Encore (Book Four of Test the Limits Series)

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"Anti go!" Dark commanded as the molotov shattered on the tile floor, causing roaring orange fire to rapidly spread across the floor and up the walls.

"What about you?" Anti shouted over the fire, flinching as sparks from the fire flew towards him, singeing his right arm.

"Mayhem!" Dark barked, ignoring Anti's question as he ran out of the kitchen towards the bedroom.

Mayhem ran towards Dark, skidding to a stop by Dark and barking at the fire as if to keep it away from his owners.

Before Anti could run out of the kitchen, a section of the ceiling came crashing down in front of him, blocking  him off from Dark and Mayhem.

"Anti!" Dark cried out.

"I'm fine!" Anti yelled back before breaking off into a coughing fit, smoke entering his lungs and burning his eyes, causing them to instantly tear up.

"Can you get through the window?" Dark questioned in a calm tone laced with poorly disguised concern.

"I'll try!" Anti replied, darting over to the window.

A bullet whizzed past his head as he tried to vault through the broken window, causing him to nearly stumble back into the fire.

The fire was steadily getting closer to him with only one section of the floor still safe.

"I'll get you." Dark promised.

Anti could hear Dark yelling in pain from the other side, but couldn't see what was going on.

Suddenly, the barricade between them fell apart, allowing Anti to run into Dark's arms.

"Your hands." Anti spoke softly, noticing that they were badly burnt, the skin glowing an angry red, the fingertips pitch black.

"I'll be fine, but we have to get out of here." Dark reminded him urgently, wincing in pain as he grabbed Anti's hand and ran out of the house with Mayhem racing behind them.

Instantly bullets flew towards them once they were out of the burning house.

Together Dark, Anti, and Mayhem ran through the rain in their pjs towards their car.

Before they could climb in, Infelix stepped in front of them with a wide psychotic grin on his face and a machine gun in his hands.

"I told you both before, I will personally track your ass down and make you pay if you betray me." Infelix tsked, aiming the barrel of the gun at Anti.

"Leave him alone!" Dark snarled, stepping in front of Anti without hesitation and glaring at Infelix.

"Oh Dark, ever the loyal one." Infelix chuckled, cocking the gun and aiming it at Dark's chest.

Dark closed his eyes as he braced himself for more pain, keeping Anti behind him to protect him.

There was a gunshot, followed by silence.

Dark cracked his eyes open slightly to see Infelix still grinning, his gun hanging at his side.

"D-Da-Dark." Anti stammered.

Dark whirled around to see blood blossoming through his white shirt, creating a crimson stain that grew bigger by the second as Anti's legs started to give out.

Dark caught Anti in his arms and gently lowered him to the concrete driveway ground.

"Remember me?"

Dark looked up to see his own creation Mad standing over him with an AK-47 inhand, smoke curling out of the barrel.

Mad had he same cracked white neutral expression mask with black hair, his body made completely out of cybernetic parts that made him look like a cyborg. He was dressed in a black suit with a blue, red, and white tie that looked like a glitch.

"Mad-"

"My name is not Mad. I am Virus." Mad interrupted Dark, his deep baritone voice emotionless like his face.

"So here's the deal. Come with me and I won't kill you both where you are, or you two will come with me and help me kill Mark and Sean." Infelix negotiated.

"What about Felix and their girlfriends?" Dark asked quietly, calculating his options in his head.

"I'll take care of him and Marzia, you two will kill Signe, Amy, Mark and Sean." Infelix answered.

"Deal?" Infelix offered Dark a hand.

Dark closed his eyes, a single tear running down his cheek as he took a deep breath and opened his eyes.

"Deal." Dark whispered in defeat, shaking Infelix's hand.

"Get in the limo then." Infelix directed, pointing at the limo parked in front of Dark and Anti's house.

Dark delicately lifted Anti up in his arms bridal style, glancing back at his still burning house one last time before climbing into the backseat, laying Anti's head on his lap and stroking his hair back from his forehead.

"Where are we going?" Dark asked, even though he had a feeling he already knew the answer.

"Sweden." Virus stated.

"Just like old times!" Infelix exclaimed as he joined Dark and Anti in the backseat by shoving Anti's legs off of the seat.

"Yeah." Dark muttered bitterly as watched his house become nothing more than a glowing orange dot in the distance as Ma-Virus drove away towards Sweden.