⛓ My beautiful caged songbird ⛓

Chapter 5: Team A and Team C

—Meanwhile, on the path towards a mountain—

“By the way ,” Tommy said flatly to his group, “I’ve been wondering for a while since we started walking, but—“ He whirled and pointed at the A Team that were behind them, “Why the hell are you guys following us? Aren’t you supposed to go meet my brother?!”

“We are, MUFFINHEAD!” Badboyhalo raised his hands, “Did you forget that Technoblade and Ranboo live in the same area? They’re technically neighbors!”

“Oh,” was all the child said.

“Speaking of Ranboo,” Sapnap said, zipping his jacket as the temperature started to drop, “why did Ranboo decide to stay in the mountains?”

“Well, apparently Phill invited Ranboo up there one time, don’t know why, ” Tubbo said, ”so he built a temporary shack. But later that shack turned into a permanent house.”

“And Techno was okay with that?”

“Yeah,”

After another hour of walking up the snowy hill, accompanied by laughter, charades and pointless bickering, they finally reached the Tundra village.

“Well,” Nikki said at Team A sadly, waving her hands. “I send you my best wishes.”

“Ahhhhhh,” Bad wailed again, his hands in the air, “I’m serious! Can we switch, Tommy!”

“No,” Tommy said, sticking his tongue at him childishly.

“What about me!” Quackity pointed to himself, “Techno still holds a grudge against me after the, uhhh, Butcher Army fiasco. And the way he killed me was HORRIBLE! It still haunts me!”

“Me, too,” Jack Manifold agreed. “Even though Techno probably doesn’t remember, he killed me multiple times during the DoomsDay War! I hate that guy!”

“Well, you gotta suck it up now,” Sapnap said, shrugging his shoulders casually, “We drew straws and it was Bad’s idea. Complain to him! Now. If y’all excuse us, we gotta go check Ranboo’s home.”

Quackilty sucked his teeth as they watched their figures disappear in the snow. “We’re so dead!”

—Ranboo’s home—

“Ranboo!” Sapnap yelled as they broke into his house, “uh, sorry for the sudden intrusion. Also, Tommy broke your door knob!”

“It was in an accident!”

“Ranboo?” Niki called, but the only response she got was her own echo from the cold empty house. There was no signs of life. “He’s not here, either?” 

“Let’s take a look around,” Karl suggested. “See if there’s any clues. If you find a hot mug of tea somewhere, then we just missed him.”

They nodded and split up.

Nikki and Karl decided to check upstairs, while Tommy and Sapnap looked around the current floor.

—meanwhile, Techno’s house, outside his home—

“Guys, we’ve been hiding in this bush for 10 minutes!” Quackity yelled but in a form of a harsh whisper, “how long are we gonna freeze our asses off here?”

“Oh,” their devil friend scoffed. “I’m sorry, but if you’ve got a plan on how to approach that madhouse without getting shot at first sight, we’re all ears!”

“Sure!” Quackity piped, he pointed at the younger boy behind him, “send the kid!” They looked at him incredulously. “What? I don’t hear him complaining about Techno. Plus, he’s the Blood God’s brother. His chances of dying are slimmer compared to ours! What could go wrong?”