Chase and Jackie were running up the stairs, barely able to hear Anti's sinister laughing back down in the hall.

"Dude, I thought he was better! What happened!?" Jackie was panicking.

Chase was just trying to keep up with him, "He must have snapped again! He could have connected to the internet!"

"Why the fuck would he do that!?"

"He saw us in trouble on the cameras" Chase tried to defend him, "It's not his fault, he was just trying to help!"

Jackie stopped on a floor and turned back to Chase, "If he really wanted to help, he could have done it in a way that didn't involve killing a bunch of innocent people!"

"What else would you have him do!? Huh!? He's not in the right state of mind!" Chase yelled back at him.

"And what about Jameson?!" Jackie ignored him, "He was in the office with him! He could be dead for all we know!"

Suddenly the lights went out.

Chase could barely see Jackie's body in front of him, " . . . . We need to get to the robots"

"Right"

They raced up the stairs as fast as they could, hoping they didn't run into Anti along the way.

Meanwhile, Jameson had hidden out of Anti's sight in a janitor's closet. No longer hearing any screams, he peered out, too curious for his own good.

He was worried for Anti, knowing this wasn't what he wanted. Anti knew it would have been too much for him and yet he did it anyway to protect Chase. . . .  and maybe Jackie, too.

Walking down the hall, Jameson stopped, spotting something familiar.

His old room.

He walked down towards it and went inside, calmed by its familiarity. He had been in Iris longer than Chase. And at least he had longer and more time with people than he did.

He felt bad for what Chase must have thought and gone through, so confused and scared.

Jameson had seen a little of Chase's past through Anti's eyes in the bond that they shared.

He wanted to redeem himself so bad and yet. . . . death looked like a so much better option at the time with that bottle in his hand.

Jameson pulled out his pocket watch and looked at the time again, 'We're wasting too much time'

Henrik was brought into the nearby house by a strange man who called himself Wilford Warfstache.

He apparently didn't even have to explain anything to the man of who he was and why he was there.

Wilford just nodded excitedly like he was already listening and clapped his hands, "Fascinating! What a story! Come on inside!"

"But. . .  I never said anything"

"Didn't have to!"

Henrik didn't understand but accepted the man's help. He didn't want to just stand out in the open.

Wilford slammed open the door abruptly  and strolled inside.

"Hello everybody! I brought a guest!"

Henrik watched a little worriedly. No one else was there.

He swallowed, looking unsure of how to approach the situation.

Wilford laughed, "Ahahah! Little scamps, hiding again. So anyway, that crystal you have there is mighty interesting. I'm surprised you were able to get away from Damien so swiftly! He was, too, by golly!"

Henrik blinked, "Hmmm .  . .. ." immediately, he started to study the man, "I never said anything. Either you are working WITH Dark . . . or you have a fascinating biology and can read minds at will"

Wilford shook his head, "Not really a willing thing, I'm afraid" he smiled almost painfully, "But I can assure you, you're safe here. Damien and I don't talk anymore since. . . the incident"

Henrik decided to play his game, getting in his head, "Incident?"

"Daw, you don't wanna hear it. . . SO THERE I WAS!" he suddenly shouted, making Henrik flinch a little, "Colonel William Barnum on my way to a party. Mark's party. . . . hadn't seen him in a while. Not since, I plowed his ex-wife Celine and he tried to kill me. . .  again. But oh, we were the best of friends! Me, Damien and Mark! Always getting into trouble! And then Mark invited us all to a party, killed himself, invited in an demon to kill Celine and Damien . . . and that district attorney. . . that poor beautiful fool . . . . . . . . ."

Henrik licked his lips, trying to piece everything together. This wasn't making any sense to him whatsoever, "Right. . . . well anyway-"

"I recognize that crystal, you know!" Wilford interrupted him, "Lost to time, constantly rippling through wormhole after wormhole. I hadn't seen it since they tossed it away into that forest"

Henrik gently pat the pocket that the crystal was in, half-assed making sure it was still even there, "Dark said something about wormholes as vell . . . . Tell me. . . do you perhaps have a room vhere I can study it? I vant to learn as much as I can about it before Dark finds it again . . and me"

"Well sure thing, pal!" Wilford grinned, "I haven't had company in a while!"

"I thought you said you lived vith others?"

"When'd I say that?"

Henrik blinked, trying to suppress the oncoming aneurysm, "Nevermind"

'Maybe if I can figure out its properties and how the crystal travels, I can control it and get back to my own universe'

"Maybe!" Wilford read his mind again.

'That's going to take some time getting used to. . .'

Chase and Jackie made it to the robotics floor. The power was off in the building now but emergency power was on, providing some light.

"Do you think you could take Anti on if you needed to?" Chase asked him.

Jackie gulped a little, "Uh . . .. hopefully I don't need to. What happened last time again to snap him out of his. . . bloodlust?"

"I shot him in the leg"

"Right. . . maybe you could just try that again?"

Chase rolled his eyes, "I could but who's to say it'll work? Also, if it DOES work, then Anti will be even MORE injured than before. Can't you just do something?"

"I don't know. He kind of scares me, especially since he can read minds" Jackie shuddered.

Chase rolled his eyes, "Man, you are literally the LAMEST superhero ever. What a pussy"

"Hey! You're telling me you're NOT afraid of him how he was back there!? I know you got a death wish, but-"

"What?" Chase stopped him, coming to a full halt, "What do you mean by that?"

"Well. . ." Jackie looked sort of awkward now, "I mean . ..  it's not exactly a secret. You feel bad about what you did to your family and you wanted to kill yourself. Remember? I'm the one that stopped you from jumping off the car garage roof?"

Chase blinked, "Oh yeah . . . you're the fucker that helped Iris detain me. Fucking asshole"

"Hey, it wasn't my idea!" Jackie got defensive, "I argued and argued with Henrik to let you go but of course he doesn't fucking listen to me! . . . . I'm the one that got us all into this whole mess it seems."

Jackie opened the door to the Robotics room, revealing all the robots. Henrik had made a lot more than either of them realized.

Chase wanted to comment on how cool it looked but Jackie's words were concerning, "Wait. . . what do you mean?"

"Didn't I tell you already? Maybe not. . . . Anti was being held at Iris when he was still in a cocoon of sorts. . . that we now know Dark put him in to contain him. . . ..I was delivering food to one of the scientists. Something was going wrong and I accidentally pressed the wrong button. I released Anti. I've been trying to make it up since."

"Why?" Chase didn't get it, "You freed Anti. Sounds like you did the right thing to me . . . that time"

Before Jackie could retort, Chase nodded to one of the robots, "Let's grab the flashlight off this fucking thing and then figure out how to tame Anti. If anything, we can always just run. Maybe the wizard will come back"

"Right. . . Marvin. I hope he's alright"

Chase climbed up the robot, laying on top of its giant arm, "I honestly couldn't care less. I know that sounds mean . . but it is what it is" he shrugged, trying to pry open the damn thing.

Jackie blinked, "Oh . . . uh . .. sorry, I was sort of lost in thought there. Here, come on down. That's not gonna work. I'll rip it off myself and get the component out"

Chase groaned and sat up, his legs on either side of the large robot's arm, "Dude. . . get your head in the game"

But before he could hop down, something wild happened.

The robot's eyes lit up and it turned on by itself!

But not only that.

ALL of the robots in the room started to turn on by themselves, the lights a neon green.

They started to all spark dangerously.

"Chase! Get down from there now!" Jackie shouted at him.

Chase jumped and Jackie caught him, "The fuck is happening?!"

"̵A̴A̵H̴A̴H̵A̷H̸A̴H̸A̶H̸A̷H̶A̷H̷A̴H̶A̸H̸H̷A̵H̶!̷ ̵ ̴ ̷ ̸ ̵ ̵ ̶ ̸ ̴ ̷H̷E̴L̴L̸O̴ ̸B̸O̵Y̶S̴!̸"̷

Jackie and Chase looked up on a balcony that looked over the entire room.

There stood Anti, looking as ominous and terrifying as ever.

He had a sick grin on his face and blood all over him from his previous victims.

Anti laughed at the scared look in their eyes.

"̶D̵i̶d̵ ̷y̷o̴u̴ ̸m̵i̴s̶s̶ ̵m̷e̶?̴"̷̴̶̸̷