(COMPLETE) Out Of Mind, By Your Side - Thomas Sanders Fanfiction

Car Ride

Joan was driving the two of them to Thomasville, Thomas was too hysterical. "Why would they go to Thomasville?" Thomas screamed, trying to control his breathing by focusing on the Sat-Nav's instructions, but it wasn't working. He could imagine it - he placed the idea on Patton as he was the one on the Facebook pages - that Patton was getting bored in Thomas' house that night so decided to start a road trip somewhere. And when he spotted that Thomasville was only 2 and a half hours away, he persuaded the rest to travel there. Goodness knows where they were now.

Then again, it was likely they were looking for him. What if Remus and Deceit had arrived at Thomas' house while he was away and the Sides went to look for him? Patton didn't completely have a mind of a child, but he could have been mistaken and got the name Savannah, where he actually was, mixed up with Thomas. They were both in Georgia after all.

Joan was silent the whole car journey, looking out for the Sides down alleyways or walking across country roads. He was more hopeful, believing that if they hadn't gone into Thomas' mind, they were going to return. "They're probably on their way back." Joan kept on repeating to try to calm Thomas down. It didn't really work though. Every single black, pink or blue hoodie made Thomas scream the name of whoever the hoodie corresponded to. Joan would slow down for a moment until they realised it wasn't one of the Sides.

Anxiety was also heightened because of the idea of Deceit and Remus' disguises. They went willingly - and were picked up by strangers. How would they know the 'fans' that drove them to Thomasville weren't the Dark Sides? Or even worse, his dream was real, and they were running to Deceit and Remus, knowingly or unknowingly.

They soon approached Thomasville, the sign ahead of them. Thomas felt as though he could breathe again, he was close. He turned his phone on, even though it was useless to, it's not like the Sides could text him. That was until he saw his Facebook account, the account Patton used to communicate with fans.

"We have an address! Joan, we have an address!" It was a simple post on a Facebook fan page from his account, showing nothing but an address to a house on the outskirts of Thomasville. He didn't care if it was a dead-end or red herring, he was one step closer. One step closer to the Light Sides or the Dark Sides or both.

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The Sides waited in silence for Virgil to stop crying, he didn't want any fuss. Mr and Mrs Buio had turned the TV volume down as Roman had given up shouting for attention. It was purposeful, the door not opening. Logan examined the lock and, yes, the door was locked. They had no pins or anything to unlock it with, so they were stuck. They all just sat on the bed, waiting for anything to happen. "We need to get back to Thomas." Virgil murmured, wiping his nose with his wrist as Patton let go of the hug.

"I can see why Thomas doesn't go on daring quests in the real world," Roman said, looking around the room. There was a window to the garden, but it was too high up for them to jump out safely. The room was empty and bland, the walls were white and the only things in it was the double bed, a bedside table with a lamp and a small shelf for books. "That's it! Quests - princes - damsels! Patton, does your phone still work?" Roman pointed to Patton dramatically as he usually would, bringing the mood up for a moment. Patton nodded. "Get on the Facebook page and put the address on there. Fans or our Prince Thomas will save us!"

A/N - Thomas is on the way! And I think you've found out by now, the Buio couple aren't what they seem. Last clue: translate the Buio's full names into Italian.