Thoughts Are LOUDER In Silence |COMPLETED|

twenty-four

["Where does it say we gotta live and die here?
Where does it say a guy can't catch a break?
Why should you only take what you're given?
Why should you spend your whole life livin' where there ain't no future?"
-Sante Fe from Newsies (OBC)

so,, i'm going to be brutally honest with yall; i'm making this confusing on purpose and i hope that no one catches onto what i'm doing. yes, it will eventually make sense in the end, but for now deal with the confusion.

also, i might do a sequel depending on how the ending of this one plays out. i dunno yet.

questions end today so i can hopefully get the q&a chapter up over the weekend or by next monday. though i wouldn't mind doing it again sometime ;)

-MJ]

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Insanity watched as Rage's body slowly went limp as his cries of pain died out. Despite him truly loving the fun he had, he felt guilty about doing this--as most of the Sides who 'worship' Apathy do. None of them want to hurt one another but they didn't want to be in the same position of Deceit.

"My oh my, looks like Sides really can't die." Insanity giggled, his body twitching in excitement. He was like the reverse Flash; unable to stand still without his image looking distorted [Or...that yellow flash that appears in the Flash series and that lego game with the dc villains... I'm an uncultured swine when it comes to the dc universe, ok?].

He looked at Rage's body and gave it a nudge with his foot, then picked him up and teleported to another part of the darkscape. Insanity wasn't looking forward to explaining to the others about what he did, but he was having too much fun hurting the angry Side.

"Let's see how the war began and hope it finally comes to end." Insanity murmured.

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"Alright Creativity, let's get you cleaned up before Virgil beats the shit outta me again. We have enough problems going on with 'pathy and I don't need this added to the list." Pain stated as he set Roman down on the couch in the commons of the darkscape. Roman winced and let out a hiss of pain.

"W-why are you helping me? You're the villain." Roman asked, siting up slightly to look at what Pain was doing. He winced a bit from aching muscles and laid back down.

"Because none of us, except Envy of course, want to do this. If we could, we would kill off 'pathy our selves but the rest of us are a bunch of cowards to even stand up to 'pathy." Pain replied. He put a bit of rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball. "This is going to sting a bit.." He gently dabbed the cotton ball on the cut on Roman's cheek.

Roman let out a quiet hiss at the stinging sensation, earning a quiet apology from Pain. "You want to overthrow Apathy, correct?" Pain nodded and placed a bandage on the cut. "Then help us find Logan and Deceit. If you help us, I might be able to convince them to help you."

"That...I haven't had this much kindness from a light side in ages..." Pain's topaz eyes held a new emotion. "The last time it happened, I was merely a subtrait for Morality... now I'm a subtrait to Deceit."

"Subtrait?" Roman asked as Pain helped him sit up. The dark side nodded as he looked for any bruises on Roman.

"We aren't really Sides in the same way you are. You and the other four core Sides represent more than just your name; we subtraits just represent what our trait name is." Pain explained. "Most of us here are merely subtraits to one another, or a counterpart to a subtrait of yours."

"I never knew that..."
"Most Sides don't. It's only really known to subtraits, as we aren't needed most of the time; via Rage and Depression."

Roman hummed. With this new information, he started having second thoughts about the dark sides.

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"Your room is the safest bet." Despair stated. Logan shook his head.

"It will be the first place they look." Logan replied, "and that's the last thing that Deceit needs right now."

Despair rolled his eyes in annoyance, though his expression turned to sympathy when he heard Self Doubt whimper when Logan pressed his shirt against the wound. Logan murmured an apology to the dark prince.

"Despair, you are on look out. I can only sink out with one person at a time, which means I will need to come back for you two." Logan placed Despair's hand where his had been to keep the cloth pressed against the wound. "I will not take long."

Logan picked up Deceit, struggling slightly since he's out of shape. Then he sank out without another word. Despair sighed as he watched Logan leave.