Trigger Warning: Major blood, gore and all that stuff. Definitely not for squeamish people. Also if you've just eaten maybe wait a bit before reading? It's going to be a bit gross.

Roman was the first to respond to Virgils comment. "Virgil, you're right but surely we should have a small amount of rest or something before we charge in like that."

Virgil looked at Roman, his eyes puffy and red from crying. "No! Any time we spend resting means more time for that bastard to regain his strength! We need to go stop him now while he's still recovering from using so much energy to materialise!"

Logan got to his feet, wiping his face quickly as he muttered "I agree with Virgil. We should take him down as fast as possible."

Patton felt everyone looking at him, waiting for his opinion and sighed. "We don't even know where he is. He could be anywhere in the mindspace by now."

Virgil scowled. "I know where he probably is and if he's not there we will hunt him down. He'll pick us off one by one if we let him."

Roman thought for a few seconds before saying "OK, let's do this but first we need to stop by the imagination forest so I can make everyone a weapon. There's no way Preston won't have one so we'll need more than our fists for this."

Virgil nodded and the four traits prepared themselves to go back to the mindspace when Thomas suddenly spoke up.

"What do I do? I want to help in some way. I don't know if I can stand just sitting around waiting for either one of you to turn up and tell me everything is OK or for Preston to reappear and stab me."

Patton fiddled with the sleeves of his cardigan, he had an idea but didn't know if it was a good one or not.

Logan eyed Patton, picking up on his reluctance, and said "If you've got an idea tell us."

"Well, technically Thomas could come with us but if we're really going to confront Preston that might be dangerous." Patton said and Thomas immediately exclaimed "I want to come with you! I don't care how dangerous it is, I want to help."

Roman frowned "I don't think that's a good idea. Thomas you would be an easy target for Preston if you came with us."

Virgil huffed in annoyance "Look can we hurry this up? The longer this takes the more time Preston has to regain his power and I for one am not waiting around much longer."

To emphasise this point Virgil started to sink down.

Roman and Patton exchanged looks of mild panic as they tried to persuade Thomas to just stay behind but the host was having none of it.

Eventually they sunk down and reappeared in the main mindspace with Thomas looking around curiously.

"Right now let's go grab some weapons and go kill this fuck." Virgil muttered as he stormed off down the corridor towards the imagination forest.

The others jogged slightly to catch up with him and Thomas was having to hold back a lot of questions.

Virgil came to a stop as they stood at the border of the forest and spun round to face Roman. "OK we're here, now start creating."

Roman raised an eyebrow at Virgil, not liking being bossed around but closed his eyes and started focusing on things to help them take down Preston.

While he was doing so Virgil was scanning the area, his eyes darting to every shadow just in case Preston showed up.

Logan was trying to remain calm as he came to terms with the fact they were going to be confronting the person who'd hurt him so much over the years. Patton making the occasional pun and small comment was quite comforting and Logan gave him a small smile.

Thomas was looking around at the trees in awe, he'd never seen trees so wide and tall before, it was like having his very own version of the Forbidden Forest from Harry Potter or something.

He took a step forward and accidentally stepped on a twig which made Virgil flinch and spin on the spot, his eyes blazing wildly as they locked onto Thomas.

"Whoops." Thomas commented as Virgil glared at him. "I didn't mean to make you jump."

Virgil grit his teeth and turned away, trying to ignore the odd churning in his gut that signalled his energy was close to breaking free. He didn't need to lose himself to his energy right now.

Roman finished creating the weapons and he wiped some sweat from his brow as he signalled to the others that he was done.

Virgil immediately grabbed a long sword that was quite similar to Romans katana.

Patton reluctantly took the small dagger Roman handed him while Logan took the baseball bat, his hands shaking.

"Do I get something or am I just going to be standing around watching?" Thomas asked.

Roman sighed "I still don't agree with you being here but I guess you should have something to protect yourself if Preston manages to get to you." he handed Thomas a basic dagger, similar to Pattons.

Roman then pulled out his own katana and looked to Virgil. "You said you think you know where he is, shall we get going?"

Virgil nodded and lead the way into the forest, followed closely by Roman.

Patton gestured for Thomas to go in front of him and he and Logan brought up the rear.

The group traipsed through the forest for a fair few minutes before Virgil came to a stop, his eyes locked onto a familiar grey door.

"The secondary mindspace?" Roman asked in a quiet voice and Virgil nodded, his mouth dry.

Virgil took a deep breath and turned the handle, swinging the door open so they could see inside.

The smell of stale blood wafted out and Virgil felt his stomach lurch as he spotted dark streaks on the floor and walls of the corridor the door had revealed.

"are you sure he's in there?" Thomas whispered, his eyes wide in alarm at both the smell and sight of the corridor.

Virgil took a shaky breath and walked through the door, trying to ignore the way his whole body was trembling and his mind was racing with all the possible scenarios.

It was clear right away that Preston had known they'd turn up because on one of the walls in dried blood he'd written the words welcome to Prestons funhouse.

Virgil exchanged a look of apprehension with Roman and they both tightened their grips on their weapons.

Thomas stayed close to Roman while Patton was holding onto Logans hand, squeezing it reassuringly.

The group walked down the corridor until they came to a sharp corner which Virgil knew led to the lounge.

"This way." Virgil whispered and they quietly turned the corner, coming to a stop at a door that was probably grey underneath all the blood.

Virgil shuddered as he reached out and opened the door, trying not to get the blood on him.

The door swung open and suddenly all the lights went out, causing the group to clump together in fear.

Virgil gulped and took a step forward only to let out a cry of horror as the light flickered on to reveal the gory remains of a body.

He couldn't tear his eyes away as he recognised what little scraps of clothing were left as Unwins.

Roman tried to get Virgils attention but it seemed the anxious trait had gone into a state of shock.

Roman turned around to try and get the others help but none of them could get Virgil to respond, not even Thomas.

"Ah, you've seen my first masterpiece then? I do hope you like it, it took a lot of meticulous work, prying apart the bones and making sure to spread all the internal organs around was particularly fun." Prestons voice echoed around the room but he was nowhere to be seen.

Virgil jolted out of his shocked state and looked around the room, forcing back his tears with anger. "Show yourself, you coward!"

Preston let out a chuckle. "are you sure that's what you want? I'd hate to disappoint you but surely it'd be safer for all of you if you just turn around and walk away."

Virgil opened his mouth to shout something but fell silent when something similar to a projector suddenly lit up one of the only blood free walls.

"Is that all you've got?" taunted a familiar voice and Virgil froze, tears running down his face as he watched Unwins final moments.

Unwin ducked and dodged Preston, managing to shove him back but Preston suddenly lunged forward and plunged the knife into Unwins throat and then ripped it back out.

The knife Unwin had been holding, fell out of his hands with a clang and his body slumped to the floor, blood gushing from his throat as he struggled to breathe.

Unwins face was one of pain and shock as his eyes rolled into the back of his head and he moved no more.

The projector turned off and Prestons voice echoed around the room again.

"He tried but there was no way an amateur was going to best me. It was definitely a satisfying kill, the way his blood spurted out, I was drenched in it. Ah, such a lovely memory."

"How did you even manage to project a memory?" Roman asked, well aware of Thomas standing right behind him and how pale Virgil had gone.

"It took a bit of work but with such a large imagination forest it wasn't particularly hard to conjure what I needed. That's beside the point though. The real question is what are you doing here? You can't defeat me, even with those lovely looking toys you've got with you." Preston said in a casual voice as if he were merely asking how their day went.

"Where are you? Why are you hiding?" Virgil managed to yell, his face streaked with tears.

"Who says I'm hiding?" Prestons voice suddenly came from the corner of the room and Virgil let out a horrified shriek.

Preston was covered in blood and was holding handfuls of flesh and gore which in itself was alarming but the thing that had made Virgil shriek was the bloody but unmistakably bright lime green bandana that was plastered to a flap of skin Virgil recognised as Lunis face.

"dear, sweet Luni was kind enough to let me borrow his bandana, can you believe that?" Preston said in a mocking voice, enjoying the way Virgil visibly began to break as he raised the face he was holding.

He'd had a lot of fun trying to peel it off and he was happy at the response Virgil was having.

Roman stepped forward in front of Virgil with his katana raised and a look of disgust on his face "You're outnumbered, give yourself up or we will kill you."

Preston let out a cackle and wagged a blood covered finger in Romans direction. "You're quite the jokester huh? What makes you think I'd ever give up? I'm right where I wanna be and there's nothing you can do about it. I'm...." Preston suddenly stopped, a look of surprise on his face.

"Wow, damn, never thought it was so easy to start monologuing, I take back every snide comment I've ever made about characters that do that. Guess that means I really am the villain here then." he grinned and tilted his head, a crazed glint in his eyes.

Roman leapt forward with his katana but suddenly Preston disappeared, the handfuls of gore that he'd been holding, falling to the floor with a loud splat.

Roman walked over to Virgil who looked like he was going to pass out and quickly blocked his view of the gory, bloody room. "We need to get him out of here, Virgils not going to manage if we stay here much longer." Roman said.

Thomas held onto one of Virgils arms and started tugging him back out into the corridor only to find the door leading back out of the secondary mindspace had been locked.

Roman cursed under his breath and as Virgil slumped into him he had an idea. There were 5 people which was more than he'd attempted to teleport before but he was confident he could do it. "Grab a hold of me, I'm gonna get us out of here." he said and closed his eyes, focusing on the imagination forest.

It took about a minute before they all suddenly appeared in the forest, Roman feeling slightly dizzy and Virgil having passed out from shock.

"What the heck was that?" Thomas asked, his face pale from what he'd witnessed.

"That was P...Preston in his element. He lives for torture, physically, mentally and emotionally." Logan muttered, stumbling over Prestons name slightly as he forced away his own unpleasant memories.

"It's alright Logan, we'll defeat him and then you'll never have to worry about him ever again." Patton declared, wrapping an arm around Logans waist and squeezing slightly.

I decided to break this chapter up into two because it was almost 4000 words when I was part way through and that's a bit long. Not as long as the first chapter of this book, which is ridiculously long, but still too long. This also means you should hopefully get the next chapter tomorrow or something so there's not as long of a wait between chapters.

Happy Easter and all that stuff.