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Shroud and her sister Clementine sat tedious in they're bedroom. It'd been fairly passed bed time and neither could fall asleep. They were worn out, but couldn't fall asleep. They already I checked on their Mommy and he was already sleep. Both now sat on the floor contemplating what to do now on their ever so soft rug in their bedroom.

"Psst! Clementine!" Shroud whispered to her moth sister, named, Clementine. She pulled herself into a sitting position.

Clementine looked at her and tilted her head. Shroud continued speaking.

"How about... We go to the kitchen and get snacks! It is 11 o'clock at night!" Shroud said fully standing up enthusiastically and holding her hand out for Clementine to use to get up.

Clementine looked at shroud and shook her head, it wasn't until 5 minutes if silence until Clementine finally gave in. She sighed and grabbed Shrouds hand and let shroud lift her up from the ground.

"Let's hope Mommy doesn't wake up.. Don't want him to be disappointed... " Clementine said in her usual quiet and low voice. (Think like–Fluttershy from MLP like voice for Clementine. Rainbow Dash like one for Shroud)

Shroud nodded and pulled Clementine into the kitchen. Both then heard something.

There was a small, knocking at the door.

The two looked at each other and Shroud approached it, then opened the door with Clementine her older sister behind her.

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There was Micheal! There Cousin! He had a coat his father owned on. Looking relieved and slightly excited to see them both.

"You two tired?" He says looking between the two of them. (I imagine his voice being like uh Sonic or someone like him lol, slightly lower and soft in a way to)

They both nod to him and he gestures toward outside and they come out.

One the trio were out, Micheal then spoke in a whisper.

"Heard of, 'The Egg'?" Micheal said, going closer to the two pre before saying it.

They both nodded there heads, they had heard Mommy talk about how the Egg was something he didn't want them going around, he said something about it doing something to Tubbo?

"wanna see with me?" Micheal said showing two jackets he had seemingly taken with him, one a black jacket with tiny purple and red specks everywhere with a pure black zipper, and a sliver and white jacket with a rainbow like shine and gold clips to clip it together. Micheal had a brown on with white fluff where a zipper or clips would be, the white fluff was also on the edge of the hood and sleeves. Both the other two jackets had hoodies as well, one with four red eyes on top like shrouds eyes. And The white one had little holes for something like moth wings.

Shroud looked over to Clementine and nodded taking the black one, Clementine sighed and grabbed the White one, then, Micheal seemed to be an at them deciding to go.

"Follow!" He said, the began to walk with them, and he threw on his hood, and Both her and Clementine put on their jackets and the goods as well.

They walked for a bit in the cold, silence, staying on the path.

"Are we far enough?" Clementine whispers low like she usually does.

"Yeah!" Shroud says loud and cheerful! (＾▽＾)

Clementine nods then speaks once again.

"So, what did you know about it Micheal?" She says, looking over to him.

"Parents say it's dangerous, not safe, an no no." He says shaking his head when he said the no's, then turning his head toward the other two.

"What about Uncle?" He says, slightly cocking his head right.

"He said basically just to stay away from it, about something happening to uncle Tubbo cause of it.. " Shroud says with a shrug.

"I mean... " shroud says shrugging then continued as the two waited for an answer.

"How BAD can it possibly be?" Shroud said to the two, the trio went in silence for a couple of seconds until then, the Entry to the Egg

"I call dibs first!" Shroud said, running up and jumping into the hole and grabbing the ladder and climbing down.

Once they all got down, they began to walk around to find where this Egg was.

They could all tell they found something was up when they went into a room full of warm, crimson vines from everywhere, and a crimson ground.

Shroud then a bit ahead if the group to take the lead, the room was weird...

"I think I found it!" Shroud said pointing toward the big, oval, egg-like structure.

Shroud then walked up to it, with Clementine and Micheal behind her, about to touch it. when, there was a voice.

"Children?" A high-pitched sounding one, shroud immediately flipped around and went in front of Micheal and Clementine,

They saw BadboyHalo, wait, that's one of Mommy's friends!

"Bad? What're you doing here?" Shroud said, getting out if her defensive position.

"I came to check on the Egg... Why are you three out this late?" Bad said, taking a step closer to the three.

"We heard about this Egg... And we couldn't sleep." Shroud said reluctantly, she got weird vibes around him.

"Oh! What'd you hear about it?" He visibly brightened and smiled at them curiously.

"It being bad, an Dangerous." Micheal said, shroud could tell from the look on his face he was getting the same vibe from Bad.

Bad shook his head and smiled a kind smile at the trio.

"The Egg isn't Dangerous!" He said in a cheerful tone, gesturing over to it.

"It's Wonderful! Shroud! You were gonna Touch it, wanna still do it?" He said looking back down to Shroud with a positive vibe.

Shroud then nodded slowly and threw her hood down and touched it.

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𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤 𝙇𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚.

A voice suddenly says in Shrouds head, the voice was calming, it made her relax. She felt relaxation and Joy take over her.

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙩𝙝, 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙅𝙤𝙮, 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩?

Yes, she did! She's be never felt this Warm, and this much Comfort all at once!

𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙜𝙜! 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜.

The Egg was saying this to her? Protection? That sounded nice, especially with the Warmth and Comfort she felt.

"So, what do hear Shroud?" Bad said, she was too focused on The Egg to really pay attention to him, but responded anyway.

"I hear The Egg." She said matter of family, her attention razor focused on the Egg.

"Hey! Clem, Michael! Come touch it, The Egg is amazing!" Shroud says enthusiastically(She was too focused on The Egg to see Bad's sinister smile).

They both take a second before touching it as well.

After a couple of moments, Clementine immediately jumps backward away from The Egg.

"The Egg is scary... " Clementine says while shaking in fear.

"What do you mean Clem? The Egg is wonderful!" Shroud says grinning a toothy and happy grin at Clementine.

She looks at Shroud in shock and then looks at Michael.

Michael takes a second and nods, giving Clementine a confused look.

"Don't worry you two, I'm sure she'll love it in time! Speaking of, Would you three like to stay here for the night? With the Egg? He said, raising a Eyebrow towards the trio.

Shroud nods and so does Michael.

"Alright then! I'll stay here to, so I can keep you guys sage with the Egg!" She two nod, Clementine didn't want to leave them, so she stays with them, despite her not wanting to. Shroud and the other two, soon fall asleep.

Suddenly, there's running, it wakes shroud up from her nap she was taking while laying a top the Egg.

She sees Mommy come in! Bad was awake to.

"Bad!? What..." Mommy looks at Bad, Shroud, Clementine, Micheal, then the Egg.

"Bad, what are my children and Nephew doing here." Mommy said worried like? She was too warmed by the Egg to truly pay attention.

Tommy had been worrying, it was morning and he found both his Children gone, lucky for him, he could track them by using Shrouds sent she always left behind, sense Tommy was a raccoon, for him, Shrouds scent was really strong for him.

Bad chuckled, it'd been a surprise to see two of Tommy's children at the Egg, and one of them liking it? Even better. Bad used it to his advantage, he figured Tommy would come, and he was correct.

"Well, they came all by themselves!" Bad said in a Cheery and honey-coated tone. Shroud had woken up now, and woke up Clementine and Michael as well, she wanted to stay here, but first needed to find out why Mommy was here.

They walked over to the two, Shroud led the other two. Once they were close enough, Clementine flew over to Mommy in a swift second. Clementine began hugging Mommy's arm, and Mommy held onto Clementine.

"Well, 𝘚𝘩𝘦 doesn't like the Egg Tommy, but 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 do!" Bad said cheerfully.

"Mommy?" Shroud said, staring up at her Mommy.

"Sweetie?" Mommy said, almost desperate sounding.. no! Shroud needed to ask Mommy something!

"Why don't you like the Egg?" Shroud said, Tommy's heart felt like it broke and was burning. His Daughter was under the Eggs control...

Before Tommy could respond though, Bad responded instead.

"I don't Know Spiderling! Maybe we need to give him some time with the Egg!" Bad said, strutting over to Tommy elegantly.

"Get the fuck away from him!" A distinct yell said as a figure ran in front of Tommy, with another figure. Both had a flurry of purple particles around them, and one had a bomb right in his right hand.

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Tubbo stood in front of Tommy, with Ranboo beside him.

"Tubbo, Ranboo."

Bad's expression and voice was unreadable.

Tommy then went beside the other two and made sure Clementine stayed behind him.

"Thanks Tubs, and Ranboo."

Tommy was tempted to say Ranboob instead of Ranboo, but this wasn't a good time.

"Papa's?"

Michael said it in a shocked way, it sounded sad almost.

"Yeah, Papa's! Come over Here Michael." Tubbo said, getting into a crouching position.

Suddenly, Clementine had screamed out from behind them.

The trio immediately turned around, only to see Antfrost holding Clementine by her arm, and behind Ant was Punz and Hannah.

Tommy didn't know what to do.

"Listen."

Bad says from behind them, causing the other three who had Clementine to go behind Bad.

That caused the trio to turn around towards Bad.

Shroud and Michael went besides Bad.

"We will let Clementine go with you guys on one condition."

The trio looked at each other, then back at Bad.

Bad had a sinister smile creep onto his face,

"One of you three, stays here with the Egg."

The three slightly froze up.

"How long?" Tubbo spoke worriedly.

"However long we choose."

They all went silent.

Suddenly, Ranboo teleported over and grabbed Clementine.

Hope filled Tommy,

They were gonna leave!

He was about to yell a insult over to the Eggpire, but,

He heard the other two teleport away with Clementine, but he was still here.

He now saw that Michael and Shroud were gone to.

Tommy panicked, he searched his Inventory,

Nothing good.

Shit.

Bad began to step towards him.

He began to back away from Bad

"Heyyyy Bad! Maybe I can leave here–"

Before he could respond, He felt someone grip his shoulders, stopping him in his tracks.

"I think you and The Egg are going to have a nice time together Tommy."

He then tried to speak again.

"Bad, Fucking hell, Bad, Listen, I–" the person behind him begun to push him towards the Egg. While Antfrost had begun to build a Obsidian box, with one entry. Suddenly when they were in front of The Egg,

Punz, pushed him towards Bad who was to their left.

Tommy quickly stumbled back away from Bad.

Bad had a sinister smile on his face.

Suddenly his hand was roughly grabbed my Punz and pulled toward,

A hole.

"Throw you items in the Hole Tommy."

He hesitated,

But.

There was a glint in Punz eyes saying that Tommy had No Choice at the moment.

So, reluctantly, he threw everything he had into the hole.

Punz then went up to The Egg and threw him into the entry of the Obsidian Box.

Bad then went up to the Entry.

And he built blocks in front of it.

There were holes, tiny ones, but Tommy still panicked.

He began to kick and punch the Obsidian and yell.

Nobody.

Tears pricked at his eyes.

He continued yelling, kicking, and punching.

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He'd stopped because of being tired.

He now had been leaning on the Obsidian.

Tommy didn't know how long he'd been there either.

He fucking hated it for sure.

Suddenly though, he heard a voice echo in his head.

"𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘖𝘯𝘦? 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘦?"

Tommy visibly flinched and quickly looked around.

"Who the fuck is there!?" He said in a loud and demanding way as he continued swiftly looking around.

"𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘮, 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘮𝘦, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘨𝘨."

It's voice was sweet, gentle, and Honey-coated.

Wait.

He could 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 The Egg.

Shit.

"What the fuck do you want." Tommy settled on saying after hesitation of trying to figure out what to say.

"𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺? 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥? 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥?"

He scowled, he knew he couldn't have that.

He already tried to get it,

And Got it, but lost it.

"Fuck off."

Suddenly, he felt something on his Leg.

He immediately looked towards his leg and saw a fucking Vine.

The blood red, crimson fucking vine.

He then noticed the multitudes of Vines in the box through the holes, but still leaving slight cracks.

They certainly weren't small ones either.

He tried to push it off with his right arm, only for the vine on his legs grip to tighten and a vine to grip his arm and lay it back down.

"Get the fuck off!"

He yelled in a panic, he was 𝘯𝘰𝘵 liking the vines on him, nor the fact that they seemed to restrain him.

"𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘖𝘯𝘦."

"Fuck off."

"𝘐 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶."

He scoffed, then spoke.

"Your a fucking 𝘌𝘨𝘨, you can't fuckin help me, so get the fuck off me!" He began to pull at his leg and right arm.

Suddenly though, he saw that the vines were now coming up his body toward his neck, arm, and had already gotten grip of his other leg.

He quickly used his left arm to try and pull the vines off his other leg, only for it to get grabbed.

He was going to fucking die, wasn't he?

The Egg wanted him 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 last time he checked.

Suddenly one was at his Neck, his fucking 𝘕𝘦𝘤𝘬.

"Let the fuck go of me!" He yelled as he pried at the vines hold, keeping him in a relaxing position.

Suddenly, one was at his chin.

And fog began to enter his mind.

"Fucking Let go.." He muttered out with the strength he had left.

"𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘖𝘯𝘦, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺, 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯."

"No."

His voice was hoarse due to the fog in his mind that was only getting worse the more The Egg's vines came crawling up him.

Suddenly, a vine went through his left ear.

And another vine went through his right ear.

Fog completely took over his mind.

His mind felt like it was being held almost, and rewired.

"𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯, 𝘔𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥. 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘖𝘯𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥, 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺."

The Eggs voice was sweet, kind, and gentle.

"𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦?"

Yes, Yes he did.

"𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘰, 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵."

He gave in.

He let go of his resistance.

"𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘹, 𝘔𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥."

He relaxed, The Egg was wonderful, Great! It would help him, all he had to do was just let it have him.

He heard The Egg coo.

The Egg's vines began to wrap him in a hug like way.

They felt like they were pushing into his skin, but he didn't care right now.

"𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘔𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥?"

He was out like a light.

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Tommy woke up, in the Obsidian box.

He realized the vines from The Egg were all around him.

He woke up in a panic, before suddenly, vines quickly restraint him.

"𝘔𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘋𝘰𝘸𝘯."

"FUCK OFF!" Tommy yelled as he began to struggle.

Suddenly two vines had crawled up to his chin.

It was Warm.

He wanted to lean into it.

It was comforting.

Wait,

What he fuck was he thinking!

Right as he was about to yell at The Egg more, two vines went into his ears.

He panicked, as more fog filled his mind.

Then though, all of his panic faded into nothingness.

He then leant into one of the vines that was now on his head, petting his hair in a comforting fashion.

"𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘖𝘯𝘦, 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨."

And just like that he stopped fighting.

Why resist The Egg, it just wanted to help him! (̶F̶u̶c̶k̶ n̶o̶!̶ i̶t̶ w̶a̶s̶ g̶o̶i̶n̶g̶ t̶o̶ k̶i̶l̶l̶ h̶i̶m̶ t̶h̶e̶ s̶e̶c̶o̶n̶d̶ i̶t̶ h̶a̶d̶ t̶h̶e̶ c̶h̶a̶n̶c̶e̶.̶ F̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ B̶a̶c̶k̶!̶)̶

He shut down the small voice in his mind telling him lies.

Then, he heard footsteps from outside.

Suddenly, a block was broken, and Bad was there.

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Bad was relatively surprised.

They'd left Tommy there for two whole nights.

Tommy had Red eyes, a flower crown made of the flowers that were everywhere in this room. The Eggs vines were wrapped practically everywhere on him. His hair also had bits of red on the bottom. Along with blood dripping from his ears. The boys eyes also looked dazed.

The boy smiled at him, like he used to back in the day.

Before the wars.

Suddenly, words of 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱, ran though his mind.

He reached a hand out to Tommy.

The boy grabbed his hand, and let bad pull him out of the box.

The rest of the Eggpire seemed surprised by how the boy had now been in two full nights.

There were also vines following and holding the boy in a protective like manner.

"Tommy! What do you think of The Egg?" Hannah said, walking up to the boy with a enthusiastic and kind posture and face.

The boy brightened up at that and responded in a almost childlike voice, the one he had before the wars.

"The Egg is Poggers, and Kind!"

Hannah seemed to beam as she heard the sentence from the boy.

"Would you like to join the Eggpire, Tommy?" Bad said gently, he gave the Boy a kind smile while doing so, and walking slightly towards the two.

The boy looked at Bad and stared for a minute before nodding quickly and enthusiastically.

"Welcome to the Family, Tommy!" Bad opened his arms in a hug like form, and Tommy ran into them.

Bad held onto Tommy.

"I think this deserves a celebration!" Hannah said happily.

Bad looked at Hannah and nodded, then looking down at the Boy.

He seemed so Happy.

He could hear the Egg speak to him.

Saying the words

𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘔𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥.

Bad decided then and there, he would do just that.

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Bump

Wilbur opened his eyes as he heard his heart, alive and beating. 

He looked around warily, he was where he died, he could tell that for sure. 

But it was different. 

It looked like the wall with the button on it used to have some shit on it, but now it's just filled with red vines. 

"Holy shit- Will your alive!"

Wilbur recognized that voice,

Tommy? 

Wilbur's eyes darted to where the voice came from, and low and behold Tommy stood with Bad and some fairy girl with him. 

Except... 

None of them looked like themselves. 

They all have almost glowing, blood red eyes for starters, and there's vines next to them that look awfully similar to the ones around the button. Not to mention, Tommy has a flower crown, many types of red flowers such as roses, Amaryllis's, Poppy's, Cardinals, Anemones and more kinds that he wasn't sure of. Tommy also has his usual outfit but with blood on it. Some dry, but some recent. Some animal, some human. The other two had a bit of blood but not as much blood as Tommy. 

But due to him spending to long processing all of this, he suddenly felt himself move as he was lifted up from the ground by Tommy. 

Holy shit he's alive!-

But, wait, why the hell does Tommy look like that. 

"Tom? Why do you look like that?" 

Tommy made a expression of confusion and a bit of irritation before he replied,

"Look like what Wilbur?"

Wilbur just looked bewildered at Tommy for a second before he says,

"Like, why do you have red eyes?"

Tommy then seemed to get a look of understanding as his face also darkened a bit, as he nodded and said,

"Oh! Well, it's because I joined The Egg!"

"... You.. Joined a Egg?" 

Ok. How do you join a egg? 

Tommy then laughs as if it's funny, and the other two chuckle. 

Wow. 

So much for him just being confused. 

"Here, come on, I'll-" 

Tommy had started to talk, 

But he was interrupted by a arrow barely missing his face. 

Okay maybe his brother was strange but that still meant that Wilbur would defend him! 

I mean, it's not like Tommy's a whole different person. 

But then Tommy said something to Wilbur, something along the lines of, 

"Sorry Wil, you'll understand soon-"

Before Tommy through a weakness potion on him, and sprinted while holding onto Wilbur. 

And it's wasn't long before Wilbur passed out, 

Unable to ask what Tommy even meant. 

"Shit!"

Tubbo hissed out as they got away, and Quackity's arrow barely missed Tommy- 

no, that isn't Tommy. 

That's The Egg using Tommy's body as it's host.

Phil was clearly upset that they missed. 

Phil sighed before he spoke, 

"Let's go follow them and save Wilbur before they can get him."

Tubbo, along with Quackity and Techno, nod. 

Thank prime they left the kids with Ranboo and Purpled.