Bad Guy//Sanders Sides- Prinxiety

~Chapter One~

I heard the sound of my door slam against the wall of my room, and I backed into the corner. I squeezed my eyes shut and curled up into a ball. Maybe if I made myself smaller, he wouldn't be able to see me.

"Oh, Virgil. What are you doing there on the floor?" a cold voice said from above me.

I felt a gloved hand grab my chin and lifted it upwards, so I was forced to look at the evil man before me. He snarled at the tears that were cascading down my face, and he wiped them away.

"L-leave me alone," I whispered, my voice shaking in fear.

The man's eyebrows rose in surprise. "What did you just say to me?" His eyes narrowed as he frowned at me.

The glow in the dark stars on the ceiling made the scales on his face glisten making him seem even more terrifying. Now that I had made him angry, who knew what he would do to torture me today. That was how it worked after all, and I still hadn't managed to get used to it.

"Get up," he demanded, yanking me away from the corner that I was hiding in. "You never do as I say. No wonder why everyone hates you."

"Deceit, please stop. I'm sorry. I'll do what you want just—"

I was interrupted by the man rolling up my sleeves to reveal the old scars that had just started to heal. He rolled his yellow eyes and dropped my hands from his. Deceit muttered something about how I needed to stop hurting myself before shoving me into the wall behind us.

Pain shot across my head as it collided with the dark-colored wall and I cried out. Deceit smirked and stared down at me with a devilish look on his face.

"Oh, no! Are you hurt?" the man said, the tone of his voice filled with fake sympathy. "Because I would hate to see that."

I tried my best to push him away, but he was stronger than I was. All the man did was move back a few inches, so I had barely done anything.

You never do anything, Virgil. How is this any different?

Another tear slid down my face as I stared back up into the yellow eyes of Deceit. I deserved to be in pain because of what I did to others. I was Anxiety after all...

I screamed as Deceit's sharp nails, raked down my arm, reopening the cuts on my wrist. My eyes drifted downwards to the pointed fingernails that used to be covered by the bright yellow gloves that Deceit always wore. Red blood fell from my arm to the floor below, pooling around our feet.

I held my breath and counted each second that went by. If I did this for long enough, I could blackout and Deceit would finally leave me alone. Once I woke up, this hell would start all over again.

My vision slowly became cloudy, and black spots started to pop up around me. I sighed with relief as the world turned dark. I was free.

***

I woke up with a start, sweat dripping down my face. My heartbeat sped up in my chest, and I frantically looked around my room. There on the edge of my bed was a man.

I yelped and dove under the black blanket once more.

How could he be here? Why was he still trying to hurt me?

"Kiddo, you had a bad dream. Everything is going to be okay," said a soothing voice from above me.

"Patton?" I asked as I peeked out from beneath the covers.

The dad-like trait nodded his head and wiped away the tears from my eyes. I wrapped my arms around him and buried my face into his shirt.

"Did you have another dream about the Dark Sides?"

I nodded and looked back up at Patton. "They've been happening more and more lately. I know that I'm safe as long as I'm with all of you, but what if they come back?"

Patton stared up at the glow in the dark stars on my ceiling and sighed. "If they come back, we'll stop them. I promise. But until then, you need to stay in the present, not the past. It'll just make things feel worse."

I let go of my friend and put on my hoodie that was lying on the bed next to us. Whenever I wore it, the world seemed safer for some reason.

"How about we go find the others? Maybe we can bake some cookies!" Patton suggested excitedly.

I agreed, and we both walked back out into the light together. If the Dark Sides ever came back, I knew that my friends would all be there to protect me and I would be there to protect them.