Type: Action/tragic/angst

Ship: (platonic) Logicality, Demus, (romantic) Prinxiety

Warning: Blood and violence

"THEY'RE GETTING AWAY!" Roman shouts.

"You think I don't KNOW THAT?!" Virgil shouts, "GET THE FLIPPING GRAPPLE AND GET YOUR ASS UP HERE!"

"What do you think I was trying to do?" Roman grumbles.

They're in the middle of a mission. Tracking down some armed robbers as they break into a government facility to steal the city's security information. Not the most exciting mission they've been on, but an important one for sure.

Roman fumbles around, looking through his belt and pockets or his dark red jumpsuit. He doesn't find his grapple but does see a ladder.

"Oh my god, Princey, how do you lose a- nevermind just get up here," Virgil groans.

"On it, Emo Nightmare," Roman says.

Princey is Roman's code name, and Emo Nightmare is Virgil's. Virgil wanted to be Hot Topic, but they wouldn't sponsor them and would sue if he used the name. 

"They're headed northeast. If we stick to the streets we'll catch up," Virgil says, looking out the window as he jumps down from the platform he was on.

It's raining. Almost pouring. And it's 2 AM. Almost nobody out on the streets.

"Come on!" Virgil says, grabbing Roman's wrist and sprinting the second he gets over to him, "Deceit and The Duke are fast,"

"I know! We've handled them before, we can do it again!" Roman says.

"That cockiness is going to get you killed," Virgil grumbles.

"It hasn't for the past 10 years, why would it now?" Roman asks.

"There! I'll drive them into the alley, then we do our thing, k?" Virgil asks, pointing to the two men running ahead of them.

He doesn't wait for an answer as he speeds ahead. Virgil, being smaller, was naturally much faster than Roman. And Roman was much stronger. They were two halves to a perfect agent, which is why they're a team.

They've been a team for 10 years, in fact. And up until 4 years ago, they also worked with two other men. Logan and Patton. But they left to be independent agents, finding their own work. They sometimes crossed paths.

The two corner Deceit and The Duke, or Janus and Remus as their known outside of crime, in an alleyway. 

"Drop your weapons and we drop ours!" Janus says.

"I'm not falling for that!" Virgil says.

"Would you rather get shot?" Remus asks.

"Fine. You put down your weapons and we'll ours and we'll try to kill each other like civilized people," Roman says.

"Princess Bride. Nice," Virgil says.

Roman grins.

"Thought you'd like it," he says, "Now on the count of three!"

"1."

"2."

"3."

They drop their weapons. 

"Now let's fight," Remus says, charging at Virgil.

Just after a few minutes, two people come down the alleyway.

"Princey? Emo Nightmare? Is that you?" Logan asks.

Roman turns his head for a second.

"Ah, good to see you again, Nerdy Wolverine. Is Padre here too?" he asks.

Logan nods as Patton jumps out from behind him.

"Hi kiddos!" he says.

"Sup Pa-adre. Padre," Virgil says, almost saying his real name.

"This is touching. But we'll be going now," Janus says.

"Ha-ha. Very funny," Virgil grunts, kicking his leg back at wrestling out of Remus's grip.

"Oh, so that's how you want to play?" Remus asks, punching him in the neck.

"NOW!" Virgil shouts.

Roman jumps into action, just a split second before Logan and Patton. They may have split up years ago, but still naturally worked as a team.

As their fight breaks out, the four work together as a team. But Janus and Remus are more skilled than they expected, so their match was even.

"So how've you guys been?" Roman asks as he dodges a punch from Janus.

"Pretty good. Mostly doing stuff like this," Logan says, throwing a punch as Remus's jaw, accidentally hitting Virgil.

"Rude. Oh, by the way, Rem says hi," Virgil says.

"So does Emi," Patton says, ducking and kicking Janus in the stomach.

"Is this how you guys usually fight? With a conversation?" Remus asks.

"You'd be surprised how often this happens," Virgil says.

"Still into acrobatics, Emo?" Logan asks.

"Gymnastics. And yeah," Virgil corrects, "What about you? You and Padre still loving Nasa and cats?"

"Yep!" Logan and Patton say.

"And I'm still good with sword fighting and archery if you care," Roman says.

"We were just getting to that," Patton assures him.

In the middle of the fighting, Janus manages to slip away.

"NERD! PADRE! After him! We'll take Deceit!" Roman says.

"On it!" Logan calls, already sprinting after him.

Roman turns back into the alleyway as he hears a gunshot, only to see Janus holding Virgil against the wall, knife to his throat.

"Let me go and I let your little boy toy go too," Janus says.

"R-Roman, don't do it. This is way too important," Virgil chokes.

Janus presses the knife further. By the looks of things, Janus shot Virgil in the leg.

"Shut up," he hisses.

"Don't do it, Ro," Virgil says.

"That's it!" Janus says.

In a flash, Virgil crumples to the ground, blood spilling out and mixing with the rain. Janus bolts as Roman is left in shock.

He rushes over to his companion, sinking to his knees in tears.

"Virgil, please. Virgil...." he whispers.

Virgil coughs.

"Roman, I love you, you crazy dramatic bitch. You're the best partner in the world," he says.

Roman takes him into his arms.

"You too. I love you more than anything," he says.

"K, now let me go. There's no way I'm dying in a cliche way," Virgil says, pushing himself off Roman.

In just a few seconds, he goes limp.

"NO! VIRGIL-" Roman shouts.

He hears footsteps behind him.

"Ro-Princey? What's going on? Where's Deceit?" Patton asks.

Roman turns around, tears in his eyes.

"V-Virgil," he mumbles.

Patton's eyes widen when he sees him.

"LOGIC GET OVER HERE!" Patton shouts.

A minute later Logan appears in the alleyway, dragging a tied up Remus behind him.

"What? Did you- oh my god! Virgil!" Logan says.

Patton hugs a sobbing Roman as Logan rushes over.

"Are you agents or not!? Don't just stand there, get medical help!" Logan shouts.

"Right! On it!" Patton says, picking up Virgil and tying his hoodie around his neck.

Roman collapses to the ground. Logan kicks him.

"Get up. He's going to be fine, stop being a baby," he says.

Roman gets up, grinning a little. He had said those exact words to Logan years back when Logan had first started. 

As he does so, Remus wakes up from being unconscious. He sees the scene in front of him and starts cackling.

"The Duke is a madman, isn't he?" Patton says with a sigh.

Roman nods and slaps Remus. Then he grabs a gag from his pocket and ties it around Remus's mouth, shutting him up.

---

One week.

No news. No hospital visits allowed. Roman buries himself in his work, taking on even the most basic of missions.

---

Two weeks.

More of the same. 

Logan and Patton come to see Roman, but they mostly sit in silence. Roman doesn't talk much anymore.

---

Three weeks.

Roman tries again to get permission to see Virgil.

"Please, sir. He's my partner. I need to make sure he's alright," Roman pleads.

"Fine, you've been a pain in the ass, so fine. He's at the downtown hospital, room 354. Tell them you're his cousin," Roman's boss says.

"Thank you! Thank you, sir!" Roman says, lighting up.

"Yeah, just stop pestering me," he grumbles.

---

At the hospital, Roman enters Virgil's room.

"Is- is he awake?" Roman asks the nurse.

She shakes her head.

"Hasn't been since he got here. If it wasn't for the amount of money from whoever paying, he wouldn't still be here. His vitals are low," she says.

Roman pales.

"Don't let him die," he says.

"We'll try our best," the nurse promises.

---

One month.

Roman's at the hospital again. This time is different. 

As he walks in and sits down, Roman takes Virgil's hand in his own.

"Roman?" he mumbles.

Roman's eyes light up.

"Virgil?" he asks.

"Yeah, it's bright here. Does that mean I actually didn't go to hell?" Virgil says.

"No, you're alive you idiot. Why else do you think I'm here?" Roman says with a smile.

"It's been some time. Chances are you got yourself killed without me watching your back," he says.

"Well, I almost did. Nobody else is as good as you," Roman says.

"Yeah, I know," Virgil smirks.

"Glad to have you back, Emo Nightmare," Roman says.

"You too, Princey," Virgil says.

I bet for a second you thought Virgil was gonna die. Well, I'm not that mean. Anyway, requests are still open! Peace out, my peeps!