Dark wandered around everyone to assess the injuries. He wasn't prepared for this. He never thought he'd have to defend his family and friends from one of their own.

Dr. Iplier and Henrik were going from person to person, patching them up and stopping bleeding.

He could feel himself having a panic attack.

"Dark?" someone stepped in front of him.

Dark blinked, realizing it was Wilford.

Wilford put a hand on his shoulder, "Are you alright, Damien?"

Dark swallowed and only then did he realize he was shaking.

He couldn't lose it now. He had to push forward.

"Deep breathes, Damien" Wilford told him.

It was odd for Wilford to soothe Dark. Usually Dark was the one helping HIM. Apparently Wilford's sanity was at its peak at the moment, knowing how dire the situation really was.

When Wilford was satisfied, he pat his shoulder and awkwardly walked off.

Mark watched the scene before him. Dark's panic and fear, Jackie tying up Anti's body while he was unconscious, the Iplier egos in disarray with multiple hurt.

But mostly, Mark watched Dark.

He had never seen him like this.

Damien, sure. He had seen Damien have panic attacks when they were younger but Dark?

He didn't notice Dark walking over by him. He didn't want to make a spectacle of it and he just whispered to Mark.

"Thank you for helping. You didn't have to but I'm happy you did"

Mark snorted. He was never one to take a compliment on any 'good' action he did, "Whatever. You assholes were being too loud and it was bugging me."

Dark ignored the comment, "There's something else. I don't know if you heard what it said. . . it looked in my head. It asked about you. . . . it said it was a demon king of the void . . . I think it's the same demon you made that deal with"

Mark blinked, actually puzzled and shook his head, "No, that's impossible."

"It knew things. There's a lot of impossible things out there but with what we've seen throughout the the years, I don't this is one of them. I think since you had a piece of that demon within you, it split into me and Wilford on that day when . . . . you know. That could be what it was talking about"

"But HOW?"

"I don't know.. . . but it's something"

Dark swallowed and walked away from him, leaving Mark to his own thoughts.

Mark stared at Anti's unconscious body.

'If that IS true. . ... we're fucked'

"Okay" Dark spoke over all of them, "We need a plan of action NOW. Before that thing wakes up again, we need to figure out somewhere to go where he can't find us right away. So we can think of a plan to get that THING out of Anti"

"What about the pocket dimension?" Anthony suggests, "I never once could locate them when they were in there. Of course, I didn't know about it but it DID disguise them"

Stacey shook her head, "I don't think that'll work."

"Why not?" Chase took Bella from her, "You were protected there before"

"Because Anthony never KNEW about it so he couldn't go there. However, Anti DOES know about it and HAS been there before. And if Anti knows. . . .then the demon might know"

"That DOES make sense" Sammie agreed, "We need someplace Anti has never been before to stall for time"

"If only Evan was back" Jameson brought up, "Maybe he could have made ANOTHER pocket dimension"

Bim had an idea, "What about Wilford? Certainly he's been in other dimensions where Anti's never been?"

Dark sighed, "That IS a good idea but I don't think Wilford could take us all at once. I'm afraid we might end up scattered or injured along the way and who's to say he doesn't accidentally take us to somewhere that could kill us? No offense, William"

"None taken" Wilford agreed, "I don't really have a lot of control over where I go when I teleport still"

"So what do we do, then?" Eva asked.

It was quiet for a moment.

"The Host looked around but decided maybe he should share his idea. He wasn't sure but perhaps it could do the trick"

Dark nodded to him, "Yes, Host? What do you propose? I'll take any ideas but we have to hurry"

"The Host nodded and thought of a place. What about Sean's universe?, the Host proposed. The Host was sure the demon would never expect us to go there and Anti has never been there"

"I don't know about that" Chase wasn't sold on that, "Last time we were around him, he kind of panicked, fainted and was a little delusional at first that it was all a dream. I mean, yeah, sure he got OVER that after a while realizing it WASN'T a dream but Marvin had erased his memories so it'll be just the same thing again"

But Dark shook his head, "But what other choice do we have? It sounds like our best option to prepare more. Let's go there now before Anti wakes up"

"Wait!" Henrik shot up, "Someone should also go to my universe in my lab! The Pheno gun could be a great help. Not to mention I stashed a lot of Marvin's healing potions in a cupboard. We could really use them"

"Right" Dark nods, "I need to be the one to take you all away so who wants to volunteer to go to Henrik's lab?"

"I'll go" Anthony raised his hand, "I'll take Gab with me, too so we can get back faster and carry more"

"Sounds good." Dark nodded, "We'll wait for you. Be quick"

Gab didn't understand why Anthony wanted her to go with him. She probably should have stayed with the group just in case.

But she didn't want to argue with him right now and he WAS right. With two of them, they could carry more of the potions.

Anthony took her hand and they left to Henrik's universe at his front door.

"Let's hurry" he still had her by the hand and they went inside.

It felt so bare and quiet without the girls running around.

They got to the basement door to Henrik's lab and went down.

Anthony still had a hold of her hand and for some reason, that was bugging her.

Gab pulled away and Anthony seemed a little upset by it but he didn't say anything.

Looking around, they found the gun immediately.

Anthony grabbed it, "Looks fully charged, too, and ready to go. Let's find those potions now"

"Uh . .. Anthony?" Gab stopped him, "Is there something you wanted to talk about?"

He shook his head, "No, hun. Why would you say that?"

He was just trying to stay focused.

Gab didn't believe him, "You've been acting a little off since I got here. I know with what happened. . . it was traumatic. . but I can't help but feel that maybe something else is wrong"

Anthony shook his head, "Nothing's wrong. Look in that cabinet, please?"

Gab opened up a cabinet but there weren't any potions in it, "I just . . ." she sighed, "You seem a little overprotective is all. I mean, you always are but not usually THIS much"

Anthony bit his lip and couldn't stop himself from glancing at her stomach again as he opened another cabinet.

It clicked.

Gab took in a deep sigh, "You know about it"

Anthony shook his head, "Don't know what you're talking about. Come on, we have to hurry"

"You know that I'm pregnant . . . Don't you?"

Anthony stilled. He KNEW about it. It was just her saying it that made it even more real.

He didn't know what to say.

Sam cracked open his eyes.

He was tied up but that wouldn't do anything to stop him.

He closed his eyes again and felt around the room.

'Two people are missing. . . . . . . Anthony and his whore . . . These fools are stupider than I thought, sticking around'

No one realized yet that he was awake.

Until it was too late.

Anti was screaming in his head, begging him to stop.

"What do you think about it?" Gab asked him.

"We can't think about anything right now until this is all over" Anthony argued, opening up cabinet after cabinet, "I promise, though, I'm not mad. I'm just trying to protect you"

Gab understood, "That's why you wanted me to come with you. In case Anti DID wake up."

Anthony opened another cabinet, "Jackpot. Come here. Grab as many as you can. Use your shirt as a pouch"

Gab didn't argue. She wanted to talk more about their situation but she knew Anthony was right.

They'd talk later.

"Alright, do you think we got enough?" Anthony pretty much cleared the cabinet.

"Let's hurry back to the others. Jackie needs one immediately so he can join the fight in top shape"

Anthony nodded and they glitched back to the manor.

Anthony's heart sank.

He almost dropped the gun.

Crying and screams rang throughout the room.

Bodies were scattered on the floor. Anthony counted seven bodies very still.

Dark was holding Anti's body down along with Wilford. Dark looked beaten and there was blood all over him. He had been stabbed multiple times but he still fought.

Anthony felt dizzy, his whole body heavy.

Gab was stock frozen seeing bodies of her friends on the floor.

Jameson
Emily
Chase
Stacey
Jack
Chad
Sammie

They were all dead.

Sam must have caught them off guard when he woke up and glitched out of his restraints, slaughtering as many as he could.

Anthony shook, his whole body snapping and sparking.

"NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"

Anthony glitched next to Dark and pulled him away and just LOST it.

He punched him hard as many times as he could while Wilford still had a hold of him but that wasn't for long. Sam broke out of the hold and started to fight Anthony back.

"WHAT?! SAD YOUR PATHETIC LITTLE FRIENDS ARE DEAD!? ANTI'S CRYING, TOO! OH BOO FUCKING HOOO! FUCKING WHINING LITTLE BITCH! YOU'RE ALL DISAPPOINTMENTS!!!"

Sam taunted him, and pulled out his knife.

Anthony used his hand to catch the knife, letting it go through his palm and holding onto Sam's hand to hold him while he grabbed Sam's other wrist.

"DARK! GO NOW!"

Dark coughed out some blood and shook his head, "NO! YOU NEED HELP!"

"YOU'RE THE ONLY THAT CAN TAKE THEM THERE! DO IT NOW!"

"BUT I-"

Mark yanked him by his arm, "Come on! He's got this! Think about everyone else that's ALIVE!"

Dark didn't want to leave Anthony behind but he knew he was right.

"I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU ALL!" Sam laughed, "YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME!!"

Anthony glanced over to Wilford, still holding Sam in place, "Wil! Grab the gun! Gab, go with the others! I got this!"

"But Anthony!-" she tried to argue.

"DON'T FUCKING ARGUE WITH ME! JUST DO IT!" His body started to glow. He was powering up.

Dark huddled in the middle of everyone who had managed to gather together, helping each other. Wilford had grabbed the gun and then dragged Gab with him to the group.

Gab cried but still held all the potions in a pouch in her shirt. She was worried sick.

"I love you, Anthony. . . .."

Dark teleported them all.

Anthony let go and all the power he stored up in his fury went off like a bomb, destroying everything for miles.

Dark fell to the ground on his back, breathing hard. Blood soaked whatever was left of his suit and it was still pouring out. He felt dizzy.

Mark was hovering over him, yelling at him to suck it up and putting pressure on his wounds.

He could hear the baby crying.

Gab was suddenly over him in his field of vision and forced him to swallow something.

He felt like he'd fall asleep forever.

But in a matter of seconds. . . he started to feel better and every moment that passed, the pain went away until he was finally able to sit up.

Wilford pat his back and said something of praise but he couldn't hear him over his own crying, his ears blaring with the sound of his own heartbeat.

Even though they had gotten away. . . . .

He still failed.

Jackie held baby Bella in his arms, trying to calm her down but he wasn't any better. He was shaking like a leaf.

His sister, Chase and Jameson were dead.

He looked over and saw Benny crying, hugging him and he hugged him back, not able to do anything else.

Gab came over to him and gave him a potion from when he was stabbed earlier that day.

He drank it. . .. but his heart still felt crushed.

Olivia and Iris were hugging Henrik and Eva. Not even Henrik could keep a cool head and hugged all his girls, crying with them.

Henrik remembered seeing how they all died and he couldn't help them.

It was all so fast, like a blur.

Sam had went after Jameson first and it was over in a blink of an eye. He slashed Emily's throat deep immediately after. Then he had glitched to Sammie and Chad, ripping them apart.

There was so much blood.

Jackie tried to fight him but Sam had his eyes on Chase. Before Sam could glitch over to them and murder the baby, Chase had slid Bella over to Jackie, knowing he'd protect her. It was too late for the rest of his little family.

Jackie couldn't make it to save him, little Jack and Stacey.

That's when Dark had been able to catch him before he killed anyone else and Wilford helped him.

The Ipliers were all safe but that didn't mean they were okay.

None of them had been prepared for the onslaught.

Jackie realized they were in Sean's front yard. He didn't seem to live in the same house he did before. He remembered how Chase talked about it that the old house looked like Stacey's sister's house.

And this wasn't it.

But upon hearing all the commotion, the front door opened.

There he was.

Jackie felt relief . . . .

Even though Sean looked absolutely freaked out at all the injured similar looking people in his front yard.

"THE FUCK?!"