"What?! Why in the FUCK didn't you tell me sooner!?" Mark was pacing around the room, red.

He was pissed off and Sean couldn't blame him, "I'm sorry but Dark wanted it that way until they were ready."

"I don't give a fuck!" Mark screamed, "They're MY egos! My family! I deserved to know! Why did YOUR egos get to know about it!?"

Amy tried calming Mark down, giving him a glass of water. Chica was at his side wagging her tail apprehensively as Henry hid by Amy.

"Because Dark said yours would rush into it or Yandere or Wil would do something stupid and frankly I agree"

Mark started breathing easier but was still pissed, "I guess I get that but still. . . . You guys could have at least let ME know. Fucking Actor. I thought Dark killed the son of a bitch"

Sean shrugged, "Guess not. Septic is back, too, but for some reason maybe not as 'evil' as before? I don't know. Anti said Actor was threatening him but it doesn't mean he doesn't want to kill us still"

Mark nodded, "Yeah. . . God, I just wish I would have known. Would have been funnier last night seeing all that shit happen to them."

"So what's the plan?" Amy asked, "You said that they're planning something soon. We should get ahead of them and attack first, right?"

"Right." Sean agreed, "Anti and Dark said they wanted to strike today. Anti's been saving his energy up to bust them out of that void cage thing but they need help distracting the bastards to give Dark enough time to get his energy up so he can get them out of the void"

"We need to tell my other egos then. They're good at distractions."

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Yandere was heading  to the living room that morning. They were more happy than they had been for a while. Since Jackie had talked things out with them, they had become friends. Although Yan really wanted to be more, they respected Jackie's friendship. It was better than stalking him around all the time and making him uncomfortable. 

But then they noticed 'Dark' in the kitchen. He was drinking a cup of coffee but being ever observant as they were, they noticed it wasn't his usual. For one, he was drinking from a different mug than he always did. Two, he was drinking straight black coffee. Dark usually always piled sugar and cream in his morning drink.

"Hey Dark" they greeted him.

Actor merely hummed, "Morning"

Another odd thing. Dark usually always greeted them with a soft smile but this time and yesterday, he's been completely off. Like he wasn't even Dark anymore. Without another word, Yandere bit their lip in thought and walked back upstairs. They knew something was wrong and they knew who else could know. It wasn't adding up. And last night, the Septic egos were not concerned about the strange things happening to 'Dark' and 'Anti'. It just didn't fit.

They knocked on King's door where Jackie was also bunking and was greeted by the King of the squirrels, "Oh hey Yan! How are you to-"

"Can it, squirrel boy. Where's Jackie?"

King moved out of the way for them to see Jackie putting up his hair in his tiny pony-tail.

"Oh hey Yandere. What's up?"

Yandere stared at him but addressed King, "Give us some privacy, will ya?"

King gulped a bit concerned but left anyways, not wanting to be involved in Yan's wrath. Jackie sensed the tension and just as King left, they snarled at him, "You mind telling me just what the hell is going on? I know you know."

Jackie sighed, "Fine, I'll tell you"

"You can't keep it hidden from me! I-wait. . . .you'll tell me?"

"Yeah. You already know something and we were going to start telling you guys anyways so might as well be now. Come here"

Yandere blushed but came forward closer and Jackie led her to a corner of the room, "Now what I'm about to tell you needs to be kept quiet alright? If it doesn't, it could compromise the whole thing and get them killed."

"Well?" they whispered back, "What is it?"

Jackie sighed but whispered in their ear, "Actor and Septic have returned. They've captured Dark and Anti and contained them in the void. We need to do something though before they decided to attack but we need to do it all together so don't go all Rambo on me, okay?"

Yandere took a step back, "So that's what's happening." they snarled, "I should have known. Dark wasn't himself yesterday and this morning. It's Actor. . . . so what do we do?"

"Anti has a plan to escape but when he does manage to bust out of their 'cage', they're gonna need us to cause a distraction or at least delay Actor and Septic from getting to them and attacking. Actor's been draining Dark of his energy so when Anti gets them out, it's gonna take a few minutes or so for him to get back up to par to get them out."

Yandere nodded, "Got it. I'll start letting the others know and I'll tell Wil and the Jims last"

"You're taking this a lot better than I thought you would" he complimented.

Yandere smirked, "What? Thought I wouldn't be cool under pressure? Not gonna let Actor kill Dark and for that, it means we have to be stealthy. As soon as Actor knows we know, it could be all over. We need to be tactical and ready."

Jackie agreed, "Alright. Once you've told everyone, let me know. Then we'll figure out more of a plan from there."

Yandere nodded and left the room.

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Septic stretched out of bed like a wild fucking cat. Even though he's never physically slept before, he was ready to say it was one of the best feelings ever.

He looked over to see Actor was already up and gone, presumably downstairs faking it until he made it.

'Just one more fucking day and it'll be time. Then I'll kill Sean and all those other bastards. Then Anti.' he thought of all the ways he could torture and kill them but for some reason, it really wasn't hitting the mark as usual.

Septic groaned, "What's wrong with me?" he snuffed, "Bastards trying to get to me with their fucking love and affection. Their stupid alcohol and sleep and their fucking amazing sugar and cheese foods and fun games."

He stopped himself and snarled, "Fucking Anti. Fucking Chase. Fucking Marvin and Jackieboy and Sean and Jameson. Fuck them!" 

Septic laid in the bed for a while longer seething in confusion and rage until his stomach suddenly growled.

"Dammit" he got up and dressed himself, curious as to what was for breakfast. Maybe Poptarts?

As he made his way downstairs, he found Chase in the kitchen off and on staring at Actor as if he knew something. Actor was merely sipping on some coffee, ignoring Chase's stares. However, when Chase's eye caught found him, there was a sudden look of disgust that was hidden away quickly by a smile.

Septic was worried at first that he might be on their trail but was immediately soothed when a package of poptarts was thrown at him, "Have some breakfast, brat" Chase winked at him and briefly ruffled his hair. Septic wanted to growl and bite his arm off but refrained, nearly pouting as he ripped open the poptart package and dug in to the gingerbread flavored treat. 

He recoiled suddenly, however, and stuck his tongue out childishly, "Gross! This one is weird! What is it?!"

Chase looked at him strangely, "It's Gingerbread. Your favorite. Only you and Sean like that flavor but I saw it at the store and thought I'd get it for you. What's wrong with it?"

Septic swallowed thickly and could feel Actor's glare on the back of his neck, "Oh. Nothing. Must be an off package. Weird after-taste."

Chase nodded, "Alright then. See ya later. I'm gonna go hang with some of the others today, dude"

"Oh. . . .. okay" Septic all of a sudden felt a weird sensation as Chase briskly walked away from him.

What was it?

Suddenly Actor was behind him, "Be more careful. You almost messed everything up. One more mistake like that and I'll take away your body"

Septic merely nodded, "Geez, I got it, I got it. Enough withe the threats, chief" he gave him a sarcastic salute, "Calm down. Your little bitch syndrome is showing."

He got away from him before Actor could do even think of doing anything. But one thing really bothered him. He did feel a tang of fear of him. He shook it off and wandered the house a bit to clear his head.

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"Yeah I thought something was up" Dr. Iplier snuffed.

Yandere had come to Dr. Iplier first. Henrik blinked a few times, "Vhat? But how? Their mannerisms?"

"Nah" the doctor smirked, "Last night you gave Actor a blank injection and I know for a fact that Dark isn't allergic to anything. None of it really made sense but I chose not to bring it up just in case. So what's the plan?"

Yandere shrugged, "We need to tell everyone first but quietly so Actor and Septic don't get suspicious. We'll figure the next part out after but part of the plan will be to distract them."

The doctor nodded, "Got it. Just let me know."

Yandere made their way out and traveled to each of the egos one by one. Google and Bing were easy to tell since they had a hunch anyways from watching the two from the cameras. They weren't so sneaky as they thought they were. Once they were done with everyone else, Yan took a deep breathe and knocked on the door to Wil's office.

'Here goes nothing. Better not flip'

Wilford answered the door, "Oh hey there little Yan! To what do I owe the pleasure? I'm at a bit of a tight spot right now so I can't talk for long"

"Might want to reschedule stuff then. Need you back home along with the Jims."

"What in the devil for?" he played with his mustache.

Yan came in and shut the door behind them, "Get the Jims."

Wilford, although more confused than average, called in reporter and camera Jim.

"Alright so I just told Bim and everyone else so you guys are last but don't go all pyscho on me, alright Wil? We need you sane for this. Or at least saner than you usually are"

"Is it about Dark?"

Yandere blinked at him, "Well. . . .yes"

"It's not actually Dark, is it?"

"How did you know!?"

Wilford crossed his arms, "A few days ago, after Dark's nightmare he ran off and Anti had followed him. When they came into the living room together, Dark had a strange light air around him like the nightmare never happened and it had been BAD. He wouldn't just smile after that. I asked Anti what was up but he said he'd tell me later. He never did."

"Ah." they nodded, "Makes sense then. So you're alright so far? Dark and Anti are fine but they've been captured. They're in the void in a sort of cage right now that's sucking out Dark's aura. Or rather, Celine's."

Wilford nodded and the Jims just stared confused but listened anyway.

"The impostors are Actor and Septic. They're working together but the reason they haven't attacked yet is because they're saving up energy to do so to take us all on. Anti and Dark have a plan but they needed everyone to know about the situation first before discussing it."

"Got it." Wilford nodded and took out his gun, "So now when do we kill these bastards?"

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"So everyone knows now?" Anti asked through the mirror.

"Yep. What do we do now? You said something about us making a distraction while you guys bust out? We need to know when so we can stop them before they can get to you"

"I know. How about an hour from now? That'll give me enough time to ready myself and for all of you to coordinate and discuss what you'll do."

Marvin nodded, "Alright. I'll let them know. Just be careful, Anti, alright? You too, Dark."

Anti smiled, "Don't worry. We got this. We're gonna get rid of them this time for sure." his smile faltered a little but Marvin didn't notice as he ended the conversation.

The doorbell rang downstairs and Marvin listened closely as he heard Sean, Mark and Amy come in with Eric greeting them softly. Eric was almost a nervous wreck when Yandere told him and King but he pulled himself up nicely. Dark wouldn't want him to be so cowardly at a time like this. He had to be brave.

"The Host would like to ask Marvin if he should go gather the egos to tell them the plan?"

Marvin shook his head, "No need."

He raised his hands and mumbled a spell, his eyes glowing underneath his mask and his body vibrating. All of a sudden, the room was completely full with everyone there except for Actor and Septic.

"It's time to discuss the plan." Marvin calmed as everyone looked around with surprise, "We have one hour from now."

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Septic was up on the roof. A soft rain was falling but it felt nice to him although it made him look like a gargoyle sitting up there.

He found himself thinking, munching on some cookies he had stolen from the cupboards. Dark's cookies.

'Fucking stupid humans and emotions. I don't need fucking emotions. That's the one problem with this corporeal body nonsense is the bitch emotions.' he attacked a cookie.

'Chase was actually kind of cool I guess. He got me hot chocolate and vodka. Maybe I'll kill him quickly?' he shrugged, 'And Jameson gave me a piece of pizza that wasn't made of fucking lava.'

He licked some cookie crumbs that stuck to his face, 'And Anti . . . .no. Stop. You're becoming one of them! They've done nothing for you! They think you ARE Anti!' 

He shook off the rain a bit and snarled to himself, 'They just want me dead so why should I even think for a second about sparing them?!'

Meanwhile, Actor was in Dark's room pacing around in thought, 'It's almost time' he grinned, 'Just one more day. Tomorrow they will all turn to ash just as Dark did to me!'

He twirled Dark's cane around in his fingers as he looked over at the window, watching the rain pitter against the glass. A smirk crawled on his face, 'And then I'll get rid of Mark and then right before I kill Dark, I'll make him watch as I kill his best friend. Little Anti.'

He remembered, of course, Septic's words but snuffed at him, 'I don't care what he says, he's just my pawn and I'll do as I wish. He'll be next on my little hit list, anyways.'

Back up with Septic, he had finished all the cookies and was pouting like a child. He was so bored, he just wanted to either play a game or kill but he could do neither.

Suddenly a rock landed next to him and he stared at it like it was going to attack him. Looking to where it had come from, he looked down to see Sean way down looking up, "Hey Anti! Come on down or else you'll get sick from the rain! We're setting up a game if you want to play!?"

Septic grinned for a second before forcing it down and glitched down until he was next to Sean, "What kind of a game?"

"What were you doing up there all by yourself?" Sean asked him instead, "You have a little fight with Dark again?"

He shook his head, "Nah just wanted . . . . some time to myself is all"

He nodded, "I get that." he started to walk to the door, "Sometimes if you're around too many people, you just want some privacy, right? Do you really want to play a game with everyone then?"

He nodded, "Yeah. . . . It'll be fun . . ..right?"

"Yeah, of course. Since when is a game not fun?

Septic shrugged and Sean hummed, "You ever think about Septic, Anti?"

Septic's heart skipped but he remained calm, "N-no, why?"

At their leisure pace, Sean smiled, "Ever wonder what it would have been like if he had reformed and joined in the family? We would have accepted him. I remember you said you wished he had."

Septic was confused at that. Had Anti really said that? But he just shrugged, "I don't know. It probably wouldn't have worked out. He probably would have snapped and killed somebody in less than a day. He's evil" he let present tense slip.

"You think so?" Sean shook his head, "Nah, not everyone is completely evil. That's not how it works. There had to be a reason he hated us, right? You said yourself that Septic had always been in you. A part of you. Must have been really lonely thinking that no one knew you existed. That you were just a part of someone else and not your own self."

Septic was very uncomfortable with this topic but he couldn't escape it lest be found out.

"Yeah" was all he said as they reached the door and walked in.

Sean curled an arm carefully around his shoulders and leaned the side of his head against his affectionately, "Maybe one day we'll see him again and we could try again, hm? With egos, there's no telling if he's really dead or gone, you know?"

He shook him in the side hug a little before walking ahead to the others in the living room. Septic was still for a moment before relaxing and following him.

In the room all of the egos were there and they had already tethered Actor in. Mark and Amy were there, too. They all stood in a giant squished circle.

"Hey little dude! There you are!" Chase sort of smiled. He looked nervous about something.

"We're gonna play a little variation in the game of cat and mouse. In the cat and mouse originally there are a circle of people, a cat and a mouse." Jackie explained, "The mouse is inside of the circle but can't stay inside of it for more than ten seconds. The cat stays outside the circle at all times and their goal is to tag the mouse and cannot get inside of the circle."

Septic nodded in understanding but Actor groaned, "This is stupid. It's a kids game"

"Oh stop your whining, Dark!" Wilford slapped him on the back a little too hard with an almost sick gleam in his eyes, "It'll be fun, friend!"

"In this game, however" Marvin interrupted, "We'll have two mice and two cats. It'll make things a little more interesting, you know?"

Septic nodded again and they started to play the game.

Anti watched them play through Septic's eyes. He was surprised that the 'killer' was actually having fun. The same could not be said for Actor. He looked like he wanted to just kill everyone then and there.

"Almost time" Anti sighed, "You ready, Dark?"

He nodded. They were both standing, ready to run to the nearest mirror. Dark had been saving up as much energy as he could but he knew he'd have to concentrate hard as soon as they busted out of the 'cage'.

"I'm ready. I'm surprised they haven't given it away yet."

Anti nodded, "Yeah, I know what you mean. I was for sure that Chase would be the first to crack. Or even Wil!"

Dark agreed, "Yeah. But I suppose. . . they know how grim the situation could get. It shows that. . . they really care for us a lot Anti"

"Yeah. They do, don't they?"

"A lot has changed these past few months . . . Never in a million years would I ever have imagined one of them even giving a shit about me and now. . . .they're all risking their lives for us"

"We're brothers" Anti thought of Septic and his heart wrenched a little from feeling his own emotions, "It's what family does."

By this time, Actor and Septic were inside of the circle together with Marvin and Wilford as the cats.

"It's time" Anti readied himself.

"You can do it, Anti. I'm ready when you are"

Anti calmed as he felt a rush of energy flow through him that he had been saving back. Keeping away from Septic and Actor's reach. His body glowed green and a few sparks snapped here and there. He felt like a literal bomb.

Dark stepped back a little as Anti let loose everything he had.

Septic was laughing along with everyone until he stilled and felt something wrong. Actor stilled as well, "Fuck! The cage!"

Actor was about to teleport himself into the void when Marvin cast a spell on the both of them, suddenly freezing them both in their movements.

Septic growled as he suddenly realized it all, "Y-you all kn-knew"

Chase shook his head in agreement, "Yeah dude. We knew sooner than you think."

Actor hissed, "You can't fucking stop us!" a red aura surrounded him to keep them from trying to kill him. He didn't do anything for Septic, however.

Marvin opened the hand mirror, "Anti, how we looking? You at a mirror, yet?"

"Almost there! Keep them contained!"

"You got it"

Septic felt anger consume him, "Lying bastards̷s̴s̴s̴s̴"

Sean shook his head, "Septic please. We can get past this. What I said earlier wasn't a lie. You could still be a part of the family! Anti believes it and so do I!"

Chase nodded, "I mean it'd take a little time to trust you but. . . .I'd accept you too."

Jameson nodded in agreement as did Marvin, Jackie and Henrik hesitantly.

"You know Actor is just using you. Puppeting you. You can join with us, Septic." Marvin told him.

"Shut up" Septic snapped with a glitch.

"He'll just kill you when he's finished with you." Wilford put in his two cents, "Trust me. I knew the bastard before I knew Dark and that's been a long time. I know how he thinks."

"Don't fucking listen to them, Septic! Listen to me! They've done nothing for you! They hate you! You think they'd actually trust you!? You're a killer! You've tried to kill Sean, Henrik, Jameson AND Anti! You tried to kill them all and almost succeeded just a little over a month ago! They don't want you! They hate you!"

"S̷̺̓H̸̳́U̸̺̓T̸̲͊ ̶̼̎  Ṵ̴̿P̵̞̏!̶̨̾!̵̳̃!̶̖̓" Septic glitched out.

"Septic now! They're at a fucking mirror!"

"Septic no! Please! Listen to us!"

"Ṇ̵̓O̴̺͂!̶͕̉ ̸̣̓You're all liars!" he broke out of Marvin's spell glitching like mad all over the room until he snapped Actor out of it as well, "I don't trust anyone! I don't care! I A̸̛̬M̷̠̀ a killer! And now. . . ." he smirked, "say good-bye to your glitch bitch brother"

They suddenly teleported to the void, meeting face to face with Dark and Anti. By this time Dark was stronger than before, gaining back Celine's energy and not looked as tired as before.

"Fuck" Anti stood in front of Dark as Septic glared daggers at them, eyes pitch black, teeth snarling.

Actor's eyes glowed red and he had a red aura of his own covering him.

Dark groaned, "Double fuck"