(AN: think im gonna color code the dialogue. So that yall know whos saying what.)

[Perspective shift: Summer]

...What.

Okay, obviously this is a hallucination, because there is NO WAY Raven just kicked Allen in the head, and managed to KNOCK HIM OUT.

"W- WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!"

"You can't feel any pain if you aren't conscious."

Is this what Allen meant by "hemorrhaging sanity"?

"The fact you thought that was okay nonetheless is distressing."

"You said he could handle it. He was able to to kill a Deathstalker effortlessly; he can handle a boot to the head."

"Doesn't mean he should have to go through it nonetheless."

"That- ...actually, that IS understandable..."

"Shouldn't we be heading back? Also, I call dibs on NOT bringing him back."

"Not it."

"Not it."

"Okay."

Wow. I did not expect they would act like this to a friend- or, equal, I guess, in Raven's case- but whatever. Nothing I cant handle. We are rivals, we have little feuds but we come together. I bent knelt down to hoist him on my back-

"The King and Queen require our help!"

Okay, what. Why could I hear a snake-like voice t-

...Okay, so, Allen WASN'T just joking around when he said his "Semblance" was talking to him... Maybe he WAS right about it being bull-crap soul magic... Anyways, time to get back to Beacon! The belt-loop-thing that Allen's Semblance made was perfectly tight. He shouldn't be falling off of me now.

Using my Semblance made it a cinch, it was basically teleporting with pizzaz! As expected of a Hero... In training. But that just means it's becoming official! And, it looks cool! Every hero looks cool!

"Zzz... zzz- snrch! Aaaaalrite, derty den, yur tiem eez up..."

Pfft. This is hilarious. Man, I wonder what he's dreaming of. I bet it's somethin cra- wait, why is he sweaty? And he's tossing and turning! Wait. He was fighting a Deathstalker earlier. Did he get some venom in hi-

"Burning..."

What?

"Hot... too hot..."

Wait, that isn't normally something venom does to you. Is it a nightmare? What is i-

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

This isn't the Allen I know. He gets easily agitated, exhausted, and excited, but never once have I seen him scared. Of ANYTHING. Yet here he is, pupils darting around like his eyes are snowglobes and some kid is shaking them.

"It's okay Allen. It was just a dream. Nothing to wo-"

This... doesn't look like a normal nigh-

"My- my face?! I- it isn't melted? Bu- i-it felt so- so real- so lifelike-"

...Does he have trauma? Was- was he abused and eperimented on?

"God... it feels so itchy. Like, this ISN'T my skin. Or... like something WRONG is in my skin as well."

"A-Allen... are you okay?"

"O-oh! Y-yeah, just, just a nightmare... One where I could actually FEEL it. Trust me, you don't want to know what happened in it..."

...It is official. When we get back, he is getting ice cream, milk, and Mom's Magic Feel-Right cookies. I can SEE the pain. His eye-bags have bags.

"Allen... You might not have been wrong when you said you were an experiment."

"Maybe. Maybe in the past I was. But now I am Allen Whittington. Maybe even Allen Rose one day."

Aw... thats cu- WAIT. DID HE JUST SA-

"We ARE siblings in everything but blood."

Uh- oh... That's okay too...

"WAIT, did I say something wrong?! What did I do?!"

"O-oh, nothing! I just, uh, thought you meant something e-else..."

"What do you mean? You said that like someone would want to marry me."

...Ladies and gentlemen. Allen. The man who saved someone and doesn't expect them to have feelings.

"Are you sure about that?"

"Are you sure you love cookies?"

"HEY! DON'T BRING COOKIES INTO THIS! THEY DID NOTHING WRONG!"

"Behold, your answer... Wait, why am I- OOF-"

At that, his Semblance undid itself.

"The King no longer requires us. We await your next commands, Sire."

"...Uh... Can you bring me back to the cliff?"

"Oh, a race! Let's see who's faster!"

"That sou-"

You know? Maybe being brother and sister is more fitting.

(AN 2.0: you guys just got a hint as to how Alllen got his R.O.B. to yeet him =)