Ego One shots- Oct-Dec 2017

Silent Night

"And I will see all you dudes in the next video!" Jack let out a breath as he let his arms fall to his sides. He took a minute, sitting back in his seat. He felt a little off recording that one. Maybe it was all the prep he'd been doing the last few days. Not only did he have to get his two videos a day in, but he was making plans for Robin, Ethan, Emma and PJ to come for the charity stream. Even though they all helped out, it still left him exhausted while recording.

Jack shook his head. No, he couldn't get down. He had to stay positive. Ethan and Robin were flying in tomorrow, it would all be fine when they got here. He'd have his videos done and they could all just hang out for the holidays. Jack sat up and began sending the footage to Robin. He knew he'd get it done soon, then he wouldn't have to worry about the uploads.

After he finished thumb-nailing the videos, Jack left his recording studio and headed straight for his room. He felt utterly exhausted, which was unusual. He fell into the bed and just laid there for a few minutes, feeling like he could drift away instantly.

Suddenly, the feeling of warm hands pressed against his back. He flinched for a second then relaxed, recognizing the familiar feeling. "Aww, is little Seanie feeling tired?" Signe asked in a overly cutesy tone.

Jack chuckled, turning his head to the side to look at her. "I'm a sleepy coffee bean," He replied.

Signe smiled down at her boyfriend, continuing to rub between his shoulders. "You should probably shower at some point. You've been recording all day."

Jack turned over onto his back. He noticed she was wearing her winter coat and scarf. "Where are you going?" He asked.

"I was going to get some things to cook something for everyone when they get here. Thought I might as well treat our guests since some of them are traveling pretty far to get here," She explained.

Jack nodded in agreement. . "Good idea," Jack sat up and placed a small peck on Signe's lips. "You're full of good ideas."

Signe just laughed, nudging him back playfully. "Go shower coffee breath." she teased.

Jack chuckled as she began to leave the room. "Hey, it's called egg noffee!" He could hear her laugh in the hall, but just kept walking until he heard the front door open then close, leaving him alone in the house.

Jack fell back into the bed, staring at the ceiling. He planned on doing what she said and taking a shower, but as Jack starred at the emptiness of the ceiling, he felt himself drifting away more and more. It was becoming harder to keep his eyes opened. 'I told Signe I would shower.' He thought, but he couldn't get his feet to move.

The room around him felt like it was spinning, and his vision was going black. Inside, Jack knew something was wrong, but he couldn't find the strength in himself to do anything about it. everything was fading away, until it was all black and his body felt numb.

"Jaaack! Jackie boy! Jack! WAKE UP!!" The sudden yell jolted Jack awake, but he soon regretted it. He looked around. There was nothing. Just a dark empty abyss. Jack couldn't move his limbs. He felt weightless. Jack looked around, searching for the voice that woke him up.

Eventually, his blood went cold, as his eyes landed on the creature standing before him. The monster that shared his face wore a wicked grin, eyes pitch black, and was wielding a knife between his nimble fingers. "Awww, what's the matter? Aren't you happy to see me?" Anti walked close to Jack, smirking as he saw Jack physically flinch at the movement. "Wow. It's almost like you don't want me to be around Jack, He mocked.

Jack took a deep breath.Anti would only have power over him if he let him. "Don't give me that," He grunted out. "I gave you that line. You won't scare me that easily," Jack rolled his neck, stretching out his muscles, movement returning to his limbs.

Anti scowled at his other. His eyes were blue again. "You think that I can be that easily forgotten?" He asked out in rage.

Jack looked at him confused. "What are you talking about?"

Anti's form glitched all over the place, head snapping back and forth. "Halloween! That was MY night! You tried to replace me with that wanna be! Did you think I'd just let you do that?"

Jack let out a frustrated sigh. "Maybe I'm done with you. All you do is drive people mad Anti! I sick of these games!You just torment people and bathe in the attention. I'm done letting you control people like that. I'm done letting you control me!"

The tension between the two could be cut with a knife. Anti was having trouble keeping his form still, rage overflowing in him. "You brought me into this life. You don't get to boss me around," Anti began stepping closer, his eyes had turned pitch black again. "I'm tired of playing pretend," Jack tried to move back, but couldn't move, petrified with fear. He shouldn't have antagonized Anti, and now he was going to pay. "I've let you control me all this time. Let you tell me what to do. When to appear. What to say. I'm sick of it!"

Anti reached out and grasped Jack's throat tightly with one hand. Jack could feel his air flow nearly cut off. Anti had the same twisted grin on as before. "I've been quiet for too long! You want madness. Oh, we'll give them madness!"

"Jack? Jack wake up lazy bones," Jack opened his eyes slowly, grunting as he did so. "come on Jack you said you'd shower not take a nap while I was gone," Jack sat up in his bed looking over at Signe who was taking off her coat.

Jack felt dizzy. He tried to speak, but his throat felt extremely dry. He let our some dry coughs, catching his girlfriend's attention. She gave him a questioning look. "You okay?"

Jack looked down at his hands and smirked. "Yeah, I'm fine babe. Perfectly fine."

Signe wasn't convinced, but he didn't seem off. She shrugged, deciding to drop it. "Ok if you say so. I'm gonna record a video for Saturday, just so you know."

He stood up, stretching his arms out. "you do that," He muttered, walking over the mirror as Signe left the room. Looking into the mirror, hr examined his hair, it could use a wash, but that wasn't what put a grin on the youtuber's face. no, it was the look in his one tar black eye that made the glitch giggle. Jack's crying and begging inside slowly went silent as he block out the noise. He didn't care this time. He was back. He was pulling the strings again. Anti rolled his neck, looking at the door, thinking of the unsuspecting girl just a room over. "Let's have some fun, eh?"