~Virgils PoV~

I woke up, but something was... different. Well, for one thing, my curtains were open, allowing sunlight to filter through the window. Secondly, my bathroom door was open, and I noticed that my bandages were changed, new. I sat up, looking around, nothing else seemed to have changed.

I got up and quickly pulled on my hoodie, smiling at the warmth and comfort it gave me. I hesitantly walked out, no one was in the hallway so I walked to the kitchen. I poured myself some cereal, strange, no one was around...

I shrugged it off and climbed onto the counter, eating my cereal there. I heard nothing, saw nothing. As if they had all deserted me. I gulped, suddenly losing my appetite. I jumped off the counter and looked in the living room, no one. Not even Patton.

I shuddered, I always complained about the noise, but now that there actually was no noise, it felt so strange.

Thomas

Is he okay? Is he a shell of a human being right now? 

All these thoughts clouded my mind, I quickly teleported to wherever Thomas was. He was sitting in his bed, he looked fine... 

He yelped as I suddenly appeared, "A-Anxiety! W-What are you doing over here?" he asked, very nervous. I raised an eyebrow, I wasn't even trying to make him nervous.

I shrugged, "Have you seen any of the other sides? I can't find them anywhere..." I trailed off. Thomas shifted, looking extremely nervous. I started getting worried, making sure I wasn't accidentally making him nervous for no reason.

"N-No! I definitely didn't see Roman, or Logan, or Patton, nope! Not at all!" he chuckled nervously. I groaned and face-palmed.

"Thomas you're a terrible liar..." I murmured. Thomas put on the best look of betrayal and shock he could muster.

"How dare you accuse me of being a liar!" he teased dramatically. I rolled my eyes.

"Be more chill, Roman," I mumbled, "But seriously where are they?" I asked again.

"Fiiiiiiiiine... they're out," Thomas said quickly. I nodded suspiciously.

"Uh huh... right, I'm going back now..." I trailed off. I faded back to Thomas' mind. I sat on the couch and turned on a movie. Greatest Showman, if anyone's wondering. I was maybe through half the movie and a third of the popcorn I made when the door suddenly burst open. I whipped around to see Patton and Logan running towards me, terrified.

"What's wrong? And where were you?!" I asked/yelled. Patton shook his head.

"I-It's Roman, Deceit got 'im!" Patton exclaimed.

~Authors Note~

Two things:
One, I am so sorry for not updating in a while, honestly, I kinda forgot about this book until someone ( ali6ce ) commented, so thank you sweety!                                                                                  Two, sorry for the short chapter, but I wanted to make a cliffhanger lol

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