Tommy opens his eyes to be greeted by the familiar sight of the void.

Did he die?

"Hello? Wilbur?" He called out

"Hello Tommy" a voice answered

The voice had felt familiar , as if he had heard it before.

"Hi, who are you?" He asked the empty plane

"Who i am is not important but who you will be is" it answered

That was poetic as fuck. It reminded him of wilbur

"What the fuck?" He could feel it smile at him with a tinge of disappointment, but not the one where it made him upset. Was it scolding him?

"My child..." it whispered "i have dearly missed you" he could feel a presence behind him

He turned around and saw a tall woman wearing a big black hat and black clothing, her brown hair floated behind her and a loving smile was placed on her face.

As she stepped forwards, a trail of black roses followed her.

He felt as though he knew this woman all his life yet no name comes to him.

He felt her cold hands cup his cheek and he could feel himself melting to the touch.

"Mother?" He had uttered out without realizing

"Oh, Theseus, Tommy, my sweet sun." She whispered

He felt the starts of tears prick his eyes as he gazed into his mothers abyss yet soft eyes

A second chance has been granted to the child who grew up too fast. The goddess of death will make sure that it shan't be in vain.

It all felt surreal to Tommy, his mother, who he has never met, managed to bring him down to tears.

"Little one, it's time to repair what was once broken and find what was once lost. This world will be better than the last"

Tommy pulled away from his mother

"What?" His mother merely smiles down at him. Looking at him, fondness in her black eyes.

"You've been given a second chance, cherish it and repair what has been broken. Help our family be whole once more"

Tommy could feel himself slowly drifting away

"Tell them i said hi"

And once more Tommy was unconscious.

Tommy slowly flutters his eyes open, he squinted at the brightness.

After finally adjusting his eyes, he came face-to-face with his family members- well he's not really sure if he can call them  family still.

"Wil! We were a family-"
"We WERE a family Tommy"

"Uh....hi?" Tommy looks back and forth at the faces which was staring at him.

Tommy sits up slowly, noticing a dull ache from his abdomen.

"Hi, how are you feeling?" Wilbur asks gripping his hands.

Tommy nearly flinches at the sudden contact but he's able to stop himself because big men don't flinch. And Tommy's the biggest of them all.

Tommy retracts his hands from Wilbur's

"Where are we?" He asked, completely ignoring the way Wilbur looked at him when he took back his hand and ignored his question.

Just then, a woman with short brown hair and a pink flower crown arrives.

She suprised to see Tommy awake.

"Oh! You're up" The woman approached Tommy , bearing a friendly smile.

She offered her hand out.

"Hi there! My name's Stressmonster but you can call me Stress. How are you feeling?" Stress cheered

Tommy shook her hand, awe struck to see a woman.

She reminded him of Niki.

"Uh- i- Hi-" He stuttered out before shaking his head and composing himself "Hi- I'm TommyInnit, the biggest and poggest man ever" he introduced himself in classical Tommy style.

Stress let out a small laugh before retracting her hand.

"Anyways, Tommy, how are you feeling? Does it hurt anywhere?" She asks, handing Tommy a healing potion.

Tommy hesitantly took the potion. Removing the cork, he sniffed the potion to see if it was poison or any of the likes

"I'm good? I don't see why i wouldn't be" Tommy shrugged, downing the free potion. I mean who would turn down free stuff?

"That's good to hear, i'll be back in a bit to change the bandage," 'Bandage?' And with that the woman- Stress left to god knows where.

Now the four of them were alone again, in awkward silence.

Tommy never dealt well with silence, not after exile.

"So.." he started looking at the other three in the room.

"Anyone know what's going on?" Phil sighed at this

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"So, the book- ritual whatever thingy brought us here?" Tommy asked while Philza nodded

"And we don't know how to get back?" Another nod

Tommy was confused to say the least, he didn't know how he felt about the situation

And as if on cue, Stress arrives again. This time she's holding a box.

"Hello!" She greets cheerfully as she approaches them.

"Can you take off the coat? So i can change your bandages" She motions to the coat that was draped over Tommy.

How did he not notice he had a coat on-

"Of course yeah" Tommy removes the coat and realizes that it's Wilbur's.

He glances over to Wilbur, who seemed a tad bit suprised that Tommy even looked at him.

Tommy wordlessly hands the coat to Wilbur, only to have it pushed back to him.

"Keep it for now, you don't have a shirt" Tommy stares at him for a bit before mumbling a small thanks.

After Stress had dowsed the new bandage in healing, She began to remove the previous bandage and replaced it with the new one.

After she finishes bandaging Tommy up, she gives him a thumb up and a smile.

"Also i brought cookies" she declared, grabbing four blue colored pouches, handing them to the four.

They give Stress a small thanks, some of them pocketed it, while others checked on it.

"Thanks Niki, these looks great" Tommy froze. He did not just call the brunette Niki.

"Oh why thank you, but if i may, who's Niki?" Stress smiled, tilting her head slightly in confusion at the name.

"Oh uh..." He began, his eyes drifted to Wilbur for a bit before looking back at Stress, giving her a small smile.

"Niki was...like a sister to me." His smile widens a bit at that "She used to take care of me, and helped me if i ever got injured"

Tommy let out a chuckle at the memory of Niki scolding him as she carefully bandages Tommy's arm "And she used to bake me lots of pastries, she ran a bakery once. Her sweets tasted amazing"

Tommy gave Stress a part awkward smile "I guess you just reminded me of her for a bit"

"Well she sounds like a great person" Techno winced, the memory of Niki proclaiming to kill Tommy resurfacing.

"Yeah, she was." Tommy's smile strained

"We were a family"

Wilbur pauses

"But that was in the past, sorry for mistaking you as her. I dont mean to use you as a replacement in any way" Tommy apologizes, giving Stress an apologetic smile.

In which, she just waved off "It's alright luv, i hope you enjoy the cookies" She gave him another warm smile.

The smile had felt so familiar to him.

Like something that was never meant to be.

A family of the past.

At that, Tommy decides to take a bite of the cookie. I mean, who would turn down free food?

Tommy's eyes brightened at the taste, it tasted absolutely delicious.

"These are good!" Though nothing like Niki's, it still tasted pretty good.

"Awe thank you" Stress giggled, and then snapped her hand as she remembered something.

"Oh that's right! You should get ready to go over to Grian's!" If Tommy remembers correctly, this Grian person is the one who can translate the weird book.

"Will do mate, thanks for the cookies" Philza gave her a warm smile.

She then left to let them get ready to leave.

Tommy stared at the cookie pouch he had in his hand before putting it away in his pockets.

Things seem to have taken an unexpected turn.

And he's not sure if he likes it or not.

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