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"You can't catch me bitch!" Tommy yelled with his voice changer while running on the roofs of L'manburg. "Tommy quit joking around and get to the rendezvous point!" A voice yelled in Tommy's ear. "Got it bee," Tommy responds.

Tommy has been running away from the heroes for 2 hours, most of it was just jumping around buildings poking fun at their stamina. "Come back here Deimos!" One of the heroes yelled. The hero was wearing a white blouse under a red cloak with gold strings and knots, he had gold earrings and he was wearing a pig mask. "Just catch me Kratos! Can't be that hard!" Deimos yelled.

Tommy stopped two meters from the edge of one of the tallest buildings in L'manburg. "You've got nowhere to run now, Deimos." Kratos states. Tommy observed the heroes on each side of Kratos. "These two are new Tommy. They're the ones that work with Kratos but never interfered until now," Bee said in Tommy's earpiece "Then who are they?" Tommy asks, slowly moving towards the edge while keeping an eye on all three of them.

"Bee this would be a good time!" Tommy yelled under his breath. Sounds of clicking on the other end of the earpiece. "Got it! The one on Kratos right is Aeolus, the left is Phantasma. You should already know their eccentricities,” Tommy hummed in response, shifting to look at Phantasma better. 

Phantasma’s Eccentricity is called Sirens Call . Whenever Phantasma sings a command, he can bring the person under his control for as long as he can see them. As a bonus, he can see through objects to keep an eye on them. The downsides are that if the victim is too far to see, they will come back to their senses. The larger the population Phantasma has to control, the more he has to keep an eye on. He’s also part phantom.

“I’m going to get a scan on them for the archives. Try to stall as much as you can!” Bee yells as another set of clicking are heard from the other end of the line. “Should have done that earlier dumbass!” Tommy yells, this time not under his breath. The three heroes froze in place. “Who are you working for?” Aeolus asks, lowering his guard. “I’m not working for anyone dumbass, your oldiness is getting to you old man,” Deimos yells over the sounds of beeping of cars. “I’m not old, mate!” Aeolus took it as an offensive remark while Kratos and Phantasma burst out laughing at their father.

“Toms the scans are done, get to the rendezvous point to meet up with Ranboo,” Bee commands. “Just a little bit-” “ Tommy Innit. ” The voice of Bee threatens, sending chills down the blonde's spine. “Alright, alright. I’ll meet Boo at the rendezvous point,” Tommy sighs in defeat. No one can go against Bee when he’s dead serious. 

Deimos looks at the three heroes once again and sighs. This time in amusement. “Sorry boys,” The three stop laughing at Aeolus' predicament and turn to see Deimos looming over the edge. “Until we meet again,” Deimos salutes before falling over the edge.

Phantasmas yells can be heard over the sounds of traffic below. Who can blame him? He just saw a villain, who sounds like a 16-year-old, jump off a fucking 13 story building! Who wouldn't be shocked by that? "We have enough information, Phantasma. We should head back to HQ," Aeolus says, patting Phantasma on the shoulder before taking off, leaving Kratos and Phantasma to run back.

Deimos jumped down from one of the buildings next to the rendezvous point “About time you got here Deimos,” A voice says behind Deimos. Deimos spins around to see Boo. A half enderman half ghast hybrid. Deimos let out a laugh, “I just wanted to have fun, Boo. Is that too hard?” Boo scoffed “When it comes to Bee’s materials then yes. Yes, it is hard,” Deimos let out a chuckle at that. “Yeah, yeah just get us to Logstedshire. Zone 33,” “I know that! I’m not that forgetful.” The half enderman hybrid yells. “Shut up Boo let’s go,” And like that, they disappeared.

_X_

“So how was the mission?” A lady with pink hair asks, entering with a tray with 4 cups of coffee. “A failure,” Phantasma whines. “Come on Wil, we got a few things to go off on,” Aeolus states before taking one of the cups from the pink-haired lady’s tray with a quick ‘thank you'. “And what might that be Oh Great Philza Minecraft,” The phantom says in a mocking tone, taking the last cup on the tray as the pink-haired lady sits down. “Yeah Phil, what do you know?” The lady questions, taking a sip of her coffee.

Phil sighs, putting his cup of coffee down. "It's not much to go on but is still useful nonetheless," Phil states, putting one leg over the other. "He's working for someone, and that someone is probably the one who is making all their equipment." The lady’s eyebrow raised in curiosity. “Most were equipment for bombs, like nukes, if we count how much radioactive materials Deimos stole.” The female Pinkette gasps "Do you think he made that nuke that blew up Mt. Plains?" Phil thinks for a second before answering, "Yes Niki, it's most likely that the nuke was made by the person Deimos was stealing for,"  Niki groans in frustration. They have another pain-in-the-ass job now. I mean Jschlatt, an old tyrant was a pain too but he's dead now, and these three new Villains pop up. This day cannot get worse. 

Kratos and Phantasma zones out of the conversation Niki and Phil were having. They both looked at each other, both of their eyes holding worry, being more evident in the phantom's eyes than the pinkettes. “Wilbur, we’re going to need much research on the destruction of Mt. Plains. While Techno writes the report on the robbery.” Phil orders. Quickly leaving the room with Niki. 

“Usually I would complain when I have to do paperwork but this one is serious so I guess I’ll do it,” Techno says before relaxing into the couch both were sitting on. “Mm, I wouldn’t mind doing it, plus, if you go with Phil you can find out the possibilities or chat might say something,” Wilbur explains, bringing up his hand to his chin. The brunette nodded his head, there were more pros than cons anyways. “Alright then, see you later,” Techno says, standing up from the couch, leaving the room. Wilbur sighs, this will be a rather long report.

_X_

“What the hell did I say about playing around when YOU are returning with materials?!” Bee yells. His voice bounces off the walls of their small run-down apartment. Tommy rubs the back of his neck in shame while Ranboo was cooking Spaghetti in their kitchen. “Not to…” Tommy replies with a hint of fear in his voice. No one can argue against the inventor of the group when it comes to his materials. “Look… I know that you like having fun Tommy,” Bee starts, placing a hand on the blonde's shoulder. “But that doesn’t mean you do it for 2 hours. You also had something with you, something that we need for our next project.” Bee finishes his statement. No arguments, nothing. "Ugh, whatever you say Tubbo," Tommy says while extending the 'o' at the end. 

Tubbo sighs before going back to his room to continue planning. Ranboo comes out of the kitchen and puts a hand on Tommy's shoulder who has been staring at Tubbo's door for at least 2 minutes. "Tommy but Tubbo's right this time. You stayed a little too long out there with the things that he needs for our plan," 

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Wilbur groans as he signs the report before putting it with the rest of the papers that are currently on his table. Apparently, Techno ignored half of the paperwork that he was assigned to and was just waiting for someone to pass it to. It was him, unfortunately. 'It won't hurt to take a nap…' 

Techno opens the door to Wilbur's office slowly, finding Wilbur's head slotted right on top of his crossed arms in between piles of papers, drifting off to sleep "Heh, sorry Wil," Techno mutters before closing the door. "Is he sleeping?" A voice behind Techno says with amusement. Techno turns and chuckles. "Yeah, he did my paperwork as well" Philza hummed and started walking to another room, signaling Techno to follow him and so he did. 

They both entered a room with 7 other people, all being one of the top 10 heroes. Naming all in order from weakest to strongest, Rosette, Eret, Time, Ekrix, Rhea, Valorant, Hypnos, and Puppeteer. Wilbur being 3rd, Techno being 2nd and Phil being 1st.

They all stood in silence before Puppeteer's voice cut the string "Where's Wilbur?" Everyone looked at the light brunette and then at the other two. The puppeteer’s costume was just a neon green hoodie, black leggings, just below the knee combat boots, and a white mask with a smile. 

His eccentricity gave him the ability to make copies of himself and the people he has seen for the past 3 months. The cons to his ability is when he makes a copy it would take away half of the amount of energy he has. It won’t eat his energy when it’s been made already but it does make him drowsy for quite a bit.

 Phil sighs “He passed out from exhaustion because someone didn’t do their reports,” sending a glare in Techno’s direction, making him look away whistling.

Puppeteer nodded and sat down in his assigned chair, being followed by the other heroes. “I suspect that we’re talking about Deimos?” Sapnap, known as Valorant questions. Valorant had a white shirt with black sleeves, the collar also a color of black. He has braces made specifically for his fire in order for it not to get out of control. He has a white bandana around his head, black clown-like pants (yknow, the one where it stops above their knee and puffs out?) and knee-high boots. His eccentricity is the ability to manipulate and create fire. His braces help control the flames when it becomes too much for his body to take to the point his skin starts to burn and lava fills his veins (which is very dangerous for the man).

“Yes. As you all know, he was caught stealing equipment used for explosives like gunpowder, reactors, he even got his hands on Uranium! ” Philza exclaimed while pulling down a projector screen and turning the projector on. Selecting a camera that was in the lab that their Uranium was kept in.

Phil turned around to see shocked faces, laced with fear, anger, and sorrow. It was expected, a villain just stole Uranium from a hidden lab that they had, and most people know that Uranium is used for nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. When a villain has at least 33 pounds of Uranium (15kg) and the right equipment, they could make a nuclear bomb that could hurt many people. And to the heroes, that is never a good sign for them and the city.

“Well, what other information do we have on Deimos?” Another voice cut through the silence, Karl, also known by the public as Time. His hero costume consisted of a multi-colored hoodie with a green swirl in the middle, goggles with swirls decorating the base, and black leggings. He was usually on the sidelines so his costume made sense. He’s also flexible and his outfit makes it kind of easy to move around. 

His eccentricity makes him able to travel through portals of time only towards the past and back. The cons of this are when he loses five percent of his memory every time he goes to the past which is why he's only on the sidelines. 

Phil turned to look at them “He’s working with the person who most likely made the nuke that destroyed Mt. Plains.” Quiet gasps were heard from around the room, the clip of Deimos still playing on the projector screen. 

The sound of a cough erupted from Ekrix. Phil’s head snapped towards the creeper hybrid. The creeper hybrid’s costume consisted of green military clothing with clean green on the bottom half of the sleeves and a light black turtleneck under. Gold chains decorated his clothing and his hair. Black combat boots to match with the green. He has a gas mask for the amount of smoke and gunpowder that his explosions cause.

Ekrix’s eccentricity is to explode without causing harm to himself. His explosions are known to almost break anything solid. This comes with more cons than pros by just a bit. If Ekrix explodes suddenly, it can dislocate his joints which is painful and dangerous. The other cons are… more graphic.

“Are we going to patrol more often in every city?” Awesamdude paused before starting again “Because if we are, we should make it 1 or 2 heroes in every city for at least 5 hours before switching.” Some heroes groan at the thought of patrolling for 5 hours without breaks. “With 20 minutes breaks of course. I know how much you guys like a rest during your patrol time.” Sam accuses. Receiving a few relaxed sighs. Phil thinks for a moment before humming in agreement. “That’s a good idea Sam but if we’re going to split up, we’re going to need people to do the paperwork and go with us when just in case the groups and solos need back up.” The avian finalizes. Receiving nods from all the heroes. “Alright then. The meeting is finished. I will send Jack to give you guys your pairs, solos, and assigned cities. You may all go,” Phil announces, leaving the room first, being followed by Techno.

_D=N=D_

“Tommy! Tommy! Look!” Tubbo yelled as he ran out of his room. The blonde turned away from the stove to look at what the fuck Tubbo was yelling about. “They’re opening interviews for people with eccentricities!" Tubbo continues yelling, shoving the computer into Tommy's hands that were currently not holding onto the pan. "CAN'T YOU SEE I'M COOKING DICKHEAD?!" Tommy yells. "I know I know but just look!" The brunette replies, pointing at the Twitter post about the need for people with eccentricities. Tommy took his time reading the tweet, eyes widening at the said tweet. "Why the fuck do they want people with eccentricities? They already have enough heroes as is." The blonde says while rolling his eyes, handing Tubbo his laptop, and going back to cooking their breakfast. 

"Yes but you see, I hacked into their system and found this camera recording in their meeting room," Tubbo explains, opening up a video file titled 'Hero recording' and started playing. It was basically about how they needed people to be back up for hero activities in all cities and since they're all occupied, they need someone to be their paperwork man. 

"I already applied both of us for the interview and left Ranboo since we need someone to cause chaos!" Tubbo explained their plan and quickly ran back to his room. Tommy let out a hum of agreement before properly processing what the ram hybrid said. "HEY WHAT THE FUCK WHY DID YOU APPLY ME AND NOT RANBOO?! YOU KNOW I HATE THE HEROES TOO!" Tommy yells, setting up their almost broken table before putting the food on the plates.  "I'M BETTER AT VILLAINY THAN YOU HAHA!" Ranboo yells back in a teasing tone. Tommy suddenly throws the pan into the sink and runs towards Ranboo's room. "SHUT THE FUCK UP I AM THE BETTER ONE! I AM A BIG MAN BITCH!" Tommy shouts before jumping Ranboo, making them both fall on the half enderman's bed. Ranboo let out a shriek, kicking Tommy off of him and tackling him on the floor. 

Let's just say this would’ve gone on for hours if Tubbo hadn’t called them for breakfast since Tommy was done cooking. 

“So, Tommy, we’re going to the interviews tomorrow. Ranboo, I put the list of crimes you’re gonna do on your desk,” Tubbo states, leaving no room for argument for Tommy, receiving a groan from the blonde and a nod from the half enderman. 

“The food’s good by the way, you did a good job even when Tubbo interrupted you,” Ranboo says through his chewing. Tubbo let out a hum of agreement and apparently Tommy took offense to that compliment. “Good?! This cooking is awesome!” Tommy yells, poking Ranboo’s arm to make it clear that he wants a correction. “Fine fine, it’s awesome. It tastes delicious though, really.” Ranboo corrects and confirms that it tastes good. 

They finish eating before 9am, all the used plates are being washed by Tommy currently. Ranboo walks into the kitchen with a piece of paper that had all the listed crimes that Tubbo set up. “Hey Toms, can you do this one?” Ranboo asks, pushing the paper closer to Tommy’s face and pointing at a task labeled “blow up a building and abduct people”. Tommy turned to face the half-enderman, face filled with confusion. "Why the fuck do you need me to do this? It's your list. Plus, you can abduct people quicker with your eccentricity," The strawberry-blonde questions. (yes he's strawberry blonde now) 

Ranboo simply smiles and leans into Tommy's ear. "I'll let you do 3 crimes on my list and I won't tell Bee. Does that sound like a fair deal?" He whispers in a mischievous tone. 

Tommy looks at the dishes then back at Ranboo, giving him a smile that only their group knows the meaning of. Ranboo's grin widened, reaching ear to ear. "Let's go shall we?" The half enderman states. Both hands intertwined into a handshake and they both teleported to their rooms to get ready. 

Tommy changed into a red military-designed hoodie with black sleeves, a belt with pouches to hold his black jeans, along with red combat boots, a black bag and a red and black gas mask just in case he runs into any gas heroes. He also puts on green contacts just as a "precaution" because according to Tubbo, his electric blue eyes are very easy to remember 

As for Ranboo, he put on a golden crown and tied his hair into a braid. His eyes have changed into a purplish-pink color so as to not get recognized for his dual-colored eyes. He put on a different suit with sleeves that are black and white and vice-versa, a white and black gas mask, white pants to go along with the suit, and his black roller skates.

They both exit their rooms, both sharing glances before quickly leaving the house to commit crimes.

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BLING! BLING!

“Can you get that Wil?” Philza yells from the kitchen. Wilbur groans as he runs down the stairs and picks up the ringing phone. 

“Hello! Phantasma here, what can I do for you?” Wilbur greets in a forced yet cheerful tone.

The sounds of explosions and people screaming come from the other side of the phone. 

“Phantasma, we need back-up! Ender and Deimos have attacked the town center in El Rapids Zone 12. We need your-” The line cuts. 

"Hello?" Wilbur asked to make sure the telephone line had actually been cut and was met with radio silence. Wilbur was quick to move, running back upstairs and changing into his superhero costume.

"DAD, THERE'S A VILLAIN ATTACK AT EL RAPIDS ZONE 12! SUIT UP BECAUSE IT'S DEIMOS AND ENDER THIS TIME!" Wilbur yells before phasing through the wall to head to the attack zone. 

Phil stopped cooking the moment Wil finished his sentence and ran upstairs to get his suit. 

"Am I coming?" Techno asked, walking into the costume room.

 "It depends if you want to," Philza replies. Receiving a chuckle from the pinkette. 

"Sure, whatever. I want a rematch with Deimos anyways."

Phil walks into the changing stall and changes into a black sleeveless turtleneck with his signature hardcore heart. Phil’s costume isn’t too complicated, it’s simple. He has green and black geta shoes(?), a black choker with his hardcore heart, black pants and a black and green belt that connect to a green, below the knee, cloth. He straps two reverse katanas just in case he has to defend, and lastly, he puts on a mask that he uses during his missions. His signature green and white bucket hat already on his head. 

“You done there mate?” Phil asks as he walks out the stall, seeing Technoblade grab his sword. 

“Yeah, let’s go,” Techno nods before both of them bolt towards the door.

_X_

“You good there Deimos?” Ender yells while tying people's hands and teleporting them to where Tubbo is. 

“Yep! Just blew a few more small buildings. ‘We good to go, dickhead?” Deimos explains before asking. 

“Mhm, all have been teleported. We can cause some chaos now,” 

And if what they caused before wasn't chaos, the heroes are about to experience one hell of a ride. 

-

Phantasma arrived at the scene, and oh does it look like it’s been through hell. There were about 5 collapsed buildings, 6 on fire, and 3 that are on the brink of collapsing. The phantom scanned the area for civilians and found only a few. 

Before he let out a sigh of relief, a woman ran up to him and started begging. 

“Please! They took my husband and son away! Please bring them back!” She pleaded. Dried tear tracks visible from the flames evaporating her tears. Phantasma stared at her with guilt filled eyes. 

“We’ll try to find your son and husband,” He reassures. Although it could not be promised, he has to try.

Suddenly, a gust of wind came from above. Phantasma raises his head to see Aeolus slowly flapping down while carrying Kratos. They both reached the ground and scanned the area, finding the sight that Phantasma saw. 

“What the hell happened here?” Kratos questions with a confused yet angered voice. 

A few people rushed to the three heroes asking multiple questions before being stopped by Kratos. 

“Hold up, what’s going on?” 

“They’re in a car!” one of the people in the crowd shouted. 

“What is the color of the car may I ask?” Phantasma asks while looking around the area trying to find the villains. 

There was silence for a moment, until a guy with a wide sinister smile answered, 

“Green :)” before a loud bang erupted.

“OUT OF THE WAY BOYS!” A familiar glitched voice yells before a car drives in front of the three heroes, frozen in shock with how they almost got run over. Phantasma, however, got tripped by Ender or Boo. A given name by his fellow subordinates. 

“Nice one Boo!” Deimos shouted over the sound of Ender’s roller skates scraping across the ground along with the car's engine. 

Phantasma groaned as he got up, dusting off anything that got on his costume. 

“Ph-. Aeolus, Kratos, go chase them. I’ll handle the people,” The phantom ordered. Although he isn’t the leader of the group, he still had good ideas which Aeolus and Kratos graciously followed. 

“Oi, Deimos. We got company!” Ender shouted. Pushing himself up to sit on the roof of the car. 

“Got it!” The other yelled, grabbing a bazooka from the seat next to him and handing it to the enderman. 

He yelled out a quick nice before pulling the item up to his shoulder to shoot at the ground in front of the two heroes, causing an explosion. 

“This is godly, Bee! When did you make this?” Ender yelled over the sounds of the car and shouting. 

“I didn’t! Deimos stole it from the scuffed military camp we found. The soldiers in training were all proud and cocky that they didn’t even realize that he took it!” The three laughed, disappearing into Logstedshire. 

Meanwhile, the two heroes chasing the three walked back to where the phantom hero was. Phantasma gasped seeing the two covered in cuts and bruises. 

“What the hell happened?!” He yelled in worry. 

“How are the civilians?” Techno asked. A hint of disappointment on Wilbur’s face from being ignored but he answered regardless.

“They’re alright. I’ve sent them to a safe house for the time being.” Techno and Phil nodded before Wilbur brought them to the nearest hospital. 

20 minutes before the call… 

"Why are you doing this?!" A woman yelled, rocking their baby back and forth to calm them. The three ignored her question, resulting in another earful. 

Tommy groaned in annoyance before slamming his Coca-Cola can onto the counter that was stationed in the room and glared at the mother. 

"Can you shut up, woman!?" 

"Can you maybe let us out?!" The woman retorted. 

"It's better to not argue with Deimos here. Your shouting is getting quite annoying," Ranboo states as he enters the room with a duffle bag in hand. 

The woman quieted down when Ranboo dropped the duffle bag in front of her. Gasps rang out when he opened the bag filled with money. 

“We have 10 more bags in the other room. One for each family here,”

It was silent for a moment before the faint sounds of sobbing started. They thanked the three villains before leaving with a bag of money to start a new life. 

"Nice to know that you care for them," Ranboo teases, making Tommy yell out profanities at the other. 

"I just don't want them to become like us when our apartment bur-" Ranboo hugged Tommy tightly, interrupting his sentence. Tommy hesitantly hugged back and buried his head into Ranboo's chest. 

All of a sudden, clicking could be heard at the door way. Tommy lifted his head up to look for the sound just to find Tubbo taking pictures with his phone. 

Tubbo ran before Tommy could break off from the embrace. 

Tommy did try to escape from the hug to chase Tubbo but Ranboo had a secure lock on the embrace making Tommy groan. He received a gurgle in response. 

Tommy looked up at Ranboo, being met with cyan colored eyes. Ah, shit . 

Tommy stopped struggling against the hug and buried his head into Ranboo's chest again. 

_X_

"So what happened?" Wilbur asked as he sat down in front of his friends. He heard Techno take a deep breath before speaking. 

"They had a bazooka in their car," Techno paused to look at Wilbur's face, curiosity morphing into horror. He took it as a sign to continue. 

"I'm not sure where they got it. Their nuke friend could've made it or they stole it," Techno finished before taking a sip of water from a bottle that was handed to him a few minutes ago. 

Phil observed Wilbur's facial expression from horror to understanding to disgust and disappointment.

"Is it that one failure of a military camp just beside Logstedshire?" The phantom spat out, taking a bottle of water from the table next to him and giving it to his father. He received a hum in response as he took the bottle. 

Wilbur shook his head in disappointment. 

"I don't even know why the government keeps giving them supplies even if the soldiers are absolute shit and have no balls," Phil and Techno let out a chuckle at the brunet's choice of words. 

"You just gave yourself another reason to hate the government," Techno commented, taking a huge gulp of water to finish the bottle. He tossed it into the trash that was on the other side of the room. 

Phil looked at Techno with curious eyes. 

"When the fuck did you learn basketball?" He asked. Wilbur and Techno laughed at the question of their father. 

"I didn't. I just know how to aim and limit the power I put into the object," The pinkette explained. Philza hummed in admiration before taking a serious expression again. 

"We need to report this to the headquarters," Phil said as he stood up from his chair. 

"Wil, we're going to need to hurry with the interviews. If we're going to take care of these villains, we're gonna need help with paperwork and patrols quickly, " Phil ordered. Wilbur nodded and phased through the wall. 

Phil and Techno walked towards the helicopter platform before grabbing Techno by the waist and started flapping his wings. 

The pinket sighed. He was definitely going to throw up later. 

-

"Say, Tommy," Tubbo started, directing his gaze at the blond. 

The two were currently sitting on a broken couch. Some springs sticking out in places away from the sitting area. 

"Why do we stay in a run down apartment instead of an actual good looking one?" Tubbo continued.

"Because if we stay near shitty hero-filled areas like L'manburg, we would have a harder time getting out of the apartment since there's a hero almost every corner. And if not, then there are cameras," Tommy didn't even look away from his phone when he explained. 

Didn't even look me in the eye, how rude.. 

Tubbo hummed in understanding before going back to what he was doing with his phone. 

They continued to stay like that for 20 minutes before Tubbo shot up from his place on the couch. 

Tommy looked at him with a startled and confused expression. 

"You okay?" The blond asked. Tubbo looked at his phone and back at the direction of the front door. A smile cracked on the brunet's face. 

"We're going to get some better clothes for the two of us. And Ranboo of course, " Tubbo explained. 

Tommy tilted his head in extreme confusion. 

"Tubbo, are you an idiot? The money we steal goes to our shitty landlord," Tommy rants. Tubbo let out a laugh at his best friend's reaction. 

"I never said we were going to buy," He said with a mischievous smirk. It took a moment for Tommy to realize what his best friend implied. His face morphed into understanding with obvious excitement. 

Tommy shot up from the couch and ran to Ranboo's room before remembering that Tubbo only applied for the two of them, leaving Ranboo to stay in the apartment. 

"You're so used to bringing Ranboo on missions that it has become a habit, hasn't it?" Tubbo assumes with a laugh. Tommy started punching Tubbo weakly in the arm. 

"Shut up bitch let's go shopping," Tommy muttered, putting on his costume and watching Tubbo leave the room to do the same. They both grabbed a paper bag and bolted out the door. They left a note in case their tall friend wakes up from his deep slumber. 

-

Tubbo felt the wind rush past him as he jumped from rooftop to rooftop in the direction of his and Tommy's favorite clothing store. 

"We're going to have to stuff what we need in the bags and run out the door," Tubbo yelled over the wind and traffic below. 

Tommy nodded and leapt from the edge to another building. 

After a few minutes, their favorite clothing store came into sight right in front of their building. 

Tommy and Tubbo looked at each other before jumping down and landing on the roof of the store. 

"The moment we run out the door, the alarms will go off. So we have to make this quick" Tubbo said, solidifying the plan. 

"I'll just get a fuckin hoodie with jeans and Converse shoes. I hate those fancy, stuffy, suits." Tommy complained, receiving a chuckle. 

They both replaced their gas masks with normal civilian masks. Their hero costumes already looked civilian enough if you don't look too much into it. 

They dropped down to the entrance of the store, both having their paper bag in hand. The doors opened automatically when they walked under the sensor and entered the store. 

The both of them separated when they reached the men's section, Tommy heading for the hoodies while Tubbo walked to a random aisle. 

Tommy entered a random aisle in search of a hoodie with his color scheme. 

After a few minutes, he let out an exhale. Seems like there weren't any hoodies of his type. 

He brought his hands up to the side of his head and used his index and middle finger on both hands to rub at his temples.

Tommy walked into another clothing aisle, not realizing there was a man standing in his way. 

He walked into the person and before he could say sorry, he was flung into the cement cylinder by a strong gust of wind. 

The blonde groaned in pain, feeling a wave of pain rush through him when he tried to stand. He was being approached by a tall blonde with a white and green bucket hat on the top of his head. 

Tommy shook his head and looked up at the man that flung him. His eyes widened when he saw the number one hero right in front of him. 

To anyone this would be the best day of their life but to Tommy this was the worst thing that could happen. 

"Are you alright mate? I threw you pretty hard there. Sorry 'bout that. Your horns triggered my wings to open," Philza said with an awkward chuckle. He grabbed Tommy's hand and brought him to his feet. 

"Aha… Thank you," Tommy mumbles while trying to calm the panic bubbling in his chest. The hero gave Tommy a smile before letting go of his hand. 

"Were you looking for something? I can help you find it. My sons like this shop that they bring me here when I need new clothes," Phil recalled. Tommy nodded his head. He felt his costume start changing into more casual clothes so as to not get identified. 

"Yeah I'm just looking for a red and white hoodie for an interview I'm going to have tomorrow," Tommy said nervously. 

How the hell is he getting out of this? 

"Ooh! Just in time mate. I actually came here to check out my products that are being sold here." Philza points at the corner of the store next to counter 3.

"My products are there. I had a white and red one made fairly recently. You can go have a look!" Phil exclaimed. 

Tommy nodded and headed towards the location the hero pointed at. He indeed saw a red and white hoodie with a little red Hardcore heart on the left side of the chest area. 

He took the hoodie from the hanger and observed. 

The sleeves had "Philza" on the sides. He was pretty sure that the hoodie was made for both comfort and style which he appreciated since he also needed style for the interview. 

Tommy felt the presence of someone behind him and found Philza smiling down at him. 

"I can buy whatever you get, mate. Take it as a payment for launching you across the aisle and almost breaking your back," Philza said, keeping a smile on his face. Tommy hummed and started walking to different isles to look for his needed items. 

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Tubbo was currently in the hoodie section of the store.

" TUBBO!" He turned around to find Tommy running at him with the number.. one… 

Tubbo's breath got caught in his throat. The number one hero trailed after Tommy with a smile. He had a bag in his hand while the other was being held by Tommy. 

"Tubbo, Philza can pay for the clothes!" Tommy said in a harsh whisper. Tubbo looked at the older blonde receiving a nod in response. 

"It's true. I accidentally threw him halfway across the store. So I'm getting what he wants as an apology," He explained. Tubbo looked at Tommy with worry and sighed.

"I would've thrown you across the world if Tommy had a broken spine," the brunette hissed out. 

Tubbo grabbed a purple jacket that he's been looking at for a bit and placed it in the bag Philza was holding. 

"That's Ranboo's. He isn't here with us because he's still asleep," Tubbo didn't expect a hero like Philza to be in a clothing store. He always thought they had special tailors for their clothes. 

"I can pay for yours too, Tubbo," His name sounded weird when it came out of the hero. 

Tubbo nodded and started walking to the cashier, being followed by Tommy and Philza. 

He kept getting stares from across the store. Why the hell were they staring at him? He doesn't have anything weird on his face. His horns-... 

FUCK I DIDN'T COVER MY HORNS-

Tubbo spun around and looked at Tommy. 

"Tommy, buddy, do you have my beanie on you?" Tubbo asked hurriedly. Bringing up his hands to cover his horns

"I knew you'd 'forget', so here," Tommy reached into the paper bag that was being held by Phil and brought out a salmon colored beanie. Tubbo snatched it from Tommy and quickly placed it on his head. 

The cashier lady called for the next person. 

Before they could proceed to the cashier, a loud bang erupted, being followed by dust and debris being launched across the store. 

All three of the males turned around to see who caused it. They were met with a screen of thin smoke that quickly dispersed, revealing a familiar face to the three. 

Chapter Text

"Wait, shoot, this is Deimos's and Bee's favorite clothing store," Ender cursed out. 

"But it's on the freaking list?" Ender hissed before taking a piece of paper out of his pocket. He scanned the store to see if he hurt anyone, eyes landing on his friends, Tubbo and Tommy who were right next to Philza or Aeolus. 

Ender sucked in a breath before running at Phil, disbelief washing over both his friends' faces. Phil handed Tommy his bag and stood in front of the two. 

"Both of you get out of here and run to a safe place!" Phil yelled as he spread his wings in order to defend the two 'innocent' civilians. 

Both the blond and brunet suddenly understood the strategy of their friend and started running to the exit of the store to suit up and help him. 

Ender stopped in his tracks when he saw the two run to the exit. A smile cracked on his face. 

"I wonder where they're going," Ender said in a sing-song voice. He knew where they were going, he just wanted to get into the hero's brain. 

"Your enemy is me, not them," Phil says in a stern voice. Bringing his hand up and clicking a button on his comm. 

"This is Aeolus to HQ. I'm going to need Ekrix and Rosette at _______ Street in zone 13," Phil requested while keeping a close eye on the villain before him. And he just let him. As if he just came here to purchase some clothes. 

That he did. He went to an isle, untouched by the debris and got a hoodie that looked like the same one that Tubbo got for Ranboo. 

He stuffed it into the bag on his back and walked in front of Aeolus. 

"You done calling for backup?" He asked in an amused tone. Phil put his hand near his belt where it held a few pouches. 

Before they could do anything, the scent of roses spread through the area. Not like he cared. He had a gas mask for situations like this. 

Ender turned around to find two heroes. Ekrix and Rosette, also known as Awesamdude and Hannah. 

"Well would you look at the new faces! Nice to meet you," He paused for a moment. 

He bowed before continuing. 

"Hannah and Sam," The two newly arrived heroes' eyes widened in shock. Something that was taken advantage of. Deimos and Bee jumped from the roof and quickly pinned the two heros down. 

Their recovery time was quicker than they imagined. Rosette sprouted throny vines from below the pavement and attacked Deimos who dodged, making him let go of Awesamdude. 

Bee also launched himself back to avoid getting hit by the thorny vines. 

"I'll take the woman," Deimos said bluntly and sprinted towards her. 

Bee nodded and ran in the direction of Ekrix who was also running towards him. 

Bee smiled under his mask. 

Most people assumed that Bee's power was just increased intelligence and radiation resistance. Those were assumptions and assumptions were dangerous in this field. 

When Ekrix got close enough to Bee, He let out the explosive energy he'd been collecting while he was pinned on the ground and let it all out, making an explosion. 

Wrong move. 

Bee created a green forcefield around him, absorbing the explosion and redirecting the power of the hero back at him. 

Ekrix yelled at the sudden force that launched him through the big hole in the stores entrance

Bee took a quick look at Ender. He was holding pretty well in hand to hand combat with Aeolus. Unfortunately, Ender was lacking in training, unlike Aeolus who had trained all his time in being a hero. 

His eyes then moved to Deimos who had a few scratches from the thorns vines due to delayed reaction time.

The only problem with Rosette and Deimos is that Rosette's power is flammable. And Deimos is the flame. 

One of the thorny vines hastily shot towards Deimos. Deimos quickly grabbed the vine, wincing in pain as he felt the thorns penetrate his gloves and skin making blood leak out from the wound. 

When he felt that enough blood got on the vine, he felt heat rush into his veins. 

Rosette got ready to launch Deimos with the vine that he held in his hand before a flash of pink came and went. She screamed when she felt her vines burn up. It felt like her skin was being melted and peeled off in a fire. 

Both the heroes, Ender and Bee stopped attacking one another and turned their attention to Rosette. 

They turned their gaze to Deimos. The sight made everyone's jaw drop. 

Deimos' hair was tinted pink and floated around upwards. There was dripping from the hand holding the burning vine. 

Being an enderman hybrid had its perks. One of them being enhanced hearing. Deimos started hyperventilating before he collapsed. Ender teleported behind the blond just in time to catch him. 

Bee quickly ran over to his two friends. He removed his glove on his right hand and placed it on Deimos's forehead. 

"He's burning up, take us back to base," Tubbo ordered. His eyes held worry and fear. 

Ranboo nodded before a purple glow appeared on the ground below them. They disappeared, leaving no trace but little purple particles. 

Aeolus and Ekrix ran towards their whimpering friend. She withdrew the vine and sat down on the broken pavement. 

"What just happened…?" Rosette's voice shaking in fear. 

"I'm not sure. We have no record of Deimos having an eccentricity. We always thought he was powerless, a normal villain," Aeolus said before standing up. 

"We're going to head back to HQ and get Rhea to heal that for you, alright?" Ekrix reassured before picking her up on his back. The two heroes nodded at each other and walked in the direction of the hero's headquarters. 

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Tommy slowly opened his eyes, letting small rays of light enter his blurry vision. 

He felt like he got hit by a truck and barely survived. The blond groaned as he sat up. He blinked the blurriness away and found himself on a hospital bed in a white room. 

Tommy flinched when he tried to put pressure on his left hand. Completely forgetting what transpired earlier that day. 

"Oh you're awake!" Tommy's body jumped at the voice that made itself known. 

He saw a tall black demon with horns. He had a black hoodie slightly lighter than his skin and white eyes to go against all the dark colors. Black pants also came with it and a tail swishing behind him.

"I should tell Tubbo and Ranboo that you woke up. Wait here and don't move," He said in a stern voice before leaving the room. 

Tommy took the time to observe this surroundings. 

It was a simple room, it had tables and chairs on one side and a bookshelf on the other. He also noticed that there was a metal table right next to him that had a tray of muffins with a note. 

These are for you! 

The blind shrugged and took the muffin. He opened his mouth and bit a chunk off, the warmth of the dessert spread through him before he swallowed it. 

By the time he finished eating, the door swung open. He felt a pair of arms wrap around him in a tight hug. 

"Why the fuck would you do that?! That was dangerous," Tubbo yelled before continuing in a hushed voice. 

Tommy felt a pang of guilt when he heard the two of them sob and sniffle. He moved his arms to hug them back. 

"I didn't think it would get this bad," He replied. The blond looked at the demon and nodded as a silent thanks. 

The demon nodded back before speaking up. 

"I hate to ruin this most wholesome moment but I still have to discuss something with the three of you," Tubbo and Ranboo tore their hands away from Tommy and sat down on chairs that the blonde didn't notice until now. 

The demon grabbed a chair from the metal table at the side of the room and sat in front of the three. 

"Before I start, let me introduce myself. My name is Badboyhalo or Bad for short," Bad paused for a moment before continuing. 

"Tommy, what you did there was dangerous. From what I've learned from Tubbo and Ranboo your temperature spike after your stunt," Although Tommy couldn't clearly recall what happened when he grabbed the vine, he was certain he had passed out soon after. 

Tubbo put a hand on Tommy's back and rubbed soothingly. 

"As for the final reports on your eccentricity. It has become stronger than it was before. Much harder to control," Bad added. He went through a few papers that were on the table a moment ago. 

"Do you have another eccentricity, Tommy?" The demon asked. Tommy shook his head. 

"No. No I don't," Tommy confirms. He couldn't stop his bottom lip from quivering. Bad hummed in response and stood from his chair. 

"Alright then, you're good to leave, Tommy. Just make sure you don't put too much stress on yourself or your hand might react to it, alright?" He received a nod in response. 

"Good, now shoo!" Bad exclaimed while waving his hands forward and backward, mimicking the action of sweeping. 

The three quickly exited the room and left Bad's clinic. 

They walked back to the apartment in silence.

"Why don't we just teleport there?" Tommy asked. Tubbo clicked his tongue. 

"Your hand might react to it and shit," Tommy groaned and placed his hands in his pockets, ignoring the pain that zapped through his hand. 

After a few minutes of walking, they stopped in front of their apartment building before entering through the front door. 

6:23pm-Heroes HQ

Phil, Hannah and Sam sat on the couch in the lounge area of the tower.

It was illuminated by small lamps hanging from the ceiling. Giving off a cottage vibe despite the walls being smooth cement and not the usual rough logs of trees that were cut down with no filing. 

Sam was currently applying ointment on the mild burn that Hannah had on her hand while Phil was talking to Wilbur about the interviews. 

"Do we have the names?" Phil asked, receiving a nod from the phantom. 

"We have…" Wilbur started to go down the list of names. Reciting each one without fail. 

"Danny Lee, Thomas 'Tommy' Simons, and Toby 'Tubbo' Smith. Those are the last of them," Phil perked up at the mention of Tommy and Tubbo's name. They were the kids who Ender threatened to go after. 

Wilbur grouped up the papers that were spread out on the table right before Sam finished placing the ointment on the wound. 

"We'll be expecting a lot tomorrow, dad. Get enough sleep tonight," Wil joked before walking back to his office to place the papers back.

Phil let out a laugh. Of course he would sleep. He's gonna need it if he's going to interview a fuck ton of people. 

The winged hero stood up and walked into the direction of his room. 

Tomorrow was going to be a goddamn long one. 

Chapter Text

This is it. Today's the day he and Tubbo get interviewed by the heroes and nervous is beyond an understatement. 

Tubbo has been worryingly muttering stuff to himself while getting ready to meet the heroes while Tommy puts on his boots, already in his clothes that were stolen—taken from yesterday. 

"Tubbo are you done?" The blond stands up and is greeted with the ram hybrid standing in front of him. 

"Yeah boss man, just took some precautions," Tubbo gestured to the list pinned to the refrigerator door and extra equipment on the counter. Tommy nods before exiting the apartment with Tubbo following suit. 

As much as they preferred to be running on rooftops, they couldn't risk the heroes having suspicions before they could even reach the front door.

"What time is—" Tubbo stopped and took a look at the watch on his left wrist "—it…," It's currently 9:27 am. 

Before Tommy could question it, Tubbo bolted for the train station, dragging the blond along. 

“WHAT THE HELL MAN?” Tommy yelled, trying to match Tubbo’s speed.

“HURRY UP BITCH,” Tubbo yelled back as they reached the entrance of the subway.

" ATTENTION PLEASE, THE TRAIN FROM [LOGSTEDSHIRE] TO [L'MANBURG] WILL BE LEAVING IN 3 MINUTES," 

" OH SHIT LET'S HURRY-" Tommy took the lead and started speeding towards the open train doors. 

"EXACTLY WHAT I SAID, YOU IDIOT," 

They made it into the train, and sat next to one of the doors. 

"I can't believe how we almost missed the train when we left at 9:00," Tommy groaned as he slouched against the chair. 

Tubbo chuckled and took out his phone.

"The interviews are at 10:30, and the train takes 15 minutes to get to L'manburg," Tommy leaned back in his chair when Tubbo's phone turned off.

"It'll be 9:45 when we reach L'manburg," Tubbo finishes before taking an energy bar from his bag. 

Tommy stared out the train window, clearly in thought. Tubbo nudged him, stealing him from his thoughts. 

"What are you thinking about, Toms?" Tubbo asked, taking a bite out of his energy bar.

Tommy continued to stare at the window. Arms crossed under his chin. 

"Since the interviews are 45 minutes away, why don't we explore L'manburg? I mean—I know we've stolen there once or twice but we never got to appreciate the scenery properly," The blonde explained while his fingers tapped on his arm.

When Tommy didn’t get a response from Tubbo anxiety swelled up in his chest. He was about to say something before the brunet interrupted.

“You sappy fuck,” The brunet chuckled. He received an “AM NOT!” from Tommy before they fell into a comfortable silence.

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"This is our stop. Let's go, Toms," Tubbo stood up from his seat and dragged a sleepy Tommy out of the train. 

The train station was packed with people. Chatters were in the background while departing times were announced by the advisers. Tommy walked next to Tubbo who was currently looking at a map on his phone.

“Okay so, we have a few places to go to. There’s DiamondHalo, ConnorMechanics, and UFOStop,” Tommy hummed in acknowledgment. 

“Well then, let’s do this in the order you said. To the DemonHalo!” The blond smiled at Tubbo before they reached the exit of the metro.

“It’s DiamondHalo Tommy, not DemonHalo,” Tubbo laughed as they headed in the direction of the DiamondHalo.

It didn’t take long to arrive. A few blocks away from the metro was the DiamondHalo. They stared through the windows, observing.

It seems like a bakery of some sort. From what they could see through the windows there was a display of cakes and muffins. Along with some figures that looked like they were carved from rock. 

Tubbo opened the door and the two were greeted by the scent of the bakery. They could smell chocolate with a hint of candy ingredients everywhere. Tommy took a step inside and saw ten tables. 

There were two by the window that was on both sides of the door, these were for the people of one or two. Both were occupied by two couples.

They took another couple of steps in.

Next, there were two installed tables on each wall. They had seats that could accommodate 5 or 6 people. Two of them were occupied by three or four people. 

Another few steps. The walls were a color of pink and blue.

Then in the middle of the shop were four tables for two, lined vertically. All were not taken. Both teens could tell the owners were definitely perfectionists in positioning.

They stopped walking.

Lastly, there were bar stools lined up at the counter. None were occupied either. The displays they had seen from the outside were placed on the sides of the counter.

Both teens finally decided to stop their observation and walked to the counter. Behind the counter was a tan-skinned man with diamond spikes coming out of parts of his body.

“Welcome to the DiamondHalo. What can I get you?” The man asked as he carved  a stone cube. Tubbo stared at the menu while Tommy grinned at the display.

“What do you recommend?” Tommy asked as he sat down on one of the bar stools. The man hummed before the door behind him opened. And who came out was a shocker to the two teens.

“Bad?” Tubbo asked cautiously, in case this demon wasn’t their friend. The demon that stood at 6’8 was holding a cleaning cloth in one hand and a cake pan in the other. His pure white eyes were as wide as theirs were.

“Ah, Tommy and Tubbo! Nice to see you again. You don’t usually come to L’manburg. What’s up?” Their friend said all at once. The man who is much shorter compared to the demon lightly elbowed him.

Bad looked down at the man who gestured to the teens sitting in front of them.

“Ah, sorry Skeppy. These two are my friends from Logstedshire. That’s why I was quite shocked to see them here,” The demon explained before leaving to put the dry cake pan with the rest. Skeppy groaned before going back to carving his rock cube.

The demon returned to the counter with a notepad. 

“What do you guys want?” Bad asked, getting his pen out. Tommy waited for Tubbo to order –like the true best friend he was– and sat staring at the display.

Tubbo sighed. He took a final glance at the menu before smiling.

“I’ll take a few rock candies, any shape you recommend, and a muffin. We’re going to explore two other stores before we get to the interviews, so might as well get some snacks,” The three of them didn’t miss how Skeppy’s rocks glow at the order. Bad let out a small chuckle before writing it down.

“I’ll take what you think is best, big man,” The blond suggested before placing a hand under his chin.

Bad hummed before leaving again to retrieve the orders.

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“Dad, there’s a fight near ConnorMechanics. Weirdly it’s only Ender there,” Wilbur said as he turned on the TV in the lounge. They could see Ender riding a hoverboard with grenades in his hands. 

Phil stares at the TV. He has seen the hoverboard before, it was usually used by Bee when he needed a quick get away if Ender wasn't available. Along with the grenades used by Deimos. They were upgraded and the fatality rate is higher. 

What was not familiar was that Ender was using the said items. He was usually a backseat type of villain. Sure he had powers that could also destroy things but he is usually seen when rescuing Deimos or Bee from different situations. 

Currently though, neither Deimos nor Bee could be found at the scene. Ender was causing trouble, alone.

That was always a red flag to heroes. It could mean that the other two villains could be in the middle of a crime while Ender was the distraction. 

But to Phil this was different. If Ender had Bee and Deimos's items then that could mean the two are MIA or out of commission.

The dirty blonde stood up from the couch. He had to be prepared for the vast amounts of interviews he would have today. Even if it was a couple of minutes away, he needed to make sure the Syndicate building was as secure as it should be.

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"Okay, and next stop is…," Tubbo started, prolonging the 's' in 'is'. 

"ConnorMechanics! Which I'm pretty sure is where Ender should be right now," They were already on their way to ConnorMechanics after ordering snacks from Bad and Skeppy. 

After a few more blocks, the shop they were looking for was in sight. Just one thing. It was behind a wall of flame. 

They knew it was Ranboo causing the mess since this was the destination that Tubbo assigned him to stir chaos. 

"Toms? Can you counter your grenades damage with your powers please," Tubbo requested after finding out that the wall was quite literally a wall. They couldn't get through a gap or find a way over it. 

The blond sighed at the request. He pulled his hand to his mouth and bit his palm until it started bleeding. 

He made a small pink flame and shot it through the grenade's fire wall, causing it to disperse into a ring. 

Tommy knew that his fire could counter any other flame. So with his grenades he made it sort of fearful of his fire. 

The blonde mixed a bit of his blood with the gunpowder, causing the explosions to be more fatal than others.

“Let’s go Tubbo,” Tommy grunted, jumping through the ring of pink fire. Tubbo followed right after, only a bit fearful of the flames of his friend. 

The door bell rung, waking up the person at the counter.

“Hello! Welcome to ConnorMechanics. How may I help you?” The cashier wore a blue sonic onesie with a golden tag that had ‘Connor’ engraved into it. Tommy leaned on the wall next to the display window.

“We’re just looking around. Both of us are supposed to have an interview in the Syndicate tower at 10:30,” Tommy spoke as Tubbo went throught the store. 

Connor could be seen lightly sweating, it could be due to the onesie he was wearing but Tommy knew that wasn’t the cause.

“Connor are you a villain? Vigilante?” Tommy questioned, receiving a glare from Tubbo and a shocked look from the man in question.

“I’m not a hero by any means. I just wanted to know. Let’s head off Tubs,” The blond opened the door, ringing the bell. Tubbo followed after before stopping at the door.

“I’ll come back to buy some of your materials. They’re difficult to get,” And he left.

He didn’t know he didn’t see it before. Those two are one of the top five villains. From the infromation gathering from the blond to the brunet’s interest in techy materials.

Connor smiled. He was looking forward to their next visit.

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When the two exited the store, Ender was nowhere to be found. It seems that he finished his job in L’manburg, for now.

Their last destination was UFOStop which wasn’t really hard to miss. In the distance they could see a UFO with a green beam holding it up. There was also a big sign that read UFOStop.

Tubbo said that it was now 9:54, meaning they had 24 minutes left until the interviews. The two decided that they would only explore the exterior and immediately leave for the Syndicate Tower.

When they arrived at the bottom of the UFO, there was an elevator inside the green beam they saw earlier.

Tommy pressed the arrow up button and watched the elevator doors open. Inside were walls of alien decor. Little UFO’s and purple walls.

Tubbo commented on it being a little childish but brushed it off.

A few seconds later the doors opened, greeting them with the smell of wine and the sounds of roulettes running. The moment they stepped out, a man walked to their side.

“Hello and welcome to UFOStop. How may I help you?” The man said as he bowed. Tommy awkwardly stood there while Tubbo nodded.

“We’re just here to look at the exterior, nothing more,” Tubbo quickly whisked Tommy to the balcony after he spoke.

They could see the entire city from here. The bright sun acts like a little lamp when in the area.

Tubbo sighed and headed back to the elevator, dragging Tommy along with him.

“Why are we going back already?” Tommy asked in a dazed voice. Tubbo shoved him into the open elevator and pressed the G button.

The blond stared at the UFO decorations before being slapped in the face.

“OW MAN WHAT THE HELL!?” Tommy yelled as he southed the pain on his cheek.

Tubbo relaxed and turned to the elevator doors.

“Remind me to explain after the interviews,” The brunet stated before walking out of the now-open elevator doors.

By 10:19, they were already in the waiting area filled with interviewees. Some were chatting, the others were sending glares at each other, and some were betting on who would get the job.

In the corner of the room was a dark red couch where Kratos, Captain, and Valorant sat. Many people didn't even notice them and the ones who did didn’t look at them for too long.

Valorant smirked.

“It’s time,”