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The teen egos, Anti, and Jamie froze, seeing that Dark had a terrorized Bing against the wall, right next to a window that had a skateboard handing out of it, broken glass scattered everywhere.
"HOW MANY TIMES DID I TELL YOU NOT TO SKATE IN THE DAMN HOUSE!?" Dark's voice boomed, causing Five to stare in terror. "I HAD THAT RULE FOR A REASON AND THIS IS IT!" Dark pointed to the window, looking at it. "DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO PAY FOR A BROKEN WINDOW EVERY OTHER DAY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FOLLOW THE DAMN RULES!"
"B-Boss it wasn't his fault it was mine." Randal tried, but when Dark shot an angered glare at him, he pressed his mouth shut.
"Now Darky calm down." Wilford tried, placing a hand on his shoulder. "The kids are-."
"You stay out of this!" Dark snapped, pointing at Wilford, who pressed his mouth shut, casting his eyes to the ground.
"I-I-I'm sorry boss." Bing began in a timid, trembling, and glitchy voice. "I-I didn't mean to... It... I just slipped and-."
"I'M TIRED OF YOUR EXCUSES!" Dark snapped, jabbing his finger into his chest, watching as Bing flinched, squinting his eyes shut.
Five began to back up watching the scene in terror as memories started to play through his head. Memories of him being pressed up against the wall, staring at an angered Blackhat who began to grow in size, his one eye rolling into the back of his head as his teeth sharpened. "I'M TIRED OF YOUR EXCUSES YOU WEAK... STUPID PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A VILLAIN!"
"PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR AN ANDROID!" Dark snapped as his eyes began to turn black.
Eric backed away but froze when he heard whimpering, turning to see Five as he stares at Dark with terror in his eyes, that were beginning to gather tears. "F-Five?"
"Now Darky that's enough!" Wilford snapped, grabbing him by his arms, knowing that if he let Dark continue he would do or say something he would regret. "He didn't mean to-."
"STOP DEFENDING HIM!" Dark bellowed, yanking his arm away, his aura flaring as he glared at the pink ego. "HE NEEDS TO BE-!"
Dark paused, slowly turning to the teens, finding that Five was sobbing into his hands, his body trembling.
At that moment all the egos eyes were on him, as he continued to sob, the flower on his head wilting, the petals falling to the floor.
Suddenly, all of the anger that was growing within Dark vanished at the sad sight of the former bear crying his eyes turning back to normal as his aura recedes back into him. He slowly walked toward the crying blue ego, ignoring as the teens and the two Septics backed away from him. He slowly placed a hand on his shoulder, watching as his head shot up, staring at him in shock. "Five what's wrong? Why are you-?"
Five gasped as he pushed his hand off of him, backing away as he stared at the dark ego in fear. "Blackhat I'm sorry! I won't do it again just please stop yelling at me!"
Dark blinked looking at the boy in confusion. "Blackhat...?" Dark then turned to Bing before looking back at him. "N-No I wasn't yelling at you..." He went to reach for him. "I-."
"NO DON'T HURT ME!" Five cried, causing Dark to flinch back pulling his hand back in shock. "Don't turn my insides inside out again!" he whimpered, squinting his eyes shut, shaking his head. "I'm sorry I'm sorry RI'm Rorry RI'm...raory." The more he spoke the more he reverted into talking like before, the more he sounded like a bear.
Dark watched as Five backed away, before running out of the room, crying into his hands, leaving him and the other egos alone. He sat there in silence, a lump forming in his chest as he looked down at his hand. He himself backed away with a gasp, finally processing on what he made Five and the kids watch.
"Darky?" Wilford whispered, watching as he turned to him. "Are you okay?"
Dark scanned each ego, all of them staring at him in slight fear, but when his eyes landed on Bing, he saw nothing but terror... Terror that he caused... Oil streaming from the android's eyes and down his face. "I..." tears formed in the brim of his eyes as he backed away, closing his hands into fists. "I'm sorry... I'm sorry." was all that he said, before disappearing into black smoke, leaving everyone in shock and confusion.
Wilford only sighed, turning to Bing, who was quickly wiping away his oil tears. He gave him a sympathetic look as he pulled the ego into a hug, feeling him cling to him, finally sobbing. "It's okay Bingy... It's alright you're not in trouble."
"It was my fault," Randal said shamefully, watching as Bing turned to him, letting go of Wilford as he walked toward the blond ego. "I dared you to do it so-." he paused when the ego just hugged him, giving him a tight squeeze.
"It's not your fault m-my dude. I was the one who broke the window. I chose to do it." He whispered before feeling a hand on his shoulder turning to see his boyfriend Google who reached up and wiped the tears from his eyes.
Eric watched them for a moment before turning to the hall that Five ran down. "I'm g-gonna go ch-check on him," he informed as he walked down the hall. He continued to walk for a minute before stopping at Five's room, hearing muffled sobbing. He frowned, his heart aching upon hearing his friend's sobbing. When he couldn't take it any longer he gently placed his hand on the doorknob, and gave it a twist, listening as the door softly clicked open. Upon entering he froze looking at Five who was curled up in the fetal position hugging the stuffed bear that the host made him, sobbing into it as his body trembled. Eric's eyes became glassy as he slowly walked in, closing the door behind him freezing when Five's head snapped up looking at him in fear. The former bear began to whimper as he backed away, causing Eric to realize that he didn't know it was him. "Shshsh F-Five it's okay." Eric tried as he walked closer watching as Five backed away trembling. "It's m-me Eric." He then sat on the bed gently reaching for Five who flinched squinting his eyes shut. "It's o-okay Five," Eric whispered as he pulled Five in his lap.
Five trembled as Eric hugged him close, rubbing circles into his back as he whispered to him. "R-Raow..r..E-E-Eric-." He whimpered clutching onto Eric.
"It's gonna be okay Five," Eric whispered giving him a tight squeeze. "Know one is g-gonna harm you... F-Father would never hurt you... I promise."
Five's lower lip began to quiver as he hid into Eric's shoulder, sobbing through muffled lips as he clutched his stuffed animal close to him, feeling safe in Eric's arms.
"It's okay... It's okay." Eric whispered over and over, letting him let it out for a while.
Meanwhile, Wilford teleported into his and Dark's room, finding that the lights were out, and their recliner was turned toward their window, a thing Dark would do when he was upset. Wilford knows that Dark looks out the window when he's stressed or... Emotional. The pink ego sighed as he slowly walked toward the chair, standing on the left side of it, now able to see Dark filling the chair, his elbows on his knees as he rests his palms on his head, clutching his hair tightly as he trembled. Wilford just frowned as he placed a hand in Dark's shoulder causing the dark ego to jump, looking up at him in fear. He was able to see black tears streaming from Dark's eyes, which hurt the pink ego.
Dark's heart felt as if it were sinking, unable to get the look of fear that Five gave him. "I... I-I d-didn't m-mean t-to-."
"Sh I know Darky," Wilford whispered as he cupped Dark's face with one hand, wiping the tears with his thumb.
Dark let out a shaky sigh as he squints his eyes shut clutching onto Wilford's hand. "I-I don't know wh-what came over m-me." He whispered shaking his head. "Y-Yelling at Bing like that-."
"You were stressed, Dear," Wilford whispered walking in front of the chair where he crouched in front of Dark, holding his hand, watching as Dark cast his eyes to his lap in shame. "You have a lot on your plate."
"Th-That's no excuse." Dark shook his head, tears streaming down his face. "It's no excuse from my idiotic tantrum... N-Now Bing... Everyone... they're afraid of me... I really am just a villain-."
"Dark, don't say that!" Wilford whispered watching as Dark squint his eyes shut. "You are far from a villain and they are not afraid of you-."
"Did you see the way Five looked at me?!" Dark snapped as he pulled away from Wilford looking at him with angered but tear-filled eyes. "Did you not see the terror in his face?! He thought I was gonna hurt him... He thought I was his master, Blackhat, Wil!" Dark began to tremble as he looked down at his grey dead hands. "If he c-can't tell the difference between me and Blackhat what does that make of me?... I'm no different from him... No matter what I'm always gonna be a-."
"No." Wilford interrupted watching as Dark froze looking at him in confusion. "You are not a villain Dark. I know you better than anyone here. You were forced into a role that you never wanted to part take in all because that bastard wanted a story!" Wilford growled under his breath at the thought of him. "You're a kind man Darkiplier. You've always done right by us."
"Let me finish." Wilford sighed holding each side of Dark's face, causing Dark to freeze. "You are hard on the others and cold at times but everything you've done was for their protection. You are nothing like Blackhat... From what I could gather from the show, he doesn't care for his own, you do. He vile, you're not... He hurts others for fun, you don't."
Dark listen to his words carefully, shocked at how serious Wilford could get at times.
"That is a very villainous character Dark... And he's a character I don't see in you." Wilford whispered combing his hair back. "Yes, your yelling mayhaps triggered something in Five, and yes he mayhaps thought you were Blackhat, but if you just talk to him... And show him that you would never harm him... He may come to like you."
Dark sighed as he lowered his head, uncertain of Wilford's words before feeling Wilford lift his chin up with his finger. He looked up at the face of the pink ego and saw the same goofy grin he always gives him
"But you can't do that when you are in here sulking," Wilford whispered wiping his tears away again.
Dark let out a sigh holding Wilford's writs. "You're right... I-I have to fix this... But I-I need to apologize to Bing... He... Didn't deserve that."
"Okay... Bing first... Then Five got it?" Wilford said sternly.
"Got it... When did you become the life coach?" Dark sighed as he stood up.
"You got a lot of emotional baggage Dear." Wilford teased, chuckling when Dark hit his shoulder.
"You're one to talk about emotional baggage, Wil." Dark grinned as he and Wilford began to walk out, clutching Wilford's hand.
"Well, you and I combined what a plane full of emotional cargo it seems," Wilford whispered as they walked out of their room, determined to set things right. But while they were heading down the hall, both oblivious to what was happening above them within the vents.
Deep in the vents, the red flower was crawling around its pod offspring, that we're ten times bigger than two weeks ago, watching as they fed off the green ooze that it provided. It continued to feed and protect them when suddenly one of the pods began to bloom it's eyeball snapping open as it let out a screech... They were hatching.
