Free-Fall: Vigilante Tommyinnit AU

《CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN》

Philza POV

"Y'know, It's okay to be jealous-", Techno started, "Go jump out the nearest window", "Wilbur! You little shit, Your not supposed to be using your powers for anything other than when it's necessary!", I huffed out, "You were making such good progress too", "Don't care, i'm not jealous", "Oh my gods", I slumped down in my chair, we had finally made it back to the Hero tower and were now in my main office, where Sam was currently rushing over to fix the broken window off to the side of my desk, "Jeez, I thought Wilbur was getting better at not abusing his power for unnecessary things", "That's what I thought too", I groaned, Sam chuckled lightly, "Well, Brothers will be Brothers I guess, I know Quackity and George used to act the same when they were teenagers-", Sam coughed, "And well- they still do", I laughed at that, "They always love to bicker", I said fondly, Sam smiled, "That they do". I was a bit worried about Wilbur, seeing him abuse his power. It reminded me a of the past, how Kristen would always take advantage of her powers if she could, but it was always to do the right thing, always to help everyone else, it wasn't like with Wilbur, with him, it was more for self-benefit, for his own self and piece of mind and to satisfy himself. That scared me. Sure, it was all just fun and games, but what if him abusing his power became a natural instinct? A bad habit? What if someone said the wrong thing and he goes and hurts them, passing it off as a simple joke?

"God, maybe i'm thinking too much about it, I know Wilbur, he wouldn't go that  far"

Wilbur POV-

"I can't believe you, Wil", Techno groaned, walking back into the lobby, "I have to pay for some guy's car now", I huffed out a laugh, "Calm down Tech, at least your not actually hurt, y'know?", Techno rolled his eyes in a playful manner, "Of course i'm not hurt, you know that power I have? The one I was literally born with?", He said sarcastically, and I elbowed him lightly, when I short yelp was heard outside, "I left for 5 minutes, and this is the kind of shit happens?!", One voice said, "I dont know how this happened!", another said with clear panic in their voice, "uh..must have found their car", Techno muttered, I laughed, "it's fine, i'll deal with it", I said, walking out of the building, finding a car parked off to the near side of the building, by the sidewalk, beneath the glow of a streetlight, two kids, probably in their teens, seemingly arguing about the car in front of them with the hood completely destroyed, I cringed seeing the damage that was mainly my fault, "Hey, so sorry, that might have been my bad!", I said quickly, jogging up to the two, who looked at me puzzled, until the shorter one just looked angry, "Of fucking course some Hero guy- whatever the fuck your name is again-", "Singing Phantom", The taller said, "Yes, that, thanks Ranboo, but as I was saying- Of fucking course some Hero has to go and fuckin' destroy my car, I hope you know your gonna have to pay for the damage and all-", "Tubbo, relax, it was probably just an accident, like with their fights with Villains, stuff like this happens all the time with Heroes during their fights with Villains...or Vigilantes", The taller, Ranboo, I suppose, said, It surprised me a bit, what Ranboo had said, about Heroes causing damage like this all the time, I felt a bit guilty, seeing that this all just happened because I wanted to be petty, "Uh- Yeah, it kinda got caught in a fight", I lied, "But of course i'll be paying for the damage, i'll write down my number, email and how to contact my car insurance real quick for you both!", I said, the shorter guy, Tubbo, seemed to relax a bit after I said that, but it still didn't fix the angry glare he had set on me, "Good", he muttered, Ranboo sighed, "Sorry, he's just kinda upset, you know, with his car and all..", I nodded in understanding, "It's completely justified, I'd be pretty pissed if something like this happened to my own car too", I said before continuing, "but anyway, i'll have your car fixed in no time, you have my contact info, so we can go ahead and settle this tomorrow morning, yeah?", Ranboo nodded, "Yeah, that sounds great, thank you", "I am curious though", I started, "why were you parked here in the first place?", I asked simply, not wanting to sound like I was blaming them for the damage, seeing as the kid, Tubbo, was already pissed with me, "Oh! yeah, uh, actually, we were just..visiting! Yeah, we were visiting our friend, he works here and all, but he didn't really come home so we just decided to come see him!", Ranboo stuttered, "Visiting? Would it be okay if I ask who in particular? I can go get him to make you feel less worried, a lot of people stay after hours unintentionally, so I wouldn't be surprised if they lost track of time", I said, but Tubbo shook his head, "No, it's okay, we already saw him earlier, we just agreed to meet each other at home, since he had to go run off and do something, another job", Tubbo said slowly, I nodded, "He works two jobs?", Ranboo's shoulders stiffened, "Uh- yeah- we..um, we live in District 15 and all, so..", He trailed off, and I nodded in understanding, feeling a bit awkward, "Oh, I see", "Tommy's always running off doing one thing or another", Tubbo muttered under his breath, but I still managed to catch it, "You said Tommy, as in Thomathy Jones?", I asked slowly, reminding myself that I can't be giving away Tommy's identity on accident, since I wasnt sure if his friends knew he was a vigilante, seeing how they seemed protective, Ranboo looked at Tubbo in a disapproving manner, before he nodded, "Yeah", he said, "something wrong?", he asked, I shook my head, "No, not at all, I just didn't know Tommy worked two jobs", I wondered if that second job was just him being a vigilante. Tubbo shrugged, "Mostly everyone in Districts 10-15 work as much as they can if they dont want to end up on the streets", I nodded, feeling I should be ending the conversation quickly, "I see, i'm sorry to here it's so rough there, I really had no idea it was so bad, but-", Tubbo let out a angry huff, "Please, if you heroes genuinely cared, you would have actually done something about it by now", he said in a 'matter-of-fact' tone, and I gripped my sleeve behind my back, "It's not like we Heroes don't try, we don't get to pick which districts we can patrol around and protect, the head of the Hero Corporation does, past Heroes, like DanTDM, Captain Sparkelz, and Grian, were some of the few who decided to completely disobey the head, so they were detained and revoked of their Hero ID, as well as their position in the corporation, we don't get a choice. To the pubic, they think we have so much power and authority, but the sad reality is that we are binded by our own rules, and not all rules are fair, but we do what we can", I defended, feeling satisfied with their shocked and wide eyes, "But anyway, enough of that sad shit, you can contact me to get your car fixed, and i'll call you a ride while I have someone get your car for you, yeah?", Ranboo nodded quickly, "yeah, thank you", I smiled, "It's no problem, It's my fault you have to deal with the roof of your car being crushed and all", I said, already pulling up my phone to have someone take the damaged vehicle off their hands temporarily.