#u!deceit

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He glared up at the swirling mass in the sky. The local supervillain Deceit had opened it. Now, someone needed to close it before something other than rocks came out of it. Not that the rocks weren’t bad, they had damaged a lot of infrastructure and caused a few minor injuries. But there was no telling where the portal led, anything could come out.

Roman's train of thought was interrupted as he was tackled out of the sky by a purple blur. The hero stood on the roof of a building brushing off his red and gold suit before turning towards his attacker, “Virgil...” he said cautiously.

The man ripped off his mask, “Don’t Virgil me! What the fuck are you thinking” Roman looked into his eyes desperately. “Virgil I have to do this” tears welled up in the vigilante's eyes, “No you don’t” he cried, grabbing Roman's arm, “Logic is working on closing it off-site. He’s close, I promise”

Roman shook his head, “By the time Logic closes the portal, anything could have come through" Virgil tightened his grip, “that does not warrant flying into it! You could die! I can’t lose you” Virgil sobbed. Roman reached up to cup Virgil's face but the taller hero pushed his hand away.

“You can’t do that! You can’t sacrifice yourself for no good reason and act like you’re doing the right thing” Virgil argued desperately. Roman shook his head, “It is a good reason. I need to keep people safe”

Logic’s voice rang from Virgil's suit, “Anxiety. We have a problem, Deceits blocking me. This may take longer than anticipated” Virgil inhaled sharply, “Roman” he pleaded, but Roman had already wrenched his hand away.

“Fine! You can go! Play whatever role you think you were supposed to play. But why? Why did you let me love you if you were just gonna run off and get yourself killed?” Virgil sobbed. Roman looked back at the pleading man, “I’m sorry” he whispered and disappeared into the city sky.

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“-Reports of a body falling when the portal closed. Law enforcement are searching for the hero’s remains for a pro-” Virgil screamed and threw the television to the ground, breaking the screen. The glass lay among shards of a porcelain mug Virgil shattered moments before. “Well that wasn’t very nice,” Logan said from his spot on the couch.

Virgil just glared at him. “Hurting yourself won't bring him back,” Logan said as kindly as he could, reaching towards Virgil's now bleeding hands. 

“I know Logic,” Virgil snapped, pulling his hands away, “He’s gone, and-” Virgil cut himself off. “It’s my fault”. he raked his fingers through his purple bangs in panic.

Logan sighed, “that is unequivocally a falsehood. You and I both know there is-” he winced “was no changing Romans mind once he had an idea. If anything the blame is mine for not stopping Deceit fast enough.”

Virgil froze, “No. I know whose fault it is” he whispered.

“Come again?” Logan said in a concerned tone. “I have to go, thanks for the drink, sorry about the TV” Virgil called as he raced from the apartment.

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“Come on, work with me” The vigilante whispered as he tinkered carefully with the security system to Deceit’s fortress. “There we go,” he sighed as the panel slid up. Virgil shimmied through the vents as quietly he could, following the map in his head to Deceits quarters.

If he was lucky Deceit would be asleep and the job would be over quickly. As he passed the lab, Deceit's nasally voice caught his attention, ah, not lucky. He really shouldn't be surprised at this point.

Virgil peeked through a slit in the vent watching the villain pace back and forth, apparently delivering some kind of monologue. Virgil had to fight the urge to laugh, villains practiced their monologues. He had to tell Logan. Not that the supervillain would be around long enough for it to matter but Virgil needed a laugh.

The vigilant began working on the screws in the corners of the vent. “My portal didn’t even lead anywhere. I knew that the Prince would just have to save everyone. And look what it got me!!!”

Virgil felt a sob building up in his chest, this bitch was going to pay. He relaxed his grip on the screwdriver, now bent into an odd shape. ‘One more to go Verge’ he thought, turning back out the villain as he ranted to an empty room.

Virgil carefully placed the metal door down next to the vent as he suck out. He was behind some kind of case, presumably to hold Deceit’s suit. The villain's monologue seemed to be directed at the suit, ‘pathetic’ Virgil though. Oh well, that would make the stealth mission harder, but Virgil really couldn't care less.

He prepared himself for his reveal when another voice filled his ears, a very familiar voice, “they’ll come for me” the voice protested angrily. “Oh honey,” Deceit said walking up to what Virgil now recognized as a torture table, “they all think you’re dead, No one is coming for you”.

Virgil stepped out of the shadows. He wordlessly sent two bullets into Deceit's skull and moved to unstrap Roman.

The Prince screamed as the shots rang out, but was soothed by Virgil's hands. “Verge” Roman gasped, “you’re alive, oh god you’re alive” was all the vigilant could say as he carefully undid Romans bindings.

The second Roman was free he collapsed into his boyfriend's arms, “I’m so sorry- I should have listened to you” Roman sobbed as Virgil held him. “Shhh, it's ok love. You’re ok” Virgil reassured. He threaded his fingers into Romans's hair, still trying to convince himself that this was real, Roman was real.