A rather aggressive knock rapped the door. Phil stopped making the stew, glancing at the door. Weren't Techno and Wilbur home already?
     "Hey guys! Someones at the door." Tommy came racing out of his bedroom.
     "Dinners done?" He asked excitedly. Phil rolled his eyes and shook his head. Tommy huffed, "than what?"
     "Can you answer the door? I'm busy." Phil returned back to slicing the carrots. Tommy frowned, but complied. He ran up to the door and cracked it open, poking his head out from the crack.

      Three men stood at the other side, who he didn't recognize. They all wore some light grey armor with casual clothes underneath. One had a green hoodie with a white mask, a poorly drawn smiley face on it. He seemed to be some golem as his skin was slightly grey and plants grew from his skin. The other had white goggled of some kind with neat brown hair and a blue shirt. Large grey wings sprouted from his back. The last dude had black hair with a white headband, his sleeves black and shirt white with a little fire symbol. He couldn't quite tell what he was, probably some elemental.

      Tommy froze, who were these random people? They never really had visitors.
        "Hello, are you the owner of this house, Wilbur or Techno?" The man with the goggle asked. Tommy furrowed his eyebrows, were they getting evicted? Shit.
      "No, I'll go get them. One sec." He slammed the door and raced past Phil, who gave him an odd look. Quickly throwing open the door to Techno and Wilburs room.
      "Three strange men want to see one of you at the door, we may get evicted!" He yelled. Techno groaned and face planted his head into his pillow. Wilbur just sighed and got up,
      "I doubt that's the case Tommy, move." He stepped aside as Wilbur pushed past him.

       "What's going on?" Phil asked nervously, eyes shifting to the door and Will.
       "Just some people at the door who want to see me, don't worry about it." Wilbur assured. Phil gave a doubtful look before continuing his stew. Why did Tommy have to make such a ruckus? He cracked the door open to see the three people Tommy told him about.

      "Hello, are you Wilbur Soot?" The masked man asked.
       "Yeah... Is there a problem?" He asked, suddenly understanding Tommy's concern. These people looked hella suspicious. Especially with their matching armor.
       "Don't worry Mr. Soot, this is just a small interrogation." The masked man reassured. Wilbur opened the door more, stepping infront of it.
       "Go on..."
       "Do you happen have seen or know a strange creature by the name of Phil? Or Philza?" Wilburs heart dropped as the words left the man's mouth.
        "Huh?" The one with the headband spoke up.
        "You see, our names are Sapnap, Dream and George." He said, pointing to each person. "We work at the experimentation facility in catching escaped experiments. This certain one is very dangerous and has killed many of our subjects." Phil did? He had a hard time believing that.
       "So it's important that we catch it, so, have you seen it?" Dream spoke. Wilbur held up a hand,
       "I don't think so, let me ask the others real quick, wait out here." He slid back into the house and closed the door, silently locking it. He turned around to Tommy, giving him a slight panicked expression.

         "Oh no, we're getting evicted." He whispered. Wilbur sighed and shook his head. He leaned next to Tommy's ear and Whispered,
       "They found us, don't tell Phil." His eyes widened in realization. He nodded, running to grab Techno.

       You see, behind Phil's back, the three had designed an escape plan in case something like this happens. Well, more like Techno did. The plan was to convince Phil into following them and escape through the back door, while grabbing supplies, easy enough. Unless, Phil becomes suspicious. Which, if he was gonna be honest, was gonna be hard. The human knew almost all their habits and personalities. It was hard to slip something by Phil without him noticing.

       "Hey, want to go camp for a bit in the forest?" He asked. Phil turned around and gave the fish a weird look.
       "Why?" God damnit, he was already sus of them.
       "Just for a little bit, these suppose to be a really cool light show... So?" He glanced at the stew, and sighed. He turned off the stove and set it aside.
        "Alright." Wilbur cheered.
        "Nice! Tommy and Techno are already grabbing supplies. Let's go, before it starts." Wilbur felt bad for lying to him, but it was for his own good. Phil smiled as he grabbed his arm and dragged him toward the back door. "This ways quicker." Tommy and Techno popped out of the rooms with huge backpacks on their pack.

       Phil looked at them oddly, but before he could ask Will opened the door and pushed him out. The rest walked out and closed the door behind them.
        "Onwards boys!" Tommy yelled, before Techno slapped him upside the head. He quickly muttered an apology before following Wilbur and Phil into the forest.

        "Damn, this is really far away." Phil commented. The trip had been completely silent, which kinda weirded him out. Why were they being so silent, and odd. Something is definitely up. What if they decided to take you back to the lab? He furrowed his brows, that's ridiculous. Their his friends. But he couldn't help but worry.

      He looked between the dense canopy to see the sky slowly turning dark. Techno seemed really focused on getting to the destination, Tommy was just quietly walking while Wilbur occasionally reassured him. Something is definitely up.
        "Ok! We're there!" Techno said, as everyone raised their heads. The location was a small clearing by the river. Tommy let out a sigh of relief as he dropped the backpack on the ground, Techno following suit.

       "This is it? I thought we would see lights? The trees will block it surely..." Wilbur gave a panicked expression. Techno raised his eyebrows, before declaring he had to get some wood. Tommy just hummed and started to unpack.
       "Uhhh, well, you see...." He broke away from Phil's, gaze. "I lied. There is no light show, sorry." Phil blinked, quickly looking around him.
       "What? Than why did you drag me out here?" He demanded, laying his hands on his hips.
       "There's good reason for it! How about we set up camp and I can explain around the fire?" Wilbur offered, smiling sheepishly. Phil looked him up and down, before agreeing.

        What reason would they have to bring him out here?

        "Explain." Phil ordered, crossing his legs. The four were sat criss-cross around a fire with tents set up. Sausages roasting above the fire, Tommy taking one off and blowing on it. Wilbur stopped eating, clearing his throat.

        "Just so you know, this was for your own good." Phil's heart dropped, were they really taking him back or something? Wilbur noticed his sudden unease, "not to the lab, don't worry. Actually, the opposite!"

       "You see, the men at the door, who go by Dream, Sapnap and George by the way. Work at that experimentation center. And they were actually looking for you. So, as to not make you panic, we secretly snuck out here." Wilbur finished with a smile. Phil's eyes were as wide as saucers.
       "Seriously?" Wilbur nodded.
       "Yeah, we're heading to Perlin. A whole different country where they banned species experimentation. You'll be safe there and protected." Techno jumped in. "I think it's like, two weeks away?"
        "Holy shit.... Holy shit!" Phil shouted. They had just become some criminals on the run! Well, he already was one. But now his friends were too!
        "Woah, calm down big man. We completely outsmarted those fools." Tommy said, giving a confident grin. Phil smiled, grabbing a sausage. They could've just told him, but he may have panicked. Thank goodness he has some good friends, he really got lucky that day.

       "Umm, Phil, they did say you were dangerous, and even killed multiple subjects...." Wilbur said, laughing nervously. Ah. So the workers had told him. Phil frowned, this wasn't gonna end well.
        "Oh come on! Mr. I like to fish all day and cook would kill someone? Please... Right?" Tommy joked, elbowing Phil. When nobody laughed, he akwardly returned back to his food. Techno raised an eyebrow in question. He felt his heart race a bit,
       "Ermmm, I mean...." Phil stuttered. "I kinda did.... On accident.... Kinda." Tommy chocked on his food, hitting his chest. Wilbur just sat there shocked, as Techno shrugged.
        "Damn. Wow, didn't know Philza Minecraft killed people." The pig muttered, munching on the popcorn he brought.

       "Why?" Wilbur asked. Phil laughed akwardly,
        "I guess I panicked, so my mind thought I was in danger. So, I killed or hurt anyone near me."
        "Well good fucking thing we calmed you down! Shit! Wilbur could've died!" Tommy exclaimed, gesturing wildly. Techno chuckled, but Wilbur didn't seem as amused. Phil gave a small smile, glancing at Will nervous. He didn't meet his eyes.

        "Will-"
        "I think I'll go to bed, goodnight." Wilbur said curtly. He placed down the stick and entered one of the tents, zipping it behind him. Techno laid a hand on Phil's back,
        "Don't worry, I'm sure he's just shocked. I mean, you don't exactly seem like someone to kill." Phil nodded tiredly, suddenly not feeling quite as hungry. Techno got up and went in the same tent as Will, muttering a goodnight.
        "Goodnight Phil, don't stay up too late big man." Tommy slapped him on the back, climbing into an empty tent.

        Phil stared at the flames, did he just lose a friend? Or the trust? Geez, why did friendship have to be so weird. Sure, the four had disagreements, but not one that involved him. To be honest, it felt like shit. He sighed, slowly getting up, putting out the fire with some water. It hissed as the flames died down to charred wood. He climbed into a tent, deciding to leave it til morning.

End of Arc 1- The Beginning

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