The aftermath

Song/s: No songs, but I highly recommend watching the SAD-ist animatic 'The Fall'. It's amazing and if you haven't already checked it out (which if you haven't... why?) then I would highly recommend it.

Trigger warning/s: Descriptions of blood and gore (there's A LOT in this chapter), fist fight, angst, mild amounts of swearing

Word count: [1465]

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"Y/N!"

The girl woke up up suddenly, finding herself being carried by Tommy and Niki.

"Wh-what?"

"y/n you blacked out," Niki informed her.

And then the events of the night hit her like a rock to the head.

"T-t-tt-Tubbo? Is."

"y/n not now."

"No, we need to go back!" she screamed.

"y/n I'm sorry he's..." Tommy started, but it was too painful.

Tears began to stream from Tommy and y/n's eyes, causing Niki to start crying too.

The three sat beneath a tree, they weren't ready to go back, at least not yet.

Was Manburg even still intact?

They didn't know what Wilbur had or hadn't done, or who was even alive anymore. Niki and Tommy had left with y/n in their arms and that had been it.

They cried for a while in the quiet area. Tubbo would have liked it there.

"Tommy? Is it ever going to be the same?" y/n broke the noises of crying in a broken voice.

"I don't know y/n," he admitted, "But the three of us have each other don't we?"

"Yeah of course you guys have me. I'm sorry I couldn't have helped, and have joined you sooner," Niki assured.

"Niki it's okay, you don't have to apologise, you couldn't have helped it."

The three drowned in silence, until they heard whimpering from beside them.

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None of them said a single word, all looking to each other in confusion.

"Guys..." a familiar voice rasped.

"Tubbo?!" y/n and Tommy asked in unison.

The boy appeared into their line of sight, stumbling through the grass, leaving a trail of blood pouring behind him.

The three immediately ran up to him and held him, as blood continued to gush.

"Tommy...y/n, Niki I-I."

"Shhh, Tubbo it's okay," Niki silenced him, as she started to contemplate what to do.

"Wil-Wilbur said he wouldn't hurt me," Tubbo struggled.

More hot tears sprang from y/n and Tommy's eyes, as they watched their cousin and best friend slowly fade in front of their eyes. They'd lost all hope of saving him.

"Tubbo, listen, I think we can save you, but we're going to have to get that arrow out," Niki urged suddenly. She'd had a bit of medical training, enough to know how to save somebody (my Niki medic headcannon is thriving rn).

Tommy let Niki examine him. She placed her hand on the arrow.

"Tubbo, this is going to hurt," she warned, removing the arrow from his stomach in a single swift movement.

He winced in pain and bled out, but Niki was quick to clean him up with the bandages. She worked to help him. He was apparently asleep for now.

The three carefully carried him into a back room in Pogtopia, and gave Niki a very brief tour of the place before she got to work. Wilbur and Techno, or anyone else for that matter, were nowhere to be seen.

Tommy and y/n sat patiently, waiting to see what would happen. They'd already cried all the water from inside of them, so their eyes remained dry.

But they didn't want Tubbo to leave them yet. He was too young.

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"Guys I have news," Niki announced after a while longer, entering the hall in which Tommy and y/n sat. They looked up to her, expecting the worst.

"You can go in."

The two edged their way into the room where Tubbo sat. He looked weak, sure, but he was awake.

Without warning the three of them started crying, but this time tears of happiness. Tommy and y/n embraced Tubbo carefully, however not wanting to let go. Niki entered the room and threw her arms around the three of them.

They wouldn't ever be separated again (warning: this will hurt in the near future)

They sat in a comforting silence, however the happiness seemed to change in Tommy's eyes in a heartbeat.

"I hate him," he spat

"You what?"

"Technoblade, I hate him for what he did," Tommy gripped his fists.

"No Tommy, if you're going to take it out on anyone Schlatt's the one you should be angry at," y/n urged. Sure, she was mad too, mixed in with lots of other emotions, but Schlatt was the one to blame.

"It doesn't justify what he did," he started to march out into the heart of the ravine, a sudden rush of courage hitting him. That was the thing about Tommy, he was determined, and sometimes that was a good thing, but no one could change his mind.

Niki and y/n helped Tubbo walk and the three reluctanty followed him.

"Hey guys," Wilbur greeted normally, like Tubbo hadn't nearly just died or anything, "I-I couldn't find the button, it seemed to be gone."

Pogtopia had turned into chaos. Some new people stood in the doorway, and many were shouting.

"WHERE IS THAT PIG BITCH? I'M GOING TO FIND HIM!" Tommy's voice immediately drowned out all others.

"Tommy, if 'that pig bitch' refers to me, I'm right here," Techno sighed, turning to face him.

"TECHNOBLADE YOU NEARLY KILLED HIM!" Tommy began screaming in his face.

"Tommy I had no-

"TUBBO NEARLY DIED BECAUSE YOU SHOT HIM AT THE PRESIDENTS COMMAND... and because of what? PEER PRESSURE!" he continued.

"Tommy can I just make a point, this is just absolutely perfect!" Wilbur exclaimed sarcastically.

His mind had been tainted so his ideas of what was perfect sure as hell weren't normal.

"No this is absolutely magnificent, and you know why? It's because no one's really on our side, not even our own brother. All people care about is power. No one has any honour, they're just doing what they're told."

Sure this could be applied to most of them, but not everyone. Wilbur was blinded by the evil, it had given him short sight.

The chaos that then entailed was difficult to describe.

Wilbur started inviting anyone and everyone into Pogtopia, whilst Tommy continued to yell at Techno. Niki was shocked to find out Wilbur's plans for Manburg. y/n had to help Tubbo to stand up, as he was still weak as ever.

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"So you just bent to peer pressure?" Tommy asked, a bit calmer after a while.

"Yes. Immediately."

Wilbur started laughing uncontrollably once again.

"It's exactly as I predicted. Manburg is safe for now, until we find the button again," he assured. y/n breathed a temporary sigh, but it was very brief, interrupted by the worsening tension between Tommy and Techno.

"How could any of you forgive him, HE SHOT TUBBO!"

"Tommy I had to."

"I wanna see a fight," Wilbur stirred the situation. y/n already knew that Tommy would say yes to a fight. He tended to have the feeling to constantly prove to people that he wasn't weak.

Wilbur dug out a pit and the two brothers stood facing each other.

"You sure you wanna do this Tommy, remember the training?"

"Oh I'm sure Technoblade."

"No hard feelings, it stays in the pit."

They launched into a fist fight, Tommy throwing the first punch. He had a fire in his eyes when fighting, this was his justice for Tubbo.

Tubbo, being himself, had immediately forgiven Techno. It was obvious that Tommy hadn't, but y/n was somewhere in between.

He'd shot Tubbo.

But it was down to peer pressure.

But that didn't justify actions.

These type of thoughts raced around y/n's head, as the brothers continued fighting. Wilbur urged Tommy, but Techno was strong, as they all knew from experience.

Tommy ended ip in the corner, blood running off his face, accepting defeat.

But the next decision was a very quick impulsive one.

y/n wanted to fight for Tommy and Tubbo, she didn't want to see them go on without justice, and so her anger willed her to step into the pit.

Techno stood with a surprised expression on his face, and didn't have time to react to the hard punch which y/n threw.

He immediately fell to the floor, nose busted.

Everyone else stood around the pit in shock, including y/n.

"These kids won't ever accept the fact, but this proves that violence is the only universal language, and we've had that conversation," Techno said, standing up and gathering himself together, before stepping out of the pit.

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A/N:

YOOOOOOOOOO SUCK IT PIG BOYYYYYYY

Police intervention is not needed. y/n dropped kicked that pig man in self defence.

In all seriousness this chapter was pretty fun to write and I hope you all enjoyed. x