Gore warning for like the entire chapter
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Golden sunshine rays shone through the windows of Tubbo and Ranboo's room.
The two lay sleeping in their four-poster bed.
Tubbo pulled the heavy covers off him and sat up. Spects of dust danced through the air peacefully.
He gazed out through the windows for a moment, before heading downstairs in his pajamas.
"Morning, Toms." Tubbo yawned, reaching for the orange juice.
"Morning Tubzo!" Tommy replied, eating a donut. "Is Mr. Cat Boy still asleep?" He asked.
"Yerp." Tubbo replied, biting into a piece of toast. "Wonder how Techno's been doing since you left..."
***
Techno paced through the forest, slaying animals with the Axe of Peace as he went.
"Techno, you shouldn't be out this far!" Punz yelled, running after him.
"Punz," Techno growled, Azaban letting out a frightened chirp, "Give me one good reason why I should let you live after following me."
"Phil sent me." Punz explained, "He sent me because he knew that you were hurt by...the revival of you-know-who."
"Punz, I'm not only hurt! I'm betrayed! My own brother left me!" Techno cried, "Why would he leave me for those...those people! I loved him!"
"Techno..." Punz engulfed the pig man in a hug, sobs coming from him."
"I-I just want h-him back-k!"
"Shhh...we'll get him back..."
Techno had dropped the Axe of Peace, and a member from Free SMP had smuggled it from the dark forest that Punz and Techno hugged.
Who? Who was it?
Quackity had stolen the Axe, quickly flying towards Free SMP castle.
He dropped in on the castle steps, huffing from the high altitude.
He quietly opened the doors, and walked down to Ranboo's office, only to find that all that was there was a mess of papers and war plans.
"He's sleeping." A voice said. Quackity jumped, startled.
"It's just me, Big Q." Tubbo said, stepping out of the shadows, smiling.
"Oh...well, when Ranboo...when he wakes up, tell him there's a surprise waiting for him in his office." Quackity said, grinning.
"Alright..." Tubbo responded, half-worried about Quackity in Ranboo's office, half-worried how long Ranboo would be sleeping, and Quackity waiting.
***
"Techno!" Punz gasped, red blood bleeding through his white hoodie.
"Sorry, Punz." He pulled back from the hug, his sword gleaming with red blood.
"But I can't have anyone stopping me." He laughed maniacally.
Punz choked on his lifeline as blood trickled down his chin. His breathing became slower as he faded from existence, "Techno, don't let Tommy change your morals!"
And then his corpse dropped to the floor as blood seeped from his body.
"What a shame you had to die, Punz. You didn't even go down with a fight!"
Techno walked over to the body on the floor, blood covering his boots. He stabbed into the chest, carving out the heart, chopping off the tongue, ripping out the eyeballs, and severing one of the man's antennas off. He scooped the parts into a potion bottle and labeled it, "Punz".
Then he disappeared into the forest, leaving a trail of blood behind him along with a small racoon named Azaban.
Little did Techno know, someone else had followed the pair.
Purpled stared at his brother's corpse in terror. Then at the small racoon whimpering.
Without thinking, he scooped the bloody racoon up into his arms and the body into a garbage bag.
Now with blood-covered hands, he returned to the Free SMP Kingdom.
He needed revenge. He knew that with help, Technoblade would be begging for mercy in no time.
***
Meanwhile, at Mantopia's lair, Niki was getting nervous. Techno had been gone for quite some time.
"Phil?" She asked, walking into his office. "Are you worried about Techno? I didn't even see him leave the castle."
"I think Punz went to check it out." Philza answered. "I'm sure it's fine...I hope." Phil stretched his wings.
"How about you try to find him? I think he took a walk in the woods, probably just on the path. If you follow it, you're sure to spot him!" He said.
"Okay..." Niki replied, walking out the doors, into the hallway, then outside.
She followed the path for a great while before she sat down for a break. But after she sat, she noticed something was off.
There was a familiar scent in the air. One she had smelled many times while tending to Punz's battle wounds after Tommy had died.
She hurriedly stood up and ran down the path, to find only a few feet in front of her, what looked like gallons of blood.
Punz's blood and a couple of chunks of flesh.
She let out a blood curdling shriek, startling a few Mantopia members, bringing many of them running towards the woods, where Niki lay, passed out from shock.
