Song: Interlude IV (Showtime)
I changed some of the lyrics to fit the oneshot better.
Ship: Janus x King if you squint
TW: Death implications, arguing, king is crazy, suicide briefly mentioned

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The room was quiet save for the quiet ticking of the clock on the wall. King Creativity stood in front of Janus, mismatched eyes staring deep into the snake-like Side's.

"We're finally free.. Welcome home.. It's just you and me now, standing alone.. The world is ours..!" Janus murmured with a faint smile. It was a lie. An illusion. King knew that and he'd be damned if he let Patton get into his mind by using Janus.

"No it isn't." King murmured back, putting on Remus' and Roman's sashes. The sashes glowed brightly for a second before turning to normal.

"Put down the weapons." Janus murmured, reaching out to King but King moved away.

"This isn't finished," King hissed out, eyes flashing a bright green and red.

"What?"

"Even though the kids are dead, I'm still seeing red! I'm the shell of their form, of their innocence shed!" King ranted, honestly very angry that he had been forced to come back rather than the twins having decided on their own.

"They lived a good life and they gave it to you!" Janus hissed back, glaring at King. As if King would believe it. Patton really was getting good at illusions.

Two can play the illusion game. A green and red figure appeared on either of King, both looking very angry. "Oh is that right? You know that's not true! Look at them showered in blood and flowers, now look at my eyes! They still hold the power! After years and years and confronting their fears, they're dead on their record for the world to hear!"

"The rest all think it was suicide, but Patton we know it was you inside!" The twins spoke, voices as glitchy as their figure.

"I saved you! I held you until the moment you died!" Janus yelled out, sounding less like Janus and more like Patton.

"You choked me out of my own goddamn mind! Promised a world to me; a goddamn lie!" King summon a sword that looked like a twisted mix of Romans katana and Remus' morning star.

"What do you want from me?!" Janus' voice distorted a bit as he yelled his question.

"Oh look outside yourself!" King yelled, slashing the illusion of Janus, angry that Patton would try to manipulate him with Janus.

"The others won't help you take him down," Remus' illusion murmured softly, venom dripping in his tone as he spoke of the others.

"Fine! I'll do it by myself!" King yelled, not caring at this point. Patton was as good as dead now and King will stop at nothing to kill him

"You don't need it!" Roman protested, only for Remus and King to lash out.

"Oh you know we need it!" The two shouted. Roman was their last small amount of hope and sanity right now.

"You've been dead for years, I know we can beat it!" Roman pleaded.

"No, look in the mirror! I know you both fear him; we're one in the same, afraid to be near him! We utter the name with our spirits defeated! But they let him kill you, they're worse than Janus!" King ranted, eyes starting to glow again in anger as he gripped the sashes on his chest.

"He told us to end it, it was all for the best!" Remus defended his brother, not liking how King's anger was focused on then now.

"So I have him to blame for this pain in my chest?" King growled out, willing to blame Janus for the twins no longer 'existing'

"No!" The twins yelled defensively.

"If they don't go I will. To avenge the lost He killed!" King walked out of the room, heading for Patton's.

"You're filling your heart up with hate (No!) All the same (No!) As the kids (No!) You left afraid in the (No!) GARDEN! (SAVE IT!)" The twins and King yelled at the same time as the two followed behind their parental figure.

"Its time that I made a statement, a pity this city has ruined us. We couldve fooled Hollywood, just the two of us." King was referring to himself and Thomas. "But Patton made a fool of us."

"You're lost!" Janus' voice echoed in his head. King growled.

"One, two, three, four. Is this what I get for being yours? The twins in front of me in blood and gore?!" King dragged his sword on the ground as he walked down the hall. "Five, six, seven, eight. Years put to waste for all I hate. They'll all know Patton's fate!"

King turned towards the twin's illusions with an evil look in his eyes. "Shows about to start, don't be late."

And with that, he entered Patton's room..