Hidden Fear

Working at Freedom

Vergil's POV

It's now been 2 days since I was drugged. I don't know what they gave me, but it is strong. I barely have enough physical energy to to stand. Good thing I don't need to move for me to visit my friends. I focus inside myself, gathering the little bits of power that drift by. Once I've gathered enough, I start to weave and before I know it I'm looking down at my own body. I'm in what I call ghost mode, a power that I mastered in the void. It was how I was able to break out so quickly, 7 years instead of 14. When my body would get physically exhausted, I would project my mind in this ghost like state. I can still move, talk, and use my powers in this form, while my body receives the rest that it needs.

I'm about to float out of my room when I realize something. How am I supposed to talk to Deceit and Remus without becoming trapped in their voids. I lean back in the air, trying to figure out this problem when I look back at my body. A smirk crosses my face. As long as my body stays in the mind palace, I can return to it. I focus on Deceit's presence and left to go find him.

Deceit's POV

I pulled out my journal. It was the only thing I had on me when I was sent here, so I decided to write something for everyday I was here, to keep track of the time.

January 13, 2006
I have now been in this void for 7 years and 5 months. I have managed to keep most of my sanity intact by using methods like counting. I hope I get out of here soon, I want to sleep in a real bed or take a shower or at least see some color other than black and yellow.
Update: The scales are now covering the left side of my forehead, around my left eye, and the top part of my left cheek. They are growing at a rate of about one centimeter every few months. In a few years they will cover the entire left half of my face.

I sigh and flip the cover shut. I look at the reflective surface that the cover is made of. My face used to normal, skin, brown eyes, the whole package. But then I was sent here and my face started to change. It started with my left eye. After about a year or two, I noticed that my eye started to turn yellow, my pupil slitted. Then the scales started to come in. They were dry and green and were growing.

I was reaching up to touch them when I noticed a light shining from behind me. I turned around quickly and saw a strange side. He was wearing a black sweatshirt and sweatpants. His hair was brown, and hung over his eyes in a lazy way. His skin was pale and there was dark eyeshadow underneath his eyes.  I rolled my eyes at his appearance, but if he got in here, he might be able to get me out.

"Hello" I said, my voice smooth. "Do you mind telling me who are you? I'm not interested at all."

"Deceit?" He said. I took a step back, how does he know my name? "Don't you recogn..." His sentence stopped halfway through, as if he just realized something. Looking down at his body, he muttered an "oh" and suddenly a dark cloud-like substance surrounded him.

I leaned forward intrigued. "Please stop, I don't want to see where this is going." When the clouds faded, I froze with shock. "F-Fear!?"

"Hello Deceit" he said, smirking at my shock.

Vergil's POV

"F-Fear"

"Hello Deceit" I said. I was trying to keep my cool persona on, but the look of shock on his face was just too much. "Pfh...HAHAHAHAH!"

"What are you laughing at. I'm funny!" He shouted, his voice full of anger.

I looked up, surprised by his response. His face was cold with fury. I straightened and that's when I saw it. His left eye was like that of a snake and there was green scales on his cheek and forehead. I opened my mouth to ask what happened, but he beat me to it.

"What happened to your eyes? How are you here? Can you get me out? Please don't tell me now."

I was taken aback by his attitude. I felt my anger start to turn at him. "Dee? Aren't you happy to see me and why are you lying? I though that I was the only one you told the truth too. And what the fuck happened to your face?"

Now it was his turn to smirk. "Oh, well. I guess I won't tell you what happened to me." His sly voice was back, and man did he sound like an aristocratic bitch. "During my time here, I didn't realize that selfishness is much better than selflessness. Telling the truth to you was a selfless practice that I would love to do now. I care that you are here and don't want you to just shut up and let me out."

I just stared at him, open mouthed. He grinned at my reaction and continued to talk. "I shouldn't be asking about what happened to you? I mean you totally didn't look like a different person when you entered. What? Did you not join the Light Sides?"

At those words my anger exploded. I used my power to grab him and hold him in the air, the strength of the grasp cutting off most of his air supply. "Are you fucking stupid?" I hiss, standing right in front of him. His eyes widened as he figured out how mad I was. "How could you ever think that I joined those Light Sides after what they did. No! I worked for 7 years straight to escape my prison and while I was working I formulated a plan. I am going to take down those Light Sides and you and Remus are going to help me weather you like it or not. Now, do you understand who is in charge here?"

He frantically nodded, and I dropped him. He fell on his hands and knees, gasping for air. "What about Thomas?" He asked, looking up at me.

I snickered, staring disbelieving down at the man. "Do you really think I care about Thomas? He's listened to the Light Sides for far too long, and I think it's time I get a turn." I could feel my madness seeping into my mind as I thought about the day I would get my revenge.

Deceit looked frightened by my answer, but didn't protest. Instead, he said "Please don't tell me about this plan."

I smiled and told him about how I was pretending to be a side called Anxiety and how I was going to make them care about me. About how I was going to betray them when it would hurt them most. And how every night I was going to be working with him and Remus to break them out. He smiled at the last part.

Deceit's POV

I was frightened by Fear. I mean he is the embodiment of fear, but he had never scared me before. He both sounded and looked insane as he explained his plan to me, but there's no way I'm going to speak back to him. Hell, there's no way I'm ever going to disobey him at all. The selfless thing to do would be to take him down, but I left that lifestyle when I first came here. I am selfish through and through.

I had gotten absorbed in my thoughts halfway through his explanation, but I did hear when he said he would help me escape. At that, I smiled. I didn't really want to hurt Thomas, but if it means getting revenge on the Light Sides and getting out of here, I'll do anything. "That doesn't sound like an amazing plan at all." I said standing up. "When do we start?"

Fear smiled an insane smile as I got to my feet. "Ya know Dee, I think I'm going to like this new you."

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Here's the new chapter, hope you liked it. Remember Deceit speaks in lies so you have to translate everything he says to mean the opposite. So something like "Did you not join the Light Sides?" means "Did you join the Light Sides." Hope it wasn't boring or bad writing. And I really hope you like the story so far.
-Periwinkle