World Peace By Scavenger Hunt!
Chapter 2
(Hi guys! Here's chapter two! I hope you are all enjoying this story so far, let me know if there are any mistakes! Enjoy!-Yami Mizuna)
Ink's face had turned into an tense expression as he looked over my head. I turned following his gaze and saw...him, but very different. My eyes got huge taking in the site of this other...not Ink. He was completely black with a black hoodie, the actual hood part fading into a blue. He had matching basketball shorts and seemed to be wearing black slippers with yellow socks. His legs and fingers seemed to be red, with yellow fingertips and black fingerless gloves. His eyes...both were completely red where there should be white. His right eye was just a small yellow pupil, while his left was yellow with a blue pupil. Blue streaking tears seemed to come from his eyes and down his cheeks. The word ERROR floated around him multiple times. He was a freaky guy to look at, and it didn't help that he gave Ink and I a sinister smile while he hung in the air from blue strings like a swing.
"S-S-So Ink! Y-YoU sTopPeD-StOppEd-Stopped bothering every other G-G-GliTchy Sans in the mUltiveRSe and mo-Moved on to N-N-NEw a-A-aBomInat-t-tions?!" He shouted.
"...How are we a glitch when he's the one buggin' out?" I muttered quietly to Ink. Ink only snickered at my comment while the other guy seemed to get just a wee bit ticked. He let his strings drop him down carefully to the ground with Ink and I. He stood to his full height growling pointing at Ink. "St-Sta-a-art talking Ink! W-WhAt are you doInG now?! Who is t-T-this?!"
"Heya Error!" Ink chirped grinning. "This is Mercy! She's helping me with a project of mine. Oh! Don't worry! It's not in making another AU if that's what you're worried about." He smiled to reassure him. I snuck a 'I-Don't-Think-That's-The-Problem' look at Ink before looking back at this 'Error' Guy.
"Ah, nice to meet you...Error…?" I stepped slightly closer to him and offered my hand for proper hand shake. I swear I heard Ink mutter something about me not offering a 'proper introduction' when we met. I'll kick his ass later.
"D-DON'T Y-Y-Y-YOU D-DARE TOU-TOUCH ME-ME-ME!" Error suddenly yelled stepping back away from me, his glitching way of speaking getting slightly worse. He's not gonna like...explode or anything right?
I took a step back as well lowering my hand, looking at him in concern. "Oh, ok...I think I get what's going on…" 'Haphephobia, or the fear of being touched.' I thought giving him my best smile. "Hey it's okay, was just offering a handshake, nothing crazy. We can try again some other time when you feel ready." I hoped I was being reassuring.
"T-tch." Error looked to my face then at my hand, then back to my face before giving a smirk. " W-W-whY don't w-wE try a dif-F-f-ferEnt greeting?" he mocked and suddenly pulled strings FROM HIS FUCKING EYES-WHAT?!
"Mercy!" Ink yelled grabbing his brush as I instinctively threw up my arms, expecting a hit as Error waved his hand controlling the strings.
But no attack came.
At least not in the way I expected. When I finally noticed everyone was quiet and I didn't feel pain, I lowered my arms looking over at Sir Glitchy Twitchy. He seemed to be tugging at the strings attached to his hands. Wait, when did they stop coming from his eyes? WAIT WHY ARE THERE STRINGS COMING OUT OF MY CHEST?!
"G-Get O-o-Out!" Error shouted still tugging the strings. I kept feeling the tugging sensation at my chest, but nothing else was happening. It seemed like whatever he wanted was rejecting him.
"Ah..Ink?" I called over my shoulder to him "An explanation would be nice.."
"Umm...Can't..Really give one at the moment...For a second I thought he was going to take your SOUL." Ink muttered rubbing the back of his skull confused while Error continued to curse louder.
"My what? Ink for the love of cheddar please start from the damn beginning-WILL YOU GET OUT OF MY CHEST ALREADY?!" I finally snapped glaring at Error who was STILL pulling at the strings he had used. Error turned his glare from my chest to my face meeting my eyes.
"I-i-if yOur damN S-s-s-SOUL would come o-out alreAdy I'd be h-H-haPpy to!"
At that moment both our wishes were granted as a bright, soft pink light came from my chest, before fizzling out and becoming electrical soft pink and cotton candy orange sparks. They blasted out of my chest and traveled up Errors strings like a lightning rod. Errors eyes got comically wide as he tried to take his strings back before the lightning hit, but it was already too late. A shriek escaped my mouth in worry as the blast hit, his body twitching and jerking violently before he suddenly stopped all movement. His eyes were blank and pure red before they changed to that pink and orange color from before, just swirling in his eyes as a goofy yet soft smile came to his face.
"What...just happen?" Ink asked from behind me. I could only shake my head wondering the same thing.
"I...don't know myself.." I muttered and watched as Error started to walk around as if in a very happy daze. I sighed and let my shoulders drop turning to Ink and grabbing him by the arms. He jolted slightly locking his eyes with my own, and smiled nervously at my intense look.
"Ink, I know you're on a schedule here, but you have got to get your story straight to me right now before I lose it. I'm so confused I'm about to cry, and no one wants that!" I said finally at my breaking point of crazy for the day. Ink quickly nodded slowly taking my hands before lowering down onto the ground, having me follow into a sitting position.
"Okay, you said start from the beginning right? The perfect place to start would be the story of Undertale. Long ago, the races of monster and humans lived together peacefully…" Ink started diving into the story quickly. I listened closely not letting go of his hands, needing something to keep me grounded in this madness. He described the details of the monster and human war, along with the barrier. He explained who Frisk was, Chara, Toriel, Sans, everyone. Then he went into further detail about a pacifist timeline, a genocide timeline, SOUL, and SOUL traits in very heavy description. I listened taking everything in slowly, but making sure to ask the right questions so I didn't miss anything. After the explanation of the original Undertale the other stories of the AU's became clearer. By the time he was reaching the end of the long story, he and I were on the ground on our backs. Our heads were next to each other, gazing at the ceiling as our bodies were laying in the opposite directions. Error was still out of it, and had eventually snail crawled his way over to me. He was currently bumping into my side with his head, it didn't hurt so I let him do as he pleased. It was the least I could do for making him crash this hard anyways. Ha ha, get it?! Cause he's a compu...never mind.
"Okay, so everything makes a little bit more sense. Kinda.." I muttered sitting up and sighing. "So, You need me to go to these other AU's to collect specific items from each of them. Right?" I looked over at him while he rolled onto his stomach placing his chin into his hands. He smiled at me excitedly, both his eyes quickly changing colors and shapes.
"Yep!" He kicked his feet a bit looking up in thought, his face turning serious. "You'll go through some changes in each universe, just so you can match up to each place and not be suspicious. "
I couldn't help raising an eyebrow at him. " Changes? Like what, a change of wardrobe?" What would it matter if they don't know me?
Ink laughed waving a hand at me. "It'll be clothes after you move onto the next AU, but the first place you visit will er...Show your true colors!" He started to snicker at his own joke, but I sure as hell wasn't laughing.
"Dude what's that supposed to-" I was cut off when Error suddenly sat up from the ground frowning as if confused, his eyes clearing up back to their normal red, yellow, and blue state.
"Uh-oh, that's our Que to get going!" Ink muttered quickly grabbing me by the shoulders and braking into a run with me in his arms.
"H-Hey!" I yelped looking over his shoulder back over to Error, who discovered our escape attempt. He blinked puzzled at first, before his eyes were completely consumed with red, his glitching voice getting worse then ever.
"Y-Y-Y-YOU GODDAMN GLITCHES!" He screamed jumped to his feet sending a web of blue strings at us while Ink expertly dodged with me over his shoulder.
"Okay! I'm going to open a portal and throw you through it!" He shouted jumping over another set of strings.
"What?! I haven't even agreed to this crazy adventure of yours!" I yelled back clinging onto him like my life depended on it. Which it DID.
"After everything I've told you, you still won't do this?!" He yelled flipping me into his arms bridal style and sliding under another web of strings like a pro. I had to duck my head close to his chest and under his chin to avoid them as well.
"RELEASE THE DAMN GIRL INK! YOU'LL BOTH PAY FOR THAT STUNT FROM BEFORE!" Error yelled. (Error glitch talk is a pain to write dudes.)
" Ink do you realize what you're asking me to give up for your sake?! I have my own life! A job, a house, A CAT!" Ink collected me into one arm, using the other to swing his brush creating a large wall of black ink. A simple, yet effective shield against a GIANT BLACK DRAGON SKULL THAT'S SHOOTING LASERS-Huuuuuu-!
"I know.." Ink started setting me onto the ground, looking me in the eyes while we had a moment of peace. "I'm asking a lot from you, and if I could get someone else I would!" He took my hands clasping them tightly in both of his. "You're the only one I can count on though...please Mercy...Will you do this for me?" He spoke softly, his eyes pleading for me to agree….As a giant blast of energy tore a hole through his wall, just barely missing the top of his head, making me yelp and go pale.
"Please choose quickly." He said frantically grabbing me into his arms again and jumping away from the now ruined wall. I watched terrified as Error's strings wrapped around the wall through the hole, pulling himself through and grinning maniacally at us.
"Here's ERROR!" He rose his hand up shooting more stings at us like goddamn spider man, while Ink leaped back again taking me with him in an attempt to dodge.
"Please Mercy!" Ink yelled as a string wrapped around his foot causing him to curse.
"YOU'RE MINE!" Error shouted throwing his arm at an angle, causing the string to send Ink an I sailing to the other side of the Doodle Sphere, and quickly towards the ground. A scream escaped my throat as Ink curled his body around mine protecting me from the on coming impact. The ground met us quickly.
Hard.
Even with Ink's body taking most of the blow, my breath was still knocked out of my lungs from hitting the ground with him. I coughed while Ink hissed in pain and quickly used a small brush to sever the string still on his ankle. Seeing him getting hurt for my sake, just because I couldn't give an answer…
I needed to show him MERCY.
"A-Alright…" I whispered to him as Error started to approach once again. "I'll do it..Just...Promise me two things at least."
Ink stood pulling me up with him as he winced, but nodded to me while putting himself between Error and I. "I'll try my best, what do you need from me?"
"Promise me you'll take care of my cat while I'm gone.." I looked over his shoulder nervously as he turned to me with a determined smile. He nodded, not seeming to care that Error was readying an attack once more.
"A-and…." I gripped his hand in my shaking ones, looking into his mismatched colorful eyes. "That this adventure won't last forever...I want to be able to come back to a normal life one day…please Ink.."
Ink's smile turned soft as he took his larger paint brush sweeping it in the air, a portal like when he first brought me here forming next to us as blue strings advanced.
"I swear on my soul." He then grabbed my shoulders shoving me to the side and into the hole he had made. Blue strings wrapped around him trapping his arms, and Errors cry of anger following right after.
"INK!" I shouted reaching for him as I fell, only able to watch helplessly as he was pulled out of sight of the opening as the portal closed. I felt tears come to my eyes hoping he would be alright…
Before my body was consumed with a blinding pain causing me to scream in agony. My mind gave out, and the world turned black.
(THIS TOOK SO DAMN LONG TO WRITE FOR THE LOVE OF CHEDDAR PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK! Also, happy belated holidays and a welcoming new year! - Yami Mizuna)