Hanging in there - A DDLC X DSMP CROSSOVER

Chapter 25 - Locked up

A/N - We're in Chapter 25! Never thought I'd make it this far. Enjoy! (not a sayori pic but cute anyway.

My eyes slowly adjust to the blinding lights. My head throbs, and my whole body hurts. Where am I? I'm on a bed, in a white building. White... Wait. Am I in the white house? I panic, feeling dread seep into me. If I'm in the white house... then that means I'm close to Schlatt. The memories of what happened relay through my head like a broken tape. Wilbur. Tommy. Tubbo. Niki. Fundy. I have to protect them. They don't deserve anything that's happening right now.

"You awake now?" I slowly sit up, and see Quackity sitting on a bed next to me. Ah. Crap.

"Yeah.... I think-" I let out a wince. It feels like someone's pounding a hammer into my skull. I slowly sink back into the comfort of the bed. Quackity's eyes show no emotion.

"..."

"I'll tell Schlatt and Tubbo you're awake." He leaves the room, locking the door behind him. There aren't any windows to escape from, but I do see a vent. Now's my chance! Gingerly, I get up, stretch and attempt to stack the mattresses over the top of my bed under the vent. Finally, I can climb up. All that leaves is causing a distraction...I look in my pocket, fumbling for the smoke canister I may or may not have stolen from Tommy. Right. It's now or never. I quickly climb up, and knock all the mattresses off. Panic flashes in me as I hear footsteps disturbingly close to the door. A key being turned into the door, and I throw the smoke canister down, and close the vent quickly, praying that the clang masked the sound of the vent opening. I can feel my sweat dripping down as Quackity enters the room. His face of utter confusion is really funny, and I have to pinch myself to stop laughing. Until his eyes trail up to the vent I'm hiding in. My silent laughter stops. I freeze, not daring to even breath. A few moments pass. He walks out the room, muttering to himself. I catch a few words -

"Rascal." "Schlatt." "Vent." And a few others that I'm definitely never going to forget. Wait? VENT?! I panic, and quickly start crawling. My heartbeats all disoriented, and my head's pounding so hard I can barely see where I'm going. That, and the fact that the vent shaft is pitch-black. I scramble, little by little. My belly hurts from being dragged, but I dare not make a sound. Who knows how thin the walls are? I push myself, flat on my stomach, by my hands and feet, muffling my sounds.

It feels like half an hour, but it's only been about five minutes. My body hurts all over, and I'm shaking. Why did I do this? WHY? God I'M SO STUPID! I let out a quiet whimper. Damn it! Damn it all! I hear voices, and I go quiet, occasionally drawing in raspy breaths.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T FIND HER!" The sound of a glass breaking. I flinch. The sounds are very close. BUT THERE'S NO TIME TO WASTE! I quickly slide over a bit more, and inch myself to freedom. Is this what caterpillars feel like?

~Tubbo POV~

The sheets of laundry scrunch up as I pull them. The laundry was never my favourite place to be, but now, its the only place that I feel safe. All because of a single person. Schlatt. I shudder, trying not to think about what had happened earlier. 

"Tubbo! Come here." 

"Why? What do you want?"

"I have a big task for you. Because you're my right-hand man, I'm telling you to go get a search party and find Tommy and Wilbur. They need to know they aren't welcome here."

"Wha-? Why? You're already exiled them? Isn't this what you wanted?"

"I want to have....a nice talk with them."

Maybe the talk bit meant death, I do not know. After a week of searching, I couldn't find them. Schlatt had put Quackity on guard to watch out for my behaviour. It was torture. Every day, knowing that my very own actions could cause my best friends to get killed. Stalling only got me into more trouble. Luckily, Tommy and Wilbur are smart. Day after day of searching with no end, Schlatt decided to just stop searching, assuming that, "They're as far away as they can be." 

Every day, I went to visit Sayori. She was the same, every time I visited her. Sleeping. I was so terrified of losing her; I was afraid that I would go see her and her eyes would never open again. My only ally inside this horrid place. Schlatt had even turned on Niki, raising taxes for her, when the rest of us didn't have any. I knew what Schlatt had planned to do. He planned to make Sayori force Niki out of her bakery. Cruelty, like never before. Sayori and Niki were so close, they were like sisters. I sigh. Is it so bad to think that I would rather L'manburg still be at war with Dream? Times were simpler, better. At least I had all my friends. Even if all hope was lost, I was never alone. But now....

"Tubbo!" I gasp, turning around, excepting to be scolded. I exhale. It's Quackity. 

"Yeah...? What is i-?"

"Sayori managed to escape somehow!" Hope flares in my chest. Go GO GO! You can do it, Sayori! Quackity looks me dead in my eyes; 

"You better bring her back if you catch her. You know what will happen if you don't."

 Anger fuels my body, and I move without thinking. I CAN'T LET MY FRIENDS DIE BECUASE OF ME. Quackity and Schlatt had both threatened to kill my friends, Tommy, Wilbur, Sayori, even Jack and Niki, if I didn't comply with what they said. It hurts me so much, the fact that are people who only care about themselves. This is why, at any cost, I have to protect them all. SOMEWAY! SOMEHOW! I gasp as I see Quackity on the floor. His cheek is red where I hit him. THIS IS MY CHANCE TO FINALLY BE A HERO! But I have no time to look up, as the sky turns black. What? I pass out, and the last thing I hear is Sayori frantically screaming. 

~SAYORI POV~

"TUBBO. TUBBO!" I quickly check his pulse. Good! He's still breathing! My god! I'm so stupid! I had accidently fallen down the vent shaft, then knocked out poor Tubbo who was right underneath the vent at the time. A few metres away, I see Quackity on the floor. I quickly rush over to him to see if he's alright. Good. He's OK. His cheek looks swollen, and I think I know who did it. I had heard a slap before tumbling down into the narrow shaft. Most likely Tubbo's doing, but he never struck me as a violent person. I hear footsteps echoing close. I quickly hid myself in a laundry basket, curling up into a ball. 

"Sayori. I can see you're there. You don't need to hide. We're friends, aren't we?" I peek up and see Schlatt holding the laundry and grinning at me. His expression suddenly turns somber,

 "Though... You were trying to escape." His face hardens. "Too bad. You try escaping again and Niki dies. Now be a good girl and follow me." Sighing, I follow. I wish I had never made a deal with him.

Quick A/N - OMG YOU GUYS THIS BOOK IS NUMBER 11 IN THE TAG 'DDLC'. HOLY. OUT OF 3000 STORIES YOU GUYS LIKED THIS ONE THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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