I had the song on repeat while thinking about this chapter and writing about it for the last few weeks. I thought it really fit well for what's going on . You guys will know when I thought about it in certain points so  . . .. Enjoy! :)

"Uh . .. . hey guys" Sean sheepishly peeped inside.

Marvin readied to throw a curse at him, "GET OUT!"

Chase stood in front of Sean, "Whoa! Whoa! Hold on, Marv! At least just hear him out!"

"I fucking knew we shouldn't have let you go" Jackie seethed, "You always WERE up his ass but THIS!? Are you fucking serious, Chase?! Did you already forget what-"

"He's our only shot, guys!" Chase shouted back at them, "Look, I don't like it, either! But love it or hate it, Anti needs all the help he can get and if your enemy is our last opportunity, then so be it! At least he'll have a CHANCE!"

They looked ready to argue but Henrik butt in, "He DOES have a point"

Jackie looked back down at Anti. His breathing was fading drastically and if they didn't do something quick . . ..  

They were running out of time and arguing amongst each other wasn't doing any good.

Anti wasn't awake but he could just FEEL something was wrong. Or at least, there was a disturbance in the air.

Feeling as heavy as he did, he didn't exactly care either way. But he DID worry for his family.

'Am I . . . dying?' it's not like he hadn't been through this before, 'At least I know what it feels like. Death can't surprise me anymore'

But also as heavy as he felt, there was something else. A stronger presence. Something warm surrounding him that didn't belong to him but he recognized it.

'No . . . what does HE want? Is that really him?' but even if he wanted to, he couldn't wake up. He was anchored down in this scape and there was nothing he could do to break out of it himself.

He was finally just a floating memory. . . .

Sean looked over all of them.

Really looked at them.

He couldn't remember a time when they all stood together like this. All sharing concern over the same thing with such protectiveness, too.

It made him smile.

"The fuck you smiling for?" Marvin hissed at him, "It's all because of YOU, Anti's in this condition!"

Sean frowned again at those words, "I know . . . .but I'm here to fix it all now"

'What do you mean by that?' Jameson asked and seemed hopeful, 'Can you really heal him?'

"I wouldn't get too excited about it" Jackie told him and glared daggers towards Sean, "Sean's all about keeping secrets. Who's to say he wouldn't just do something else to Anti to make him his loyal little puppet again?"

"You . ..  you don't have to trust me" Sean slumped, "But . . . but I know now what I did was wrong. I should have known it a long time ago. I'm a monster for what I did. For not seeing the truth when it was right in front of me. For destroying your lives. Manipulating you all. . . . . I'm a downright git"

Henrik nodded, "You are"

Sean sighed deeply, a heavy sorrow in his eyes, "I know you all don't trust me. I can't fix the past . . . .but please just . . .give me the chance to fix things NOW"

Chase gave the others a look, "Well? I say we give it a shot. Jackie? What you think?"

Jackie looked read to argue again but Chase continued, "Let's do it for Anti"

The hero shuddered and stilled and looked back down at his brother who was FAR too close to the grave. He rubbed his forehead and grit his teeth, 'I don't trust him' he glance in Sean's direction, 'But if I hadn't trusted Anti in the beginning and given him a second chance . . .. then I couldn't care for him as much now as I do . . . .'

He closed and eyes and nodded, "Alright . . . ." he gently moved out of the way but still stayed close to Anti's side.

Marvin was reluctant, too but if Jackie was willing to give it a try . ..  then so was he. He moved out of the way so Sean could see him better.

The creator took a few steps forward and his heart dropped. He looked so . . .. small. And frail.

So tired. Weighed down.

Sean swallowed, "Anti . . . . . S-sam . .. ." he took a few more steps forward as the others let him until he was hovering over him over the couch.

As Sean looked down on him, the more his heart ached. His grief tearing him to shreds and he broke down in tears, "I'm  . .. I'm so fucking sorry, Sam . . . . I fucked up so bad . . And look what happened. . . look what I did to you"

Anti heard the words as he drifted. Heard the cries and he listened.

Sean fell to his knees, "You don't . . . you don't deserve this. You never deserved anything I did to you. None of it. I'm so sorry. All you wanted was a family. Love. And I fucked it all up"

"You did. . . . but it doesn't matter anymore"

Sean leaned down closer and pressed his forehead against Anti's, "Please . ..  please tell me you're still there"

Anti blinked and in the drift, he saw a reflection of himself staring back at him.

Or rather. . . . the original version of himself.

Anti tilted his head slightly, "What are you doing here? Am I really dying? Or am I already dead? Am I in hell?"

Sean broke in a sad smile, "Sam . . . . no, you're not. . . you're not dead yet"

"Sam? I'm not Sam"

"You're still Sam"

"I'm Anti . . . . or at least . . . I think I am still"

"You are . . . . but you're also Sam. You'll always be Sam, Anti"

Anti stared at his hands. With Sean's presence, he could just barely feel himself, the numbness going away just a little but it was temporary.

"What do you want, Sean?"

"Come back, Anti" he pleaded, "Let me help you and come back to everyone"

"What did you do to the others? Did you take them again?" he was mildly concerned for them again.

"No" Sean shook his head, "And I never will again. I swear it. I just. . . . we need to all be TOGETHER. Or at least . . .you need to be with the others. They need you"

Anti shook his head, "No, they don't. They needed Anti and he did his job. I broke them away from you"

"You did" Sean nodded and smiled again, "You did such a good job, Sam. I'm proud of you. If that even means anything."

Anti could feel his heart wrenching. Sean being there while he was dying was NOT making this easier. He was taking the numbing away, making him feel everything again!

He teared up, "I . . . . . why did you hurt me!?" Anti shouted at him, his tears streaming down his face, burning his eyes, "All I ever wanted was for you to love me! WHY DIDN'T YOU LOVE ME!?" he wiped his face and cried. He didn't see Sean coming closer.

The creator cried just as strongly, "I'm sorry, Sam! I'm . . I'm sorry! I DO! I DO love you! I always did! It's myself that I hate! I hated myself immediately for what I did to you. I can still hear your cries when I took that piece of you away"

"P- . . Piece?" Anti asked, wiping his eye with his palm, hugging himself with his other arm around his waist.

Sean stood before him now. They could see into each other's eyes and Anti could see Sean's glistening with just as many tears.

Anti bit his lip, "It. . . it doesn't matter anymore. . .  I'm dying, aren't I?"

Sean shook his head, "I won't let that happen. And neither will you."

"How can you say that?  . . . . . . how do you know? How do I know I can trust you? That things will be better? That the others will be safe?"

Sean took his shoulders in his hands carefully, "Because . ..  from now on . . . . . the videos don't matter NEARLY as much as you all do. . . . from now on . . . I'll do everything in my power to make things better. To help you all be the best versions of yourselves that YOU all want to be. I swear it, Sam"

Anti felt his words. Full of truth and heart.

Sean rested his forehead on Anti's and slowly started to hug him, meeting VERY little resistance, "From now on, things will change for the better. Do you trust me?"

Anti rested his head on Sean's shoulder, his arms slowly coming around to hug him back. He wanted to trust him. He wanted to go back to the way things were with them. Before all this mess.

"I love you, Sam . . . I love you, Anti"

Anti hugged Sean back, crying over his shoulder and burying his face in his neck.

From that moment, something beautiful happened.

Back in Anti's apartment, they all watched as Sean hugged Anti, holding him up close and tight with tears soaking his face.

Sean began to glow an a strange green emanated from his chest.

"I love you, Sam .. . . I love you, Anti"

And they all watched as that little glow formed into an orb and floated over to Anti's chest, seeping into him.

It would have been weird for anyone else to see or think about. But Marvin believed he knew what happened and he felt his lips crack a small smile.

Henrik, having been concerned about the glow, pressed his stethoscope over Anti's chest only to sigh in relief, "His heart-rate is picking back up . . . vhatever Sean did . . it worked"

Slowly, as if waking from a dream, Anti opened his eyes. He could feel himself being enveloped by something.

Or someone.

As this person started to let him go, though, he realized it really WAS Sean.

Anti looked up at him, their eyes locked, "Wh . .. . . Sean?"

Sean smiled down at him, "Hey Sam . . . . Welcome back"

Realizing it wasn't a dream, Anti's eyes prickled with tears again but before he could sit up or even say anything else, Jackie shoved Sean away brutally onto the floor.

"ANTI! OH MY GOD, ARE YOU ALRIGHT!? YOU'VE BEEN ASLEEP FOR AGES! YOU ALMOST DIED AGAIN! STOP DYING ON US, DAMMIT!"

Anti was startled by Jackie's outburst but couldn't bring himself to take it seriously, "Hey Jackie!" he was still weak and tired but he hugged Jackie, snuggling his face into his brother's warm chest.

Jackie deflated, "Dammit, you're lucky, I love you, brat. But for real, stop dying. We can't take all your near-death experiences, man"

Marvin snorted, "Ain't that the truth!" he came over, too and hugged Anti just as forcefully as he was hugging Jackie.

Jameson of course joined in the hug, too.

Chase smiled but even though Anti was alright now, it DID raise a lot of concerning questions. Questions that Henrik was all too okay with asking.

"Vhat DID just happen? It needs explained because none of it makes sense. One minute, Anti's near death and zhen Sean hugs him and then suddenly Anti's glowing and wakes up and they're okay with each other now?"

Sean stood up, rubbing his arm from Jackie's shove, "I uh . . . .  it's really not that hard to explain." he smiled at Anti who was enjoying all the hugs and attention way too much, "I gave him his soul back . . .or rather. . .Sam's"

Chase nodded, "That explains a lot now"

Marvin made a noise, "Are you serious?! All this time, Anti was walking around WITHOUT a SOUL!!?" he poked Anti, "You don't LOOK like a ginger to ME"

Anti chuckled, "No . . . the link I had before . . . . before the latest fight."

Chase nodded, "It's as I thought. His last link he had before with Sean tethered him just enough to his soul that it wouldn't be detrimental. But after Sean cut is ALL loose completely, Anti lost all connection to his soul"

Henrik crossed his arms, "Zhat does not explain why WE are fine and he wasn't. Did the same happen to us, then? Did WE lose our souls?"

"No" Sean shook his head, "Anti  . . Sam was a special case. I took his soul to make him Anti but he must have still clung onto it somewhat somehow afterwards. Good thing, too, I suppose . . . It's all my fault this all happened"

He smiled, looking at Anti again, though and how happy he was, "I'm glad I got to fix some mistakes, though. I meant what I said before, Sam. You know that, right?"

Anti blinked at him but shyly glanced away.

Sean didn't press it but just smiled, "I'm glad I got to help  . . . . . from now on, I swear I'll do everything in my power to make sure you all are happy" he nodded, "I swear it"

Anti nodded back, " . ..  okay"

They all agreed. If Anti was okay with Sean now then so be it. Things will work out and they can be happy finally from now on.

All Together.

Note: This is STILL not the end. So stay tuned for another upcoming chapter very soon! Hope you all have enjoyed the story so far! :)