Not for Long (Quackbur)

~8~

Wilbur woke up in a room with white all over. He knew it was some sort of hospital room. His arm was in a sling and he had ivs in his arm.  He tried to move his arm but it hurt like it was being stabbed all over. He looked around for someone and noticed Tommy and Tallulah sitting curled up together on a couch nearby sleeping. They both had tear streaks on their cheeks. Then a nurse walked by the room and saw Wilbur through the door's window.

"Oh Wilbur you're awake! Be careful moving. Your arm is trying to recover, it's probably going to take a few months, but you should be able to use it again. It may be a little hard from now on to use it but we are doing our best to help."

"Oh thanks it's fine." Wilbur was a little sad about his arm but at least he didn't have to go to work, but he wouldn't be able to see quackity. He wouldn't lie, he had grown to enjoy the smallers energy. Maybe he could find his number.

  "Oh and Phil wants to see you and ask you a few things. I'll call him in when you're ready, we don't want you getting overwhelmed and passing out for a week again don't we?" A week! No wonder Tommy and Tallulah looked so sad. He looked over and realized that Tommy was waking up. Tommy then looked over at Wilbur and shook his head, almost like he was trying to wake up from some sort of dream.

"Wilbur?" Tommy then ran to the side of his bed and grabbed Wilbur's hand.
"Oh my gosh you're awake! I was so worried you kept losing blood. You had to be fed for a week from those fucking things." Wilbur then noticed the Ivs in his arms and other parts of his body. Some had blood running through them. "Oh me and Tallulah cleaned your room, when you're allowed out you can relax. Me, Cheyenne, and Tallulah made a fort on your bed because Tallulah wasn't allowed in the hospital room for the first few days and wouldn't leave your bed."Wilbur then looked over and expected Tallulah to be still sleeping. Instead she was sitting there staring at Wilbur and crying. It looked like she saw a ghost.

"Lullah! Don't cry come here and give me a hug. It's ok everything is okay." Tallulah then took a second and just stood there. Then she ran over to wil and buried her head into him and sobbed. Tommy just watched, he looked kinda sad, Wilbur didn't know why. He just played with Tallulah's hair with one hand and held her tightly with the other. "Everything is Fine the monster can't get us here, we are safe here" Wilbur got no response but didn't think too much of it because Tallulah was still crying. Tommy soon left and Tallulah fell asleep. Wilbur was fucking livid. Sure Ace didn't technically physically hurt Tallulah he definitely did emotionally scar her. He broke the deal. He heard the door to the hospital room open. It was Phil, technoblade, and Cheyenne.

  "Wilbur! I'm so glad you're safe! I'm so sorry I wasn't there. I am not letting you or Tallulah out of my sight for a long time."   Cheyenne nodded along. For once Wilbur didn't care about being scolded and suffocated by everyone's safety. He was happy to be safe in the towers with his overprotective family.

  "You are not to leave the towers unless me or techno are with you. Same with Tallulah." Phil was really taking no chances. He couldn't lose his only grandchild or Wilbur. Phil was always protective over Wilbur more than his other siblings. Wilbur would comely have panic attacks and melt downs as a kid. His mental health was incredibly fragile, and when they found out at the age of five Wilbur was also physically fragile Phil worried more. Wilbur was also one of the last things Phil had that reminded him of Kristen. Kristen was Phil's wife. She was a beautiful women and great hero. Tommy (Phil's only other biological child) looked nothing like his mother but Wilbur was a spitting image. To say that Wilbur was a mess when his mother passed was an understatement. He was always a mamas boy and they spent to much time together. Tallulah is a lot like Wilbur when he was younger, and sometimes that scares Phil. For the most part Phil had Kristen to help with Wilbur, but Wilbur had nobody. He walked into wils room the other day and when he looked in he swore he saw young Wilbur crying on his mother's bed refusing to leave, but he blinked and there was Tallulah. He also had pitted Wilbur for having to deal with most Tallulah's instincts. It's hard to explain how it works but it's like a voice in your head that acts like a bird. Phil was sometimes there to help but he wasn't always home.

  "Hey Wilbur I need to talk to you." Wilbur nodded. Philza motioned to techno and Cheyenne to leave and they did. Phil then made sure Tallulah was sleeping and sure enough she was passed out.

"Is everything ok? You've gone all serious" Wilbur laughed but then realized Phil was serious.

  "You know how when Tallulah and Cheyenne first got here." Wilbur nodded a little confused as to where this is going.

"You know how they didn't talk at first right? We just assumed they weren't comfortable, and then after awhile they just started talking and never stopped" Wilbur nodded again even more suspicious.

"Well... Tallulah stopped" Wilbur's heart dropped

"What do you mean?" Wilbur knew exactly what Phil meant but he wanted to make sure.

  "Whatever happened made Tallulah stop talking. She will sometimes write on paper, and she cries and screams still, but no laughing yet and no talking or other communication." Wilbur sat there staring down at Tallulah sleeping. "She wouldn't even talk about what happened so we have no clue. Do you mind telling me?" Wilbur looked back a Phil.

  "Yeah, we were being chased by ace again" Wilbur saw the rage in Phil's eyes, "he then stopped us in an alleyway and told me he wanted to know a few things." Wilbur had a tear that fell onto the bed, "I kept refusing and every time I did he would use a blade, first he cut my good arm then he stabbed my bad one." Wilbur got his breathing back together and continued, "when he realized it wasn't working h-he"

"Hey Wilbur it's okay. You can take your time" Wilbur shook his head and continued

"He threatened Tallulah so I told him everything, well almost everything. I hesitated on a question and he stabbed me again, then he threatened Tallulah again." Phil's blood ran cold, but he felt hot, like rage was building up inside him.

  "What did he make you tell him" as much as phil was angry he was also nervous.

  "I'm sorry phil" Wilbur started feeling the tears drop from his face. "I-I told him about our family, a-and how I am the only human. Phil I'm sorry. I didn't want Tallulah getting hurt. You already see how she is!"

"No, no, Wilbur you did everything right. We are going to have to take extra precautions. I am going to tell your work place you're quitting. We can't have you going there while all this is going on, we will wait for things to die down before you leave the tower again." Phil was probably expecting wil to protest but he just smiled while the tears kept falling.

"Try to get some sleep" Phil then left and turned the lights off before leaving.

  Phil, Tallulah, and Tommy had been a mess ever since the incident. Although Wilbur wasn't an avian he was part of the flock. Phil wouldn't be letting his flock go to easily. Tommy and techno both agreed on that.