Roman is forcing us both to go out and fight Shadow tonight. To be honest, we are both super pissed at him. He took the people we care about but he also made Roman trust him.

We fly out to find Shadow again, and Roman is being extra protective. But instead of him, we find a note.

'First of all, I can show you what comes next. So don't be freaked, stay in your seats. I do this bullshit, like, eight times a week.

I took flight,

into the night.

To save one,

though your smartest is done.

The place I took you,

holds a new clue.

Tick tock and don't let my patience run out.

-Shadow🦇'

"How dare he quote a musical at this time!" Roman shouts. "And what the heccity heck did that message mean?" I ask confused as ever. "Let's try to do what Logan would and logic the second part out since he is just taunting us in the first part," Roman says after he has calmed down a bit. "Well he seems to be talking about when he brought you to us, and that was in Virgil's bedroom." I tell him trying to be calm. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

We enter the house and quickly find a note on Virgil's bed.

'Found clue two already,

took you long enough.

If you can't find me,

then finding them in the future will be tough.

Now for some more fun,

the place you two first had a real chat with Virgil.

A tune or two played, the game has just begun.

Hurry before their pulses go still.

-Shadow🦇'

"What the heck that is so mean but I think I know where we need to go next," I say starting to shake a bit from rage, not mine though. "Let's go so I can end this Shadow's reign once and for all," Roman says clearly pissed off. "Okay kiddo, but you may want to calm down a little bit," I tell him trying to stay calm.

We break into the school and find the classroom and there on the desk, there is a piece of paper.

'I hope you enjoy the ride I have put you on,

oh it has been so much fun.

I am sad to tell you it's almost done

just one more clue to continue the fun.

Life isn't perfect and neither am I,

go to your hiding place hidden up high.

Where health is key,

That is where you will find me.

-Shadow🦇'

We both look at each other in a moment of realization. "The treehouse!" We shout together. As we rush out the window and start heading to Logan's house immediately. We open the door and are shocked by what we see.

Notes, just more notes there are two addressed to each of us and one just sealed with a bat stamp. We open the one with the bat stamp and we should have expected this.

'Sorry for the disappointment maybe you will get one of them soon, but who? For now, just take these letters from them. And I have checked them over before letting you see them. Clutch those letters tight because you are going to sleep have fun.

-Shadow🦇'

"Go to sleep, oh no?" I say before passing out. Normally Sleep is really nice to me why is he helping Shadow hurt us?

Oh my gosh, I am surrounded by puppies and kitties but I am not having an allergic reaction to them. I am so cozy and happy and it feels so nice

I wake up in one of the beds that I was in when I first came to Virgil's house. Roman is in the other bed and our letters are laying on our chests. I open up my first letter that has my name written on the envelope in a rigid style as if it was typed.

'Dear Patton,

I am doing fine, and I hope the same is true of you. I wish to share something with you that is rather difficult for me to tell you even in a written form. For a long time, I have felt a deep emotion for you that I didn't comprehend. After much discourse with Virgil and much research, I believe that I have discovered what it us. I appear to be in love with you. It doesn't make much sense to me as we are polar opposites yet as the saying goes "opposites do frequently have attractive energy to them.". Anyway if I do ever leave I would like to invite you on a romantic outing, perhaps a trip for caffeinated beverages and then to a fair.

Look after yourself and Roman because you both need it and I hope to see you soon.

Logan'

He asked me out while kidnapped that is so sweet and now I am even more determined to get him back. I have loved him for such a long time and it makes me so happy to see that he feels the same way I almost forget that I have one more letter to read.

'Hey, Patton.

It's Virgil and I am perfectly fine please don't worry. Please be safe and go to school, your education still matters. There is a stuffed bat plushie under my bed that you might like, it is super soft and really good at calming me down so it might help you out. Plus given how pissed Roman probably is it may be a good idea to have him sleep in the bathtub while it is full, I have seen some of the burns he can give and I would be a little annoyed if you burnt down my house. Anyway, what I really wanted to say is thank you for being so much nicer to me than everyone else. You really are an amazing guy and Logan and you will be happy together. Plus could you put in a good word for me with Roman? Stop squealing I know that you are.

Your dark strange son,

Virgil'

He was right I squealed when he asked me to put in a good word for him with Roman, so cute. I head over to Virgil's bedroom and find the plushie it is so soft and cute. I head back to my bed and curl up with it before falling asleep.

When I woke up I saw something that I couldn't believe.