Always Watching. Jacksepticeye AU

Chapter 18

So it's really early here (almost three in the morning) and I'm on my way to the airport to go on holiday. I'm updating at this time to tell you I won't be around for a week. I'm taking a week-long break from the internet to spend quality time with my family and relax a little. I hope that's okay... updates will continue as normal from maybe Wednesday next week.

"Ethan, stay here." Markiplier commanded, Jack at his side. Ethan looked kind of sad that he'd miss out on all the action but he was ecstatic just to be there. He was definitely going to film it and post it on a blog he had that may or may be dedicated to Jackiplier but no one needed to know that.

"Yes, Sir!" Ethan grinned, saluting the hero. His legs were like jelly and he was surprised that they were still able to hold him up.

"And Jack, you got the stuff?"

"Mark, you're making it sound like drugs." Jack replied, choosing to be snarky rather than honest. His respect for Markiplier had decreased since he had lied to Ethan. Markiplier glared at him, making Jack roll his eyes and mumble, "Yes, I have the coke."

Markiplier nodded and reached into his pocket. He pulled out his gun and cocked it. "Ready?" He turned to Jack who nodded slowly. Markiplier then barged into the door and Jack overtook him, knowing the path to the computer. Jack's weapon remained in his bag since he needed both hands free to find it. There were a dozen large crates scattered around the warehouse and one of them hid the ladder that lead to the room.

He pushed one of them to the left but all he found was floor. "Start pushing the crates..." He whispered, not too loud in case Anti was close enough to hear. "There's a trapdoor underneath one of them." Markiplier nodded, doing as he was told. It took around ten minutes for Jack to find the hidden door. He grinned at his discovery, opening it up as quietly as possible. Then he started to climb down. Markiplier followed but not without complaining about how ominous a hidden trapdoor was.

The room was pitch black so both started to fumble around the walls in search for a light switch. Markiplier flicked it on and the room lit up.

"You made it then, huh?" A voice said, making them both jump. Anti was sitting on a broken desk chair and he twirled around at the sound of the intruders. His arms were folded and his lips were in a thin line. He had deep, black bags beneath his eyes and he was twitching more than usual. Tyler was standing beside him, body trembling in nothing in terror.

Markiplier raised the gun and Anti eyed it a little warily. Markiplier was squinting and had a single finger poised over the trigger. It wasn't pointing at Anti but at the computer behind him. He shot and the bullet smashed the monitor. Anti violently glitched and his skin tinted a light shade of red, as if the bullet had not only damaged the monitor but a part of his programming too.

Noticing Markiplier wasn't messing around, Anti stood up. He slowly snaked an arm around Tyler who was frozen like an ice sculpture. "I knew you'd return, ready to fight..." Anti then pulled out a weapon of his own: a short but extremely sharp knife. He spent a short moment waving it around whilst he spoke. "You never give up, do you? I underestimated you and I think you underestimated me too. You thought I was careless enough not to rig this place with cameras? I'm a virus; I have eyes everywhere. I can connect to anything and use a camera to spy. I knew you'd leave. I knew your plans and I have all along. I just wanted to make it fun. If you simply obeyed me like... like dogs... it would be no fun at all."

Markiplier backed up ever so slightly and his hands were sweaty around the gun. "You... were watching us this whole time."

"I'm always watching." Anti's mouth morphed into his signature smirk. "Now, I have one last level in this amazing game. It's a deal." Jack very literally yelped for Tyler as Anti pressed the knife into the boy's neck.