It was dark out. Roman, Logan, and Patton had no idea how much time had passed as they silently cried and looked at the winged body before them.
Virgil's eyes were slowly losing colour, his skin was ice cold and it showed through the paleness of his pigment. His wound was much worse then Logan had anticipated. It appeared that Virgil had been killed with a shotgun, a firearm that projectiles multiple pellets.
Virgil's entire left side was punctured with small holes but the worst wound was the three pellet holes that had punctured his lung and heart.
It must have been at least 10 to 20 minutes before someone spoke, and this person was Roman, regaining his sanity slowly and letting his fanciful hope and belief take over "Patton! Can't you save him? You heal right? You must be able to heal others?" He asked, turning slightly and grasping the others hand a little too tightly.
"O-Oww… Roman that hurts…" He sniffled. Patton had looked better; his eyes were puffy, his cheeks still soaked, a snotty nose he could barely keep from exploding. He'd never healed anyone but himself before, it didn't even occur to him that his power could hypothetically be transferred; he wouldn't even know where to start.
Logan could see the doubt and hopelessness in Patton's eyes, but he'd be lying if he hadn't thought about that too. "Roman… Please reframe from breaking Patton's hand… he may have regenerative powers but he still feels pain…" Logan spoke, his old, emotionless-self resurfacing.
Roman frowned, letting go of Patton's hand "How can you be so emotionless!? Virgil is dead! You wont even try?!" He shouted, standing up enraged. "Roman…" Logan couldn't even begin before Roman swung a punch and right-hooked Logan's jaw, causing the slender man to fall to the side, to then suddenly have Roman straddle him and start throwing random punches; his emotions getting the worst him, causing him to act out on others. "NO! Don't 'Roman' me! You have telepathy; you should have heard the shooter's thoughts! Virgil could still be alive!" Logan put up his arms up in defence and opened his mind to communicate through thought.
'Roman, I do not read peoples minds without permission, however, I do believe in your theory. About a month ago Virgil gave me a demonstration of his projection ability, he was still perfecting it… Nevertheless, he could project his invisibly and incorporeal ability to non-living objects'.
These thoughts were projected to Roman and Patton "Really?" Patton asked. This information stopped Roman, the latter panting heavily, his chin dripping with tears, looking down at his friend he'd just attacked out of pure grief. Guilt began to slowly take over, but also a little hope "L-Logan… I…" He got off him, gently helping him sit up "I-I… I'm sorry… I don't know why… Why I did that… You didn't deserve it… I…"
Logan sighed, his face bleeding and bruised, it hurt a lot, nevertheless he gave Roman a small smile "Roman, I forgive you, your emotions got the best of you and you retaliated, I understand, please do not feel guilt, besides…" a new kind of smile curled up on Logan's bleeding lip, a smile that had an idea behind it "…These injuries will make a perfect practice test to see if Patton is capable of healing others and we can see the effects too"
Patton didn't know how to feel about this, it was so much pressure! Of course, he would be so happy to be able to save his friend and roommate, but on the other hand, if he tries and fails and it's his fault… he just didn't know if he could take it…
Roman's and Logan's eyes were on him; Roman's eyes were desperate and pleading, while Logan's were calm. 'Patton, listen to me, just try and calm yourself and attempt to project your ability onto me, no harm comes from trying, and if you cannot then it is not your fault, I promise' Logan telepathically comforts.
Patton takes a deep breath and scoots towards Logan, slowly raising his shaky hands and cupping Logan's battered face "Roman… I can only try… Please… Please don't hate me if I can't do it..." Patton asked before closing his eyes and concentrating.
It had been half an hour and a number of attempts but still nothing. Roman had given up hope and sat with Virgil in his arms, rocking back and forth slowly, however, Patton wouldn't give up. He tried everything, touch, saliva, blood, looking at Logan intensely, and even kissing it better, but nothing worked.
"Patton, maybe you're not focusing on the right thing" Logan spoke, though his voice was a little slurred as his face was starting to puff. "Logan, I've tried everything I can think of!..." Patton whined; he would've cried but he was bone dry at this point, he was inches away from a mental breakdown at this point.
Logan took Patton's hands "Patton, listen to my voice, calm yourself, okay? Now, tell me, how do you 'feel' when you heal? Which emotion is usually the strongest during those times?" Logan asked, working off of a hypothesis.
Patton blinked, he didn't know where this was going but answered regardless "I… I don't know… frustration maybe… or sadness?" Logan hummed to this, frustration and sadness were pretty heightened now, yet nothing was happening. The oldest then remembered something Virgil had told him.
Audio flashback
You know, when I project my power on to stuff, I get this sense of happiness, almost like peace, like maybe if I can enhance this ability, I might be able to help people, or simply have fun pranking Princey~
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"Patton, when you heal, do you have a sense of happiness?" He asked, really hoping he was right. Patton blinked in confusion "Happiness?" he hummed, thinking about it "mmm… I guess I do, I never really thought about that before, but yeah, it makes me happy when I can no longer feel the pain" he admitted.
Logan nodded, his hope and determination returning "Okay, I want you to concentrate on this when trying to project, feel the happiness of taking away someone else's pain and not only yours, the happiness that you'll feel knowing you've helped someone, a feeling of peace with the knowledge that you could save lives" Logan bolstered.
Patton had no idea where this had come from but he decided to give it a shot, he gently placed his hand onto Logan's face, looking into his eyes and tried to feel happiness deep within him, imagining healing him, taking away his pain.
He didn't know when it had happened but Patton had closed his eyes to concentrate on that feeling, he was so far gone he almost jumped when Logan's hands touched his and removed them from his face "Patton"
That's all that was said before the said person opened there eyes to see a fully healed Logan sat in front of him, a Logan with one of the largest smiles Patton had ever seen "L-Lo you're… you're okay!" he squealed and tackled him with a hug "It worked! I healed you! It worked! Oh my goodness!"
Logan laughed and nodded "Congratulations on your development, there will be more practice needed, however, we still have a primary function for your development…" Logan's eyes moved to Roman, still holding Virgil's body in his arms.
Patton's excitement died down as his eyes followed Logan's.
Taking a deep shaky breath Patton stood and walked over to Roman, kneeling next to him "Ro? I think… I mean… I'm going to try and heal Virgil, okay?" he spoke, but the other was lost, spaced out, looking as if he'd pass out any moment.
Patton rubbed his hands together and placed them on Virgil's bare chest, he began to concentrate on that feeling again and watched this time as a small glow erupted from his palms and started to spread through the veins of Virgil's body. The golden, silvery glow began to heal the minor scrapes and fixed Virgil's wings; the feather's straightening out, and the dislocated joint, which was swollen and bruised, was healed extremely fast.
Finally, the pellet wounds. Logan, Roman, and Patton watched as the skin began to heal and push out the pellets. The sound of the small metal pieces hitting the ground was all that could be heard.
The flesh wounds began to heal and before long, a glow erupted in Virgil's chest, like a serge of electricity had exploded within him. This surge causes Patton to be pushed backwards, he let out a groan before completely losing consciousness "Patton?!" Logan gasped and crawled over to the younger, cupping his cheek and checking his pulse; he had a pulse, but was cold and was breathing shallowly.
Logan pulled Patton into his arms for comfort, the poor boy had complete exerted himself, nevertheless, a few feet away the sound of a miracle could be heard; a loud gasp of air was taken in by Virgil as he shot up from Roman's arms and coughed heavily.
"It worked, Patton, you did it, you saved him" Logan praised, regardless of Patton's lack of consciousness, Logan still hugged Patton tightly in praise and overwhelming relief.
Roman, on the other hand, could not express his happiness as much, he was exhausted and this wave of relief was all he could muster "V-Virge… T-Thank goodness" this was all his wrote before falling back onto the grass, also losing consciousness.
Roman's passing out resulted in the disintegration of his creation, the dome around them broke away and the bioluminescence died. Logan and Virgil were plunged into darkness with Roman and Patton unconscious and weak.
After Virgil managed to gain regulation of his breathing and feel his body from head to toe, he looked towards Logan, barely able to see him in the moonlight "L-Logan? What… What happened…?" He saw Patton and Roman and began to panic.
'Virgil, please stay calm, I will explain everything, but first, please could you assist me in taking these two to the camp? They need rest and hydrate, and I want to check over you to make sure you're alright' Logan projected.
However, before Virgil could reply, another voice, too close for comfort, spoke up "Are you boys okay? I was just on my regular hunt and I heard screams, I fear my shot may have hit someone" his voice was deep and posh, with a slight British twang but not quite; like someone attempting to be 'proper' or 'pompous'
'crap, Virgil, I will take care of this… Please, could you fly Patton and Roman to the camp? Don't worry about this man, I will deal with him…' Logan informed telepathically.
Virgil could manage flying with two people but the tone in Logan's voice caused a pang of fear to erupt from within him… What was Logan going to do to this man…?