"I guess this is as good of a place as any."

Mark, Jack, Schneep, Wilford, Jameson, Anti, Dark, the Host, Doctor Iplier, and the Jim twins stood in front of a deserted college covered in ivy vines, the building eerily silent as they stood at the door.

"Hold on." Anti muttered as he raised his knife before opening the door, cautiously creeping in before standing in the pitch blackness to scan his surroundings.

"It's sa-"

Anti's words was interrupted by a zombie groan followed by a sickening thud, Jack and Mark exchanging a panicked look before rushing inside.

"Anti!" Jack shouted, unable to see the glitch in the darkness as he stood by Mark's side for the male's protection as well as his own.

"Shit, the power's out." Doctor Iplier cursed softly as he fiddled with the light switch before giving up and smacking it in irritation.

"Ve need to find Anti, zhe last thing ve need is for him to get infected as vell." Schneep interjected, earning a surprised look from Jack.

"I thought you hated him with every fiber of your being. Why try to save him?" Jack prompted, earning a scowl from the German.

"Because as much as I hate to admit it....Anti's not zhe bad guy here. If anyzhing, he's zhe hero." Schneep answered, shoving his hands into the pockets of his lab coat.

"Once we find Anti, I'm telling him you said that." Jack teased, Schneep rolling his eyes in mild annoyance.

"Should we split-"

"We are not splitting up for anything in this fucking scary ass zombie ridden college!" Mark snapped, cutting off Wilford mid-sentence.

"The Host believes that we should try to bring the power back before we search for Anti to make it easier to find him." The Host spoke up, Jameson eagerly nodding in agreement.

"Good plan. There's got to be a breaker around here that we can flip to turn the power back on." Mark murmured thoughtfully, sucking in a startled breath as he tripped over something and hit the ground face first.

"Mark, are you okay?" Jack called out, blindly reaching for the dark haired gamer in the darkness.

"I'm good." Mark grunted, pushing himself up off of the ground before looking around to see what he had tripped over.

He could faintly see the outline of a body, the YouTuber glad that the power was out as he fought to keep from gagging.

"How can ve keep track of everyone?" Schneep wondered aloud, the same thought crossing everyone else's minds.

"As much as I hate the idea, we could hold onto each other." Dark suggested, Mark jumping in surprise when he felt a hand grab his arm.

"Relax, it's just me." Dark growled, the demon clearly not happy about being anywhere near Mark.

"Ooh, I love the whole touchy feeling thing." Wilford grinned as he grabbed onto Mark's hand, the dark haired gamer grimacing as Wilford's fingers intertwined with his while Jameson held onto Wilford's other arm.

"If anyone touches the Host, the Host will rip their arm off and then feed it to them." The Host threatened in a growl, the Jim twins whimpering in response.

"You'll be fine Host, I've got you." Dark soothed the angered ego, gently holding onto the Host's arm.

The Host stiffened as he grumbled something incoherent under his breath, the ego reluctantly allowing Dark to hold onto his arm.

The Jim twins quickly clung onto each other before holding onto Doctor Iplier, Schneep on the doctor's other side while Jack grabbed onto Schneep.

"Everyone holding onto someone?" Mark questioned the group, earning a chorus of yeses in response much to his relief.

"Good. Let's go forward!" Mark declared, the group moving together to try and find the breaker.

"The Host thinks that this is a horrible idea." The Host grumbled sourly, the ego attempting to get Dark off of him.

"Would you rather get infected and become like the others?" Dark growled impatiently, his red and blue aura flashing briefly before he quickly tampered it down.

"That is not what the Host means-"

"Then shut up." Dark directed in a dangerously calm tone, his aura faintly flickering around him to cast a small amount of light.

"Dark, can you use your aura to light up this place?" Jack questioned hopefully, Dark letting out an exasperated sigh.

"I don't control my aura." Dark replied irritably, a spark of red and blue lighting up the room once more for a brief moment.

"It's because you're weak." Mark taunted, Dark's grip on the YouTubers arm tightening as his aura flickered back to life.

"I am not weak!" Dark snarled fiercely, Wilford flinching back slightly in response while both of the Jim twins jumped in surprise.

"Mark, what the fuck are you trying to do?" Doctor Iplier hissed sharply, Mark ignoring the doctor.

"I will always be in control." Mark continued casually, Dark shoving Mark away from him with enough force to cause the YouTuber to stumble and hit the floor.

Dark's aura snapped violently as he stood over the dark haired gamer, his expression cold as he clasped his hands behind his back.

"Damien stop!"

The room was instantly illuminated by the red and blue aura as Dark whirled around to look at Wilford, his pitch black eyes wide.

"What...what did you call me?" Dark whispered in disbelief, earning a confused frown from Wilford.

"Dark?" Wilford replied hesitantly, Jack managing to find the breaker and flip it to return power just as Dark's aura faded once more.

"Sorry Dark." Mark apologized meekly, Dark wordlessly helping the YouTuber up to his feet before looking around him.

The interior of the building looked worse than the exterior, parts of the ceiling missing to allow sunshine to beam into the college with rooms caved in completely.

"Not my ideal place to vork, but I'll do vhat I can." Schneep stated, Doctor Iplier nodding in agreement.

"You guys work on the cure, we'll work on finding Anti. Dark, you stay with them in case something happens." Mark decided, Dark reluctantly following the doctor's as they rapidly talked about theories they had for the cure.

"The Host remembers Mark saying that we should not split up." The Host spoke up, Mark ignoring the ego.

"Let's just try to find Anti and get the hell out of here as soon as possible." Mark muttered, leading the group deeper into the college.