Three Years ago

'Who am I?' he thought to himself, staring at his reflection in the mirror.

He looked like HIM but he wasn't him.

Why did she have to do this to him?

Why did HE cause all of this?

He was furious. He wanted blood.

'What am I?'

What did he turned him into?

It wasn't fair.

The mirror broke as his anger rose.

A shadow formed around him, engulfing him, threatening to swallow him whole.

'I am . . . .  Darkiplier'

He turned around only to be startled by a man that was watching him.

It wasn't the Colonel, he had just left ranting about everything being a joke, calling out for Damien and Celine.

No, this  . . . .who was this? He looked so much like him.

The man wore a pink shirt and a pink wig, "Dark! I've been wondering when I'd see you again! You look good . . . or rather . . ..  new and FRESH!" He laughed.

Darkiplier didn't understand. How did this man know this name? He literally JUST thought it up in his head!

"Well that's easy! We know each other, buddy! Don't you remember me? I'm Wilford Warfstache!" he posed, suddenly twirling a gun in his fingers.

Dark's confusion only deepend, "But William . . . he just left. . . . you're not. . . you can't possibly."

"Oh, am I doing the thing again? I always forget where I am!" he laughed, "I just came back from Anti's! I was trying to tell him you were always so stubborn and focused! Ho, what a fun boy! His friends were so touchy! I did steal their disco ball, though. Don't tell them!"

His wig fell off on the ground, "Oh, oops!"

Dark knew this was the Colonel then. But how? Why? What happened? He had to know everything.

"William . . . . Tell me everything, my friend. Please?"

Wilford grinned at him softly and nodded, "Well of course, old friend! Say, what year is it? Nevermind, it doesn't matter. Just pop a squat here on the bench. I can only stay for so long until I disappear ago for a bit. Then I'll probably be back collecting our ego friends again"

"What's an ego?"

"An EGO!? Well Damien, an ego is US! We're alternate versions of ourselves scattered across all sorts of different universes! Well . . . Except there's different rules for each collective ego. Ipliers like us for example are closer together in universes. Mark will surely be starting his purge soon, the rascal. He knows how powerful Ipliers can become when collected together in one space"

"What?"

"And those Septics! Why they're certainly unique! They can collect vast amounts of energy inside of them like us but it's split up between them all, mainly Anti-boy, the magician and the guy in the weird uniform"

Dark couldn't really keep up but he was trying.

"And the Smolders! Wow, they. . . or rather she singular is a pistol" he laughed and shot his gun randomly, making Dark flinch a little, "She can store all that power within just herself and keep storing huge amounts with every alternate she kills"

"William . . . why are you telling me all of this?"

"You ASKED! And well you NEED to know it, don't ya?" Wilford pat his back, "That's why I appeared here! Now look, we'll see each other again but just do me one little favor, will ya?"

"I don't even know you"

"Well not YET, ya don't!" Wilford just laughed, "Take care of our egos when they come, m'kay? Okay and that's it. I'll probably disappear soon ag-"

And just like that, he was gone.

Vanished out of thin air like he wasn't even there.

But now . . . Now Dark had a lot on his mind and a lot to figure out.

'I . . . .  I have to try and find him again. I need to . . . I need to know more'

Back to the Present

Dark sighed deeply, remembering that day like it was yesterday.

'It all makes a little more sense now. Who the Septics are and this girl, the Smolders ego, Gabriella. The Iplier egos. . . But Wilford spoke about Anti as if he were a friend. I don't understand that. He was ignorant. They all are. And I don't need them or their power to take HIM down. . . ' 

He looked back to Gabriella who was sitting on the bed still looking lost, 'All I need is this girl and her power. Perhaps Host could find a way to rip out her energy. Then I won't even need HER'

Dark smiled at her even if it was obviously fake, "Please. . . Just hear me out. I promise not to harm you if you'll just give me your assistance. And in the end if all ends well . . . you'll go back to your own universe back with Antisepticeye like none of this ever happened."

Gabriella didn't look sold yet though and she just crossed her arms, glaring at him.

"Hmph.  . . .. if you really want MY help, you're gonna have to do a LOT better than that. I need ALL the details, asshole"

Then again, this might be harder than Dark thought.

Anti glitched through the portal he created but kept Antisepticeye behind him so he didn't get punched immediately.

Marvin saw him first, "So he said no, right? Please tell me he said no?" but he saw him behind Anti and groaned loudly, "Ah FUCK!"

Jackie saw him behind Anti and cracked his back, neck and knuckles just in case it came down to a little fight.

Chase took the safety off his gun again.

Anti held his hands up in defense, "Now guys, remember he doesn't have his power, alright? He's basically on Chase's level now"

Chase looked offended, "I'm sorry but who has a gun pointed at the freak and could EASILY blast his brains out on the wall? I'm basically deadshot. Try again"

"Jesus fucking christ, just as bitchy, I see" Antisepticeye scoffed and walked out from behind Anti, "Look, right off the bat . . I don't want to fucking be here! I'd rather be back home watching TV and . . ..  well it doesn't fucking matter. Point is, I wanna fuck up this Darkiplier asshole just as much as you lot"

They all looked to Anti.

He nodded, "He agreed to all the terms. It's cool for now. BUT, it appeared Dark DID get what he was looking for and apparently it belonged to Antisepticeye"

"It's Anthony now, asshole"

"Still not calling you that out of spite"

"Dick"

Marvin snorted, looking at him closer, "Man . .  Darkiplier really fucked you up, didn't he?"

Antisepticeye glared at him, "Well it appears I'm not the only one because APPARENTLY he fucked up YOU lot, too and you idiots HAVE powers. What's your excuse?"

Jackie came walking up to them and Anti side stepped away.

Antisepticeye actually felt intimidated by Jackie stepping towards him. The hero could very easily crush his skull with one hand like an egg. But he stood his ground even as Jackie grabbed at his shirt and lifted him to his full height. With Jackie being the tallest of them all, he had the scare advantage and it was working.

But Antisepticeye had other worries on his mind, not that he'd ever tell THEM that.

Jackie growled, "You try ANYTHING . . . .  fucking ANYTHING . . . . I will not hesitate in ripping out your spine from your back and tearing off your head, crushing it under my boot."

Antisepticeye's eye widened, "Fucking Christ. . . . you guys have gotten more brutal since I've been gone, huh?" he smirked, "I like it. But you needn't worry, hero. All I have on my mind is getting back what Darkiplier stole from me. And then this stupid little truce is over. . . . believe me, I can't WAIT to go back home"

Antisepticeye's words confused Jackie. He certainly didn't expect him to word anything like that. But he could see just by looking in his eyes that Antisepticeye was telling the truth.

Jackie dropped him, enjoying watching him stumble a bit but stared down at him harder, "Fine then. We'll see just how long you can keep it up being around us, douchebag."

Antisepticeye rolled his eyes, "Oh, you're so fucking clever. Nice insults, jackass"

Henrik came down the stairs to see Anti had brought Antisepticeye back already, "My, my, that vas quick"

Antisepticeye glared over at him, "Doctor"

Henrik looked him over and glanced at Eva, "Do you want to go upstairs?"

She just shook her head, "I came here for a reason. If I was afraid of him at all, I wouldn't be here."

"Same here, girl" Stacey agreed.

Antisepticeye just rolled his eyes.

What he didn't expect was for all the Septic egos to come stomping towards him.

Jackie was still in front of him.

He looked over to Anti but he had his back turned, "I told ya I wouldn't let them KILL ya. Didn't say they couldn't beat ya. They all deserve their own kind of payback since finding out I kept you alive"

Antisepticeye suddenly felt a little daunted.

Jackie was the first to punch him in the stomach HARD.

Antisepticeye coughed and fell down on his knees wheezing already.

He looked up to Chase who then punched him across the face.

Antisepticeye groaned, laying on the floor on his back.

Jameson dragged him up on his knees by his shirt only to uppercut him.

The glitch coughed, still beat from when Darkiplier had attacked him.

Marvin and Evan then suddenly bitch slapped him so hard he saw stars.

What he DIDN'T expect was for Eva and Stacey to hit him, too.

It almost hurt worse from them with their nails being so sharp!

Antisepticeye moaned on the floor, holding his cheek and gut, waiting for Henrik to take his turn.

Only for the doctor to just help him up to his feet.

Antisepticeye just stared at him, "Well? Gonna take YOUR turn, doc, or what? Not like I wasn't prepared for this"

Henrik just smirked, "Oh no, I don't NEED to punch, kick or slap you, Antisepticeye. I'll bandage and stitch you up . . . but it will be painful. . . I assure you of zhat"

Antisepticeye wasn't sure if he would have preferred him to hit him or not.

Yep. Hitting would have been preferred. Turns out that Henrik could be a real sadistic freak when he wanted to.

But it was finally over and Henrik was finished patching him up from both THEIR abuse AND Darkiplier's wrath.

Marvin snickered to himself, "Could have used a healing potion but where's the fun in that?"

Antisepticeye just glared at him.

"Okay then." Anti smiled, "I hope you realize you deserved all of that. Sorry but they all needed to get that out of their systems."

Antisepticeye shrugged. It's not like he had a choice and could run from it. Plus, deep inside, he knew he deserved it. Not like he gave a fuck, though.

"Now since that's out of the way. Let's get back down to business."

Antisepticeye growled and crossed his arms, "Uh-uh. . . you assholes need to fill me in, first. Everything. All I know is this Dark-ibitch came into my house, stole from me and beat me to a pulp. He told me he already beat your asses and told you lot about what Anti did, sending me off. Shadow freak is collecting power for something. That's all I know. Anything else?"

"Ugh" Marvin gagged slightly, "Can we get you an eye patch first? I mean, damn, that's nasty to look at. Ugly bitch"

He and Evan high-fived.

"Really mature" Antisepticeye stared him down deadpan. 

Anti dug in his pocket and handed him a patch, "Here."

Antisepticeye made a disgusted look this time, "Ew gross. That's been in your pants this whole time, you disgusting bitch!? A YEAR!? How much sweat is on that fucking thing!? It's gotta stink." He wouldn't even take it from him.

Anti rolled his eyes, "Just fucking grow a pair and put it on"

Antisepticeye really didn't like how Anti was dishing it back at him like this but caved in and took the patch from him. The hole in his head WAS getting sore and itchy after all.

"There, fucking happy? Disgusting" he looked just like Anti had over a year ago after Antisepticeye had tore HIS eye out.

"Fucking meta. Freaking me out a bit here" Chase commented, "It's like you guys switched places or something"

"Shut the fuck up. Let's move on already and-"

Suddenly the great man in pink was back standing in the middle of them all.

Everyone was still for a second until Anti spoke up, "Where'd you go, Wilford?  You just up and disappeared on us!"

Wilford just laughed, "Oh you! Jimmy! It's so good to see you again!"

Anti blinked, "No . . Wil, that's not my name"

"It's not? Oh darn well let's see. . . Dave? No, that doesn't sound right. Abe? No. Dave? No. . ..  Jim? DAVE! How's the family!?"

Anti shook his head.

Wilford shot the floor with his gun, "Not right? Darn. Give me a minute, I'll get it."

"WHO THE FLYING FUCK IS THIS CRAZY ASSHOLE!?" Antisepticeye shouted.

"ANTHONY! I was wondering when I'd see YOU again!" Wilford bounced over to him and slapped his aching back, "How ya been scout!?"

"Hey how the hell did you know the name I go by?! Who are you?!" 

No one else seemed surprised and finally Antisepticeye put it together, "Ah . . . wait, THIS is the guy you were talking about that was your SOURCE!?" He rolled his eyes, "Oh for fucks sake, we're fucking dead"

"Death is just a social construct!" Wilford grinned, "I should know. I've died before MANY times!"

Marvin tapped his foot on the floor, "Where's my disco ball?"

Antisepticeye wanted to drown himself, "What?"

"Ah yeah!" Wilford just snapped his fingers and the disco ball reappeared. He snapped his fingers again and disco music started to play again. He started dancing and smiling, trying to get them to join in.

Antisepticeye looked from the other Septics and back to Wilford and then back to the Septics, "WHY DO YOU GUY LOOK SO FUCKING UNPHASED BY THIS?!"

"This is the second time he's been here. Same thing happened." Jackie clarified, "Anyway. Anti, you had a question before for Wilford until he disappeared last time?"

"I was just gonna ask when Darkiplier was going to after us again"

"Why would HE know that?" Antisepticeye asked, "Is he some sort of nutcase double-spy or something?"

"No" Eva shook her head, "It appears that Mr. Warfstache can travel through different universes AND different time periods unwillingly."

"Anything like that for an extended amount of time vould make ANYONE go a little crazy"

"Crazy? This guy's the entire asylum!"

"You're one to talk" Evan muttered.

Antisepticeye crossed his arms, 'I guess I can't argue with that one. I WAS pretty irrational before. I shouldn't have played with them like I did and just killed them like Gab would have'

He felt a pang in his chest and scoffed. If he wanted to get her back, he had to DO something.

Anti had already walked over to him and tried talking to him again but Wilford was just laughing, "It's okay! It's okay! Just wind down a little! Dance with me! Aahahahaha! Everything's just FINE right now!"

Anti just backed up and walked back to the others, shaking his head.

Antisepticeye huffed, "Really? You seriously thought just TALKING to him like a normal person would work? He's nuts."

'What do you propose then?' Jameson signed, 'He's given us answers before'.

Antisepticeye cracked his knuckles and popped his back, "Get ready. You lot are about to witness one of my many talents!"

"You can't kill him" Chase gave him a stare, "Not that he CAN be killed according to him"

"I'm not gonna kill him."

"I thought that was the only thing you knew how to do?" Jackie smirked, enjoying messing with him.

"Fucking hell, will you assholes just let me finish!?" Antisepticeye snapped, "To TALK to the crazy . . . .  ya gotta MATCH the crazy! Watch and learn, losers"

"Can't wait" Marvin deadpanned.

With the music still playing and Wilford dancing, Antisepticeye suddenly ran up to him and started to dance WITH him!

"What the actual fuck?" Chase murmured.

Antisepticeye danced in tandem with Wilford to the disco and the pink man looked to never have been happier. He pulled out a bottle, "You wanna blow some bubbles!?"

Jackie raised a brow, "You guys are seeing this, too, right?"

Antisepticeye just went with it and blew a bunch of bubbles in Wil's face. The man just danced around in a circle, trying to catch them.

Suddenly, Wilford whipped out his gun and pointed it at Antisepticeye but he just dodge it and yanked out his knife that was in his back pocket. 

They used the two weapons like swords and Antisepticeye was thankful that Gab had taught him how to sword fight that one time.

Wilford laughed shooting the gun at the ceiling.

Henrik groaned, shaking his head, "Unbelievable. Who's gonna pay for zhat?"

Wilford went back to dancing as did Antisepticeye and the man in pink whispered to him, "Oh isn't this just grand? How I MISS Celine so much! She loved to dance! Did the lovely Gabriella like to dance as well?"

Antisepticeye faltered, not expecting that but kept up his act, "Speaking of beautiful women, what did Darkiplier DO to her?"

"Oh I'm sure she's fine. Host is just gonna narrate her into giving up her powers to Damien is all. She'll be alright"

"What? No, Wil! That's NOT alright!"

"It isn't?" Wilford stopped dancing and was just tapping his feet.

Antisepticeye didn't even realize he stopped dancing, too, "What is Damien going to do now?" he assumed Damien and Darkiplier were the same person, "How can we go up against him?"

"Go up against him? Ya CAN'T! All I knew was that you were supposed to be here, Damien is gonna use whatever power he can to absorb in him and go up against Mark! Of course, he doesn't know it yet that he doesn't stand a chance. That's why he's gonna need YOUR guy's powers, too! He just hasn't gotten to that conclusion yet!!"

Antisepticeye slapped Wilford's shoulder, "Nice talking with ya"

"Nice dancing with you, too, Abe!"

Antisepticeye wandered back over to the others expecting praise, "See? You heard that? Match the crazy!"

Anti nodded, "Yeah, I guess it does take a psycho to know one."

Antisepticeye's smirk fell.

Suddenly it was quiet.

They looked over expecting Wilford to be gone but he was still there, looking just as confused.

"Hey wha. . . . why'd the music stop?"

There was a cold chill in the air.

Even Antisepticeye looked around with a slight cower. He WAS still human, after all, now.

Chase and Henrik brought their wives closer to them.

Jackie breathed out and a fog came out of his mouth along with the chill in the air.

Henrik was frightened, "The girls" he tried to bolt to go check up on them only to halt in his tracks.

A man stood at the top of the stairs.

It wasn't Darkiplier. For some reason this man seemed even more dangerous.

He grinned like a snake.

"I wouldn't worry. They're safe" his voice slurred almost too soothingly, "For now. . . . I've been watching you all. I thought it was high time I had a little chat with you . . . Septics"

It was like his literal words were dripping poison.

Wilford grinned and waved up at him, "Hey, I haven't seen ya since the party! How've ya been Markimoo!?"