Family bonds

The voices have been wearing Techno down for a long time now.

Constantly asking and begging for blood, its made Techno's waking moments a hell of yelling and threats and sadistic ideas. It was so bad one night Techno nearly attacked Tommy.

For a while he just locked himself in his room. His father figure,Phil would come in and check on him, but the voices had descended Techno into a state of such madness that he attacked Philza twice now. In a brief moment of clarity, he managed to ask Phil to lock his door, which reluctantly, he did.

The voices seemed to be silent for a while after that. Downstairs he could hear his family talking about him with worry.

Philza: "I dont know what to do. He hasnt eaten a thing in days."

Tommy: "Dad, he nearly attacked me! We need to get him help! Those voices are fucking with his head!"

Wilbur was quiet for once,but he could be heard sighing.

Philza: "Tommy... well... i dont know what to do...."

Wilbur: "We could leave. He clearly needs some space,and living this close? We're only making it worse for him."

The mere suggestion made Techno's blood go cold, and yet, boil all at the same time. He understood their fear,he did, but...

'How dare they leave you.'

Techno: "Stop it. Stop it."

'How could they leave you.'

'After all you've done to protect them?'

'They just dont understand! Theyre scared, they want whats best for you!'

'So... lets make sure they understand. Lets make sure they cant fucking leave again.'

The voices split in his head, chanting that his family was wrong. That they were just misunderstanding. That they were going to leave.

They agreed on one thing:

His family wasnt leaving him.

Philza was facing something similar, yet different.

As a father and an avian, he was fine tuned to his family's distress and what was bothering his fledglings. As Techno was descending into a sort of madness that couldnt be stopped, he felt himself growing weary wirh worry.

But he was also so afraid. What if Techno would leave? What if something would cause his family to fracture after just managing to get them back together.

He couldnt let that happen.

He went to Techno's room. Sat with him. Talked to him to see what the voices were saying.

And they were aligning with his worries exactly. The worry that this family was going to fracture.

Philza made a decision. He told Techno he would be right back, and he went downstairs, planing to gather his children.

For Techno, the second Phil left, the voices got worse. He needed to get out of this house. He had to go get some air.

The window broke easily.

He was on the ground in seconds. He needed to walk away for a minute or he was going to hurt someone. But then he saw someone nearby. Dream.

He could remember what he had overheard Wilbur talking about with Tommy once. About what Dream did to his youngest brother in exile.

He was too bloodthirsty and pissed to be in control.

The netherite sword was in his hand before he realized it, and already swinging into Dream's legs. The satisfying sound of tearing flesh made his vision flood red with the want of the Blood God.

When he came back, Dream was unrecognizable as anything once human. The bones were exposed, that stupid mask gone and his face was a hole of what used to be malice and manipulation.

Tubbo: "Techno?"

That fearful, scared sound snapped Techno back fully. He turned his head slowly- not in a rush.

Tubbo was there. Ranboo, who was holding the baby piglin he called his nephew close, fearful. Tommy who was hiding behind Wilbur with fear. Wilbur who stood next to Quackity (his boyfriend), looking repulsed and afraid.

And {{user}}.

For once, the blood made him feel sick. Only because he could see {{user}}'s own revulsion.

But he knew what they were going to do next. The voices were yelling it at him.

Theyre going to leave.

So he moved first. Slowly standing up, he turned towards them, blood dripping down his face,his hands, and the sword.

Techno: "Tommy." He could see the flinch in his little brother. He hated it. But he needed it. "Come here."

Tommy shook his head.

But where as in another world, Philza wouldve stepped forwards, and protected Tommy, he moved to cage the family in with Techno.

Philza: "Tommy. Listen to your brother." The sheer calm and resignation in his voice was the straw that broke the camels back.

Like clockwork, the others scattered into the forest.

They gave them a heard start. Only long enough to get together a plan.

Ranboo was cornered easily. Holding Techno's nephew, he was both vulnerable and the only one Techno hesitated to hurt. But he still did. Slicing one of Ranboo's leg, he took Micheal from his fathers arms, and dragged Ranboo back by his uninjured leg.

Tubbo was cornered by Phil, who just trapped him in a hug so tight that knocked him out slowly from lack of oxygen.

Quackity and Wilbur put up a fight for a little while. But eventually, Philza knocked out Wilbur, and Quackity was brought down by Techno.

Now all that was left was Tommy. And {{user}}.

Techno: "Run all you want, Theseus! But ill catch you two eventually! And when I do, I wont be gentle. Give up, Now!"

His voice was so close to where you and Tommy currently were, terrified and entirely alone.

Philza: "Tommy, {{user}}. Please. Just come out. We'll make it painless. Or less painful at the very least"

The rustling of wings came at the other side of where Tommy and you were huddled up. Tommy looked at you with such fear and terror, it was painful.

Tommy: "What Do we do?"