Chapter Thirty-Five
"I went all around, checked every street until I finally went to that aquarium the both of you went to and found that" Patch sat beside Orange, looking tired and troubled "Looked like there was a struggle and she fought back"
Everyone was silent, Ink was crouched on the ground and clutching the black piece of fabric tightly in his hand. It appeared to be a piece of the same fabric from the Sans personalities usual outfit, but in black. Ink felt the fabric of his hoodie, wrapped around his hips… it was defiantly the same.
He slowly got up and teleported upstairs into his bedroom, leaving the other skeletons in the front room. Ink's bedroom was full of colour, the white walls had been drawn all over in many different colours. Art supplies littered the floor, along with loads of paper but Ink only had one thing that he needed right now. There was only one art tool that could do what he needed.
Kicking some of the objects to the side to make a clear space on the floor, he got onto his knees in front of his bed and reached underneath. Out came his paintbrush, tucked away since he hadn't needed it for anything recently. But now… he was going to need it again.
No one was going to hurt her ever again. He only just got her back, he refused to lose her again… and he would not let Error make the same mistake again. He wasn't going to let another fight go down, the world needed you and he needed you too.
And once he got you back… he would back off.
He would let you live and enjoy your life, he could be content with just knowing you were okay… he was your friend, after all. As much as he wanted to be more than that… he needed to respect your boundaries and let you do your own thing. And maybe, not maybe… you would come to him instead.
Goofus ran over and butted against his side, nuzzling him. Ink watched him and rubbed his ears gently, then brought the piece of fabric in front of his nose. The void wolf sniffed it, then went still for a moment before snarling angrily. Looks like they had one more person who wanted to save her.
Ink grabbed some monster candy and stuffed it into his pocket, then ran downstairs with Goofus and went in front of the other skeletons.
"Alright. We are going to get her back" He tossed some of the candy to the other monsters then grabbed their dried hoodies and scarfs. He dished them out, everyone smiling and starting to prepare themselves. "We are going back to the anti-void"
"LET'S DO THIS!" Black yelled, summoning a massive bone that looked as sharp as any sword and striking a heroic pose. "NO ONE TAKES HER AND GETS AWAY WITH IT!"
The other Papyrus personalities joined in, posing like some kind of super hero duo with their scarfs flowing in a nonexistence wind. The Sans personalities shared some serious looking, nodding to each other as their eyes began to glow.
Ink grinned at the sight of everyone working together and lifted a hand to open the portal to the anti-void. "Let's give Error a bad time"
"How sweet of you, although… I'd like to see you try"
The new voice in the room made everyone pause. Leaning against the back of the couch was none other than Error himself.
"Where is she!?" Ink demanded, leveling his paintbrush in his direction and gritting his teeth together. The other skeletons summoned their magic, waiting for a signal from Ink who appeared to have taken the leader role in this battle.
"… Shouldn't I be the one asking that?" Error frowned at him.
"… What?"
"She's not with you!?"
"NO! We thought that you took her!?"
Error stepped out, coming around the couch to reveal that his jacket was completely intact with no signs of rips or scratches. He crossed his arms.
"I had just come to get her now… are you saying that you don't know where she is?!"
Everyone stood in stunned, horrified silence.
"Oh god…" Papyrus almost whispered, everyone was surprised by his quiet voice "… Where is she?"
Mumbling, you slowly sat up and groaned. Why were you laying on the floor? And why did your head feel like someone hit you with a sledge hammer?
You sat up and looked around, unsure of yourself and where exactly you were for a moment.
Then you realized you were standing in the same club that you met Patch in.
"What the… how did I get here?" You looked around, watching all the dances figures on the dance floor and the people talking among themselves. You walked over to the same bar, looking around and half expecting Patch to suddenly appear and start throwing pickup lines your way.
"Hey hot stuff" A slurred voice breathed against your shoulder from behind and you jumped back a few feet in surprise. The same man from the bar stood there, wearing the same white blouse and the same creepy smile. You edged away.
"Err… I don't know what's going on here, but I'm still not interested… So why don't you just leave me alone, yeah?"
He ignored you and continued forward, his smile becoming wider and more sinister. You decided you had enough of this, so you took off through the crowd of people towards the front door. You smiled triumphantly when you saw it, going at a faster pace and deciding you were just going to go straight home. You don't know how you go here, but that isn't important.
You reached a hand out to the bar of the door, about to pull it open when a hand came and grabbed your shoulder. The man yanked you back, holding your shoulder in one hand and grabbing your wrist in his other as he made you face him.
"G-Get the hell off me!" You shouted and tried to hit him with your other hand. The hit had barely any force though, it felt like you just feebly tapped him. Like your hand had pushed through thick water that made the movement slow and delayed.
You fought back harder, determined to get away from me until you fell backwards. You kicked his shin for good measure, then pushed backwards through the door and out.
As you slid backwards along the floor and out, you hadn't excepted there to be no floor on the other side of the door. So you fell backwards suddenly, letting out a scream of surprise as you fell through the air and into water.
You kicked up to the surface as soon as you could, panicking as the scenery changed. There was no sign of the door you just came out of, instead there was an ocean of water from as far as you could see. You began to swim in a general direction, occasionally pausing to shout each of the skeletons names and take a break.
Eventually, for what felt like hours, you were too tired to swim anymore. You began to sink down and the water swallowed you whole… just like… before?
What was going on?
Just as you relaxed and accepted your fate like that time before, the surface of the water appeared to be getting closer again. Even though you knew that you weren't kicking or trying to stay above.
You suddenly found yourself standing and the water drained around you, soaking up into the floor as if it were a sponge. Now you were standing in a completely white place.
The floor was white, there didn't seem to be any walls or perimeter nor did there seem to be a ceiling. It was like everyone continued on forever.
As you began to walk, pressing a hand to your chest, you tried to calm yourself down. You weren't completely crazy, right? This must just be another hallucination and right now, you were passed out in the aquarium or something. You just hoped that Blueberry was looking after you, maybe he had called the others and you were home now. All tucked up in your bed, safe and sound.
A blob came into view. Sat on the ground… was a skeleton. He was crying softly, his head in his hands with his legs pulled up to his chest. Little words flashed all around him, you were about to make out that the words said Error.
Just as you reached a hand out, wanting to comfort him… Black consumed your vision.
You yelped and watched as everything light went dark and horrible. Sinister looking trees sprouted up from the ground, rotten apples hung off the branches and littered the floor. There was no moon or stars to see but instead there was just a dull, grey sky.
"Welcome, Editor…"
Stood a few feet away was another skeleton, leaning against a tree and tossing an apple up and down in his hand. He didn't look at you, just looked at the rotting apple like it was the most interesting thing in the world.
"Tell me… if you decided to give up on just one bad apple, would you give up on the entire tree of apples too?"
You watching him carefully, unsure about how you should feel right now. It didn't seem to be wanting to act you, he just seemed normal although maybe a little creepy. You paused and thought for a moment, then cautiously spoke.
"… I-I… don't think so? You shouldn't give up on everyone else just because… one person did something wrong… Is that what you mean?"
He paused too, then began to chuckle.
"… If you truly believed that… then why did you give up on me?"
Suddenly, he was standing in front of you in a flash and he grabbed your chin in his hand. He forced you to look at his face, which was dripping black as well as the rest of his body. He wore clothes similar to Sans but black covered every spot. There was a little rip just near the pocket, as if someone had grabbed it and tore at it at some point.
Tentacles were coming out of his back, all coming round and pointing at you as if ready to stab. All you could see was one, glowing blue eye.
"Welcome back to your sweetest nightmare, (Y/N). Did you really think you could escape so easily?"
And then you were back in the hallway.
Tick, tock. Tick, tock.
So... Err... You guys were actually wrong all along... (°▾°)
*Coughs and hides slightly as I notice some people sharpening pitchforks*
Everyone actually thought it was Error... (o _o )
Except it wasn't and I had planned all of this...
I mean, there was always the mystery of how she ended up where she did...
It was never Error who did that, since he was just as sad about her death.
ANYWAY, INTRODUCING A NEW SKELETON! ( ﾟヮﾟ)
I'm sure I don't need to actually say his name lol
Thank you guys for reading and I hope this chapter is all good!
Please don't kill me for throwing you back into turmoil
and fooling you guys into thinking it was Error (_＾∇＾)･_･)η
(P.S. I still need to check it over but I'm a bit too lazy at the moment lol)