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Everything clicked back into place as soon as Quackity heard his fiancee’s startled cry. Bad’s message clicked to the forefront of his mind, the fighting amongst the infected and non-infected, the spell, everything clicked back into place.
Quackity took no time to take a look at his surroundings, and what he saw shocked him. The floor was back to majorly stone, with a few decaying blocks of the Crimson, splattered around. The Crimson vines growing on the wall and ceiling were decaying at a rapid rate, falling from their places onto the floor, like the weeds they were. But most shockingly was the state of the egg. The egg was obliterated, only 30 percent of its structure remained, the rest of it was just a melted decaying mush. Bad did it. He defeated the egg!
Wait… Where was Bad?
Sapnap no time stumbling to his feet and running over to the limp figure of his father, his fiancee not far behind him. However, as Sapnap got closer, he drew his sword upon seeing another figure whom he’d never seen before kneeling at Bad’s head, his father’s head resting on the glowing figure’s legs.
Quackity also drew his sword, and addressed the stranger. “Who are you!” He barked out.
“At ease, Quackity, Sapnap. I mean no harm.” The stranger said, not turning to face them. “Bad asked me to aid him through the spell, now I am doing my best to keep him alive. Put your weapons away, I know you're worried, but I assure you I mean no harm.”
The two were hesitant, but complied, taking in the figures' appearances as they came to Bad’s side. Bad was lying limp on the ground, his massive wings splayed out behind him, one burnt the other bent in a very undesirable way. The demon was unconscious, white eyes closed beneath. His head was carefully placed on the figure’s lap, the figure had fair skin, nearly the identical shade of Bad’s when he was in human form, his hair was a soft chestnut brown, and his eyes being that of brillant emeralds, the same as Bad’s. The figure was clad in a beige dress jacket with a gold rim around his wrist, underneath the jacket he was wearing a simple white button up with gold buttons, the sleeve of the shirt slightly appearing out under the jacket sleeve. He was wearing simple gray dress pants, simple black loafers and strangely a black and red mask. Buried underneath his hair were two large horns, the left chipped and broken, he had large black bat-like wings, a halo quietly twinkling over his head and a simple spade-tiped tail. The figure was glowing a white around his entire body, and his hand was pressed to a wound on Bad’s torso.
“Dad?” Sapnap asked, grabbing his father’s limp hand in his, searching desperately for a pulse, nearly sobbing in relief when he found the weak pulse under his fingertips.
The emerald eyes of the figure drew to Sapnap curiously, before he shook his head and continued to try and balance out the small bit of energy Bad had left.
Quackity suddenly heard what sounded like a herd of people coming down the hallway, and he looked up too see the majority of the server filling the room, their eyes widening as they took in the room around them, then the group, which was lacking seven members, drew their weapons seeing the strange glowing figure.
Karl however was stunned into silence seeing the familiar, though much taller, figure. “L-Lord Sebstian?” He stammered out before he could catch himself.
The figure smiled softly. “Hello Karl. Long time no see.” Sebastian hummed.
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After a few hours, the server had been split into two groups, the first group being the group taking care of the seven unconscious members, the first mainly being the lovers of those who got infected, with the exception of Phil who was taking care of Tubbo, Punz and Ranboo, the second being the ones getting rid of the carnage left by Bad’s spell and any remnant of the Egg.
Both Quackity and Karl went to go help the second group, with much encouragement from Sapnap who was determined not to leave his father’s side.
Sapnap was awoken by the sound of footsteps nearing Bad’s cot, and the delicious smell of… hot chocolate? Sapnap lifted his head to be greeted by Sebastian holding a mug in his hands, a small smile donning his face.
“Hey, Kiddo. I got some hot chocolate.” Sebastian said, handing the mug over to Sapnap who took it with a smile, “Whip Cream, Marshmallows and Cinnamon, just like you like.” He said, sitting down in the other chair next to the demon.
“Bad used to make this for me when I was a kid, how did you know?” Sapnap asked, incredulously.
“Your father had detailed books on everyone on the server’s favorite things, along with allergies and dislikes. All I had to do was find your book.” Sebastian said with a smirk, “Which wasn't hard, since Skeppy, Yours and your fiancees were kept separate from the group on another shelf with all his other family nicknacks and such.”
Sapnap’s eyes widened, Bad really did that, all for them? He gently took a sip of the coco and his eyes lit up in childish glee, it was exactly like he remembered on cold nights. “It's exactly like his… This is amazing.” He said happily, making Sebastian chuckle.
“Thank you, It was my recipe, I'm surprised he was able to keep the original in such good condition.” Sebastian said, gently moving some of Bad’s hair out of his sweaty face. “He’ll be out like a light for a while, that spell is not an easy spell to do, and especially not on such low energy. The egg was sapping those infected by its energy, so they’ll be out of bounds for a while too.” Sebastian said softly, before turning to address the ravenette. “I know that the brain of yours must have questions, ask away.”
Sapnap nodded softly. “You never did tell how you know Bad.” Sapnap said.
“I practically raised him.” Sebastian said, “My son… Abandoned him to run off with his little girlfriend, left him to survive in the nether, eventually, he was cast out and I found him passed out in the snow, almost freezing to death.” Sebastian said.
Sapnap’s eyes widened as he heard that, realizing how close Bad’s story was to his own. Was that why Bad took him in? Because he went through it too?
“So… you're my grandfather?”Sapnap asked hesitantly.
“Technically I’m your great grandfather, but as Bad refers to me as his father, yes, you can consider me your grandfather.” Sebastian corrected with a gentle smile, watching Sapnap’s eyes light up upon meeting another person in his family.
The two continued to speak in a hushed tone, though most of the conversation was just answering Sapnap’s questions.
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The first infected to wake up was Ranboo, who immediately felt pain rocket through his body as he tried to move, causing him to wake up the tiny form snuggled into Techno’s arms. Michael woke to the sound of movement and immediately upon seeing Ranboo’s tired mismatched eyes, he started squealing, making Techno stir and Ranboo turn his attention to him, smiling seeing his son squealing and wriggling out of Techno’s hold to climb up Ranboo’s bed, with a little help from Ranboo’s tail and held onto his dad.
Tired red eyes turned to Ranboo, “Ranboo? Are you awake?” Techno asked, trying to conceal both the worry and happiness in his voice seeing the young enderman awake.
“Yeah, I’m awake.” Ranboo croaked. “What happened?”
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A few rooms over, Sam was the next to stir. The creeper blinked to get rid of the tiredness, and took in the room he was in, which was completely unfamiliar to him, that was when he took notice of the figure sleeping beside him in a chair, his head resting on Sam’s thigh.
A gentle smile crossed Sam’s face as he whispered, “Ponky.” fondly to himself. His memory was a complete blur, but he didn't care at the moment, Ponk was his only care in the world at the moment.
Gently, Sam slid Ponk’s mask up a small bit so his nose and mouth werent covered by the mask and gently folded it so it was just covering his eyes and up, as he pulled Ponk up into his arms, ignoring the shooting pains, and snuggling into Ponk’s warmth.
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Ant woke with a start, letting out a loud hiss as his body seized up in pain. Ant’s hiss had startled Velvet awake as well, who immediately jumped up to gently guide Ant back down.
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Skeppy and Bad were the last to awaken, which was a miracle on so many levels as Skeppy had always been the late riser of the duo.
When Skeppy awoke, he knew something was wrong instantly. Skeppy bit his lip as he forced himself to sit up and take in his location, a medical room. He looked down at himself to see the fragments of diamonds littering his body still slightly tinted red, but receding back to their normal blue, a couple of them were smashed but Skeppy wasn't worrying about that, they would fix themselves. He looked at his hands and immediately panicked when he didn't see his wedding band on his finger. Thankfully he calmed when he found it on the bedside table, he immediately grabbed it and slipped it onto his finger, a sigh of relief left his lips when he felt the comforting cold wrap around his ring finger.
Skeppy’s attention was caught by the door sliding open to reveal a surprised Puffy on the other side, which slightly disappointed Skeppy as he was hoping it was Bad, but he pushed his disappointment aside.
“Skeppy! Good to see you awake!” Puffy exclaimed happily.
Skeppy looked terse. “Where is Bad?”
“He’s resting Skeppy.” Puffy said, knowing Skeppy was worried, and she knew what he was about to do. “He’s just fine, Skeppy. Just needs rest, like you.” She said trying to keep him from getting off the bed, but her efforts did not work as Skeppy, despite how much pain he must have been in, was more worried about Bad then himself.
“I didn't ask that, Puffy.” Skeppy said, straightening up. “Where. Is. Bad?”
“Resting.” Puffy repeated. “Like you should be doing.”
“I’m fine.” Skeppy barked out, “Where is my husband.”
“Skeppy, Dont be stupid. Lay down.” Puffy said.
Skeppy sighed and pushed past Puffy, his resolve not willing to crack. He stumbled down the hallway, pushing Puffy off repeatedly until he saw the room with Bad’s name on it and he sprinted down the hallway, slipping out of Puffy’s grip.
As soon as he got to the room, he had to restrain himself from slamming the door open as he walked in, a grin breaking out on his face seeing Bad’s eyes open very slightly, Bad’s exhaustion still weighing heavy on him.
“G-Geppy?” Bad croaked, his voice coming out nearly as a whisper from his strained throat.
“Bad…” He spoke fondly, he made his way over to his bedside and their hands instinctively latched together. Skeppy pressing a kiss to each knuckle, making Bad smile softly, a warm blush settling on his cheeks. “Your such a fucking idiot. Why would you risk your life like that?” Skeppy asked.
“Language…” Bad whimpered out. “I let the egg loose on the server instead of just asking for help, I needed to fix my fa-” Bad’s statement was promptly cut off as Skeppy pressed his lips to Bad’s, the demon’s eyes widened as he felt it, but eventually he melted into it.
Skeppy eventually pulled back when the two needed air, and he took Bad’s furred face into his palms. “Listen to me, Bad. What happened was not your intention, you were not at fault. You were scared out of your mind. You felt you had no other option.” Skeppy said, pressing a kiss to Bad’s nose. “You realized what would have happened, you fought for your control back. You saved not only me, but all the other infected.”
“ I’m so proud of you. ”