Infected

32 - Rising Tensions

Tommy bolted upright as he left the Spirit World. The room his body had been left in was quite crowded with Philza, Technoblade, Scott, Kristen, and Ranboo still sitting in the middle in meditation. There was another man asleep on a chair in the room. They all started bombarding him with questions when they saw that he was back.

"Are you okay," one said.

"What happened in there," another voice asked.

"Where's Ranboo," this one he could tell was Technoblade.

"Guys, give him some space," Scott said, "There is someone we need to wake up."

"Ranboo said he had to do something before leaving," Tommy said, taking what he thought was the most important question first. "Who's that?"

"It would be better to hear from him," Kristen said, and she gave him a gentle smile. Techno splashed water on the man, soaking his lime green hair.

"What was that for," He demanded. "There are better ways to wake a man."

"Tommy," Phil started, "Meet Jack Septiceye."

Jack cleared his throat, "Hello Tommy, are you doing better?"

"Thanks to Ranboo," He looked at Phil, confused, "How long has it been?"

"A day, you haven't missed much," Phil said, "Jack's been waiting to meet you, he refused to leave the room last night."

"Why," Tommy looked back at Jack. "What's so important about me to you?"

"I knew your mother," Jack said, he didn't want to overwhelm Tommy with new information. "She was my sister."

An ecstatic grin spread across Tommy's face, he looked back at Phil and Kristen. "I-I have a family? I have an uncle?"

"Tubbo and Sam found me not too long ago," Jack said, "I knew when they told me about the accident it had to be you or Aaron."

"Aaron?" He got even more excited, did he have a brother?

"Your twin brother," Jack said, smiling as Tommy's excitement rubbed off on him. "I know in my sister's letters you two were close. And since you're alive, after this we could look for him together."

"Yes," Tommy grinned, this was it. This was his way out. But what would Clay think if he went straight to someone who claimed to be related. Someone who could give Tommy what he wanted. A family. "Wait but what about-"

"We'll worry about him later," Phil assured him, "Nothing is going to happen to you."

"Especially not with me around," Jack said. "You're safe with me."

"Thank you," Tommy said hesitantly. What if they got hurt because of him?

"But first we have a bigger issue to worry about," Phil said, "Master Jinora's been waiting for you before making any plans."

"He's just a kid though," Jack said. "Why should he be involved in all this?"

"Because I'm the Avatar, and I'm the last person to have been in the Spirit Wilds," Tommy said, his voice hardening as he walked out to find Jinora.

"Jack has a point, he's been through a lot these past few weeks," Scott said, "We still have no idea if Clay got out of the city or if he got infected. Not to mention he doesn't know what happened to Wilbur."

"We tell him Wilbur managed to get out," Phil said, "He doesn't need to be grieving for him right now."

"He's not going to like being lied to," Kristen said, "Tommy deserves the truth. No matter how hard the truth is. He's been lied to for so long already."