Avery, Delirious, and Cartoonz stood up to start looking for one of the generators, but they didn't forget about Mark. Delirious walked up to him to tell him that they were leaving. Mark had stood up again and was looking up at the treetops high above them, seeming fascinated by the pale orange light of smoldered flames.

"Hey, Mark, we're going now but we can't leave you behind," Delirious said, feeling a bit like an idiot. Just because Mark was a few years younger than him didn't exactly make him an idiot.

Mark stopped looking above him and switched his gaze to Delirious, his expression turning excited. "Hi!" he said cheerfully.

Delirious blinked. He glanced quickly to the side awkwardly. "Uh," Delirious looked at Mark again. "Hi?" he was a bit puzzled.

"Who are you?" Mark asked suddenly, startling not only Delirious, but Avery and Cartoonz as well.

"Mark, what. . . what do you mean? We've gone through most of this ordeal together! How do you not recognize me?" Delirious asked, thoroughly confused.

"Hmm, I don't know," Mark said. "But I am getting that feeling like I know you from somewhere."

Delirious looked over at Avery and Cartoonz, who were just as bewildered as he was.

"Maybe it's the mask," Mark said thoughtfully. Delirious turned to him again. "I might know you, but I can't be sure. Maybe if I saw your face I'll figure it out?" Mark was looking Delirious over curiously.

Delirious was quick to push his mask up, as Mark had seen his face before. Mark stood there for several moments with his mouth open and his index finger pointing upwards.

"No, I've got nothing," Mark stated.

Delirious' eyebrows inched up his forehead. "Mark, have you lost your marbles or something? It's me, Delirious!" he looked over Mark's expressionless face.

Sudden realization spread over Mark's features and he gasped. "Ohhhh, you're that. . . that. . . that guy!" he said excitedly.

Delirious facepalmed himself. He looked to Avery and Cartoonz for help, but they seemed unable to comprehend what was going on just as much as he was. Delirious sighed and turned to Mark again. "Well, come on, we've got somewhere to go and we need you to come with us."

"Okay! I guess I could follow you guys," Mark said.

Delirious went over to join Cartoonz and Avery, and Mark followed after him. Whatever the hell had happened with Mark, it had left him really scatterbrained. To Delirious, Avery, and Cartoonz, Mark was having some kind of memory mishap. But for Mark, he couldn't stop seeing certain memories.

Images of Jack were constantly appearing in his mind, and even in front of him. He was hallucinating, but wouldn't let the others know. Mark may have been slowly losing his mind, but he could still tell when someone was concerned about him. Mark kept losing sight of where he was going, but he was quick to remember what he was doing; following Avery. He never forgot who she was, since Jack was dead because her.

Every now and then, the happy memories that played in Mark's head would turn dark and he was seeing that horrible memory of most recent occurrence. He was watching Jack die in his arms all over again. Each time that happened, a fresh surge of anger would pulse through Mark's veins and he would feel a new found hatred towards Avery.

Avery was totally unaware of Mark's hate fits that occurred inside his head, but she would glance over her shoulder at him every now and then.

"What do you think is going through his head?" Cartoonz asked her.

Avery shrugged. "I don't know, but I get the feeling that it might be something about Jack," she said.

"What makes you say that?" Delirious wondered out loud. He realized his mask was still up and slipped it down over his face again.

"The shape of the cut on his arm," Avery explained. "It looks like the letter 'J' if you look at it from the right angle, and it doesn't look like something else made it."

Cartoonz looked back and studied Mark for a moment. "So, you're saying that he made the cut himself?" he asked.

"Basically," Avery answered.

The three walked on in silence for a minute or two before they heard the thudding footsteps of Mark running up behind them.

"What's that thing?!" Mark asked loudly, stopping in front of the others and pointing ahead of them.

Cartoonz, Avery, and Delirious stopped walking and looked at where Mark was pointing. It was a generator. Avery jogged over to it and looked around before sticking her hands into the machine and started fixing things. Cartoonz joined her while Delirious hesitated. He looked at Mark, who was watching with wide, fascinated eyes.

"Do you want to help?" Delirious asked him dully.

"Sure!" Mark exclaimed cheerfully, and he joined Avery and Cartoonz. He watched what they were doing before trying it himself, and then Mark discovered how easy this task seemed to be. "I seem to be a natural at this!" he stated happily.

Delirious huffed and rolled his eyes. Mark's strange new behavior was concerning, but it was also starting to become a little annoying if not amusing. The light finally came on above the generator, and the group moved on quickly. They couldn't have gotten a safe distance away any sooner, because when Cartoonz looked over his shoulder, he spotted Sally Smithson circling the now working generator, searching for those that had just been there.

"What a rush!" Mark said suddenly, causing Cartoonz to cover his mouth quickly with his hand.

Mark blinked at him in confusion, but Cartoonz didn't take his hand down until Avery nodded to say that it was okay.

"What was that all about?" Mark asked.

"The Nurse can hear us breathing, so I had to stop you from talking so that she wouldn't come over here," Cartoonz explained.

"Wait, she can hear our breath?!" Delirious exclaimed through a whisper, his eyes wide beneath his mask.

Avery nodded. "And you've already seen that she can teleport."

"Just throw the most difficult killer on to the hardest map, why don't you whatever put us here?" Delirious muttered.

Mark looked quickly at Avery, but he pulled his gaze away so that she wouldn't catch the anger showing in his eyes. It was Avery, Mark wanted to tell Delirious and. . . Cartoonz, but saying that out loud in front of Avery herself might end up causing a bit of panic. So instead he kept his thoughts to himself.

The four started heading further away from the generator, and Cartoonz quickly recognized a long structure up ahead. They were coming up to the graveyard.

"Uh, Avery?" Cartoonz leaned in towards her.

"Hmm?" Avery didn't look away from the ground in front of her.

"We're coming up to the graveyard, what do you want to do?" Cartoonz asked.

Avery stopped. So did the others. She looked ahead of them at the brick wall, and then at the area in front of the graveyard. It was either burning air or the risk of Mark seeing Jack's grave. Quite honestly, Avery hated the thought of Mark seeing that half-oval stone and falling apart again, but she didn't want to risk Delirious getting any worse than he already was.

The ash in the dirty air could get trapped behind his mask, and Avery was sure that violent coughing might do something to his shoulder. That alone made the decision clear.

"We'll go through the graveyard," Avery stated plainly.

Cartoonz looked at Avery like she was crazy, but then understanding replaced it and he glanced quickly at Delirious. Mark didn't really care where they went, he was just enjoying the adventure that the four of them were having.

Jack would have enjoyed this, Mark thought sadly.

He followed the other three as they took a sharp turn towards the graveyard, heading for a part of the wall that had collapsed. Mark noted the large amount of overgrowth that covered the crumbling brick, and guessed that the place was really old. Meaning that it was abandoned. His thoughts were dragged away by the mention of a familiar name.

"Are you sure you want to go through here? Mark might see Jack's headstone." Mark heard Cartoonz say.

Headstone. . . ?

Avery shook her head. "I think it would be better than going through the front. The ash could cause Delirious some problems. I don't want to risk him bleeding out again," she explained.

Delirious looked over towards the area in front of the graveyard. He understood Avery's concern, and wasn't willing to take that kind of risk himself. Mark was glaring at Avery, and he was just waiting for his chance to wander off. The group stepped inside the graveyard, and Delirious was looking around at the rows of grave stones planted into the ground.

There were so many of them, yet it seemed like the place was hardly filled. Avery and Cartoonz were still moving forward, passing by all the headstones to get through the graveyard. Delirious followed after them, though he glimpsed at a couple of the headstones as he passed them. The fact that they included the way each person had died was interesting, but it was a little freaky for some of the reasons. Several of the headstones all said strangled, and though it didn't say who had done it, Delirious had a pretty good idea of who was responsible.

Mark was following behind the others slowly, letting them pull ahead more and more, until he finally took the chance and veered abruptly off into another direction. If Jack had a headstone here, Mark wanted to find it.

Delirious was examining a strange headstone that was actually rectangular instead of half oval like the others, when he looked up to see where the others had gone. Avery and Cartoonz were just up ahead, but when Delirious looked around for Mark, he discovered that he wasn't with them anymore.

"Uh, guys?" Delirious called to the others.

Avery and Cartoonz stopped and looked behind them. Delirious was staring off in the direction they had just came, and then he looked at them quickly.

"Mark isn't here," Delirious stated fearfully.

Avery looked around. Cartoonz walked over to Delirious. It wasn't hard for them to lose sight of Mark, because the graveyard had a fog that was so god damn thick that they couldn't see very much around them. They had just a few meters in diameter of vision, so it would be difficult to even find Mark.

"Oh dear," Avery said. "He must have overheard you Cartoonz, and now he's gone to look for Jack's. . ." her voice faded.

"Well, we have to find him, otherwise he might get left behind and we'll never see him again!" Cartoonz spoke with determination, and Delirious nodded in agreement.

After Mark had wandered off, he started looking at each and every single headstone he passed, searching for a familiar name. It wasn't until he saw the bright acid green that Mark stopped. He stared at the bright green color that stood out so discernibly against the darker colors and thick fog.

Mark slowly stepped toward the smooth, perfectly carved rock. He saw there was no writing on it, just the green, black, and blue paint that made Septic Sam; Jack's symbol. Mark stood quietly in front of the headstone while the memory of him first meeting Jack played through his mind.

Then the memory contorted and he was seeing red. The red of blood that stained his hands as he held a dying Jack in his arms. Mark was hearing Jack's faint whispers again as his strength had been diminishing, and he wished he could have felt that final kiss once more. Mark fell to his knees and pressed his face into his hands. Then he realized that there was something different about the memory this time. Avery was there, but she wasn't doing anything. She was just sitting there, crying, when she could have been doing something to possibly save Jack. She could have redeemed herself for bringing them all there. Again the thought that he was missing something extremely important prodded at Mark's brain, but he ignored it.

Anger flared inside Mark's eyes and a wave of heat coursed throughout his body. He knew where he was; he was in a graveyard inside a videogame. He knew what he was doing; he was standing up again and slipping his hand into his pocket to pull out the pocket knife. He knew what he was going to do next; get revenge.

Mark was going to kill Avery.

He was so blinded by his grief that he could no longer see what had really happened. The only thought that occurred to Mark now was that Jack's death was entirely Avery's fault, and that she had to pay the price for it. It was an eye for an eye. Or in this case, a life for forgiveness.

Delirious, Avery, and Cartoonz had separated to look for Mark, but Cartoonz wasn't actually letting Delirious too far out of his sight. If Mark went bonkers, then he might end up hurting someone unintentionally. Cartoonz knew that he could be being over dramatic and possibly a bit too protective, but you never knew what could happen until it did.

Suddenly Delirious stopped and Cartoonz froze.

"I know you're following me, dude," Delirious said. He turned in a circle to locate him, and then looked directly at Cartoonz. "Is there any specific reason as to why?" Delirious asked.

Cartoonz gave up and walked over to him. "I don't know what could happen. I guess that I'm just a little afraid that Mark might end up hurting someone."

"So, you're saying Mark might go crazy?" Delirious checked. Cartoonz nodded. "You're being a bit skittish, Cartoonz. I'll be fine," Delirious claimed.

"Well, how am I supposed to know that?" Cartoonz demanded.

He didn't see Delirious slip his mask up and was a bit startled when he kissed him. Cartoonz blinked at Delirious with slight puzzlement.

"Will that make you shut up?" Delirious teased.

Cartoonz raised an eyebrow at him. "You think it will?" he asked.

Delirious shrugged. "No, but it was worth a try," he said, pulling his mask over his face again.

Suddenly, there was a scream that made the both of them jump, and Delirious and Cartoonz immediately knew that it wasn't from The Nurse, but from Avery. The raced in the direction of her cry and found her struggling to get away from something. No. . . someone!

"Mark?!" Delirious gasped.

Mark was holding Avery by the leg, but she reluctantly kicked him in the face to get away. She scrambled over the ground and ran over to Delirious while Cartoonz charged at Mark, who had stood up again. Cartoonz lunged at him and pulled Mark to the ground, where he pinned him down with his body weight. Delirious took Avery several yards away, and asked what happened.

"I don't know! He just attacked me all of a sudden!" Avery panted, her eyes wide with shock, fright written all over her face.

"IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!" Mark was shouting, struggling beneath Cartoonz, who wasn't letting him up. "JACK IS DEAD BECAUSE OF YOU! HE WOULD STILL BE ALIVE IF YOU HADN'T BROUGHT US ALL HERE! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SHOULD BE GONE!" Mark started fighting against Cartoonz, clawing at his arms and attempting to shove him off.

Avery's lungs failed her as she stared at Mark, resentment showing in his eyes. Delirious looked at her worriedly.

"Ow! Shit!" Cartoonz cried suddenly.

Mark had lost it completely and punched Cartoonz in the face to get him off. Now Mark was running towards Delirious and Avery. Delirious saw the glint of metal in his hand and realized with horror that Mark somehow had a weapon with him.

"Avery, stay behind me!" Delirious instructed quickly, stepping in front of her.

Avery hid herself behind him the best she could, but thought better of it and actually took several steps away to stay out of whatever was about to happen. Mark attempted to maneuver around him, but Delirious blocked him off and shoved him backward. He was greatly startled by the insane glint in Mark's eyes as he stared at him, adjusting the pocket knife in his hand.

Cartoonz was coming up behind Mark, but Mark was the first to make a move. He lunged forward at Delirious, who tried to hold him off, but having only one arm to do so with was a disadvantage. One that Mark took great advantage in. He forced Delirious onto the ground with a quick push forward and drove the pocket knife into what must have been Delirious' weak point; his left shoulder.

"DELIRIOUS!" Cartoonz cried at Delirious' scream of pain and grabbed Mark by the back of his shirt.

Avery was still horrorstruck by everything going on in front of her, and was practically frozen in place at this point. Delirious was clutching his bleeding shoulder, trying to stop it from bleeding out too much. He forced himself to roll over and get to his feet again, grabbing a stray rock from nearby as he did so. Cartoonz was trying to wrestle the pocket knife from Mark's hand, and Delirious brought the rock down on Mark's head, hitting him with as much force as he dared to.

Mark suddenly went limp and fell to the ground, the pocket knife dropping from his hand. Cartoonz snatched it up quickly before turning to Delirious, who was holding his hand against his once again bloody shoulder.

"You okay?" Cartoonz asked, feeling a little stupid doing so. No he's not! He was just stabbed! He scolded himself.

"Yeah, I think so," Delirious answered. "I'm just trying to keep it from bleeding out."

Delirious moved towards Avery again. She was standing stockstill yet, and Delirious had to wave his hand in front of her face to bring her back. Avery looked at Cartoonz, then at Mark who was still on the ground a few yards away, and then at Delirious.

"Oh my god! You're bleeding!" she gasped, her eyes widening.

"It's nothing," Delirious lied. Although the pocket knife had been small, his shoulder was burning with pain, and he wanted to cry out from it, but was forcing himself to hold it together and remain calm.

"Don't you be saying that it's nothing, Del," Cartoonz said sternly, crossing his arms. "I know that's where you were hooked, and now that Mark has gone and reopened the wound, he may as well have just killed you," he said.

"I'm not gonna die, Cartoonz." Delirious argued flatly, giving Cartoonz a glare.

"Well, as long as you keep pressure on it like you're doing now, then no. I think you'll be fine, but I want to look at it just to be sure," Avery said.

Cartoonz saw that Avery still looked frightened, but shock was most visible in her features now. "You doing okay?" He asked her.

Avery shook her head. "I don't know. . . I'm just really. . . broken up, I guess," she said quietly.

"I'm not surprised by that, though I am a little confused as to what happened just now," Cartoonz said, looking over at Mark. "What made him snap?" he wondered.

"Probably Jack's headstone," Avery suggested gloomily. "And Mark wasn't wrong about what he said. . . It's true that Jack would still be alive if not for me. . ." Avery's voice was wavering now and she started to sob lightly.

"Hey hey hey, don't break down," Cartoonz said quickly, placing his hands gently on Avery's shoulders.

Avery suddenly pressed herself into his chest and started crying. Cartoonz looked at Delirious with a startled look, but Delirious only looked back at him with sad eyes. He was still holding his hand against his shoulder, but it seemed to have stopped bleeding once more. Cartoonz was feeling a bit awkward in his current position, but he tried comforting Avery with a few soft words.

Delirious turned away and headed back over to Mark. He hoped he hadn't hurt him too badly, and was relieved to discover a simple bruise on Mark's forehead. He hadn't cracked the skin at all, and Mark was likely to be unconscious for a while. Delirious took his hand off his shoulder and pulled his sweater zipper down. The air was colder than he'd expected it to be when his chest was exposed to it, but it wasn't freezing cold at least. How could it be when there was so much ash, smoke and small fires around?

Delirious sat on the ground and pulled his mask off so he could see better. He took a look at the bandages on his shoulder to find that they were pretty dark from bloodstains, and wondered when they would find another first-aid kit. It was obvious that the bandages needed changing.

"How's it lookin?" Delirious looked up to see Cartoonz and Avery approaching.

"It's stopped bleeding, at least," Delirious said.

Avery got on the ground next to him and pulled his sweater off his left shoulder so she could examine it better. Cartoonz felt a stab of unease from the sight of the amount of bandages that were wrapped over Delirious' shoulder and stomach. He tried once again not to think about what Delirious must have gone through when he'd been put on the hook.

"Mark got me, but you weren't hurt at all, were you?" Delirious asked Avery.

She shook her head. "No, I'm fine. He didn't physically hurt me." she explained.

Cartoonz took note of how Avery had said "physically" in her answer. Of course she'd been mentally shocked by Mark's sudden attack. Avery finished checking Delirious' shoulder and she zipped his sweater back up.

"We should keep going," she said. "After all the commotion, I don't feel too safe hanging around here."

Delirious picked his mask up off the ground and attempted to put it back on, but gave up and decided to just not wear it. Cartoonz looked at Mark and noticed a bulge in one of his pockets. He bent down and pulled out a flashlight.

"Looks like he found a box somewhere. That must be where Mark got the pocket knife then, too." Avery guessed.

Cartoonz handed her the flashlight before he bent over and picked up Mark under the arms. He positioned him over his shoulders and waited for Delirious and Avery to start moving. Delirious' shoulder still hurt from Mark stabbing it, and he was keeping his hand pressed over the injury since it seemed to help ease the pain a little.

Avery was keeping close to Delirious while Cartoonz was carrying Mark behind them. The search for the generators was back on, and Avery honestly wanted nothing more than to escape this hell of a game. She didn't know how long she would be shaken up from the whole ordeal, but Avery just hoped that Mark didn't actually know what he'd been doing. Even if he remembered what happened, Mark might actually hate the fact he did it at all.

Avery would find out when he woke up again.

The trek through the rest of the graveyard was silent, and when they finally came to the other end of it, they found a faded path that led to an opening in the brick wall. Cartoonz had to readjust Mark, since he was beginning to tire, and ended up just dragging Mark over the ground behind him.

Once the graveyard was out of sight, Avery turned to Delirious. "Sorry about my whole break down back there. It must have been pretty awkward for you and Cartoonz," she said.

Delirious glanced back at Cartoonz. "It was a little, but I don't blame you," he said. "He's piling worry onto himself." Delirious added to himself quietly.

"Huh?" Avery cocked her head curiously.

"Cartoonz," Delirious explained. "When we split up to look for Mark, he was following me around. He said he was afraid Mark might hurt someone." Delirious went quiet for second. "I guess he was right to."

"I don't blame him for being worried about you, quite honestly," Avery said. "I mean, if I'm right with my guess on what's going on between you two-"

"What do you mean 'going on between us'?" Delirious interrupted suddenly.

Avery rolled her eyes. "I heard some of the stuff you two were whispering when we met up again. And don't think I didn't pick up on your actions after the whole running off deal back on the MacMillian Estate." Avery looked at Delirious smugly.

Delirious had to think about what she meant for a bit and then realized that Avery was talking about when he'd wandered off not long after Cartoonz and Mark showed up at the shed. Avery was just guessing on Cartoonz's confession.

"Can I get in on this conversation?" Cartoonz came up behind them.

"She knows, man," Delirious said.

"Knows what?" Cartoonz asked.

"About us," Delirious explained flatly.

"Oh," Cartoonz looked at Avery. "For how long?" he asked.

Avery shrugged. "Not very, just since Delirious had his crazy runoff back on the Estate map," she said. "I'm just finding it really weird how much has changed from when we first met." She added a moment later.

"I thought you said you didn't ship it?" Delirious thought back to the treehouse.

"I said that I don't ship you with Evan." Avery reminded him. "I never said anything about you and Luke."

"Wait, so-" Delirious started.

"That's all I'm sayin," Avery stated bluntly.

Delirious and Cartoonz looked at each other. Cartoonz gave his boyfriend an awkward smile, to which Delirious huffed. He decided to try putting his mask on again, though it was mainly to hide the fact that his face was turning a little pink. Delirious succeeded in getting his mask on this time, and then he slipped his hand into his sweater pocket. He couldn't feel much in his shoulder anymore, so he really didn't need to hold it to keep the pain down.

"Delirious, do you still have the tools?" Avery asked suddenly.

"Huh?" Delirious looked and saw Cartoonz had the bag.

"There's a hook up ahead." Avery pointed.

Delirious looked ahead of them and saw the hook. Cartoonz handed him the small bag and Delirious went ahead of the others. He started fiddling with the items inside the bag until the hook was up in flames and then went to catch up with Avery and Cartoonz.

They hadn't gone too far, and were in fact by a generator Delirious could just about see from the now burning hook. Cartoonz had lay Mark down and was making sure no extra harm had come to him while he'd been dragged over the ground. He stuck by Mark as Delirious and Avery worked on the generator.

Delirious was concentrating harder than usual, and Avery was just trying to focus on anything other than Mark. Cartoonz was just watching the other two as well as looking around to check the area when his attention was suddenly drawn to Mark. After a few more seconds, Mark moved ever so slightly and Cartoonz tensed. He had to be ready for in case Mark tried to attack again.

"Jack!" Mark gave the sudden cry as his eyes flew open and he shot upward into a sitting position, panic written over his face.

Suddenly hearing Mark's voice out of nowhere startled Avery and she jumped rather violently. There was a fizzy sound, and then an explosion erupted from Avery's side of the generator.

"Shit, I'm sorry!" she apologized quickly.

"It's not your fault," Delirious assured her as he moved them both away from the generator. "But we have to get out of here!"

Cartoonz was hauling Mark to his feet to start running when there was a loud screech. Mark now looked confused and didn't seem to be catching anything that Cartoonz was saying to him. Then The Nurse teleported again and her loud screech followed by a pained gasp was clear in everyone's ears.

"Mark, just run with us!" Cartoonz instructed desperately, moving away from Mark a little.

Mark looked at him and followed, no longer looking confused or panicked, but regretful. The two went after Delirious and Avery. The moment they were close, The Nurse materialized in front of them. Delirious, who was in front, skidded to a halt that almost rammed him right into her.

The Nurse was quick to turn around and swing at whoever seemed closest, but Delirious ducked just in time and jumped away from the killer. She moved forward smoothly, taking another swing at Avery, who yelped and then bolted from the scene. To their slight horror, Mark ran after her, but when Delirious and Cartoonz tried to follow, The Nurse chased them off in the opposite direction.

Avery had stopped running and was now hiding inside a small cranny between two rocks. She held her breath as she waited for the sound of The Nurse's screeches to end, giving the all clear. What she wasn't expecting, or hoping, to hear was Mark.

"Avery?" Mark's voice was low, so it could only reach out so far. But it sounded awfully close. "Avery, I just want to talk," Mark said.

Do you? Avery thought bitterly, but she peeked around the edge of the rock to look for Mark. He was standing just a few meters away, but his back was to her. Avery started reaching for the flashlight for in case she would have to clobber Mark like Delirious had, but paused when Mark moved.

"Look, I'm really sorry for what happened back at the graveyard. I wish that there was a way I could make up for it." Mark spoke with a slightly wavered voice. "I mean, I know that I hurt Cartoonz and that I probably almost killed Delirious, but it had been you that I was going for and. . . I know that's something you can't just let go."

Mark's words smacked Avery hard in the face, and she blinked in astonishment at how much Mark was coming out.

"If you aren't willing to forgive me," Mark continued, and Avery stiffened with fear when she saw him pull something out and realized that it was the pocket knife. "Then that's fine," Mark said.

Avery didn't know how Mark had gotten his hands on the pocket knife again after Cartoonz had taken it away, but that wasn't what mattered at the moment. She was quite possibly in a huge amount of danger, and with Cartoonz and Delirious still missing, Avery was on her own. She was about to try running when Mark sighed sadly.

"I don't even know if you can hear me, but I guess that what I've done can't be forgiven. I caused some pretty serious damage after all." Mark's voice was getting choked up, and Avery actually felt her heart ache. "At least now I'll be with Jack." Mark finished.

Avery's eyes widened at the words as she quickly realized what they meant. "Mark, don't!" Avery cried, jumping out from her hiding spot and reaching for Mark as he was about to stab himself with the knife.

Mark stopped and spun around to face Avery, who was panic stricken and had her hand outstretched to grab the pocket knife.

"Avery. . ." Mark breathed. "I-"

"No, don't," Avery stopped him quickly. "I heard every word you said."

Mark looked at the ground, then at the pocket knife, which he closed and tossed to Avery. "Probably best if I didn't have that," he said.

"How did you even get it back?" Avery asked, looking at the small item in her hand.

"Best if I kept that to myself. It's one of my specialties," Mark said guiltily.

Avery didn't press him, but she did ask, "Why did you talk like that?"

"Like what?" Mark was confused.

"They way you ordered your words and even your tone, it sounded almost as though you didn't want to do those things." Avery explained.

Mark realized what Avery was talking about. "Yeah, I don't actually know what came over me." Mark went and sat down on the rock Avery had been hiding behind. "I don't know what it was, but I just felt this crazy hatred and a sudden desperate urge for revenge, but I. . ." Mark put his head in his hands and rubbed his eyes behind his glasses.

"You had us all worried," Avery said, joining Mark on the rock. "After you suddenly didn't recognize Delirious, we were all confused."

"I guess that him hitting me on the head with a rock knocked my senses straight again." Mark chuckled, awkwardly running his hand through his red hair, revealing the dark bruise on his forehead. "I don't suppose that this is one of those 'forgive and forget' situations, is it?" Mark asked.

Avery shook her head. "No, I wouldn't think so," She said. "But we're moving past it?"

"Can we?" Mark asked, looking at her hopefully.

Avery gave him a smile. "Yeah."

Meanwhile, Delirious and Cartoonz had miraculously managed to lose The Nurse by chance, but were now both in a panic trying to to find Avery and Mark. They weren't sure if Mark was still going through his insanity episode, and after Cartoonz discovered the pocket knife was gone, they knew that Avery could be in serious danger.

"She's over there!" Delirious whispered suddenly.

Cartoonz snapped his gaze over to where Delirious was looking and saw Avery too. But then he saw Mark just behind her. Delirious must have realized that something was different, because he tried to grab Cartoonz as he started to charge towards Mark. Delirious failed to grab him, though, and Cartoonz ended up tackling Mark fully head on.

Avery yelped with surprise when Cartoonz came barreling out of nowhere. Mark's eyes were wide with fright as he was pinned against the ground by the older man.

"Cartoonz, wait!" Delirious exclaimed, running over and pulling Cartoonz off of Mark.

"What do you mean 'wait'?!" Cartoonz demanded. "He could have killed you back there!"

"Yeah, but does he look like he's trying to kill anyone now?" Delirious asked, forcing Cartoonz to look at Mark.

Mark had pushed himself away over the ground a little, and he was breathing heavily. There was a hint of fear in his eyes as well. Cartoonz blinked with the sudden realization of how different Mark suddenly appeared, and he calmed down a little bit.

"What exactly happened?" He asked, looking at Avery.

Avery pulled out the pocket knife and gave it back to Cartoonz. "We got things figured out." she answered.

Cartoonz caught the small item and looked at it, then at Avery again. "You sure?"

"I know what I did and I greatly regret it," Mark said, standing up. "I hope I didn't hurt you too badly?" He looked over at Delirious, who shook his head.

"It stopped bleeding pretty quickly," he said.

Mark let out a relieved sigh. But Cartoonz wasn't looking too happy. He was about to give an angry retort when Delirious put his hand on his shoulder. Cartoonz looked at him, and Delirious shook his head.

"Let it go," he said quietly. "There's no point in fighting anymore."

"Delirious is right," Avery agreed. "If we just argue about this, we'll never get out of here."

Cartoonz looked between Mark, Delirious, and Avery, and then he sighed. "All right, I'll push it aside, but only for now." He stated.

Mark nodded his understanding. Cartoonz slid the pocket knife into his jacket, and then Avery started off in the direction opposite the generator they had just been at. She wasn't willing to take the risk, and The Nurse had seemed to just randomly disappear. As they were walking, Cartoonz wasn't taking his eye off of Mark, and Mark was starting to grow a little uncomfortable being under his burning gaze.

Delirious could sense tension coming from Cartoonz, so he nudged him with his arm. Cartoonz cast him a short glare, and Delirious tried to look offended.

Cartoonz raised an eyebrow. "What are trying to do?" He asked.

"Help you relax, maybe?" Delirious teased him lightly.

"Well, you're not doing a very good job of it," Cartoonz stated accusingly.

"Hey, I'm doin' my best!" Delirious grumbled.

Cartoonz chuckled.

"What?" Delirious looked at him suspiciously.

"Nothin," Cartoonz shrugged. "Just that it almost seems like you're trying to copy me."

"Copy you?!" Delirious was taken aback. "What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about how I was the one trying to make you feel better at that generator, and now you're the one doing the same with me!" Cartoonz explained gruffly.

Delirious went silent for a moment. "Isn't that what friends are for?" He leaned in closer to Cartoonz. "Or did you forget that we're more than that?"

Cartoonz rolled his eye at the remark, and he pushed Delirious away playfully. Delirious laughed at his reaction before walking in silence.

Avery looked back at the two before she started looking for another generator or possibly a hook again. The way they interacted with each other now was different from before in some way, but Avery couldn't put her finger on it. How was it different? She didn't know how they acted around each other outside of YouTube, so how could she know? She wasn't 100% sure about their relationship

Mark may have apologized, but he felt that what he'd done wasn't easily forgiven. And why wouldn't it be? He could have possibly ended up killing Delirious, and even though he was fine now, what happened could have ended differently. Cartoonz definitely wasn't pleased with how he'd had to let the event go, and Mark could sense the loathing in his stare. He was thankful when Avery pointed out a hook up ahead.

Delirious ran up to it, and Avery followed him. She started helping Delirious with setting the hook on fire, while Mark was attempting to keep his distance from Cartoonz. Cartoonz decided to let Mark be and he walked past the hook, which was now sparking up. It burst into flame a second later, but he didn't look back.

He was looking ahead at something that the firelight was reflecting off of. When the flames had engulfed the hook, something up ahead suddenly appeared. It looked like metal.

"Hey, I think there's another generator up there!" He called back to the others.

Avery came over to see for herself, and then Mark and Delirious came up behind her.

"Okay, I guess that takes us closer to escaping," Avery said, looking hopeful.

Before the group could head towards the generator, though, there was a loud screech. The Nurse had found them again, and she was quickly in front of the four. The Nurse brought her bonesaw down on Avery, but Mark pulled her out of harm's way before she was hit.

"Just split!" Avery ordered suddenly, startling the others. "She can only go after one at a time, so it would be best if we just met up later!"

It took a moment of hesitation, but Mark, Delirious, and Cartoonz took off in separate directions while Avery ran in another.