We Won't Let This Be the End

Part 1: Chapter 4

It had been a short while after Logan had left. Patton and Roman were lounging around in the living room of the mind palace. Roman had just finished retelling one of his favorite adventures to Patton when through the corner of his eye he notices behind the curtain, the sky was now gray verses sunny as it was earlier during the morning.

Roman walked towards the window and gently pulled back the curtain. Looking outside it was indeed cloudy as well as it appeared that a light rain had started. Well that's odd. I was pretty sure it was sunny just a short while ago. It worried Roman a little bit. The weather of the mindscape usually reflects the emotions of the host (though the sides play a part in this as well). He didn't sense anything wrong with Thomas so that must mean that something was wrong with one of them. Frowning, Roman turns to Patton "What do you think is going on?".

Patton glances out the window and a look mirroring his own appears. Patton walks up and stands by Roman, he takes a further look out the window at the mindscape around their home. "I have no idea. It worries me though. It takes quite a shift in emotion nowadays for the weather in the mindscape to change. Do you think it could be..."

Just as Patton was about to take a guess at what was causing the weather change, a sharp pain ran through both of their heads. It took a moment for both sides to recover but when they did, they both looked at each other, "Logan...". Concern was written all over both of their faces. They knew that the pain that ran through their heads was from Thomas having a headache. Roman and Patton didn't have to worry about the residual effects of the headache, but Logan did.

 "Do you think Logan may have caused the headache or weather change" Roman questions Patton. Patton shook his head, "He might of caused the headache, but I don't think that he is the sole cause of the weather... I really don't know what's going on." The two sides looked at each other. Roman rested his hands on his hips, "Maybe one of us should go check on Logan. Make sure he's alright?" Patton nodded in response, "I'll go, my guess is he went to the archives. Why don't you stay here and wait for Virgil to come back? He should be back soon with the weather how it is."

Roman agreed and Patton left shortly afterwards. After Patton had left to go check on Logan, Roman decided to return to the living room and sit down to relax with a good Disney movie. He was curled up on one of the couches in the middle of watching Aladdin when suddenly a large boom of thunder sounded outside. It startled him, causing him to jump off the couch swing around to face the door, drawing his katana out in the process.

Roman was breathing hard, his guard was up. After realizing that there wasn't any threat besides the storm, he let out a breathy laugh. This weather is really getting to me... I can't even think of the last time the mindscape had a thunderstorm.

Another large boom sounded, only this time it was accompanied with Virgil practically running into the palace. Roman called out to Virgil as he raced past, but with no success, as he continued with his pace to his room.

Roman stared at the stairs for a few moments after Virgil had ran up them. What was that about! That was weird, even for him... I know what both Patton and Logan say about giving him his space... But this is really out of the ordinary, even for him... After a few more moments of internal debate, Roman finally had come to the decision to head upstairs to go check on Virgil.

Heading down the hallway Roman started to get this weird feeling. The area surrounding both Logan and Virgil's rooms felt off and it was making him feel uncomfortable and worried. Visually, there wasn't anything wrong. Nothing out of place, but there was still something wrong. Roman eventually realized he had stopped, taking a breath, he tried to shake the feeling off as he continued heading down the hallway.

When he reached Virgil's door, Roman was hesitant to knock. Slowly he raised his hand and just as he had convinced himself to knock on the door, he felt the familiar tug from Thomas summoning him. I wonder what Thomas could need? Turning away from the door, he allowed himself to rise up into the real world.

Roman appeared shortly, followed by Patton. Both of the sides looked at Thomas, noticing the slightly distressed look on his face. Thomas looked between Roman and Patton, "Where are Logan and Virgil?". Patton rubbed the back of his neck, "Logan is going to be out of commission for a little bit. He pushed himself a little too much and needs some rest."

"Dr. Gloom is out as well." Roman responded, staring down at his hand and wishing that he had had the opportunity to knock on his door. "What do you mean? What's wrong with Virgil?", now Patton had a look on his face almost identical to that of Thomas.

Roman couldn't decide on whether or not to tell both of them about what had taken place only moments before they were summoned. He decided to give a shortened version of what had happened in order not to cause further worry. "Nothing too serious, I'm guessing. He just came back to the mind palace in a rush and headed straight up to his room. He probably just needs some time to himself."

Neither Patton nor Thomas seemed convinced with his answer, but they didn't push the problem any further.

Patton turned to face Thomas, though his questioning gaze lasted a few seconds longer on Roman. "So. What's the matter kiddo? Why did you summon us?" Patton asked, Roman turned towards Thomas as well. Thomas' face fell, "I have just been feeling a little off lately. I can't think of anything going on that would cause me to feel this way, so I wanted to check in with you guys to see if everything was okay... " He looked between the two present sides, hoping for some explanation.

Patton and Roman looked at each other. "Sorry, Thomas. As far as either of us know there isn't anything wrong. Except maybe what's going on with Logan and Virgil." Patton starts to explain. Patton knew that he was possibly lying to Thomas, but making him more stressed or worried wasn't going to help them at all.

"You know that if there was anything wrong we would tell you, right?" Roman played off of Patton, he knew that he might of been playing a little dirty (using Thomas' trust in them to their advantage) but he needed to try and help Thomas ease up a bit. "The best thing we can ask you to do is to try and keep going about things normally until we can figure anything out." Patton added on, giving a quick, disapproving look to Roman.

"Precisely, Thomas! We will keep you up to date on any discoveries that we may stumble upon." Roman stated while posing in his usual, princely fashion. Both Roman and Patton had forced smiles on their faces, but it seemed to appease Thomas a little. "If you say everything is okay, then I'll believe you. You promise that if you find anything you'll tell me, right?"

"Promise"

"Of Course, Thomas"

Patton and Roman give their farewells, promising to send Logan and Virgil when they were better, and sink back into the mindscape. Now it was just a matter of waiting till they could start figuring out what was going on.