To Be a Hero

Chapter 16

    Toby and Wilbur waited into the afternoon, mostly in silence,the two attempted conversation, but it didn't last long. Toby knew both of them were hoping for some miracle and their brother would be found. Phil or Kristin would text or call to check in on them, and give updates. Though nothing really changed. Tommy wasn't anywhere... they hadn't heard anything from Techno, which meant that he wasn't focused on anything but finding his little brother...god- he hadn't done that since Wilbur went missing when they were 16.

Eventually, Kristin returned, she wasn't with Phil.

"Where's Dad?" Will asked as she walked into the kitchen.

"He's going to get Techno here for lunch..." she explained.

Toby and Will nodded at that. That was probably for the best. Their brother had a bad habit of not taking care of himself when he was hyper focused, or stressed. Or both in this case. About ten minutes later, maybe more, Phil came in through the back door, Technoblade in tow. The latter looked less than pleased.

"I said I was fine- Tommy is still out there!" He grunted, trying to pull away from him.

"I know, Techno, I know-" Phil said, trying to soothe him, "I'm worried too- but you still can't run yourself ragged, you're still technically recovering-"

"The hell I can't!" Techno pulled his hand away. His burns had mostly healed from the other night, a perk of his abilities. He could still burn himself and feel the pain, but at least his burns healed faster than normal. Most of the time.

Speaking of burns, now that Toby thought about it, he hadn't seen a single burn on Schlatt when they'd fought, and even if they'd been out of sight, he hadn't moved like there were any burns at all. But that didn't make any sense....

"Techno, Tommy wouldn't want-"

"I doubt Tommy wanted to get kidnapped by some fucking sicko either, yet here we are!"

He knew Techno was seriously pissed, and/or stressed when he of all people was cursing...Kristin didn't even reprimand him for it-

"We don't know what happened, or if-"

"We can make a pretty good guess.." Techno scowled, holding up a cellphone, "It was on a less travelled street by us. It's Tommy's..."

"Techno-"

"It is!" He pressed the power button, showing the familiar picture of the four brothers that Phil took. Tommy always said he was going to change because it was "too sappy" but he never had, and got defensive when asked about it.. The four of them looked so happy, all smiles for the camera (with the exception of Tommy's devilish grin and Techno's smirk). No doubt it was their brother's phone.

"We need to figure out who could have taken him," Wilbur interjected, trying to relieve the tension before the two could start arguing or yelling, "Is it possible that one of Techno's enemies could have taken him?"

Rather than diffuse the situation, this caused his twin to whirl on him. Flame danced up his arm as his temper and stress started getting the better of him. He usually managed to keep it and his powers in check. "Are you saying this is my fault?"

"What? No of course not Techno that's not what I meant at all-"

"Really? Cause that's what it sounded like-"

"Techno come on-"

"Techno, your fire-" Phil said, trying to calm both brothers before someone got hurt.

They started arguing, and Toby covered his ears as their parents stepped in to try and stop the twins from going in on each other. The raised voices were not helping his head, which had stayed fairly manageable up until now...his head hurt as his mind raced. He had almost no doubt now that this was his fault, but he had no clue as to where he could find Schlatt, or Tommy. No clue how he could get him home safely, especially in his current condition...god, what was he going to do?