Ranboo sat cramped in the small glass chamber. He didn't remember how he got there, all he last remembered was a hard hit to the back of the head and something green.

The boy had his legs up to his chest and his arms wrapped around them, his tail doing the same. He wanted to know why he was there, he didn't do anything wrong as of late, right?

He had been stuck in there for who knows how long and it was really starting to bug him. The enderman hybrid had tried to break out of the chamber but nothing worked, it worried him. The teen had been hearing shuffling above him from some people as well as muffled voices he couldn't recognise.

He heard it for a while until it stopped for a minute and he heard loud footsteps echo throughout the room he was in before some lights turned on, revealing Dream, Tubbo and Tommy. Tommy and Tubbo looked confused with hints of fear in their eyes.

Ranboo stood up, his head hitting the top of the chamber he was in. He placed his hands on the reinforced glass infront of him and looked at the three men, a confused look on his face. Dream started to speak. His lips moved but he couldn't hear anything come from.

The boy gazed at the mans lips, trying to read them. He managed to make out a few words like, 'disc, water, fill up, choose.' Those words filled the tall teen with fear. He started banging on the glass, yelling to the two to choose him. Tubbo and Tommy looked at eachother, Tommy's eye brows furrowing in thought.

The blonde teen looked to the dirty blonde, telling him something, Ranboo didn't catch the words he said but assumed the worse, Dream smiled and walked over to a lever which the boy had failed to notice earlier. The green hooded man placed a hand on the level and pulled it down.

Ranboo heard gurgling from beneath him and looked down, his eyes widened. The tank was starting to fill up with water. The teen frantically started banging on the glass, causing small cracks to appear on it. Tommy and Tubbo looked on in horror at their friend, too frozen in shock to do anything. That was until Punz came through the portal, saying something to Dream and everyone coming through.

Dream quickly got cornered by the group of equipped men and women. But, unbeknownst to the group of people, two figures slipped through the portal making their way over to the still screaming and in pain hybrid, banging against the glass sparatically.

One of the figures broke open the chamber, the boy stumbling out of the cage with water gushing out from it. He collapsed shortly after from pain and exhaustion. The only thing he saw before getting engulfed in darkness was wings and Dream getting killed.

The boy remained unconscious for a while, his body getting moved around as the boy remained limp in the persons grasp. The tall teen had been placed down somewhere and bandaged, the two mysterious figures leaving the room the tall hybrid had been situated in. However, Ranboo gradually woke up, squinting his eyes at the light in his eyes. The boy tried to sit up but winced in pain. He slowly looked to his torso, finding them covered in bandages along with his legs. The boy wasn't wearing his normal suit that he usually wore, instead, he had baggy trousers on and nothing covering his torso apart from the bandages. He looked at the bandages for a long while before remembering the burns he obtained while being trapped in the cage, his eyes widening in realisation.

The teen started to look around the room he was in, it had a bed which the boy was currently on with a small desk next to him that contained a little jar of pills, some papers, a small cup of ointment and remnants of bandages which the boy could only guess to be the leftovers of what he had wrapped around him. There was a small doorway just opposite the bed with the door closed. There was also a window next to his bed and when looking out of it could see a white terrain with the occasional mob coming in and out of view. He was at Techno cottage.

How did he get here? Wasn't he just in a cage slowly filling up with water? This made no sense. The boys memory was fuzzy, all past events a bit blurry in his mind. He shook his head, not wanting to get overwhelmed with his thoughts.

The hybrid shifted his body, making his legs dangle over the side of the bed, gently placing his feet on the floor. He slowly started to stand up, grunting lightly as the pain coursing through his body.

If he was in Technos house, he was going to check at least because he could be in a place he didn't know at all, plus, it's always better to be safe than sorry.

The boy rested a hand on a nearby wall in effort to try and support his weight, it worked and he slowly hobbled his way over to the door, quickly finding himself in front of it because of the big steps he took, despite them being natural for him.

The teen slowly reached for the door handle, gripping it loosely and turned it lightly, hearing a satisfying creak come from the door. He pushed the door open and steadily walked through the door way, ducking under the top of it to avoid hitting his already pounding head.

He leaned against a nearby wall and let his eyes scan the now visible room, his multicoloured eyes swiftly landing on the two individuals in the middle of the room who had yet to notice the tall teen, their backs facing the the boy. He wondered how the pair didn't hear the creak of the door but decided not to dwell on it too much and focused back on the two. His ear flicked slightly at the small chatter of the two, deciding to listen to the conversation the duo was having instead of making his presence known, his tail flicking idly behind him.

"Why couldn't we of gotten there faster? Ranboo is now seriously injured because of us, I feel like we need to do more Techno..." the anxious man stated, his head falling into his hands. His fingers running through his hair in frustration.

"We got there as fast as we could, there was nothing you could've done Phil..." Techno muttered, resting a hand on the older mans shoulder in an attempt of comfort.

"I'm well aware but it still makes me feel sick to my stomach at the slight thought of what Ranboo had to endure, even if it was for a minute. Those burns were like- first degree burns and I can't bare the thought of those burns being all over his body..." Phil voiced, his small talk slowly turning into different emotions with each word being spat from his mouth.

"Me niether, but we aren't at fault here. Tommy shouldn't have challenged Dreams words. Tommy is the reason Ranboo has those burns and Dream is the reason Ranboo was even in there in the first place. You have no reason to believe you are the one who gave him those burns. You are the reason he isn't suffering anymore and he would be grateful for that." Techno uttered, his words soft but held a firm meaning. Each word thought out carefully to comfort the winged hybrid.

Phil didn't speak, knowing the piglin hybrid was right. He didn't bother try and speak his thoughts any longer, aware that the blood god would state reasons against what he was saying; making what the older man said futile.

"I know you're upset, but there's nothing we can do except wait until Ranboo wakes up, if he wakes up at all...." Techno muttered the last part under his breath, not wanting to cause the older man more uncertainty than he was already feeling.

Ranboo however, who was still watching the scene unfold silently from the door, had heard what Techno said and it greatly upset him. He sighed silently to himself, deciding to make his being known in hopes of calming the two hybrids nerves.

"Technos right ya know. Theres no need to worry." The two jumped at the sudden voice behind them and whipped their heads in the direction of the noise. Phil gasped lightly before jumping up and running to hug the taller hybrid and immediately hugging the enderman hybrid, earning a small oof from the tall boy and a slight wince at the pressure the older man was putting on his burns. Phil noticed this and loosened his grip but didn't let go. Techno just sat there for a moment looking at the conscious teen before a soft smile made it's way onto his face, relief washing over the piglin hybrid like a tsunami destroying a city. His worries washing away like those buildings.

Ranboo chuckled lightly at their reactions, hugging the winged man back but way gentler than what he was being held in. The teen looked up and lifted an arm up to Techno, gesturing to come and join the hug. The man immediatly took the opportunity to hug the tall hybrid and engulfed the boy in a hug like death grip.

Techno isn't one for showing affection but he has had his fair share of moments of when he did display emotions or signs of affection, although it was rare, everyone who witnessed the displays of affection always had a smile on their faces for a while afterwards. The boy chuckled lightly to himself before wrapping his arms around the two, bringing them closer to him.

No words were spoken between the three, there was no need for words as their actions had explained enough. The only sound the three could hear being the breaths they all produced, the sound of fire crackling in the fire place and the wind whipping past the windows.

All their worries washing away at that moment, the only thing all of them focusing on being eachother and how lucky they are to be together.

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