Shadow-Dancer: We're Not So Different [ALTERNATE UNIVERSE VERSION]

Chapter 25: The Cavalry Has Arrived!

Becca's POV

Jack ran over to Ob and I and started to untie Ob. Someone came behind me and injected me with some sort of serum. After a few moments, I was able to move my body again. The person did the same thing to Ob before helping me up. I turned around to see my old friend.

"Mark?" I asked. I was more confused than ever. After Mark had told Anti and I where to find Dark and Antimatter, Anti had taken him and sent him back to his house in L.A. "How...?"

"I swiped one of Anti Matter's teleportation devices before Anti sent me home," Mark explained. "I used it to go to Ireland, explain to Jack what happened, and took us here."

"You couldn't have had better timing," I replied gratefully.

"I'm glad, but it's not the only reason I came," Mark said. He turned towards Dark, who was now being pinned to the floor face down by Anti.

"What should we do with him?" Jack asked.

"What do ya mean 'what should we do with him'?" Anti shouted, struggling to keep Dark down. "Shoot him!"

Jack raised the gun to Dark's head, but before he could pull the trigger Dark lifted his head enough to make eye contact with him.

"Stop," said Dark. Jack immediately froze in place. Before we could do anything, Dark ordered Jack to point the gun towards Mark.

"Antisepticeye, let go of me or l'm afraid my human counterpart will meet an unfortunate end," Dark smugly stated. Anti reluctantly let go of Dark. He stood up and brushed the dirt off of his suit.

"Well... this didn't go as planned. I must admit that I have lost this round. However, perhaps I can get something out of this. Jack, shoot Mark."

Ob's POV

"You couldn't have had better timing," a voice far off in the distance said. I began to come to and quickly got my bearings back together.

I was hidden behind Becca and a man that I could only guess was my old friend Mark Fischbach, aka Markiplier. The ropes binding my hands were gone, and I was finally able to move again.

From what I could see behind Becca, Jack was pointing a gun to Dark's head. Dark was being pinned down by someone I couldn't see. I felt like a stone was dropped in my stomach when I saw Dark use his powers to make Jack turn the gun on Mark.

"Antisepticeye, let go of me or l'm afraid my human counterpart will meet an unfortunate end."

"Well, that's a load of bull," I thought.

Dark wasn't going to let Mark go that easily. I begun to slip out of the chair as quietly as possible.

Becca's POV

Jack struggled to stop himself from shooting Mark. His entire arm trembled under the effort. But Dark's eyes began to glow brighter and Jack couldn't stop himself from shooting Mark.

In the arm.

I didn't stop myself from smiling a little at the loophole Jack had found. Anti didn't either. Mark ripped off the bottom of his shirt and used it to slow down the bleeding.

Dark was furious. "This changes nothing!" he shouted. He began to almost glitch as a second head appeared that was screaming in anger. His green aura had completely overtaken the red and the blue. "Jack, shoot Mark in the-" Before Dark could finish his sentence, he clenched over in pain. By doing this, he released Jack from his trance, and Jack didn't waste a second to put a bullet in his brain.

Behind Dark's corpse was Ob. I was so elated to see her that it took me a minute to realize that she was on the verge of collapse. I ran over to her just in time to keep her from hitting the ground.

"Kicked him... in the... balls," Ob said, panting all the way through the sentence, "A little crude, l'll admit, but you can't argue with the results."

I chuckled and helped Ob to her feet. Jack, Anti and I walked over to Mark. Anti refused to look Jack in the eye. Then, something else happened.

Dark's head wound began to heal, pushing the bullet out. His green aura began to fade until it had completely disappeared, leaving him with red and blue auras. He didn't need to look me in the eyes to tell me that this was the real Darkiplier.

"Look, I'm extremely sorry for what I did," he said. "Like you, Anti, I was under someone else's control. Not just Antimatter. I'm talking about the entity that was once a part of my being. For ninety years I was under the influence of a malicious entity that had been trapped inside the manor that I still call home."

"Oh, and one more thing," Dark said, turning to me. "You turn fourteen in about a month, right?"

"Yes," I said.

"Well, I've just come up with the best birthday present for you. Think of it as an apology for everything I've done."

"It's good to have ya back, my friend," Anti said. "The real you." Dark smiled a genuine smile at us before leaving for where I assumed was Markiplier Manor.

Becca: Dark's back to normal!

Ob: At least, what's normal for him.

"We need to get out of here," Mark said. "I don't know how close this place is to anything. Someone could have heard the gunshot."

"What about the body?" I asked.

"When a demon dies, their body disintegrates," Anti explained, "He will take care of himself in a few hours."

"What about Matt?" Jack asked. "Was Antimatter still usin' his body?"

"He wasn't," Mark said. "Before I was separated from Dark, I caught glimpses of what was going on. Antimatter was the first to use the machine. Honestly, I don't think Matt even knows what's going on."

"There's one more thing," Ob said. "I overheard him talking to someone as my powers were being extracted."

"Who?" Mark asked.

"Someone who Becca and I hoped we'd never see again."

"Bill," I practically snarled, clenching my fist.

"If that's the case, gather round everyone!" Anti proclaimed. We gathered in a circle around him and he began to conjure green energy around us.

"When we get home, Antisepticeye, we are going to have a lengthy discussion," Ob said. "It will mostly involve a lot of shouting and me hitting you."

The last thing I saw before my vision was engulfed in green light was Anti giving Ob a small smile.

Author: So, I'm gonna be doing two epilogs. The first one will take place on Becca and Ob's birthday. The second one will take place around Christmas.

Becca: And don't forget to absolutely mash that star!

Ob: And while you're at it, recommend this story to as many of your friends as you can.

Author: The song up top is "Stronger" by Omar Varela x Xavi & Gi feat. Miss Lina.

Lyrics:

What if I grow stronger
What if I get higher
What if I start doing things I know I will regret
I will make my own way
I will not surrender
I will do my best
Until I get put under
What if I grow stronger, what if I grow stronger,
What if I grow stronger, what if I grow stronger,
What if I grow stronger
What if I grow stronger
What if I get higher
What if I start doing things I know I will regret
I will make my own way
I will not surrender
I will do my best
Until I get put under
What if I grow stronger, what if I grow stronger,
What if I grow stronger, what if I grow stronger,
What if I grow stronger
What if I grow stronger, what if I grow stronger,
What if I grow stronger, what if I grow stronger,
What if I grow stronger, what if I grow stronger,
What if I grow stronger, what if I grow stronger,
What if I grow stronger, what if I grow stronger
What if I grow