Insane Asylum (Natemare/Antisepticeye story)

Ten (Part 1)

Lily started breathing heavily, gripping Natemare's arm tightly.

"You.." She breathed. "You're Antisepticeye.."

He spread his arms. "In the f͟l̶͘e͢͢͡s̛͝h̡̀."

"Why're you making him do this??" She snapped. "Making him kill??"

"That is his choice not mine." He said. "I just tell him what needs to happen and he does it."

Natemare groaned. "Quit playing the cover-up game, you bastard. I know all about you." He took a step closer, Lily letting go of him. "And your killings end tonight."

Anti laughed. "You think you can st̵̛́o͡p͡ ̨́m҉̨e̸?" He came right up in Natemare's face, but he didn't flinch one bit. "N̨o̷ ͡o͘ne̛͠ ͡c͠͞a͘͝͞ǹ̨͠ s̵̴͞to̵̴p̨҉ ̸͡m̷̡e͡͝!"

"We'll see about that." Lily said, taking out her knife. "I'm getting bored of you talking."

Anti was suddenly in front of her, grabbing her by the neck, lifting her off the ground. "You little pest..that knife won't hurt me. It'll only hurt your little friend."

He was thrown aside, Lily falling to her knees, catching her breath. Natemare stood between them, watching his enemy get back up.

"You keep your damn hands off her!" He hissed.

"Awe." Anti mocked. "Look at you being all protective." The grin returned, a look of realization his face. "I see..you cut yourself a slice of that girl. Now that's poetic." He had Natemare against the wall. "Fortunately it won't stop me from killing you both."

"Bring it on, you fucking glitch bitch." He sneered, kicking him backwards. Immediately going at him, he shoved him so hard against the door it almost broke it.

Lily stood back up, focusing on Anti. Gripping her knife, she raised it, waiting for the right time.

Natemare, duck! She shouted in his mind before throwing the weapon at him. When Natemare whirled away, it nicked Anti in the shoulder just enough to make him yell in pain, the blade sticking through the door.

"You little b̨i̶҉t̵͠c̢͞h̡͠͡!̨͜!҉̢" He snapped, splaying his hand out, a blast of air knocking her off her feet. Hitting head first on the ground, she blacked out after that point.

***

Lily woke up in a different world, except everywhere was black, even the ground she stood on. She suddenly felt as if she wasn't alone, and she whirled around, seeing someone hunched over, their back to her. Immediately seeing the green hair, she knew it was him.

"Sean." She said, getting his attention. He looked like he was crying, his eyes red and puffy. "You know what's going on out there, right?"

Sean gave a small nod. "Yeah...I do..."

"So why aren't you doing anything about it?" She asked more seriously.

He stood up, standing a few inches away. "I tried...again..and again...and again...he won't let me back out there until you're both dead."

"Which is why you prove to him you're stronger." Lily said. "There's always a chink in the armor somewhere."

Sean shook his head. "Not for him...he's different."

She put her hands on his shoulders. "Stop talking like you're wanting to give up, Sean! That's not the one I know!" She took a half step closer to him. "What happened to when you didn't let this bullshit get to you? When you kept pushing through no matter how hard it was? When you tell people like me to keep fighting??" At that she got emotional, her eyes filling with tears of her own. "He's scary, I get it...but the Sean William McLoughlin I know doesn't just lay down like this...he kicks it in the ass." She let go of him. "I'm in the same state as you are right now...but I'm still fighting...dammit even Mark would want you to do that too."

Sean jolted at the mention of his name, bringing up unwanted memories of when they were together. Tears rolled down his face again, and he turned his back to her once more.

"I'm sorry...I can't..."