Family by Blood

Chapter15:You Could Fall, and Nobody Would Hear

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Technoblade

Something grabbed at his arms and he only dragged the hindrance with him. The hindrance screamed in his ear but the chant for blood was louder. His mind refuses to process anything but getting home.

Protect-BLOOD-Protect

Then he stopped and Tubbo fell to the floor from the sudden motion.

"What did you say?"

Tubbo coughed and glared at him from the floor. "There is a nether portal in the manor. It will take you to the Sleepy Coven territory in half the time."

"Take me to it." Technoblade immediately demanded.

"Okay, okay, relax." Tubbo said, getting to his feet.

"My Coven could be dead by now." Technoblade gritted out. "Don't tell me to relax."

Tubbo winced. "Good point, come on."

Technoblade made them run into the manor and down its winding halls. He didn't even look at the extravagantly decorated interior through his tunnel vision. How could he?

Chat screamed to get back.

Tubbo gasped for breath as they jogged down the stairs Technoblade could barely see. "The portals are all in the basement because of their noise. Next to the-"

Technoblade automatically drew his sword at the sound of screeching. Tubbo didn't stop. "That's just Karl, come on."

"In your dungeons? What did he do?" Technoblade asked curiously.

Tubbo opened his mouth. Then his eyes flashed red for a moment before dissipating. "I don't know."

Technoblade eyed him suspiciously "What do you mean you don't know?"

Tubbo shrugged.

Technoblade fingered the crystals in his pocket. In his stupidity, he only had enough for his coven. There would be no time to go to Puffy's and get more, so he held off on giving Tubbo one. He itched to follow Tubbo to the portal, but for some reason he felt drawn towards the dungeon.

Find-Truth-Hidden

His instincts have never led him astray before.

Find-Karl-Important

"Come on." Technoblade took Tubbo's wrist and dragged him towards the sound of crying and groaning. Tubbo went along easily but he seemed to become less lucid the farther in he went. The dungeons were all stone and smelled moldy. Unlike their own dungeon that had two cells, The Greater Dream SMP Coven had two story rows of cell blocks. Some of them had people in them, all dirty and ratty, Technoblade ignored them.

"Where is Karl?" Technoblade demanded giving Tubbo a little shake. Tubbo pointed to the last cell in the row.

Technoblade marched over there, following the sounds of mumbling and weeping. He peered in the cell. There was a guy hugging his knees, rocking back and forth in the middle of the room. He did not even see Technoblade, he only rocked and cried deliriously.

"Karl?" Technoblade tried.

Karl looked at him. His eyes were swirling red and blue so bright it was white. "K-Karl, they, Dre-, Knows, Karl knows, red so much red- green- vine, sup-su-sup-su-"

"What does Karl know?" Technoblade asked gently, But Karl flinched violently.

"Nothing!" He rocked faster. "I know n-nothing. Vines-should have stopped them-" Karls eyes glowed pure white for a second before the white took over. "Wilbur will- ah! No no no no no."