Logan paced inside the tree house waiting for Preston to return. He dreaded what kinds of things he was up to but took a deep breath, trying to reason that maybe he'd changed.

"honey I'm home!" came the call from Preston followed by a snicker and Logan scrambled to peer outside.

"aw, did you miss me Logan?" Preston asked with a grin, ignoring the horror on Logans face at the sight of him covered in blood.

"what.... Who.... Why....?" Logan stammered in shock and horror before closing his eyes and taking a deep breath to say "I'm not hugging you or anything until you're cleaned up."

Logan didn't want to think about who had suffered. He'd rather not know and pretend everything was fine. Just like last time. He shuddered as he remembered how many memories he had to rip up so Roman and Patton didn't remember all the shit Logan had done for Preston.

Preston must have picked up on his thoughts because there was a large sinister grin on his face.

"that never used to bother you." he muttered getting closer to Logan who found himself backed up into a corner.

"last time I remember you didn't care how covered in blood either of us were." Preston was whispering in his ear now making Logan close his eyes.

"that was... Different." Logan managed to get out but even he could hear how weak that argument was.

Preston chuckled and murmured "I said before you can't fool me."

Logan flinched slightly until he felt a pair of lips plant a kiss on his cheek and his eyes opened in shock.

"don't look so surprised, it's not like I've never done that before." Preston said rolling his eyes.

Logan shrugged and then remembered why Preston had originally brought him here. "what did you want to show me?" he asked cautiously.

Prestons face lit up as he remembered and he grinned before gesturing to a door Logan was sure hadn't been there before.

"what's in there?" he asked and Preston just grinned so he swallowed his nerves and ignored all the instincts screaming at him to make a break for it. He opened the door and walked into a room full of mirrors.

Logan frowned and turned around to ask Preston what it was only to find the door had disappeared. He gulped and turned around shakily to face the mirrors.

"I know you, you're worried about the others even if it's a subconscious thing. If you truly want to find out the truth then just say their name but I'll warn you this once, once you find out there's no way of forgetting. Ripping up the memories won't cut it this time."

Prestons voice came from nowhere and everywhere but he was nowhere to be seen which creeped Logan out.

He thought long and hard about what Preston had said and eventually came to the conclusion that he'd rather know because the not knowing was driving him crazy.

Hesitantly he murmured "Patton Sanders."

One of the mirrors lit up and he found himself looking at a horrific scene. There was Patton laying on a bed with bloody bandages wrapped around his arms while there seemed to be a large pool of blood on the floor nearby.

Logan quickly said" Roman Sanders" in an attempt to get rid of the image but instead he got a different view of the room.

Roman was trying his hardest to clean up the blood but he looked exhausted and kept throwing worried glances from Patton to the door.

Logan wondered where Virgil was and shuddered as he remembered how covered in blood Preston had been. It couldn't have been Pattons blood because those wounds looked self inflicted which just left poor Virgil.

Logans voice shook as he spoke Virgils name and he put a hand over his mouth as Virgil appeared.

Virgil was laying face down on the floor passed out in his own blood with a list of words carved into his back which were barely legible through all the blood.

Logan looked away, knowing that this was Prestons doing and feeling guilty for still loving him.

Logan glanced back at the screen, wishing for Roman to find Virgil but he knew Roman was busy so there was a high likelihood that Virgil might not make it. In turn that meant Thomas would revert back to the reckless moron he'd been before and they'd all eventually die.

Logan then thought about his relationship with Preston. It was pretty one sided or that's the conclusion he'd come to after Preston left last time but now he wasn't so sure. Preston had actually mentioned love this time rather than dancing around the word. Logan straightened up his tie and pushed his glasses further up his nose as he struggled to work out what was going on with his emotions.

He'd never been good with emotions and he was terrible at understanding his own emotions even if it was obvious to others.

He suddenly had an idea. He still had his phone in his pocket and if Roman still had his on him then he could tell him exactly where Virgil was.

Logan glanced at the screen again and remembered what Roman had said before about if he kissed Virgil again then he'd kill him. If he came across Virgil like that then there was no question he'd get the blame and Roman would be angry enough to actually kill him.

Logan sighed. He had to choose if saving Virgils life but possibly forfeiting his own was worth it or not and he felt incredibly guilty for hesitating so much. He suddenly got another idea.

Maybe if he called Virgils phone he could manage to wake him up. Logan quickly pulled his phone out and clicked on Virgils name in his contacts.

He looked at the screen and was relieved to see something light up and behind buzzing in Virgils pocket. It took about 50 calls but eventually Virgil began to stir and Logan put his phone back in his pocket.

He had no idea how to explain his situation to the others so that would have to do.
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Preston stood outside the room with a smirk as he changed his clothes and washed the remaining blood from his skin. He could tell how confused and conflicted Logan was but eventually he was confident that he'd be able to get Logan to do anything for him. It'd be just like old times.

Preston heard Logan calling for him and clicked his fingers so a door would appear again.

As Logan walked out Preston watched him carefully. "you've seen what's happened?" he asked.

Logan nodded and Preston said "it doesn't change anything though. I can see it in your eyes that despite what you just saw you still love me. The others will most likely try to kill you when they realise you know."

Logan swallowed nervously, not having thought of that but stayed firm in his decision to stick with Preston. He'd only ever loved one person and the time he'd spent away from Preston had been agony that he never wanted to experience again.

Preston considered Logan with a thoughtful expression. "you would do anything for me right?" he asked and Logan was immediately on alert.

"yes." he replied quietly, wondering where this was going.

Preston grinned and said "great. Go into the real world and keep Thomas from leaving the house today. I mean it's probably better now that all of the others are preoccupied with other things."

Logan was confused because he couldn't think of a reason Thomas staying at home would benefit Preston but he resigned himself to do as he was told. He didn't want to risk Preston falling into his old habits again.