Control (Sequel to Puppet)

13: Lily?

As Dark led us to Antis old place, I was nervous. How would Anti react to seeing me alive? Would he care? Did he cry when I died? Hopefully soon my questions will be answered.

We walked up a stone path that had weeds growing in between the stones. The house looked completely abandoned. There were vines covering the whole house. The windows were broken by a few of those vines. The door was even hanging off of its hinges.

"I don't think he would've come here. Look at this place, it's deserted." I said, breaking the silence.

"You're right. My intel must be wrong. He could be anywhere by now." Dark said, looking at me. I felt a small blush creep it's way onto my cheeks, so I looked away.

I shouldn't be feeling like that. I'm not human anymore. But something about Dark just makes me feel more...alive?

"Where else could he have gone?" Die asked, growing inpatient. Something seems off about him right now, I don't like it.

"Maybe we should split into teams of two. If one team finds him then we will meet back here. Does that sound good?" I asked, looking at the demons by my side.

"Yes, that sounds good. Cait, you're with Dark. I'll be with Die. Meet back here in an hour." Void commanded, and we all nodded.

Dark and I walked away from Void, heading back towards Damien's house. We were silent for most of the journey, until his voice broke the silence.

"Why did it take you so long to wake back up?" Dark asked, his eyes darting to me as we walked.

"I don't really know. I don't remember much. I know that I got stabbed and that I died. I know that I woke up in my coffin and that I almost killed Mark. I just don't remember what happened to me in the middle of that." I explained, looking at the ground as we walked.

"I was scared that I lost you. I even went to Marks house here. Yes, it exists both here and earth." Dark said, and I was shocked. He was scared?

"Wait! That might be where Anti is! Let's go!" I shouted, running in the direction of Marks alternate house. I could hear Dark sigh and jog after me.

We arrived at his house and I didn't bother knocking. I barged in and saw blood and a broken vase. Huh. I ran upstairs and went into the room I died in, finding Anti and Lily hugging. Wait, Lily?

"Lily? How did you get here? Why are you here?" I asked, flabbergasted. Wait, her soul is ripped apart. She went through what I went through. I didn't think she was strong enough.

"Cait! So it's true, you are alive!" Anti shouted, and I was jolted out of my thoughts when he hugged me tightly.

"Are you okay Anti?" I whispered. So he did care about me. This is weird.

"I'm much better now that you're here." Anti replied, pulling away from the hug.

"I'd hate to break up this little reunion, but we have to go meet Void and Die back at the meeting spot soon." Dark said, and I nodded. Instead of me grabbing Darks hand, I grabbed Lily's hand.

I pulled her out of the room and then out of the house, her soft voice protesting me taking her away from Anti. Once we were a good while away, I stopped and looked at her.

"Why? Why would you voluntarily rip apart your soul? I know how it feels. I'm not going to berate you, I just want to know why?" I asked, concern lacing my voice. Ew, why am I concerned about a fucking human? Maybe because I used to be one.

"I wanted to help you guys find Anti. I almost didn't even make it as my soul got ripped apart. Then I thought of him and I got stronger. I pushed through." Lily explained, not meeting my eyes.

"I'm not strong enough to fix you. You'll have to ask Anti or Dark. Even though they couldn't fix me, they should be able to fix you." I said, stopping the conversation as Anti and Dark caught up to us.

"Let's go. I still can't believe you're here, Cait. We were all broken when you died. You do look a lot different though. Your skin is a dark grey, and your eyes a black with blue specks. Honestly, you look hot." Anti said, and I glared at him.

"First of all, don't call me hot. Call Lily hot. Second of all, I never really died. The human part of me did. But who cares about that half of me? That half was just as useless as every other human. Sorry Lily." I snapped, then apologized after my remark about humans. She only shrugged as Dark and Anti laughed at my response.

Shortly after that, we arrived back at the meeting place, just as Void and Die arrived. They both were shocked to see a human in here, but they didn't really question it. It's as if they already knew why she was here. Anti told us to stand together and hold each others hands or arms.

After we did as he said, he transported us back into Marks actual place. Lily fainted and broke a lamp. Maybe Mark shouldn't have lamps just laying around his house anymore.  Anti rushed to her side and picked her up, laying her on the couch.

"You're back!" Mark shouted from the top of the stairs before running down to greet us. Chica followed close behind him and soon after, Jack and Felix ran downstairs as well.

"You've been gone for three days!" Felix shouted, and I shook my head.

"No, we've been gone for two hours." I retorted. Felix shook his head and took out his phone, showing me the date.

"What's all this commotion? Lily!" Ethan shouted, running to her. I rolled my eyes and ignored Anti and Ethan.

"Why did you need us all?" I asked Die.

"Because I need help killing Wilford."

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A/n idk if this is long enough for you guys, but here you go!