Stop And Rewind: An Antisepticeye Story

Ch. 22: Anti vs Dark

Jack flinched, he turned his head slightly, he could feel something warm against his right side yet his skin was cold to the touch and he was shivering. He was still chained up against a wall, he closed his eyes. Wanting to see her, just once. So when he woke up, his started shivering, he felting warmness wrapped around him and his arms around something. He let out a breath, holding the person tighter. 'It's...It's so warm...Who is this?' Jack thought. He groans, his stomach flaring up in pain as he moved. His eyes open, even though his vision was blurred, he could see who it was. His eyes widen when he sees it is Signe. Jack buries his face in her neck, holding onto her. Signe woke up.

"Sean? What's wrong? Why are you shivering?" She asks. Her arms go around him. She holds him, resting her head against his. Jack smiled, he missed this. He missed cuddling with her, he missed a lot of things, but he missed her most of all. 'I love Signe, so much. I can't imagine my life without her.' Jack thought. Signe rubbed his back, Jack almost fell asleep and was about to, that was until the door opened and Jack gets yanked off the bed. Jack yelps, feeling pain flare in his stomach. He gets pushed against the wall, he lets out a shaky breath.

"M-Mark? What are you doing? You're hurting him!" Signe said. Felix moves in front of Signe as she tries to get out of bed.

"Wait, Signe," Felix said. Mark holds onto Jack, Jack's eyes are closed and he coughs.

"Jack, look at me," Mark said. His eyes open, he looks at Mark.

"M-Mark...You're okay.." Jack mumbled. Signe stares at Jack.

"Sean, what's wrong?" She asks. Jack's vision blurs, his head throbbing. Jack groans, closing his eyes.

"Where's Anti, Jack? Where is he?" Mark asks keeping Jack upright. Jack touches his head, coughing.

"Argghh." Jack groans. Amy and Mariza come in. Felix looks over at Mariza.

"Mariza, no. Wait out in the hall—"

"Felix," Mariza said. Felix takes a step towards her.

"Please? I don't want you in here with him." Felix said. Mariza goes out in the hall, Mark's grip tightens, Jack suddenly chuckles to himself.

"Wh-Why did you have to bud in?" Jack asks, his voice layered with something darker. Signe's eyes widen. Felix turns to them.

"I knew it," Felix said. Mark grips Jack's shirt. Jack's eyes open, revealing his green eyes.

"Awwww, Markie lived. Did Dark play nice or did he finally realize his mistake?" Anti asks. Amy looks at Jack.

"Jack, listen, you can't let him get the better of you," Amy said. Anti rolls his eyes.

"You really don't know how this works, do you? The longer I'm here, the stronger I get and the weaker he gets." Anti said. Signe bites her bottom lip as they continued talking. But she was in her own world, she couldn't come to grips with herself. 'That wasn't Sean? The was Sean before, my Sean. He is so weak and..' She thought before her eyes water, she covers her face with her hands. 'How could I not tell that wasn't my Sean? How? I'm suppose to be his girlfriend, I'm suppose to be able to tell. But Anti has been doing such a good job acting like Sean that I...' She thought.

"A-Anti....please. Don't hurt my Sean." Signe said. Anti glances at her, he feels Jack trying to regain himself but Jack is just too weak. Jack looks at Mark.

"Did you tell Amy the truth? Or did you lie to her?" He asks. Mark's grip tightens on Anti.

"What?" Amy asks.

"Don't change the subject," Mark said. Anti grabs Mark.

"Is Dark scare? Is he too scared to talk to me or are you too scared to let him?" Anti asks. Mark's jaw tightens, he closes his eyes, staying silent. When his eyes open, they are pure red. Anti smiles. "There he is." Felix and them look at the two.

"Mark," Amy said shocked.

"You shouldn't be here, go back to whatever hole you crawled out of," Dark said. Anti chuckles.

"Oh please, I don't want to go back there. No. I like having freedom without Sean always needing to stop me. Come on, Dark. I know you like this too, how can you trade it away just because of a few morals?" Anti asks.

"Shut up." Dark snapped.

"Mark has been holding you back for years. I began to think you actually like being stuck in someone's head forever." Anti said. Dark narrows his eyes at Anti, Anti looks over at Amy and grins. "Your boyfriend isn't as truthful with you as you think he is, same to Signe. I know more about Jack than you know about him, Signe." Signe takes a step towards them, Dark glances at her.

"Signe, stay away," Dark said. Signe puts her hand on her arm, staring at his green eyes.

"Sean." She said. Anti rolls his eyes.

"Oh geez, are you really gonna be one of those?" Anti asks. Signe touches Dark's arm, Dark looks at her. He lets go of Anti. Anti smiles a little and looks at her. "Alright, fine, try me. What are you gonna do to get your boyfriend back?"

"Jack," Signe said. That gets Anti's attention. 'Wait....she never calls Sean, Jack. She always calls him Sean.' Anti thought. Signe touches Anti's arm, Anti staring at her. Signe touches Anti's side, her eyes flicker to her seeing Anti blushing. "You look and sound like my Sean, you also have his feelings for me." Anti shake his head, denying everything. Signe looks at Dark. "You know what I'm thinking?" Dark nods. Dark's eyes fade back to normal. Signe grabs Mark, keeping him from falling over. "Would it work?" Mark looks at her.

"It might." He said. Anti looks at Mark and then at Signe.

"Would what work?" Anti asks. Signe looks at Anti, she grabs his shirt, yanking him towards her and kissing him. Anti was shocked for a moment, he blushed and felt his conscious get yanked back and Jack took over. He falls back into the wall, groaning. Signe falls to her knees as Jack sits on the floor, his arm around his stomach.

"I didn't think that would work," Mark said. Signe puts Jack's arm around her neck. She grabbed his chin, lifting his eyes and staring into his crystal blue eyes. She smiled.

"Sean." She said, she hugs him. Jack smiles a little and rests his head on her shoulder. She touched his stomach and he winced. She looks down and lifts up his shirt, his bandage is bloodied. "Your stitches broke." Jack coughs and sets his head back. "Mark, call an ambulance or something. He is getting pale." Felix pulls out his phone.

"I will do it," Felix said. She kisses Jack's cheek. She touches his cheek.

"Sean, baby. Look at me, please. You're worrying me, you're bleeding. So open your eyes." Signe said. Jack opens his eyes, he looked at her. She smiled. "I'm so sorry, I should have known. I should have been able to tell that you weren't--" Jack hugs her. She didn't move at first, but then her arms went around him. Jack was starting to shiver, he was dizzy and it was hard to breathe.

"My...My heart will a-always belong t-to you...don't apologize...I-I.." Jack said before he fainted in her arms. Signe gasped and holds him upright.

"Sean...Sean!"