|| TNT Duo Quackbur OneShots ||

Vampire AU - Part 1/?

(art by cherrymi0 on Instagram)

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A young boy, Wilbur, was about to get ready to leave for his shift to patrol the town. Every time he came home after patrolling, his younger brother Tommy had always joked about him being quote 'a loser dickhead with no friends' and other random mixtures of insults he most likely found online.

But he never truly cared about these things Tommy had done, he honestly enjoyed them since it felt fun to banter back and forth with his brother.

Something Wilbur might enjoy more (possibly one of the only things he loved more than his family) was that while other people at his ripe age of eighteen would be out drinking and going to parties, he was doing something that helped the town, vampire hunting.

He had been learning about vampires' weaknesses and how to kill one from his dad, and older brother Techno when he himself was only thirteen, and now that he was eight-teen, they were finally letting him go on patrols surrounding the town. After learning about this for five years, he was ready to do his job; And therefore, he did it well.

Wilbur loved his job from the day he got to start, it gave him a sense of fulfilment from doing something that helped the town. And all he needed to do was walk around the edge of town two or three times to make sure no vampires had been in the area; And since the vampire hunters that went inside the forest to go after and kill them did their jobs well, Wilbur didn't have much to worry about. Or at least that's what he thought.

Phil, his dad, had always been worried about Wilbur getting involved with the mess that was this fight between vampires and humans, but Will had always brushed it off for his father straight up caring about him too much. But undenounced to Wilbur, he was about to be disturbed by what Phil was about to tell him.

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Around eight PM, Wilbur was just going through his regular movements. Eat dinner, clean up, get ready for his patrol shift. And he had just finished that last step and was putting on his shoes to leave when he heard his dad start to say something to him.

"Just be careful Wil" Phil said sincerely, with some higher level of concern to his voice that wasn't normally there. He had just walked over to him from the kitchen, he probably finished at about the same time as Wilbur.

"I'll be fine!" Wilbur said cheerfully, as if to comfort Phil. "You have literally seen me come back here just fine after these shifts before, what's got you so concerned all of the sudden?"

"It's just that me and Tech have been seeing a Vampire around the woods recently that we don't have much information on, and well, I just want you to be safe, okay." Phil replied, putting his hand on Wilbur's shoulder while looking him in the eye. Wilbur continued to put on coat while giving his dad a reassuring smile.

"Don't worry, you trained me well! I will come back here safely, don't worry" Wilbur comforted while slipping on his last shoe. "I got to get going now, bye"

With that last sentence, Wilbur was off. Starting his loops around the town like usual. Nights like these were what Wilbur did the entire job for. The fall air crisped as he breathed in as much as he could, like it was going to be his last breath.

The trees danced in the wind as leaves fell off each individual branch, filling up the night sky with reds, oranges, and yellows that were hard to make out in the dim lighting provided by the moon.

Even while nature dazzled Wilbur as he walked, he had a weird feeling in his gut that he was being watched. It felt off, he knew that no one else was patrolling that night since the other person had gotten sick. Why was he feeling watched?

Should he be worried about what Phil said? His relationship with his dad had usually been one of good friends, not just dad and son. Most of their conversations were joking or just kind to each other. But this one was weird, and way too concerning. He decided to shake this thought off, it was most likely nothing. He was going to be fine.

Wilbur decided it best to keep his sword in his hand, in case someone was there, and he needed to defend himself. To keep his mind busy, he went through some moments he had enjoyed recently. His moments when he read next to Phil, had tea with Techno, helped Tommy learn to spar. Great memories.

When he was thinking through his week, he remembered he had felt like he had been watched the entire past week while patrolling in the woods. This brought him to a whole new idea that what if something- or someone in that matter might have been watching him that week.

While Wilbur was distracted, he missed the rustle in the bushes that came from his right, and the only indication that someone had appeared next to him (that he had noticed) was that there were now glowing red eyes staring into his soul, walking closer to Wilbur, coming from his right.

"Must be incredibly dumb to not notice me when I was actively trying to get you to. Well, the cute ones are often stupid." The voice spoke. Wilbur looked at him up and down, noticing his pale skin and sharp teeth. A vampire. He also took note of their black suspenders and white button up, at least the vampire had a sense of fashion. What was he thinking, he needed to do something, not look at what the vampire was wearing!

"Who- Who are you? Have you been following me?" Wilbur Stammered, trying to lift his sword up and point it in the direction of the vampire, but shock froze him too much to move.

"Yep! And it took a hell of a lot of trouble to find where you were tonight" The Vampire inched closer to Wilbur.

Panick filled Wilbur's body as he saw the Vampire get closer. "What do you mean?"

"You really are stupid aren't you" Then, before Wilbur could process what had happened, he saw the vampire get close, too close.

He felt a sharp jab in his neck.

His vision started going blurry, and all his muscles felt weak. Before he could even process what was going on, he passed out completely, the last thing he remembered was that pair of glowing eyes following his gaze as he fell.

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