Child of my Killer

Next Moves

"can we signal ink or dream here?" Carrot asked. I shook my skull. "This place is to negative for Dream, and if we do try to get Ink here, he have to be discreet. Nightmare is probably watching.. Father, how'd you get here?" I looked over to Horror. "nightmare. he wanted to test my loyalties as well." I chuckled. "We failed." He did as well. "that we did." I lifted my head, looking towards the ceiling. "How to get Ink's attention?"
"we probably already did." My attention went back to my brother. "We did?"
"him and error both." I realized what he was referring to. "Oh. Right.. that.." He was referring to my mass genocide. To which reminded me.. "I don't need this out anymore. I put my hatchet in my inventory.

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"what do we do when we get out of here? go into hiding? fight back?" I hummed. "I want to tell Ink and Dream. They deserve to know too." I decided. "From there.. well.. hiding won't do us much help. We will be found eventually. I'm switching sides again, going back to the Star Sanses and finishing what we started all those years ago. It's you're choice on what you want to do next." Horror blinked and went deep into thought. Carrot looked nervous. "Why? I can't lose you again!" I put a hand on his. "I know you're scared, I am too, but this has been my fate since I died the first time. They will keep coming after me, brother." Carrot groaned. "Besides. It won't be three on one this time. I'm stronger than before too." I sighed. A blessing and a curse, my LV. "we should get out of the open." Horror suggested. "ink doesn't take kindly to me." That was a fair point. "And they have more attack positions here." Horror and I both sniffed. "Nothing yet.."
"unless they covered their scent."
"ok then. let's go." Carrot got the point and had to agree. We weren't safe out in the open.

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We took refuge in the Dusttrust brothers home. "shouldn't there be a homicidal human around here somewhere?"
"Somewhere. They will be dealt with if they try something." I replied, sitting on the couch with Carrot. "i'm getting some food" Horror went to the kitchen. I shot up immediately. "Food? I'm coming!" Carrot was confused until her remembered that I WAS Horror's son and I WAS from Horrortale. I was starving. He followed us into the kitchen. "uh.. is it true you eat humans there?"
"everyone but me." Horror replied. "And me." I replied. "what? no- you eat it, i've been watching." I paled. "I throw it up. I can't- I'm not a cannibal. I only actually eat when we are at the castle." Horror sighed. "you are so my son.." I started eating lunch meat from its package. Screw a sandwich, I'm hungry. "that's.. actually kinda reliving. so neither of you are actually cannibals?" He asked once more for confirmation. "Nope." Horror shook his skull as he devoured tacos from the fridge. Carrot took a honey.

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I was in my room in Underswap again. Blue looked normal again, thank the stars. "Oh Blue.. you scared me last time.."
"I'm sorry. Nightmare had hijacked your dream, Bitter." I kinda figured.. "And this time?" He shrugged. "I don't know."
"It'd be great if it wasn't a nightmare this time.." I was sick of the nightmares, but I suppose, I had brought them on myself. "In that case, don't turn around." Blue warned. What? What'd he mean? "you're not my brother, you murderer." Carrot whispered behind me. I whirled around, only to be slammed into the wall. He had me by the neck as I looked at him in fear. "you really think i believe you? you may look like him, but my brother would never kill! you lier! i bet you do eat humans too. disgusting thing. i should end you. oh, but you died already, didn't you?"
"W-what..? B-brother-"
"you are not my brother!" Carrot yelled and I cringed away. He was slamming me against the wall now, I couldn't get a word in. "blue!" What was this? "blue, wake up!" "This is more or less your own insecurities." Blue replied apologetically. "blue, you're having a nightmare, wake up!"

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I gasped and pushed away from whoever was shaking me. "DON'T!" I tipped backwards off the couch and laid there, trying to pull myself together. Horror was watching with concern on the steps, wanting to approach, but knowing better by now. Carrot was hovering above me from the couch, not knowing what to do, Ink was confused in the doorway- wait Ink? I looked over. "H-hey. I'm ok.. j-just a nightmare." I pulled myself up. "Hey Ink, about time the rescue squad came."