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"Can you stop moving for a moment, Tommy?"
"No! It hurts." Tommy replied. More like sobbing.
"I know it hurts Tommy, but if you keep moving it will hurt more and we'll have to call daddy."
After what was said Tommy stood surprisingly still, listening to his big brother, though making his characteristic pouty face and teary eyes.
"God, I don't understand how you did this. Your whole leg is bruised. Tommy, you definitely need to stop playing the hero.
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Okay, it's all right. All right, everything's under control, isn't it?
No, of course not. How could everything be all right when he couldn't even get out of a bloody shop in a shopping centre, which ironically the place is littered with signs saying "run away and you'll find your own way."
Tommy hates crowded places. So why the hell were there so many people around him? Well, he knew he wasn't at his best but at least he looked decent or so he thought. He was bathed in blood that he didn't even know if it was his or someone else's. His red and white jacket was covered in blood. His red and white jacket was stained crimson and his hands were covered in blood. Not to mention the detail that he was on top of an unconscious man, possibly dead, but that didn't matter now. The great Tommyinnit just needed to come up with a plan to escape the situation.
"Ehhh, well. How are you all, ladies and gentlemen?" Tommy asked in the hope that someone would answer him so that he could tell a lie or two to fool everyone in the room. Tommy might not be very smart, but at least he has the gift of being a pretty good liar.
Nobody answered.
Nothing I didn't suspect before. Tommy thought.
All the people present were staring at him without saying anything at all, some in fear and others wanting to go home. The cops in this town must have been pretty tired when it came to vigilantes.
Tommy was about to open his mouth to say something else when he saw two heroes enter the place looking like they were unfriendly. And they weren't just two normal heroes. They were The Blade and Ghost Voice. One of the top 5 heroes in all of L'manburg.
"Shit!" Tommy exclaimed in a whisper. "I know this all looks very suspicious and illegal but I can promise this was already like this when I arrived."
"Bruh, this literally looks like a crime scene dude, and the macabre kind." I indicated The blade as he drew his sword.
Ghost voice had been leaning against the doorframe since he arrived, and he hadn't taken his eye off Tommy the whole time either.
Tommy was really uncomfortable with his gaze, well, his whole being was uncomfortable. Well, how could he not. It's Ghost voice, the hero who every time he speaks could be navigating your darkest secrets deep inside your brain.
"Let's do it the best way, kid." The blade continued to speak. "You turn yourself in and we'll get the hell out of here."
Tommy held back the urge to insult him in every way he could just to say:
"Wouldn't that be counterproductive for me? I mean, I'd be the one who would lose out anyway. Like whether I tried to escape or not." Explained tommy as best he could. The urge to hit The blade was becoming more and more apparent.
"That's why we're here kid." Added the quiet one from Ghost Voice. And before he could finish Tommy interrupted him half shouting.
"Hey, I'm not a kid. Bitch!" Tommy blurted out in a distinctly unfriendly tone. He had changed his mind. Now he just wanted to punch that egocentric hero with dark brown hair and a big white tuft in his fringes.
Tommy thought again about what he had said. That's a phrase used by TommyInnit, not Theseus. He noticed that Ghost Voice was trying to say something but remained silent. The blade grimaced, trying to make out something, but he sent it aside and set about continuing the fight.
"As you wish, then. It will be the hard way."
Techno leapt towards Tommy with the intention of immobilising some limb. Tommy realized what The blade was planning to do, so he ducked. Letting the blade pass over him without even knowing the trick. The blade ended up crashing into the wall in front of him, knocking down a few paintings that were hanging on the wall.
Not a very good image of the second most powerful hero.
Ghost voice decided to go towards Theseus with the intention of infiltrating his mind and making him stand still and not escape.
Tommy, seeing the hero approaching him, stood up in what would be less than a second. He pulled his staff from behind his back and threw it backwards to form a distraction. It was something Tubbo had taught him, when you were surrounded and carrying some kind of weapon you would use it as a distraction to make your way out easier.
Tommy hadn't tried it once but he thought maybe today was a good time.
It worked.
The cane landed in The blade's stomach making him cough. Tommy was glad to hear that, he hadn't been able to punch him but he managed to hurt him. Phantom Voice who was concentrating on what to say opened his eyes wide when he saw Theseus standing there celebrating the victory. He turned his gaze to the other hero who was leaning against a wall behind the vigilante looking like what the hell just happened. Tommy seized the opportunity and dashed for the exit, jumping between the policemen inside. As he was about to go through the door he heard a shout from Phantom Voice telling him to stay put. Hearing it, Tommy felt that familiar sensation of someone trying to get inside you. Tommy ignored the hero's command so he could finally get out of the shop. He kept running all over the mall jumping over random people, benches and food stalls until he reached the main exit.
He relaxed when he saw that no one was chasing him and continued walking at a brisk pace towards his shared lair with Tubbo and Ranboo.