Spider Virgil (a short story)

The Monster Under The Bed

"Virgil?"

Patton called out, the first to enter the dark abyss that was Virgil's room. "Where you at Kiddo?" Silence responded to Patton's call.
Logan tutted, "this is very inconvenient, Virgil must not be able to see anything", "actually", Roman responded, "I think that Virgil may have the unusual ability to see in the dark. When we went on an adventure together, a while back, into a dark cave, he didn't seem to have much trouble finding his way through it."

Roman and Logan kept talking about this while they all started fumbling around, looking for Virgil.
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From his hiding space under the bed, Virgil lay stock still, not daring to move a muscle, as he watched the three pairs of feet shuffle and trip all around his room.

How the hell did they get in? He had locked the door! Anyway, maybe if he stayed here, they would just leave. For once he was grateful for the darkness of his room, as it prevented them from finding him, as under the bed was a terrible hiding place, but he had to rush there when he had heard the door start to open. He couldn't let the others see him like this.
"Virgil!" Patton sang, once again almost tripping on something.
"I believe we are going about this all wrong," Logan suggested, "Patton, you were the last to be here, are there any hiding places you saw that existed during your short visit into Virgil's room?" Patton stopped to think for a moment, "hmmm, let's see, there was the closet, maybe he's hiding there. Really, he could be anywhere, because is so dark that we can't see anything!" Logan nodded, though of course, no one could see him do so,
"What about you Roman? Any ideas?" Roman thought for a moment, "not really, ohhhh, maybe he's hiding under the bed! It's the classic hiding place!"
Logan agreed, "I concur, Virgil did not have much warning, when we opened the door, so it makes sense that he didn't have enough time to find an adequate hiding place."

As Logan was saying this, Patton stumbled his way in the general direction of the bed. His hands spread out in front of him.
After a while of searching for the bed, tripping over an assortment of objects, he found the bed. Sunk to his knees and started reaching underneath.

Virgil could see the advancing hand, but couldn't do anything about it, If he moved Patton would hear him, and he would be revealed, if he didn't Patton would touch him and that would be even worse.

While these thoughts were swirling through his head, Patton's hand connected with the soft fabric of his hoodie, Patton let out a small sigh and told the others "he's here, I can feel his hoodie!"
The others gasped and made there way over to the bed as well, blocking off all exits. Virgil couldn't go backwards as the bed was placed next to the wall, but he backed us as much as possible into it. He was trapped.

"Emo?" Roman asked softly, his hand also reaching under the bed, and taking a firm grasp on Virgil's, which was very clammy, Roman noted, and his fingernails were very long, they almost seemed to be like claws.

Virgil quickly retrieved his hand like he had been burned. Patton attempted to crawl under the bed as well to join Virgil, and if he must, to pull him out. But as he was doing so, an escape route opened up for Vigil and he hastily scampered out from under his bed, to standing in the middle of the room.

The others were slower to get to him as he had navigated his room with such ease, Logan noted, could he really see in the dark?
"Virgil!" Patton cried, attempting to hug the anxious side, but Virgil dodged the attack, and Patton almost fell over. "Virge? Are you okay?' Roman asked, he could hear the heavy breaths coming off of his friend.

"What does it look like?" Virgil responded, his voice still layered, then in a quiet, meek voice none of the sides recognized as Virgil "I just want to be left alone."

Logan, for once understanding, said to him, "how long until you join us downstairs, I believe that it is movie night tonight?" he said.

"I'll probably come down in a few hours, is-is that okay?" Virgil replied, his voice breaking.
Satisfied, Logan started towards the door, and the other sides followed him, leaving Virgil to continue his breathing exercises.
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