My Knight in Dragon Scales

45. Plan start

"Showtime, fuckers!" Deceit yelled as he burst through the door. He was panting but had this smile on his face like he was having fun. "Oh, Roman..." He glanced up at the tv's and cringed at all the bodies and destruction. "... sorry I missed it. Seem's like it was quite the show."

"Fuck you." He just clicked his tongue as he shook his head. I gripped the chains tightly feeling my rage rise.

"Temper, temper, Roman. What would Virgil say?" I narrowed my eyes and tried to yank myself free. It didn't work.

"He'd say you're dead." His smile fell and he backhanded me. I had to blink away the tears that gathered in my eyes at the sting in my cheek.

"'Watch your tongue."

"Hard to do that when it's in my mouth. It's literally impossible." He groaned and stepped back. I went to say something more when this gut piercing scream ripped through the room. "VIRGIL!"

"Moron." Deceit called as he moved away from the door. I could already see the fear slowly creep into his eyes. He may be acting a part but not even he could hide the fear in his eyes. He was terrified... for real. The scream ripped through the place again and I cursed not being able to cover my ears. 

Suddenly the door came flying off and I felt myself smile at the man in front of me. Of course, the smile fell when Virgil glanced over at me with those red glowing eyes, filled with bloodlust. He was far enough gone that he didn't see me. His body twitched and I was just filled with guilt. I am so sorry Virgil. You should never have had to go through this again!

"V-Virgil?" He looked back over at me and I could see the tears well up. He got this pain expression and started to shake terribly. I watched to reach out to him. I wanted to pull him in. I watched as he gripped his hair to the point he almost pulled it all out. He fell to his knees screaming in such pain and It hurt me to see it.

I watched as Deceit slowly crept to the door, obviously forgetting the shit show he had planned and just wanting to get away from Virgil. If it wasn't for the fact that it would nly end up hurt Virgil, I would say let him burn. Virgil's ears perked up like he heard something and next I knew his knife was in the doorframe, fire already climbing it as soon as the knife hit the wood.

"S̴e̶r̸i̴o̴u̴s̵l̴y̸,̸ ̷a̵f̸t̷e̸r̷ ̸e̵v̴e̷r̴y̴t̵h̴i̶n̷g̸ ̶y̴o̵u̷ ̵d̷i̵d̸ ̶y̶o̶u̸ ̸t̴h̷o̷u̵g̵h̵t̶ ̸y̴o̸u̶ ̶c̶o̸u̴l̸d̶ ̵j̴u̵s̵t̵ ̸r̴u̸n̷?̸!̵" My eyes went wide as his voice glitched. Deceit looked about ready to piss himself. Who's the moron now, Deceit?! Virgil laughed and my blood went cold. It was dripping with insanity. It just... It wasn't him. "W̴h̴a̴t̷ ̷d̶i̴d̶ ̸y̴o̶u̸ ̵t̵h̸i̶n̴k̴ ̴I̴ ̶w̴o̵u̵l̶d̷ ̴c̴o̶m̴e̷ ̴i̸n̵,̴ ̴k̴i̷l̴l̸ ̵t̶h̶i̸s̵ ̵p̷e̴r̷s̷o̸n̵,̶ ̷a̴n̸d̶ ̸b̵e̶ ̴d̶o̴n̷e̷?̴" It all happened so fast. One moment he's talking the neck a knife was in my shoulder. I wanted to scream but I didn't. I couldn't let him know he actually hurt me. He doesn't know it's me. If he did, it would only break him more. Deceit knew. He was looking right at the knife in my shoulder and he could hold back the smile. It made me sick. This hot air blasted through the room and his smile fell. "D̷͍̋Ï̷͚D̴̬̃ ̸̲͌Y̵̗̽Õ̸̜U̸̞̔ ̸̩͘T̴̜̉H̴̛͔I̵̦͆N̵͈͝K̸̽ͅ ̸̠͊Ī̸̢ ̶͓̑W̴̢̾Ò̸̙Ù̴͔L̴̯̽D̷̨̓ ̵̙̂J̵̣͝U̸̼̎S̴̤̎T̵̫͂ ̴͇́F̸͇̀O̸̽ͅR̷̻̉G̴̝͂E̶̜͊T̸̢́?̷̮̾!̷̡̽"

I narrowed my eyes at the knife and frowned. This is gonna hurt. I bit my tongue as I felt my aura wrap around the knife, slowly pulling itself out of my shoulder. My body shuddered as pain shot through my body. Once the knife was out I had to stop for a second. I looked up and cringed at the anger in Virgil's eyes. Pure rage directed right at Deceit.

"V-Virgil... Don't do this." I stuttered hold back the cries of pain and Virgil just sighed. I had to pull my eyes from him so I could focus on getting out. I had to. I had to stop him before he does something he'll regret. I used my power to stick the knife in the chains and took a deep breath. I let my aura expand from the knife, hearing the chain creak under the stress.

I glanced up to see Virgil hold his arm out summoning his knife back into his hand and I felt this dread. I watched him hold it up, ready to strike. The chain snapped and I ran, grabbing his arm and pulling him in before he could attack. I just went stiff in my arms. This wave of pain washed through me and I felt the tears start to well. That wasn't my pain I felt... Virgil...

I nuzzled my nose into his neck and felt him relax in my arms. His body started to heat up like it does whenever I hold him. I couldn't help but smile. He isn't lost. Not entirely... He just needs help to see... He needs help to pull himself out.

"Virgil, please. Don't let him win." He was just frozen there in my arms. I saw the knife fall from his hand and I pulled his arm back to his chest as I pulled him in closer. I lead him back a bit away from Deceit and he didn't seem to care. "You've fought for so long... let me help you."

"W̵-̷W̸h̷a̷t̵.̷.̸.̵ ̶I̶.̸.̵.̴ ̵I̶ ̷d̷o̶n̴'̷t̸.̴.̷.̸" He looked up at me and my heart began to race. "Y̴o̴u̴'̸r̴e̶ ̶d̸e̸a̵d̸.̷.̴.̵ ̶H̵e̴ ̸s̷a̴i̴d̴.̵.̷.̸ ̷t-the locket... I don't..." I felt him shake a little as his voice cracked. "Ro... Roman?"

"Yeah, hun. It's me." Next thing I knew he had me in a hug. I felt my cheeks warm up as I, unfortunately, must have started blushing. I can't help it. I just love him so much. 

"Damn it Roman!" I looked up just in time to see Deceit lash out. I yanked Virgil back behind me so he couldn't get hurt and suddenly everything went purple. Deceit smiled as he stood there after attacking. I felt my body saw a bit slightly dizzy from the loss of blood already but still standing. "Now you're really are gonna die."  Am I? I glanced down to see the knife was blocked by a shield I created just in time. Deceit noticed and his smile fell. He failed.   I looked back to see Virgil shaking and I smiled wide to ease his worry.

"Now don't go losing it again on me ok, sunshine." I practically sang it as Virgil started to smile. "We still have to go on a proper date. You know since the last one kinda sucked." My heart nearly stopped when I heard him giggle. I had to look away as my face started to burn and I had to choke back a scream of happiness. Now is not the time. We are literally fighting for our lives right now. I just have to wait until we get home. Then I get him to giggle again cuz holy shit that was adorable. "Just wait there ok, hun? Princy's got something he wants to try."