused. What the fuck was happening? How were the teachers so fucking oblivious to this? A heap of their kids were missing and all of them had a history of doing bad shit.

"Tommy!" Schlatt walked into the room, his arms wide in a welcoming fashion. Techno walked behind him, avoiding eye contact with me. Schlatt walked over to me and I spat at his feet. His face immediately turned cold and angry. "You really want your friends to die don't you you little asshole," He hissed, kicking my shin and making me cry out in pain.

We glared at each other for a moment before Schlatt turned to the line of my friends. Immediately his eyes fell on Quackity.

Oh shit.

"Q!" He pulled Quackity off the floor by his hair. Quackity winced in pain as Schlatt pulled him into a tight hug, "I was so worried about you," Schlatt said in a monotone voice. Quackity didn't respond, he just whimpered in fear.

I wanted to punt Schlatt off the face of the Earth.

Schlatt broke apart the hug and for a moment there seemed to be a hint of genuine worry for Quackity in his eyes. But then he punched Big Q in the face. Quackity fell to the ground, knocked out. Dream, George, Karl and Tubbo started yelling and trying to break free to get to Quackity.

"Everyone shut the fuck up or Tommy's dead!" Schlatt yelled, walking over to me and pressing the cold barrel of a gun to my head. I closed my eyes, fear rising inside of me. There was immediately silence and I felt a little spark of gratitude that they all wanted me to live.

"Schlatt! The deal was, Tommy lives!" I opened my eyes to see Techno glaring at Schlatt who just laughed.
"Why do you care about this dumb kid Techno?!" Schlatt asked, cocking his gun. I watched Techno carefully, fully aware that Techno had told everyone that he had no family apart from Phil at the school.

"Because, he's my brother," Techno growled, taking another step forward. Schlatt laughed loudly, thinking it was a joke, but after a moment he realised that Techno was serious.
"Alright, Jesus, Tommy lives okay?" He removed the gun from my head and we all seemed to let out a sigh of relief. We weren't relieved for long however because then Schlatt said...

"But someone's gotta die, and Tommy gets to pick,"

What the fuck? I wasn't going to let one of my friends die! No fucking way.

"Fine," I said, turning in my seat and smiling smugly at Schlatt, "I pick you,"

Tubbo, Wilbur, Dream and Techno all started laughing behind me and Schlatt's face turned red with rage.

I may have just ruined everything.

KARL POV -

"Hey, Corpse," I whispered, trying to catch the attention of the guy holding a gun to my head. Corpse ignored me, staring straight ahead towards Schlatt who looked like he wanted to rip Tommy's head off. "Corpse! Stop ignoring me!" I hissed, shifting my position so that the gun against my head slipped slightly. Corpse immediately pulled it away so that it didn't accidentally go off.

"What the fuck Karl?! That could've killed you!" He growled in his deep voice. I just shook my head and smiled, trying to look braver than I felt.
"C'mon Corpse, you have to help us, please," I looked up at him, and he stared back, he looked like he was struggling to make a choice.

"Karl, you know I love you dude but Schlatt's gonna kill everyone I love. He threatened to kill Sykkuno in front of me if I don't help him," He sounded like he was begging me to understand. I knew how much he must be hurting. Sure, I'd never been in love and I doubted that I would ever love someone enough to die for them but I knew that Corpse would die for the people he loved.

"It's okay, I understand," I replied, giving him a half smile before turning away from him to stare at Tommy again.

After a moment however I felt the ropes tying my hands and feet together fall away.
"Don't make me regret this Karl," Corpse whispered as he moved to untie my friends, handing all of Schlatt's other cronies money as he did, pretty good bribing tactic if you asked me. All of them stepped back, grinning at the money in their hands and didn't try and alert Schlatt to our escape.

Now came the hard part. Getting out safely.

WILBUR POV -

Some guy named Corpse set us all free and I made a mental note to thank him properly later. Karl, Dream and George all rushed over to Quackity to help him up. Luckily Schlatt was still distracted with Tommy.

I heard Tubbo whispering angrily behind me.

"Ranboo, please you need to leave now! You never know what could happen! And we both know you can't control it!" Tubbo looked close to tears as Ranboo stood his ground defiantly, shaking his head.
"Tubbo, you both need to leave, now. I'll get Tommy out," I said, pushing them both gently towards the door. Tubbo nodded at me and gave me a quick hug. It surprised me but it made me smile softly.

"Don't let Tommy die," He whispered as he dragged Ranboo away. The two of them followed Karl, Dream and George who were half supporting, half carrying Quackity out of the room.

That's when Schlatt noticed that we were leaving.
"Hey! What the fuck is happening?!" He cried, Tommy started cheering and laughing as Tubbo gave him a quick wave. "Get them!" Schlatt screeched, desperately trying to get his former cronies to cooperate. All of them just shook their heads and walked out, each and everyone of them held money in their hands.

One of them, Corpse, turned at the door,
"We all go to this school to get better. Not to commit worse crimes," He told Schlatt before sticking up his middle finger and exiting.

Now Schlatt was alone. And pissed off.

While he was distracted, I rushed over to Tommy and untied him. He leapt to his feet, rubbing his wrists.
"Fuck yeah! We're okay!" He pulled me into a hug which I returned.
"Did you give your friends up?" I asked suddenly, remembering Schlatt's offer to Tommy.

"No. Schlatt fucking kidnapped us. I guess he got bored of waiting for my reply," He shrugged, pushing his blond hair out of his face. I laughed softly, glad that he was okay.
"I'm really sorry Tommy, I was an absolute wanker. I shouldn't have treated you like that," I said quietly, looking at the floor. Tommy pulled me into another hug.
"It's okay Will, thank you for apologising," He buried his head in my shoulder and I smiled widely. It was going to be okay.

"Let's get out of here," I started to lead Tommy towards the exit.
"Oh no you don't!" Schlatt yelled. I heard the click as he cocked his gun. Tommy and I turned to see Schlatt aiming the gun right at Tommy's heart. I stepped infront of Tommy, stretching my arms out protectively.
"Back off! You've fucking lost Schlatt!" I growled, ignoring the twisting fear in my stomach.

"I haven't lost! I promised that someone was going to die today and I keep my promises!" He took a step forward, "Tommy, you want your discs?" He pulled Tommy two discs, his most prized possessions, out of his jacket pocket. Tommy gasped and stepped out from behind me, his eyes glued to the discs.

"Come get them!" Schlatt said, smiling evilly. Tommy walked forward, ignoring my protests. He took another step forward and I was helpless and Schlatt raised the gun towards his heart once more.

"No!" Someone leaped out of the shadows.

BANG!

"Techno!" Tommy screeched.

Schlatt bolted out of the room, dropping his gun and the discs.

I stumbled forwards towards Tommy. He was kneeling on the ground next to Techno.

Techno was covered in blood and I could see the exact spot where the bullet head hit him.

He'd saved Tommy.

He'd jumped in at the last moment.

And now he could be dead.

Word count - 1383

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