The Apocalypse [Dreamnotfound AU]

He's Gone

Tw: angst, swearing, weapons, zombies, kidnapping

Dream doesn't feel it when he falls to his knees. The van's already long gone, but he stays staring after it, staring after the people who took George from him. Confusion, anger, worry, cloud his mind and he can't think through the whirlwind of thoughts assaulting him.

The groans of zombies surround him and he doesn't want to get up, doesn't want to fight them. But a small, rational part of him forces him to get to his feet. Wherever George's been taken, no one's gonna save him if Dream gets taken out by zombies. And he will save him.

Dream slices his knife through the nearest zombie, suddenly a million times angrier. He'd promised to protect George, and he hadn't been able to. He stabs another zombie, clenching his jaw. He'd let George down.

He grunts as a zombie almost runs into him and he has to push it back so that he can get a clear shot at its head. But he can barely focus on the fight and zombies are closing in on him. He's not gonna make it if he doesn't get a grip.

He shoves against the nearest zombie and rushes toward the school, slamming the doors behind him. The zombies crowd around them, and Dream manages to drag some nearby desks and chairs to keep them out. But there's groans behind him, too, groans and gunshots...

That's when he remembers that Bad and Skeppy are still fighting in the hallway.

Ignoring the handful of zombies around him, Dream takes off toward the big group of zombies surrounding his friends. Bad and Skeppy are still swinging and they've managed to cut down a lot of the monsters. But there's still more, and Dream doesn't even think as he rushes into the mob, slicing at the two nearest zombies.

Bad spots him almost immediately, and his eyes shine with relief and then with a question. A question that Dream doesn't want to answer, but knows he's gonna have to. As soon as he takes down the zombies that are left.

Soon, there's only a line of zombies between them. Dream takes out two with his knives, Skeppy bashes his rifle into one, and Bad spins and lets his tomahawk fly, pinning the last zombie to the wall.

Dream's breathing hard, sweat dripping down his back. But he manages to hold back his panic until Bad and Skeppy turn to him.

The second he locks eyes with them, he bursts into tears.

Bad's POV

Bad knows something is wrong the moment Dream shows up to help them. Alone.

He fights too viciously, a distant look in his eyes, and Bad feels his heart plummet at the thought of what might have gone wrong. But they manage to keep the zombies from surrounding them completely, and Bad manages to keep the panic out of his mind until all the zombies are down.

That's when Dream starts crying. Or sobbing, more like it.

"Muffins," Bad breaths, rushing to Dream's side. Dream falls to his knees, green eyes shining with tears, his sobs hoarse and desperate. Skeppy looks, wide-eyed, at Bad, but Bad just shakes his head, wrapping an arm around Dream's shoulders.

They stay like that for what feels like hours, Skeppy frozen at Bad's side, looking both unsure and terrified. Until, finally, Dream sniffles and shifts so that he's no longer leaning on Bad. He wipes his cheeks with his hoodie sleeves, and his expression is so pained that it makes Bad's heart squeeze.

"What's wrong?" Bad says, his voice quiet after the sobs that had been echoing through the hallway, ringing in his ears. "What happened?" Where's George? he wants to ask, but he has a feeling that'll prompt a new round of sobbing.