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Ranboo sat at a small oak Table with a blanket wrapped around his shoulders to try and get some warmth back into the shaking hybrid's body. Across the room a small warm fire crackled welcomingly was a tall winged figure heated up a kettle of water
Phil finished boiling the water and put it on the table as he walked over to a shivering Ranboo
"alright Ranboo...more slowly this time, explain what happened?"
Ranboo tried to stop shaking for a minute and looked up at Phil "I-I was up a few miles from here m...mining for diamonds a..and other resources b..before my memory gave out and...and then I was outside the pr-prison with Dream saying I h..helped him escape... but-but I didn't free him! I know I didn't! I hate Dream! but-he was there and I had the pickaxe... and.. oh prime oh prime... Sam... Sam's going to kill me! He's gonna take all my lives and...and.."
The hybrid started shaking harder as tears started steaming off his face as Phil pulled him into a tight embrace and started tenderly rubbing his back
"hey... it's okay mate it's okay...you're safe here. I won't let Sam hurt you if I have any say in it"
Ranboo dug himself deeper into Phil's cloak "It's my fault... I caused all this... oh prime..."
Phil wrapped his obsidian black wings around Ranboo "hey hey... no...you didn't want this... I don't think any of this is your fault"
"But...But I freed Dream... I had the tools..."
The avian shook his head "Mate... you have been living here for a few months now... and in that time I have learned a few things, one of which is that between you and your ender walking state... there is a huge difference in many ways, so I don't think you released Dream... I think Enderboo did"
Ranboo let out a shaky breath "b...but my ender walk is still me which makes me still guilty... which still means Sam can still come and kill me..."
Phil rubbed ranboo's hair "As long as I stand Sam won't get within an arrow shot distance of here you hear me?..."
At this Ranboo loosened up a little bit "Th...Thank you Phil..."
The Avian nodded "You're welcome... now, drink your tea before it gets cold!"
As they sat in silence for a few minutes a knock could be heard across the room
Ranboo jumped and tried to make himself smaller in the chair as Phil looked up at the door "Come in!" he called, and a moment later a towering figure in full netherite armor barged in and slammed the door behind him, causing a few piles of snow to fall in front of the door with the force
"Oh hey mate, what did you see out there?" Phil asked as he took another sip
Techno let out a deep huff as he took off his helmet "Well, Sam's got the whole SMP out on the hunt, and most of them will probably shoot and ask questions later" he roughly placed his rocket launcher onto the table and headed towards the kitchen
"and what of Sam himself?" Phil asked while trying to keep Ranboo from freaking out (it wasn't working very well) as he poured more water into his cup
"Oh Sam? He's pissed and is definitely not in the mood for mercy."
Ranboo just shook harder as Phil drew him into a hug with his wing "Well, we can't let that happen then" Technoblade nodded and pulled out his sword "Don't worry kid, you're safe here as long as we are around"
The ender hybrid nodded and took another sip of his tea
Sam sprinted through the forest, he had lost track of where he was for a moment before an Indignant squawk could be heard behind him
"HEY SAM! SLOW DOWN! Not all of us are magically tall Centaurs!"
The Creeperborn looked back and sighed "well you were the one who begged to come along! It's not my fault you're short!"
Sam kept walking before he could hear what the Duck hybrid had to say, then suddenly stopped and held up his hand
"shhh... do you hear that?"
Quackity looked up at the sky and listened for a second trying to hear whatever Sam was talking about
"...nooo? What?"
"Dogs... Lots of them"
The Duck hybrid groaned in annoyance
"yeah no shit sherlock! There's probably tons of wolves around here!"
Sam shook his head in frustration
"not wolves Quackity! Dogs! Tamed Dogs. And where there are tamed dogs there's bound to be people, now come on!"
The creeperborn picked up his companion and set him on his back, and despite his umbrage he took off at a full sprint, within minutes he saw a small pine cabin in the middle of the tundra, A gentle curl of smoke poured out of the chimney, and inside he could vaguely make out three figures, Technoblade...Philza...and... ah ha! there he was!
Sam grinned and looked over at Quackity "we have them... quick, write down the cords to this place and let's head back and regroup with the others. We're going to need all the fighting power we can get"
Quackity nodded and started jotting down numbers as they slowly backed away
you can't escape me forever little pawn...