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Wemmbu walked into his base, it had been a long day. First the law attacked him and then flame found him shortly after, he wasn’t properly geared for either fight. So by the end he was completely drained.
“Hey Egg” Wemmbu shouted while taking off his boots and helmet, tossing them to the side with a small thump against the carpet.
“Hi wem, how was your day?” The other bussed.
“It was fine” he sighed looking at the ground and walked towards egg.
“I can tell it wasn’t”
“I swear it was, you worry too much”
“Wemm.”
“Egg.”
Egg glanced at Wemmbu and sat down on the couch. Wemmbu followed shortly, fidgeting with his sleeve.
“Wemmbu.-“
“Oh using my actual name this is serious” Wemmbu joked staring at the ground.
“It is, be honest with me, I can tell you’re drained. What happened? Wait are you bleeding?!” Egg asked worried as he grabbed at the other mans arm.
Wemmbu hissed and slightly jolted away as egg touched him.
“Don’t- It’s not that big of a deal it’s fine Egg”
“No it’s not fine, you’re not ok” Egg exclaimed, which shocked Wemmbu. Egg didn’t raise his voice much only when it was necessary.
“Egg come on-“
“No. I’m not letting you go till you tell me what’s wrong”
Now Wemmbu could easily leave. Egg was small and far weaker than Wemmbu, he could push his hand off and storm out the base. But.. for some reason a part of Wemmbu didn’t want to leave. As much as his ego and brain told him to leave, to block Egg out, to not break in front of anyone. A different part of him, said to stay, to talk to Egg, to trust someone not to hurts him while he was.. weak.
“Egg- Fine. Just” Wemmbu sighed, he didn’t know how to really talk to someone about feelings he had always been guarded.
“It’s ok Wemm take your time.”
Wemmbu looked up slightly but couldn’t meet Egg, he couldn’t look at Egg. Not right now.
“Today was just.. it was shitty. I just wanted to go out and run around the server. Just explore and have some fun, but I guess I’m not allowed to do that. The Law attacked me, yes again, no I’m not going to turn myself in.”
“Im sorry Wemm, I know it’s annoying always fighting people”
“But you don’t.. you just sit here and write in your books while I fight people none stop. I feel like I’m going insane. I don’t have enough gear for this anymore” Tears pricked at his eyes as he talked “I’m going to die like this. I’m gonna die in this stupid, this stupid- Why do I even think you care?” Wemmbu scoffed, a loud hurt sound.
“I do care Wemm, I would help you but I don’t want to make stuff harder for you.” Egg began to explain
“No. No Egg. Enough, enough of the nicknames. Enough of you claiming you care. Enough is enough. Just- god why did I even think I could trust someone for a second.” Wemmbu argued, mad, but.. through the anger you could feel the sadness dripping down. Bleeding into his aggressive words.
“You can trust me Wemm I-“
“I told you to stop calling me that”
“I’m sorry but- just-“
“I need to go.”
“No Wemm don’t-”
Wemmbu shoved Eggs arm off him and practically ran out of the base. He was breathing heavily and his eyes were burning with tears. He wanted to get away. From everyone- from everything.
Egg followed him.
“Egg seriously bro just go. I don’t want to talk to you right now.”
I’m not letting you go alone, I don’t want you doing something stupid- something you’ll regret.”
“IM NOT YOUR CHILD EGG. IM A GROWN FUCKING MAN. I can take care of myself” Wemmbu turned around and jabbed a finger at Egg “YOU are the one who needs to be watched, who needs me to babysit your ass cause you can’t stop getting kidnapped. I- Egg. Just go, seriously just leave me alone.”
“Wemm.. please”
“If you say that again I swear-I -“ Wemmbu took a deep shaky breath. “Whatever.”
Wemmbu shook his head and stormed away. Leaving Egg standing there, shocked and questioning what just happened.
Wemmbu was about 15 yards away from Egg before he grabbed a few rockets from his inventory and went soaring into the sky.
He flew for a few hundred blocks before he landed on a tall hill. The cold wind sending a shiver through him as he sat down, legs dangling off the cliff edge.
“Well, well, well, look who we have here.” Said a voice behind Wemmbu, who recognized the owner immediately.
“I’m not fighting you right now Flame. Leave me alone.” Wemmbu shook his head, tears still pooling in his eyes.
Flame laughed. “Come on bro, I’ll give you a minute to restock. Stand up.”
“No. I-I’m not fighting you, I don’t even care anymore. You can be the strongest.” At this point Wemmbu was just trying to get Flame to leave.
“Bro what? Are you like, okay? Did someone like possess you or something bro?”
“I’m fine, fucking perfect.” Wemmbu tried to get up and failed miserably. His body feeling unbelievably heavy, he wondered if it was from blood loss. Maybe he would die right here. “Shit, just.. just go Flame.”
“Hey.” Flame wasn’t really sure how to comfort people, and he didn’t even know what was making Wemmbu so.. weird. But he did remember some things from Lomedy. “ I’m not leaving. I’m not gonna fight you either. What’s wrong bro? You might be my rival but- nevermind”
Wemmbu didn’t want to trust Flame, he didn’t want Flame to be here. But he was, and Wemmbu really wanted someone to understand. Maybe that someone could be Flame?
“I just, I’m tired of fighting Flame. Not just fighting you but fighting everyone. The law, you, random people, bandits. I don’t wanna die because some stupid player caught me off guard while I was trying to have fun. Or when I’m low on gear after fighting you. I don’t want Mane to be right..” his voice cracked slightly. “But I also don’t wanna keep going like this. I try to talk to egg, I really do, but he doesn’t understand. It all just piles up and up and- I just can’t take it anymore. I really wanna die sometimes.”
“I-how can I help?” Flame asked as he sat next to Wemmbu. “I don’t want a dead rival”
“You’re really bad at comforting people you know”
“Well, you know, anything for you”
Wemmbu tried to stand up again but as he pulled his leg up it slipped.
“WEMMBU” Flame shouted as he reached for Wemmbu. Barely managing to grab the other’s wrist before he went plummeting to his death. “Damn bro, are you ok?”
“Yeah, yeah whatever I’m fine.” Wemmbu pulled his hand away from Flames grasp and grabbed at his other arm holding it firmly.
“Why are you holding your arm like that what’s wrong?”
“Nothings wrong I’m fine” His breathing hitched a moment.
“I don’t believe you let me see. You’re pale as hell bro.” Flame insisted pushing at Wemmbus sleeve. Wemmbu was naturally paler than the average player but this wasn’t natural.
“No-“
“Fuck, Wemmbu. You’re bleeding like crazy, you’re gonna die bro. Let me help you. Why didn’t you have Egg patch you up?” Flame looked genuinely concerned, which pissed Wemmbu off a bit. “Do you have anything on you? A golden apple? Even a golden carrot bro, something to help a bit before you bleed out right here and now.”
Wemmbu looked in his inventory. Almost completely empty, only some rockets, blocks, a few wind charges, and his tools remained. “Um, yeah I have some.. stuff I’ll be fine. Bye” Wemmbu said quickly as he pulled his elytra on and slid off the cliff edge.
“Wemmbu no, shit.” Flame cursed under his breath, he didn’t have an elytra so he couldn’t follow Wemmbu. But why did he even care? Wemmbu was his rival, he should want him dead, right?
He needed to get back to his base, he should apologize to Egg, right? And maybe he could get something to heal with from his base? His thoughts blurred together. Confusion beginning to set in from blood loss.
It was more of a tumble than a landing, but he was now back in front of his base. He was about to open the door when he heard Eggs voice drifting out.
“I don’t know what to do anymore Minute.” Egg sounded annoyed.
“Neither do I Egg but we can’t just abandon him.” Minutes voice came through the communicator slightly choppy.
“He doesn’t listen to me at all anymore, he just keeps fighting and fighting. It’s getting annoying. I know he’s your son but he’s a lost cause Minute.”
̷L̷̷o̷̷s̷̷t̷ ̷c̷a̷̷u̷̷s̷̷e̷
ʟօֆȶ ƈǟʊֆɛ
Łøsŧ ȼȺᵾsɇ
Lost Cause.
The words repeated in his head like a curse. He didn’t hear what Egg or Minute said next, he didn’t need to.
Enough was said with those 2 words.
His heart pounded, he couldn’t quite breathe, his body eternally felt too heavy.
He lifted his hand and pulled the tiara out of his matted hair. He looked down at it, the gold shimmering slightly from the moonlight. He thought back to when he got it, he and Egg went to a market somewhere around the time they first met.
Minute had given Wemmbu some money before he went to hang out with Egg. Now Minute probably had a better idea for what Wemmbu was going to spend the money on but, when Egg grabbed the tiara off the table and set it on Wemmbus head? He immediately knew what he was going to spend the money on.
It wasn’t cheap, it was real gold and jewels. But it was worth it. Through the years it became a symbol of their friendship, they even carved their names into the side. WEMM & EGG, carved into the side with shaky hands.
Wemmbu tossed the item at the door, it made a loud CLANK against the wood door. Then.. he flew away again before Egg even had time to open the door.
He flew, and flew, and flew. Until he was out of rockets and too weak to fly anymore. He basically fell out of the sky as he landed in a field of sunflowers. Of course they were sunflowers, it felt weirdly comforting for the dying man. He knew he was dying, he lost far too much blood he knew long before he landed this was going to be his last flight.
Blood poured down his arm, dripping off his finger tips. He had accepted death. Maybe then he could see rejoice, even if not, he would no longer be a burden to Egg or Minute anymore.
His breaths became shallower by the second, heart rate slowing. He had nearly passed out dozens of times. He forced his head up he had to leave Egg one last message.
“I’m sorry.” Wemmbu wanted to write more, something anything. He didn’t know what else to do other than apologize. He was so very sorry for leaving Egg, for hurting him, for never listening. For always blaming Egg even when it wasn’t his fault. Egg was right, He was a lost cause, he wasn’t going to change. Him dying would be for the best, one less criminal, one less Murderer.
Send.
Now Minute, someone had to take care of Egg.
“Goodbye dad. Take care of Egg for me, alright? I love you.” Wemmbu wished he could just go cry in Minutes arms like he was 5 years old again. Maybe the Protector of the End wasn’t his real father but he was all that mattered. He never gave up on Wemmbu, no matter what chaos he caused.
Send.
Wemmbu was crying, heavy broken sobs. His vision blurred with tears and gray spots.
Who else should he message? His mind was mushed, Flame?
“Have fun being the strongest bro, don’t let your ego get too big” He hopes Flame will look back on their battles fondly. Wemmbu enjoyed fighting Flame, he was one of the few worthy opponent Wemmbu fought against.
Send.
̶L̶̶o̶̶s̶̶t̶ ̶c̶̶a̶̶u̶̶s̶̶e̶
Manepear.
“Screw you.” The first message he sent Mane since he called Wemmbu a lost cause, He didn’t even know if Mane was still alive. No one had seen him since. Part of Wemmbu hoped he was dead but he was too weak to fantasize about what miserable end Mane had potentially faced.
He hesitated for just a moment.
Send.
Wemmbu collapsed onto his back, too exhausted to sit up any longer. He turned his head to the side, the sky was a beautiful shade of orangey Yellow mixing with blue. He smiled a little and whispered “Goodbye world.” before it all went black.