Deceit POV
I paced back and forth in my room. Ironically, I am panicking. Much like that anxious side I pick on.

I sat down on my bed and placed my head in my hands. I let out a sigh. I can't believe I'm still doing this. I heard what sounded like sparks of electricity come from the corner of my room.

"Well I-I can be-believe it." I turned to see, none other than Corruption.

"What do you want now?" I hissed at him. "To rub it even more that your winning?"

"No, ju-just to re-remind you to pick-ck up the sl-slack." He hissed back, walking over to me.

I could feel the crackle of electricity coming off of him even from across the room.  Little bolts of electricity danced between his fingertips.  His eyes were pitch black instead of brown. His hair was brown like everyone else, but there were black and white highlights.  He wore all black, very similar to how Virgil used to dress.  He had ripped black skinny jeans. A ripped up black shirt and a black cloak.

But the worst part of him was his face and skin.  He was very pale but all over him were black twisting veins that seemed to move just underneath his skin.  One of his eyes was constantly glitching.  It'd be his regular eyes, but seconds later it'd just be a gaping black bloody hole. 

He would twitch and jump a lot, sometimes loosing control of his movements.  Watching him walk towards me was honestly horrifying because every few seconds he would violent twitch or his hands would start twitching, bolts of electricity flying off of them. 

"We have a dead-deadline." He stuttered. "Or have-have you for-forgotten."

"I haven't, I swear." I told him, holding my hand up.

"I do-don't believe y-you." He hissed. "You-your Deceit."

"I'm not going to disobey you." I whispered. Corruption thought for a bit.

"I th-think you need a re-reminder about w-why you are g-going to lis-listen to m-me."

"Please don't hurt him." I said, remembering what happened last time Corruption thought I was disobeying him. "Just let me see him."

"I n-eed you to hur-hurry up de-destroying Vir-Virgil so I can t-t-turn him back to De-Depression."

"I know I know." I told him.

"I don-don't think you do." He hissed, grabbing me by the shoulder, shocking me a bit. "So I-I'm going to give you a little re-reminder."

"Please..." I whispered. "Just let me see him. Don't hurt us."

"You g-get a h-half hour. An-and that-s it." He told me. "And after-afterwords your going b-back to hurt Vir-Virgil a-again."

I nodded. Corruption grabbed me by the back of my neck tightly, shocking me horribly. I shut my eyes, and when I opened them, I was back in the cramped closet sized room off of Corruption's room.

I turned around quickly, my eyes landing on him. I let out a sharp gasp and rushed over to him.

"Doubt? Doubt?!" I said, shaking him away. He opened those beautiful brown eyes of his and looked up at me. Instantly, he launched himself up at me and started crying.

"I thought you weren't coming back." He whispered.

"I'm not leaving you here." I promised him. "I've almost gotten Virgil back to a dark side. Than we'll be free, and you can come home, and we'll be happy again. Like it used to be." I rambled on, but now I was crying with him.

"I don't believe you." He whispered. I pushed him slightly away and kissed him hard. He kissed back, both of us desperate after not seeing each other for so long.

"No matter what your mind says, don't listen to yourself." I told him, after I pulled away from the kiss. "I know your Doubt. But I promise you that I love you and I'm going to fix this mess."

Doubt was one of Thomas's traits. Not an actual side, but still represents a part of Thomas. Remy and Dr. Picani are traits too. Remy representing Thomas's sleep. Picani represents Thomas's empathy and sympathy. And Doubt is well, Thomas's doubt. But he won't give himself an actual name.

I sat down and leaned against the wall and pulled the small trait into my lap. He leaned his head against my chest. I took off my gloves and ran my fingers through his hair.

He looked freezing and starving. It hurt me, seeing him so hurt. He's obviously loosing a lot of weight, well I mean he's been here for almost a year now.

He has brown hair like the rest of us, but he has bangs like Virgil. He wears black jeans and a large baggy black hoodie.

Doubt continued to cry for a while. I was trying not to cry. But it's been weeks since the last time Corruption let me see him.

The only reason I hurt Virgil, is because of Corruption. He wants the other dark sides free. And he knew I was the most powerful. So he used most of his power to free me. But I didn't want to hurt Virgil or Thomas or the light sides. So Deceit kidnapped Doubt and held him ransom. If I don't do what Corruption tells me to do, he'll kill Doubt.

I never wanted to be the bad guy. I just wanted to be with Doubt. I could have just stuck to the shadows, maybe even put the dark sides behind me like what Virgil did. But Corruption has other plans for me. 

I can't loose Doubt. So I do what Corruption tells me. I have to break Virgil, so that Corruption can turn him back to depression. Corruption isn't powerful enough to break Virgil's spell that got rid of the dark sides. So by turning Virgil back, Virgil won't be able to stop Corruption from releasing them.

The Dark Sides aren't necessarily evil either. They just represent the bad parts of Thomas.  But after spending years in the Pit of Forgotten Memories, they have a strong hatred for Virgil and Thomas now.  That place will make you bitter.

But Corruption. He's the real evil mastermind behind all of this. He pulls the strings. He does want to destroy Thomas. Corruption is instilled in everyone. He is insanity. You read about insane people and how they snap, about what they do. That's his job, to do that to Thomas. And he's finally grown powerful enough to start his plan to destroy who Thomas is as a good person.

"Are you leaving me again?" Asked Doubt, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Only for a little bit. But I've almost gotten rid of Virgil. And than you'll be free." I told him again.

"I want to leave here."

"I want you out of here." I said agreeing with him. I looked down at his ankle, which had been rubbed raw by a magical chain anklet that kept him bound in this tiny room.

"I'm doing everything I can." I told him. "You'll be back in my room before you know it."

"You love me right?" He asked.

"I love you more than anything else. And I'll do anything to protect you." I said while kissing him gently on the forehead.

"How did we fall in love?" He asked. I smiled gently, a tear falling down my face. He knew the answer already, but for some reason he loves when I tell him the story of how we met.

"When I got out of the Pit, I moved to the trait complex. I wanted to just blend in. And for a good month, Corruption didn't bother me." I reminded him. He was smiling.

"One day, I found you outside my "house". The other traits didn't like you too much, all you did was feed into anxiety. But I loved you the moment I laid eyes of you. You were adorable and precious. And at that moment, some of the other traits were picking on you. So I saved you, fighting them all off. And before either of us knew it, you moved in with me and we tried to just blend in and be happy together."

"I miss home." He whispered. "I miss you. Do you miss me?"

"I miss you more than anything." I whispered, hugging him tightly to my chest. He hugged me back, starting to sob again. Before I knew it, I was crying too.

Doubt pushed himself upwards and turned so that he was straddling me. He kissed me, wrapping his fingers in my hair. My hat fell off and rolled across the floor.

I wrapped my arms around him and kissed him back. We kissed for minuets on end, both of us desperate for each other's love after so long.

The door slammed open and the sound of crackling electricity filled the room. We both jumped, pulling apart from each other.

"S-sorry bur your t-time is up."  His voice dripping with sarcasm.  "Get u-up.  Time to g-g-go." 

I gave Doubt another kiss. One of those passionate good bye kisses.  Neither of us knew when we'd see each other again.  Or if this was the last time we might see each other alive. 

"I'll be back for you.  This ends this week."  I whispered in his ear.  "You'll be out of here by the end of this week.  It's almost over." 

"C-come on!"  Yelled Corruption, starting to get annoyed.  I quickly have Doubt another kiss before walking back over to Corruption.

I leaned over to grab my hat.  We I stood up, Corruption had his hand on the back of my neck.  I looked at Doubt, watching as he sank down in the corner of the room. 

"Goodbye my love."  I said to him as the room faded away and I was back in my room.  All alone. 

Time to get this over with.

Patton POV
When I woke up, it was raining again. Also I was in the living room instead of me or Logan's room.

A little bit of sadness entered my mind as I remember everything that happened yesterday.

I turned to see a sleeping Logan. I slightly uncurled myself and pushed myself upwards and out of Logan's arm.

I looked at the clock to see it was almost noon. I guess we were all tired after yesterday. Of course seeing Deceit beating Virgil up is very stressful. But I was also worried because of the bloody razor me and Logan found his bathroom.

He had promise he wouldn't do it. But I guess it must be hard for him. He won't even tell us why Deceit did that to him.

But when I turned to look at Virgil, all my worries were replaced with a giddy feeling.

Roman was stretched out on the couch, but Virgil was all curled up on Roman's chest and Roman was had both his arms tightly around Virgil.

It was almost too cute to handle.

It reminded me of when me and Logan started dating. I turned and gave Logan a quick kiss on the tip of his nose. He moved his head a bit but didn't wake up.

I looked back over at Roman and Virgil. It's becoming quite obvious that Princey has some thing for Virgil. No matter how much he tried to deny it by poking fun at the anxious side.

Guess Virgil's near death experience helped him to realize his feelings. I stood up slowly.

I grabbed a blanket from the end of the couch and threw it over Virgil and Roman. I smiled, hoping things were finally taking a turn for the better.

I grabbed another blanket before walking back over to Logan. I crawled back into Logan's arms and pulled the blanket over us.

I laid my head down. I let the rise and fall of Logan's chest and the sound of rain lull me back to sleep.

Virgil POV
The sound of rain hitting the roof woke me. I opened my eyes slowly, reluctant to face a new day.

I looked down to see that I had fallen asleep on Roman's chest. I blushed heavily, but strangely enough felt a slight smile form on my lips. I felt grateful for the prince.

He had his arms wrapped tightly around me and a blanket was covering us up.

But as the events of last night returned to my mind, I started to feel anxious. Deceit has finally broken back into the mindscape.

I shuddered a bit but tried to force myself to stop thinking about it.

I glanced over at the clock to see that it was about 7 pm.  I guess we've all been super tired.  We've slept the day away.

I laid back down and snuggled up to Roman. I pulled the blanket up to my chin.

I looked over to see Patton and Logan also sleeping, all cuddled up together. 

For the first time in a long time, I felt some sort of love from these  guys.  I felt warm for once.  Instead of numb and cold.  They do care about me.  I wasn't alone.

"Not getting too comfortable now are we?"