Becoming Error, The Forced God Of Destruction

Chapter 7: Treated Unfairly

-Nightmare’s POV-

“Damn that Ink and Dream!” I hist in anger. I quickly close the portal from the anti-void.

“What do we do now, boss? We have yet to locate Error. And with that brother of yours able to track us down by using feelings, it’s much more difficult to search properly.” Dust asks, holding his bleeding shoulder.

“Man, that Ink fellow is such a huge nuisance. Too bad he can’t be killed. He even found us at Error’s home. Looks like we’ll be needing a new base for now.” Killer mumbles, irritated.

I can hear the sounds of Horror munching on a snack he stole from the 2nd au we destroyed moments ago. No matter what happens, he’ll always find the time to eat.

“Actually, I found something like that. Follow me.” I open a portal to my old au. We step into what seems like an old castle. The others glance around, impressed. “Found this place when I was rampaging through this au. I’ve killed all the residents that resided next to this castle. So, we don’t have to worry about intruders for the time being.”

“Good enough for me. Let’s just get this place cleaned up. At least we’ll have a place to rest for the time being…” Dust comments as he immediately starts to clean. Killer soon joins in while Horror just throws anything that seems like trash outside the window. Guess that’s one way to clean…

I exit the room and walk upstairs. I remember finding a room with a huge bed when I first explored this castle. When I spot it, I sit down. My mind wanders to before I became corrupted. To when those villagers were bullying me. I didn’t want to return to this au of mine because I didn’t want to be reminded of those filthy vermin. But it seems I don’t have a choice for now.

I lay down on the bed. And I can’t help but wonder what Error is doing now. Is she safe? Well? She reminds me of my past self. Someone who was used to being pushed around. Maybe that’s why I didn’t want to leave her at first?

When I first met Error, it was after I killed the villagers and accidently turned my brother into stone. I escaped by using the strong negativity someone was emitting. The apple I ate caused me to go insane. It felt like sharing a body with two minds. I was in a constant battle within my soul.

When she first hugged me, I instantly thought it was a villager. So, without warning, I attacked. My mind was clouded, I couldn’t see or think properly. I was on autopilot, attacking everything in sight. It wasn’t until I heard her cry and felt her negativity increase that I snapped out of it. But by that time, she was on the floor and clutching her chest.

I looked on as she was emitting pain. I was so confused. It wasn’t coming from me, but from her own soul. Then, when her pain subsided, I watched as she tiredly sat up with a forced smile. Something I used to give my brother after my daily beatings. Then, I realized that she too was suffering like me. She understood my pain. Which is why, I couldn’t help but say…

“You’re suffering too?”

She nods in defeat, probably not wanting to break down then and there. She stood up and walked towards me. I was on high alert. She could attack me any time. But she only held her hand out towards me. And that confused me greatly. Was she not disturbed by my appearance? I reached out and shook her hand. And ever since that day, we would hang out.

At first, I was only staying there to keep myself powerful due to her negativity being the strongest I’ve felt. But that slowly morphed into something else. And when I asked her to take me to an au she’ll be destroying, I wanted to see just how much pain she was willing to endure before she snapped.

I watched as the destroyed au crumbled away into nothing. I would have stayed there if not for Error taking me out just in time. But when we arrived back into the anti-void, I didn’t expect for her to have a mental collapse. She might not have realized it, but I helped her before she was consumed entirely by that crash.

And when she snapped out of her trance, I'd already consumed the negativity. It was much more painful than I realized since it was my first time taking away negativity instead of feeding off it. And when she smiled at me forcefully, she really proved herself to have acted like me when I was being bullied.

“Life sucks, doesn’t it.” That was the first time Error spoke without stuttering. And I took it to heart. Life truly is unfair. What did we do to deserve this? Since then, I decided to help Error in destroying au’s. I wasn’t as merciful as Error was when killing them. I wanted them to suffer just as much as we do.

And that’s how I met the gang. In each au, I saw how unfair their lives were. I saw how unfair they had to live. While the others from many au’s live happy lives, they alone have to suffer. So, I brought them in. I thought about forming a gang filled with those who were treated unfairly. And while I was destroying a random au, that’s when my brother appeared.

Of course, our first meeting in a thousand years would be an arrow to my shoulder. He never stopped to try and understand why I did what I did in the first place. He just up and shoots me. I escaped back into the anti-void to where a very worried small skeleton was waiting for me. She helped to take me onto her bed to rest. I think she was trying to distract me from what just happened by telling me about her day instead. And that’s when I learned Ink confessed to her.

“HE WHAT?!” I shout in rage. Did that Ink fellow really think he’d take away my negativity from me? No! As if I’d ever let those two end up together. Not even over my own grave. I must have mumbled that since Error looked at me in confusion but brushed it off.

We spent the time talking about what happened to me then. And that’s when I told her I met certain skeletons that seemed peculiar and interesting. She joked about letting them stay with us inside the anti-void. And I took her up on that offer. So, the next day, I gathered the gang and introduced them to her.

They told her their stories. And Error understood pitying them would solve nothing. She then decided that a renovation to her already little house was needed. So, I took the gang away and waited for the renovation to be finished. After they were finished, Error decided to lay some ground rules. Fair enough, she was the only female skeleton in the group. I wouldn’t want someone to see her nude.

But as she was explaining them, she clutched her chest in pain. Seems that Ink is creating another au. When I first asked Error if I could kill him, she told me it would be impossible without this multiverse collapsing into itself. I asked how that could happen and she said by letting the au’s all crash into itself. But that would mean in her death too. And as much as I wanted that Ink bastard to be dead, I prefer having Error alive.

After that, we went to destroy separate au’s. I was met with Ink, my brother, and someone dressed in blue. We had a fight which ended with that au collapsing of course. I expected to find Error waiting for us when we returned, because she was much faster at destroying au’s. But even after waiting for hours, she never returned.

I got worried. Thinking that something happened to her. But before we could search, I heard a portal open in the anti-void. So of course, we immediately try to hide. But I forgot that Error never showed us where the hiding spot was. So, of course Ink spots us inside her house. And we had a standoff that led to me escaping with the gang. Dust sustained the most injuries.

I should have memorized what portal she opened. And maybe then I wouldn’t be feeling so worried. Because, there is so much negativity around the multiverse. And I know Error suppresses her pain when doing her job so she doesn’t emit as much negativity as she could. Meaning, unless she has a huge crash, I can’t find her so quickly.

I sit up on the bed, rubbing my neck. I guess after so long, I just considered Error as my adoptive sister. Since my own brother failed me. I just hope she’s alright.