Massacre (villain Tommyinnit AU)

Chapter 42 - Oh kid...

Tommy sat on the grass staring at the empty space in front of him where his brother once sat.

'Are you alright kid?'

Tommy stared blankly yet he spoke in a hauntingly quite voice.
"I needed to. Right? I needed to kill him. I needed to stay safe."

'I'm so sorry kid. You shouldn't have needed to do that.'

"But it was necessary. Wasn't it?"

'... It was.'

"Then there is nothing else I can do.
He would have told the others.
He would have told Phil."

'I can still apologise for having you do that. I didn't know he was up here, if I did I wouldn't have let you come up here to train.'

"I know."

Nightmare didn't know what else to say. It was his fault that the kid and to kill his own brother. Sure that brother was a lying, manipulative little shit, but he was still the kids brother.

"Say. Nightmare?"

'Yeah kid?'

"Have you ever noticed how quiet the forest is?
It's quite relaxing when you actually sit and listen."

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'Nature is beautiful. It has its way of drawing you in.'

"Is this what death sounds like?
Is this the peace and calm that Ghostbur is surrounded by at this moment in time?"

Nightmare hesitated.
'I don't know. I've never been to the realm of the dead.'

Tommy said nothing as he stood up and turned to go back down the stairs. Ranboo was standing there, staring at him.

"Did you want to make him a grave?" The enderman asked.

Tommy didn't answer at first. Should he?

He shook his head.

"He'll die just as he did last time.
Without a funeral.
Without a legacy.

And without a family.

Trust me, this is the most he deserves."

Ranboo said nothing, he just nodded his head once and moved out of the way of the stairs.
Tommy walked down them into the cold darkness he had come to find comfort in.

'I'm sorry.'

"Nightmare, he was a ghost.
He wasn't going to live much longer and we both know it."

'I know.'

"Then stop apologising.
He wasn't going to be able to stay in this world much longer and I needed to protect myself.
If I had to kill him again to keep my identity and location safe, then I would.
No hesitation."

'...kid...'

"Hesitating gets you killed nightmare.
It gets YOU hurt.
It gets your FAMILY hurt.
It get your FRIENDS hurt.
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I've been hurt enough by now to know not to hesitate."

Nightmare said nothing, he just looked at the child in front of him.
This kid shouldn't have gone through so much at such a young ago.
He had been hurt so much, by so many people that were meant to keep him safe.

Philza.
Wilbur.
Dream.
Techno.
Tubbo.

All of them had hurt him.

The kid needed rest.

He needed safety.

He needed a home.

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Why did it have to YOU to find my mask kid.
You're gonna make me regret what I have to do at this rate.

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