Don't Forget Me

Chapter Ten

"Wake up. You can't stay asleep forever!" The voice echoed in Tom's head, as he lay on the floor. He just wanted to sleep. Just let him sleep.

"Tom. Wake. Up." He pressed on his ears, trying to block out the voice, but it only made it louder.

"Wake up, Tom!" It yelled, sounding almost like Matt...

"What if I want to sleep forever?!" He yelled out, scrambling to his feet. It was the same black room from his previous dream.

"You can't!" Matt appeared in front of him, just as disfigured as last time. What had he done?

"Why not!"

"We won't let you," he spoke, smiling warmly before it turned into a twisted smile, "Let you see what you have done."

"No. No no no." Tom backed away from him, but he bumped right into someone. He whipped around, to be face to face with Edd.

"Matt told you to wake up. And we want you to wake up." His voice was still cold and lifeless.

However, before Tom could speak, another voice appeared, just like last time. However, unlike last time, this one sounded...scared.

"Tom. Tom please. Wake up. I'm begging you." Tom turned to see Tord, staring at him from a short distance, fear in his eyes.

"Tord?" He started towards him, but Tord flinched back in pain, and he stopped. What was going on?

"Please..."

"I don't want to."

"You need to. Just. Wake up, for all of us."

Before Tom could protest, he felt himself being taken. Drifting out of his dream state. But he didn't want to leave. Don't let him leave!

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  This time, Tom opened his eyes slowly. He looked around him to see the empty room, dark and bare. He sighed and rolled over, thinking about the dream he just had. Matt and Edd still seemed annoyed yet lifeless, but Tord...

Tord.

Why did he look so scared? Why did he flinch back when Tom walked over to him? What did Tom do to him?

What did he do...

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"We need a plan," Edd said to the others. They nodded in agreement.

Currently, the three of them were huddled around in the main room of a little house in the trees. Due to it being on Tord's mountain, it had been claimed as his own. They were sitting on the floor, in a circle, as they discussed their ideas.

"Well, we all know his caves are too dangerous and confusing to try to navigate." Matt pointed out. Edd nodded, and shook his head.

"Going in, is a no go," he said before pausing to think. "We need to get him out."

"But safely. We don't want him getting hurt," Tord pointed out.

"Thats true. So, how do we do this?" Edd ran his fingers through his hair, and sighed, trying to think. All three sat there, trying to think, but no one could conjure up any ideas. Until, suddenly, Edd got an idea.

"Someone needs to be hurt."

"What?" Matt and Tord looked at each other, confused.

"We need to be hurt, somehow. Then, get him up here." The other two sat there, thinking, before shrugging in agreement.

"Wait, but how are we going to 'get hurt'?" Tord asked.

"And how will we get him to stay?" Matt added.

"Do you guys remember Laurel?"

"The blue haired girl, right?" Tord asked.

"Yep. That's the one. She's the goddess of Illusions, remember? We could call her up, and ask her to help us out!" Edd practically beamed. Of course, they all hated having to hurt Tom like this, but they needed him. A lot.

"And, as for keeping him up here...we'll get there when we come to it," Tord said, facing Matt. He nodded, satisfied with the answer.

"I'll call up Laurel, Alright? Hopefully she'll be able to help." Edd stood, and flew out of the little tree home.

"I hope Tom comes back," Matt said, looking down.

"Me too..."

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"I hope Tom comes back."

"Me too..." Tord knew he wasn't going to though. Not after what he had done. So, the God stood up and started in the direction Tom went in.

"Tord?" Matt called out to him, but he didn't slow down.

"I'll back soon. He needs help right now. We can talk later." Matt shrugged in response.

"Alright! Be safe!" He called out, and then, Tord was off.