'Sincerely, Virgil.' Sequel to 'To My Dearest Friends...'

Part 5

TW: Kidnapping, Pain, Screaming, Mentions of Murder, Dark Sides, Reference To Past Suicide

Vinny's POV

"-iously gonna come for them. We can't let that happen." I hear as I begin to break into consciousness. "Relax, we have time. They're too scared to travel into the subconscious anyway, and we can put up a barrier." The subconscious?

"My brother opened the barrier though, don't you think Logic and Morality can do that too, much less what would happen if they all tried together?" Who's talking? I sit up, only to find myself chained to the wall by my right arm and leg, only able to move a bit.

"Vinny." I hear someone whisper. I whip my head around and can see Virgil. "Virgil!" I say back. "Where are we?" "By them talking and by the surroundings, my guess is the dark mind palace, or the subconscious." I feel a cool chill run down my spine, I've heard only bad things about this place.

"What do we do? We can't stay here long, what if they kill us?" My mind wanders into worrying thoughts. "Breathe for a moment, Vinny. I know this place like the back of my hand, I use to live here. We just have to hold out and comply with everything they tell us to do until Patton, Logan, and Roman come." I nod, and a few moments later the others come in.

"Oh, you're awake. Nice to see you, especially where you can't run. All we need is just your auras, and then you can die." Ryder says. I feel my breathing start to quicken, but I suppress it. "Shame that your little light side friends couldn't save you this time. I mean, I'm not surprised. Just look at how they treated poor Virgil! They were so bad that he sought grounding in pain, death even. We would never do that to you! You know, we don't have to take your auras. You could.....join us." Virgil glares and shakes his head.

"Think about it! We could rule the entire mind! Think of all the destruction Thomas could cause! You could be on the right side of things again. And Vinny, oh poor Vinny has never experienced the thrill of being with us." He spat out. "And he never will! Leave him the fuck out of this, what did he do to you?!" Virgil replies.

"Temper, Virgil. You wouldn't want to upset me. And either way, joining us or not, we'll have your power on our side somehow." Suddenly, pain ripples through me. As if someone was crushing each individual bone in my body. I let out a scream of pain.

"STOP IT! LET HIM GO!" I see black energy radiating away from me in my vision. The pain stops and I fall to the ground, exhausted by not quite unconscious.

I hear someone else scream, but I'm too tired from the pain that I can hardly lift my head. Laughter erupts from a specific place in the room before footsteps trail away.

"Vinny...are you aw-wake?" Virgil asks. "Yes..what was th-a-at?" I question is response. "Aura extraction. They can't do it-it all a-at one ti-time-me." I muster the strength to crawl over to him, burying my face in his chest and wrapping my arms around him as he does the same.

"We'll get out of- of this, br-broth-her."

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