Elemental Enemies [COMPLETED]

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TW: Mention of abuse, panic attack and small bit of blood.
Virgil's POV
I stood up and flipped my hood up, quickly walking towards my room but unfortunately Roman decided to block my exit. I looked around to find that Logan was standing in front of the door that I had come through. Patton was just standing there with tears in his eyes, looking at me with sadness. I backed away from Roman but I didn't go near Logan. "I-I uh erm s-sort o-of uhm.." I stuttered out. "It's okay Kiddo, take your time to explain" Patton said sweetly. I looked at him and weakly smiled at him. But what Patton said was thrown out the window. "Virge who did this?" Roman questioned. I paled and looked at the ground. "N-no o-one..." I muttered out. "Virgil I believe that you are lying to us now will you please tell us who it was that hurt you so that we are able to help you" Logan stated. I started shaking. When I do my villain things I fake being a confident, rude sarcastic guy but I'm not...well apart from the sarcastic thing I am very sarcastic. Okay Virgil calm down just tell them a little white lie I thought trying to stop an attack. I glance up at Patton who was glaring at Roman. "C-can we mo-move to th-the couch p-please?" I asked quietly. Patton looked at me and smiled kindly. "Sure" He said moving to the couch and patting the spot next to him. I moved over and sat next to him, pulling my legs up to my to my chest and hugging them close.

Roman and Logan sat on the couch that was on the left. "Virge, can you please tell us who did this to you and what happened?" Patton asked softly. "Take it one step at a time okay?" I nodded and took a deep breath, looking up at them but avoiding their eyes. "O-our mu-mutual f-friends um 'bosses' w-weren't h-happy th-that our m-mutual fr-friend didn't b-bring a-all of t-the money b-back t-to the b-base." I explained keeping my voice quiet but loud enough for them to hear. "What!?" Roman shouted. I jumped and scrambled to the end of the couch, far away from them. "Oh crap Virgil I'm sorry" Roman apologised. I nodded at him saying that it was okay but stayed where I was. I heard someone get off a couch, walking towards me and crouching down in front of me. "Kiddo...can you please take down your hood?" Patton asked keeping his voice soft. I thought about it and hesitantly took my hood off, keeping my face buried in my knees. "Head off of your knees" Patton said. Slowly, I lifted my head off of my knees. Too be fair my face isn't as bad as my back, Deceit used his...favourite whip on me. The other gasped audibly. I tilted my head in confusion. It..it can't be that bad can it? I thought. Roman noticed that I looked confused. "Have...haven't you seen your face?" Roman asked, his voice trembling slightly.

I shook my head. They looked surprised and Roman waved his hand, conjuring a mirror. I flinched when he lifted his hand up and gave me a look that I couldn't describe. He put the mirror up to my face and I looked. My eye was a beautiful shade of black, my lip was bleeding slightly but it was mainly covered in dry blood. There was a cut on my forehead and a nasty looking bruise on my cheek that was going a dark purple. Ohhh...yeah okay it's a little bit bad. I took of the eyepatch thing that was still on and my lips lifted up a bit. It was healed, sure it was scarred but guys dig scars. "Your eye is healing nicely. I believe there is no need for the makeshift eyepatch" Logan said. I nodded. "But enough of that, Patton go get the first aid kit and Roman go get some water" Logan instructed. They left to grab the items. "Is there anymore injuries you have sustained anywhere on your body?" Logan questioned. I hesitated. Should I tell him about my back..? But what if he sees the scar inscribed on my chest? I know that they've see that when they captured me before, so they'll definitely know that I am Anxiety. In the end I decided on what I was going to say. "Y-yes bu-but it's o-on my b-back...y-you can c-cut a h-hole in t-the sh-shirt I'm w-wearing. I-I d-don't feel co-comfortable e-enough t-to ta-take off m-my sh-shirt" I said. Now they won't know. "Alright if that is what you are comfortable with." Logan said pushing his glasses up his nose.

Roman came back to the living room with a tray with cups of water for all of us. He placed the tray on the coffee table and handed me and Logan a cup. "Here you go my fine warriors!" Roman said dramatically. I rolled my eyes and muttered out a 'thank you', drinking the water only just now realising how parched my throat was. Logan did the same and as he was drinking Patton walked back into the living room carrying the first aid kit in his arms. "Sorry I took so long. It was really difficult to find, this tricky thing was in my bedroom cupboard" Patton explained sitting down with the kit on his lap. Patton had a lightbulb moment and frowned, turning towards Logan. "Why can't I just heal him with my power?" He asked. "You used too much of your energy while fighting Anxiety. You need time to replenish your energy and therefore you need to gain more energy for your powers to work." Logan explained, opening the first air kit and grabbing disinfectant. Patton 'ohhhed' and passed Logan a cloth. Logan cleaned the cut on my forehead and my lip, he couldn't do much about the bruises though. When Logan had finished, he looked at me and motioned for me to turn around. I looked at him sceptically. He sighed. "Just to cut the hole in your shirt to look at your back and assess the damage. I promise I wont do anything" Logan said. Reluctantly I spun around and shrugged off my hoodie, hugging my arms to my now unprotected body.

I stiffened when I felt the pressure of the knife tearing into the shirt. Once the hole had been made, I heard Patton let out a small whimper and run to the bathroom. Logan was sitting there speechless and pale. Roman had his eyes closed to try and forget what he had just seen. Logan shook himself out of his frozen state and started cleaning them, me every now and then hissing or yelping in pain. Once he had bandaged it, I quickly put on my hoodie instantly succumbing to it warmth. Patton came back into the living room when it was done and Roman opened his eyes. they all sat in front of me and I threw my hood up to try and escape the stares they were giving me. "Virgil please tell us who did this to you so we can help you and Anxiety!" Roman exclaimed. I shuffled on the couch uncomfortably, trying calm down my breathing and heartbeat that was caused due to the anxiety I am feeling. "Virgil it would benefit for both sides if you gave us the name of the 'bosses'" Logan stated. I shook my head. I could tell that Roman was losing his patience. "Look we just want to help! Is that so bad!? Why wont you let us help!?" He shouted towards me. I flinched violently and started shaking. Too loud. Too bright. Too close. Too much. I was spiralling into my attack finding it hard to breath, thoughts filling my head, my heard pounding out of my chest.

They were talking to me but everything they were saying was muffled. I flinched whenever one of them tried touching me, sending me further into my attack. A door slammed open causing me to jump off the couch and curl up into a ball in the nearest corner I could find, the Hero's following me.  Can't breathe. Can't breathe! Suddenly a force pushed the hero's away from me and pinning them against the wall. That calmed me down bit but not enough. Black spots were filling my vision but I could tell that someone was in front of me. "Hey, hey Virge you're okay. Remember your breathing exercises. In for 4, hold for 7, out for 8" A voice reassured me. It sounded distant yet so close. I started panicking more when the black spots almost completely filled my vision. Focus on breathing....Focus! But I couldn't and the last thing I saw was a pair of black sunglasses. Remy? Was my last though before everything went black.

Exams are done yay! Alright Phantom_G13t thank you so much for giving me the idea about Virgil and his bosses issue thing. You're the best boo seriously💙.
And thank you guys for 5k reads! I honestly didn't think I would make it to that but it did and I am so happy so thank you everyone xx! As always stay tuned for the next chapter. Bye guys!