To Kill A Moral Man

Of Reunions And First Meetings

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Warnings: fainting, self harm (for magic use), blood, off screen blood eating, swearing, Remus, angst
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"Virgil!" Thomas called in alarm as Virgil fainted into Roman's arms.

"Lay him on the ground" Logan instructed, hurrying toward the two and lifting Virgil's legs up.

"Wha-?" Virgil tried to say a few seconds later, his body slowly blinking back to consciousness, with his head on Roman's lap, ears full of static.

"How do you feel?" Thomas asked after a few more minutes of recovery, handing him the water flask from the clutter around them.

"Fine" he grunted, taking a moment until the ringing in his ears subsided.

"Don't get up so fast" Logan gently put his legs back down before rushing forward to stop Virgil's rising.

Virgil huffed and flopped back down on Roman, too exhausted to argue.

Truly, a worrying sign.

"You okay?" Roman looked down at his face.

"I want to sleep for a week" Virgil groaned, putting his hands on his face.
"I'm so glad I know where she lives".

"Why?" Logan cocked his head to the side, his curiosity getting the best of him.

"It takes more energy to teleport based on the person than location" Virgil moved his hands away from his face to look at the group, then continued after noticing Thomas and Roman's bewildered expressions.

"I don't have the energy to give you the full lesson but basically there are two ways to teleport: the first," he held up a finger, "is to teleport to a location you already know. The other one," he lifted a second finger, "is to teleport to a person you know, which takes a lot of energy out of you and I probably would have died if we did that".

"Good thing you didn't" Roman faintly said with a hint of a dry laugh on his lips.

"Alright, that's it, help me up" Virgil held out his hand for Logan.

"You sure?" Roman asked, standing up as well and holding Virgil's shoulders for support.

"We need to go before night fall," he nodded, "It could be dangerous around here during the night".

Handing the stumbling Virgil over to Thomas, Roman pulled out his sword
and lead the rest forward at Virgil's instructions.

As the hours past, Virgil had regained some of his energy, anxiety keeping him alert.

This fact, even when pointed out by him in his best Logan impression of rational thinking, didn't stop Thomas from protesting when he stopped leaning on him for support or Roman and Logan from voicing similar objections when he took the lead along with Roman.

"Trust me, I need to tell you exactly where to stop" he said as the others kept suggesting he should move backwards.

"Then I or Logan could move forward to walk along side you and Roman" Thomas hesitantly suggested.

"And what if something will take the one behind us and we won't even notice? What if something will attack us from the front and we won't all have enough time to get behind Roman? We can't afford this kind of risk. This is unfamiliar woods, even for me and I lived not too far from here. We can't afford to be in danger, especially when I'm too tired to protect us" he protested.

"Okay" Thomas sighed, letting silence settle over them.

They continued on their walk, the buzzing of wild life and rustling of leaves accompanying them.