Twenty-eight

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Chapter 37

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I steadied myself on the uneven roof. The sky was a dark orange, and I had to decide what I wanted to do.

I could run if I wanted to, but the team would probably catch me. On top of all of that, they were being nice to me. My mind raced through all the different scenarios that would happen if I stayed, or if I jumped off this roof right now. What if the group called the police? What would happen to my parents?

“dammit” I said, peaking over the edge. It was good 10-foot jump, and if I landed right, I could start running before they notice I’m gone. Very coincidently, I started mumbling the words to a song floating in my head.

Darling, you got to let me know

Should I stay, or should I go?

If you say that you are mine

I'll be here 'till the end of time

So you got to let me know

Should I stay or should I go?

It's always tease, tease, tease

You're happy when I'm on my knees

One day it's fine and next it's black

So if you want me off your back

Well, come on and let me know

Should I stay or should I go?

I sighed, still trying to decide. I was running out of time, I had to do it now, they were going to have to check up on me soon anyway. Before I could overthink any longer, I held onto the gutter sturdily, and leapt off.

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If I hadn’t alerted wilbur, we would have taken off without Schlatt, knocking on the window rapidly.

“hello? We’re trying to save Moll—" I said,

“I have a gun, now lemme in” Schlatt boomed. I opened the door in half a second,

“wait you actually have a gun?”

“yes of course I have a gun tommy, who do you think I am?” Jschlatt scoffed as wilbur put all his weight onto the pedal, basically launching us out of the driveway.

“woah wilbur” Dream almost got choked by his seatbelt.

“I know she’s not my real sister, but if I am able to save my sister, I’m going to save my goddam sister” Wilbur said through gritted teeth, gripping the wheel with both hands.

“ok pop off I guess” Dream said, turning the radio on full blast. The eagles song “Witchy Woman” was on.

a/n: I usually don’t listen to the eagles, but this song is just *chefs kiss*

Raven hair and ruby lips

Sparks fly from her fingertips

Echoed voices in the night

She's a restless spirit on an endless flight

I couldn’t tell if I was nervous or excited, because there was a good chance Molly could’ve been dead.

Woohoo, witchy woman

See how high she flies

Woohoo, witchy woman

She got the moon in her eye

But then again, I could get her back. It was 50/50

She held me spellbound in the night

Dancing shadows and firelight

Crazy laughter in another room

And she drove herself to madness with a silver spoon

Wilbur was driving so fast, I almost felt it in slow-motion as cars on the opposite lane honked at us.

Woohoo, witchy woman

See how high she flies

Woohoo, witchy woman

She got the moon in her eye

“I just noticed, anyone not on this trip doesn’t know this whole situation” Schlatt laughed as he pulled out the gun playfully.

“Oh my god put that away” Dream waved him down.

Well, I know you want a lover

Let me tell you brother

She's been sleeping in the Devil's bed

And there's some rumors going round

Someone's underground

She can rock you in the night time 'til your skin turns red

“your right Schlatt, were gonna have to tell Techno once he joins us” Dream said, Wilbur kept his eyes on the road.

Woohoo, witchy woman

See how high she flies

Woohoo, witchy woman

She got the moon in her eye

“techno’s coming?” I asked.

“well, were gonna meet him somewhere, but you didn’t get that information from me” Dream noted.

“how far away are we?” I asked dream, who was holding the phone up for wilbur

“10 minutes if we keep at this pace”

I sighed anxiously, starting to bounce my leg again.

“hey man, don’t even worry, if anything goes wrong, I have a Glock” Schlatt smiled mischievously, and I just nodded.

After a grueling 9 minute’s, Wilbur was scouring houses one by one to see if we were directed at the red pin on Clay’s screen.

“you have arrived at your destination” the robotic voice said, and wilbur slammed on the brakes, causing everyone in the car to launch forward slightly.

“ok wilbur, we need to think of our approach—” dream started, but wilbur had already gotten out of the car and slammed the door.

“okay—” Dream sighed and unbuckled his seatbelt. Wilbur hadn’t said a word the entire car ride, and it was quite frightening.

“Tommy you should probably stay in here for right now” Schlatt said, watching dream try to catch up with Wilbur, who was nearly about to knock the door down.

“why?” I whined.

“because your lanky ass won’t be able to get bailed out of prison in case Wilbur murders them”

I gave Schlatt a pouty look, and telling from his face he looked guilty, usually by this time I’d be yelling swears at him.

“fine. I’ll give you a sign when your allowed to come out” Schlatt said before closing the door, leaving me alone in the rental. I’m honestly surprised Wilbur didn’t flip the car over on the way here.

I watched as Wilbur knocked on the door aggressively, but only for about 3 seconds before literally kicking the door open and walking in. Schlatt and Dream exchanged an almost worried look before following him in.

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As soon as I kicked open the door, I heard many things. Some shouting, some scrambling to hide, and what felt like someone smashing multiple plastic objects in another room.

“what the fu—” Dream whispered as we inched towards the door of the loud room.

“Schlatt look upstairs, Dream stay with me” I whispered back. The door of the breaking plastic was creaked open just an inch. So, I peeked in just for a moment to see a short buy with rimmed glasses and bat. On the ground there was multiple smashed monitors.

“what the hell is going on” I whispered to dream, who was doing the same as me.

“no clue” we continued walking fast paced to see a door leading out to a backyard wide open, a red-haired boy was shouting a name, as we got closer I could hear clearer, and I realized that the boy was shouting Ollie’s name.

“why are you shouting Ollie you bastard?” I ran out and pushed him back, causing him to panic and flee.

“the son of a b*tch got away” a man with sleek raven hair came around the corner, shaking his head, not realizing me and Dream were standing right in front of his door, he ran into us.

“what the hell are you talking about” I couldn’t control my rising anger and pinned the man against the wall. Dream didn’t stop me, so I continued.

“Ollie, she ran off somewhere” the guy breathed out, obviously taken aback. I let go and he fell to the ground.

“dream have you called the police” I pushed past him to try and meet Schlatt inside the house.

“yeah, I did on the way here” He answered.

I came to the bottom of the stairs, and I saw Schlatt run down them.

“nowhere, no one” he sighed.

“what the hell, I literally thought they had her somewhere or something, they’re all gone” Dream shook his head. Schlatt went back out through the front door and waved at the car. Soon enough, tommy was out and almost ran into me breathlessly.

“is she her? Where—”

“she’s not here”

“she has to be here or something—” Tommy continued.

“the people were here, but Ollie escaped” I chuckled at my response.

“she escaped?” Tommy looked between confused, happy, and anxious.

“yeah, I think she left before we even got here”

“what do we do now?” Schlatt asked, leaning against the doorway.

“the police will figure it out, but we gotta find her” I peeked my head through the house to see it deserted, but I sensed a presence.

“is there anyone left?” Tommy looked in the same direction as I was.

“no idea” we stepped down the hallway to see the entire house in shambles.

“oh—” Dream looked into the room where someone was standing before, multiple computer pieces littered the area, on the wall a slightly ripped up map was placed with several red dots.

On the side table, I noticed the phone case and instantly ran to it.

“It’s Ollie’s” I picked it up to see it was pretty smashed.

“so, if they’re right, Ollie is out there somewhere?” Tommy pointed outside; the sun was nearly set.

“i—” Schlatt was cut off by the door slamming open. The same dude from earlier that I pinned on the wall was standing there. With a gun pointed straight at my face.