What Tears Us Down Brings Us Back Together

Losing Control

TW: Swearing, Abuse(?)

Ships Included: Wilbur x Sally

Ghostbur opened his eyes to find himself in a room. The room where Wil had died.

"Wilbur? Are you there? Did it work?" he whispered.

"Yes, yes!" Wilbur exclaimed. He was in Ghostbur's mind! The two had merged into one.

"Yes! Do you remember this place?" GB continued to whisper, looking around.

"Yeah, there should be a door behind you," Wilbur said, his voice filling Ghosbur's mind. To no shock, when GB turned around, he saw a door, wide open.

"Okay, where should I go?" he asked, slowly creeping towards the door as quietly as he could.

"I don't really know, just see if there's anyone there first," Wil responded. Although he couldn't necessarily control their body, he could still see out of Ghostbur's eyes and feel whatever GB was feeling. When he peeked his head out of the door, he saw Tommy, sitting in the chair he was in when they left.

"No," Ghostbur whispered even quieter than when he was talking to Wil.

"I-Is that Tom?" Wil stuttered, unable to comprehend what he was seeing. His baby brother was sitting there, burns and bruises everywhere, and he wasn't there to protect him. He wasn't there to do the one thing he promised Tommy he'd always do.

"I failed him," Wil said, thinking out loud.

"Hey, don't give up on me now!" Ghostbur whispered, pulling his head back in the room. He knew how Wil felt and what he was thinking, since they were intertwined. It was hard seeing Tommy like this, yes, but they were there to save him. To save all of them! They couldn't just give up now when they were so close!

"You're right, I'm sorry," Wilbur said, snapping himself back into focus. Ghostbur peeked his head back around the corner to see a person standing in front of him.

"Miss me?" XD giggled as he hit Ghostbur in the head with something metal. That was the last thing either of them would be able to remember. 

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 "Daddy, come on! We've gotta go play!"

"W-What?"

"It's the day, remember? We're going to the beach! It's beach day!"

"What're you talking about?" Wilbur muttered as he sat up from his bed. He looked around to find himself in a cosy bedroom, pictures of a happy family everywhere you looked. When he took a closer look at them, he realised he was the father in the pictures standing next to a fish-like lady and a fox hybrid little boy.

"You promised to take me to the beach today! Who knows? Maybe Mommy and I can find Grandma!" the little boy squealed with excitement as he ran out of the room. Wilbur sat there, thinking about what he was seeing. It all seemed too familiar. Too real.

This is the life you could've had, William. If you didn't mess everything up! a voice echoed throughout his mind. That's when it hit Wilbur. The girl in the picture was his salmon-breed wife, Sally, who'd left him. And their son, Fundy. The son he'd fought beside for L'Manburg. The same son who'd betrayed him and worked for Schlatt. No matter how much they hurt each other, Wil loved Fundy, with all of his heart.

"Shut up," Wilbur grimaced between his teeth.

"Did you say something, Daddy?" Fundy said, peeking his head into the door.

"Nope, nothing. Where's Mommy?"

"She's making breakfast for us. It's almost ready!" Fundy said, smiling again. Wilbur's heart warmed seeing his little boy standing in front of him again.

Too bad you fucked it up! the voice echoed once again through his mind. Everything in front of him slowly started fading away. All that was in front of him now was a mirror. Wil was shocked to see himself. He looked so weak and frail, probable to break at any given moment. He had dried blood and bruises everywhere. There was one word to describe how he looked: broken.

"Stop this. Please," Wilbur pleaded, looking down, away from the mirror.

We're a bit too late for that, buddy! the voice exclaimed again, and he was surrounded in a black and green gas. XD's face was now present, the same level where Wil was still sitting.

"Why? Why bring him into his? Bring anyone else into this? This is a fight between you and I, right?"

"It may be aggravating to you, but to me? Oh, it's so much fun!"

"I swear, when I get out of this, you're going to pay."

"Oh, sweetie. Who said you're getting out of this?" XD chuckled, putting his hand on Wilbur's cheek. Wil quickly slapped XD's hand off of his face. All he got in return was a sinister smile.

"If you won't willingly join me, I guess it'll have to be forced."

"Good luck," Wil scoffed, completely disregarding the threat. The gas surrounding them joined together to create a blade type shape.

"I'll see you on the other side," XD said as the gas lunged at Wilbur. It sent him tumbling backwards off of the imaginary bed from the vision. His mind became harder to manage, as well as his body. He slowly lost control of himself. XD has full power over Wil now.