Techno meets me on the podium and he breaks the front blocks so he can look at tubbo. I look at him through the side, as techno is too tall to see over. His face is pale and full of worry for what is next to come.

"Tubbo, I'm sorry, but you made things too difficult when you kept following me. I can't get anything done with that happening. Maybe things could have been different in another life." I tell him before turning around and sitting on the edge of the podium looking away from tubbo and techno, looking down at the scene below me. Wilbur knocked out near the chairs with Tommy bent over him on his side trying to get him to wake up. Niki and fundy could be seen in the med house with niki helping fundy after I shot him with an arrow. On the other side of the chairs you could see puffy, ant and bad, fighting the withers techno had spawned. Many shots could be heard whizzing past the wither and metal on metal as swords clanked on eachother. The only explosions that could be heard now were from the wither as techno was now behind us waiting for me to finish looking down at the chaos I had caused.

I stand up with a deep breath and walk back over to techno and he moves over so I can talk to tubbo before stuff goes down. I look at Tubbo before I hear a shout from below from Tommy and I look over to him and see an arrow flying at me. "Holy sh*t!" I yell out before jumping up, making the arrow skim my shirt as it was loose and flowy from the past battles it has been worn in as it continues flying and hits the wood an inch away from the crying tubbo in the box. (tubbox) (i'm sorry i had to)

I see him start running towards the steps to the podium. I look over to techno and say "now." as I hear techno tell tubbo, "I'm sorry tubbo, I'll make it as painless and colorful as possible." as I hear a loud bang and see smoke and color go off.

I turn to the side, squeezing my eyes shut to avoid smoke and ash for when the shot goes off. My ears ring as not being used to being this close to the RL when it goes off, causing my hearing to go out and just hear a high ringing and I try to get it to come back as I look down to tubbo being held by tommy.

"Tommy.." He tries to mumble a good bye. Tubbo sat in Tommy's arms as me and techno watch as tubbo tries to say goodbye as he chokes on the blood coming up out of his mouth before his body goes limp and fizzles into white dust before disappearing. I look over to techno to see him looking over to me as we share the same look as we realize Tommy is still there so we move our attention back to him.

"Tommy, get up. Nothing is getting done with you on the floor." I looked down at him to see him looking down at the floor where Tubbo had died, crying. I stick my arm out to help him up and he accepts, shocking me, but just what I needed. I can't lose Tommy. Sh*t will go down the day I lose Tommy.

I pull him up and wrap my arms around him, holding him in a hug. I rest my chin on his shoulder as he buries his head into my other shoulder crying. I speak softly "Tommy, I'm sorry. I didn't have a choice. I couldn't do anything. I tried to get him to go away before things had to go down this path." I breathe and I tell him sorry one last time and pull back from the hug holding his shoulders so i could look him in the eyes.

"I can't believe you would do this y/n. Why would you do this." That wasn't a question, I could tell. "Tommy you don't understand. I had to-"

"NO!" Tommy yells out through tears. He pulls me over to the edge of the podium "You HAD TO KILL MY BEST FRIEND! You had to kill him like you had to fight Wilbur. Like you had to shoot jack and fundy. You had to blow up this country like you had to kill Tubbo?!" I look off the podium and took in everything, happy with what I had done. Tommy wasn't happy though. I could tell that.

"Look Tommy." I say sternly, done with this. "He's dead. Tubbo. Is. Dead." I look him dead in the eyes. "there is nothing you can do to change that." I walk away from the edge of the podium and grab technos arm on the way down as we walk away.

We are almost at techno's house and I see Octavia. I run up to her and give her some pets and a few carrots and apples. Techno comes up to me "thanks for destroying a country and killing someone with me." I say and look up to him with a smile. I thank him for watching Octavia and place her saddle on and get on. I thank techno one last time before riding off and heading back towards my base that's not the cave, I need to lay low for a few days before I go talk to l'manburg again.

I need to.

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