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Sapnap: What are you writing?
Dream: The government wants to know what kind of weapons we have in the house. I'm letting them know it's private information.
George, looking over Dream's shoulder: This just says 'fuck around and find out' in calligraphy.
If you would rather die, then you better hurry up and do it - Crime au part 5
Here we go again boys, thank you all so much for the support with this series, its been so heartwarming to see all of you nice comments. Feel free to talk about any of it in the comments, ask me questions, or give your own suggestions for what you think should happen next in the series and maybe Ill incorporate it into the next part.
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‘The person you are trying to reach is currently unavailable’
“Fuck.”
Dream paces in front of the big windows, sapnap isn't answering his fucking phone and after the phone call he’s just had with Wilbur, there is going to be some hell to pay.
He grips the phone in his hand as his footsteps become more unstable, he feels his hands shaking with rage and fear. He knows Wilbur said that neither of the two boys were too drastically hurt but he can't help but think of what could have happened.
The masked man tries to ground himself with good memories to remind himself that the young boy is alive, a few broken bones but alive nonetheless.
He takes a deep breath and thinks back to the time he Tommy rode out to the outskirts of the dream smp in the early days of Dreams rise to power.
They had both taken motorbikes, much to dreams protest, but Tommy had insisted that he knew how to ride. Even if dream didn't believe him, it would have taken too much effort to convince Tommy to ride on the back of dreams bike.
As they revved their engines through the night, the two friends weaved in between cars and ran through as many red lights they could, and Dream would have to admit he was impressed by Tommy's driving skills.
Every now and again he would glance at the younger boy and listen to him laugh over the roaring of the motorbike Dream had leant him for the night. ( When the night finally concluded, he would gift the bike to Tommy and ride back to Dreams apartment together to watch movies and eat pizza with George and sapnap. Neither of who quite trusted the boy yet, but had come to dislike him a little less )
They both drove until they ran out of road and stopped at the very edge of the city where the land met the water. They took off their helmets and sat under the stars, talking about nothing and everything all at once. They shared stories they never thought they would tell to anyone other than their closest allies, and soon came to realise that maybe they were closer than they thought.
Nothing extraordinary happened that night, but dream thinks that's why it's one of his fonder memories with the boy. But he thinks now he may never get the chance to talk to Tommy in the same way he did that night, there were no secrets then, no fights or anger brooding. He hopes that this is just a big misunderstanding and that maybe he will get a chance to see the stars again, but deep down he knows nothing will ever be the same.
At that moment sapnap walks through the door. Dream can smell the smoke sticking to his skin and he sees the ash wiped across his face. His fists clench but his face remains still.
“What have you done.”
Sapnap looks startled at his friend's voice, half expecting the other man to be asleep at this hour. But his stance softens and he half raises his hands as he talks. “Look, I know you said you had it under control but-”
“What the fuck did you do sapnap!”
“Hey dude chill, I'm doing you a favor here.”
“Doing me a favor! You just set a fucking warehouse on fire with two my men in it!”
“Two of your men? But I-”
“You just put two fucking kids in the hospital sapnap! You think that's doing me a fucking favor!”
“Kids, but they-”
“Yeah well they lied sap! But you didn't even think to fucking check did you! They almost put one of the on a fucking ventilator!”
“Ventilator?”
“I didn't ask for a fucking parrot sapnap, I asked you to stay out of my fucking way!”
Dream punches sapnap in the face and the room goes quiet. Sapnap keeps his face turned from Dream and bites his tongue.
“You better fucking hope those kids recover or next time that'll be a bullet that breaks your nose.”
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It's a while before Wilbur agrees to meet with Dream.
Tubbo is back on his feet again, Wilbur's heartbeat picks up anytime he hears the boy cough but it's never usually more than once or twice. It eases Wilbur's mind to know he wasn't too badly affected by what happened, or at least as far as Tubbo tells him.
Tommy's shoulder is mostly healed now and he's able to carry himself on his crutches, although he mostly uses them to fend off fundy when he makes fury jokes and to poke Eret awake when he falls asleep in his spot on the couch. The left side of his face is scared slightly, it doesn't bother him too much but nobody questions it when they see the boy hobbling round in the spare pair of glasses Eret has in his room. ( Eret won't admit it, but he's stopped putting them in his closet now so tommy doesn't have to reach up high to find them )
Dream tried to contact both of the boys after the fire, only Tubbo responded to his apologetic messages, Tommy leaves him on read every time.
So when he enters Wilbur's headquarters to see both of the young boys laughing and joking with one another, he feels a sense of relief wash over him and he's almost glad nobody can see his expression under the mask.
Tommy however, does not hold the same relief Dream does.
( Okay so maybe he has missed the masked man just a little bit, but he’d rather swallow his own foot than tell dream that )
They blond glares at dream as he enters the room, refuses to reposition himself from where he's sat with his cast over the armrest of the chair. He wants the older man to see what he’s done, wants him to know that the scars are still there. It's the only reason he hasn't got Eret’s glasses on, if he didn't know the spare pair where just inches away in Eret’s office, his demeanor would be very different right now.
Dream stands before Wilbur and clears his throat to speak, Wilbur cuts him off however before he can even mutter a hello.
“We want independence.”
Dreams posture changes and Tommy can tell the demand throws him off.
“I'm sorry I don't understand.”
“We want out of the SMP. We want to request that the east side be recognized as an independent city, separate from the dream smp. You can have access to whatever funds you think you may be entitled to from the past few months, and there are a list of men that would like to return to employment under your jurisdiction. The rest will resume work under my command and will no longer be associated with you or your organization.”
Dream stands silent for a moment, unsure of what his command as a leader should be.
“ And if I deny this request.”
“ We will not ask so nicely again dream. We have the manpower and the determination to reclaim this land as our and we will do so by any means necessary.”
Dream scoffs and turns to Tommy who is still staring daggers into him.
“And you're okay with this.”
“Don't address hi-”
Tommy cuts Wilbur off and grabs his crutch to stand, he walks over to dream in silence, never taking his eyes from the mans stupid masked face.
“I would rather die than be a part of your SMP.”
Dream looks around the room at the faces of people who he used to call his friends. He knows deep down this is his fault, that he should just agree to Wilbur's terms and maybe somehow try and rebuild his friendship with each of them. But he knows that the city isn't prepared for the kind of rivalry that having two independent gangs brings. The streets will be chaos, and he tries to tell himself that this will be the safest option, if the smp defeats them now then Dream will stay on top and he can protect his friends for just a little longer. That's all he needs, just a little bit longer to make Tommy realize that he cannot allow this to happen.
Just a little longer
Dream turns back to tommy and slips into his façade
“If you would rather die, then do it! My answer, is no. Accept it, or face the consequences.”
Wilbur steps forward in front of Tommy and stares dream down.
“Then face the consequences we shall. Now get out, if I see you here again, I will gun you down myself.”
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A few days later, karma catches up with Wilbur as he sits in the very same office he and dream spoke in. He receives a letter from the man himself, appropriately titled:
Declaration of war
Dear Wilbur,
I am a man with a large reputation within the city, and your actions against the smp cannot go without punishment. Therefore I hereby declare that we as a nation, are at war. I can offer you no mercy unless you comply with our demands of surrender from your team. We will allow you 72 hours to prepare and evacuate the city before the borders of your territory are to be bombed. If, by the 42 hour mark, you have not complied to this demand we will fire one warning shot into lmanchildburg lmaburg l’manberg. If any of your men are found on smp soil they will be shot on sight. b4tbg. Within this period of evacuation we will allow you to surrender at any point and hand in your resignation as commander of the east side.
Time to face the consequences Wilbur, the lives of your men are in your hands.
Yours truthfully, Dream
Sapnap: People tell me I have a unique way of lighting up a room.
George: It's called arson and those people are witnesses
HAPPY 1 MIL SAPNAP!!!
have this arson Sap!
Dream, Entering George's room: Sapnap did it again.
George: Peace disturbance?
Dream: What no-
George: Arson..?
Dream: NO, JESUS CHRIST, HOW MANY-
George: uh....Attempted murder?
Dream: NO, HE ATE ALL THE FOOD IN THE FRIDGE, BUT WHAT THE FU-
Next part of the crime au coming soon, hope y'all are ready for it.
