Henrik was about to click on the first file.

The mouse hovered over it on Google's built-in laptop in his chest.

The other Septic egos and Bing looked over Henrik's shoulder, curious to what could be hidden.

"Uh. . . what the fuck's going on in here?"

They all snapped their heads over to see Sean and Mark looking back at them, a little weirded out.

Mark narrowed his eyes at them, very uncomfortable, "You guys aren't looking at porn, are you?"

"What? No!" Jackie blushed.

Marvin shrugged, "I mean . . . not that we know of yet"

Chase hit him upside the head like the disappointed father he was.

Henrik cleared his throat, "We have a suspicion that something is not right between Anti and Dark. Anti's been very different lately raising a lot of obvious red flags."

"I had Google, Bing and the Jims look through the cameras in Dark's office"

"Well, that's an invasion of privacy" Mark sighed.

"Well what'd you find?" Sean was the more curious one.

"We don't know yet" Chase pointed to Google, "What's even more suspicious, though, is that we think Dark knew about Google's camera and went into his outside mainframe to encrypt the files since back into 2017. Not even Google can see the footage."

Mark hummed, "I mean .. . that IS kinda weird . . ."

"And whatever camera the Jims placed in Dark's office recently, we can't get anything off of it. Whenever Anti or Actor is there, the camera glitches until they're gone and it's just Dark"

"You think Anti's maybe hurting or doing something to Dark?" Mark asked.

Jameson shook his head, 'It's possible that it may very well be the other way around'

Mark blinked. The more he thought about it, the more he knew that there could be some truth to what they were saying, "Alright. . .  I think Google's screen might be a little too small to see, though. Let's plug him into the TV in the living room. I think Dark, Actor and Anti are all upstairs anyway"

Google sighed, not liking how he was being used but if it was for the betterment of a fellow ego, then so be it.

They went to the living room and Google plugged himself in to the TV. Some other Ipliers were curious and asked what was going on but didn't get a lot of answers.

Just that they have found incriminating evidence against Dark.

Illinois was very curious about this and sat on the couch with the others, "Does it involve Anti?"

 "Sh" Yancy shoved him, "Show's about ta start"

Wilford appeared out of nowhere with a bucket of popcorn, "OOOO I LOVE THIS SHOW!? WHAT IS IT!?"

Henrik finally clicked on the first file, "Zhis one was vhen we came here for zhe first time all together. The day of Anti's incident in attacking us that night. It's in Dark's office. Let's finally see what he might be hiding"

"God, I hope it's not porn" Mark mumbled to himself but got hushed by Amy.

The footage was pulled up.

Dark shut the door behind Anti, "You look just as sad and pathetic as before."

Anti looked very nervous, "What. . what do you want from me?"

Dark chuckled and shrugged, "What could YOU possibly give me? I just wanted to make sure you've kept our chat we had last time just between us. . . . but it seems you have if everything happening downstairs was anything to go by. You see it now, right? Sean and the others couldn't give less than two shits about you"

Sean stared at the TV, "What!? That's not true!"

Anti shook his head, "Y-you're wrong. Sean does care about me"

"Yeah! You tell him!" Sean muttered mostly to himself. He was afraid now.

Dark rolled his eyes at Anti, "No, he doesn't. If he did, he would have seen the fear in your eyes before you followed me up here. I saw it. Anyone else would have seen it, too. None of them care about you"

Mark's heart dropped, 'Why is Dark being so mean? This was. . .this was over three years ago?'

Dark grinned deviously at Anti, "Oh, don't look so sad. . . . I can give you a chance to be something more"

"M-more? What do you mean?"

"Well . . . think about this as an agreement of sorts. You help me out . . . I help you out. Everyone wins. Get it?"

Dark motioned to a chair in front of a desk. His desk.

"Have a seat"

Anti took a seat but it didn't look like he wanted to.

"Good boy" Dark's voice was so condescending, "Now then. . . .there is a place that exists called the void. It's exactly how it sounds. I'm connected to it but the problem is, I can't go in again, myself. I need someone else to go in and get something for me"

"B-but . . . how could I get in if you can't?"

"I thought of that. . . . . your glitching. You can glitch in and back out."

"What? No, I can't!" Anti argued, "I can't even really control it. Not to mention I can't teleport with it. That's just impossible"

"Well I guess today, we'll figure it out, won't we?"

"What?"

"When you glitched the last time around me, you were scared and nervous"

"No, I wasn't!"

Dark suddenly was in front of him, hovering over him in the chair. Anti leaned as far back as he could and tensed. He started to glitch slightly.

Dark grinned, "Really? You weren't?"

"I-"

Dark slapped his hand over his mouth, "Shut up . . . . You're going into the void. . . . Consider this me making you better. . . . helping you become. . .MORE" his eyes turned black.

"What the hell is happening?" Mark wondered out loud.

Jackie felt the air in his body leave him, "Oh my god. . .. if this means what I think it means. . ."

Anti  whimpered under Dark's hand.

"This won't hurt if you just let me have control. Just lay back . . . accept it"

Suddenly, Dark's body emminated a strange black smoke. It creeped from his body and before Anti could do or think of anything, the black smoke overwhelmed him, consuming him.

Dark uncovered his mouth and backed away but his eyes remained black.

And now Anti's eyes were black as well.

He remained still but was now emotionless.

Dark chuckled and then Anti chuckled as well.

Dark crossed his arms, "Go into the void. Get the book in the cabin"

Anti stood up at Dark's command and glitched.

And just like that, he was gone.

"WHAT THE FUCK!?" Chase had his hair in his hands, "DUDE! DID DARK JUST POSSESS HIM!?"

"Hold on" Henrik pointed out to the screen, "Zhere is more"

Suddenly, Anti was back in Dark's office and his eyes went back to normal.

Anti bolted away from Dark, backing away, "WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO TO ME!?"

Dark looked pissed and stomped over to him fast, slapping him across the face.

Jackie stood up. He wanted to punch Dark through the TV screen. Everything was falling into place and he hated what he saw.

All the horrible things he's said to Anti over the years.. . . weighed down on him. What kind of horrible person did that make him? Not a hero, that's for sure.

Anti fell to the floor holding his cheek. There were tears in his eyes.

Dark looked wrathful, "DON'T YOU DARE FUCKING TALK TO ME LIKE THAT! Dammit! It should have been there! I don't understand! And the book! FUCK! WHERE IS IT!?"

Mark scrunched his face in thought, "Book? What book? Dark's never mentioned a book before"

Anti cowered on the floor under him, "I . . I don't know!"

Dark sneered, rolling his eyes, "Oh shut up! I know you don't! You don't know a goddamn thing, you stupid little bitch!"

Anti picked himself up and tried to book it for the door but Dark appeared in front of him.

"Where do you think you're going?"

Anti shuddered, "I. . . I don't want to be here anymore! I wanna go home! I don't want to help you with anything!"

Dark pretending to be hurt, "Oh well that's not very friendly of you"

"FUCK YOU!"

Dark slapped him again and gripped ahold of his shirt, "Don't fucking antagonize me, glitch bitch, unless you want a REAL slit across your throat. You're helping me with this whether you like it or not"

"Oh my god" Henrik muttered, "His throat. . . ."

Sean was hyperventilating, "Don't tell me. . . god, I don't want to know. Fuck"

Anti tried to free himself but it was useless, "And what if I don't?"

"If you don't" Dark snorted, "If you don't, I'll take control over your body again and I will make you kill all the Septic egos and Sean"

Anti's eyes widened, "You wouldn't do that"

Dark grinned and thought for a moment, "You don't think so?. . . Hm. . . .. I guess we'll just see then, won't we?"

Dark let Anti's shirt go and pat his shoulder almost too gently, "You go on downstairs. . . . have some fun with the others. . . . . while you can. If you tell anyone. . .. I'll kill YOU. . . understand?"

He nodded his head.

"Good boy" Dark pat Anti's cheek like he was some kind of dog and got out of his way so he could leave.

The footage stopped.

Everyone stared at the TV, horrified.

It all made way too much sense now.

Sean was staring at the floor, "I . . . I remember that day. . . Anti came running down the stairs. . . he looked . . .scared. . ..  and this is why"

"Was Anti . . . trying to protect us this whole time?" Marvin asked.

"Henrik" Jackie licked his lips, "What's the next file?"

Henrik looked, "Zhe next one is several months later. . . . when we returned all together with Anti here.  . . After his isolation"

"Oh fuck" Sean was almost crying, "We basically imprisoned him for fucking nothing, didn't we!?"

Gab rubbed his back but couldn't offer any words of encouragement.

The Iplier egos were all equally as horrified.

"Wh-why was Dark being so mean to Anti?" Eric asked mostly to himself, "He's usually so nice. . . but . . .I don't understand"

King pat Eric's back, having the same thoughts. No one knew what to say.

Henrik was afraid but played the next video.

They got into his office and Dark shut the door behind them just like in the last video, "Have a seat"

Anti sat in the chair in front of Dark's desk. He kept his head down.

"You've gotten pretty submissive since the last time, hm?"

Anti didn't respond.

Dark hummed and smirked, "It's funny how little I had to do, you know? They ended up breaking you themselves for me. They said they put you in an isolation room? Hah!"

Dark laughed at the thought but Anti still didn't say anything. 

Dark frowned, though, and licked his lips, "Hm . . . . " he came around the desk and sat on the edge of it in front of Anti, still hovering over him, "I bet you were happy to not be around me . . . . You didn't want to come here with them, did you?"

Anti still didn't respond.

Dark grabbed Anti's chin and made him look up at him. 

Dark raised Anti's chin up and grinned at the scar that was still there, "Look at that. . . . I gave you something to remember me by, after all. . . . You can think of me whenever you see yourself in the mirror. . . . . just don't be thinking of anything too naughty or else you'll get coal for Christmas" he tried to joke.

Anti looked like he wanted to puke.

"THAT SON OF A BITCH" Jackie started to cry, "Dark WAS lying! HE possessed Anti and then Anti went to Dark's for revenge and Dark slit his throat! He said that Anti did that to himself! He lied!"

Everyone else was just as floored by the new information but they kept watching. They had to know EVERYTHING before confronting Dark on all his crimes.

Everyone seemed to forget that right now, Anti was upstairs WITH Dark and Actor alone during their investigation.

Dark rolled his eyes and let go of his face, "Anyway . .. I see you haven't told any of them. What's funny is that my aura hasn't been in you for quite a few months so if you had wanted to tell them anything, you could have"

Sean sighed, "He WANTED to tell me. . . he wanted to tell us. . .but he couldn't in case Dark found out"

Anti's eyes widened, "Wh-what?"

"Ah! The little puppy speaks!" Dark chuckled, "Yes, it's pretty funny to me, actually. Which brings me to the subject of your Christmas present!"

Anti nearly fell out of the chair, backing away from him, "I don't want anything from you"

"You know you can't get away from me, right?" Dark seemed unbothered, "Remember, you give me something I want and I'll give you something you want. That's how our deal goes, right?"

"You haven't given me anything I want"

"I let your family LIVE, didn't I?"

Anti gaped at him.

"That monster has a bullet waiting for him in between the fucking eyes" Chase muttered.

"He has two" Wilford chimed in, which surprised everyone.

Weren't Dark and Wilford close?

"Plus a shiv" Yancy commented.

"And a hammer" Google mumbled.

Dark shrugged, "Whatever. . . . I need you to go back into the void. I think I know where that book could be now. . . I'm going to possess you again so you can go there easier"

"N-no. . . no, please, not again!" Anti started to cry, "Please"

Dark mocked a sorry look, "Aw, how adorable, you think you have a choice. Sorry sweetheart, but it's not a negotiation. Look, you let this happen and I won't bother you again for anything the rest of the week you're here. Deal?"

There was a pause in the air.

Dark continued, "And if you let me do this, you have my word that your family won't be harmed. I won't do anything to them and I won't make YOU do anything to any of them. Okay?"

Anti's shoulders dropped and he nodded, giving in, ". . . .o-kay. . . you promise?"

Dark smirked, "I promise"

He stepped over to Anti and then pulled out something from his pocket.

Anti cringed, noticing it was mistletoe, "Uh . .. wh-what?"

"You know the tradition" Dark grabbed Anti's face, forcing his mouth open and used his other hand to grip his hair to keep him in place.

Dark got WAY too close and opened his own mouth.

"This is way too sick to watch" Dr. Iplier shook his head, "I knew he was unstable but this. . ."

Everyone was expecting a horrifying kiss of some sort but instead, that weird black smoke flowed out of Dark's mouth and into Anti's. Anti struggled weakly, unable to breathe but it wasn't long until it was over and his eyes glazed over black.

Dark whispered to Anti, millimeters from his face, "Go."

Anti disappeared again but just like before, he returned a little later on in the tape.

Anti laid on the floor coughing and heaving, holding himself.

Dark cursed under his breath and helped Anti up, bringing him over in front of a fireplace in his room. He quickly started the fire and walked away.

Anti was shivering like crazy. 

Dark returned with a blanket and dropped it on him, "Here, this'll help"

Anti quickly wrapped it around himself, "Wh-what. . . wh-what . . w-was th-that th-thing?"

Dark stood over behind Anti as he sat on the floor in front of the fireplace, "You don't need to know. Forget about it. The book wasn't there anyway"

"What book .. . are you l-looking for? Wh-why's it s-so important?"

Dark put a hand on Anti's shoulder, ignoring his question, "You're freezing. . . . you really should get your clothes off and put dry ones on. You'll get warmer faster that way"

Anti shook his head, "N-no. . ... I'm f-fine"

Dark squatted down behind him and muttered in his ear, "Unless you want to share some body-heat, that's the best option"

"Fucking monster" Host mumbled.

Anti felt disgusted, " . . .I do-don't have any. . .e-extra clothes, though"

"I got some" Dark walked away but returned promptly.

Anti took the clothes and Dark pointed him to the bathroom. Anti was quick to get his own cold and wet clothes off. 

When he came out, he still had the blanket wrapped around him.

"The book is a journal"

Dark was now sitting in front of the fireplace in a chair he pulled over. Anti cautiously walked closer. He sat down on the floor next to the chair and let the fire warm him.

Dark took in a deep breathe, "I'll have to think harder of where it could be . . . I need it. . . . . you wouldn't understand. But a deal's a deal." Dark sighed, "You won't need to do anything for me the rest of the week here. Of course we'll still have to ACT like friends but I won't force you to be around me"

It was quiet for a few more minutes until Anti finally picked himself up and started to walk out.

Dark grabbed his arm tightly and Anti froze. 

Dark rubbed Anti's arm gently with his thumb.

"Remember. . . don't tell any of them. I have my aura in you again so I'll know. Don't piss me off or whatever little deal we have will mean nothing"

Anti just nodded, looking quite hopeless.

Dark let him go and Anti ran downstairs.

The video ended.

Everyone was stunned and quiet but Henrik just put on the next video, "Zhis is zhe day that Actor arrived"

"Do we really have to watch anymore?" Illinois asked, "Let's just go bust down his door right now and beat the son of a bitch!"

"I want to know what else Dark has done to my ego" Sean muttered, "I want to make him pay for everything ten-fold. Henrik, play the next tape"

Henrik sighed but did as he was told.

Anti knocked on Dark's office door.

It took a few moments but finally Dark was heard on the other side, "Come in"

Anti carefully walked in. Dark was laying on his couch staring up at the ceiling until Anti made himself known.

Dark knew he was there, though and glanced over to him, "The hell do you want? Thought you wanted me to leave you alone?"

"I. . ."

Dark sat up and walked swiftly over to him, "Or maybe you started to miss my pretty face?" he teased and gripped onto Anti's chin, forcing him to look at him.

Anti tried to pull away but Dark held him there securely, "Let me see those bruises again. I want to see the marks on you" he pushed up the arm of Anti's shirt where he had gripped him too hard.

"Aw, it's already fading." he sounded disappointed.

Dark then pushed up Anti's shirt to show his belly, "But this one seems still nice and fresh, huh? I didn't do it but it's still nice to see" he touched Anti's stomach.

Jackie was shaking, wanting to punch something. Anything.

Anti glitched, trying to force himself away but Dark was stronger.

Dark hand almost went a little lower until he looked up to Anti's face, "You got another one on your face, too, from yesterday when I punched you. Why can't you just do as I say!? Huh!?" he started practically screaming at him, "Why do you always insist on fighting me!? WHY AREN'T I ENOUGH FOR YOU!?!"

Anti cringed as he yelled in his face and he started to cry.

Dark hated that and snarled, "STOP CRYING AND ANSWER ME YOU STUPID LITTLE BITCH!" He let him go and went to hit him.

When suddenly a hand came out of nowhere and grabbed Dark's wrist.

Dark froze and Anti scurried behind the other man.

Actor.

Dark's face seemed to pale and he found he couldn't say anything.

Actor had a serious look on his face as if he were angry but containing it.

And then he started to smile.

"Dark . . . . now what have I told you about acting out like that?"

Dark licked his lips and started to appear a little smaller. Was he cowering?

"I. . . . I Uh . . . .I didn't know you were here so soon"

"Does it matter?" Actor let go of Dark's wrist and shoved him back, "Still a waste of space . . . Always acting like a child, just like Damien"

"Sh-shut up"

"What did you just say to me?"

"N-nothing"

"That's what I thought" Actor turned to Anti, "So sorry about him. He's still learning his manners. I'm sorry you had to suffer and be his punching bag, Anti. But it won't be happening again. I promise. I'll keep him in line"

Dark couldn't even look Actor in the eye now, backing away.

He was afraid.

Actor huffed, "Now, Dark, I wanted to get something across to you. While I'm here, you'll do as I say. . . got it?"

Dark nodded.

"And . . . you'll stop looking for that damned book. Understand?"

Dark suddenly looked up at Actor, shocked, "I-"

"Yeah, I know you've been looking for it. You won't find it." Actor smirked, "You'll never be rid of me because we both know which ego Mark favors the most, don't we?"

Dark swallowed, "Y. . .yes, sir"

"Good" Actor smirked and turned back to Anti, "He won't be bothering you anymore. Come on. Let's go back downstairs. I'd like to give you something special, Anti"

Actor left with Anti, leaving Dark alone in his office near tears.

Everyone looked at Mark.

Sean gaped at him, "Your egos are FUCKED up, man. . . ."

"I'm . .. I'm starting to really see that" he looked devastated and near tears and Amy just hugged him.

"Don't tell me there's more, Hen?" Jackie didn't know if he could take any more.

"Zhere is" Henrik wasn't faring much better.

But they were already this far in. They had to witness it ALL.

Everything they had ignored before.

The next tape was after Anti's supposed Seizure.

Anti went straight to the chair to sit.

Dark looked surprised but came over and stood behind his desk, arms crossed.

Anti just waited.

" . . . . . Things are going to go back to the way they were now. . . you know that. Right?"

Anti didn't say anything.

Dark blinked, side-eying him, "I said-"

"I know what you said. I heard you" he almost sounded fed up.

Dark came in front of Anti and grabbed him by the front of his shirt, pulling him up eye-level, "You better watch your fucking tone with me, boy"

"Or what? You'll cut out MY tongue? Don't I need it to lick your fucking boots?"

Dark knew what he was doing, "More like you'd need it to suck my d-"

Suddenly, Anti headbutted him, knocking him back.

"Good for you, kid" Chase muttered.

Dark groaned and took a few steps back, "You little-"

"I'm done. Find you dead sister's book on your fucking own. Kill me if you want. I don't care. I'll probably kill myself anyway when I go home."

"You may not care about yourself but what about your family?"

"What family?" Anti shot back, "They all hate me anyway just like Jackie said. They came into the infirmary room out of pity. Tomorrow, they'll go right back to hating me. So what's it matter? Why should I care about them anymore when they couldn't care less about me?"

Jackie hated it. He hated this. Anti was being tormented all this time and he said all those horrible things to him making him feel this way. A part of him thought it was all his fault for not being a better hero seeing Anti's pain.

"I. . . I'll possess you again. Then you won't be able to kill yourself. Dammit, you can't just walk away from me! YOU'RE MINE!" he started to yell at him, "YOU'RE GONNA HELP ME FIND THAT FUCKING BOOK AND THAT'S THAT, YOU FUCKING UNDERSTAND ME!? I DON'T CARE WHAT I HAVE TO DO! I'LL TORTURE YOU, I'LL TORTURE YOUR FAMILY, I'LL FUCKING THREATEN YOU WITH ANYTHING I HAVE TO! YOU DON'T GET TO WALK AWAY FROM ME!"

Dark punched Anti across the face HARD, knocking him to the floor. The hit made Anti bite his cheek and he spat out a little blood.

"You can have your little pity fest all you want but we both know you'll always be the scared little boy that doesn't want to hurt the family that fucking hates him. You'll protect them and we BOTH know that. Should we test your love for them again, Anti? Should I possess you again? Make you watch as I put them all near death by YOUR hands?"

Anti shook his head.

"What's the matter? Use your WORDS, Anti!" Dark started to laugh and suddenly kicked him in the stomach while he was done.

Anti cried out but Dark wasn't done.

"SAY IT!"

He kicked him again.

"SAY YOUR MINE! FUCKING SAY IT!"

He kicked him a few more times, not even giving him the chance to speak.

Anti spat out some more blood and cradled his stomach, whining in pain.

Dark was breathing heavily from his onslaught and bent down, gripping Anti by the hair and pulling him up eye-level once more.

"Say it. . . . Come on, I want to hear you say it, glitch-bitch. Say it." he whispered to him in his ear.

"I. . . .. I'm yours"

Dark grinned sinisterly, "Open your mouth."

Anti looked horrified but did as he was told.

Dark got almost too intimately close millimeters from his lips and opened his own mouth.

His black smoke aura came out of his mouth and into Anti's so he could keep tabs on him and control him once more until he saw him again.

When he was done, Dark dropped him back down onto the floor.

"You're right about that. You ARE mine. . . . . . . . Good boy. Now pick yourself up and make yourself look presentable for the others. I'll call for you when I'm ready to search again."

Anti wiped off his mouth of the blood and swallowed it down so it didn't show on his teeth.

Anti was about to leave the room when Dark cleared his throat, making him pause.

"Don't forget the plush turtle I got you for Christmas. You wouldn't want to leave your favorite gift behind that your best friend gave you"

Anti blinked his eyes slowly, "Yes sir"

He left the room.

"I think I'm gonna puke" Marvin held himself.

Honestly, everyone looked like that. Jameson was crying, hugging Chase. None of the Ipliers were faring any better. They didn't know Dark could be like this. He was like a completely different person. Everything they knew about him was being completely turned upside down.

Henrik furrowed his brow, "This one is different. There is also footage in Actor's home. I don't understand why"

"Wait" Mark stood up , pointing at the screen, "That's Actor's wine cellar. . . . oh, don't tell me that was all a lie, too?"

"But why is it here in these files?"

Google hummed, "Perhaps the files are exactly evidence against Dark? There's more to his crimes than what happens in his office. I have a feeling that perhaps Actor made it this way. Perhaps he knew these videos might be found one day and it'd point everything at Dark and nothing at Actor himself."

Nobody liked the sound of that but Henrik played the video anyway.

"My god" Henrik grunted, "There's almost two hours here of footage of Dark drinking Actor's cellar away .  . here. I see Anti coming in here"

Everyone tensed, worried about what would happen.

Dark noticed Anti and took a big gulp again of the wine, "Ahh . . .. you knnnnow it, too, right? It has to be SSSSOMEWHERE" He was slurring his words.

Anti was scared and took a step back but Dark noticed.

"H-hey! Where ya going? Come 'ere, come 'ere"

Cautiously, Anti walked up to Dark a few feet away from him. Dark took another gulp of the wine, "'S'not here"

"Y-you said that"

Dark nodded and took another gulp, stumbling on his feet somehow as he did so, "I 'cided to drink the bbbastard's wine. Good. . . good stuff."

"How. . . how many have you had?" There were multiple bottles on the floor.

"Ttttttthr . . . .. Four" Dark drinking more out of the bottle in his hand but found there was none left, " . . . . Six"

Anti covered his face in his hands.

"We. . . we should get you back home" Anti suggested, "Right?"

Dark snorted and laughed a little, "Probably not. . . . he's still gonna be 'ere. . . . .he'll know where we were. . . ." 

Dark suddenly started staring at Anti and a heavy blush reddened his face, "D-do you . . . . like Illy?"

Illinois perked up at that. This was the day Illinois spoke to Anti and Dark intervened on their conversation . . .

"I don't . . I don't know him. You never let me hang out with any of the other Iplier egos"

Dark hummed at that and then started searching for another full bottle of wine.

"Maybe you shouldn't drink anymore?"

"Maybe you should ssssssshut the fuck up?" Dark snapped back at him, stumbling on his feet again and started to laugh.

But Dark did stop looking for more wine and stared back at Anti again, a strange look in his eyes.

He wobbled closer but got too close and nearly fell on Anti but he caught him.

"The hell are you doing, Dark?" 

Dark was breathing heavily.

"I. . . .I'm ssssorry. . . . . I just. . .. I just wan my sister back . . . ." he started tearing up.

"He. . he hurt her. . . he hurt us. . . .I mmmmiss her. . . so much. . . .the book . . . all I have. . . left"

"But. . . I thought you had a part of her soul in you, too?" 

Dark shook his head, "Gone. . . . gone after I . . . became ME. . . . .she's sleeping. . . . . gone"

Dark stared at Anti again and licked his lips, "I like your eyes. . . . .Like Emeralds . . Christmas"

"Uh . .. . thanks?"

"Oh no" Mark muttered, expecting the worst and he was right.

Nothing could have prepared Anti for what happened next. 

Nothing could have prepared ANYONE who was watching the video for what happened next.

All of a sudden, Dark closed the gap between them and kissed him full on the mouth.

Anti squeaked and tried to shove Dark away but he was a lot stronger than him still even while drunk.

Dark held the back of Anti's head and slammed him against the wall behind him. He moaned against Anti's mouth and grabbed and felt up his hip under his shirt with his other free hand.

Anti fought as hard as he could in the moment but it wasn't enough.

"He's fucking dead" Chase pulled out his gun, getting it ready.

Eric curled up to Yandere with his eyes closed so he didn't have to watch.

Dark bit Anti's lip, making him glitch and cry out but that was what Dark wanted and he deepened the kiss, shoving his wine soaked tongue in his mouth.

Dark finally released Anti's lips and moved down to his throat.

"DARK, STOP IT! GET OFF OF ME! PLEASE!"

"GET OFF OF HIM!" Jackie yelled at the screen.

Sean started crying again.

Nothing was going to save Dark or get him out of this one.

Dark cried and just continued to lick and suck on his scar, attempting to give him a hickey.

Anti started to cry.

Dark started touching Anti more intimately, gripping tighter on his hair with the one hand and with his free hand, he grabbed at Anti's ass, trying to slip under his jeans.

"He's not . . . . better than me. . . .Illinois. . . ..or Actor . . . . you're mine. . . . y-you're MINE" He was still crying.

Illinois really felt awful. Maybe if he hadn't spoken to Anti that day, Dark wouldn't have done this?

Anti was panicking with every passing second of Dark touching and pressing his body against him, kneading his one hand on his ass aggressively.

"GET THE HELL OFF OF ME, DARK!"

But Dark just silenced him by kissing him once again, holding him and keeping him in place so he couldn't move, forcing his tongue against his own.

Anti's tears were fire red against his face. 

Dark humped against Anti's stomach.

Dark moaned against his mouth and rut against him frantically.

Dark's hands wandered more. He was still kissing him aggressively and then one of his hands went to Anti's jeans again, trying to lower them to get them off.

Dark tried to touch him there, lowering his fingers.

But something started to change. Anti was starting to change.

Suddenly, Anti slammed a sharp clawed hand against his face, throwing him back, also clawing his torso, too.

Anti's eyes were black and his skin started to develop a strange black webbing that looked almost like a disease. A strange black liquid leaked out of his mouth.

He roared at Dark, his teeth all sharp and menacing.

And then Actor showed up and the video ended.

Everyone wanted to puke, tasting bile in their mouths. Many of the egos were near tears or already crying. They were living with THIS all this time?

"It wasn't a dog. . . ." Sean whimpered.

Marvin cringed, "That definitely wasn't the porn I was expecting or wanted."

"Marvin-" Chase was hugging a still crying Jameson in his arms again

"What? I disguise my pain with humor. Sue me." Marvin was crying on the inside.

They all were.

Hell, Jackie was crying on the outside!

"I should have fucking known! I should have! Why didn't I see it! What kind of fucking hero am I!?"

"None of us saw it" Bim mumbled, "Us Ipliers should have known even better than you. . . since we live here"

"Dark's just too good at pretending" Yancy crossed his arms. He already had a shiv ready in his pocket.

"Hen" Sean muttered softly, "What's. . . what's the next video?"

The next video only showed Dark and Actor.

"This was after the wine cellar" Henrik played the video, "Maybe we'll see how much Actor really plays in this"

"Well don't you look down in the dumps today?"

". . . . . . Actor. . . . what do you want?"

"Hmph. . . it's no fun if you're so unphased. . ."

Dark turned slowly to see him a few feet away from the desk, that big grin on his face.

Actor chuckled, "I hadn't spoken to you since that incident . . . with the wine cellar. Really was a shame you decided to test me like that"

Dark blinked, "Test you?"

"You really thought the book would be in my own house? For shame, Dark, for shame" he shook his head.

Dark sighed, "I don't care anymore, Actor. . . . keep the damn book. I don't want it anymore"

Actor blinked and stood straight. He actually looked surprised, "Oh? Why the suddenly change in heart?"

"Look what I did. . . . What my obsession had turned me into. I corrupted Anti into that thing. It's all my fault and-"

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!" Actor suddenly started laughing at him, loud and obnoxious.

Actor wiped away a few tears and covered his mouth, still chuckling a little, "Oh, forgive me! It's just. . . It's just really funny how you think that YOU are the one that changed Anti"

Dark's eyes widened, "What do you mean?"

"Well think about it! Anti only started to change when I made an appearance to the stage! Who do you think keeps sending him all those nightmares? Who do you think made that black mass in his stomach last year!? IT WAS ME, YOU IDIOT!"

Dark blinked and stood up out of his chair, "What?! Why would you-"

Actor rolled his eyes, "Well it's too early to let you in on everything right NOW but you DO play a big piece in the puzzle, Dark. Anti is the key . . . ."

"The. . . the key?" he was even more confused, "Key to what?"

Actor grinned, "To Celine, of course! Don't you want her back? Don't you want to just be Damien again? Go back to the way things were?"

"Well . .. yes, but . . . you're the one that started everything"

"Oh, and I DO regret it, I do" Actor nodded, "That's why I've been working on a solution. I've been redeeming myself for my beloved. . . . to bring her back. For she really is just . . . sleeping. Deep inside of you."

"But what . . what does Anti have to do with any of it?"

Actor leaned over the desk and poked Dark's forehead, "Aren't you a daft little ego? Celine's gonna need a body when she comes back, you know. But for that to happen. . . the body needs to be. . . .empty"

Dark's eyes widened, "You've been . . . you WANTED Anti to suffer. You've been breaking him down so you could make him pliable enough to put Celine's soul into him."

"Bingo . . . and well . .. I mean, you DID help with that, too. Good job, by the way. I couldn't have done it without you. Since you LOVED that book so much, it really worked out in my favor that you really thought Anti could help you FIND it"

"I. . . what if I tell Mark about this?"

Actor smirked, "You won't. We both know you want Celine back, too. And if we get Celine back, you can become Damien again . .. more or less. We'll all be complete again. Everything will be fixed, including William"

"William?"

"Well of course! With Celine back, she could fix him no doubt! Don't you think?"

"You hate William, though"

Actor shrugged, "Eh, does it matter? So you don't tell Mark. Anti's body continues to bake and when he's ready, I'll use the book to extract Celine's soul from you and put it in Anti and you'll become Damien again and everything will be exactly as it should be. Okay?"

"What about Anti?"

"What about him? He's not the same anymore. The old Anti is gone and he's nothing but a hollow vessel now"

Dark licked his lips "How long until his body is ready?"

Actor smiled with a little chuckle, "I knew you'd come around. . . .A couple of years should do it. It seems like a long time but in the end, I know it'll be worth it."

"Yeah?"

Actor nodded, "You'll have your sister back soon . . . . Damien"

And just like that, the video was over.

And just like that, everyone in the room was ready to hold Dark and Actor accountable for their crimes.

Ready to even kill Dark for what he's done to Anti all these years.

The horrors he's subjected the poor kid through.

Anti had been protecting them all this time.

Well now it was time to protect HIM.

A loud crash was heard upstairs.

Something huge like a tornado rattled the entire house.

A loud, haunting roar bellowed throughout the walls.

They were too late.