Free-Fall: Vigilante Tommyinnit AU

《CHAPTER THIRTY》

Technoblade POV-

I spared Wilbur a single glance before turning back to Philza, "Right, so, can we just take a moment to process things, y'know, so we're not all confused, because I know Wil's thought process is trash", "Hey!", Wilbur yelled at me, hitting me on the shoulder, Phil laughed at my remark, but tried to look serious (which he failed at by the way), "Yeah, we should probably talk about..'recent events', I think we should decide on what to do, with Tommy being a vigilante, and family..", Phil trailed off, so Wilbur took over then, "So um- Tommy's actually our brother, who we thought was dead, is also a vigilante we are literally trying to put in jail, and  Techno broke his roommates car", Wilbur started, "What?", Philza asked, letting out a noise equivalent to a bird's confused squawk, I glared at Wilbur, he shrugged,  "I mean, yeah, my fault because I made him jump out a window, and I'm paying for the damage and all, just thought i'd put it out there. We destroyed his roommates car", I shook my head, and Philza seemed to slump in his seat, "Oh my fuckin' gods", he groaned, slapping his hands over his face, "Wilbur, at least try to take this seriously", I muttered, Wilbur shrugged again and leaned back in his seat, laughing lightly, "Why? There isn't really much to discuss, Tommy's our Brother, he's our blood, our family- we didn't treat him right before, and now that I have a second chance to redeem myself, i'm taking that opportunity, i'm not going to hold anything against him anymore, yes, he's a vigilante, but he isn't hurting anybody like the media says, believe it or not, Technoblade, the media tends to exaggerate a lot. Tommy isn't hurting anyone, he's only keeping people in his district safe, and even sometimes other people outside his district. He's done nothing wrong, so there isn't much to talk about, unless were trying to comprehend Tommy all together? If that's the case, then I think i'll see myself out", He stated seriously, his long speech sort of startled me, and I looked at Phil to see him just as startled, "Wil, I get what your saying, but we need to know what to do, with Tommy being a vigilante-", "We'll just frame someone else, if your worried about needing to expose his identity or something, I get this is our job and all, but Tommy- Tommy is everything  I never want to lose again", "We can't just frame somebody Wilbur, we can't let someone else take this case either, because it's going to effect our reputation-", I started, but Wilbur only groaned, "Sure we can, i'm thinking we make something up, display a picture of the "Jester", on a news broadcast, but we dont show his face as a way of sealing his identity in his final moments, then fake an execution, make people think he's dead, sort of cover up his existence in a way-", my breath was caught in my throat, and I stood up, Phil was staring at Wilbur with wide eye, as if he was a mad man. I couldn't blame him, "Do you even hear yourself right now, Wilbur?! What is wrong with you- an- an execution?!"-, "Oh, you know that's whats going to happen if the Hero corporation actually  get's their hands on Tommy, on the Jester. They dont want to put him in a jail cell, you know that. We all know that. XD just wants him fuckin' dead- to make an 'example' out of him, to basically say, 'you dont follow our rules, we kill you on live television', we all know that, we can't just avoid the truth to make ourselves feel better about who we are", "Wilbur", Phil whispered, he sounded so hurt it made me flinch self-consciously, "Phil, you wanted to talk about Tommy, so we are, what did you expect to happen? Catch the Jesters, let it end up on the news, have people in the richer areas see us as if we were made of gold? And aren't we? Your the number one hero, you can abuse that power just once at least, or I wouldn't even call it abuse of power, but rather than father doing his job and protecting his kid, after all, isn't that what you failed to do in the beginning? Won't you accept that we have a second chance-", "Wilbur, please stop talking", Phil stepped back, he looked terrified, Wilbur frowned, "What? Am I scarring you both now?", Wilbur stepped back, as if to give Philza more space, and I couldn't help but stand in place and watch. 

'Villain Arc',   'He's gonna frame dream',   'no, he's gonna frame some rando on the street',   ' you all are stupid, he's not actually gonna frame anyone',   

I shook my head and stood by Phil, placing a hand on his shoulder, "Phil- we..we all know that Wilbur's right, NOT entirely right, but he's right when he says we can't let Tommy get into trouble-", "I know that!", Phil started, but I cut him off by squeezing his shoulder gently, "I know you know that, but- but he's also right when he says that XD will want him executed, making someone up to frame, it's...not a bad idea", I said slowly, Wilbur looked apologetic now, "Sorry, Phil, maybe I could have been more gentle with how I said what I did, but even Techno know's that this is probably our best bet", Philza let out a shaky breath, "Yes, I know", he said finally, I could still see the glow of fear in Philza's eyes, as if his worst nightmare was blossoming into reality. Maybe it was.

Wilbur POV-

It was a sick satisfaction, seeing Philza scarred like that, I wanted to say it all gently, introduce the idea slow enough for both Techno and Phil to process it, but I quickly realized that I wouldn't be able to get it into their heads like that.

I needed them to realize that if we wanted to keep Tommy safe, we would have to take what he said to heart, except we weren't going to arrest him like he had told us to, no, we, or I- I was going to frame a non existent being.