"WHERE. . . IS . . .MY BABY!?"

Anthony was face to face with Dark who looked mildly intimidated by the new father but held himself strong.

"I told you I didn't know, Anthony. Why weren't you keeping a closer eye on her?"

"I WAS! I looked away for ONE moment and she was just GONE! I think one of your fucked up Ipliers took her! Like Stan or .. . or Yandere"

Dark rolled his eyes, "None of the Ipliers took your baby, Anthony."

"Why don't we just calm down for a moment?" Anti tried to reassure them, "I'm sure maybe she just crawled off out of your sight. If all of us look together, we can find her"

Anthony growled, "Gab is with Wilford, Marvin and Evan today helping set up the grand opening of Marvin's new bookshop. When she comes home, she's going to kill me and then I'll kill everyone here if that baby is not found"

"Understood" Anti nodded, "Come on. Where's the last place you saw her?"

"We were in the Septic Living room on the right wing"

Dark teleported them all there.

Anti looked around, "I don't see her . . .."

"No, REALLY!!?" Anthony yelled at him, "I already looked EVERYWHERE here! Where's my little girl!?"

"Have you tried calling her name?" Dark asked.

Both Anti and Anthony glared at him.

Anti raised a brow at Dark, "She's not a dog, Dark. She's not just going to come because her name is called. I don't think she even knows her own name yet"

"Maybe Chase has her!" Anthony piped up, "His room is the closest from here"

They all wandered around looking for clues where the baby could have crawled off to. Dark set off to let everyone know that Antonia was missing in the house.

And to not judge Anthony's parenting skills. . . . . 

Anthony banged on Chase and his family's door.

After a moment, Chase answered, "Hey, what's up?"

"Did you find Toni and take her?" Anthony asked him.

Chase's eyes widened, "Dude. . . you LOST the baby!?"

"I DIDN'T LOSE HER! SHE ESCAPED!"

"YOU LOST YOUR FUCKING BABY!"

"SHUT UP! AS IF YOU'RE ANY BETTER!"

"Dude, I told you to use that playpen we had for Bella."

"I DID use it! She was in there and then I turned my back for a SECOND and then the next she was GONE!"

Chase blinked, "Uh . . .. . are you sure?"

"YES!"

Anti stared at Anthony, "You never said that . . . . Anthony . ..  a baby can't just get out of one of those. That's the purpose of them, to keep the baby inside."

"Well I don't know how she did it but she did and now she's GONE!"

"Easy there" Chase calmed him, "Let's go ask Jackie if he's seen her. He's right next door"

"How will that help?"

Anti hummed, trying to think of the best way to tell him, "Um  . . . well . . .have you ever thought of the possibility that maybe. . . since you and Gab can teleport . . . that maybe. . . . Toni can too?"

He finally connected the dots. He was silent and still for a moment and then Anthony's eyes slowly widened like saucers, "Oh . . .. shit. . . . . . . I'm in trouble"

They rushed over to Jackie's room and they could hear a ruckus but Anthony just thought maybe he was trying to catch a teleporting baby.

Anthony bust the door wide open.

Only to reveal . . . . a flustered half-naked Jackie pinning Yandere to the wall.

They stopped.

Jackie and Yandere stopped, noticing their audience.

Everything was quiet and awkward.

"Uh" Anti coughed, "Are we. . . interrupting something?"

Jackie pulled away quickly, "No"

Yandere answered at the same time, "Yes"

Jackie cleared his throat and quickly grabbed his shirt, yanking it on, "What the hell are you guys doing in here? Ever hear of knocking?"

Chase was the first to answer, "Anthony lost Toni"

"I DIDN'T LOSE HER!" Anthony butt in, ". . .She may or may not have teleported. . . . We're not sure on that yet"

Jackie looked disappointed in him, "Wow. Father of the year"

"Fuck off"

"Yandere, you get fixated and obsessed over things easily, right?" Anthony addressed them.

Yandere shrugged, "Well yeah. . . it's in the name"

"Fixate yourself on finding my baby. And Jackie? Be the hero and help us find my baby girl"

"Got it. I'll check the roof"

Anthony paled, "The. . . the roof?"

Anti grabbed Anti's shoulder, "Let's go ask the others if they've seen her"

"Let's hope she didn't get outside" Dark mumbled.

"You're not helping, Dark" Anti swat him, "This is really serious! It's a missing baby! My niece!"

Dark nodded, "You're right. I'm sorry. I'll go and alert the rest of the Ipliers and ask them if they've seen her and if not to keep a look out. You guys continue going through the Septic wing"

With that, he teleported off.

Chase glanced to Yandere who shifted awkwardly, "I'll go, too and see if I can find her. I'm sure she's fine"

Chase then looked to Jackie who was still really red in the face.

Jackie ignored the look and ran off to go check the roof.

"Okay, let's split up. Anthony and Anti, you go check with Henrik and Eva and I'll go find Jameson and Emily."

With that, they split off. Anthony and Anti glitched to Henrik and Eva's room, being sure to knock on the door first this time.

Henrik opened the door, "Yes?"

Anthony glanced in the room, "You wouldn't happen to have seen Toni around, have you?"

Henrik deadpan glared at him, very unimpressed, "Anthony . . ..Vhat have I told you? Babies need constant attention and -"

"We think she might have Anthony and Gab's powers to teleport" Anti helped Anthony out.

Henrik suddenly looked VERY interested, "Oh . .. well zhen.  ..  that changes things, doesn't it? Very fascinating! EVA! We're going baby hunting!"

"WHAT?!" Eva was in the other room and very confused by Henrik's sudden shout.

Anthony was slowly losing his mind. He hoped his baby girl was okay.

Meanwhile, Gab was at Marvin's new bookshop unpacking the final box.

Marvin was trying to figure out how the cash register worked, "Thanks again for helping us, Gab. I really owe you"

"Oh, it's no problem, Marvin, really!" Gab laughed, "This idea of yours was amazing! I'm happy to help!"

Evan was watering the plants, "It's like it's come full circle. We MET in a bookshop, you know."

"Evan-" Marvin blushed, "We've told the story a million times-"

"He worked there" Evan ignored him, "He looked SO bored and annoyed but he came up to me with a big fake smile-"

"It wasn't fake! Besides, that was the OTHER Marvin, remember?"

"Still the same story. We meet the same way in every multiverse, remember? It's true love"

Marvin rolled his eyes.

Wilford grinned, blowing bubbles in the beany bag in the corner, "Ah, young love. I remember when I was in love with Celine. . . . Mark tried to murder me. . . .after he tried to get me to murder HIM. Long story"

Astonishingly enough, Wilford had gotten a lot better lately. Since living with so many people like a family and having Dark and Mark back in his life, he had gotten a lot saner.

But he still loved bubbles. Who didn't?

"We're long past 'young' love, Wil" Evan chuckled.

Marvin snorted, "Speak for yourself. I'm still very much young and gorgeous"

"Yes, you are, dear" Evan agreed.

Gab smiled at the two. In just an hour, they would open the bookshop. She was very happy for the two. Marvin seemed a little happier anyway. Without his magic, he seemed to be missing something. Until he rediscovered his love for books, that is, with Host's help.

One part of loving magic was Marvin's love for learning new things and he always did that through the magic books he read. The books in the store themselves weren't magic but the kind of bookstore he wanted to be was the one that catered to types of people like him and Evan. The curious ones. Magic AND non-magic. There was something for everyone.

Gab especially loved a book Marvin was letting her borrow about herbs and their uses.

She happened to look out the window, going into a sudden trance when she felt something in the air.

Something familiar.

And then a giggle.

"Aahahahahhehehe" 

Gab looked down on the floor to see. . . . . her baby.

Oddly enough, though . . . this didn't surprise her, "Oh . .. hi there sweety!"

She leaned down to pick her up.

Marvin, Evan and Wilford just stared at her.

Marvin pointed at the baby, "Uh . . . how?"

Gab bounced her in her arm and shrugged, "I guess she's got powers like me and her daddy" she baby talked Toni, making her laugh, "Did you escape daddy? Did you? Are you scaring him? Oh what a good girl, putting him in his place for mommy! Wow!"

Marvin snorted.

Wilford squinted, "So if she's here. . . . . I wonder if the house is still okay and not on fire?"

"Maybe you should call Anthony and let him know?" Evan suggested.

"I will" Gab poked Toni's little nose, "This will teach him a lesson, though, won't it? Never underestimate the baby"

"Wait, did you KNOW she could teleport?" Marvin snickered.

Gab shrugged, "Wasn't for sure. . . now I am, though. Okay, then. I'll be back in a bit. Let's go save daddy's sanity, okay, Toni?"

"Ah!" She giggled and agreed.

She teleported off, leaving Evan, Marvin and Wilford together in the bookshop.

Wilford hummed, "So when are you two gonna have a kid?"

Marvin sighed, "Wilford. . . I'm a man. I've told you this"

"And?"

Marvin was worried he'd have to explain anatomy to Wilford but Evan stepped in.

"I mean . . . we COULD always adopt?"

Marvin felt panic rising once again.

Anthony was very close to breaking.

Everyone was in the living room together. They had searched EVERYWHERE for little Toni. Even the kids tried to help to look for her but found no sign.

Everyone was arguing amongst themselves.

Anthony felt like he'd have a heart attack.

"WHERE'S MY BABY!?"

Everyone knew this was serious. They tried looking everywhere. It wasn't like they weren't trying. The Jims even checked all the vents and King looked all over outside. Yandere couldn't even find her!

"Anthony, I'm sure she's fine" Stacey tried to comfort him.

"She's a BABY, Stacey! She's vulnerable and weak and fragile and I let her down! It's all my fault! She's gone and I'll never see her again!"

All of a sudden, a tiny giggle echoed in the room.

Anthony whipped around and felt all the air leave his body.

There Gab was holding their baby.

Anthony rushed over, "TONI!"

Gab let him take her from him and Toni giggled and smiled as her father took her in his arms.

"She teleported to Marvin's bookshop. I think she missed her mommy"

Everyone took a much needed sigh of relief.

"Toni, my baby, you can't scare daddy like that! I thought you were gone forever! And then mommy would have killed daddy!"

The baby laughed even harder as he lifted her above his head.

He stopped and looked to Gab, "Wait. ...  you KNEW she could teleport?"

Gab shrugged, "Well I mean . . not officially but I knew it could have been a possibility."

Anti came up from behind to check on his niece, "The good news is she's safe and that's all that ma- ZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!"

Suddenly both Anthony and Anti were being shocked. Normally being shocked wouldn't affect them with their glitching abilities but they were not prepared for this.

Toni was sparking.

Anthony grinned big and wide, "AND SHE HAS MY POWERS! YES! SHOCK HIM!" Anthony shoved her towards Anti.

Toni shocked him again and laughed loudly.

"Ow! Anthony!" Anti whined.

Anthony spotted Mark and went to chase him with the baby.

"Give me her" Gab took her daughter from him, "No using the baby as a weapon!"

"Great so she's safe and that's good" Jackie pat his legs, "So if you don't need us anymore. . . I'm gonna just go back to my room .  . . .  alone"

Chase gave him a look, "Uh-huh . . sure, man"

"Shut up"

Everyone scattered. They were happy the baby was safe but now they could finally get on with the rest of their day.

Anti smiled, watching Anthony and Gab with little Antonia, assessing her new powers.

Dark sighed, sitting next to him, "Unprecedented. . .  but it IS a new generation, isn't it?"

"A new generation" Anti repeated, "Yeah, I guess you're right. But Jack, Bella, Benny, Olivia and Iris don't have powers"

"No" Dark agreed, "But it does mean they will be the new Septics one day. It seems like little Anonia will be the new Antisepticeye. I hope I live to see the day they all grow up. Are you excited to see who they'll all be?"

Anti smiled, "Yeah . . . .You know, I finally think everything's gonna be alright, you know?"

"As long as we're together, everything WILL be alright, Anti"

Antonia glowed at the instigation of her mother, using the same powers as her.

Anti relaxed his shoulders and took Dark's hand in his.

"You're right. . . . . . we WILL be alright"

Everything moved forward.

Time passed on.

Where are they now?

Marvin's bookshop was a wild success, especially in the magic society. His strength was well-known and he became wildly popular. His ego was already pretty big, though, so it didn't seem to affect him all that much. Here and there, he'd use a vial of his magic but other than that, he found he no longer really NEEDED it for everyday life unless in emergencies.

Him and Evan went on to adopt a young homeless magician boy. Marvin saw himself in him and gave him the opportunity to grow. . . without dark magic.

Jameson built up his own theater downtown close to Marvin's bookshop and Emily had her own dance studio. She, along with other ballerinas would perform in Jameson's theater and he would have the very successful story of the nutcracker every Christmas. Two years after Antoni's birth, Emily had a son and they named him Griffith Wiles after Jameson's late friends who had died the previous year. Wiles died from cancer and Griffith in a car accident.

Jackie was still the big shot hero but finally seemed to find a constant affection for Yan who had completed their transition. They were very happy and perfect for each other. Sammie had launched her own lawyer firm in town and Chad was now the city's fire chief. 

Henrik had finally retired and gave his business to Arin, a good friend of his. HIS Arin had died in Anthony's attack years ago but this universe seemed to have one as well whom he trusted very much. The money was still his but he gave away the buildings and space stations he owned. He still felt the need to create and improve the weapons he made and he did so. It was more of a hobby now. But otherwise, him and Eva spent all their remaining time with Olivia and Iris and the family and Henrik would sometimes even help out at Dr. Iplier's clinic if he got busy.

Chase and Anthony started playing together again more consistently. They even let Bing join in the band permanently. They got good gigs and earned pretty good money but it wasn't as if they really needed it. They played in the band for fun. Stacey was just happy that Chase was finally happy.

Jack, Benny and Olivia were now the teenagers of the family and growing up fast. Olivia wanted to be a doctor just like her father and Benny wanted to be a firefighter. Jack, however, wanted to spend as much time as he could in Marvin's bookshop with his adopted son, Spencer.

Iris was a few years younger but she proclaimed she wanted to be and actress and Mark was all too happy to try and help her on her way much to everyone's groaning dismay.

Bella and Antonia were very young but they were already the best of friends and family. They did everything together and even if Antonia had powers, she was still careful around Bella. She had accidentally shocked her once and made her cry and she didn't want to ever do that again.

Anthony and Gab, when Anthony wasn't off playing in the band with Chase and Bing, spent a lot of their time and energy on parenting Antoni and helping her control her powers. 

The weirdest thing for Anthony?

Antonia seemed to really look up to her Uncle Jackie and even though she was very little, she wanted to be a hero one day, too.

Sean and Evelien would call as much as they could and visit when Anti, Anthony or Dark was around to pick them up. Sean was doing very well for himself and was very happy that all of his friends and family were happy as well. He finally felt whole.

Markiplier finally got used to being around them all and actually got Dark, Wilford and Mark to join him in a few videos and movies he had been working on. Dark didn't love it as much but Mark very much embraced it. Wilford was trying his best but doing very well keeping himself in check. Markiplier also had all the rest of the Iplier egos that would come along, join in on the fun and they did a lot of cool and amazing videos with egos all together.

Dark was just happy he finally had just brothers back all together and a family again. His inner Damien and Celine were finally at peace.

And Anti?

He was finally happy. He was with Dark. 

They had gotten married and Anti wore the ring as a necklace. It reminded him of the marble he had worn for so long before and he cherished it.

Anti had many more pictures to frame on his hallway wall.

There were no more enemies.

No more fights.

No more grief.

After so many years, Anti finally felt complete. 

He felt whole.

He could finally move forward with his family and not feel like a burden.

And for once? .  .He couldn't wait to see what the future would bring.

The End.