"Mark, you need to get up."

Mark groaned softly as he felt someone shaking his arm, the dark haired male curling up into a tighter ball as he pulled his blanket over his head.

"MARK!"

"Okay, okay." Mark mumbled drowsily as the blanket was torn away from him, the YouTuber cracking his eyes open to see Jack standing beside him with concern shining in his sapphire blue eyes.

"What's up?" Mark yawned as he sat up, swinging his legs over the side of the cot before sliding off to land on the tile floor.

"Schneep's gone, we don't know where the hell he went...we think maybe Robbie got him since he's gone too." Jack stated grimly, Mark feeling instantly more alert as he followed the Irishman out of the room.

"Where's everyone?" Mark asked as he walked through the hall, Jack guiding him towards the room where those recently cured were still resting.

Wilford, Dark, the Jim twins, Jameson, the Host, and Google were inside the room as well, the egos in the cots still asleep except for Anti.

"Anti, have you seen Schneep around anywhere?" Jack questioned Anti, the glitch shaking his head in response.

"Is that what Dark woke me up for?" Anti complained, laying back down with an exasperated sigh.

"Look, I know you hate Schneep-"

"Of course I hate him! I saved his ass, yet he still treats me like a villain." Anti protested furiously, staring up at the plain white ceiling.

"He beat himself up about not knowing you got bit." Jack admitted, Anti slowly sitting up to look at the Irishman.

"Are we talking about the same German douchebag?" Anti countered warily, the ghost of a smile gracing Jack's lips.

"Yes, we are. I know you may not believe me, but he's changed." Jack insisted, Anti rolling his eyes as he hopped out of bed.

"Alright, lets go find the asshole before Robbie eats his nonexistent brain." Anti conceded, the group leaving the room to search for Robbie and Schneep.

"Robbie?" Jack called out tentatively, Anti smacking the Irishman on the arm as he motioned for him to be quiet.

"Anti, are you sure that you're well enough to be moving around?" Dark spoke up from the back of the group, Anti ignoring him as the glitch continued down the hall.

"Wish I had my knife." Anti grumbled, his empty hands curled into fists at his side as his eyes scanned his surroundings.

Anti abruptly froze as a laugh echoed down the hall, the sound sending shivers down Jack's spine as the glitch cautiously crept forward.

Robbie was in the waiting room digging through the box of toys meant for children, the zombie hugging a dirty teddy bear to his chest with a grin.

"Robbie, have you seen Schneep?" Jack asked hopefully, the zombie pausing before shaking his head.

"Robbie be here, Robbie make gift while wait for Chase wake up." Robbie answered, gesturing to a stick figure drawing he had made of him and Chase with crayons.

"Why don't you ask Chase or Doctor Iplier? He spent a lot of time with those two, they might know where he likes to go." Mark suggested, Jack nodding as he and the others strode down the hall once more.

Chase was awake when they returned to the room, his knees curled up to his chest with his arms wrapped around them and his chin resting on his knees.

"Chase?" Jack prompted gently, the ego unmoving as Jack knelt in front of him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Hey, I'm trying to look for Schneep. Have you seen him?" Jack added, glancing over at Mark when Chase still did nothing.

"I remember."

Jack returned his attention to Chase when he finally spoke, the ego's eyes glazed over as he stared off at nothing.

"What are you talking about?" Jack pressed, Chase silent for a moment as he took in a long shuddering breath.

"The people I hurt...how I couldn't control myself..." Chase trailed off, swallowing hard as he hugged his knees closer to his chest.

"Chase, that wasn't your fault." Jack assured him, reaching out to comfort the ego before Chase flinched away.

"I'm a monster...a murderer." Chase mumbled, the look in his eyes reminding Jack of the nights Chase would stay up drinking and looking at a picture of his family.

"Hey, you think you can take my job?" Anti interjected jokingly, a hint of sadness evident in his voice despite the smirk on his face.

"You're not-look, I don't want my kids to think of me as the bad guy Stacy sees me as." Chase countered wearily, his fingernails digging into his skin hard enough to leave small red marks.

"Chase, we really need your help to find Schneep." Jack pleaded, the Irishman gently grabbing Chase's hands to stop him from hurting himself.

"I...I need to go." Chase replied, his body tense as he pulled his hands free from Jack's grip and strode past the rest of the group out of the room.

"I'll go after him, you guys keep looking for Doctor Fuckface." Anti volunteered reluctantly, following Chase at a distance.

"I thought I'd find you up here."

Anti could hear Chase talking to someone as the glitch followed the male up the stairs to the roof, poking his head out to see Schneep sitting on the edge of the roof with a paper cup in hand.

"I can't do zhis Chase," Schneep started, taking a long drink from his cup before looking at his counterpart.

"Zhe guilt of failing to prevent any of zhis...I should have known zhat Robbie vould snap, I should have known how to cure zhe disease, and I should have known zhat Anti vas hurt. I know I should be glad zhat Marvin and Doctor Iplier vere able to make zhe cure, but I just feel...empty, like everything's been drained out of me." Schneep admitted, his voice barely audible to Anti as he let go of his empty paper cup and watched it flutter towards the ground.

"What are you talking about? I thought you, Doctor Iplier, and Marvin made that cure." Chase countered with a confused frown, Schneep casting his gaze to his feet currently dangling over the edge of the building.

"Doctor Iplier and Marvin made zhe cure...I vas zhe test subject since I did not vant anyone else getting hurt because of my miscalculations." Schneep muttered, rolling up the sleeve of his lab coat to reveal a series of bandages lining his arm from needle injections.

"Because I judged Anti too quickly, he pushed himself too hard and got hurt. I couldn't let zhe same mistake happen vith zhe cure." Schneep continued, standing up on the edge of the building.

"W-What are you doing Doc?" Chase stammered, scrambling off of the edge of the roof with wide eyes.

"I vanted to tell someone zhe truth before I died...thank you." Schneep replied calmly, the wind causing his lab coat to flutter behind him slightly.

"Stop!"

Schneep and Chase turned their heads to see Anti emerge from the shadows, the glitch taking slow steps towards them with his hands held up in a sign of peace.

"Vhat are you doing here?!" Schneep demanded, inching back towards the end of the roof.

"I told you that neither you or that damn magician could get rid of me." Anti answered with a soft chuckle, stopping a few feet away from where the German stood trembling by the end of the roof.

"Doc, I get that things suck for you, but you're not the only one struggling. Man, I killed people-"

"And it's my fault zhat you did." Schneep cut in coldly, Chase shooting Anti a pleading look with desperation shining in his eyes.

"If you were going to jump, you would have already." Anti pointed out, Schneep looking down at ground several stories beneath him.

"Look, I still hate you, but...if you're dying, then I want it to be at my hands." Anti blurted, earning a glare from Chase.

"Zhen do it Anti." Schneep invited fearlessly, spreading his arms as he stared into Anti's pitch black eyes.

"You really want me to?" Anti taunted, rushing up to Schneep and pushing him off of the edge before Chase could react.

"NO!" Chase shouted, Anti catching the collar of Schneep's shirt in his fist to keep him from falling.

"Are you sure I shouldn't let go?" Anti sneered, releasing his hold on Schneep's shirt finger by finger.

"Please..." Schneep whispered, looking into Anti's eyes once more to reveal the fear in his own eyes.

Anti hesitates before he wordlessly pulled Schneep back up and shoved him to the safety of the roof, the German collapsing to his knees with a choked sob of relief while Chase knelt beside him.

"I found Doctor Dumbass!" Anti shouted as he walked down the stairs to return to the group.

"Can we go now?"