Anyone get 'Disowned' flashbacks from the last chap?

Marvin was curious.

Did anything he say to Henrik hit? Did the doctor believe anything he said?

Sean hadn't asked for him yet so he knew Hen didn't go straight to Sean.

'Maybe I should go talk to him again.'

He took off his mask and laid it on the bed, putting his cape on for extra warmth, yawning from his restless night as he finally left his room. It had felt like days. Then again, maybe it felt that way to everyone else in the house. They didn't know he escaped so often to go see the big bad evil Antisepticeye.

'What a joke, really. If Sean's not enforcing it, Anti's like a fucking Teddy at the Build-a-Bear store.' Marvin snorted at himself, just imagining a green teddy with black clothes and fake blood holding a knife, 'Even that wouldn't be scary if it moved'

"HEY GUYS! I'M BACK!"

Marvin rolled his eyes, 'Does Jackie always have to announce his presence when he comes home? He's just asking for questions on where he's been. He's gonna get caught'

Marvin stood straight as he made his way to Henrik's clinic downstairs, the tapping of his heels loud against the wood floors, 'I guess I can't say much . . . my heels practically DEMAND attention. . . . . As they justly deserve'

He went up to the door and knocked, being careful as to not disrupt the doctor if he were doing anything intricate.

"Come in"

Marvin nodded to himself. He had to convince Henrik today. Right now.

Meanwhile, Jackie was on his way to his room when Jameson popped up in front of him.

"Oh hey, James!" Jackie smiled, "Whatcha got there?"

Jameson grinned back and handed him a small plate of cookies, 'I've been baking this morning. I thought you'd want a treat when you came back from Anti's'

Jackie already had the plate in his hand but was about to drop it when he signed that.

"Wh-what?"

Jameson nodded, smiling knowingly now, 'You think I'm so innocent and daft? I've known for a while. It was confusing at first but not so much. I thought maybe he had been controlling you and Marvin but the more I watched the two of you, the more I realized how much happier you both have been. I don't think he's so bad'

Jackie didn't know what to say, "Well . . .uh . .. that makes three of us. Now try convincing Hen and Chase." he chuckled and stuffed a cookie in his mouth. Chocolate chip. His favorite!

"What do you think about it all, James?" Jackie asked him, "He possessed you, Hen and Chase. Does that still bother you?"

Jameson shrugged, 'Not so much. When he possessed me, I could feel a sorrow in him. Sometimes it pays off to be mute, you see. You can see so much more in people when you're not able to talk'

"I see. So you believe Anti's good?"

Jameson looked to be in thought for a moment, as if he were thinking, 'He hasn't hurt you or Marvin. So I'd say he's misunderstood. Why haven't you spoken to Sean about any of it?'

"We can't, James . . . . ." Jackie knew this wouldn't be easy for him to explain to him. How would he react?

Henrik invited Marvin into his clinic, "I see you have no patience"

Marvin snorted, "I was curious . . . . of what your thoughts were?"

The doctor sighed. He didn't know if he was ready yet but he DID have some thoughts on the matter now, "You are never hurt when you return home. He doesn't hurt you. And you seem . . . unchanged. You are not brainwashed. And you, my friend, are NOT someone who is easy to fool"

Marvin nodded, "So?"

Henrik shrugged, "But . . . . it is hard to believe when he has possessed most of us. You were never in zhat situation. You say he didn't mean to put that trauma on us. I vould have to ask him that myself. But also, you expect me to believe that Sean is orchestrating all of zhis. All of zhis pain on us. Keeping us locked up for no reason. Tis hard to think zhat most of my life has been meaningless"

"You can break free of it, Hen" Marvin finally told him, "Anti wants to help us all free ourselves from Sean. To let us make our OWN decisions. Don't you want to be a real doctor? Helping people? Besides us, that is?"

Henrik took a long breathe.

He was thinking about it.

This was it.

This was the moment that would decide if Anti should free all of them or just him and Jackie. Maybe even Jameson . . .

"I . . . "

.

.

.

"Th-this is it, I guess . . . . . h-he g-got me . . . ."

Both Marvin and Henrik stared at each other. Where did that voice come from?

Then Marvin suddenly realized it was Anti's and took out his own walkie talkie from under his cape.

"A-anti? Is that you? Did you mean to call?"

"N-not a bad way to die, I guess."

"ANTI?" Marvin was worried now. Why wasn't he answering? Did something happen to his walkie talkie? What was going on?!

Henrik stared at Marvin and the walkie talkie, putting it together. He could see Marvin's worry. His fear.

'I've never seen him so afraid' he thought to himself, 'Perhaps. . .'

They didn't know that Jackie also had his walkie talkie on him and could hear Anti as well.

Jackie nearly crushed the communicator, he was so frustrated, "Anti! Answer me! What's going on!?"

He was afraid and Jameson could see it.

"Anti, I was just there! Talk to me!"

"Heh . . . . .Sean lost h-his big b-bad villain"

Jameson tapped Jackie's hand to make him look at him, 'How do you usually get there?'

"Uh . .. M-Marvin's potion! Marvin has a potion that allows us to leave undetected by Sean! But I ran out! W-we . . I have to find Marvin!"

'I'll come, too!'

The next words on the walkie talkie scared Jackie even more.

"I d-don't wanna die . . . p-please . . . . . I .  . I don't . ."

"Anti, no . . . . Don't you dare die on me, you son of a bitch!"

But just as Jackie was about to run upstairs to Marvin's room, the magician and Henrik were coming up the stairs from the doctor's clinic.

"MARVIN! He. . .He's in trouble!"

The magician knew Jackie was trying to mind his words in his panic, "It's okay! Henrik knows! You told Jameson?"

"Yeah. We need to get to Anti NOW"

Marvin nodded, "I'm out of potions, Jackie. I haven't made more yet"

They knew what that meant.

Jackie nodded, "If we go now, Sean will know. We have to take that risk"

"I agree."

"I'm coming" Henrik decided, "I could be of help and what better way to fully decide than to see him myself?"

'I'm coming, too!' Jameson nodded.

Marvin nodded, "Alright. Let's go. Hold on to me. I'll teleport us straight to his apartment"

"He doesn't sound good, Marv" Jackie gripped onto Marvin's arm.

"We'll make it, Jackie. Don't worry"

Marvin was never one for sympathetic words. Hopefully that would be enough. He was scared, too.

They all felt a burst of something as Marvin used his magic on all of them.

They only hoped Sean wouldn't be able to force them all back in his head before they could help Anti with whatever happened to him.

They blinked open their eyes at the new setting. They were in Anti's apartment.

But something wasn't right.

Jackie paled at the sight of blood on the floor, "N-no . . . what . .. what happened?"

But there was a trail.

Marvin whisked himself towards the ending near the couch but halted. Frozen.

At first he couldn't breathe.

All the blood.

Skin so pale.

He looked so cold already.

But Marvin gasped suddenly for air, "HENRIK! OVER HERE! NOW!"

The doctor rushed over as well as the others.

Jackie looked like he'd have a melt down but Jameson held his back to try anything to soothe him from freaking out.

"A-anti . . no." Jackie started to breathe heavier, his tears blurring his vision, "FUCK!" he slammed his fist in the floor, cracking it.

Henrik felt Anti's neck but he looked grim, "I . . .ve were too late. . . . "

Marvin shook his head, "No. No, that can't be right! We JUST heard him talking on the walkie talkie! We can save him! Hen, SAVE HIM!"

Jackie came closer to Anti's body and held him on the side. He couldn't believe he was just gone.

"Not like this . . . . . This. . .This isn't fair"

Henrik swallowed, "Zhere is a hole in his stomach. He vas bleeding too much and too fast. I . . I do not think I could have even been able to do anything if we got here faster anyway"

Those words didn't make it any easier.

Marvin and Jackie were at Anti's side on the floor. They had known Anti better than any of them over the last few weeks. Over a month now.

'It wasn't long enough . . .' Jackie couldn't even talk anymore.

He did this.

It was all his fault.

'If I hadn't left him . . . . he'd still be alive'

Jameson could feel their pain. It was all so much. He could feel his own heart breaking. Even if he didn't know Anti, it hurt to see his brothers so miserable.

'Maybe. . . maybe I could fix it?' he hadn't even realized he signed it.

Henrik saw it, "James? Vhat do you mean you might be able to fix it? How? Ve were too late"

Marvin and Jackie looked up at the mute. They looked almost hopeful.

That's when Jameson knew he had to try.

'I can turn back time! I can try and-'

"James, we've talked about zhis, remember?" Henrik sighed, "We've ran the tests that you can only go back three minutes. It's been longer than that by now"

'But I can try! I'm gonna do it!'

"And if we fail, you'll only be putting him through pain again! He'll die TWICE!"

Jackie and Marvin looked at each other, both thinking. Both having the same thoughts. They nodded to each other.

Marvin nodded to Jameson, "Then we just won't fail. . . . . Do it. Target Anti specifically and go back on him as far as you can. Hen, be prepared to save him and close the wound. I'll try and stop the bleeding. Jackie, if he comes back, hold him down so Henrik can work"

The magician made a large first aid kit appear, "You ready, Hen?"

The doctor didn't agree with this but he knew how important this was to Jackie and Marvin. He gave in and nodded, "Alright. Jameson, do it"

This was it.

The critical moment.

Anti had been dead for a few minutes now.

Jameson hoped in his head he could do this.

'I have to believe I can!'

He took out his stopwatch and started to rewind the hands.

The others looked on as he did so, all equally enraptured.

What would happen?

Could they do it?

'Please' Jackie held Anti's hand, 'Please come back, Anti'

Then suddenly something was happening!

The blood was starting to return to Anti's body and his face was starting to regain color!

Jameson smiled but he knew his time was already coming up so fast.

'I only get zhis one chance' Henrik thought to himself, 'It'd be cruel to to zhis more than once'

Then it happened.

"I have a pulse"

Jackie held onto Anti's hand, "Come on. You hear that? You're not dead yet! You're not leaving us so soon! Come back!"

Henrik had immediately started on getting the bullet out. That was the first priority and then there was cauterizing the wound and stopping the bleeding. Marvin would have to help with that.

But they had to work fast!

Jameson had already reached his limit!

He kept trying to go farther, though, 'I have to. I . .. I want to meet him. . .. I need to . . . actually know him. I want to'

It hurt but Jameson didn't care. He'd do the same for any of the others.

Anti's eyes opened.

He was so confused.

One moment, he was bleeding out and everything was gone.

Darkness.

And now . . . had he just passed out?

'No . . . . there's more to it' his vision was returning a bit.

He saw Jackie.

Anti smiled up at him, "Ar . . are y-you dead, too?"

Jackie looked awful, tears all over his face, eyes red. His hair was a mess and blood was on his hoodie, 'My blood?'

"Idiot . . . . YOU were dead. We're saving you! Try not to move!"

Anti glanced over and saw Marvin in front of him as well hovering his hands over his stomach.

His stomach hurt so bad, "H-hurts"

"Just a little more" that was an unfamiliar voice he wasn't used to.

Anti glanced over to his other side and saw Henrik.

'Now I know I'm dead.' and then he saw Jameson, too with his stopwatch, 'Th-they're helping me?'

"I got it out! Marvin! You'll need to cauterize right here"

Jackie held Anti's hand, still, "Try not to move. It's gonna hurt"

"Wh-what?"

But then he felt a sudden burning in his gut. His natural reflux was to glitch but Jackie held him down and Marvin tried doing two things at once, trying to stop him from phasing in and out.

"Almost done" Marvin had never sounded so worried.

But Anti felt so tired again . . . .

Jameson fell to his knees holding his stopwatch, 'I can't do anymore! The rest is up to you guys!'

Jackie could see something was wrong with Anti again, "Anti! Anti stay with me! Come on! Fight it! I know you can!"

Henrik groaned as he hurriedly stitched up the wound. He had done all the first aid he could and cleared any infection and stopped the bleeding. But he couldn't have predicted this!

"He's going into shock! I don't have my defibrillator! Marvin, can you-"

But the magician looked just as exhausted now as Jameson. He tried to summon anything to help but . . . .

"Fuck. . . . I-" Marvin cried out hopelessly, "I can't! I've already used too much energy. I- Jackie- I . . I can't"

They were losing Anti again.

They couldn't do this again.

It'd be all too much and Anti wouldn't be able to handle it physically.

'Come on, Jackie, think! There has to be something we can do!'

Jackie's thoughts were going crazy. He couldn't do it. It was all too much.

Henrik sighed, knowing they were beat, "He's gone again . . ."

"Rrrrrrrrrghghh!" Jackie shook and cried, burying his hand in Anti's shirt on his chest, "No. . .not like . . . not again"

He opened his eyes, staring at the floor in defeat.

Watching helplessly as his tears hit the carpet.

Then it clicked.

Jackie shot up staring at Anti, ' . . . . . . that's it . . . ..'

He swallowed. Could he really do this? He had never done it before.

'He said . . ..it was like rubbing your feet on carpet. Muscles tensing and letting go'

Jackie closed his eyes. If he had anytime to try it'd be now.

Something deep inside of him buzzed. He almost thought before it was just his anger inside of him. Locked up.

He knew better now.

"J-jackie?" Marvin didn't even understand what he was doing, "What are you . . . doing?"

The hero grit his teeth and tore open Anti's shirt, placing his hand full on his chest, "I'm the defibrillator. You're not dying just yet, Anti"

Suddenly Jackie's eyes glowed and a small shock ran throughout his body and into Anti's chest!

Henrik leapt back, "A LITTLE WARNING VOULD BE NICE!"

Anti's muscles jumped but he still didn't have a pulse.

'Again!'

Jackie released yet another stronger shock into him.

'Again!'

He shot another.

'Again! Again!'

Henrik was about to tell him to stop before he burned Anti's corpse-

"GOD DAMN YOU, ANTI, COME BACK! COME BACK RIGHT NOW, YOU FUCKING COWARD!"

Jackie released a shockwave powerful enough to charge the entire building, making everyone feel small effects without even touching him or Anti. There was a buzzing in the air.

Jackie gave it everything he had.

But it was all worth it to hear Anti suddenly suddenly gasp.

To hear Henrik say, "He's back . . . . he's stable."

Anti coughed and shook, breathing heavily and looking around him, "The . .fook . .just happened?"

Marvin reached into his cape and took out a calming potion, "Fucking drink this before you go into shock again, asshole"

Jackie smiled. He didn't care if he was still crying. He fell down onto Anti and hugged him close, "Fucking dope . . . . don't you dare scare me like that ever again"

Marvin forced the potion down Anti's throat, "That goes for me, too"

Jameson and Henrik sat on the floor next to them, looking just as worn out.

Anti didn't know what happened. Why they were there but it appeared as if they had aided him saving him.

'Does that mean . . .. ' Anti couldn't finish his thought. He was so fucking exhausted but at least he didn't feel as if he'd die now.

For that blissful moment, they all sat together in peace.

Not knowing what was about to come hurling their way next.

Chase had gone back home and knocked on Sean's office door.

He had a lot to tell him.

But little did Chase know, Sean had a lot to say, too.

There we go! I hope I didn't scare everyone too much with the previous chapter. It was all necessary, I assure you! See ya in the next chap!