Bitzel let out a yelp as his front door burst open violently.
"BOYS! WE GOT A SERIOUS BUSINESS TO SOLVE!" Luke yelled his foot returning to the ground after his
kick.
"He can kick!" Deo yelled a bit less enthusiastically from behind the youngest.

Bitzel snickered and stood up.
"No information on Toms?" Bitzel asked smoothing out his too-long patagium, which Tommy likes to call waist parachute.

"Nope! Which is why we're investigating!" Luke squealed rushing over.
Somehow, he was the fastest in their group.

"Ok, but my parents are home," Bitzel chirped.
"Which is exactly why we're going to the treehouse!" Deo responded.
Bitz nodded and they left his house.

"Hey boys!" Mr.Knight chirped, one of the protectors of Aviary.
"Hi, Wels!" Bitz greeted.
"Have you seen Tommy recently?" Deo asked.
"I have not, have you asked his parents?" Wels asked.
The boys nodded and Wels hummed softly.

"Hmm, I'll make sure to keep an eye out," he assured, the look on his face was a tad concerning though.
It looked pained.
"Thank you, Wels!" Deo chirped and they continued forward, ignoring the look the guard gave them as they scurried up a long flight of stairs.

●●●●

Wels sighed and glanced around. This was bad. Their population was scarce, at barely a hundred, yet it was dwindling every day. They couldn't afford to lose any of the children.
Expecially not someone so essential.
(Not just to the economy but to Wels too. Being as he's his brother and all.)

Wels flicked on his communicator. It was a bulky thing that made an awful noise but it did its job, especially with the giant space they live in.

"Sir?" Wels announced.
It took a moment but soon the leader of their land replied.
"Yes Sir Knight?"
"We need someone on the children. Just got a report that Tommy Innit has gone missing."
There was a scoff. Why do you hate him so much?

There was a pause where Wels could just about hear their leader cursing.
"Alright, I'll get someone on it right away," he assured and the line went dead.

Wels sighed. And that was his cue to start searching for him himself, because these guys weren't gonna do sh*t.

●●●●

"Careful Luke!" Bitz called up after the youngest.
In turn, Luke pretended his foot slipped and Bitzel yelped as the youngest and oldest began laughing from above.

"G*d you guys are mean!" Bitz grumbled as Luke was pulled up into the treehouse.
"That's the point!" Luke replied as Bitzel climbed up from behind him.

Luke yelped as Bitz tackled him as he came to the top.
"Biiitzel! Get ooooooff!" Luke whined hitting his arm.
Deo laughed climbing up Tommy's ladder to his "secretest base of awesomeness, f*ck you!" Where he primarily just keeps a hundred notes tacked to the walls, a bunch of sugary drinks, primarily cola, and a bin for his trash and the occasional times he gets sick.

"Man, he must be going through a serious sugar withdrawal or something," Deo huffed picking up one of his many cans.
"Do you think he's homesick? I know if miss you guys too much if I was gone for a week!" Luke proclaimed.

Deo nodded.
"It feels wrong being up here," Bitzel admitted, being the last to step into Tommy's dome.
Deo gave Bitzel a look and pointed at the open area that easily shows Bitzel's own hidey-hole.
"Yeah, but this is his hidey-hole! It's different!" Bitzel insisted and the 2 other boys laughed.

"Hey, no it's cool, I get it. It does feel weird to be in the room of a friend who isn't even here," Deo dropped his arm, trying to reassure the younger.
Bitzel still seemed distraught.
Luke cracked a small smirk and began to whisper, "Castaways, we are castaways!"

Bitzel cracked a grin and Deo scrunched up in laughter.
"Luke!" Deo laughed elbowing the 13-year-old.
Said 13-year-old grinned and pushed back, stepping further into Tommy Territory.

He reached out and carefully tugged a doodle drawing of the 4 of them and held it up.
"And he says he isn't good at drawing," the artist of the group joked.
Bitzel rolled his eyes.
"Yeah well, he also says he didn't good at singing and we all have heard him absently singing," Deo added.

"He needs self-confidence, he'd be great at a lot of things if he just- you know, actually liked himself," Bitzel huffed flopping onto his makeshift bed.
It was harder than Bitzel's which was definitely an oversight on his part because he hit his head hard on it.

Luckily it was absolutely covered in pillows, blankets, and mostly made homemade plushies. A usual sight to see for Avians.

"Uuuugh, love his nest- Oh!" Bitzel moaned before perking up and grabbing a plushie.
It was of Tommy himself, a plush that Bitzel had made. Clearly, Tommy had been trying to make his own of Bitzel because within the nest was a crochet kit, a "teach yourself how to crochet" book, and half of a body and an entire head of a messy Bitzel. It was sweet.

"Dude! I've been looking for these!" Deo proclaimed holding up a pair of sunglasses that had gone missing a couple months back.
The group chuckled.

Luke hummed pulling out one of his old pens that he had doodled on himself. It now was littered with some of Tommy's doodles, a few rubber bands, and an eraser that was clearly just used to anxious chew on.

"You ever notice how Tommy just sort of- collects stuff he thinks we won't use anymore?" Luke commented, turning the pen between his pointer finger and his thumb.
"He also likes taking up other people's hobbies, I think it's just so he can feel closer to us," Bitzel shrugged holding up the crochet kit.

Luke wet his lips with his tongue and bit down on his top lip.
"He must feel so homesick," Luke whispered and Deo rubbed his back lovingly.
"Then we need to find him fast," Deo agreed.

They all began searching through the room. Each note, each drawing, each piece of trash, under and inside each pillow.

All they found was a drawing of what looked to be some kind of cool book with small things scribbled around it complaining about its existence, homework scrawlings and notes, a list of curse words, a secret stash off cola with a note saying "hands off TimeDeo", and small notes complaining about a book and
"needing to get rid of this sh*t *ss history journal" whatever that's supposed to intel.

They took the weird notes and the drawing and they left.

"Boys!" Mr.Knight called to them.
"Hi, Wels!" They greeted.
The blue patagiumed man smiled and offered to walk them home.
"Oh, thank you but we're actually planning on going to Toms' house!" Bitzel explained.

"Even better, I can just walk you all there," Wels assured.
"Oh, that's sweet of you!" Luke grinned.
He always liked Wels. There was just something comforting about him. Probably why he's a good guard.

The streets weren't very populated today, although to be fair it was around 6, so everyone was probably doing dinner.
"Did you boys eat while you were away?" Wels asked pulling out some treats.
They all shook their heads and took the offered treats.

"I'm sure Toms' parents won't mind feedin' us though! We're practically family!" Deo assured shoving the treat into his mouth.
"Of course!" Wels agreed with a nod, his smile strained.
The same way Tommy would when they mebtion his parents.

"Oh!" Bitzel proclaimed then pulled the other Bay Boys into a small huddle while Wels waited for them.

"Should we tell him?" Bitzel asked.
"All of it or just some of it?" Deo hummed glancing at the waiting man.
"He's the adult, and an officer, we should give him all of it," Luke reasoned.

"No, no, if we tell him we won't be able to find him!" Deo reasoned.
Bitzel blinked at the oldest.
"Deo, honey, it's literally his job to protect and find people," Bitzel patted the oldest on the back.
Who just stared blankly at the middle child.

"Haha, very funny Bitz. I'm serious though. I think he left, Wels too busy protecting people and looking for people here, there's no way in h*ll he'd be able to find Tommy! We have to do this," Deo huffed.
Luke sighed, "fine. But not on our own! We should at least tell him how weird Tommy was acting and we think something happened to him."

They all nodded, coming to an agreement, and separated once more.
Wels smiled at the group and asked, "you ready?"
They all nodded.

"Mr.Knight, sir?" Luke stepped forward.
Wels cocked his head at them. They all glanced at each other.
"Do you think Tommy is ok?" Luke asked.
Wels smiled reassuringly, "of course, Luke! Tommy's a tough kid."

"Sure but he was actin' all weird before he left," Bitzel huffed.
Daym, they good actors!
"Oh really? How was he acting?" Wels asked.

"Mmmmm, he was acting all weird and such. Like-" Bitzel began.
"He was complaining a lot. Like, he complains a lot but he was complaining more than usual, you know. Talking a lot about something wanting him to leave or some sh*t?" Deo continued for him.

"Language," Wels softly scolded.
Bitzel snickered.
"And he was talkin' 'bout something forcing him to make friends and then we'd tease him about him already having friends and he'd go 'not us type of friends, them type of friends' which makes no sense what-so-ever!" Luke added.
"And about needing rocks! Cool rocks specifically. Do you remember what he called them?" Bitzel added with a trill.

Deo shook his head.
"Hmmmm, something crystal?" Luke offered.
"Celestial Crystal?" Deo tried.
"No I don't think so..." Luke replied.
"I think it was like.... Vivian crystals or Virginia crystals... or something with a V?" Luke tried.
"I dunno but it sounded like a cool rock," Bitzel finished.

The other 2 snicker.
"Oh come on, you didn't even try! What do you think it was?" Deo teased.
Bitzel huffed and scrunched up his face to think it over.

"Wasn't it like, Vixenrock Healing Crystal?" Bitzel offered.
"Healing? Where'd you get healing?" Luke asked.
"He went to the library to try and find something about Healing Crystals, fancy rocks, and crystals and their properties a while back," Bitzel supplied.
Deo laughed.
"Tommy? At the library? Ok, now we know for sure something is wrong!" Luke joked and the group laughed, including Wels.

"Why don't I take up your concerns with his parents and Lord Mochu?" Wels offered, the boys nodded along.

●●●●

The boys scurried to Tommy's room while Wels talked to his parents.
Deo spun around in the center of it.
"It looks..." Luke held back a laugh.
Bitzel picked up a sewn Deo doll from the group of 4 sewn dolls.
"Exactly like his treehouse room," Bitzel finished, almost sounding astonished.

"Least we know he likes consistency," Deo chuckled.
"He's good at sewing! Did you know he was good at sewing?!" Bitzel asked shaking the Deo doll in Deo's face who backed away.

"I did! He made me a skirt to go over my patagium to wear to school so I wouldn't be picked on!" Luke announced picking up a half disintegrated book cover.
It had the texture of gravel and was covered in this charcoal-like substance that glittered blue. He could just about pick out a title.

"-Venture
-at Origin
-ar"

Deo poked over Luke's shoulder.
"What does it say?" Deo asked.
"Not quite clear but I'm guessing it's 'adventure, at origin, and something with A-R?" Luke answered shifting it from side to side.

"Tzar maybe?" Bitzel offered poking through Tommy's trash.
"Tz-what?" Deo asked shifting in order to lean out of Luke's personal space and into Bitzel's.

Bitzel swatted him away and dumped the desk trashcan onto the ground.
"Why wouldn't Mr. and Mrs. Innit go through his things?" Luke asked.
"They probably did," Bitzel hummed unfolding the papers.
Most of them were a similar almost burned material none had any words in them.

"No seriously, what is tsar or whatever," Deo grumbled.
"Tzar, uh, basically a tyrant I guess? It's spelled a plethora of ways. Like C-S-A-R, T-S-A-R, T-Z-A-R, or C-Z-A-R," Bitzel answered.
"A person with great power, or an Emperor from Russia, is what the library's dictionary says!" Luke chirped.

"Why do you know this stuff?" Deo asked.
"Curiosity!" Luke answered.
"You're so weird," Deo huffed and Luke grinned.
"Yo, what the heck is 'Russia'?" Bitzel asked.

......
It was almost as if you could hear crickets.
No one knew.

"Got it," Bitzel laughed.
"Anyone wanna bet Tommy knew?" Deo joked.
The group chuckled.
They all knew he wouldn't have.

●●●●

Luke pulled his window open. A bag hung from his shoulders. The bag held 2 sketchbooks, pencils, a sharpener, clothing, and food.
One last check that his door was locked and the thirteen-year-old was out and disappearing amongst the trees.

●●●●

Deo froze in the sudden torch's light.
"What are you doing?" Deo's younger brother asked.
"Eric-" Deo stumbled.
"Just.... Are you leaving?" Eric asked.
Deo bit his bottom lip and nodded.

"To find Tommy, right?" Eric asked.
Deo nodded.
"Do you promise you'll be safe and you'll bring him home?" Eric asked.
Deo furrowed his brow and slightly knelt down to his little brother.

"I promise, I'll return back with everyone and we'll all return back safe!" Deo proclaimed.
Eric gave a soft smile.
"What else do you need?"

●●●●

Bitzel huffed as he listened to Wels whispering to his mom. The words were almost too quiet to hear. Still he caught a few.
"I - not having another Hels incident- Keep - your son until-"
He stepped out and grabbed a cup of water.
"Hi, Bitzel, headed to bed?" Wels asked.

"Yeah," Bitzel agreed with a fake yawn.
Wels ruffled the younger's black hair.
Bitzel hummed at the contact.
"See you later Mr.Knight!" Bitzel wished him well and returned to his room.

●●●●

"Well, well, well, look who finally showed up!" Deo teased the final boy who had to hoist his patagium up just to climb to the 2 others.
"Yeah yeah, lets get this show on the road!" Bitzel grinned.

And so the push forward began.

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Notes:

✨ Others ✨

MumboJumbo - Arachnid (update; Enderian is better for him. You six foot tall giant man)
WelsKnight - Avian
VintageBeef - Merling
DanTDM - Avian
CaptainSparklez - Shulk
Aphmau - Elytrian
Dream - Shulk
SkyDoesEverything - Arachnid
StampyLongNose - Feline
LDShadowLady - Merling
LaurenZSide - Starborne

What do you want to see next?
Twins
Or
You choose

Who's character sheet do you wanna see next?

Already done:
Tommy
Phil
Ranboo
Tubbo

Currently being worked on:
Techno

To do:
Wilbur
Niki
Jack
Smajor
SneegSnag
Fundy
Charlie
Luke
Bitzel
Deo
Kristin
--might dos if wanted--
Any of the "others" listed above
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[Update:
Oops, I forgot Schlatt lol]