I'm Not Weak. Not Anymore.

Roman had recovered from his dizziness and was trying to wake Virgil up but with no success. "Can someone help me?" he asked and Thomas came and knelt next to him.

"Virgil!" Thomas said loudly but the anxious trait didn't even flinch. "oh wait I've got an idea! If I think of things that make me anxious he should wake up." Thomas exclaimed and closed his eyes to think of things that made him nervous.

Virgils eyes shot open and he sat up panting, looking around frantically.

"Hey, shh everything's fine." Roman said in a comforting voice and was completely thrown off guard when Virgil burst into tears and clung to him as if his life depended on it.

Roman wrapped his arms around the sobbing trait and closed his eyes, wishing he could take away all of Virgils pain.

Thomas smiled sadly at the sight of the two hugging and refrained from speaking so he didn't interrupt the  moment they were having.

Logan was leaning against one of the trees with his back to where Virgil and Roman were. He was struggling to keep his mind from comparing what he'd seen in the secondary mindspace to what could have happened to the main mindspace if he'd stayed with Preston.

"Logan? Are you alright?" Patton asked, coming to stand in front of him.

Logan sighed and looked down at the floor as he mumbled "I just can't help but think about what might have happened if I'd stayed with Him."

Patton put a finger under Logans chin and lifted his head up so he could look him in the eyes. "You listen to me, there's no point letting your mind linger on 'what ifs' and 'if onlys' or you'll just cause yourself nothing but more stress and pain. I should know, that's what I've been doing for the past few days myself. In fact I guess me saying that makes me a bit of a hypocrite but that's beside the point. Don't worry about what could have happened, just focus on the future and how you can make it become what you want."

Logan was stunned by Pattons inspirational speech and before he could stop himself he whispered "This is why I love you."

Both of them had pink cheeks as Patton leaned in to place a soft kiss on Logans lips.

However before their lips could connect a familiar voice taunted "Aw how cute! I just might vomit!"

Preston was stood right behind Patton and before anyone could react he grabbed him and disappeared.

"No!" Logan exclaimed and tears welled up in the corners of his eyes as he stared at the spot where Patton had just vanished.

Roman had jumped to his feet and dashed forward as soon as he spotted Preston but no one could do anything. Patton was gone.

Logan grabbed either side of his head as the gravity of what had just happened hit him. "No, I'm not doing this! This isn't happening!" he yelled.

Roman tried to comfort him but Logan just grit his teeth and shook his head, tears running down his face. "I'm not going to just stand here." he muttered and picked up the baseball bat he'd dropped when they'd arrived.

"Logan, you don't even know where they are!" Thomas shouted but Logan ignored him and sprinted off among the trees, baseball bat in hand.

Logan ran through the trees, barely taking notice as branches caught him across the face or snagged on his clothes. All he could think about was stopping Preston from hurting Patton.

He came to a stop to catch his breath and he looked around, his eyes narrowing as he recognised where he was.

He started running again until he reached a familiar clearing. In the centre of the clearing stood Preston with a struggling Patton.

"Let me go!" Patton yelled, trying to kick out at Preston but couldn't quite get the right angle.

Preston noticed Logan and smirked. "Ah, if it isn't my favourite little toy. You're in time for the show."

Logan glared at Preston and tightened his grip on the baseball bat in his hand.

Preston obviously noticed because he laughed. "Go ahead, try and hit me and see what happens."

Logan looked from Preston to Patton with a calculating look and muttered "What kind of 'show' are you on about?"

Preston grinned maliciously. "This."

Suddenly he planted a kiss on Pattons lips and Patton struggled desperately to get away, cringing at the feeling of Prestons cold lips on his own but as the seconds passed Patton felt himself getting dizzy and light-headed.

Logan took a couple steps forward to try and pull Preston off but was blasted backwards into a tree.

Pattons legs buckled so Preston was holding him up and his limbs felt too sluggish to move. Everything felt numb and his breath was forming clouds as it left his frozen lips.

Preston pulled away and laughed at the way Patton had succumbed so quickly, just like when Preston had been reformed in the emotions room.

Logan stood up, wincing in pain and his eyes blazing as he focused on Preston who was watching him with a pleased smirk.

"let him go." Logan growled, his hands clenched into fists.

"aw, but he's so much fun. He's so weak he's not even able to fight back. Makes me wonder why I didn't target him first. Ooo just imagine all the fun I could have had with him. He's so easily fooled I'd probably be able to make him believe he was enjoying himself too. I wonder if there's still time to test that theory out." Preston said eyeing up Patton with a smile.

"Don't you fucking dare!" Logan hissed. "You're not going to do anything to him!"

Preston raised an eyebrow at Logan "Who's going to stop me? You? Don't make me laugh, you're nothing. Just a weak little logical trait who tries to pretend he's tougher than he actually is."

Logan raised the baseball bat with a determined expression. "I'm not weak. Not anymore."

Preston grinned "Watch what you're doing with that bat, who knows you might hurt my new toy."

Logan ignored him and swung the bat at Preston who didn't even bother to dodge, instead he dropped Patton on the floor and a long sword materialised in his hands, slicing the baseball bat in half.

Logan gasped in shock as the baseball bat fell apart in his hands and eyed the sword fearfully.

"Now, make one move and this sword will become embedded in his face. Understand?" Preston said cheerfully, holding the blade over Patton.

"Now from what I've seen it almost looked like you were considering kissing this little wimp earlier. Surely I was wrong though, after all you still love me so you'd never do anything like that." Preston taunted, resting a foot on Pattons chest and putting some of his weight on it until Patton whimpered in pain.

Logan was shaking with rage as he watched Preston but he kept it in check because he didn't want to give Preston a reason to use his sword, which was hovering above Pattons face.

Patton was dazed and confused. He couldn't feel his limbs, it was as if he'd been outside in the cold for too long and they'd gone numb. He couldn't remember what had happened and he felt sure that whatever the voices he could hear were discussing was important but he just couldn't seem to focus his fuzzy mind.

He opened his eyes to see someone standing over him and whimpered in pain as whoever it was stepped on his chest.

He tried to move but he couldn't, it was like his entire body had fallen asleep and a sharp looking blade suddenly appeared above him.

He managed to turn his head to the side and spotted the other person. They seemed familiar and although he didn't feel sad, in fact he felt rather empty, for some reason tears rolled down his cheeks.

He tried to listen to what the familiar person was saying but he had an odd buzzing in his ears that distorted everything the person said.

The person above him leant down and it was as if the buzzing had no effect as they said "You want to be here, with me, don't you?"

Patton frowned in mild confusion as he replied in a monotone voice "I don't know."

The person leant closer, reaching their hand down and placing it on his cheek. "Try again." they said in a soft voice.

Pattons eyes closed at the sudden cold that radiated from the person's touch and found himself drawn to it because it chased away the strange numbness that had taken hold of him.

"You want to stay with me, don't you Patton?" they asked and Patton opened his eyes again, staring up at the person who could break through the buzzing in his ears.

"Yes." he said and felt himself get pulled to his feet.

"That's a good little morality, now tell me, do you know who I am?"

Patton looked at the person, squinting slightly as his vision was a little blurry despite the glasses.

"Logan?" he asked and the person laughed as the other person in the clearing let out a loud cry of rage.

Patton frowned and turned to look at the angry person, he couldn't make out proper words but something about their voice made him feel almost warm.

"Pay no attention to him, he's shouting about how much he hates you."

Patton looked back to the person in front of him. "Why does he hate me?" he asked and got a weird deja vu feeling. It was almost as if he'd said something very similar to this very same person at some point in the past.

Suddenly there was an ache in his head and he shut his eyes. He could see the person who apparently hated him and himself crouched in a hallway.... Kissing? The scene flashed to them hugging on an armchair and he could hear the person sobbing and begging him to wake up. He watched as the other him opened his eyes and whispered the word "Logan."

Pattons eyes snapped open and he let out a gasp as warmth suddenly spread through his body, the numbness and cold being washed away.

His eyes locked onto Prestons face and he tried to back away but a hand closed around his wrist and pulled him closer.

"That was a very clever trick Logan but I did say if you made one move..." Preston said angrily.

"Technically I didn't move so you can't hurt him if you want to stick to your word." Logan shouted, panting slightly from having forced those memories into Pattons mind.

Preston chuckled as Patton continued to struggle. "I never gave you my word I wouldn't, I just said I would if you moved."

Logans eyes widened at that and he darted forward only to set blasted back again by Prestons ability.

While Preston had his focus on Logan, Patton seized his chance and launched a kick at Prestons leg. By chance he connected with the one that had been injured during Prestons fight with Luni, the flaky one, and Preston let out a cry of pain, his hands letting go of both his sword and Pattons wrist.

Patton tried to run to Logan but his legs buckled and he hit the ground hard enough to knock the wind out of himself.

Preston let out a loud growl of anger and picked his sword back up, raising it ready to swing down onto Patton.

"Patton move!" Logan shouted and let out a gasp as Patton rolled to the side just in time.

Prestons sword stabbed into the ground and when he tried to tug it back out it refused to budge. "It's fine I don't need a sword to kill someone!" Preston snarled and launched himself at Patton.

Logan watched in horror as the two began grappling on the ground. He ran towards them and tried to help but it was difficult to distinguish who's limbs were who's.

There was suddenly a sickening crack and a scream of agony burst from Pattons lips.

Preston cackled, letting go of the arm he'd just broken and reached for the other one but his hand never got there because he was suddenly grabbed and pulled away from Patton.

He blinked and suddenly found himself face to face with Logan who looked about ready to kill someone. Preston aimed a punch at Logan but his wrist was grabbed and his punch was stopped before it hit his target.

"I am not your little punching bag anymore! You won't hurt me or anyone else again if I have any say in it!" Logan shouted, shaking angrily.

Preston tried to use his ability but before he could blast Logan away he felt everything suddenly fall quiet and an ache began to build up in his head.

As it got worse everything began to blur. Everything except him and Logan.

The surroundings disappeared and as Prestons eyes rolled into the back of his head the last thing he saw were Logans sad but determined eyes.

Sorry it's taken so long to update this. I just didn't feel up to writing this story recently because it's a pretty heavy one and I kind of needed to write the more light-hearted one shot stuff to keep myself from drifting into a low mood.

Hopefully I can be better about uploading the last few chapters.

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