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Today was the day. Today, Killer would be going out with me on our first job together, and I couldn't keep myself from worrying; I had already broken down crying several times, and I had made sure that he knew how to use his weapon, but it was still difficult to see anything but failure in our future..my outlook was quite dim. Killer, on the other hand, had resigned himself to what he was forced to do; he was such a brave boy..I didn't deserve him. Before going out, I went over the basics with him one more time, just to make sure, and he had memorized them. He was confident now, but I couldn't predict what would happen when we finally went out. I picked a simple AU that wouldn't offer much resistance to start him out with. With a final good bye to the younger boys, we were off, and Killer gripped his knife. I had taught him much in those few days, but he still wasn't experienced; I had already started teaching Horror how to use his weapon of choice, an axe, and Cross was training with a knife, as well. Dust hadn't chosen a weapon, but I had decided that a knife would also help him overcome his fears. When Killer was ready, I went over what to do again.

"All right, the chances of their fighting back are small." I began. "If they fight back, their attacks aren't powerful. You have the armor I gave you, right?"

"I have it, just like the other five times you asked." Killer smiled.

"Good, just making sure. You have your extra knives?"

"I have extra knives, an emergency food pack, a mobile portal creator, and the training you gave me."

"Right, right..good. in that case, I'll be watching you closely, and if I see an attack heading for you, I'm protecting you whether you want me to or not."

"Got it."

"Good. Are you ready?"

"I'm ready, Dad."

We entered the town, which happened to be a Snowdin. I knew that this AU would be easier to attack because of the childish themes; they were adults, but they weren't very mature adults. I watched Killer closely as he did as he had been instructed, and I sighed when he first attacked a monster; I had hoped that I would never have had to see that happen. I started my attack, as well, and we continued that way for ten minutes..before Ink, Dream, and the blueberry arrived. They seemed unsettled when they saw that I had brought my eldest child.

"Nightmare, what have you done to that poor kid?!" Ink had an accusing tone.

"None of your concern." I turned to Killer quickly, receiving a shake of the skull; he wasn't allowed to leave...

"Nightmare, we'll make you pay for whatever you did!"

The adversaries attacked, and Killer immediately tried to fight the blueberry instead of Dream or Ink. Although Dream would never have tried to hurt a child, the blueberry had made it a point to always match his opponent's fighting skills, and at the moment, Killer was in need of a sparring partner; the blueberry was the perfect match. I believed that the blueberry was even giving Killer tips! Meanwhile, I was fighting Ink and Dream; they were much more of a threat toward my family. Dream's arrows of positivity mixed with Ink's paint was a deadly combination, but I had faced off against it many times before. The battle went on for quite a while, but I was more interested in Killer; the blueberry had actually stopped fighting to teach him how to properly fight with a knife, and he was learning quite well! Although, when Ink noticed, he broke from battle and started lecturing the blueberry on helping villains; that wasn't good. After a few minutes, the blueberry thankfully won the argument and continued to help Killer, while Ink regained battle stance. Without the help of their blue friend, Ink and Dream were less trouble to deal with, and I ended up winning the fight; they retreated, bringing their blue friend along.