How to Fix the Broken

Chapter 46: It Begins

Error gently lay Pj down with Horror. He seemed fine with it because he didn't saying anything or move.

"Where are you going?" Horror whispered, Killer twitched.

"..." Error crouched down so that he could kiss Pj's head. "I'm going to be gone for a while..." he whispered to Horror.

"..dad...?" Pj whimpered. He was awake and Error hadn't noticed.

"Pj, I have to leave for awhile. Okay?" He looked his son in the eyes.

Pj had a bit of an angry sad look. "You're going after mom aren't you." He said. It was worded like a question but he said it more like a statement.

Error nodded, "I'm gonna be gone for a while."

"Error you can't go after Ink." Dream said from the stairs.

Error stood up and turned, facing the, not so positive, positive guardian.

"I have to. He is my opposite. The parent to my child. I need to find out what is going on because I haven't heard anything from the deities in almost over 4 years! He flinched when I mentioned Fate. He flinched! Ink never flinches. Not even during battle. I- ..." he huffed, looking drained. "I need to find him. Not just for Nightmare. But for myself because I haven't been able to go through a single day in the last 4 years without thinking about him. I need to know why he's doing this all of a sudden." Dream was about to say something but Error didn't let him. "Dream, I've known Ink longer than you've been alive. We are gods. The fact that he simply decided to hurt you, to hurt Blue, is not possible. Ink doesn't change. I don't change. Even after my bout of insanity I went back to normal when I met Blue. There is a reason other than his own pleasure for why he hurt you. For why he hurt Blue. I know there is and I'm going to find out why."

"..." Dream didn't move. He looked down at the ground.

"And you know you can't stop me. With how you're doing now, I am at least twice as strong as you. I will find Blue and bring him back then I'll find Ink. If the reason he's doing this is what I think it is..." he trailed off. He didn't know what he could do if that was the case... but he wanted it to be the case. Ink would never willingly do any of this and he knows it.

He blinked hard and looked down at his son. "Pj, I need you to be brave okay?" He said. His voice more glitchy than normal from his emotion. Pj nodded with a determined look.

Error sighed, opening a portal and walking into the anti void.

Blue ran through the gold and white void of practically nothingness. As he came upon the house it looked abandoned. Almost nothing had changed since the last time he had been  seen it.

He tentatively stepped foot into the building. A thick layer of dust covered every surface, and he left foot prints in his steps.

He called out, "Ink...?"

...

But nobody came...

There was no one here. That didn't make any sense. This had to be where they were. Over the last 4 years they kept tabs on every world for any sign of Ink. If he wasn't here, they would know.

"Blue?"

Blue nearly screamed as he faced the newcomer. He summoned his hammer and swung blindly at the voice.

"Gah!!" The voice glitched, "Blue! Calm down! It's me!!"

Blue stopped and stared at him. "Error! You scared the ever living shit out of me!" He screeched angrily, sounded eerily like Nightmare.

Error held up his hands as if he was trying to not be shot. "Sorry, not my intention." He said.

"What do you want? I'm not going to go back if that's what you're asking." Blue said.

"Oh, I wasn't asking." Error suddenly lunged at Blue and snapped something around his neck.

Blue, unable to react fast enough, glitched and fell back landing on his ass. He felt something distinct and wrong. Something all to familiar.

His hands went to his neck. A collar. A magic restraining collar.

His eyes widened and he buffered. "E-error... t-take it off." He stuttered. He felt his face tingle with anxiety. "Take it off!" He cried.

Error had a confused and worried look on his face, "Blue?"

Blue clawed at the collar, unable to summon any magic. "Error please!"

He carefully walked around Blue, snapping the button.

The collar fell loose in Blue's hands and he flung it across the room. He hugged his knees to his chest, trying to get over the feeling. The feeling of being weak. The feeling of being useless. The feeling of being controlled.

"Blue what was that?" Error asked. He crouched in front of him, his hands on his shoulders. "Blue...?"

He looked up from the collar he threw, fear and panic on his eye sockets.

Error seemed to have realized why Blue reacted that way and started to apologize profusely. He seemed so upset and angry with himself for doing that.

"It's okay..." Blue whispered with a small smile.

"No! It's not okay! We used to be able to do that! We used to be able to randomly attack each other with random objects and be fine! Now you can't stand having someone walk behind you! I should have realized that something magic restraining would have triggered you... Ink did everything in his power to keep you there, which included magic restraints... I'm such and idiot..." Error trailed off into a whisper.

Blue felt arms wrap around him and he let Error pick him up. "It was my fault for acting like that..." Blue said quietly.

"Oh hush you, always blaming yourself for everything. When are you going to realize that not every thing bad is your fault." Error asked, walking towards the door.

"But I ran away, you were just trying to get me home." Blue said.

"I used a magic restraint. ... those should really be outlawed." Error said.

"We used to have fun with those huh?" Blue said.

Error giggled, "yeah... we did didn't we."

Both giggled to themselves as the thought of the time Blue spent in the anti void. Blue helping Error over come his insanity by practically stealing his magic. Every time Error started to act a little maniacal, Blue snapped a magic restraint on anything in reach, which often was Error's ankle. Error looking annoyed and yelling at Blue who just giggled. Error eventually giving up and flopping on his bean bag chair. Often times he would try to bring up his favorite show, Underlovania (I can't remember for the life of me what that stupid Spanish show is called.) only to remember that he can't use his magic till Blue takes off the cuff. Then he would spend hours trying to break it with frozen spaghetti. Didn't really work.

Error walked around the Doodle sphere, recounting these memories with Blue.

The younger skeleton was growing sleepy in Error's arms and Error opened a portal.

Error stepped through the portal with a sleeping Blueberry and lay him on the couch.

He shot a grin at Dream and jumped right back through before the yellow light bulb could say anything.

It Begins
Love Conquers All

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