"So he's good for now" Marvin had Sean in view on his crystal ball, "Looks like he's recording a video or something."

Chase was immediately interested, "He a YouTuber?"

"I think so" Marvin nodded, "Looks like it. Good news is, Anti hasn't given him a visit just yet."

Anti nodded, a bit relieved but glared at Marvin, "Can we stop calling him Anti? He's Antisepticeye. I'M Anti."

"Yeah, sure, whatever" Marvin didn't seem like he was even paying attention, "Looks like AntiSEPTICEYE is still out for the count, too."

"Great" Henrik nodded, "Zhen you can teleport him here and-"

"Wait" Jackie stopped the conversation, "Why can't we just go back to Antisepticye and take him down while he's recovering? If you see him, then-"

"Not that simple" Anti shook his head, "He's gonna be able to tell if anything comes near him. It's a sixth sense we have. And the moment you try and attack, if he's not ready, he'll just teleport or glitch away somewhere else"

"Bummer" Chase scoffed.

"Anyway" Marvin huffed with his hands on his hips, "Looks like we got a task ahead of us. I can go but I might need someone else's help to convince him. Anyone wanna volunteer? Anti? How about you?"

Anti shook his head, "No. I don't like moving around dimensions  anymore. Chase would be good, though, I think"

Chase snapped his head back to stare at the ex-villain, "WHAT!? ME?! Why me?!"

Anti just shrugged, "You and Sean had always had a lot in common even if you were alters of each other. You'll understand him better than any of the others. You'll be able to  calm him easier, anyway"

"Dude, you sure?" he snorted, "I don't know about that. I've seen some shit the last few days. I'm not exactly sane, myself"

"Well either way, we don't have a lot of options" Marvin brought up, "He won't understand Jameson, Jackie might scare him with how buff he is compared to any of us and Henrik . . . isn't exactly a comforting kind of guy"

Henrik glared at him, "Fuck you"

"See what I mean?"

Chase rolled his eyes, "Fine, I'll do it. I'll tag along. You're sure Antisepticeye won't be able to intervene? He's still shit-faced?"

Anti hummed, "More or less." he caught Chase's whimper, "You'll be fine, Ace. I wouldn't lie to you"

Chase didn't care for the old nickname but didn't say anything on it.

Marvin nodded to Henrik, "Alright, so you'll start working on getting that other Pheno Reactor up and running again? Anti, be a dear and help him?"

Anti rolled his eyes and crossed his arms, "Kind of figured it was coming to that. You can use his . ..  well . . your lab, doc. Let me know if you need anything but I'm certain Jackie could be better help than me."

Jackie raised a brow, not sure what he meant, "You're more of a help that you realize, Anti. You said you worked a lot with the other Henrik in his lab, didn't you?"

Henrik crossed his arms and tapped his glasses up his nose, "Actually, I might need your assistance anyway, Jackie. There's a lot of chaos down in the lab. I'll need your help moving things around for me"

 "Got ya. No problem, doc"

Jameson looked as though he sighed, tired of all the uncertainty, 'I'm going to look around.'

They were all actually surprised by Jameson's signing but no one could pin it at the moment.

Marvin reached for Chase's hand, "Come on. Let's get there now so we can get back sooner. We have to be fast"

Chase nodded, taking his hand.

It was only a split second but he felt himself being tugged. It was a familiar sensation by now but it still made him feel a little sick.

Marvin let go of his hand, "Okay. You can open your eyes now. We're here"

Chase opened his eyes and looked around, "No fucking way . . . . . no, no, no"

"What's wrong?" Marvin looked at him and back at the house in front of them.

Chase swallowed thickly and looked like he'd vomit.

He turned away from the house and whimpered softly, "Stacey and Jack . . . . . This is the house I found them dead in. It was Stacey's old house when she lived with her sister."

Jameson watched as Henrik immediately left them all, running down the basement steps to tend to his work with Jackie. 

'More coffee and no sleep again' Jameson thought to himself, 'I'm sure Jackie will tend to him, though. He'll make sure to force him to get at least a little sleep  . ..  even if he has to knock him out'

The mute was upstairs wandering the hallways. There were many rooms just like the one in Henrik's dimension but these walls had different pictures. 

Photos of them all like one big happy family.

'Must have been when the other set found each other and came together. Where's Anti, though?'

"I'm in a few of them. Off to the side a bit somewhere"

Jameson jumped a little and turned but eased a bit, seeing Anti had followed him. He waved slightly and Anti smiled a little.

"Sorry . . . I could see the question on your face, though."

'It's quite alright' Jameson signed, 'But if I may ask . . where are your pictures if you're not in the ones here in the hall?'

Anti motioned him with his finger, leading him to a door. He opened it and let Jameson inside, "This is my room." he pointed to a book laying on his desk nearby, "And that over there is my album. Most people prefer digital copies nowadays but with my glitching, you can never be too safe" he chuckled.

Jameson stepped over and took the album in his hands, opening it.

Inside, though, there was only a few pictures. Selfies with the others behind him either looking annoyed or awkward.

Anti noticed Jameson's expression and sighed, "I know .  . . it was when they still didn't trust me that well, though. And then when they did . . . it was too late, I guess, and still a tad awkward. I don't . . I don't have a lot of pictures  . .  . but what is in there, I treasure." he nodded to himself but saw sadness in Jameson's eyes, "You had treasures, too, didn't you? I remember you had a vast collection. You loved clocks"

Jameson seemed confused on the information but was very intrigued, "My previous version collected them, too?"

Anti snorted, "Collected them  . . .  his room might as well be a clock shop. Come with me. I'll show you"

With a newfound pep in his step, Jameson followed him out of his room and down the hall.

"It's okay, Chase" Marvin tried to calm him down, "There were bound to be some more parallels. I'm sorry, but we have to keep the task at hand in the forefront. Can you do that?"

Chase groaned and glared at him, "Fucking hell, man . . . .."

Looking back at the house again, the memories washed in his head like fresh paint coating his mind. His breathing picked up but Marvin took his hand.

"Hey . . .it's gonna be okay" he stuck his hand in his robe and pulled out a small flask, "Here. . . it'll calm your nerves, alright?"

"What the fuck's in it?" Chase took it and sniffed at it but recognized the smell immediately, "Lavender? Seriously? Again?"

"Works, doesn't it? But this potion is specifically for anxiety. Now drink a sip. We gotta be quick, remember?"

Sighing heavily, Chase finally gave in and took a shot of the liquid. Amazingly enough, though, he DID feel a lot better, "Jaysus, now that's a fooking potion, dude"

He looked back at the house, feeling a sense of rest within him. Feeling a bit of courage, he led the way up to the house, humming a song him, Jack and Stacey used to sing from an old movie.

Marvin flinched behind him but it wasn't noticed.

'That song . . .  I wonder if we all know it . . . does it hold a place in all our hearts?'

It was fascinating to think about but they had more pressing matters at hand.

Chase knocked on the door and rang the doorbell.

It took a few moments but finally, they heard someone approaching.

"Just a second! I'm coming!" he shouted loudly.

Sean whipped open the door, a big smile on his face, "Hi! -. . . ." until his smile suddenly fell and all the color left his face, the only color being the green in his hair.

"Hello!" Marvin waved behind Chase, "Don't freak out! Can we come in? We have a lot to-"

One moment Sean was standing and the next . . . .  he wasn't.

Chase and Marvin stared down at the alter who had fainted in front of them.

Chase scratched at the back of his head, "Well . . . that could have gone a bit better."

Marvin groaned, "Alright, come on, then . . . . let's get him on the couch and wake him up. Hurry before someone sees!"

Anti opened another door in the large hallway, "I haven't touched anyone's rooms. It's just as the other you left it"

Jameson just stared.

It's all he could do.

Anti wasn't wrong. The room was FILLED with clocks all along the walls and on any surface that space! And what was more fascinating was that he recognized a lot of them!

'The other me must have had the exact same tastes!' Jameson grinned at Anti, 'This is wonderful! Thank you so much!'

Anti smiled. He liked seeing at least one of them happy again, "You're welcome. I've never seen you sad before.  . . . I didn't wanna see it. The others, I'm used to seeing it but . .. but not you. You were always the optimistic and happy one"

Jameson picked up a pocket watch that was on the dresser, 'This was my favorite one. It didn't come with me when I was teleported to I.R.I.S.'

Anti froze, blinking incomprehensibly like he was gonna glitch out, "Iris?"

Jameson didn't catch his massive confusion on the matter right away but answered him, 'Yes. It's a facility Henrik had created to research the Pheno energy and help contain us. Or that's what I gathered to know, that is. Henrik didn't have one here?'

Anti nodded, "Well. . . sort of. But I see . . . makes sense." he didn't press the matter. It wasn't for him to say. Maybe he'd talk to Henrik about it later, "Hey . . . you wanna play a game of checkers? The other version and I used to play a bit sometimes. He'd win a lot . . . but I've practiced a lot since then!'

How could Jameson say no to that?

Chase gawked around the house while Marvin found another potion that would wake Sean up.

"Man, this is so weird" Chase chuckled humorlessly, "It's almost exactly the same. . . except for Stace's furniture and pictures, that is"

"Mm-hm" Marvin nodded, "Parallels. Tricky things, they are. You ready to try again with Sean?

"Won't he just faint again or something? I mean, it IS pretty weird that two dudes that look exactly like him just show up at his house and tell him NOT to freak out"

"Well what do you propose we do?"

Chase crossed his arms and bit his lip, "Not sure. . .  I have a habit of just rolling with the punches, though. Let's see what happens, I guess"

"Cool" Marvin wasn't going to argue. They didn't have a lot of options here.

He waved his hand over Sean and almost immediately, his eyes cracked open and he groaned.

"Oh fook . . . . jesus . . ."

He sat himself up, holding his head and finally opened his eyes.

They widened but before he could yell or panic or anything, Chase swung in.

"Hey man! My name's Chase! And this is Marvin! We look kinda like you but we're all from different dimensions. There's a lot of us but there's this one other bad guy that's after all of us to kill us and if he gets to you, then we're all done for! So you wanna come with us, dude?"

Marvin could have slapped him. Seriously?

But Sean snorted and laughed, "Pft . . . HAHAHAHA! Oh my god. . . that's hilarious"

Marvin turned to glare at Sean. Was he for real was this a different kind of panic?

Chase grinned back at him and nodded, "Yeah, isn't it? Come on, let's go"

"What's the bad guy's name? And what's your name?" he asked Marvin.

"Uh . . ."

"Oh he's Marvin! He's a wizard" Chase explained, "And the bad guy's name is Antisepticeye. We also got a mad-scientist doctor, a mute puppetmaster, a superhero and a depressed dude that used to be a bad guy but he's good now"

"Cool. Let's go"

"Marvin, open the wormhole, would ya?" Chase nudged him and Marvin did so, albeit hesitantly.

The wormhole appeared in its vast array of colors, glowing and pulsating.

Marvin pulled Chase to the side a little, "uH . .. What the fuck you doing? What's happening right now? Why's he so calm? Did you give him some of that potion I gave you!?"

"No" Chase glanced back at Sean as did Marvin.

Sean stared at the wormhole, eyes big as saucers, "Whoa . . . this is one wild dream. What did I eat?"

Marvin got it, then, "Ah . . ..  the whole dream trick. Got it. I hope it sticks."

"Yeah, me too, man" Chase chuckled, "Roll with the punches, huh?"

"Cheeky bastard"

It wasn't hard to get Sean through the wormhole. He was all too willing, thinking it all a dream.

How else could you explain all that was happening? Two clones with a crazy story about dimensions and a wormhole appearing in your living room?

DREAM.

When they got back to Anti's dimension, they spotted Jameson playing a game of checkers with Anti.

Anti raised a brow at them all, "That was fast"

"Whoa!" Sean grinned, "More clones of me?! And this dream feels so fooking REAL. .  . I hope I remember all this when I wake up"

Anti looked over at Marvin, "You made him believe it's a dream? That won't work for long, you know"

"Not my idea" Marvin raised his hands in defense, "That was all Chase. I just got us back here is all"

"Where's the superhero and mad scientist?" Sean asked them, not even paying attention to the conversation, "Nevermind, I'm gonna go look around. This is wild"

"Don't go far, bro" Chase pat his shoulder, "Stay in the house. If you leave the house, the dream will end"

Sean just nodded and ran off up the stairs.

Anti shrugged, "Well, whatever works. You got him here. And now we just wait until the doc gets the Reactor fixed, right?"

"More or less"

They could hear Sean opening and closing all the doors upstairs, talking to himself.

Chase blinked, having an inkling, "Did he . . . does something seem wrong to you?"

Marvin cracked his knuckles, "No, why? Something up?"

"More like down . . ." Chase look upwards at the stairs, "I think . . . did he just get out of a bad relationship?"

Anti nodded, "Probably. My Sean had, too. Sometimes the different dimensions have a time parallel, too, though. Something in one of Sean's dimensions could have already happened that hasn't happened YET in the other."

Chase rubbed his temples, "Need more of that potion to soothe this migraine. Too much science shit happening, dude"

Anti continued, "But anyway, my Sean was depressed for a while and that's why he hadn't come around when you were looking in on our dimension" he addressed Marvin.

"How'd you know?" Marvin questioned Chase, "I didn't notice anything like that"

Chase just shrugged, "One sad fucker to another, I guess. I'm gonna go check on him"

"Probably best" Anti agreed and looked back at the checkerboard, "Hey . . .did you move pieces?"

Jameson shook his head, lying through his actions. 

He'd never tell.

Sean was having an insane time at the moment. Here, he was exploring places he had never been before and everything was so crazy! He had to savor it even though it might all be thanks to food poisoning or something.

'I really needed something like this' he thought to himself, exploring room after room, 'A good distraction. Hard to believe my brain is really creating shit like this. Why can't I be this productive when I'm awake!?'

"Uh, hey dude"

Sean whipped around, startled to still see someone who looked just like him, "Oh  . . .. hey." he scratched the back of his head, "What did you say your name was, again?"

"I'm Chase. Chase Brody. The wizard is Marvin and the other two guys that were playing checkers were Jameson Jackson who is the mute and Anti. He used to be the villain but is the good guy. He's helping us try and defeat the real bad guy who we're calling Antisepticeye"

"OH!" Sean pointed at him, "Like my YouTube name!"

Chase blinked, "What's . . . what's your YouTube name?"

"Jacksepticeye! My real name's Seán McLoughlin but I don't need to tell YOU that" he laughed, "I got over 3 million subscribers!"

"Cool" Chase's heart sort of hurt at that. When he was trying to do YouTube, he only had a couple thousand subscribers, "But uh . . . you seemed sort of down earlier, I thought? Weren't you?"

"Oh yeah. I was. It comes and goes" Sean shrugged, "I had been through a breakup a while ago but I've been seeing someone RECENTLY! Her name's Signe. She's great. I think I really like her"

"Oh, that's great" Chase nodded, "Cool. Well uh . . .  did you wanna meet the superhero and scientist?"

"Yeah! That sounds awesome!"

Chase led him down the stairs and to the basement. 

Sean waved to the others again as they went by and Chase let him go first down the stairs.

Sean scratched at his green hair, "Man, I tell ya. Don't ever get your hair dyed. Not even for fans. My head's never been so fucking itchy, you know?"

"Noted." Chase stopped Sean before he could run around the lab, "Okay, so over there at the desk is Henrik Schneeplestein. He's the scientist. He's working on something that'll hopefully take care of Antisepticeye"

"And he's the BAD bad guy, right? And Anti is the good version?"

"Yeah"

Henrik looked over at them, "Ah! I see you got him to come back vith you! I hope everything isn't too startling. It can be a lot at first, I know" he tried to speak to Sean.

Sean just nodded, not seeing the pressure at all.

Jackie walked around from behind the reactor, "Hey doc, do you want me to move these tables, too, so you got more roo-" he saw Chase and Sean, "Oh hey. What's up? You doing okay?" he asked while he was holding a large desk over his head.

Sean grinned ear to ear, "And you're the superhero, right?! Man, I'm not getting used to this dream, that's for sure. I hope I at least remember YOU when I wake up. Your outfit is AWESOME!"

"UH" Jackie glanced at Chase who made a huge crossing motion that definitely signified not to argue with him, "Yeah . . . crazy dream, man. But are you okay? Seriously?"

Henrik was suddenly up and in front of Sean, "No sign of psychosis or psychological trauma. He really thinks this is a dream?"

"Why wouldn't it be?" Sean snorted, not taking Henrik's criticisms to heart, "I mean REALLY?" he shook his head with that same big smile, "I'm gonna go look around some more. Nice meeting you guys! I'm Sean by the way!"

With that, he wandered back up the stairs.

Jackie swat Chase on the shoulder, "Seriously!?"

"Maybe I SHOULD have vent" Henrik rolled his eyes, "This is not going to be easy, you realize. Zhe longer he stays here, the sooner he'll come to his senses and realize that he's, in fact, NOT dreaming! He'll panic and his mind vill be more susceptible to mental illness! He could quite literally go crazy"

"I know, I know, alright?" Chase breathed out anxiously, "But he fainted the first time so Marvin and I had to do SOMETHING so he'd come with us! The easiest way to let him think it was a dream!"

Henrik sighed, "Jackie, you vill have to keep an eye on him, yeah? Go vatch him and make sure he doesn't hurt himself trying to do something stupid"

Jackie nodded, "Yeah, no problem. Don't need him trying to leap off a building thinking he can fly or something"

"Shit, yeah, I didn't think about that" Chase snorted.

Jackie just sighed, wandering up the stairs to go find him again.

Anti stared around. 

'The house is so full again' he thought to himself, 'And now even Sean's here even if it is under weirder circumstances than before'

He looked down at the checkerboard again. He knew Jameson was messing with him but he didn't mind. He missed his playful nature.

'But it won't last long' he frowned, 'I hope Hen's device will work this time. If it doesn't, then they'll all die'

Anti gave a long, heavy sigh, watching as Jackie came up from the basement, too, now.

'Are they ignoring it? Marvin certainly is. The power that Antisepticeye now holds. I couldn't even defeat him myself BEFORE he stole my Septic eye. And now . . .'

He didn't even want to think about it.

'They're gonna need one hell of a fucking miracle'

Anti looked back up at Jameson who smiled happily.

'At least I could make at least one of you happy before you all die again'

Here's the thing, guys, about Sean's timeline. I wanted to have Evelien in it but then it wouldn't make sense for what's up ahead. I'm not a big fan of Signe but this is necessary for the plot. And the only reason I don't like her is purely because I didn't know her content and didn't see her around YouTube a lot. Sean said it was a mutual breakup, not that it is any of my or anyone's business lol, so I don't hold any ill will towards her. I don't know her just like I really don't know ANY YouTubers! lol Please bear with me! :)

Also, I would like to thank you all for still reading the story. I hope you all love it so far. I can't wait for you all to see the plans I have for it coming up :D

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!! 💚