#try two

The Mage gasped sitting straight up in his bed. He groped around in the dark before lighting his hand. A figure next to him shifted at the sudden light as the man tossed off the covers moving towards his desk.

"Hen..." A tired voice came from the bed.

"I need to write this vision down or I fear what may come." the mage said sternly grabbing a pen. He began writing as the figure moved out of the bed.

"Hen..."

"Marvin! I Need to focus!"

"I was going to ask where my glasses are Henrik." Marvin said very softly. Henrik paused before glancing over.

"They're right next to you Marv. To your right on the table. Now can I work on this in peace?" he asked as the man placed the mentioned frames on his face. The figure moved to hover over his shoulder.

"So, what's so worrisome that you rushed out this early in the morning?" he heard next to his ear.

"A vision of another plane of existence. That's the best way to describe it. I was in my body but there was this deep seeded anger and blood lust towards the world. I couldn't remember any of my simple spells that you like so much. I... I don't know what happened but I feel like there was someone in front of me begging for their life." He explained finishing his writing pulling his spell book off the shelf along with a few others.

"Henrik! What are you thinking? You can't be thinking of leaving this place to find that other place."  Marvin said frowning before his phone went off. "Shit! I'm on call at the hospital. Don't you dare do anything stupid we need you in case Chase shows his face again." Marvin said quickly getting dressed before answering the phone. "This is Doctor Magni..." he closed the door before Henrik could hear the rest of his famous greeting to the nurses.

"Sorry Marv but I have to see if this other me is coming for us." he said lowly getting up with his spell book moving to a dummy door.

"Ich möchte die Welt sehen, die ich schon einmal gesehen habe. Die Welt ist korrupter als meine." he said his eyes beginning to glow as the card symbols appeared on the door and it swung open to bright green static. Henrik put his mask on gulping.

"Well that's an ominous sign. I wonder if that means we lost to Chase or worse...." he shook his head before gripping his book and stepping through the door. As it closed behind him a knock came from his actual door.

 In another universe a freezer door opened and out stepped the black caped mage who blinked shivering slightly casting a little fire into his hand.

"By the cards. Why did my spell bring me out of a freezer?"

"The better question is why ya look like magic boy when I ran into him earlier." Henrik turned to see the mismatched eyes of the android.

"534N?" he asked hesitantly before mentally slapping himself. Different universes meaning this wasn't the same android keeping an eye out for everyone.

"Ya the same now who you?" He repeated pointing to Henrik with what appeared to be a spatula.

"It is...complicated 53. Trust me. Magic and all that. I just need to check on something." he mentioned putting his hands up beginning to inch his way out of what he now recognized as his kitchen.

"Oh ya bird face? Give me one good reason not to sound my alarm?" the android mentioned still eyeing him down.

"Your eggs are burning." he mentioned glancing behind hurrying off as 53 turned around to see the smoke from the stove.  "What have I gotten myself into?" Henrik muttered to himself casting a quick tracking spell. He heard crashes and the faint sound of an alarm as he followed the ball of light towards a room he knew well as his practice room.

'The air of this universe feels off.' he thought looking around the door.

"You don't belong here." came an all too familiar voice from the room. "Henirk the Great I presume." the voice continued.

"Y..yes. That's what my fans and brothers call me." he said more out of habit now realizing the chill that had gone down his spine had been from the person.

"Interesting you aren't like me at all." The same face stepped out of the room only something seemed off to the mage. "You aren't broken. You haven't felt that rush yet. Though something stains you it isn't red with blood nor black and grey like static. It's something else."

"And it's none the concern of you. Wait you don't seem surprised to see me Henrik." Hen said backing up slightly the feeling in his chest returning from his vision.

"GêT aWåy Quįck" another voice came out before his counterpart hesitated seeing something behind him. He listened to the voice though and hurried back out to the living room. There seemed to be a slam of a door behind him before hearing the glitching voice again "Åntî §Tat¡ç!" Hen heard the tv turn on as he was made to sit on the couch next to a figure in black.

"Hey not Henrik." Hen turned and blinked.

"Anti?" He asked looking his over as the figure behind the couch relaxed before turning the tv off.

"Yeah what were you thinking challenging Henrik?" Anti asked before looking up. "Feeling better Chase?"

"Yes. Thank you Anti. Sorry about the sudden shouting but considering how Henrik can get when feeling threatened I figured you needed to get away from him quickly." Hen turned and jumped slightly away seeing the bright green eye and the black eye with a red swirl.

"Chase?"

"Ah so you are aware of me. That means all of us exist in your world." Chase said simply moving around making it obvious he's armed as he sits next to Anti.

"Did I just hear the Brody boys?!" he heard the android's voice come from the kitchen. "And did you save freezer bird from magic man?"

"Yeah! Did you ever finish those eggs for Anti?!" Chase called out and Hen blinked thinking back to home.

"I don't need anything really." Anti said shrinking slightly closer to Chase. A knife came rushing through the air embedding into the wall next to the tv.

"I think that means you're eating everything on your plate Anti." Chase shaking his head as Hen's eyes grew wide.

"That means you eatin too Bro Average! He says you allowed static, but chu gotta eat real food with your new mediwhatevers!" came 534N's voice even louder as Hen looked up to see the android with a couple plates. “heya freezer bird, magic man didn’t hurt you, did he?”

“No no he didn’t but why am I safe out here but not over there?” Hen ask curiously as the plates were passed to both boys.

“It’s just how he is. He’s very dull when he leaves his room but go near his room or upset him when he has that book? Well there are stories of what Jack made him do on camera.” 53 mentioned as Anti took the plastic fork a piece of sausage already in his mouth.

“Then again what a lot of us had to do to satisfy that nut case and his fans…” Chase twitched slightly before finally accepting the plastic fork. His voice seemed softer suddenly as he ate picking at a sausage. “We never got a choice in if we wanted to actually do it. He just said do it my way or something would happen. We got used to it.”

Hen nodded sighing looking up at the ceiling. “Yeah our Jack is something like that too though when he said set that guy on fire I intentionally missed and the time after that. Our Chase and Anti got it the worse because I did that I think.”

“Not Henrik how are you getting home? The freezer is typically a one way where 53 pulls random people out in pursuit of food.” He looked to see Anti looking at him.

“I was going to ask about that. My portal doors usual creates an invisible door for me to go freely between the two worlds until I dispel it but this is the first time I ended up in a freezer.” Hen explained as 53 circled around almost watching over them like a mother.

“Yeah you can blame the ho on that one.” Chase said his voice returning in strength.

“Ho?” Hen asked cautiously as he noticed Anti’s head dipping down hiding his face behind his hat.

“Yeah Marvin, it’s a long story of why everyone calls him that but yeah he broke the freezer.” Chase comment hardly ever looking up at Hen.

“Now that ain’t fair ta say. It were broke afore. The man's a human doc. Sawbones says 'e stuck a magic stick up th' freezers's arse.” 534N explained.

“Wait…wait. He stuck a wand in the freezer?” Hen asked curiously looking up at the android. “Why not ask Jacques to fix it?”

“Yeah magic man were pissed. Who's Jacques never heard th;' name afore freezer bird?” 534N mentioned collecting the twin’s plates. “Oh heads up y'all, tho ho's on 'is way. he called afore Freezer Bird. Said a thing about checkin' on y'all two. So bord, if ye don't wanna meet th' ho I suggest ye find ye a way home”

“Thanks for the heads up.” Hen said pulling a little book from an inside pocket.

“Wait what you got against the ho?” Chase asked.

“Uh…nothing against him but…” Hen hesitated. “He’s one I don’t want to see the difference honestly considering the one waiting back home for me….” Hen paused reading the spell book as the door opened hearing the familiar soothing tired voice.

“Hey 53 you in there?”

“Yeah Sawbones! So is th' twin brothers.” 53 called out as Hen quickly stopped at the spell standing up. The twins looked at each other before looking to the mage as the man started to chant in a foreign tongue.

“Wait not Henrik…” Anti began as a door appeared on the wall.

“Sorry it’s been lovely, really. Thing is my Marvin is waiting for me at home.” He said chuckling blushing under the mask before stepping through the door. Chase moved to get up towards the door only to find it disappear at his touch as Marvin turned into the room.

Henrik took a deep breath stepping into his bedroom before seeing the annoyed figure on his bed.

“Hen….”

“Uh oh… How long have I been gone?” Henrik asked hanging up the cape and mask trying to undo the mask hair.

“A day. You safe?” Marvin asked undoing his crossed arms relaxing.