Always Watching. Jacksepticeye AU

Chapter 16

Jackieboy Man soon discovered the discomfort of sleeping on the hard floor of a basement. Chase was the most used to it, having stayed there the longest. Chase was out like a light; as were Henrik, JJ and Tyler. Marvin, Markiplier and Jackieboy Man stayed up a lot later than the others, the wood floor uncomfortable against their backs. They wished that they could just transport back home into their warm beds to sleep. Jack was just awake because he was deep in thought.

He wasn't sure how to tell the others. If he did tell them and Anti found out, he had threatened to kill all of his friends and give him a front row seat to watch. He didn't want his friends to die but, if he didn't tell them, they wouldn't have even the slightest chance of defeating the villain. He bit his lip, staring up at the roof and pretending to be asleep. He couldn't bear any questions.

"Hey, I have a question," (I don't know why but this makes me laugh) Markiplier spoke up out of the blue. He kept his voice no louder than a whisper so that he didn't wake up the ones that were semi-peacefully sleeping. "How come you can't magic us out of here? JJ can't transport us?" His question was directed mostly at Marvin, hence the fact that they were sharing eye contact. Jackieboy Man turned to face him too, curious now that the question had been brought up.

"It's complicated," Marvin pulled his mask down so that it covered a larger fraction of his nose. "There's some sort of... field around this place. It prevents us from transporting or using magic to get out. I don't know how but it only works for Anti." Jack shifted, turning to face the wall instead of the ceiling.

"Makes sense... sort of, I guess. Well... not really," The basement lapsed into silence for a bit as Markiplier contemplated the enemy. "He seems so intelligent... I don't understand why he'd turn to crime."

"Me neither. There are definitely some... psychological issues there."

"We should sleep. Who knows when we're going to have to fight him? We need energy otherwise we'll have no chance." Marvin spoke up because it seemed like Jackieboy Man and Markiplier would have been able to talk all night. Jack bit his lip, opening his mouth as if he was going to say something. Of course, no one saw since he was turned away from them. Jack knew they'd have no chance because Anti wasn't a demon. He was so much more complicated than that. He kept quiet, closing his eyes and listening to all of his friends as they shuffled and got ready to sleep.

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"I have a plan," Jackieboy Man exclaimed, a small smile on his face. The sound of his voice woke Tyler up. His eyes opened slightly and he went to sit up but felt strong arms around him. He let out a tiny noise of confusion before realising it was his dad. He had fallen asleep in his dad's protective embrace and he never really wanted to move. After everything that had happened and the near death experience (it wasn't even really near, considering he had died), he never wanted them to be separated again. "Is he going to come in here? Give us food or some shit?"

"This isn't a bed and breakfast, Jackie. We don't get those luxuries," Chase mumbled, unwrapping his arms from his son so that they could both sit up. "He will be here though. To check on us."

"Someone can sneak out. Get a weapon and come back when he least expects it." Jackieboy Man was grinning as if he has just solved the secret code to unlock some sort of safe that held treasure. Jack had paled substantially, a worrying amount for an Irishman.

"It's worth trying... what do we have to lose?" Chase muttered, looking around at all of his friends. Tyler was clutching his hand tightly.

"Our lives!" Markiplier yelled. He was glancing at everyone like they were insane because they hadn't even considered their own lives.

"Marvin can heal so that shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"Right..."

"Who's going to go?"