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"Oh my god, Ranboo." Tubbo says in a serious tone. "What?" "You don't believe the rumors??" He says, making Ranboo groan. "Ever since I said that yesterday, you never let it go!" Tubbo chuckled. "What else am I supposed to do, let you off the hook? No way! The Dream Team is in our town!"
The bell rang, signifying the end of the school day. "Why are you even happy about this?? They kill people. We will talk 'bout this later, Tubbo. Call when we get home?" He asks, looking to the shorter. "Sure," He shrugs. Tubbo walked to the front of the school to be picked up, while Ranboo went to the back.
He had to go to the back because no one was there to pick him up and his house was closer from the back. So, he walked home. He lived in a pretty good area- A scream interrupted his thoughts.- He lived in an okay area.
Even if it wasn't that bad, he always stayed away from the alley ways, just to be sure. He probably wouldn't get kidnapped in broad daylight, but you never know. The first place he walked to was the bakery.
What bakery, you might ask? Well, Nikis bakery! It is a place where he wants to live, or to work there. Its amazing there. The food is amazing, the people are even better, and nothing bad happens there ever!
He opened the door to the bakery, enjoying the smell before walking in completely. He was then met with, something on his head? He opened his eyes, being met with Niki holding her hands up, almost crying. He surveyed the rest of the small building. There was a guy with a blue ski mask, another one with a red one, and.. He would assume that there was one behind him as well, putting a gun up to his head.
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Wait wHAT- Is Niki okay?? Is everybody else okay? Is he going to be okay?? What about Tubbo?! Wait, why is Tubbo involved? He check around the room once again. Nope, no Tubbo. Okay, that's good. Anyways. What's going to happen to Niki?? And to him too, but NIKI!
How else would he get his oh so beloved pumpkin spice donut!? Ohh, those are soo good. 100% his favorite. Back to the situation at hand. Actually, he should probably be paying attention to the conversation.
".. What about-" "No! Put the cash register in the bag!" He cuts Niki off. "Hey, don't cut off Ms Niki!" He says without thinking. He tries to slam his hands over his mouth, before realizing that his hands were also tied. Since when??!?
The person tugged him back harshly, putting more force onto the gun with his head. Man, that'll leave a bruise. He thinks a simple oops before going back to listening. "-Boo. You have to listen to me, okay?" Ranboo nodded at Nikis request. She smiles, exhausted. "You cant say anything in this situation, okay? Leave the talking to me." She wipes the smile off of her face, replacing it with a serious expression.
Ranboo thought about it, before nodding. "Sorry," He mumbled. "Its okay." She smiled at him yet again. The robbers finally decided to talk. "Money in the bag." They say threateningly. Honestly, it would've been more threatening if they said it with good grammar. Maybe. Hmm. "And give us some of the pumpkin spice donuts. And anything else." The robber with the red mask says. Ranboo audibly gasped, gaining some attention.
Not the pumpkin spice! They passed a line there. How dare they. "Cooperate or he gets it." The one behind him says, hitting him on the head with the gun. He couldn't stop the pained whimper that came through his lips.
Niki's eyes widen, slowly going to the back to get the donuts. She came back with a brown bag. "Before I give you the money," She starts after handing them the donuts, "Can I check on Ranboo? The kid youre holding?" The robbers look at each other, before the blue ski mask shrugged.
She smiled gratefully, walking up to Ranboo. She looked at him, cupping his face. "Are you okay? I swear, whenever this is over, you will have a home here, okay? You won't have to live in that dingy apartment of yours. Just get through this. We'll be okay." She reassures him. Ranboo smiled weakly at her. "Thank you Ms Niki," He says. "Now, what have I said about calling me Ms Niki?" She jokes, making Ranboo giggle.
"Alright, that's enough. Give us the money." The red robber interrupted them. She sighed. "Alright." She walks over to the cash register, putting it in the bag. Ranboo was still smiling from what she said a second ago.
"Thank you for your cooperation," The blue masked one said, a smirk hearable in his voice. Nikis face darkened as she realized what was happening. "But unfortunately, we've decided that we're taking the kid." Ranboos eyes widen. "Wait what?!-" There was a large pain in his head before everything went black.
He woke up in a blank room a day later, but he didn't know that. He moved to wipe his eyes with his hands before realizing that they were tied. Finally, he decided to take a good look of the room, not remembering what happened.
He didn't recognize this room, where was he?! It all came back after a second. His eyes started to water, definitely not because of what happened. Nope, he would never. Its just.. Allergies.
"Oh my god what about Tubbo," He says quickly, barely distinguishable. The door opened, -since when was there a door?- revealing a person wearing white sunglasses with red and white spots on his cheeks, holding a phone while looking like he didn't care about anything.
"Oh, you're awake. DREAMMM! HES AWAKE!" He called to 'Dream'. Who even is that? "What kind of name is Dream??" Ranboo says without thinking. The man chuckled, shrugging. The door opened again, this time a man with a smiley mask walking in, holding a gun.
"Well, you know what to do." Dream says, passing him the gun. The other twos eyes widen. "But Dream-" "What?" He said sharply. George looks away, almost ashamed. "Sorry. I'll do it. You can go back to whatever." He mumbled, Dreams smile on the mask looking wider, although that's impossible. "Good. Thank you, George."
He walked out of the door, slamming it shut. Oh, this was the Dream Team. There was silence, before George held up the gun, pointing it at Ranboos forehead. His hands shook the gun. Ranboo braced for impact.
"I'm sorry, I can't do it. You're just a kid, I can't kill you!" George groans, putting his head in his hands. Ranboo stares at him. "Thank you?" He said.
George nodded. "Okay, I have a plan. Take the gun." Ranboos eyes widen. "Take it." He said harshly. Ranboo held it gently after he grabbed it. "Okay. Okay, that's good." He walked toward a window, unlocking it. "Now hit me on the head with it. Go through here afterwards and run. Run as fast as you can. They will find you. I'm so sorry." George rambles.
Ranboo stared at George, who's eyes were now watering. He got up and uses all of his strength to hit him. George stayed silent. He climbed out the window and ran. Just like he said to. He heard a window smash and a scream. It seems like he's setting the scene.
He hears the door slam open. He runs faster, desperate to get away. Where is he? Where can he go? How long has it been? He doesn't know. He pulls out his phone, getting ready to call Tubbo. Never mind, he should wait. The sound might give out where he is.
He hears footsteps from behind him. How is he going to escape?? He looks around, looking for a place to hide. Yes! There is a barn a little while away to the right. He turns abruptly. Today is a good day to not have asthma.
He ran forward into the barn, hoping that they won't see him. He ran in, looking for somewhere. He found a box that was big enough to fit in, so he ran to it, climbing in. There was luckily nothing in it. He closed it from the inside, smashing his fingers in the process.
Ranboo held his breath, trying to be as quiet as possible. "George, over here! Sapnap, you keep looking out there." Dream called. They walk in, footsteps clamping loudly on the floor. "George, look over there. I'll look over here. We can't let him escape." Dream directs. Hopefully Dream doesn't look over here, that would kind of suck.
Footsteps walked over to the box. They sounded light on their feet, almost like a cat. The box slowly opened, Ranboo staring up with wide scared eyes. George comes into view, staring at him before closing it again. He could hear him walking away, also hearing shuffling, suggesting that he was looking.
A few minutes of silence was broken by Dream. "There's nothing over here. What about over there?" Dream called. "Nothing over here either. Lets hope that Sapnap had better luck." George says. They walk past the box, before one of the footsteps stop. It was Dream. He moved to open the box, th top sliding slowly. "Dream!" A new voice, supposedly Sapnap, barked. The box stopped.
"Yeah?" He called to him. "Come on man, we don't have time for you to triple check everything!" Sapnap called back. Dream walked away. Ranboo sat in the box for the next few minutes, frozen. He slowly pulls out his phone, still scared to make noise.
He typed in his password, then clicked on discord. He had a few missed calls and messages from Tubbo. He checked the day. Oh sh- Its been almost two days. Ohh crap. He texts Tubbo a quick hi, waiting for him to respond. He luckily responded almost immediately.
the beloved: hi
the beeloved: OMG RANBOO WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU OK??
the beloved: im okat
the beloved: as to where I am, idk. I could check mgoogle maps
the beeloved: please do, ive been worried sick about you
Ranboo checked his location, seeing that its not that far from Tubbos house, although it's in the middle of nowhere.
the beloved: im not that far from your house, should i walk there?
the beeloved: yes please
the beeloved: you have some explaining to do
the beloved: omw, currently 40 mins away
the beeloved: update me every 10 mins pls
the beloved: kk
Ranboo smiled. He was starting to get cramped in the box, so he opened it and climbed out. Luckily, the way to Tubbos was to the right, which was the back. Which would mean that it would be almost impossible to run into them. He went out the back door of the barn, trying to be quiet.
After walking for a second, he full on sprinted. Yet again, good day to not have asthma. Bad day to be unathletic, which he is. The only times he did exercise was when it was for school and occasionally running home, but that's about it.
Luckily, he is a fast runner when he needs to be. If he weren't in such a predicament, he would probably be enjoying the nature, but alas, he's being chased by people that want to kill him + George. Honestly he doesn't know his deal. Like, he disobeyed his Friend's orders for /him/. It mightve been his boss, but probably not. Oh yeah, this is Dream Team we're talking about, so yeah, probably both.
He hears a quiet ping from his phone. Oh, has it already been ten minutes? He opens it to check his messages. Has he texted Niki yet? Does he even have her number?? Wait- he has her discord! He goes to Nikis messages and spams it.
Ran bless you: niki
Niki achu: omg ranboo are you okay???? where are you??
Ran bless you: niki
Ran bless you: oh, hi! I'm okay, almost died tho aha You know how it isss
Ran bless you: im currsntly running to tubbos house but ull call you when i get ghere, I just wanted to let you know im okay and your favorite isn't dead
Ran bless you: neways ttyl
Niki achu: aajdjhdiaonxhsoaksh??? bye?? love you
Ranboo smiled and opened up Tubbos messages. He types in 'hi im okay, im now 27 mins away'. Tubbo responded with okay as he began running again.
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He finally sees signs of civilization, a house coming into view. The run here had been very uneventful. He decides not to text and to just knock. The door opened immediately, revealing Tubbo, who looked like a mess. He pulled Ranboo into a tight hug. He pulled him to his room, where he would explain.
Ranboo walked to his bed and collapsed face down. "Can I just summarize it and get sleep? I'm tired," Ranboo asked. Tubbo layed down next to him. After seeing Tubbo nod, he said two words that summed it up pretty well. "Dream Team."
With that, he passed out, leaving Tubbo to his thoughts.
Ranboo woke up to being shaked. He slowly opened his eyes, meeting eyes with Tubbo. They sat like that for a second, before Ranboo decided to sit up against the wall behind the bed. "So. I assume you have questions?" He guessed while Tubbo joined him.
"Yep," Tubbo confirmed, popping the 'p'. "What did you mean by Dream Team??" He asked, sneaking a look at Ranboo.
"Alright, so basically- oh, story time- so, I walked into the bakery that I like, right? And then, I feel something on my head. What is it, you may ask? A whole gun." Ranboo stopped to breathe, looking at Tubbo for his reaction.
"Apparently, I had walked in when it was getting robbed. Bad timing, I know. All I wanted was a pumpkin spice donut. Sadge. Anyways, blah blah blah, Niki said she would let me live with her after that was over, but then they decided to take me." He took another break to breathe, because he needs to breathe that way he can stay alive.
"Surprise, surprise! The trio was Dream Team. So I had just gotten kidnapped. Oh yeah, I know the Dream Team's names! The blue one with white glasses is George, the green one is Dream, and the other one is Sapnap! Fun fact haha. Anyways, George let me go because, y'know, morals and all. Rich coming from him, but pop off I guess," Ranboo looked to Tubbo to finish his story, who was looking shocked and confused.
"Then I ran, hid in a barn, almost got caught, then I ran here! End scene," Ranboo fake bowed. He watched realization settle into Tubbos face.
"So you know where their base is?" He asked. Ranboo nodded. Tubbo developed a mischievous smile on his face. "No, we are not going back there. We are going to Nikis today! Wait, is there school today?" Tubbo groaned, but nodded.
"Okay, then we're going to school!" Ranboo declared. "Ugh, fine, but you're not leaving my side. No exceptions." Tubbo tells him. Ranboo agrees, and they're off to school. Right after getting kidnapped. Man, Ranboo sure hopes he didn't miss anything important.