What Tears Us Down Brings Us Back Together

Don't Worry Boys, Here We Come

TW: Swearing, Abuse(?), Anxiety

Ships Included: Dream x George, Sapnap x Karl, Quackity x Slimecicle, Mumza x Philza

Wilbur finally opened his eyes. He was in a new location, to which he did not know. He fluttered his eyes open slowly and tried to prop himself up. He felt so weak, but he managed to partially sit up.

"Hello?" he let out weakly.

"Hi," he heard a voice say from behind him. He froze, deciding whether or not to turn around. He slowly turned his head to see who was there.

"I'm Karl, Karl Jacobs. You probably don't know me well, but I ran the court during your debate back in the L'Manburg election!" Karl ranted, smiling.

"I remember you. What're you doing here?" Wilbur questioned.

"Oh, right. Wil, I'm a time traveller. A side effect of that is me getting visions from the past or future. I had one about you and your brother. I want to help you guys and save you, but I don't know where you guys are. Do you have any clue?"

"If I told you," Wil began, "he'd kill me."

"Who's he?"

"DreamXD. He's the one behind all of this. You can ask Dream about him. We're in deep shit," Wilbur said, giggling to himself.

"We'll try our best to rescue you guys, okay?" Karl said reassuringly.

"Thank you, but try to hurry. He won't wait long to kill us."

"We'll do our best. I'll do my best," Karl said, trying to sound as confident as possible. Although, on the inside, he was doubting that he'd ever get to them in time. It seemed to convince Wilbur, however, as he flashed a sincere smile of gratitude towards Karl. The two shared a moment of silent, awkward eye contact.

"Go, before he finds you here," Wilbur said, urgency rising in his voice.

"Too late," a creature moaned from behind them. Karl's vision went black.

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Karl's eyes returned to their previous life-like colour as he was snapped back into reality. His breath sped up rapidly and he started shaking again. Sapnap comforted him the best he could, but Karl couldn't hear anything he was saying. There was a ringing in his head. He searched the room, making sure that he was in the right time line. His eyes landed on Quackity, who was mouthing something that Karl managed to read: you're okay, just breath. Karl attempted to slow his breath down, making gradual progress.

"What'd you see?" Dream asked, his voice sounding much better than Karl last remembered.

"I'll explain everything later, we have to go find where Wilbur is. Anyone know where to start?" Karl said, getting up and rushing out of the room.

"We're helping him? Why?" Sapnap said, unaware of the situation.

"We know where his base is. There may be some clues as to where XD's layer is," George explained.

"Perfect. Nick, you drive?" Karl asked, tossing Sap his car keys.

"Sure, why not? But this better be worth it," he responded hesitantly.

"Dream, do you have any clue where XD's hideout could be?" Karl questioned, completely disregarding Sapnap's slick remark.

"I may have a general idea."

"Awesome! Let's check Wil's base first though. We could find something he was plotting, like storming XD's base," Karl said, practically running out the front door. Sapnap was still confused, but he shared Karl's enthusiasm and rushed out the door.