Ch. 7: He's Back

Jack didn't remember much after falling off the train. He vaguely remembered pulling out the sword, the pain he felt before and afterwards, and just brief images of hitting the panic button on his phone that Robin installed, along with Robin himself coming to save him. He couldn't remember anything else after that, except waking up the next day, late afternoon perhaps. It was pretty late that night and he got pretty banged up, it's probably a mystery he didn't sleep all through the week. When he awoke, Robin, Schneep and Signe were all at his side, relieved that he had regained consciousness.

"Hey, are you ok?" Signe quickly asked.

"Yea" Jack replied, his voice sleepily restrained from sleepiness and still feeling the aftermath of last night's back-to-back battles.

"You were out most of ze day" Schneep noted as Jack began to sit himself up on the large bed.

"What happened?" Robin asked, sitting in front of his best friend.

"Ugh, it was him" Jack replied, confusing the others. "Anti, I saw him, he was controlling Billy the whole time" Jack clarified. "He's back"

"Your sure of this?" Robin checked.

"Positive" Jack nodded, and then remembered something. "Wait, Billy! Did you see him?" Jack questioned, but Robin just averted his gaze and let out a hard sigh. "Is he dead?" Jack asked in worry.

"No, he uh....he's in a coma" he answered. "He probably would've died if it wasn't for that healing ability of his, but that sick son of a bitch sure did try to kill him" Robin noted.

"Will he make it?" Jack asked in full concern.

"I don't know" he shook his head. "Frankly, he shouldn't even be alive right now" he noted. "Also, um.... a lot of cops think that it was you, or Jacksepticeye, that put him there" he continued hesitantly. "There were surveillance cameras and a few witnesses that saw the two of you fighting last night" he clarified after receiving questioning looks. "And ur wanted for questioning"

Jack let out a frustrated sigh and ran his hand through his hair at the notion. "Like it wasn't hard enough to try and prove miss Panabaker's innocence, now we've gotta worry about mine too" Jack went on stressfully. "Are you gonna hafta bring me in now?"

"No, as far as I, and the department, is concerned, I'm just visiting a best friend" he assured. "But, this does create complications for us, and that's not even the worst part"

Jack raised an eyebrow from that last notion. "What do you mean?"

"More cases like miss Panabaker's have been turning up left and right" he informed. "This may help prove our theory on her innocence, but this... Antisepticeye is starting to get way more frequent and out of control" he stated. "With you confirming he's back and him reaking havoc everywhere, it looks like whatever he's planning to do is bound to happen sooner rather then later" he quickly briefed.

Jack took a minute to process all of this, even trying to figure out just what exactly was Antiseptic up to. What could he be possibly trying to gain from all of this? What for, and why? But more importantly, what made Jack so important to him? None of this seemed to make sense.

"So, what do we do now?" he questioned. Though that didn't sound very heroic of him, he wasn't real sure where else to turn at this point.

"Um, didn't you find something?" Robin asked when he turned to Signe.

"I think I have, at least" she clarified. "Judging from what this guy is doing and how he operates, it looks like he may be setting up for something called the Takeover"

"What's the Takeover?" Jack asked.

"You now how this...Anti can like... possess people?" she quickly checked and Jack nodded. "Well, the thing about these demons, is that they crave power, and they gain that power from controlling the minds of as many kind hearted people as they can and corrupt their souls" she went on. "The more people they control, the more power they gain and the closer they get to ruling the world. That's what he wants, is to control everything, be the most powerful being on the planet and rule it all. And if he gets enough power and can find a way to enter enough minds-"

"Then he could takeover an entire population and eventually the world" Jack finished for her. "We would be dealing with an Anti-pocalypse"

"Exactly" she nodded, followed by "oh shit's" from Robin and Schneep.

"But something still doesn't add up" Jack noted after a brief moment. "What does he want with me? Why am I so important to him?"

"Well, since he is your lookalike, that means he wants to control you more then anyone else on the planet" she explained. "He considers you to be the most pure hearted person out there, and if he controls you, he'll gain all the power he needs" she continued and Jack listened very intently, taking in every ounce of all of this long and overwhelming information.

"So how do we stop this?" he asked after a minute of processing.

"The only way we can, by stopping him, taking him down" she answered, and confidently.

"But wait," Schneep suddenly chimed in, having spoken after listening for a long while. "What about miss Panabaker, and all of ze ozer people zat have fallen victim to dis Anti?"

"Yes, we still need to prove their innocence" Robin added.

"If that's even possible" Jack followed.

"It is, just very difficult" she nervously replied. "I honestly don't know how we can, but....hopefully, we should find a way"

"Positive mental attitude, I like that" Jack stated, making her cheeks turn a little red.

"I guess you rubbed some of it off on me" she smirked and he giggled under his breath.

"Wait," Robin chimed in, suddenly having a thought popping in his head. "Just throwing it out there, how do we keep him from taking over our minds as well?" he asked.

"Don't worry, there's a spell I can do that'll keep us safe" she assured.

"Will Jack still be safe?" Schneep asked. "I mean, I don't mean to scare anyone, but he took control of him before, more zen once" he reminded. "What if zat....created a doorway, or-"

"No, that's nothing to worry about, and it doesn't work that way" she quickly assured again.

"What do you mean? Why not?" Jack questioned.

"Because!" they all turned to the man who call out from the doorway, it was Pewdiepie. "Once you've fought ur way out of a demon's mind control, he can't get you back unless you let him" he continued as he walked further into the small resting room they were all in. Now he was standing in front of the group, who all had stunned faces. But none more then Jack.

"Wait, how do you know that?" he questioned.

"Ur not the only who's been chasing demons Jack" he smiled.

"Wait, do you know this guy?" Robin asked with furrowed eyebrows.

"Kind of, I met him last night" Jack answered. "But, how did you find me here?" he turned back to Felix.

"After the cops arrived, I tracked you back to the train tracks, saw this guy helping you out" he nodded towards Robin. "I followed you two here and I waited and listened in" he informed and then smiled at the four, who still stunned looks upon them.

Jack took a brief moment to try and process all of this crazy intel. "Um....ok, and uh..... did you say that you've also had some... experience with this kind of stuff before?" he questioned with some slight confusion.

"Yes, and I would like to help too" he replied in full seriousness. "You guys seem like you could use it, and you did help me escape from those two rocket fuckers"

"Those two what?" Signe raised an eyebrow.

"Never mind, and please tell me you didn't kill them" Jack pleaded.

"Relax, I didn't" he assured and Jack could tell he was telling the truth. "And if makes you feel any better, I'll letchu call the shots if you let me join, your the boss" he promised as he walked closer to Jack.

Jack took a minute to consider this. They were definitely gonna need all the help they could get if they were gonna take down something like Antisepticeye. Not to mention that this guy seemed to be pretty damn well experienced, with demons and fighting against bad guys. "I do like being referred to as the boss" Jack smirked with crossed arms and Pewdiepie smiled.

"Woah, wait a minute, who is this guy?" Robin questioned.

"He's cool, he helped me out last night" he assured. "Um...everyone, this is Felix, or Pewdiepie, and these are all my friends" Jack introduced.

"Nice to meet you guys" he smiled with a nod and a wave. "But there's something you should know" he quickly noted back at Jack. "This thing may not be after you just for ur body" he gave Jack a proud look.

"And of course, ur one of those" Jack noted from the remark, making him briefly giggle under his breath.

"But seriously though, that may not be why he's coming after ya" he clarified. "These demons, they tend to get pretty pissed when you manage to break free from their hold" he revealed.

"Shite, Billy" Jack realized. "Listen, you guys stay here, get acquainted, see what else we can find or what our next move should be, and I'm gonna go see Billy" he instructed, already heading to switch outta his outfit and put on some normal clothes before heading to the hospital.

"Jack, wait" Robin stopped him before he reached the door. "There's two cops outside his door"

"You know they can't stop Anti" Jack replied.

"I mean you won't get in" he corrected.

"Don't worry, I'll find a way" he assured. "Just tell me what room and level he's on"

X

Jack arrived at the hospital just moments later. Robin had informed him that Billy was in room 3402 on the fifth floor, which Jack sped by just to get a look at the room from the hallway. As he ran, everything went into slow motion and he saw the two officers that were sitting side by side by the door. The door itself was closed and the window blinds were barely open, so he really couldn't get even a good glimpse of the room inside. However, he counted the doors along from the direction he ran before rushing back outside the hospital.

He went to the side of the building billy's room was on, spotted the fifth floor and counted along the windows and rooms again until he reached the number he counted for Billy's room. Once he found his mark, he shot two webs near the top of the hospital and ran straight up the building along with the web. In a split second, he was hanging right by the window of Billy's room. And since it was dark now, Jack didn't need to worry about anyone seeing him. So, as quickly, swiftly and quietly as he could, he used one arm to hold on to the web and the other to carefully slide open the door before slowly and carefully crawling inside.

Once his feet touched the floor, he slid the window back shut and turned his attention back to the man lying unconscious in the hospital bed. Jack's poor former friend and foe was as still as a staue, covered in bandages, blood stains and a hospital gown with an I.V. in his arm and a breathing tube in his mouth. The Irishman crept through the room and made sure the window blinds were completely shut, and made sure those two cops were busy and couldn't see anything. He then went over to Billy's side and sat down in the chair next to him. He was silent for a moment as he watched his injured friend sleeping.

"You know, I thought I've been through some bad shit. But you, *scoffs* you've got me beat in every way" he stated with an astonished grin. "And most of all, ur still kicking and going. Guess you and I have a lot more in common than we thought" he revealed with a slight chuckle. "You amaze me Billy, you really do, just like when we were kids" he admitted honestly. "I remember how, back when we were still friends, you were always this cool, fearless, standup guy. You were a hell of a friend to have around, probably the best one I had at that time" Jack then paused for a moment before continuing.

"I'm sorry things didn't get to stay that way, but I would definitely like it if we were like that again" he admitted. "I know we've been through a lot, and we've put each other through a lot. Not to mention that this... Anti has really been the source of our hell" he continued. "But even so, despite everything I've been through, I've always managed to find.... just some way.... or something to bring me out of it, even when it seemed like I would never find it" he revealed, and then paused before continuing again. "And, I would really....really like to show you that way. If you wake up, and my God I hope you do, I can show that way, we can take down Anti, and maybe we can even do so many other great things together, cos that would be great. Or, you can always try to... live some sense of a normal life if you want. Either way, I swear I won't ever leave you again, not ever. You won't ever....be alone or hafta face anything alone again" he finished promisingly and straight from the heart, almost feeling like Billy was actually gonna wake up any minute now.

"Your too late!" Jack suddenly heard from the door and jumped from his seat. It was those two officers, standing side by side with their eyes completely covered in black.

"Ooohhh I don't like this" Jack noted as he slowly walked around the bed.

"I have returned, and soon there will never be a light at the end of the tunnel! Everything... will be under my control!" one of the possessed officers stated.

"And you can either join me and the rest of us, or you can let yourself die and parish! Just like him!" the second officer stated before raising his gun towards Billy.

Jack quickly snatched the gun away with a septic web before jumping into a kick, each foot connecting with a possessed officer and sending him crashing to the wall. Jack backflipped off the kick and into a superhero landing before facing back up towards the officers. One was knocked out and the other was moaning and grumbling in pain. Not taking any chances, Jack went over and knocked that other one out completely. "Sorry sir, I really am" he awkwardly apologized, and then dug for one of the officer's phone.

"Schneep, it's Jack" he said after he got the phone and typed in the number. "We need to get Billy out of here, now"

X

It was barely even ten minutes before Schneep rushed over to the hospital. Although, he technically wasn't allowed back there, for a long list of complicated reasons, all he had to do was sneek in through the back door with his surgeon mask and hat on and he was good. He was careful enough to make sure he wouldn't either get caught or confused as one of their "real" doctors and pulled into an operation or something. He found his way to the elevator and went up to the fifth floor while carrying a backpack of clothes for Jack, who had locked the unconscious officers in the bathroom and waited until his cousin arrived. Schneep continued his smooth little casual doctor walk until he reached the room.

Once in there, Schneep tossed the bag of clothes to his cousin and locked the door behind him. He then went to properly setup Billy, and whatever equipment he needed with him, for a move while Jack changed into the scrubs Schneep had brought him. As soon as they were all ready, Schneep unlocked and opened the door and the two cousins began rolling the patient out. They had suspected that someone would stop and question what they were doing, and they hadn't even gotten three feet from the door before their suspicion was confirmed.

"Excuse me, where are you taking that patient?" a young british nurse with pink scrubs and long black hair questioned suspiciously. Luckily, Schneep had already prepared for this. He didn't hesitate, nor waste any time, to hand a clipboard to the nurse without even saying a single word, and the lady looked it over closely and carefully. "My apologies, carry on" she granted and handed the clipboard back to Schneep before letting the two continue their work. During which, Schneep gave Jack a wink and he had to suppress a chuckle.

Though Jack expected Anti to pop out and pull some other crazy stunt, nothing else happened. In fact, the rest of their little rescue mission went by smoothly and without any trouble. They rolled Billy out through the building's back entrance, got him into Schneep's van and just drove away. Jack and Schneep both stayed vigilant and alert through the whole drive, but again, nothing happened. They got back to Schneep's clinic, where Robin, Signe and Felix were all waiting, and rolled Billy into one of the rooms on the third level with lots of electrical equipment, including a bunch of different screens all around the room.

"Are you sure this room is like safe enough to put him in?" Jack nervously checked.

"Of course it is, and it is one ze few available rooms I have" Schneep answered and Jack sighed.

"How bout that protection spell, how did it go?" he turned his attention to the Danish girl.

"Robin's safe, Felix doesn't need it, and I still need to put it on the doc" she answered.

"That quick? You really are amazing" Jack complimented, flattering the Wiishu sorceress. "As soon as we're done here, take Schneep and put it on him too" he instructed.

"Will do" she nodded with a thumbs up and a sweet smile.

"You hear that?" Jack asked his cousin and he nodded yes.

"Hey Jack?" Robin chimed in from beside Jack. "Are you sure about this? Protecting him and bringing him here and such? Especially after all he's done?" he quickly checked.

Jack let out a brief sigh through the nose before meeting his eyes and answering. "I have to, I owe this to him" he stated wholeheartedly, and though Robin didn't know the whole story, he always trusted Jack and seemed to understand.

"Ok, everything is good now" Schneep announced once he was finished. "All we can do for him now is keep watch and wait"

"Alright, thanx guys" Jack said and the others all gave him grateful, modest replies. "We all did good tonight" he added, this time receiving thankyou's and happy agreements all around.

Then suddenly, all of the screens and machinery started acting up, alarming the group of friends. The screens were frizzing and flipping, the machines were acting all strange and turning on and off, even the overhead lights were acting weird. Then, all of a sudden, Antiseptic's face popped up on each of the screens, surrounding Jack and his friends. The group all watched in horror and shock, the majority of them only seeing anti for the first time, and not believing what they were seeing or what was happening. "Anti?" Jack asked in more shock and disbelief, never able to get used to the sight of the villain.

"You thought I was gone, but I've been here this entire time!" he stated with that weird screwed up, demonic voice that Jack always hated. "I'm always there, always watching! And now........it's time!" he grinned.

But after that, everything went back to normal. Nothing was flickering, all the lights were on and steady, everything was good.

"Schneep?" Jack heard Robin ask, and turned to see his cousin with the most sinisterly evil grin he had ever seen on him. "Schneep?" Robin asked again, this time placing a hand on the doctor's shoulder. But then, Schneep actually sliced at his arm with a scalpel and then tried to stab him in the gut. Robin caught the hand with the blade however and Jack caught Schneep with two septic webs and yanked him away from Robin. The possessed doctor then sliced at the webs before jumping back to his feet and began attacking Jack.

Jack dodged a couple of swings before catching the blade and using his super strength to hold his possessed cousin still. "Wiish!" he hollered, and the sorceress was already chanting and muttering something. It was only a second later when some shadowy entity separated itself from Schneep. Then it sucked up all of the power in the room before completely turning into Antisepticeye. Everyone stared in horror while the demon hovered and grin with a knife in each hand.

Anti then turned his attention to Billy, who was still lying in a coma. He then raised up one of the knives in order to stab the comatose patient. Jack shot a web at his arm to prevent that from happening, but as soon as the web pulled back Anti's arm, volts of electricity shot straight up the hero's web and sent Jack flying out through the window. Jack crashed landed on a car parked on the side of the road outside, attracting the attention of whoever was around. Jack wanted to get up and get back up there, but all he could do was lie there and twitch at the searing, relentless pain that shot through his body. It felt as if his insides were on fire.

Meanwhile, back up in the room, and after Jack was knocked out of the building, Pewds shot off one of his fist, only for it to fly straight through the demon without any effect. Robin then tried to follow by taking out his gun and shooting at the villain. But just like Felix's hand, they all just flew straight through the demon without any effect.

"Uh, this isn't going well" Felix stated the obvious.

"Yea ya think?!" Robin replied.

Then, Anti himself just laughed at the two. "Don't laugh at us ya creepy asshole!" Pewds shouted before getting ready to throw it down with the demon again, but it seemed that they wouldn't be any match for him.

But suddenly, he was struck away by some beam of light and sent crashing through the wall. Schneep regained his stance in time to join the other two's shocked expressions as they turned to Signe, who had an actual wand in her hand. "Stay here!" she ordered before charging after the villain, followed by the still shocked expressions of the others in the room. She stepped into the other room with the wand in hand and saw the demon with a furious expression on his face.

He then just suddenly vanished when she was about to capitalize on the attack. She turned back to see if he teleported back to the previous room, but he wasn't there. But she knew that he wouldn't have just run off like that, not after just that and especially not with everyone he wanted here. He had to still be in the building, probably waiting for them somewhere where he would have a better advantage. And the only possible place for that in a building like this, was the roof.

"All of you stay here and wait for me and Jack!" she shouted before beginning to rush to whatever way would lead her to the roof.

Meanwhile, Jack was just now starting to recover from the last hit he took. The pediatricians who saw his crash had all helped with getting him off of the car and bringing him to the sidewalk, where he had to sit and rest for a few minutes before at least trying to get back in it. It still hurt like hell to even move, the burning stinging pain in his body having not gone away yet, but his friends needed him. The civilians tried to keep him from leaving and wait for the ambulance, but he had to go. So he just pushed past them until he was able to run, as best as he could, around the corner and outta sight. Once no-one else saw him, he sped away and ran back up to the room.

He immediately noticed that Signe and Anti were nowhere in sight, and used Septic Sam to find them again. He saw that she had gone to the roof, and in a split second was joining her there. "Signe" he called, and then stopped when he saw his archenemy hovering across from them. The villain just grinned and chuckled in that evil signature way only he could do before hovering away. Signe tried to stop him with another attack with her wand, but he just dodged it.

"We need to follow him!" Signe noted. But in the split second it took her to turn around, Jack had sped off and returned with his suit and mask.

"I've got my comm device on" Jack informed. "Stay with the others and I'll catch him, stay in touch and be back when it's over, I promise I will" he quickly stated, already charging off before jumping off and using his septic webs to swing away.

"But Jack, wait!" Signe called, but it was too late.

A/N: Wooo! Intense right? Lotta stuff happening, and a lot more is gonna happen. So please stay tuned, comment, vote, follow and have a nice day/night.

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