Here comes me writing a terrible fighting scene again. Enjoy :)

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Techno didn't waste any time and started to work on the potions. Since there are hybrids here that can't float or teleport, he worked on slow falling potions first. One of the reason he needed an Enderchest, since the few phantom membranes he owns are stored in there, together with some Ghasts tears and glistening melon slices. Let's hope they won't have to use healing and regeneration too much... but he makes a bunch just in case. Strength was next and a small batch of swiftness last. It only took a couple of minutes to make all the potions, but it felt like forever. They only have a few moments until the humans will get here, they need as much time as they can get to prepare the defenses.

Once done, he put them all in a chest and carried it downstairs. The hybrids were still hurrying around the room, but now more focused on getting their weapons ready. "I've got more potions!" He placed the chest down in the room and opened it. "Slow falling for everyone that doesn't have the ability to save themselves if they fall or have to jump down from here and healing potions in case we need them. I also have strength and a few swiftness ones, but we should be careful with those."

They split up the potions between them, leaving Techno with two strength and two feather falling potions for himself. That should be enough, hopefully. The three hybrids that had left earlier had returned now and piled arrows and bows on the ground. "This is all we have. Let's hope it's enough." While they each grabbed a bunch of arrows, Phil pulled Techno aside. "Are you sure you want to do this?" "Yes. Absolutely." Phil smiled and walked over to the Enderchest, opening it and holding it open for him. "Then you will need this." He walked over and looked inside. Since Phil was the one who opened it, he could see into his chest. "Are you sure?" "Yes. I trust you Techno. We all do."

The human reached inside the dark blue chest and pulled out his armor and his weapons. A grin made its way on to his face when seeing the sparkling enchanted netherite. He has to admit, he missed his armor.

He quickly put on the armor and adjusted his cape under the two shoulder plates, making sure it's secure, just like his mask and crown. The trident was also added to his weaponry, together with his sword, axe and crossbow. He wore his friends presents with pride, happily showing to the whole fucking world that he is on their side. That he will fight for them.

He was a hybrid. He was one of them.

A movement out of the corner of his eye made him stop in his tracks. Niki swam into the aquarium through the waterfall opening, panting and clutching her side. "Niki!" Wilbur went over to her and fazed through the glass to help her, seeing that she had an arrow stuck in her tail. "No. I'll be fine. Go to the others. The humans are here."

A crow outside shrieked, signaling the arrival of their enemy. Techno and Phil quickly joined the other hybrids that had gathered outside, hiding behind the wall and other small hiding spots they created. Wilbur soon followed, but only after he had handed Niki a potion of healing and some food. She won't fight with them. She can't. It would be too dangerous to stay in the rivers.

Techno could feel the nervousness from the other beings around him and glanced over at Tommy, who was staying close to Phil. His small wings were trembling, but he kept a determined look and aimed down at the intruders, matching his father's stance as best as he could. He wants to make his family proud. He always wants that, being the youngest and all.

Ranboo looked as furious as ever, an enchanted bow in hand, but Tubbo to his left was shaking a bit as well. These kids shouldn't have to worry about fighting for their life... facing an army in battle. They should be exploring the world, experience life. It only made Techno all the more furious and ready to rip these intruders apart. The voices roared up in agreement, screaming for blood. And this time, he agreed with them.

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They slowly walked through the fog, lanterns lighting the immediate area around them. No one spoke a word while they walked, not wanting to give away their position that much. It was already bad enough that a aquatic hybrid seemed to have noticed them and could be on its way to warn the other beasts. 'We need to keep the element of suprise'.

The masked hunter was leading the group, his two teammates close behind him. Sapnap was grinning, his axe in hand already. He was itching for a fight after the past month only consistent of preparations and scouting. Maybe even get a killing blow on that bastard traitor Technoblade.

Finally the fog cleared and revealed the gigantic clearing that had been hiding from human eyes for almost a century. A sinister grin formed under the simple white mask. Finally... finally he will get the ultimate reward and make himself a name that will be remembered. One that will not stand in Technoblade's shadow. Not anymore.

"It's beautiful..." George stared around the clearing in awe, staring at all the different buildings and areas until his eyes landed on the large floating island in the middle. "Look at that... it's just floating..." The island had a waterfall running down the side and beautiful vines and leaves covering the sides and lower area. A cozy looking house stood on top of it, surrounded by what looked like a small wall. Even with being colorblind, he could tell the place was filled with beautiful colors and patterns. "How is it floating like that? I've never seen that before. Is it magic? But how would hybrids do that... they just have animal traits. What do you think Sa-"

"George will you shut up! This isn't important! We're here to kill them, not compliment their building!" The brunette shrunk back and just gripped the handle of his sword. "Just saying it looks nice..." The masked man turned to the other hunters that gather around, ignoring the older male who was now kicking small pebbles around. "Let's go. We need to get to the first buildings before the notice us."

Before they even moved into action, a scream ripped through the air. One of the hunters further back collapsed, an arrow in his chest, right between where his armor pieces connect. Another arrow came flying and pierced a shoulder and another one hit a leg. "Shields!"

It felt like it was literally raining arrows, their shields catching one almost every second. Everyone who didn't pull some sort of protective surface in front of them dropped dead in seconds.

Now this is war. No hybrid will leave this clearing alive. Not if he has anything to say about that.

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Techno watched the first arrow fly, fired by Wilbur. It arched in the air and hit it's target. He grinned when the human went down. Wanting to take after his older (adoptive) brother, Tommy pulled back the arrow and let it fly, grinning at Wilbur when he managed to hit a target. As much as Techno hated the thought of kids fighting a war, he felt pride when seeing the young blonde fight back and show the world that he's not a defenseless animal. He could see Phil's feathers puff out in pride too, but he does that almost every time his son does something that doesn't end in chaos.

All hell broke lose for the humans on the ground now. A rain of arrows hit them, killing a good chunk of them already. 'This feels too easy... there's gonna be a catch...' The catch was that they didn't have an infinite amount of arrows. They had to slow down their assault when they realized that they were starting to run out of ammunition and only a bit less than half of the army below was dead.

"Shit... this isn't good." "Ranboo, do you still have that tnt in your Enderchest?" The Enderman grinned and rushed back inside the pub. "What's your plan?" Phil flapped his wings, a dangerous grin on his face. "Bomb them with it. They will be too busy blocking your shots to realize what's going on." The bird took the explosives offered to him and took off to the skies.

Techno loaded his crossbow with one of his few fireworks that he still had, aimed down at the approaching hunters and fired. They exploded into a wall of color, blinding the enemy just for a few moments. But it was enough to make sure they don't see Phil approaching them with the tnt. The bird lights the explosives and drops them down at the humans one after the other, causing explosions to shake the ground.

He only had a few tnt batches, but it was enough to cause a huge damage to the human army below. Quite a few humans died through the explosion, but there were still enough that survived with their shields and being far enough away. And now that they could see clearly, they shot arrows up at Phil. The bird shrieked and flew higher, trying to get away from the arrows. Techno growled and shot another firework down at the humans, trying to protect his friend.

"We have to get down there! We don't have much more stuff to kill them from a distance!" Scott stood up and grabbed his trident. "Let's show them who's the stronger fighter!" "Yeah let's kick some ass!" "We have home advantage, let's use it!" With them being out of long rage weapons, they really have no other choice. So they grabbed their potions, weapons and all the courage they have and jumped down from the pub, using their slow falling potions in doing so.

Wilbur and Scott flew towards Phil, who was still dodging arrows as he threw the last pits of tnt and arrows he had down at them. The phantom dived down and poured lava over them, while Scott used his Starborn abilities to shoot lightning at them. As soon as the other hybrids touched the ground, they ran into battle. Tommy and Tubbo stayed close to Techno, while Ranboo teleported ahead to slash at the first enemy.

Techno's blood red cape flared out as he stormed into battle, attacking the first human in range with his axe. The sparkling netherite had no difficult to destroy the puny iron armor and strike right at the human's chest. One after the other fell to his blade, being shown no mercy.

Screams of pain and fear surrounded him, but that didn't bother the human turned hybrid. His vision turned red, the cries blocked out by the chanting voices in his head.

BLOOD! BLOOD! BLOOD! BLOOD!
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

A flash of bright green caught his attention. He immediately abandoned his current opponent to go after the hunter, an almost animal sounding growl leaving his throat. This is the most dangerous threat to the sanctuary. But if he manages to kill dream, then they will be safe. They won't have to deal with his insane ass any longer.

But just when he was about to catch up to him, someone else blocked his way. He stared down at the brunette that was staring up at him, his arms shaking where they hold a diamond sword. He wasn't sure if it was fear or exhaustion that causes the human to shake like that. "Out of my way." The hunter shook his head and stood his ground, even with the obvious fear in his eyes.

Techno grabbed his axe a little tighter and attack the smaller man, who bravely stood his ground after every blow dealt by the former hunter. He familiar scream made Techno freeze and glance over George's shoulder. Tommy was on the ground, pinned down by Dream, who heald his axe high over his head, ready to kill him.

"Tommy!" Techno tried to push past George, who stared over at Dream as well. His eyes widen when he saw his leader, his teammate, ready to kill a hybrid that was obviously much younger than all the others. He always had a different opinion when it came to the hybrids, or more on just what type of hybrids they hunt. It always made him shiver whenever Dream talked about or killed a child or teen. He stared up at Techno, who desperately tried to fight his way through and stepped aside, letting the other sprint towards the masked man.

With an angry cry, he ripped Dream off of Tommy and stood over the youngest of his family, blocking him from every attack the other might have thrown. Dream grabbed his weapon tighter, green eyes almost glowing with rage. Even with his new stupid costume, he immediately recognized the pink hair and netherite axe pointed at him. "Long time no see Blade."

Techno growled and shifted his stance a bit, ready to protect the hybrid. "Oh what's wrong? Forgot how to talk already?" If he could, he would have just slapped him across the face. Instead, he decided to do the next best thing.

"⋏⍜, ⟟'⋔ ⟊⎍⌇⏁ ⌇⋔⏃⍀⏁ ⟒⋏⍜⎍☌⊑ ⏁⍜ ⌰⟒⏃⍀⋏ ⏃ ⋏⟒⍙ ⌰⏃⋏☌⎍⏃☌⟒, ⎍⋏⌰⟟☍⟒ ⊬⍜⎍. "

If only he could see Dream's face, but the shift in his stance was proof enough that he was definitely taken back. It gave Techno enough time to pull his crossbow and shoot at the other, who only managed to block in the very last second. Tommy finally got off the ground and decided to stay by Techno's side, an angry glare directed at the man who just tried to kill him. His small wings puffed out in anger. The hunter growled now too and bolted towards Techno, who get ready to defend. "Tommy! Run to the others! I got this!" "But Techno-" "GO!"

He groaned when being hit with Dream's attack, before pushing back and slicing at him with his axe. The two danced around each other for a while, trading hits like it was nothing. A dance of Death that sadly, the masked man seemed to be winning. Techno had stopped training the past month. He only helped to mine the very few times they did and spend his free time reading the massive amount of books that Phil owns or chats with the other hybrids. Meanwhile Dream had trained for this moment for months, even before Techno betrayed them.

In a moment of weakness, the pink haired man suffered a hard blow to his side. He groaned and clutched the bleeding wound, using his free hand to block another attack. "Finally. I won't stay in your shadow any longer." More attacks rain down on the wounded warrior, draining his strength even more. He had no chance to use a healing potion, no second to catch his breath.

With one last strong attack, Techno lost his balance and fell. The masked hunter stomped down on his chest before he could get up again. The razor sharp blade of Dream's axe sat on his throat, already cutting a thin line into his pale skin, small trickles of blood running down his skin. "Any last words before I end your pathetic life and claim what's mine?"

Techno tried to struggle without cutting his throat more, but he was outmatched. A flash of green and black caught his attention, a single black feather slowly gliding down from the sky. He grinned up at the hunter, eyes almost glowing under the pale bone mask he wears. "I do actually. You talk too much."

For a second, it seemed like the world stood still. He watched the hunter tilt his head in confusion. Then a sharp enchanted netherite blade pierced through his chestplate. Blood splattered onto the ground and Techno, but he couldn't be bothered by it. The masked hunter gasped for air, his weapon dropping to the ground. He collapsed to his knees, his body slipping of the blade. Phil helped Techno stand back up and stared down at the dying hunter.

"⟟ ⍙⍜⋏'⏁ ⌰⟒⏁ ⊬⍜⎍ ⊑⎍⍀⏁ ⋔⊬ ⎎⏃⋔⟟⌰⊬ ⟒⎐⟒⍀ ⏃☌⏃⟟⋏. ⍀⍜⏁ ⟟⋏ ⊑⟒⌰⌰."

They watched him take his last breath before Phil quickly turned to his friend with a healing potion. Techno took his hand away from his side, watching as Phil carefully poured the liquid over his blood soaked side. "Thank you..." "Anything for family." They grinned at each other. A cry to their left caught their attention. But it wasn't one of pain.

Tommy and Tubbo were screaming and cheering, watching as only a handful of surviving hunters retreated, running back into the fog. A short brunette stayed just for a second longer, looking between the corpse of the masked man and Techno. The pink haired man nodded at him and he lowered his head, turning and following the other hunters back to safety.

"We won!" Wilbur hugged the bird tightly, making him laugh. "We did." Techno watched the hybrids celebrate and smiled. They were safe again... at least for now. "Come here you pink haired bastard." Wilbur now hugged him, giggling with relief that this whole thing was over. The human chuckled and hugged back. "Love you too you phantom idiot."

The hybrids gathered near the pub again. Laughing and celebrating. They haven't suffered any losses, only scratches, bruises and gashes that will turn into scars. "But... what do we do now? The guardians are dead..." "We could try and bring new guardians here? Niki was the one who brought them here first, so maybe we can do it again?" "And make a thicker fog wall? And add a third defense mechanism somehow."

Techno just listened to them rambling about ideas on how to make their home safe again. "And if this won't work... I have seen a beautiful spot a day or two away from here... That we could transform into a new sanctuary. It's surrounded by mountains and a huge ocean, so maybe it's easier to defend there." "Maybe... you have to show me that spot. We can discuss that together once I agree it's safe enough too." Phil nodded at Scott and the two immediately made plans on how they can get there the fastest.

Whatever the hybrids decide on, Techno knows he will follow and help build a new home. This is his family, his home and this time, he won't let it be taken away from him.

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Sooo... this is the end of this story I guess. This was definitely very fun to write and I will miss it. But everything ends eventually and I would have run out of ideas at some point xD.

Hope you guys enjoyed this story!

I already have a new one in the works, this one more focused on a larger group of DSMP characters and not just emerald duo (but they still are in the story ^-^)

It would deal with the very popular concept of 'what would happen if this was real or such and such were actually in this world/movie/franchise/whatever '

So if you're interested, be on the lookout for that!

Well... this is goodbye for this story.

Have a great day!

Jedi_Raptor ♡