The Bloody Crown ||Sanders Sides

17. Lost Hopes

*giggles* Mama, Mama, no more Mama.

It's actually amazing what one comma can do in a sentence. I'm just gonna give you that little hint to ponder.

TW: talk of death/murder, swearing, crying, psycho Virgil, deaths, gore, blood,

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Patton and Janus stared at them in shock. Remus was starting to cry, wanting nothing more than to be done with everything.

"Are you guys alright?" Janus asked quietly. They shared a look, which Janus noticed. "Where's Roman?"

"Roman is dead," Remus choked out. "Virgil killed him, and he let himself die. He told me he didn't want to live with his mistakes, and that I'd make a great king. He made me the prince before he died... I'm now he king."

Remus looked like he was handed a death sentence, which was sort of how he viewed it. He had never been trained to be the king; that was Roman's job.

"What happened with Virgil?" Patton asked.

"He... he went insane," Logan said. "He allowed Roman's last request, and then killed him. And then he looked so broken. He was crying but laughing and nothing he said made any sense." Logan shuddered. "I never want to hear someone say mama again."

"Do you think he'll come here again?" Remus whispered. "I'm sick of running. I'm sick of everything."

"He's going to come here," Logan said with a sigh. "You heard him. He wants to kill more people. Killing is probably his coping method, not that it's healthy."

"Has killing people ever been a healthy coping method?" Janus snapped. "Sorry, it's just stressful. I know that he's going to try and kill me next. I just don't want you guys to get hurt because of me. If he's as off the wall as you're saying there's no guarantee he wouldn't kill everyone."

"There was never a guarantee of that anyway," Remus said, shaking his head. "Virgil was always crazy, but I think killing Roman snapped him completely. He's not coming back from this."

"But there's no way to kill him," Patton said. "And if there's no way to kill him there will never be an end to this."

"I don't know what's going to happen, but we need to figure out something," Logan stated. "Sitting here isn't helping us with anything."

"No matter where we are he's going to come after us." Patton sighed. "There's really no way to escape him, is there?"

"No," Janus said with a sigh. "There really isn't."

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Meanwhile, Virgil was making his way throughout the town. His mind was racing, and the urge to kill everything was making it hard to think.

Anyone nearby could hear him easily; he was laughing psychotically while crying at the same time. People were locking every door, not that it would've made a difference. If Virgil had wanted to kill them he could kill them easily.

Every once in awhile someone would cross his path, and his vision would seem to go red. Maybe that was just the blood. Either way, if he saw someone they were dead before they could scream.

Virgil's whole body was shaking. He wanted to scream and cry, but he also wanted to kill so, so many people. His mind was tearing itself apart.

Logically, he knew where Logan and Remus had gone. Clearly they'd be going back to the bakery, but that didn't mean that Virgil was going to go there right away. He wanted them to try. After all, it wouldn't matter.

He would kill whoever he wanted to, and then he would leave. Virgil really wasn't feeling very particular, and he was down for anyone's death at this point. It took away the pain.

Feeling the blood soaking his hands, hearing the sounds that someone made as they realized their last moments were upon them, it was what Virgil lived for. It took away that pain that threatened to tear him apart completely.

Virgil rarely took pity on the people he killed. After all, a life for a life. His pain as taken away by the numbness he got from killing. In his eyes, it was a fair exchange. He was just speeding up the ultimate destination of life.

Speaking of destinations, it seemed Virgil was at his. The bakery.

710 words.