Broken Souls

Chapter 21

=JR Rose Garden=

Efiáltis follows, as Flower, Bit, and Outer trail after Horror and Nightmare, "he wasn't joking about not putting Error down was he?"

Láthos shakes his head, "not one bit.  Can't really blame him if you had pulled such a stunt I wouldn't be letting you out of my strings any time soon."

Meláni looks puzzled, sidestepping Cyan's attempt to trip him.  "But why sure getting him back is necessary but why so clingy?"

Sighing Grail rests a hand on Meláni's shoulder, "it is an emotional reaction to the stress of knowing a loved one was in danger."

Stavrós rolls his eyelights, "remember when we stole that ridiculous brush of yours for a month?"

Cyan snickers when Meláni clutches his brush. "Fox, he wouldn't even let it go to eat for a week after he got it back."

Error hums, "oh that is nothing one time Ink annoyed Copper Sans from CopTale and he arrested Broomie.  Judge Asgore went along with it and convinced it of vandalism of court property for dripping paint on the rugs.  Ink kept breaking Broomie out and I kept throwing it back and Broomie just got more and more jail time for the breakouts.  Blue ended up as his lawyer and Broomie's, sentence got commuted.  As he was clearly being controlled by demonic influences.  Ink had to have weekly sessions with an exorcist and Broomie had community service."

Horror nods, "Blue is now the go to lawyer of every Sans with any understanding of the multiverse."

Nightmare chuckles, "it was the best courtroom drama in the whole multiverse for a solid three years.  The drama the character witnesses that were more hindrance than help.  The weeping for no reason other than too much blue paint, and my brother standing by Ink for it all and trying to convince everyone he wasn't a demon really he was sure of it.  All the while eyeing Ink and not sounding sure at all."

Flower nods, "the comedy was real. Remember the time Dream got Geno to testify and he spent half the time complaining about Ink and the other half trying to file for a restraining order against him and Reaper?"

Outer coughs trying to hide a laugh, "or the time an AxeTale Temmie showed up by itself and everyone tried to hide while it took the witness stand.  'Oi I's Temmie the Axe Temmie and I's here to say Ink baddie stop making more AxeTale.' Then it just hopped through a portal screaming sometimes about snack time."

Bit nodded, "I think that was the final straw in getting Ink sentenced to weakly exorcism for life.  You know they still do it even though he is currently a statue?"

Nightmare snickers, "the priest from ExorcismTale took the opportunity to put his statue in the middle of a fountain filled with holy water."

Error sighs, "you guys are so mean to him he can't help that he is incapable of growth or change you need a soul for that."

Horror nods, "true but the rest of us don't have to forgive him for being an asshole he isn't our little brother."

Grail mantels startled, "wait wait wait Error and Ink are related? Láthos and Meláni aren't related.  Are you?"

Láthos shakes his head, "not at all I would have noticed.  A better question is how they are brothers?"

Error pouts a bit, "he isn't my brother he is my cousin.  He is Fate's child and Fate's sibling Destiny adopted me or maybe I was always their chosen and Fate stole me to be their destroyer.  It doesn't matter Ink is a pitiful hollow little being that will never have even a shadow of what even the most broken Sans has.  And just like Flowey it makes him dangerous."

Nightmare nods, "and you beat anyone who hurts him and isn't in the family to a bloody pulp."

Efiáltis hums, "that sounds like a sibling to me you can fight all you want but let an outsider try to hurt them, an all bets are off."

Cyan shrugs, "we wouldn't know you and Grail are the only ones that still have siblings but I am pretty sure if I hadn't kicked mine into the void.  I would definitely watch with popcorn if someone wanted to beat him up."

Horror grunts, "congratulations you are now the least sane person we know."

Flower nods shortcutting to the other side of Nightmare with Bit and Outer.  "Can we go home now I like living in a multiverse where the insane bad guys are not that creepy."

"Oh ours are probably just as bad, it is just that the ones we know about are really anti-heroes."  Outer shrugs eyeing Cyan.  "Haven't we learned no villain forms in a vacuum."

Láthos shrugs, "we view him more as controlled rage with a snarky attitude and amazing hacking skills."

"I recommend therapy, rage of that level even properly channeled, can turn self destructive." Nightmare holds up a remote and clicks it.

"You say that as though all rage is not self destructive?" Grail flutters his wings frowning.

Error yawns and gives Efiáltis a look of sympathy, "a good person's fury when they see others abused is natural and healthy.  There may be repercussions of any actions taken but there are also consequences for actions not taken.  And before you start blaming negativity, remember that the only other options are apathy or a positive reaction to abuse."

A swirling opalescent vortex blooms a few feet away menacing Grail's roses.

Bit nods waves and hops through the multiverse portal, Outer and Flower follow after with nods of farewell.

Nibs sighs and waves, "bye guys thanks for getting me out of the shelter Stavrós take care of yourselves."

Nightmare nods and carries Error and Nibs through the portal before it collapses in on itself with a sonic boom.

Everyone stagers bad at the force of the closing portal, Stavrós just managing to keep his feet and hold Grail up. "Well hell I was hoping to keep them."