Into the woods

Fourteen:

***Logan***

Logan stared at the ground. That's all he could do being chained up as he was. He knew he was crying. He just didn't feel like stopping the tears anymore.

"What have I told you about crying logic?" Logan lifted his head and looked at Patton.

"Like im ever going to listen to you." He laughed bitterly. "I am allowed to have emotions just like any of you, doesn't matter that I am logic. I don't need to be a robot all the time."

"Maybe I'll just beat it out of you." Logan screamed as he felt like his leg was being burned. He opened his eyes and looked down seeing that's exactly what was happening, Patton had his foot in hand, with a very hot iron in the other.

"Y-You won't win."

"Well, we will just have to see about that." Logan screamed again as Patton pulled him close, holding the iron to his side instead of his leg. It burned through his shirt and he couldn't hold back the tears. Patton wasn't satisfied yet, so he grabbed Logan's cheek. "Because you like your opinions being heard so much, how would you like it if nobody could ever hear them again?" Logan screamed. He tried to get out of the chains as Patton attached something to his jaw holding his mouth open. Tears flowed down his face as he squirmed trying his best to get away to no avail. Patton placed the iron back into the fire. Once he was satisfied it was hot enough he walked closer to Logan. Logan couldn't even beg for him to not do this. He just watched as Patton got closer to him with the iron. "Say goodbye to your voice." Logan screamed.

***Janus***

Janus ran until he got to the room he was looking for but when he opened the door he screamed. He was too late. He ran over to Logan who was dangling from the ceiling bleeding heavily.

"Oh my god...no....no...no..." he held Logan and checked for a pulse. Sighing in relief when he felt one he helped Logan down off the chains. Logan tapped his hand and Janus looked down. "I'm so sorry I was too late.." Logan just smiled and held Janus close. "Don't you dare...he took your voice because of me being too late Logan! I could have stopped him!" Logan pouted. "Don't give me that." Janus pulled out the key to the imagination and Logan shook his head grabbing his throat. "Logan they won't see you any different. Please just let me get you to them? We have to get to safety."

Unsafe.

Logan signed. Janus shook his head. "I promise you, the imagination is safe okay? Remus made sure to it. Patton won't be able to get in. I have to go check on Thomas okay..."

Take me.

Janus looked at Logan worriedly. "Logan, that's not a wise idea. You are really hurt..."

Don't care.

"I do." Janus sighed. "But fine, we'll go check on Thomas and then you HAVE to come with me to the imagination. It's the only safe place for all of us right now." Logan sighed annoyed as the two appeared in Thomas's living room. Thomas looked at the two and then at the tv.

"I'm staying glued to the tv all night don't worry. I won't go anywhere." Thomas looked at Logan and frowned. "Did he do that to you?" Logan nodded. "I'm so sorry..."

"We came to check on you to make sure you were alright." Thomas nodded.

"I'll be fine. I'm just watching this and staying off my phone and I already told my friends I was just tired so hopefully that keeps them away thinking I fell asleep or something." Logan face palmed and sighed turning to Janus signing.

They'll think he's depressed if we keep him locked up in his apartment. He has to attempt to do something even if we don't want him to.

"Logan says even if we don't want you to do anything, you kind of have to." Janus laughed. "He says your friends might think you are depressed."

"Oh..." Thomas laughed. "Shit didn't think of that. Alright what do you suggest?"

Puzzles? Uhm walks in the park? Something easy that won't have you around too many people but won't have your friends worried you might kill yourself.

"He says to try puzzles? Or a walk in the park. But to stay away from a lot of people..."

"Alright, I'll do that while you guys all get together to figure out how to stop this madness." Thomas smiled sadly at Logan one last time. "I'll figure out a way to fix you." Logan smiled and hugged Janus close as the two sunk down into the imagination.

"Now, let's go home."