TRIGGER WARNING - blood, kinda gore

Roman POV

Patton, Logan, Deceit, Doubt and I were all resting on the couch.  Disney's The Princess and the Frog was playing on the tv.

Doubt was curled up in Deceits lap.  The two were adorable together.  Patton was leaning up against Logan, they were holding hands.  I was stuck between the two pairs, kinda feeling like a third wheel. 

This made me miss Virgil a lot.  I can't make up my mind on wether or not I hate or love him.  I hate him for breaking up with me, for being mean to Patton and hurting Doubt.  But I still can't get over my feelings for him.

I don't know why he's acting like this all the sudden.  But it hurts. 

What I really wanted, was for Virgil to be curled up next to me.  Safe and happy.  In my arms. Acting like his regular self.

None of us have seen Virgil since he yelled at Doubt and Patton yesterday.  He's been hiding  in his room now a lot. 

A frantic knock came from the door.  Patton moved to get up, but I stopped him. 

"I'll get it."  I told him, standing up from the couch.  Patton paused the movie. 

I walked over to the door and opened it.  I was treated with an extremely upset looking Remy. 

"Hey Remy,"  I greeted him.  "Is something wrong?"

Remy ignored me, pushing past me to get into the house.  He rushed over into the living room.  I shut the door and followed him quickly. 

"Have any one you guys seen Emile?"  Remy asked, standing in front of everyone. 

"No."  Answered Patton.  Deceit and Doubt answered the same. 

"None of us have seen Emile since the last time we saw you two."  Logan told him.  Remy's seemed to get more upset.  He lifted up his sunglasses and put them on top of his head. 

"I haven't seen him in like, forever."  Remy said.  "He never came home from work yesterday.  He didn't show up this morning.  I'm loosing my mind.  I've looked everywhere and I can't find him.  He isn't answering his phone.  And he's not here apparently.  No one else has seen him. I can't fucking function without him. I don't know what to do."

"Calm down Remy," Patton said in a comforting voice. He stood up and pulled Remy over to the couch. "It'll be okay."

"Where did he go?" Remy asked, his voice cracking. It was honestly unnerving to see Remy this freaked out. He's usually very calm.

"I'm sure there a perfectly good reason as to why you haven't seen Emile." Said Logan. "It's only been a few hours since you last saw him."

"Where's your Starbucks?" I asked. "You need some coffee to calm down. I can tell you haven't slept."

"I don't want any fucking coffee." Remy hissed. "I just want Emile back." 

"Maybe he's with Thomas?" I suggested, not in the mood to deal with an angry Remy.  Upset  Remy is bad enough. 

"Already checked with Thomas." Remy said softly.  "He's not there..." 

"Have you checked the entire trait complex?"  Asked Deceit. 

"Yeah." 

"What about the Imagination."  Suggested Doubt. 

"I haven't looked there." 

"Than we should check there."  I said. Remy didn't take much convincing to jump up from the couch and rush out the door.

We all followed behind him quickly. Worry was starting to build up in me for Emile. I hope he's okay.

We headed down the sidewalk towards the Imagination. We passed by the trait complex.

I looked over at it, hoping to see Emile somewhere over there. But he wasn't there.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?!" Screamed Remy. He knelt down and reached into a bush.

He turned back to us with tears in his eyes. He held up a baseball bat covered in blood.

-•-

Virgil POV

No....

Not Emile...

Why him?! He's never done anything to you! He was barely involved in this to begin with! I screamed at Corruption.

I grabbed Emile and pulled him up into my lap. I glared at Corruption as he laughed.

"N-No particular re-reason." Corruption laughed. "J-Just m-more amazing cha-chaos."

You're a sadistic asshole.

"Th-thank you! I kn-know." Corruption said with mock excitement.

Let him go. He shouldn't be here. You can torture me all you want, but leave the others out of this. I told him, anger filling me.

"I w-won't be hurting E-Emile as l-long as y-you're able t-to protect him." Corruption told me.

And what's that's supposed to mean?

"You g-gotta k-keep me fr-from taking m-my anger out o-on Emile." Corruption said with a laugh. "S-So you go-gotta protect h-him."

I already said; hurt me all you want, just don't hurt anyone else.

"I'll h-hold you t-to it." Corruption promised. Emile started to stir. 

He grimaced and than opened his eyes.  He looked up at me, his eyes widening in shock. 

"Oh my goodness Virgil, your lips..."  He mumbled, concern all over his face.  "What happened to you?"  He sat up, holding a hand to the side of his head. 

"I ha-happened."  Chuckled Corruption.  Emile jumped and turned towards Corruption. 

I pulled Emile close to my chest, glaring at Corruption.  Emile looked up at me before looking back at Corruption, eyes wide in fear. 

You are not going to lay another fucking finger on him.  I growled at Corruption.  He let out a laugh. 

"Wel-Welcome new P-Pet."  Corruption purred, sauntering over to us.  He reached up to touch Emile's cheek but I slapped his hand away.  I got a hard slap across the face for that. 

"I w-would s-suggest listening t-to me,"  Corruption told Emile.  "Or y-you'll end u-up looking l-like V-Virgil." 

"What do you want from me?"  Emile squeaked. 

"J-Just to c-cause s-some chaos."  Corruption said with a smirk.  "Al-Also, I w-wanted more Pets." 

Emile whimpered and pressed up closer to me.  But before anything else could happen, Corruption snapped his fingers.  Emile went flying out of my hands and landed heavily against the wall across from the bed. 

"Y-You said y-your protect h-him."  Corruption laughed.  "N-Now dance pup-puppet, d-dance." 

Corruption turned and shot a bolt of lightening at Emile.  Emile let out a pain filled scream and curled up on the floor as the bolt hit him.  His entire body was shaking. 

I jumped up from the bed quickly and stood between Corruption and Emile.  Corruption continued to shoot bolts at Emile. 

I jumped in front of every bolt.  Pain wracked through my body, my body felt like it was on fire.  But I will not let Emile get hurt. 

I fell to the ground, trying to scream.  But no sound came out.  My body convulsed in pain as another bolt hit me. 

I crawled over to Emile and pressed him up against the wall.  I curled around him made sure not to touch him.  I braced my hands against the wall. 

Corruption kept getting closer, shooting bolt after bolt at my back.  I grimaced, holding back screams at each one.

Corruption grabbed my leg and pulled me away from Emile.  I landed heavily on the floor, too weak to move now. 

No!  Don't hurt him!  Just hurt me!  Leave him alone!  Do whatever you want to me!  Just don't make the others suffer!  I begged him, tears streaming down my face. 

"W-Well if th-that's w-what you w-want m-my Pet."  Corruption said slowly.  He walked away from Emile and stood over me. 

He summoned as baseball bat and started beating me with it.  Pain shot through my body with each hit.  I wanted to scream, but I couldn't. 

Corruption stated hitting my leg repeatedly.  The pain was unbearable.  He kept hitting and hitting. 

The room around me started spinning.  The walls started to close in on me.  My vision faded in and out.  The pain was reduced to a dull throb and I couldn't hear.  But than I heard a sound clear as day, that I'll never forget. 

The snap of a bone. 

I actually let out a small scream and my leg broke.  Blood instantly started pouring out of my mouth.  I couldn't move.  Everything hurt.  It hurt so fucking much.  Red hot searing pain rushed through my leg. 

Corruption laughed at same.  Emile had a look of horror on his face.  The pain became unbearable again. 

My body went limp and than the world went black.