MCYT/HermitCraft Oneshots!

A Third Tango Tale

TW: Tango angst, mentions of experiments, mentions of abandonment

3rd Person POV

"I'm going to head to bed, night dad."

"Already?"

"Yeah it was a long day and Zed and I are going out in the morning." Impulse internally cringes as the lie slips so easily off his tongue, heading for the stairs.

"Ok, sleep well, let me know when you leave, ok?"

"Ok, night."

"Good night Impulse."

The teen takes the stairs two at a time, closing the bedroom door. He waits a beat, listening as the house grows quiet before getting to work. Impulse places a make shift first aid kit, some food, and some healing pots in his backpack. He pushes the window open, finding Skizz's car a few houses down. He waits until Keralis goes to his room, before he starts to climb out the window, half way to the tree he stops, turning back inside to grab a blanket. Impulse carefully climbs down the tree, running to the car and climbing in the passenger side.

"Ready?"

"Ready. You know the way?"

"Of course I do Dipple Dot."

The car leaves the dark street, Impulse tapping his fingers anxiously against his leg. Skizz pulls to a stop in front of a lab.

"You're sure he's here?"

"Positive."

"And you remember the plan?"

"Yes, are you sure you want to find him alone? We can both go."

"No, we're bound to be caught, it'll be easier if one of us disappears instead of both of us. Besides, I need you to disable the security system."

Skizz nods and Impulse throws his bag in the back, the two heading inside the building. The two quietly start down the hall, Impulse keeping a look out for anyone.

"Ok, if my memory is correct the control room is just around the corner."

"Hey! Stop right there!"

The two freeze, turning to face a lab worker.

"How did you two get in here? You're not allowed in here!"

"We're so sorry sir, our car died and neither of us have our phones. We were hoping someone would have a phone we can use? Or something to jump the battery?"

The guy studies the teens before smiling, "I think we have a jump cable, come with me."

The two follow quietly, a silent conversation happening between them. The guy opens the door to the control room, letting them in before rummaging through some cabinets.

"Hmm its not here, let me go look in the storage room, I'll be right back."

"Thank you so much."

The lab worker leaves and Impulse makes quick work of the control panel.

"Find him?"

"Not yet- Oh! There he is!"

Grabbing a pen Impulse quickly scribbles the directions on his hand.

"Ok, I'm going to go get him and go out the back door there," He points to an emergency door, "You do a circle around the block and park by the door after unlocking this door and turning the cameras off."

"You sure you're going to be ok?"

"Yes. Let's do this."

Impulse peeks around the door, seeing the hall empty and slips out.