Running

Fainting

TW: Yelling, Cursing, Fainting

I wake up and hear shouting from downstairs. I head into the bathroom and splash my face with water, putting some eyeshadow under my eyes like every morning. I do this in a rush ecause I want to see what the yelling is about, but I need to look at least presentable. I head out of my room, along the corridor and to the top of the stairs. I see Janus and Remus standing by the door, Janus wth his arms crossed and Remus with his hands on his hips. Logan and Roman are facing them, Patton inbetween them, looking worried.

"We said no! You're being stupid." Logan remarks.
"Oh, sorry, Dad! And since when was it your descision what we can and can't do?!"
"Since it puts us all in danger!"
"I haven't left this house in three weeks, Logan! Stop being a little bitch about it!"

"Don't yell at him, you snake!" Roman joins in the aregument.
"We'll do whatever the fuck we want, Roman." Remus says harshly.

"You two are so gosh damn entitled." Janus starts. "You think that just because you're smart and powerful, that you can do whatever you want and tell us what to do! You have just as much chance of getting caught or shot by police out there, stop acting all high and mighty!"

Patton notices me hovering on the stairs, and ushers me over to him.
"What's going on..?" I ask in a whisper.
"..Uh, well, Janus is annoyed because Logan and Roman never let him go outside, because he's too recogniseable as someone with powers.."

Our conversation is inturrupted when we hear a loud thud then scream from the doorway. We run around the corner and see that it was Remus who screamed. Janus is lying on the floor, unconcious. Roman and Logan look shocked. Patton runs over to his side and lifts his head up from behind, pulling his beanie off his head and resting his neck on his knees. Remus steps over his friend, looking upset and sulks on the arm of the couch.

"What happened to h-him?" I ask Remus. He crosses his arms and flops backwards onto the sofa.
"He has really bad Vasovagal Syncope. It's a stupid condition that means he faints when he gets too overwhelmed or stressed. I could tell he was gonna pass out about thirty seconds before, but Roman wouldn't stop yelling."

"Oh. Does that happen often..?" I ask.
"No more than twice a week. Patton's normally the one that looks after him, since we can't exactly take him to a hospital. Roman has healing powers, but, it uses a lot of his energy, and it isn't really worth using it to wake him up when he's never out for more than six hours."

Just then, Logan comes into the lounge. He takes a deep breath in before addressing me. "Apologies, Virgil. Not every morning in this household is so chaotic."
"No, no, it's fine. It's, uh, it's better than sitting in a small room with glass walls all day."
"Hm. Janus will be fine, by the way." I nod, then Roman and Patton come in.

Patton looks upset. "What do you guys want to do today then?" Roman asks.
"I actually wanted to ask Virgil some questions regarding his abilities." Logan says.
"Alright! Mind if we sit in?" Patton chirps.
"No, I do not mind." Logan sits down on the sofa and pulls a notebook from his pocket. I immideately feel some pressure rise inside of me as Logan takes his pen out.

"Do you have any other abilities? Besides your flight, that is."
"Uh, yeah, actually. I can, uh, make eye contact with people and give them panic attacks, or make them pass out." Logan's eyes widen and Remus smiles.
"Oooh! Do it to Roman! Make him pass out! It can be his punishment for yelling and Janus so much that he passed out!" Remus adds, with a twinkle of insanity in his voice.

Roman scoffs.

"Actually, that would be a very helpful test. Do you know anything about what happens when they are passed out?"
"Uh, no, actually. All I know is that there isn't any long-term consequences."
"Any side affects?"
"It makes me kind of dizzy and tired, but apart from that, not really. Oh, but, if I give someone a panic attack I g-get one too. I don't do that much."
"Hm. Could you make Roman pass out as a test?" Logan asks, unfazed.

"What?!" Roman objects.
"Please, Roman. It would be very beneficial to my research."
"But! No! I don't know how long I'll be out for, or if I'll throw up afterwards, or anything!"

We all stay silent for a bit, then Roman finally breaks. "Fine. But, make it quick, and if it causes me any pain I will hold a grudge against you." I flinch a bit. I don't know if it will cause him any pain.

"Okay.." I say. I look into his eyes and they flash purple for a moment before his eyelids droop and he falls backwards into his chair, out cold.

"Woah.. Can you do that to him every day?!" Remus asks, smiling.

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It's a few hours later and both the previously passed out have woken up. Janus is still in a bit of a mood after his aregument, but he smiled and laughed when I told him that I made Roman pass out too. It's starting to get dark now, and we're all sitting in the lounge, watching some stupid movies that I can't remember the names of. It was something like Dosney. All I know is that they sing too much in these films.

We're halfway through a song when we hear some police sirens outside and see some blue and red flashing lights.

"Shit."

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Thanks for reading you amazing people! :) Sorry to end on a cliffhanger, but the next chapter will be quite intense, so look out for that..