Mark and I repeated the process when I was cleaning him up. It was awkward at first but everything turned out fine, if I didn't try and eat first.

Anti had weakened me quite a lot, it even felt like he broke me. Mark and I were eating food but like I said, Anti made me quite weak. I can't even keep food down. Or water. Or anything.

I'm currently lying down on the couch, I look up at the ceiling with a blank face. My soul feels broken, I feel hollow.

Tic, tock, Tic, tock, Tic, tock, Tic, tock... I still feel broken.

Mark has been doing everything he can to cheer me up, but not even his jokes can get me to crack. It's like all emotion and hope of any kind has been completely drained from me. I don't know what to feel. Is this what Mark felt?

"Jada, please. I don't know you well, but please smile. Laugh. Produce emotion. Anything!" Mark has been hoping for me to do anything at all for the last couple of hours, and I know deep down inside that this only amuses Anti and Daiishu. Playing pretend probably wouldn't be worth it either.

"I, feel broken Mark. My soul feels shattered. I feel empty and hollow. I don't know what else I should do. It just feels hopeless. This is pointless."

My heart is cold and Anti has already shattered me. Bonnie, dad, his friends are all in danger. How can one kid like me do something so special like that..?

"You still have to have hope. Please, look at me."

I feel Marks hand, a little bigger than mine grasp around the hands I've cupped on my waist.

"Please."

I let out a sigh, then turn my head in his direction. His face is dead, serious.

"I know you feel hopeless and broken right now, but you have to be strong. You said you have a goal? That goal should still live on, in your heart and be the fuel for your determination. We still need to fight, you can't let him break you like this. You'll just let him win. He still has your father, you, still have your father. He's special to you, and he needs you to rescue him. Me and you, should work as a team while we still can. You were there for me and helped me many times, and I'll be here to help you too. Whatever you do, don't, give, up."

"̶T̸h̵a̵t̷ ̴w̶a̴s̴ ̴a̵ ̸n̶i̷c̴e̷ ̸l̶i̷t̴t̴l̶e̵ ̵s̸p̷e̷e̷c̶h̴ ̸b̶u̸t̸ ̵l̷i̴k̶e̴ ̸y̵o̴u̸ ̵s̶a̵i̸d̵,̵ ̷s̶h̸e̶ ̷f̴e̵e̷l̸s̴ ̷h̸o̴p̴e̷l̶e̶s̶s̵ ̷a̶n̸d̴ ̷b̵r̴o̵k̷e̸n̸.̷ ̶S̵h̶e̸ ̴w̷o̷n̶'̴t̴ ̷l̸i̷s̶t̴e̸n̵ ̵p̴r̶o̴p̶e̷r̸l̸y̶,̶ ̶t̸h̸a̶n̸k̶ ̴m̸e̵ ̵f̸o̴r̵ ̷t̸h̶a̸t̵.̸"̸

I roll over, slamming my eyes shut. I want to turn away from it all. This cold reality, this life, this goal. I want to turn away from everything.

"Jada, no." Mark sighs, I hear him stand up and walk away defeated. But do I currently feel remorse..?

"̸N̸i̷c̶e̶l̴y̷ ̷d̴o̷n̶e̷,̴ ̸I̸ ̸h̷o̷p̷e̵ ̸y̸o̵u̶r̴ ̸h̷a̸p̷p̵y̷.̶"̴ Anti chuckles, mocking me then walks away.

I have no smart comment to reply to him as I stare into the darkness of the couch. I don't feel like doing anything. All I can think about is my broken soul. My broken heart. My broken spirit. Nothing else.

Time speeds up faster than I imagine when I rest the whole day on the couch. Doing nothing and saying nothing.

"Jada, are you awake?"

I don't answer his question and continue to rest. I don't flinch when he pokes me a couple times, and he lets out a sigh.

"I wish you were more hopeful. I believe in you for what it's worth because I know you're strong. Things will get better, I promise."

What..?

Mark picks me up bridal style and my eyes remain closed. With every one of Mark's heavy footsteps, Anti laughs, mocking him.

"Shut up, Anti. She's asleep!"

The way he speaks is aggravated and spoken through gritted teeth. He places me gently down on the mattress and pulls the blanket over me. The fuzziness of the blanket slowly starts to warm me up.

"I hope you sleep well, good night." 

I lend my ears to hear Mark's footsteps fade away and that the door silently shuts. I open my eyes tiredly adjusting my eyes to the darkness. The room is basically pitch black, but I can see the darker images of the objects in the room. I don't even imagine why he would still have hope in me, when I'm like this.

I stare blankly at the wall, thinking. Why am I so special? Does it really count on me, what if I'm not strong enough to help them?

As the thoughts run through my broken mind, I slowly, shut my eyes. Slowly, become drowsy. Slowly, fall asleep.

. . .

I wake up instantly, in eternal darkness. One huge light shines down on me, but everything else is an endless darkness. Nothing else in sight.

I sit up from my curled up position. Where am I? How did I get here?

As I walk into the darkness, the light follows my direction. As if I can't leave it. That I can't step into the eternal darkness.

"̸A̴r̷e̶ ̵y̴o̸u̸ ̸h̴a̷p̷p̶y̷ ̴w̵i̵t̶h̸ ̴y̶o̴u̴r̵s̵e̶l̸f̷?̴"̸

I twirl around me, Anti walks into my light from the darkness with his sinister laughter and maniacal seizing glitch.

"What do you want?" I hiss.

"̷W̴h̷a̵t̵ ̶d̴o̴ ̷I̵ ̷w̵a̶n̶t̴?̵ ̸N̸o̵,̵ ̶n̴o̵.̵ ̴Y̴o̷u̴ ̸a̵l̷r̵e̵a̶d̸y̷ ̴g̷a̷v̷e̶ ̸i̷t̶ ̶t̵o̷ ̸m̵e̶.̵"̷

"W-what?! No I didn't! I would never give you what you want!" I growl, but I have this odd feeling in my chest. What is it?

"̸I̸s̸ ̶t̴h̷a̸t̶ ̷s̶o̷?̴ ̵M̸a̵y̵b̶e̴ ̴w̵e̸ ̷s̵h̵o̷u̶l̷d̸ ̸t̶a̷k̶e̷ ̸a̸ ̵l̵o̸o̶k̴ ̵t̶h̷e̶n̶?̷"̸

His twisted laughter doesn't help this feeling at all. It makes it worse...

Anti steps off to the side for a little bit then opens black curtains that mixes well with the darkness. 

"̶T̷a̵k̴e̷ ̷a̶ ̸l̴o̵o̴k̸ ̷f̶o̴r̷ ̴y̸o̷u̸r̵s̴e̴l̷f̸,̸ ̵I̴ ̵d̵a̵r̸e̶ ̷y̸o̶u̶.̷"̷

Hesitantly, I walk to the window. I gasp with shock. My legs start to shake.

The sky is changed from nice blue to a toxic red, covered with thick, black clouds. The buildings that were once perfect and neat have been half crumbled to the ground, and dead bodies and chaotic murder cover the streets. All the plants are dead and crumbled, and the buildings and streets have blood swipes everywhere. And at the top of the sky, is a forever eclipse.

"̷T̸h̵i̴s̷ ̸i̷s̶ ̵y̷o̵u̵r̸ ̵w̴o̵r̸l̸d̸,̸ ̴y̶o̸u̵ ̸e̶n̶d̵e̵d̵ ̶u̵p̷ ̶h̴e̷l̷p̷i̵n̷g̷ ̶u̵s̸ ̵a̷f̵t̶e̷r̸ ̵a̶l̵l̴ ̸a̸n̴d̷ ̴w̵e̸ ̸w̸e̷r̷e̷ ̶a̶b̶l̴e̸ ̶t̸o̷ ̸c̸o̵m̵p̴l̴e̷t̷e̵ ̷t̶h̵e̶ ̸c̶h̶a̴o̶s̷ ̶w̴e̵ ̸w̷a̵n̸t̷e̵d̸.̷ ̴Y̶o̵u̷ ̵h̸e̸l̶p̵e̷d̵,̵ ̶u̶s̷.̶W̷e̸ ̴c̴o̷n̸t̵r̵o̴l̸l̵e̷d̸ ̶y̴o̵u̵,̸ ̶b̸u̸t̶ ̵y̸o̸u̷ ̷s̵t̴i̵l̴l̵ ̴h̴e̷l̸p̷e̴d̶ ̷u̵s̶.̸"̷

My head shakes no with denial, I can easily recognize two of the bodies on the ground. Bonnie and dad. Tears begin to fill up in my eyes.

"No, no, NO! No matter what, I would NEVER help someone like YOU!!"

"̴̸̴N̵o̷t̷ ̵i̴f̴ ̷y̸o̸u̸ ̶w̵e̵r̸e̸ ̸c̷o̴n̴t̵r̷o̷l̸l̴e̴d̸ ̴w̵i̸t̶h̸ ̵a̶ ̸m̷e̵c̸h̶a̶n̷i̸s̷m̵.̵ ̸O̴h̵ ̶t̴h̶e̴ ̸w̴a̵y̴ ̶y̸o̷u̵ ̶t̸u̷r̶n̴e̸d̴ ̸a̷g̶a̶i̶n̴s̸t̷ ̵y̸o̶u̴r̴ ̵f̴r̷i̸e̷n̷d̷s̶ ̴t̸o̶o̷!̶

"What..?! I wouldn't turn against my friends, what did you do to me?!"

"̷L̴e̵t̶'̵s̶ ̷h̴e̶a̷r̶ ̴i̴t̸ ̷t̸h̶e̴n̷.̷"̶ Anti giggles, clearly enjoying himself.

Anti pulls out a voice recorder from his pocket.

"Jada you need to fight it! Don't go!"
"̷O̴h r̵ea̴ll̸y? Y̵ou̶ ca̵n'̴t̶ te̵ll̷me̵ wh̷at̷ to̵ do̴.̷ No̸ne̶ of̵ yo̴u c̷an̷.̶ I d̷on̸'̸t h̵av̶e t̷o r̴el̶y o̸n y̵ou̶r s̴tu̸pi̵d s̵ad̷is̶ti̴c o̸rd̵er̴~̶.̵"̶
"What the... s-she sounds a little bit like Anti!"
"̵A̸s̵ ̶y̴o̶u̵ ̷c̷a̸n̸ ̶s̸e̸e̵,̷ ̶s̷h̴e̷ ̴i̶s̶ ̶n̵o̶w̵ ̶i̵n̴ ̴M̶Y̶ ̴c̵o̶n̸t̶r̴o̵l̴ ̶n̶o̷w̸.̶ ̷A̴n̴d̸ ̸I̵'̸L̵L̷ ̶F̵I̴N̶A̷L̸L̵Y̴,̵ ̷G̸E̸T̵ ̶W̷H̴A̸T̷ ̴I̴ ̵W̷A̷N̶T̵E̸D̵ ̶A̴L̵L̶ ̵A̸L̴O̷N̵G̵!̷!̷"̸
"N-no, she wouldn't do that! Jada!"
"̶S̸or̷ry̶ Bo̴nn̸ie̷.̸ ̴Th̵is̸ ̴is̷ ̶MY̷ ̴de̷ci̴si̴on̷,̵ ̶I d̴on̷'̸t n̸ee̴d ̷t̴o ̷p̵la̴y ̸b̴y ̶y̶ou̶r ̸p̵oi̵nt̵le̵ss̷ ̶ru̴le̶s. ̸E̸lg̷h."

The recording ends with a sadistic laughter then it turns off.

"̴S̴o̴o̵o̵o̶?̶"̷

"I-I wouldn't have done that, I swear! That's not me! I don't remember!" I take steps away from him, my heart pounding and frightened.

  "Do you realize, what damage you have done~?"

I turn around to see a man in a black suit staring down at me. I turn back but Anti is gone.

"D-Darkiplier?"

He smirks, chucking.

"I, have a name, but I'll let that slide~."

"What do you want from me? Please stop."  I whimper, my heart aching.

"Was being weak, really what you wanted? Your, friends and your world, took the sacrifice. Your weakness allowed us to take over and use you~." Dark takes a few steps past from me, looking out the window with his back turned to me.

My legs give out and I drop to the floor, sobbing with my head in my hands.

 "You're, so weak. All because of this. And now, you can't turn back. Look behind you, at what you've done~." 

Because of my gullibleness, I look in that direction.

"N-no! I wouldn't do that! Please stop!!"

  "I'll stop, when you're dead~."

Without taking another look, I run in the opposite direction. I want to run away from this, make it stop!

"Jada..."

I hear a normal voice call out to me, but I ignore it. They don't need someone like me!

  "You hurt them~!"

"Jada..!"

They call out again.

"̸Y̵o̸u̷ ̴K̵I̴L̴L̴E̵D̶ ̸t̴h̸e̴m̴!̸"̴

"Jada!"

At that moment, my next step does not touch the ground. And when I look down, I'm hovering in the air, about to fall to the ground. There was a huge hole in the building, and I blindly ran out and into the air.

"This is your karma~!"

I feel a hand pat my arm and I jolt away whimpering. I pull the covers over my face, hiding. 

"Jada, I heard you crying! It's me, Mark!"

I peek my eyes above the covers, shaking wildly. Yet, there he is, concerned and wary. He's okay, alive!

I leap into Mark's arms, and I break down. I lose the plot, I instantly start to feel a little safer in his arms. Whatever that was, the last thing I want is to be alone and afraid. It felt real, and I hate it.

"Aw no..! What's wrong? What's the matter?"

Mark talks to me, calming me down and eventually I tell him my stupid story. However, he doesn't seem to find it that stupid. He listens to me importantly as I go along. But he calms me down as I speak, and my hyperventilation slows down.

"Why, were you here?" I whimper.

"I thought I heard a sound from here so I went to check on you." He reassures.

I shake with dread and lean against Mark tiredly. He wraps an arm around me, comforting me. My breathing slows down and I slowly begin to relax as he calms me down with his persuasive words. I feel much safer with him after that.

"Mark?"

"Yeah?"

"Please stay here with me? I'm scared."

"Don't worry, I'm not going to leave. Do you want me to stay until you fall asleep again?"

I nod shyly.

"Okay, you go lie back down and I'll be here beside you. You're not alone. I'll be here."