A Shadow of the Past

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Error created a portal to Swapfell and looked around. He'd never been to a fell universe before, but it didn't seem too bad.

Until he encountered Sans.

The two stared at each other for a split second before Sans charged, bones in both hands, intending to skewer the intruder. He didn't know who the stranger was, nor did he really care. All he cared about was protecting his territory from monsters weaker than him.

Error dodged, summoning his strings. Wrapping them around Sans, he threw the skeleton against a tree. Sans got up quickly, and sent a barrage of bones at Error. The latter summoned a wall of bones and sent two toward Sans. He dodged them as well, and this went on for a minute or two, until Error decided to retreat. He'd had enough of this AU, thinking the residents were probably the reason why it felt so hostile if this is how Sans reacts to new people. He portaled out of there, feeling quite drained from the ordeal.

Blue sat in the Anti-Void, bored as hell. He anticipated there were bound to be more interruptions in the future to keep him from his main objective, so he decided, no matter what, Error would not leave the Anti-Void until Blue was done with him. This meant he had to restrain the glitchy skeleton, but he had strings of his own, so no problems there. Error had returned with a weary look, as if he'd worked himself to the bone. It was a perfect opportunity to trap him, as fatigue will lessen his resistance.

Error sat down beside Blue, unsuspecting of what he had in mind. He had to regain his strength if he was to destroy any more of Ink's creations. Evidently, he'd tired himself out more than he should have. Guess the extended breaks had made him soft and lazy.

Before he could truly relax, Blue surprised him by tying him up in silvery blue strings from his fingertips. The glitch in Blue's left eyesocket was now clearly visible, and he tightened the strings on Error's body painfully.
"GaH!"

Blue smirked as Error struggled to free himself. Error's body began to quiver in fear, realizing he was trapped with no way out. He had known this was going to happen to Blueberry, yet he had done nothing to prevent it; in fact, he'd helped it happen, so it was his fault. He had let his friend down, and he remembered how sad, how angry he'd felt that the multiverse had been unfair to him. He'd gone crazy, destroying AUs like they were nothing, simply because he could. Had this madness possessed Blueberry?
"BlUeBeRrY?" despite being in pain and feeling another headache forming, Error tried to talk to his "friend."
"W-wHy...?"

"I just need some information, that's all," that was definitely not all Blue wanted, but he'd get to the other things soon enough.
"All you have to do is give it to me, and I'll be on my way."

"I'm not- ugh, telling you... anything!"
Error continued to struggle, his voice ceasing to glitch. There is no way he'd tell Blue anything now that he's probably gone insane. Was the multiverse trying to replace him now?

Blue frowned. "Then, I guess we're doing this the hard way."
His strings tightened even more on Error's body as he summoned a bone. He drove it through Error's arm.

"AAAAAAAGH!!!" Error screamed in pain as another was shot through his other arm, slowly and painfully, followed by two more in both legs, breaking them badly. It was only a matter of time before Error would break, or so Blue thought, so he could take his time.
"So, where does Dream and his friends live." he said way too casually.
He kicked the bone embedded in Error's right leg, causing him to yelp.

"I... I already... told y-you... I'm n-not telling.... y.... you anything!" Blood poured out of Error's wounds, staining the "floor" crimson. The headache was getting worse, so Ink must be creating again. That, or he's losing blood too fast.

"How about Nightmare and his idiots? Surely you know how to get to them, right? Considering you 'destroy' AUs, no one else would be stupid enough to even get near you. And Dream? Hah! He'd kill you on the spot for even daring to mess with his precious positivity." Blue shoved another bone into Error's shoulder, eliciting another agonized scream.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHH!!"
Error was panting heavily, blood and sweat dripping slowly onto the floor, the wounds burning as the liquids mixed into them.

Blue continued: "It's not like you'd have any friends to betray-"

"I DO HAVE FRIENDS!" He may have been close to fainting, but Error wasn't about to betray his friends, his family, simply because some douchebag he thought was his friend was torturing him.

"Oh, is that so?" Blue said, his tone condescending and getting on Error's nerves. "Where are they, then? Where are these.... friends of yours that you so blindly defend as they sit oblivious? I don't see them. Why? Oh, that's right. They don't care."

Error felt his soul crack. They... don't care?
Of course they don't. If they cared, they'd have checked up on him by now. It had been a couple of hours since he left the castle with Blueberry, not to mention Nightmare and Dream could sense emotions. It was sad, but he knew it was true. They just didn't care.

Blue tapped his foot on the "floor", his impatience growing. When will this guy break?
"Ok, I'm tired of waiting. I'll deal with you later."
He opened a portal to a dungeon, more specifically, Solar's dungeon in his headquarters, and threw Error against the farthest wall from the door. He walked up to the wounded skeleton, smirked, then slammed his head against the wall.

Error could only whimper as his skull split open with a sickening crack. In his last moments of consciousness, he silently, desperately pleaded for someone to save him.

Someone....

Anyone.....

Please.......

I-I need help.....

It hurts.....

I-Ink.....

I'm begging you......

P-please........

Help me.

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