"NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

Evan fell to his knees, shuddering, "ₙₒ! ₙₒ, ₘₐᵣᵥᵢₙ! ₙₒ! ₐᵤᵤᵤᵤₒₒₒₕₕ god" he sobbed at the horrid sight.

"No" Chase whimpered, "Marv. . .he. . . he's. . ."

Anti cackled, "DEAD AS A DOORNAIL! Just like he was supposed to be a long time ago. Anti's sobbing his little bitch heart out, too"

Anthony stood in front of the others.

Of course his heart was racing. He was horrified.

He and Marvin had gotten really close in the last year.

Evan sobbed with his head down, "We. . we .. . were. . . gonna be ma-married"

Anti snorted, "Til death do you part. That was rather soon, wasn't it? Wanna join him now?"

Anti glitched in front of Evan but Jackie came to his rescue.

Anti was prepared for it, though and stabbed him in the stomach with a knife.

"Jackie!" Henrik wanted to get to him but knew he would only get in the way.

Jackie gripped onto Anti's hair, "A. . .. anti"

"I told you already. . .. he's not here right now"

He ripped out the knife and went to stab him again but Dark shoved him back with his aura.

"EVERYBODY COME TO ME NOW!!" Dark shouted.

Evan was still crying on the floor but Chase, as wobbly as he was, picked him up by his arm, leading him to Dark. They all rushed to him just as Anti pulled himself back together.

He glitched and launched himself at them all, ready for the kill only for them to all disappear.

Anti laughed, looking around and down at Marvin's dead body and kicked his decapitated head around the floor, "One down"

Meanwhile, on the inside, the real Anti could see it all.

He screamed.

He fought.

He tried so hard to stop his body from moving and killing him.

'Marvin, no! NO! NO!! NO!!! NOOOOOoooooo' he fell into a small whimper.

His heart couldn't take it.

It was just an hour ago Anti was leaning his head on Marvin's shoulder on the couch wrapped up in his favorite blanket.

And now Marvin was dead.

HE killed him.

Anti's HANDS had killed him.

'I killed him.'

He had never killed anyone before.

He wanted to puke but in the reality he was in, that wasn't possible with his body being controlled.

He cried, helpless.

Was this going to happen to ALL of his family?

'no . . .. no, please no'

The demon controlling him rolled his eyes, "Ugh, will you cease that stupid little bitch crying already!? I'm trying to get a lock on where they fucking went!"

He kicked Marvin's head hard out of his way against the wall.

"But don't worry. I'll be sure you can have one last moment to tell them all to fuck off"

Dark teleported them all to the manor, "We don't have much time"

He knew they all wanted to mourn but he couldn't let that happen just yet when they were still in danger. He had to protect them.

For Anti.

Evan broke down in sobs, alerting the Ipliers in the house.

Yandere popped their head in the room, "Hey, what's going on?"

"GET OUT OF HERE! HIDE!" Dark shouted but Yandere was never one to just listen without explanation.

"What? Why? What happened?"

Chase hugged Evan, trying to console him.

Eric cautiously came into the room behind Yan, "Is Evan okay?"

Very soon, before Dark could contain the situation, a lot of the Ipliers were already there.

Illinois was the first to notice, "Hey wait .. . .where's Marvin?"

Evan's heart-wrenching wails returned.

Dark sighed, knowing there was no way to get out of this, "Anti has been compromised. Possessed by a murderous entity. He killed Marvin and he will be on his way here soon too. You all have to hide or get out of here before he can-"

"Before he can what? Kill us all, too?"

Jackie looked up at the stairs and growled, "What the FUCK is he doing out and not contained?!"

Dark tried to explain really quick but Mark was faster.

"As if I'm really a fucking threat like your brother right now. Powerless, remember?" Mark reached the bottom of the stairs and stared at Evan.

He looked so. . . hopeless.

Mark was anything but consoling, though, "Weren't you two supposed to get married or something? Pft. At least you dodged THAT bullet. I killed MY ex-wife."

Dark popped him upside the head and seethed, "You're not helping!"

"First off: Ow. Second: Who said I was here to help?"

Chase was rubbing Evan's back when he suddenly straightened and his eyes went wide, "Stacey. . . . The kids! Our families! They're in danger!"

"Shit!" Anthony suddenly thought of the kids and Gab but realized something horrible, "I don't have my powers again anymore. They were in the eye. I can't teleport!"

"And I need to stay here with you all" Dark wasn't about to leave them all like sitting ducks.

And Evan was too distraught at the moment to do anything.

Then an idea came into his head, "William!"

He turned and William was directly next to him. Dark flinched a little but was happy to see him.

William looked. . . confused but still came to Dark's aid, "What's going on out here? I heard disco kitty died but why's everyone look so sad? He'll be back"

Evan did NOT look reassured.

Dark shook his head, "William. . . Anti killed him. . . . you were right to warn me and be afraid of him. I'm sorry I didn't listen to you. . . Anti's been possessed by something. A demon."

Wilford's features suddenly turned serious and he sighed, "Oh. . .. I was afraid of that. . . . So he's NOT coming back"

"William" Dark took his shoulders to make him look at him, "I need you to go and retrieve the Septic's families. All of them and bring them here. Can you do that for me?"

Wilford shook his head, "No"

Dark was surprised to say the least, "William . . .. but . .. please. PLEASE, William. They need your help. Anti will kill them otherwise."

Wilford wanted to refuse again but his eyes caught Evan hunched over on the floor looking so . . . gone.

Wilford took a deep breath and nodded, "Okay . . I'll do it."

"Thank you, Wil-" before Dark could finish his sentence, Wilford had already popped to one of the other universes.

Mark was surprised Wilford actually understood but then again, he HAD been acting strangely lately.

"Dark" Jackie was getting treated by Henrik from when Anti stabbed him, "What are we going to do when he shows up? How are we going to fight him?"

"Hold still" Henrik kept himself busy, wrapping up Jackie's wound. It was all he could do for now to keep himself from losing it.

Dr. Iplier knew he should help him but also . . . he knew his friend needed to keep busy.

Dark didn't know what to say to Jackie, "I. . . honestly, I don't know. First thing first, you all need to be protected. You Septics are his first priority it seems but he also won't let anyone get in his way"

"He doesn't play games" Anthony agreed, "Like when I . . . . . sorry. . .. when I . . . was a monster. . .. I wanted to hurt you all so I went after your families first. This demon . . doesn't seem to care about hurting you like that. He just simply wants you dead"

Jameson was quiet throughout the entire thing but took a deep breathe, "He doesn't like to play with his prey is what you mean. Like when you did all those things to torture us back in the day."

"It still seems like he's torturing us" Chase argued, "It was so brutal. So quick . . . "

In a flash, Wilford returned with all the Septic's family. They all looked confused but knew something had happened.

Stacey, holding Bella, rushed to Chase with Jack at her side, "Chase? What happened? Wilford just grabbed us. He didn't say anything."

"I . .."

Eva went to Henrik, "What happened to Jackie? Evan? Are you okay?"

Sammie scanned the area with Chad and Benny at her side and came over to Jackie and Henrik, too, "Jackie. . . . where's Marvin?"

Jackie bit his lip, afraid he'd start crying, "He. . .. .he's. . ."

Emily hugged Jameson, having a terrible feeling, "James. . . I'm so sorry. What happened?"

"No" Gab shook her head, "No, it can't be. . . Anthony? Anthony, what happened to YOU? Are you okay? Tell me what happened. NOW"

Dark decided to settle it all for them so it didn't drag out, "Marvin is dead. A demon possessed Anti and forced him to kill Marvin."

Everyone was stunned into silence. The children didn't quite understand except for Olivia and Jack, being the oldest. They started to cry.

Anthony wanted to comfort them but how could he when he was just as a mess?

"How?" Gab asked Anthony, "A demon? How did Anti get possessed?"

Anthony tapped his eye socket, "The eye. Marvin and Henrik made. It was from my DNA. This demon. . . he said he returned because of that. He's the one that created Anti and I. . . . it somehow got into Anti earlier in Marvin's bathroom but we didn't know it at the time. He left to go home. My eye started hurting and I think I almost became possessed. If Dark hadn't ripped the eye out and destroyed it for me"

Anthony noticed he couldn't stop staring at Gab's stomach and forced himself to look into her eyes, "I don't have my powers anymore. I'm useless . . ..I can't help anymore"

Gab kissed him, "I'm sorry . . . . This is all my fault, I'm sorry"

Anthony shook his head, "None of this is your fault, Gab"

"If I hadn't yelled at you this morning, you wouldn't have left with Anti. It's my fault"

Anthony hugged her, "No it's not. . . I know you're just stressed lately. It's not your fault. We would have left anyway to go visit the others"

Jackie, all wrapped up finally, stood up and in front of Dark, "We need a plan, Dark. We don't have much time left"

"I have an idea" a broken voice sounded throughout them all.

Evan stood up. He wobbled a little but he stood tall with his fists clenched, "I have an idea . . . . we don't have a lot of fire-power against him. Considering it took all the Septics including Marvin and Anti himself and the Pheno cannon to take down Anthony. . . we're gonna need a lot more power."

"You didn't have me, before" Dark reminded them, "Or Wilford."

"Or all the other Ipliers" Google stepped forward.

Dark shook his head, "You're not fighting. Now go. You all need to-"

"No." Illinois shook his head, "Dark, we've fought before at your side and we'll do it again. Anti was our friend, too. So was Marvin. We have to do this. For them"

All the Ipliers seemed to agree. Except for a select few, of course, that couldn't fight.

Dark nodded, knowing he couldn't stop them all from helping.

"Still won't be enough" Evan shook his head, "I have an idea but it'll be risky. They might say no but it's worth a shot. The Magic Council"

"Pft" Anthony couldn't help himself, "As if. . .. I killed them all before in Marvin's old universe with no trouble."

"Back then, they weren't prepared. They'll be prepared this time. With their help, they could at least remove the demon from Anti's body and that alone would be a great help. We can't risk waiting anymore. I'm going."

"Stay safe, Evan" Henrik warned him, "Don't do anything too dangerous"

"I won't" Evan reassured them, "Stay safe. I'll be back one way or another"

With that, Evan teleported, leaving them all behind.

Dark took a deep breathe, "Okay then. I guess it's just me, Wilford, Gab and Jackie as our first line of defense. Do you think you can let your punches loose against Anti, Jackie?"

Jackie cracked his knuckles, "I know his body can take hits. I'm not holding back."

Mark shrugged, "If I had my powers back, I could probably-"

"No." Dark cut him off, firmly.

Mark just rolled his eyes, "Whatever. I'm going back upstairs. Enjoy dying, dumbasses!"

Anthony didn't know what to think. He felt so helpless now.

And yet, a fire still burned in him.

He stared at Gab's stomach again.

Gab didn't realize he knew and leaned her head on his shoulder, trying to comfort him.

Gab was just as pained. She really loved Marvin. They had a lot of fun together gossiping about everyone and everything when he came over for tea.

She sniffled, trying to hold her emotions in because this wasn't just another enemy.

She'd have to fight Anti.

And she loved him, too. He was always so sweet and nice. She loved him like he was her own kid. With how Anthony treated him like a little brother, the idea wasn't too far off.

It was hard to imagine that Anti's body was the one that killed Marvin so brutally.

Gab took Anthony's hand, worried. She hadn't told him yet that she was pregnant. She freaked out when she found out. She thought they had been pretty safe. Apparently not.

She knew Anthony was against the idea of having his own kids but she didn't want to get rid of it. She didn't know what Anthony would think if she told him but now was DEFINETELY not the time to spring that up on him.

She had absolutely no idea that he already knew.

Anthony squeezed her hand back. She had no idea how quickly he would die for her.

They all hear a noise and look over to where someone had teleported in the room.

It was Anti.

But something looked off. It FELT like Anti, too.

Anti fell down to his knees on the floor and cried, tears streaking down his face, "I'm sorry. . . . . I'm sorry. . . . . ..I'm sorry. .. . "

Dark wanted to rush over to him.

Chase and Jameson did, too. But they all held themselves still, unsure.

The demon had already tricked them once before.

"Please. . ." Anti begged them, "Don't let your guard down! . . . He's trying to trick you!"

Dark realized what was happening, "Anti? It's really you!? You're still in there?!"

Anti nodded, sobbing, "He's toying with me. . . he wants you all to let your guard down but DON'T! FUCKING FIGHT ME! KILL ME IF YOU NEED TO! DO NOT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN FOR A FUCKING MOMENT! DARK! PLEASE! PROTECT THEM!"

Dark nodded, determined, "I will. . . . I will. I'll save, you, too, don't you worry"

Anti's body convulsed on the floor and he looked to be fighting something himself.

"ANTI!" Chase shouted for him, "Please! Fight it!"

"We don't blame you, Anti" Jackie tried to tell him, "We don't blame YOU"

Anti's eye turned a blazing neon green again and he stilled.

A smile creeped on his face and he stood up, "Well . . .. that was fun. Didn't expect him to be able to fight me off for a moment there. Didn't want him to tell you my little plan." he shrugged, "Oh well" he then pointed at the small crowd, "Who first? Eeny meeny miny. . . . MOE"

As quick as lightning, Anti lunged for Gab.

No one expected that and wasn't ready.

Gab wasn't ready.

But Anthony was.

He felt rage surge inside of him. He didn't care if his powers were gone, he'd die for Gab.

Anthony threw Gab behind him and blocked Anti, grabbing his wrists.

No one expected Anthony to be sparking, though.

Anthony didn't expect it, either. He expected to die.

Anti and Anthony stared down one another as the two were locked on each other.

Anti grinned, snickering, "Unexpected. . . but not impossible. Before Dark ripped out that eye, it must have transferred the power throughout your body as a failsafe. . . . ."

Anthony didn't care.

He wasn't useless anymore and that was all that mattered.

Anthony's eyes darkened and a grin started to form on his own face.

"Sucks for you . . fucking freak."

"Please. . ." Anti's eye twitched, "Enough of that name. . . I am Samael, no relation to Lucifer. I'm a demon king of the void . . . Sean called me Septiceye Sam but I'll allow you all one last memory. When you beg me not to kill you as I rip you all apart limb from limb, scattering all your entrails across the floor . . . . . . you may call me Sam"