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×| Wᵢₗᵦᵤᵣ {ₚₐᵣₜ ₜ𝓌ₒ} |×

𝒸ₕₐₚₜₑᵣ ₛᵢₓ

"Wilbur?"

Wilbur had finally found his brother. He could go back to the church without being a failure! He could finally feel like he succeeded at something!

"Tommy! Tommy I- I found you! We need to get back to the church! Brother Dream is waiting!" Wilbur was laughing with excitement. He finally did something right!

"Wil... I'm not going back..." Tommy said quietly. As Tommy said that Wilbur noticed a person he had never seen before walk down the stairs, only to freeze when he saw Wilbur.

"What- what do you mean?" Wilbur said, ignoring the brunette on the stairs. "Tommy- XD has everything you need!"

"Does he have Techno?!" Tommy blurted. "You killed him!" Tears started streaming down the blond's face. Why was he crying? Techno's blood was necessary for eternal happiness! Didn't Tommy know that?

Did it really have to be Techno's blood? The thought struck Wilbur like lightning. He quickly shook it away. Of course it had to be. XD must have said so.

"He was blasphemous!" Wilbur yelled. "He worshipped false gods!"

"Do you not feel regret? You held his corpse!"

Wilbur looked at the dagger in his hand. An image of Techno's corpse flashed in his mind. Did it really have to be Techno?! His mind was yelling at him. Then he had a realization.

XD never had asked for a specific sacrifice before.

Wilbur never had to kill his brother. He felt a tear fall down his face.

"Go." Wilbur managed to say to his brother.

"Wha-"

"Leave! Leave before I change my mind!" Wilbur yelled. He watched the person on the stairs slowly walk down, then running out of the door with Tommy.

~~~~~

Wilbur was walking back to the church. He had no reason to run. He knew he would be punished. He was getting tired though. Conveniently, there was a tree near the road. With no reason not to, Wilbur sat under the tree and closed his eyes.

~~~~~

"Hey. Wake up." Wilbur heard a familiar voice say. He was startled awake from being shaken by the voice's owner. He saw the drug-dealer from earlier. What was his name? Ah. Schlatt.

"What the fuck!? Why-" Wilbur was cut off by Schlatt covering his mouth with his hand.

"Shut the hell up! You'll attract the monster-whatevers!" Schlatt whisper-yelled. He removed his hand and Wilbur decided against yelling at him.

"Why are you here?" Wilbur tried to be quiet about his anger.

"Uhm- Do you want some crack?"

"You wanted to sell me drugs?!"

"Well do you want drugs?"

"Wha- No!"

"Chill the fuck out! I need to get rid of this crack somehow! And I thought that you would want to get away from the crushing guilt from murdering your brother."

"How the fuck-" As soon as Wilbur blinked it was as if Schlatt had never existed. Wilbur brushed it off as a weird dream and got up to continue walking to his imminent doom.

~~~~~

Wilbur made it back to the church. This is where I die, He thought with a sigh. He walked in to find Dream standing in the middle of the main room.

"Please tell me you found him," Dream said without the sadistic hope that was normally in his voice.

"I- I didn't," Wilbur lied. Tommy didn't need Dream on his trail.

"I should've expected that. Why did I put my faith in you, Wilbur?" Dream asked. God Wilbur hated when he would be like this.

"Because I'm literally the only person with relation to Tommy now," Wilbur half-snapped back.

"You and I both know that Techno couldn't live after what happened. XD made it even more convenient!"

"But did he need to die?!" Wilbur yelled. "Did that one statement really cost him his life?"

"Oh come on Wilbur. Stop being irrational. XD even said that Techno was the necessary sacrifice. You know-"

"XD HAD NEVER MADE A REQUEST BEFORE!" Wilbur was screaming, tears rolling down his face. "WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE TECHNO!"

"Calm down, Wilbur-"

"No!" Wilbur cut Dream off. "Why was Techno the necessary sacrifice?!"

"Spending time away from XD has obviously weakened your connection with him. You need to spend time with him now."

"ANSWER MY QUESTION!" Wilbur yelled in response.

"You really want to know? Fine! We were going to sacrifice you!"

Wilbur stopped. What should he feel? Grateful that he was still alive? Remorseful for taking his own brother's life in place of his?

"I asked Techno to set something up where he could properly sacrifice you. I thought he would be ecstatic to play such a large role in XD's awakening. But he lashed out. He was yelling about how I was heartless. About how I was a monster. I was leading him to salvation!"

"You are a monster." Wilbur mumbled.

"What's that?" Dream asked.

"You are a fucking monster!' Wilbur said again, yelling this time. "He didn't want to kill his own brother so you made his own brother kill him!"

"Wilbur there's no reason to get worked up-"

"You- you wanted to kill me!"

"It's not like that, Wilbur. You know it isn't." Dream walked up to Wilbur to attempt to calm him down. "You kn-" Dream was cut off by Wilbur stabbing his side with his dagger. He screamed in anguish, clenching the wound as Wilbur pulled the dagger out. Wilbur got ready to run away when Dream punched him in the face. His nose started bleeding, but he didn't care about that. He needed to get out, and he had a straight shot as long as he could disarm Dream. Almost without thinking, he plunged his dagger into Dream's chest.

Wilbur ran to the door, stopping to say his last words to Dream.
"Salvation isn't worth it."

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