This is related to my last post but imagine. (And be warned. This post deals in attempted suicide, murder, and graphic depictions of violence)
Phil goes in to talk Wilbur down, only to be met by hallow eyes and a sharp smile. He’s met not with open arms or quick charms, but a knife between the ribs. After all, Philza Minecraft had taught his sons to always carry a knife.
Phil’s body slides off Wilbur’s knife as the death message tears through dozens of communicators. A roar is heard from the battlefield, unmistakeable and terrifying in the shrill anger that can be heard from it.
Wilbur knows his brother. There’s surprise tainting that tone. He knows he just metaphorically tore off Technoblade’s right arm. He’s a traitor, tthe black sheep of the family, the Judas of the disciples. Technoblade should have seen that from miles away.
Though, no one had known Phil would come. No one had known Phil would draw his last breath in the button room. Not even Wilbur, as he holds the knife in now shaking palms.
In truth, he hadn’t thought Phil was real. He’d lunged, anger coiled hot in his chest of “why now? Why now of all times had he chosen to finally show up?”
And then flesh and bone had all met his knife and it had become startlingly real in mere seconds. He didn’t get to say goodbye to his father.
No one got to say goodbye, to Philza Minecraft.
Especially his son and best friend, Technoblade.
There’s a bitter ache in Wilbur’s chest as he breathes in the soot and ashes from the detonated room. A victory that tastes like bile in his throat. Tears run down his cheeks, though he’s unsure whether from joy or grief. All he knows is that his cheeks are wet, and there’s a lump in his throat.
He swallows it down. He steadies his hand on the blade. He aims it true.
He doesn’t get the satisfaction of feeling his own flesh cave to steel. Arms tackle him down, and red smothers his vision as a boar skull mask stares down at him.
He is not free of this world, nor is he free of his brother. He doubts his brother will let him slip so peacefully into their mother’s embrace.