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50 - Trouble

That...had been difficult. Immediately after our escape, we had been forced to do our jobs, with Killer attending to a wide variety of emotionless beings; Horror being uncomfortably introduced to his new job, which was helping starving beings with their emotions; Error being forced to destroy AUs unattended; and the rest of us causing chaos in as many AUs as we could get to. We had been constantly working for the past week. Horror was the first home, and he had collapsed on the couch upon arriving. Killer was the second, and he had copied Horror's actions. Error was third, and he had fallen asleep on the other side of the couch. The rest of us were last, and we had zero qualms about joining them; these past few..months..had been ridiculous. 

"D-don't touch me!" I was woken by a scared voice..Error.

"I..just wanted to ask if you wanted something to eat.." Horror frowned. 

"Are you all right?" I approached my youngest.

"Pl-please..don't touch me.." Error curled up, sobbing.

I had to keep myself calm as I remembered the cruel treatment I had undergone while held prisoner..I shouldn't have expected my children to be spared from it. Instead of immediately searching for the one who had hurt my son, I sat down about two feet away from him.

"What did they do to you, Error?" I didn't show any hostility..he was giving off pure fear.

"..D-don't.." He was still frightened.

"Is Killer awake?" I asked my second oldest.

"I'll get him." Horror nodded, running to get Killer.

"I won't touch you, Error." I assured. "I won't hurt you."

I did my best to not let my aura affect my son as we waited for Killer to arrive, but he was still incredibly terrified..I wanted to paralyze whoever had hurt my son so much to make him not even trust his own family to touch him..it was sickening. When Killer came, he picked up on the fear, as well.

"Can you dampen his fear, please?" I requested.

"Sure." Killer nodded, using his aura on his little brother, who gradually stopped crying and shivering.

"Now, what did they do to you?" I needed an answer.

"They hurt me.." Error could answer easier, now that he felt no fear toward the experience. "They kept breaking my bones..and they wouldn't stop..it frightened me.."

"...I see." I took a deep breath. "Do you need some time to yourself?"

"..I think so..please."

"Of course. Your room, or fluffy land?"

"..Fluffy land?"

"All right; we'll make sure you aren't disturbed."

"Thank you.."

Error walked in the direction of fluffy land, and my two eldest sons sat down next to me; Cross and Dust were still fast asleep.

"Did they hurt you?" I had to ask.

"..I don't know." Killer admitted. "I just..kinda went out of it..I don't remember most of it."

"One or two were mean, but they didn't do anything to me." Horror shook his skull. "What about you?"

"Nothing broken." I assured. "Though they weren't kind."

"..How are we going to keep Dust out of fluffy land if they hurt him?"