Google found the location easily but they all waited in the shadows, looking around for Histrio.

Dark was able to conceal them all effectively in the shadows that the trees made. It was morning but the clouds overhead gave an extra dullness to make sure they wouldn't be found. 

Jackie muttered softly, "You doing that, Marv?"

Marvin snorted, "I'm powerful but not that powerful. . . . no. But I do feel something in the air. It's not a natural storm coming"

"We're close, then." Mark whispered, "To him, right? Who else could it be?"

"Satan?" Wil muttered, "Oh boy, I see. He's finally come for me, huh? Whelp! Nice knowing you guys!"

"Shh, Wil" Dark spoke softly to him, "Focus. Remember why we're here and concentrate on that. Stay with us, alright? We might really need you"

Wilford snorted, "Well this better end quick. I got an interview with you know who in an hour so-"

"Mira is more important than an interview, Wil. Remember, your sister? Celine's replica?" Dark knew Mira HATED being referenced as such but it was the only way he could think of to get Wil back in the right mindset.

Wilford swallowed and stared ahead, thinking but slowly nodded his head, going silent again.

Illinois whispered to Dark, "You sure putting Actor in the basement was a good move? He could have helped, too, you know?"

Dark didn't reply. Honestly, he wasn't sure on that. But it had to be the right move, right? Actor would have betrayed them like he always does.

"I called Amy" Mark uttered, "She's there now, making sure he can't escape"

There was a soft rumbling in the distance, cueing a thunder from the oncoming storm to come their way.

Dark glanced over to Anti who was hiding behind a tree kneeled down with his eyes closed.

'Is he praying? I wouldn't imagine so but with how desperate we all are . . .' he sighed heavily but didn't bother going over to talk to him. Instead, though, he saw Sean go over by him.

Sean knew Anti was taking all of this hard. They had Mira and Anti blamed himself for losing her again.

Slowly and cautiously, Sean sat next to Anti, "Hey" he whispered to him, "How you holding up?"

The glitch slowly opened his eyes, "You don't have to pretend to be concerned about me, Sean."

"I'm not pretending." the creator snorted, "Do you honestly think any of the Septics and me would be here if we didn't care?"

"You care about Mira."

"And you. Now come off your bullshit and open your fucking eyes. Mira and I talked. You know this just as I know you don't wanna hate us. We don't wanna hate you. That part of our lives is over and that's that. Things change. Deal with it"

Anti snorted, " . . . . . sure, I guess. Fine."

"Now . . . how you holding up?"

"How do you think? The person I love the most is being held captive and used by a demon who intends on killing us all and then plans to try and rule the world and with Mira's power . . . that dream of his could very well become a reality. So Sean . . . I'm not doing good. We don't stand a good chance if he spots us"

Sean swallowed, "Well then it's a good thing we have a magician on our side. A master of disguise"

Marvin whispered towards them, "You're damn right about that. We'll get close but we all have to be sure we don't get TOO close. We'll stay practically invisible but if we get closer than ten feet, we're pretty well fucked."

Dark cleared his throat, "Everyone hear that?"

They all nodded, everyone in agreement.

No more than 10 feet. 

Or death.

Anti sighed, "She always loved to visit the park. Sit in the cool grass in the shade. . . We usually sat in silence.  . . . She shone bright but ironically . . . she loved days like this the most. Cloudy. To the verge of rain. Don't ask why. I never figured that out"

"Because on sunny days, there was always more to do" Illinois snorted with a small smile, "Mira never liked to work much. She always got Dark to do her share of the chores and he'd cave"

"No I didn't"

"Well somebody did. Before Anti, that is." Dr. Iplier chuckled.

"She always had a way to get what she wanted" Bim muttered to himself mostly but they could hear him.

"Wrong" Anti stared him down, "She wanted affection from her brothers beside Dark. Did she ever get that?"

Before Bim could answer, they all heard rustling nearby and they all went silent. Marvin placed the spell around them and Anti stood up silently, searching for the source of the sound.

No one else moved, watching and looking around. No one spoke or even coughed or breathed. So still and quiet.

The ones skilled in stealth started to move, though, taking small steps, following Anti who seemed to be locked on the source.

Jameson was right behind him, all too used to being quiet. Followed by Dark, Yancy, Illinois, Jackie and Chase.

Chase, however, had other ideas and started to slowly and quietly climb a tree next to them. The others knew his plan, though. If he could get high enough, he could scope the demon out and keep a lock on him, ready to snipe him if need be.

The other egos hung in the back, waiting for the others to address if it was alright or not.

Anti halted, seeing movement quite a few yards away. He held up his fist to alert the others, making them stop, too.

'He's definitely here early.' Anti thought to himself, 'By that log in the clearing next to us. He's just . . .waiting? Sitting there so calmly, whistling to himself. Fucker'

He took a breathe. Anti knew that if he wanted to win this time, he had to work as a team with everyone else. They had to focus on Mira and give her as much energy as possible for her to escape.

Anti turned around, motioning with his head where Histrio was. Dark nodded and they looked to Marvin who go the message.

It was time to locate Mira within him.

As quiet as a mouse, Marvin sat in the grass and breathed in deep, focusing his energy to reach Mira.

'It'll work.' Anti swallowed, 'It has to. This is our last shot'

He tried not to think about it. What could happen to her if they failed.

Everyone was still and waited for Marvin's signal.

Mira didn't know how much time had passed.

She felt like she was drowning. Sinking into a vast abyss deeper and deeper with every passing second.

Being connected with this monster, it was agonizing. She felt so weak now. Weaker than she had ever been before. She didn't like it but now more than ever.  . . .

She felt like she couldn't do a damn thing about her situation. 

She was doomed and as more time passed, she started to accept it.

'I just . . I just hope Anti stays safe.. . . . I hope they all do'

'I wouldn't count on it, Mira'

She started. If she could see anything in the darkness, she was sure her eyes would have widened.

'Who  . . . . what's going on? That's not-'

'Not Histrio. It's Marvin. And we're all here to help ya, kid.'

' All? . . . You're all gonna get hurt or worse. You should all run while you can. I don't want anyone to get hurt because of me'

Marvin chuckled in his own head, 'Mira . . . you don't have a choice in that. All us Septics are here to fight for you and believe it or not, Dark actually convinced all the Ipliers to come and join in, too.'

'Wait . .  all of them? Really? Why?'

'We need to give you energy so you can escape. Actor confessed that's how he freed Histrio before. I just needed to establish a connection first. Don't worry. We're gonna free you. Just sit back and get ready'

And just like that his voice was gone but Mira could still feel him there.

She honestly didn't know what to think.

Too stunned to imagine it, she just hoped. Hoped that at least none of them would get killed trying to free her. It's not like she could stop them from fighting for her anyway.

Marvin opened his eyes and shivered, his nose bleeding slightly. He nodded to Dark who then nodded to Anti.

It was time.

Ever so slightly and slowly, they all moved closer and close to the clearing. They had to get as close as possible without disrupting Marvin's spell. Ten feet. That was the goal.

But they had to be quick, too. Histrio gave them until that evening to show up and it was already late in the afternoon. They had waited all morning for him to hopefully show up early.

Anti and Dark were the first to get to the goal and concentrated. Marvin was there as the conduit, syphoning it all to Mira directly.

And then Wilford joined in, the other Septics and Mark and Sean, too. They couldn't put forth as much pure energy as their egos could but it was something.

'The Host raised his hand and directed all he could to help her' he thought to himself.

'I owes it to her.' Yancy thought to himself, 'No ones deserves this. I'm sorry, sis'

'We all could have helped her sooner' Dr. Iplier reprimanded himself in his head, 'Then she wouldn't have been alone when he came for her'

Magnum, Silver Shephard, Ed Edgar, King, Yandere and Eric raised their hands, knowing they were trying their best for her.

Google and Bing raised their hands, giving as much of their power that their batteries could offer.

 Illinois offered his energy just as quick as Dark, 'Come on, kid. You can't give in just yet. Anti's here. Dark's here. We all are. We're gonna get ya back today. No doubt about it. This adventure ends today.'

The Jims helped out, too, giving what they could, camera and microphone in hand.

Bim watched them all. He was the last. In the back behind them all, 'I  . . . I don't like her but . . . we can't let her die, right? But what if she does anyway and Histrio wins? We all die and-'

A hand reached out next to Bim and he could practically FEEL the power radiating off of him like a roaring bonfire.

He turned and was actually pretty stunned by who he saw.

Actor.

The man knew he was staring, though and just glanced at him, 'discreetly' judging him with a dramatically raised eyebrow. Bim knew he was being judged HARD by this man. He could feel it. What he didn't expect, either, though, was for Actor to give him a piece of paper with his other hand. He took it and read what was on it.

'Did any of you really expect a door to stop me from coming and fixing my wrongs? Amy is fine. Please don't kill me, Mark'

Bim let the piece of paper go, letting it fall to the ground, 'He's . .  he doesn't even know Mira. The Septics don't even know her. . . . . and here I am like a wet blanket watching everyone else give their all for her. . . . '

It only took a moment for further deliberation in his head but finally, Bim raised his hand as well.

Mira felt it like a train coming at her at full speed. She gasped for air like she was coming up from water.

It was a lot. So much. 

'They really ARE all here' she felt herself tear up, 'They came. All of them came. . . . I have to . . I have to help. I have to stop Histrio. Please come on. This has to be enough, right? When is it enough? When do I try to . . .'

Dark shivered, suddenly gripping onto Anti's shoulder for support, 'I feel her . . . I fucking feel her! She's there!'  his eyes met Anti's who were just as overwhelmed.

Maybe they could do this after all. 

Just a little bit longer. . . .

But nothing ever quite works out how you want it.

The orb started to glow in Histrio's chest.

The demon looked down, noticing it all too well and knew immediately.

"Well, well, well . . . ."

The demon stood on his feet and took a closer look around. 

'Now that I take a moment . .  I do sense something is off'

He let loose a burst of Mira's power, causing Marvin's spell to fail. The clouds in the sky seemed to get darker and the wind picked up. A thunderous roar echoed from within the clouds.

Histrio smirked, "You all really thought you could outsmart me?"

The stronger egos in the front prepared themselves for a fight.

Wilford let out a large gasp for air, "Oh thank GOD! Geez! I didn't know how much longer I could take being quiet! OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!" Wilford popped up close to Histrio and tried to stab him in the neck only for the demon to shoot him with a wave of Mira's power. 

"Aaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!" Wilford was thrown suddenly into a nearby tree and promptly passed out from the hit.

Dark and the other Ipliers stared for a moment back and forth from Wil to the demon. Dark met Anti's eyes again and they just nodded.

They darted for the demon head on together. Dark lashed out his aura and Anti threw lightning at him. It was a sight to behold, really as they two joined forces for the first time to fight. They were synchronized and ready.

But Histrio was even more ready and shot a wave at them, as well, knocking them and their attacks back.

"You fucking idiots! You really think you stand a chance against me how I am now!? You're NOTHING! You always knew Mira's power was unfathomable but allow me to show you just how little of a chance you have!"

Using Anti's teleporting ability, Histrio glitched from view only to appear in front of Anti, "I don't know why you even bother anymore. You know you've lost her"

Histrio went to attack him but something was different this time.

Anti flinched when he thought the demon would shoot a hole through him with Mira's power. Only . . . . something of a fizz just crackled out of his hand instead.

Histrio blinked, confused for a moment and glared up at Anti, "What did you do?"

Marvin smirked from behind Anti, "You mean what did WE do? We're giving Mira our power. Still are. And soon, she'll break free and kill you herself, you piece of shite"

"No" Histrio's eye twitched, "I WON'T ALLOW IT! FUCK YOU! FUCK ALL OF YOU!" He glitched, jumped back from them before they could attack him and the demon raged, reaching deep inside to forcibly snatch that power back.

Mira was close. So close. She almost HAD it!

Only for it to be taken away again and Histrio used her power to his advantage, covering himself in her light like a sort of shield. He was using so much, his nose started to bleed but he grinned, knowing he had the upper hand again.

"Idiots . . .  I'll always win. You can't get rid of me"

Dark scoffed, "Everyone! Keep giving Mira your ego energy! It's the only shot we got and-" he stopped, finally noticing the newcomer to the group, "Actor? How did you!?-"

"DO YOU WANT MY FUCKING HELP OR NOT, BITCH!?" Actor just screamed back at him, "You're lucky I'm on YOUR side!"

Dark shut up. He was right. If Actor really was helping them and he didn't realize it beforehand, why stop him now?

"Whatever" Dark just muttered and looked back to Histrio. The demon was holding his chest. The orb. He whispered to Anti and Jackie, "I have an idea. You two in?"

Meanwhile, Mark and Sean had immediately went into hiding. If they died, it was all over for them all and Histrio would win not that the demon knew that. But they decided not to test their chances and hide behind an old fallen log.

"You think they got this?" Sean asked.

"I have no fucking idea. Did you you my project came out today? God I fucking hope we win. All I wanna do right now is curl up on the couch with popcorn and sleep for a month"

"Dude, me too. I gotta take a vacation after we win"

" . . .  me too"

"No you won't"

" . . .Yeah, you right"

Jackie glanced up to Chase who was still unnoticed in the tree but he got the signal.

Anti nodded to Jackie and the two clap each others hands and bolted towards Histrio together.

Anti glitched them in front of the demon.

Everything seemed to move in slow motion.

Histrio sucked in his shield somewhat to attack but then Anti and Jackie feigned the start of a punch only for Anti to glitch them away. Histrio was confused on the tactic until Dark appeared behind him ready to unleash his own void at him.

Sensing the strong move to attack, Histrio pulled off the rest of the lit up energy shield to use all he had on Dark.

But suddenly a shot rang out in the wind and a hole was in between Histrio's eyes.

Anti, Jackie and Dark gave the start of a smile.

Histrio stumbled for a moment.

Marvin pulled in and pushed as much energy from everyone as he could to Mira, thinking they won this.

There was a hole in Histrio's head.

Chase had shot him clean through the head!

But their victory was short lived as Histrio's wound sealed up, healing itself almost immediately.

He smiled at them, knowing they thought they had him.

"Fucking dumbasses. It's gonna take a HELL of a lot more than that to KILL ME!!"

"No fucking way" Jackie muttered to himself.

"I'm a DEMON, you dolt! A MIMIC DEMON! I am practically immortal! You'd have to incinerate me into nothing to kill me and we all know only I have that power here! Fucking fools! I'll kill you all!"

Histrio raised his hand at the three of them, ready to vaporize them, "I'm done playing. Fucking die already, you damn pests"

The searing white light formed at his palm.

Anti knew this couldn't be it. No way. His heart pounded.

He knew she was still in there fighting but dammit, she had to try harder!

"MIRA!! COME ON! FIGHT HIM!"

Histrio laughed and tried to release the light . . .only . . . it suddenly faded.

Histrio's laugh stopped and he frowned, "What the? That's not possible! What are you doing, you little bitch!?"

The orb on his chest started to glow instead and Histrio growled, "NO! YOU LITTLE CUNT! STAY BACK WHERE YOU FUCKING BELONG!"

Anti punched him across the face while he was distracted, "Don't talk like that to my girl, you demon fook"

"MIRA, FIGHT HIM!" Dark shouted, "I know you can hear us! You can do this! I know you!"

"YOU VAPORIZED A FUCKING BUS, MIRA!" Jackie stepped in, "If anyone can stand up to this freak, it's you!"

"Did we win the baseball game!? hoME rUn!! Knock him out!" Wilford shouted, still a bit out of it from his hit into the tree.

"MIRA! COME ON! KICK HIS ASS!" Yandere shouted.

"Yeah! Mira! Break Out!" sang Yancy.

One by one, all the Ipliers and Septics joined in, shouting and cheering Mira on. She could still do this. They could still have a chance if they just gave her a LITTLE bit more!

"SHUT UP!" Histrio screamed, "JUST SHUT UP! SHUT UP ALREADY! SHE'S GONE AND THAT'S THAT! I'LL FUCKING KILL HER BEFORE I LET ANY OF YOU BEAT ME! THIS IS OVER!"

Histrio slashed Jackie in the face with his sharp nails and kicked him hard in the stomach, knocking him down. 

He set his sights on Marvin, 'If I want to end this now, I need to kill HIM!'

Histrio tried to glitch over to the magician but Google quickly got in his way first with a chainsaw for his hand revved up. He lunged for the demon but Histrio just ducked out of the way, grabbed his arm and broke it, letting the android fall.

Bing tried to intervene but Histrio just shot electricity at him, shorting him out.

One by one, the egos stood in Histrio's way, determined not to let him get to Marvin.

"The Host stood in Histrio's way and knew he was really weak inside if he didn't have Mira's powers. He was beginning to get worried, surprised by everyone's will to help her."

"Shut up! I'm not worried!"

"He lied. It was clear in his voice. And that was what make him weaker. He knew it and that was why he was having  . ..  performance issues"

"FUCK YOU!" he shot a wave of red at Host, using Dark's abilities that he had copied from earlier, leaving Host incapacitated and knocked out nearby. 

Yandere came out of nowhere with a katana but the demon just caught it in his hand and broke it in half.

The only thing Histrio didn't expect was for King to rush him, throwing peanut butter across his face and running away!

"What the FUCK!?" the demon halted for a moment as he tried to wipe it from his eyes but that's when the others took their chances as well.

"This is for Mira!" The Jims shouted, bapping the demon repeatedly on the head with the microphone and camera, "DEMONS!!!" the shouted like a battle cry.

Eric teared up and kicked the demon in the shin with his prosthetic leg!

Magnum and Silver Shephard grabbed him and tried to restrain him but it didn't last long, Histrio using Anti's powers that he had copied against them, electrocuting them a bit.

Histrio got the peanut butter off of his eyes and went back to go after Marvin again only to discover he wasn't there anymore!

"What the-"

Jameson appeared in front of him instead with a sock puppet on each hand and a smile.

Histrio wasn't amused and shoved him away, knowing he didn't have the powers to stop him, "ENOUGH OF THIS FOOLISHNESS! I WON'T BE MOCKED!"

Wilford popped in front of him, "I wOn'T bE MoCkEd!!"

Histrio growled and blasted the short area around him with Mira's energy, "STOP IT!"

Henrik stabbed him in the neck with a sedative, "Sounds like someone needs to calm down, yeah?!"

Histrio just yanked the needle out, "Medicine doesn't work on me, Doctor. Now where's your brother?"

"Behind you"

Histrio turned to see just who he was looking for but Marvin just smiled, "Looking for me?"

But the distraction was enough for the moment and Histrio felt a powerful aura hit him. The demon crashed into a nearby boulder and groaned, pulling himself out of the cracked rocks.

He looked so pissed off, teeth grit and fists clenched. Shaking in pure anger and frustration.

Suddenly he felt something like a hard stick come down on his head and he turned around to see Actor with Dark's cane in his hands.

" . . . oh . . . hi there"

Histrio seethed, "I was going to spare you, you know. Not anymore. Traitor. That's all you'll ever be, isn't it?"

Dark was trying to hurry to build up enough energy to blast into the demon again. His aura was frighteningly huge and out of control. 

Histrio would have been worried if he hadn't remembered who he was going up against. He had Mira's power. He could still use it if not as powerful in the moment as before.

Dark was ready to attack with Anti right behind him.

But then Histrio whipped out a knife and stabbed Dark in the chest, making him shout in pain. It was a surprising moment and Dark stumbled back a bit and fell onto the ground, the knife still in his chest with blood seeping through his suit.

Mira could feel the turmoil. She could see through Histrio's eyes what he had done. She shook and grit her teeth, an unfathomable rage boiling inside of her.

"N-NooOoOOooo" she groaned and seethed through her teeth. She was REALLY pissed, now.

Histrio grinned wickedly but Anti wasn't going to back down, "Mira, I know you can hear me! Remember what you always told me .. . . you always whined about how your brothers hated you or feared your powers . . . .I was always the one to tell you to let them fuck off. To hell with them, right?"

Histrio raised a brow at him, "This isn't a good pep speech, glitch bitch-"

Anti ignored him, "You always whined about it but every time . . . the minute I'd say they can fuck off and protect themselves . . . . you argued with me. You yelled at me one time, too. . . . you said you couldn't do that. You had to protect them. Because even if they didn't like you, you still loved each and every one of THEM. . . . .  But they're in trouble now, Mira! And you know it! What are you gonna do about it!? Just lay quietly letting this bastard suck your powers out of you like a fucking juice box!? FIGHT BACK, MIRA! FUCKING  . . FIGHT. . .  BACK. . . . HARDER!"

Mira heard him. How could she not? And deep inside, her fury burned like the sun reaching higher and higher. 

The orb glowed brighter and brighter until a small crack formed on it.

"What the fuck!?" Histrio shouted, "Shut up! Stop talking to her!" he lunged at him and grabbed Anti by his throat, ready to kill him.

No one else was close enough to stop it.

But from that crack in the orb. . . . that's all Mira needed to protect him in that moment.

A bright light shone from out of the orb, temporarily blinding Histrio, Anti, Dark and Jackie who were closest.

Anti blinked hard but felt Histrio let go of his throat in favor of rubbing at his eyes to see quicker.

It was only brief, though, and the moment his vision was back to him, Anti's mouth was agape.

There before him . . . . 

"Mira?"

A bright and light-formed version of her was standing before them, in between Anti and Histrio.

It wasn't Mira. Not yet. But she at least was able to project her body in this form outside of the orb. 

Histrio blinked and saw the form in front of him, "You little bitch. I'll. . ." he felt something was wrong, though, and reached for his chest.

The orb! It wasn't attached to him anymore!

They all looked down in front of them to see the cracked orb in the grass in between them. Histrio let a breathe escape his human body but it sounded more like a panicked gasp.

Mira's light form just smirked, "What's wrong, Histrio? You look . . . . worried" her light whirled around her like a tornado, "And you should be"