Ready As I'll Ever Be

Chapter 14: Betrayed

Ok so I'm slowly pulling myself out of a funk. For being gone so long have the extra long chapter.
"Wait what? That doesn't sound like Roman at all." Patton said to the advisory member that had found Thomas and the three other sides.

"I fear it is true. Knight Roman and the Kings servant, Coleby, were seen this morning making declarations about Roman being the new king. He threw someone into the dungeon for saying he isn't actually a king. King Thomas we should move you to somewhere safe." The servant who had brought the news explained. Thomas stared shocked at the news while Patton was enraged at 'Coleby' for manipulating Roman.

"Last week they both openly complained about my rule but I didn't think they could do this." Thomas breathed, shocked. Patton didn't notice that he had started to growl in anger but the others did.

"Patton love? What is going on?" Logan asked apprehensively.

"Coleby is- ugh I can't say! He's not a good guy!" Patton insist angrily thinking about just last week when Deceit had locked him in a closet and threatened the others.

"How did you know this?" Logan asks.

"It was Coleby wasn't it! Last week with the closet. It was Coleby." Thomas yelled realizing the connection.

"What? What does Coleby have to do with a closet?" Virgil asks, confused on this new topic.

"He locked Patton in a closet last week. I've been trying to figure out who did it but I didn't expect Coleby." Thomas explained. He got angry again as he remembered finding an injured Patton. Logan looked ready to murder but instead pulled his boyfriend in for a hug protectively. That's when loud knocking interrupted.

"Open up Thomas!" Roman's voice called from the stair case outside of Thomas's chambers. Virgil almost got up to let the fanciful trait in but stopped halfway to the door. Patton growled louder when he heard Deceit with Roman.

"Sire may we come in?" Deceit asks using his Coleby voice.

"NO!" Patton yells through the door. He hears Coleby's chuckled and clenches his fist.

"Shut up Patton," Deceit said calmly after laughing, "it's rude to talk to others that way."

"Don't tell me about what's rude to say." Patton yelled back.

"Open up now or we will come in with force!" Roman banged on the door.

"Roman!? What's gotten into you?" Virgil asked through the door to the creative trait. He didn't get an answer instead there was more banging on the door before it flew open. Roman had villagers behind him who filed in when the door opened. Each side inside the tower felt their shoulders begin grabbed forcefully.

"I said we'd come in with force!" Roman yelled. He entered with Coleby smirking at his side. Patton growled at Coleby and tried to step forward but the hands on his shoulders held him in place.

"Behave Daddy Dearest." Coleby said taking a step closer to the moral man.

"Stay away from Patton." Logan said from where he stood. A man stood behind him grasping his shoulders so tight they felt like they could snap but Patton came first to Logan. Coleby raised his arms defensively and stepped back but continued smirking.

"Roman what's going on?" Virgil said. He was hunched up clearly uncomfortable and scared to the people surrounding him. Roman looked at him and briefly he seemed to soften but it didn't last long.

"I've come to ask you all to bow down to your new king!" Roman announced. The villagers all bowed their heads without letting go of the others who stared at Roman bewildered.

"Thomas is king. It is against the Rosa Eden laws for a man of non noble blood to become king." Logan said with a tilt of his head.

"I'm going to the be the king with or without your support so just make it easy and bow." Roman said ignoring Logan. He nodded and they all yelped when pushed into a bowing position on their knees. "It's easy."

"Roman stop! This isn't fun any more! Can we just go back to the real world?" Thomas called from his knees. Coleby snapped forward and looked at Thomas.

"NO!"

"No Thomas. This is where we belong. My kingdom awaits me. We aren't leaving."

"Please Roman." Virgil breathed as he began shaking. He stood up quickly and shoved the man holding him, he rushed forward and clasped to Roman. "Stop and go home with us." He begged. The man holding him came forward and grabbed him again and tried pulling him off the Knight. He succeed but Virgil held on strongly and managed to rip Roman's sash with him. He grasped it tightly and cried when he was shoved back down. Patton felt his insides flare in angry at Deceit for manipulating his son and for his other son crying and for threatening his boyfriend and hurting his host and so many things he couldn't list.

"If you won't bow down to me properly you're against me. Those against me are thrown in the dungeon." Roman said. The sides plus Thomas and that servant they had forgotten that told them about Roman were dragged out against their protest while Coleby reached up and patted the new kings shoulder reassuringly.