Summary: Ranboo fucks up, Tubbo desperately tries to make sure Tommy doesn't kill Ranboo, and Tommy just wants to hold Tubbo and cry in a corner.

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Shit shit shit shit shit!

Ranboo is dead.

Ranboo is so unbelievably dead.

Tubbo is panicking, trying to desperately tell Ranboo that no, Tommy did not kill or hurt him, that he's very gentle, warm and nice– yes that yell of rage was Tommy too yes– no please don't panic!

Ranboo is running even faster than he was before, dodging animals left and right, luckily none of them bother with him, too panicked to give a shit.

"I'm telling you Ranboo! He's really not some feral human! He protected me! And now he probably thinks you're kidnapping me!" Tubbo has been trying to get through Ranboos' scared mind that he's only making it worse if Tommy finds Tubbo in his grasp, especially if he's running away.

"How can you be so confident in what you're saying when a human has Adrenaline shooting through its veins! You know what happens to people that get a dose of that stuff in them!"

Adrenaline is one of the many chemicals Illegal throughout the galactic galaxy. They've banned that stuff pretty much everywhere. The results and reports of what they do to aliens in the thousands. Makes aliens lose themselves in the craze of being powerful and indestructible.

Humans have been known to naturally produce the chemical. Nobody has really seen a human with adrenaline and live to tell the tale. The results were only recorded through security footage of their destruction.

Aliens who inject themselves with the illegal substance have been known to lose all rationality, overtaken by the drug, they become dangerous, reckless until it makes its way to their hearts and kills them.

Humans on the other hand, produce it but have a far better control on it, cause y'know, natural production. They can still think rationally and calm themselves without dying. Although they still strike fear through the galactic government thanks to the fact they can survive it.

So it's a little understandable that Ranboo believes he's going to die.

Tubbo also thinks so too, but less because Tommy has adrenaline running through him and more like Tommy will think Ranboo is kidnapping him and that's honestly even worse. Cause Tommy will beat the living shit out of Ranboo like he did to that guard.

Ranboo keeps running like his life depends on it– which it does honestly. But Tubbo makes that much harder, determined to not leave his cellmate. Tommy did all he could to make Tubbo comfortable in that cell. He'd even go to say 'adopting' him, but he refuses to abandon him.

"You don't get it Ranboo! Choo-mi took care of me, fed me and kept me warm!"

"Well maybe he kept you around for a snack! Livestock, humans have livestocks!"

"HE THOUGHT I WAS A CHILD FOR FUCKS SAKE! I THINK HE ADOPTED ME"

A strangled sound escapes Ranboo, "Adopted you!? Wait.. wait hold on so him attacking that dreamon–" FINALLY!

"Yes you tall shit! Tommy was protecting me! He got angry! And you basically kidnapped me from him! Are you understanding the situation now!?"

By the look Ranboo had in his eyes, Tubbo could see realization in his eyes.

But he didn't say what he wanted him to say.

"We have to get out of here fast!" He ran faster, the shit.

"DAMMIT RANBOO, IM SAYING LET ME GO TO TOMMY AND CALM HIM DOWN!"

No manner of screaming seemed to calm Ranboo, he was running on instinct and fear. He had finally reached the section for escape pods, it appears quite a few others had abandoned the ship already.

He hops into the closest one and tries shutting the door to the pod. Nothing worked.

"Why isn't it–"

Tubbo finally managed to escape Ranboos' fearful grasp. "I pulled a bunch of wires that cut off the power to half the ship, guess it meant the doors to the pods too" Tubbo peers out the pod, hoping to see a familiar head of golden hair.

"So we can't get off the ship?" He means if the pods will even close when they shoot out.

"Course we can! Every pod has their own power source, generators and shit" he answers idly, not really paying attention, only focused on seeing Tommy. Maybe he should try calling for him? His nickname will have to do.

"MOMMY!!" Crying out as loud as he could, he hears Ranboo screech in surprise and panic.

"PFDUSHFA– WAAAAH WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Ranboo quickly grabs Tubbo and moves him inside the pod, it's a decent size, a medium room size, little bit smaller than the cell. Tubbo winces in pain and Ranboo mumbles an apology for jostling his injury.

"I'M NOT LEAVING WITHOUT MOMMY!" He can't leave without him, it's betrayal! 2 reasons, Tommy could totally hunt him down from this act of betrayal and 2, he really likes Tommy, he doesn't deserve to be left here with those damn dreamons.

"What are you even saying!? Is this another person?" Ranboo dreads the idea of another person, they could be dangerous too, he just wants to get them both out of here, it's way too hectic at the moment, animals and dreamons running around with a feral, adrenaline filled human on the loose too.

"It's hard saying the humans name, especially shouting, so I gave him a nickname" sorta, Tommy doesn't seem to enjoy it so it gives Tubbo a laugh.

Then he hears it. Loud thundering noises coming from down the hall to the left. Exactly where they came from. That's when Tubbo also notices a small trail of his blood, and if his species could pale, he'd be a ghost.

Swallowing his slightly growing fear, he steps out of the entrance to the pod. "Ranboo, whatever happens in the next minute, you need to stay behind me and don't antagonize him" Ranboo pauses in his search for the launch sequence and stares at Tubbo in growing concern.

"Tubbo what does that mean? Antagonize who? The human? Why–" Tubbo should be filling Ranboo in on what's been going on during his sleep. But he really can't at the moment, it's a stressful and frustrating situation for all of them.

He hears rapid running and a calling of his name. Tommy really isn't bothering with stealth huh? Then again, feral human.

"TubBbbooooo!!!!" He's really trying with his name, guess the yelling and panic isn't doing Tommy any good with how wobbly his name was shouted.

"Mommy!" He shouts and then he sees Tommy in all his human glory– oh shit he is PISSED. That's an angry human, a VERY angry human, he thinks him and Ranboo are both fucking dead.

When Tommy's eyes laid on him as he turned the corner, his breath hitches, not really knowing what to expect from Tommy, it's one thing to be in a cell with him and have no activities. It's another to actually know Tommy was basically hunting him down with his blood trail.

His dormant primal instincts emerging for a second at the way Tommy's eyes land on him, it's instincts okay? He really can't help it. Especially since his species evolved from prey species.

And especially with the look in Tommy's eyes, holding promise to bring pain. But when he sees recognition in his eyes he sighs in relief, feeling tension that was building in his shoulders and wings relax.

Then they spike up again when Tommy looks over Tubbos shoulder and sees Ranboo.

Shit.

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Oh this motherfucker is dead.

Tall horned black canvas with white paint spilled on it. Fucking maleficent cosplayer that's what he is. And from just seeing Tubbos side injured, realizes now that Tubbo would not have been able to run off on his own and get this far without risk of being trampled.

Tubbo was holding his side, his injury would have halted his attempts at leaving Tommy.

Meaning this fucker took him.

He shouts, "You bitch! You better not have laid another hand on Tubbo!" and he starts running, his vision tunneling in on the tall creature that's exposing a large sharp mouth, hissing from afar.

He would rather not have to get in another fight, he had to fight some horse with blue flaming hair earlier. But if it's to get Tubbo away from that thing then he'd gladly fight more.

He goes to lunge for the damn thing before forcing himself to a complete halt, nearly falling on his face. Tubbo jumps in front of him, arms spread wide and his eyes shut, like he expects Tommy to simply run him over.

His complete stop makes him falter and nearly topples over Tubbo. Luckily he rights himself at the last second but now he's staring at Tubbo, confused. Isn't the tall bitch a threat?

In any other angle from an outside perspective, he imagines this scene incredibly hilarious. Tiny small bee boy defending giant ass alien and being the only barrier to a charging human simply because said human finds little guy cute and said 'Mine'.

"Tubbo, please move, I'm gonna fight a bitch" he tries going around Tubbo, but he keeps being blocked. Left, right, left, right, wherever he goes Tubbo blocks him, even flying a bit to get in Tommy's face. He could literally like, walk over Tubbo if he wanted to, but it wouldn't really be fair and Tubbo has gotta be doing this for a reason.

He glares, frustrated and tired. "What? Is he your fucking friend or something?" He points to the... cowering alien? Why's he cowering? The bitch has claws, sharp teeth, and it is way taller than Tommy, he'd be capable of putting up a fight.

Tubbo points to the tall alien, humming and gesturing to both of them, then hugs the aliens' tall legs.

He.. thinks he gets it.

Growling and glaring at the other alien, he walks inside the pod, settling down on one of the corners furthest from the tall bitch.

Said tall bitch stares at him, eyes wide and his body frozen, like if he so much as blinks it's enough to kill him. Tommy glares back, if humans could growl he'd be growling one hell of a storm that would scare even wolves back home.

His glaring is interrupted with a rough jab at his arm by Tubbo. He flinches hard and yelps in pain. The adrenaline is dying down, he starts to feel the cuts and new bruises littering his body. His body starts freezing up, trying its best to be still so he doesn't hurt as much.

Tubbo starts buzzing loudly, panicking and 'talking' rapidly at Maleficent over there, who finally snapped out of it.

They both start talking loudly, Maleficent then pointing at Tommy. Are they arguing about him? If he's saying to kick Tommy out then he will bite the fucker, he's bitten a good amount of aliens recently and he will add another to the list.

Tubbo seems to be defending him, coming over to even pat Tommy on the head. He'd take offense to that if he didn't feel like an elephant trampled him. Which was almost accurate, there were some massive creatures running around man.

Maleficent makes a wide gesture, with a weird screech in his speech and stepped forwards one step towards Tommy and Tubbo. He doesn't know what tall fucker is saying, but that stance and his height is threatening enough and he is not standing for this.

So Tommy does the only thing he's really able to do in this moment, with his aching body and all.

He lunges for the fucker, not in an attack pose. He literally just kinda, used the remaining energy he had left and flung himself at enderman boy.

They both collide against the controls and the doors shut and the whole pod turned on. Before any of them could understand what the fuck is going on and how Tubbo could separate Tommy and his alien friend, they were launched. Flying away from the ship and to the nearest planet the programming could find.

Tommy is fucking hissing on the ground and enderman guy is screeching loud enough to deafen Tommys ears. All while Tubbo is buzzing loudly trying to get them off of each other.

Exhaustion is pulling him down hard. With a harsh shove from Maleficent he stays laying down on the ground, Tubbo attempting to drag him to the corner he was originally. He seems to be buzzing at Tommy, patting his head as if to comfort him.

All Tommy can do is hum back at him, in an attempt to calm his worries before laying his head down, giving one last glare at the other alien across the pod before exhaustion wins over.

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"Look at what you did!"

"HE ATTACKED ME FIRST!"

"CAUSE YOU LOOKED THREATENING!"

Tubbo had frantically checked on Tommy's breathing, and then later found out how to check for a heart beat. Apparently the human body has the heartbeat felt and heard throughout the body. That explains the thump noises he heard when resting against Tommy.

He sits next to Tommy's unconscious body, petting his hair in hopes to be a soothing presence. Ranboo stares at him in confusion and apprehension.

"What? So you tamed it-" Tubbo cuts him off sharply. "Him, or- at least I think he's a him.. I'll find out one day, but he's sentient Ranboo. And I didn't tame him, stars no. I literally said earlier that I think he adopted me"

Ranboo looks at him with tired eyes. "You're hardly a toddler Tubbo" Tubbo is really not liking Ranboos attitude here.

"It's basically the same thing that Phil did with us, what's so different from what Philza did with us than what Tommy did with me?" He sees Ranboo opening his mouth and quickly cuts him off. "Philza took care of us and took us away from that wasteland of a planet, fed us, sheltered us, protected us to the best of his abilities. What's different with what Tommy did? You weren't awake! Tommy fed me, gave me water, kept me warm! And yea I kinda hate that fact he thought I was a kid, but it's the fact he bothered to even take care of me to begin with Ranboo!"

He was shouting at this rate, nearly waking Tommy up and he quietly buzzes. Easing Tommy back into his much needed rest. Tommy gained a bunch of new injuries during that breakout.

It was quiet after his rant. Ranboos eyes softening a bit. Looking at how protective Tubbo had gotten. But surely Tubbo understands why he acted the way he did. Humans don't really have a friendly reputation in space.

Tubbo seems to trust the human... 'Choo-mi' he thinks he called the human, or was it that other weird name? 'mommy'? Either way, if Tubbo trusts the human then... Ranboo guesses he can try to trust the human too.

If it doesn't decide to rip his limbs apart.

This is gonna be a long ride.

Ranboo sighs "We should get you patched up, can't leave an open wound like that." Tubbo glares at him and gestures to the human, who is honestly worse off than Tubbo. "We can patch both of you up, there should be a first aid kit around here, pods have them right?"

"I'd sure hope so, it's standard safety protocol"

They do indeed find the first aid.

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Notes: Finished! Tommy and Ranboos first meeting huh? I was gonna make a joke about divorced parents and Tubbo being the child but I decided not to.... Yeaaaa..