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Cross clutched his chest. slowly, Cross slid down to a stop on the floor. He sat on the floor in eerie silence. Just then, an ink splotch appears out of thin air and out comes Ink himself. "Cross get up! I was spying on Dream and saw Nightmare. We need to hurry." Ink begins to make an ink splotch portal. The other skeleton next to him quickly got up in hast and waited impatiently. Then, Cross swiftly moved past ink and jumped through the portal.
On the other side Cross was already searching for Dream. He spotted him easily. Dream stood out from the green grass surrounding him, but so did Nightmare. Nightmare's black goop was staining the grass a darkened green. Dream sensed the extremely negative aura and glanced around cautiously. Just as he spotted Nightmare, Nightmare snatched Dream with his tendril.
Cross jumped out with natural instinct and rushed towards the two brothers. He pulled his twin daggers out and began running towards Nightmare. Nightmare dodged with ease and laughed maniacally at Cross's attempt. "What a shame. You're a guard and can't seem to protect anything.. So pathetic." A tendril shot forward at Cross. Preparing to be grabbed, Cross shut his eye sockets. ..To open them and see Ink defending his cowardly self. "You are nothing, Cross. Nothing at all." Dream in the meantime was trying to summon his weapon but failed multiple times due to the pure negativity grasping him tightly. Once he realized it was no use, Dream started to squirm hoping to get even a little bit loose. Despite being burned by Nightmare's tendril, Dream kept being hopeful. "Cross! We need to call for help! We'll come back later.." Ink was beginning to tire out from the fighting. Cross and Ink were both panting heavily. But Cross couldn't simply leave Dream. "I'm.. tch- staying here. It's my job to guard." He grunted as he slashed at one of Nightmare's tentacles. "Goodluck." Ink said, disappearing the next second.
Cross's vision went blank as his eyes laid on Dream. Dream looked completely lifeless. He stopped trying. Cross was tired out. Tears pricked at the side of his eye sockets. He was failing.. failing at the one thing he was supposed to be. Failing to protect the one thing he cherished. It was happening again. He would lose his world a second time.
Nightmare smiled. The negativity was empowering him by the second. Cross was unintentionally hurting Dream. Oh how Nightmare had loved this. The stronger the emotion got, the tighter he squeezed Dream. Dream's ribs were slowly cracking up. "Are you really going to let your little friend die? Will you just take it? Face it, you aren't a royal guard. You never were and never will be." His smile widened as if he were a cheshire cat. Cross clutched at his necklace and let his tears stream down.
He got into fighting stance.
And danced. Cross was jumping left and right, trying to slash the tendril gripping Dream. One step, jump, slash. Dash, step, slash. Slash slash, dash, step, repeat. He didn't miss one. Cross couldn't lose one of the things he loved. Step. Not without a fight. Step. He would try his hardest, even if it meant death. Slash. Dream is a huge part of the universe and Cross knew it. Jump. Without Dream, everything that mattered to him wouldn't exist. Slash. Hell, would he even be the person he is today if Dream had simply died? Stance. Silence.
Then, with one last step, Cross leaped and slashed the last tendril that gripped Dream.
Despite all of Nightmare's attempts he could not manage to grab Cross once. He screamed in agony and out came his little minions.
"Ah.. free exp, I see." That voice sounded familiar.. Dust. Behind the hooded skeleton were his teammates. Killer and Horror. All three of them looked down at Cross kneeling near Dream. Cross stood up, refusing to look at the three psychotic sadists.
"Face us, Cross. Fight."
Again, Cross leapt and swiftly aimed towards Dust. Killer moved to the side and tackled Cross to the now goopy grass. Horror mimicked Nightmare's grin. This angered Cross, making him kick Killer off and pinning Horror to the grass. The two tumbled to a stop. Cross wiped his wet skull and tried stabbing at Horror but he was pulled away from him. "Let.. Go."
"Look, I would kill ya but Boss wants you alive as a source of negativity for a little longer." came Killer's voice. Killer gripped his neck tightly. Of course, Dust and Horror helped him drag Cross to Nightmare. They knew Cross would try to get free. Which he had.. but to no avail, Cross gave in. He huffed. It's been so long. So many endless hours of fighting. Cross was getting tired.
Until he remembered Dream. He looked in the direction of Dream to see his lifeless body gone. Cross quickly looked up at Nightmare to see Dream in his grasp once again.
"no. No. NO." he did all of that for NOTHING? Cross kicked and squirmed for freedom. He tried and tried but all he got out of it was tiresome panting.
"Tch. You cannot beat me. I am the definition of NEGATIVITY. Try all you want.. but you will never weaken me." Cross's voice hitched. Dream. Dream..
"DREAM!!" His soul cried out in pain. His voice cracked and sounded heart broken.
Dream woke up from his unconscious state to be hit with more hissing pain. The star fell limp again, except he was very much awake. Cross looked up at Dream helplessly. All he could do was sit and watch as his one love was in excruciating pain.
"Gosh Darn it.. DREAM. PLEASE. STAY WITH ME." Cross cried out again. There was no point anymore. Dream batted an eye to him and the stars in his eyes glistened. A waterfall was rushing down his cheekbones. It didn't fit him. He gave a faint smile of reassurance.
Nightmare looked at what was unfolding before him and looked away in disgust. Gross, he thought. Then, he pulled the last straw.
Dream screeched. His soul was being ripped apart from him. In the span of a second, the golden apple that was once Dream's soul had turned black. As Nightmare was about to eat the last black apple, he stopped himself and watched as Cross stared in horror. Dream's expression was blank. He looked at Nightmare and took the apple from him. This caught Nightmare off guard. Cross couldn't quite see what was going down between the two but he heard another agonizing scream of pain from Dream.
Dust, Killer, and Horror let go of Cross.
"Boss..?" The four of them watched as Dream became the one thing he had despised, Corrupted. Out came a more timid purple dressed skeleton, Nightmare..?
Cross rushed to get to Dream while Nightmare's minions were going towards who seemed to be Nightmare. Nightmare winced when he sensed a strong negativity in the air.. and was greeted by the Corruption that had taken over his Brother.
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hiyaa! i deleted like half of the story because i didn't like those parts since i sorta half assed them. i will be making a part 2 though! this wasn't really shattered x cross and more of dream x cross.. so you'll be seeing more of shattered and cross in the next part! Thanks!
