Forever

Chapter 17

With each second that ticked past, Dream felt himself growing just a bit more restless and desperate. He'd been in this situation before, but it felt worse than he remembered it feeling in the past. Not only was George a threat to multiple people out there, but there was another team hunting him down without him even realizing it.

The outcome of this could be just about anything, and Dream's mind was spinning with every terrible possibility. It felt like every inch of his skin was crawling with nervous anticipation, and Karl, Niki, and Tubbo were no closer to finding George than they had been hours ago. And that was because George was smart, and much like everyone else in the room, he knew how to keep himself under the radar. If he didn't want to be found, he wouldn't be.

But Eret and his team had the advantage of knowing London and the surrounding area better than their team. And while Karl and Niki had brought over whatever surveillance equipment they could manage, Dream would be willing to bet that whatever Eret's team had was far better.

Frustrated and angry, Dream knew he couldn't just sit around and wait for George to show up somewhere. He needed to do something other than hover behind Karl's computer monitor.

With his car keys in hand, Dream looked over at Sapnap, whose arms were crossed tightly over his chest as he stared at the hazy screen in front of Niki.

"Sap," Dream said to get his attention, and as Sapnap glanced over, he continued, "I'm going to see Philza. Maybe he can help us out."

Dream had no intentions of asking Philza for anything, but he was feeling desperate at this point, and he knew Philza would do everything he could to find George, especially if he knew he was in danger.

Sapnap didn't hesitate to nod in agreement, and he touched Karl's shoulder lightly as he bent over and kissed him on the cheek.

"I'm going with Dream," Dream heard Sapnap mutter quietly to Karl, "I love you, I'll be back soon."

Karl nodded and quietly responded, "be careful. I love you, too."

Sapnap gave him another quick kiss, and then he was straightening up and turning to face Dream. He reached a hand out as he said, "I'll drive."

Dream dropped his keys into Sapnap's palm, and then the two of them were making their way outside to Dream's car.

The drive over was fairly quick, and getting up to Philza's office was just as easy. All it took was stating that they needed to discuss an emergency with Philza, and they were led over to the elevators with little argument. They were at Philza's office door only moments later, and again, Dream didn't hesitate to push the door open without even so much as knocking.

Approaching Philza's desk, Dream lowered himself into one of the armchairs as he spoke, "we need your help with something."

Philza didn't respond, and so Dream added on, "George is gone, and now there's people after him."

At this, Philza's face twisted into one of surprise and concern. He ran a hand down his face, cursing quietly as he asked, "Eret?"

Dream nodded, and Philza hummed quietly before saying, "Eret is the second in command to the leader that George killed the other day. He's not my biggest fan, and I'm assuming that by now, he knows George is my son."

"Not your biggest fan?" Sapnap questioned as he sat down beside Dream.

Philza nodded, and then quickly explained, "after I got myself reestablished as the top mafia leader in England, Eret wanted to join my ranks. I didn't trust him, so I turned him down. It wasn't anything personal, you can just never be too careful. But he didn't see it that way, and so I'm assuming he's more than happy to use this as a reason to get back at me."