Duchenne (DSMP Superhero AU)

Chapter 32

Wlbur was in a bad shape, Techno gingerly carried the older man up the stairs. It was weird, his little brother was now older than him. Wilbur tilted his head at Techno, smirking under Theseus's visor.

"What's wrong? Big brother not the oldest aye?"

Techno scoffed, a small smile twitching at the corners of his mouth.

"I will drop you."

Wilbur squeaked, hugging onto Techno tighter. Techno carried Wilbur to the bathroom, setting him down in the bathtub. He tried to take Theseus's mask off him but Wilbur flinched.

"Chill out Will, you need a bath. Theseus has gadgets in that mask and I'd rather we didn't have to ask Quackity for another one."

Reluctantly, Wilbur took off his mask. There was dried blood on his face, some Techno could tell were from hits he himself had landed. Honestly they should have just called in Tommy straight away. He handled the situation much better than any of them could. He took the mask gently and took some cloths out of the cupboards. Wilbur watched warily as Techno wet the cloth with warm water.

"What's that for?"

Techno walked back to Wilbur, gently rubbing at the blood.

"Your blood stains, duh."

Wilbur let him scrub his face, his stubble uncomfortably shifting with every movement.

"Hey Tech?"

"Mhm."

"May I shave?"

Techno snorted, rubbing at the tear scars. He gave up when he realised they were part of Wilbur's face and focused on cleaning his lip and chin instead.

"No. I'll shave your face, the way you do it is a hazard."

Wilbur scoffed, but didn't protest. Techno threw the bloody cloth in the sink, walking to the door and closing it.

"Strip."

Wilbur stood and got out of the bath shakily, smirking at Techno. No no no, he couldn't. Not when he knew what was decorating his skin.

"Come on Tech, give me some privacy."

Techno glared at him, gesturing for Wilbur to strip.

"I'm not asking again. I need to see if you've gotten hurt anywhere else, you're the kind of person to hide anything that makes you seem weak."

Wilbur rolled his eyes.

"If I take off my shirt will you let me bathe?"

Techno nodded. Wilbur took off his coat, folding it and putting it on the toilet seat. Then he took off his black sweater, leaving him in a tank top. Hundreds of faded little wounds decorated his arms, from years long gone by. The usual down that hung on to his forearm was gone too. He assumed he hadn't told Techno judging by the breath he sucked in.

"There, I took my shirt off. Will you let me bathe now?"

Techno shook his head, regaining his composure.

"Your singlet too. It doesn't take a genius to figure out you're hiding something."

Wilbur scoffed and took off his tank top, revealing a gory bright blue sight. His ribs were exposed, and his blue organs glistened in the light. Techno held back a gag at the sight of it. What the... Why did that happen? Techno was fine, he had been revived and he didn't have a gaping hole in his chest! Wilbur looked away from Techno, hugging himself.

"There, now go."

Techno complied and left, closing the door gently behind him. He needed to talk to Phil. Tommy waited outside the bathroom, bouncing from one foot to the other.

"Is Will alright? I didn't hurt him anywhere, did I?"

Techno gave him a little smile, ruffling Tommy's hair.

"Wilbur will be fine."

Tommy grinned, hugging Techno. He relaxed, as if a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders.

"Thank Prime for that."

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Techno closed the door to Tommy's room. Now that Wilbur was back in the Minecraft household, Tommy didn't want to be too far away from him. Tubbo and Ranboo followed suit, now snuggled up with Tommy and snoring away. Techno continued down the hall, closing the door to Wilbur's room.

Taking a glimpse inside, he could still see the glowing blue light his organs gave off. Bioluminescence, Techno assumed. Of course, Wilbur was resting after being beaten up by the Syndicate and an apartment filled with teenagers wasn't the best bet.

He walked down the stairs, swinging around the bannister and silently making his way over to Phil. He stood next to the older, clearing his throat.

"Phil, what side effects does the revive book have?"

Phil looked up from his book, staring up at Techno with a guilty look on his face. Techno caught the look and slammed his hand down on the table.

"DAMN IT PHIL STOP KEEPING IMPORTANT SECRETS!"

Phil jumped, his eyes widening at the venom in Techno's voice. He gulped, putting down his hot chocolate.

"Okay Techno, I can explain."

"That's good, because I'd be going to Mum to get her to explain otherwise."

Techno sat down, fixing his gaze on Phil.

"Okay so... You know how Will and I had bird based features and you have pig based features?"

Techno nodded, narrowing his eyes.

"So it turns out that the revive book reshuffles our family's animal features. I'm not sure what effect it has on full humans like Tommy. What brought this up anyway?"

Techno groaned, rubbing his temples.

"There's a gaping hole in Wilbur's chest that exposes his organs, that's what brought this up. Not to mention they're blue for some reason."

Phil hummed, a soft smile on his face.

"Interesting... We'll have to test what creature he is now."

Techno didn't like the sound of that.