Sanders Sides One-Shots

Team | Platonic Analogical (Superhero AU)

summary: virgil was a superhero, but he was captured and tortured one day; the other heroes in his group are too late to save him. five years later, roman (who is still a superhero) reunites the group to take down their final foe, the purple hood.

word count: 2161

roman is the prince (think kid flash's costume with a cape and batman-type of skills), logan is the falcon (the same suit and skills as falcon in the marvel movies), patton is beast boy (the exact same suit and powers as beast boy from teen titans but he's blue instead of green), the purple hood is identical to the red hood from the dc comics, just purple instead of red, and the duke is basically like the joker from the batman animated series. it's a lot, ik, but bear with me plz ksdfkjkj (yes, it's another superhero au, and yes, it's 2000 words, let me be T-T)

tw/cw// violence, mentions of m*rder/de*th, injuries, explosions, sad bois :))

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Virgil groaned and slowly raised his head, glaring up at the Duke. "You're not getting away with this." The Duke giggled. "You are adorable! I wish I could keep you." The Duke was a frequent criminal/nuisance in Gotham City; Virgil had fought against him on more than one occasion with the Prince, Beast Boy, and Falcon.

"Unfortunately, I should be taking my leave, you-know-who will be here any minute, and I don't want to be here when they are." The Duke grinned down Virgil. Suddenly, Virgil was much more aware of the injuries inflicted by the demented criminal before. 

"Let's wrap this up, shall we?"

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Falcon forced himself to fly faster, hoping to get to Virgil as soon as possible. "Logan, be careful; you won't be able to land if you're going too fast." Logan rolled his eyes, 'What does that matter? We should be worrying about Virgil right now.' He slowed down and landed smoothly in front of the building Virgil was being kept in. He rushed to the door before being blown back by an explosion.

Logan coughed and stood up as quickly as he could. He searched around the rubble, desperately hoping Virgil was okay. He spotted a hand beneath a plank of wood, 'Virgil...'

~~like a five-year time skip :))~~

Roman groaned in frustration as he reentered his home base. He pulled his mask off and quickly logged onto his computer, searching through the city's security cameras. "What happened?" Roman didn't turn to face his roommate Thomas, still focusing on the camera footage. "There's a new criminal. He goes by The Purple Hood; I was trying to stop Black Mask and his goons when the Hood showed up and completely killed all of them."

"Geez, are you thinking he's a criminal or a vigilante?" Roman shook his head. "I don't know. I'm checking to see if he left behind anything we could use to track him down." He rewinded the footage of the building he had just been at, pausing it when the Purple Hood swung to another building. The hero tensed up, clenching his jaw.

Thomas walked over to Roman, getting a better look at the paused video. "Isn't that Virgil's-" "Yeah." "But how?" "I don't know." Thomas thought for a moment. "Should I call them? They have a right to know." Roman sighed. "Fine. But I'll visit them myself; they should hear it from me."

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Roman entered the flower shop, smiling softly at the small decorations. "Hold on! I'll be with you in just a second." A familiar voice called out. The short man popped up from behind the counter, his curls bouncing a bit. "So, what do you need today?" He asked with a bright smile. The moment he looked up to see Roman, his smile fell. "Roman. What are you...come here, let's talk in my office."