The Stage is Set

Angles Fall, Warriors take their place pt8

Angels - Vicetone

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Killer grabs Nightmare by the abdomen, holding him tightly to his body as he watches Nightmare's feet pick off the ground. He grunts as he bends his knees and leans back, trying to keep himself on the ground. Cross comes next, grabbing Killer by his abdomen and doing the same to keep them on the ground. It's too risky to use his blue magic, and unlike other Sanses, it's never been his strongest suit. Error pings the three of their souls, grabbing them in his strings. He anchors them to the ground, keeping them out of danger as Shattered struggles against the whip. Nightmare grits his teeth as he curls around his staff, not willing to let Shattered go, he has a feeling that his brother has something planned.

As if hearing Nightmare's thoughts, Dream rounds the corner, looking a little worse for wear. He smiles at the scene in front of him. He grabs the whip, closer to Nightmare, and pulls as hard as he can. The force behind the pull causes Shattered to fall out of the air and crash into the ground. Nightmare, Killer, and Cross all fall over from the loss of force pulling them. Dream nods at them in thanks before flying off toward Shattered. He spins as he picks up height and speed. He hovers, his wings slowly flapping to keep him in the air. He grips his bow, aiming it at the disoriented Shattered, He summons an arrow, slowly notching it and pulling it back. He aims with a glare. With a silent whisper, he lets go of the string and lets the arrow fly.

The arrow flies, gathering speed on the way down toward its target. With a snap, it breaks into eight arrows. All of them locked onto their target to pin Shattered down. Two arrows pin Shattered's arms, two pin his legs by the femurs, and the last four pin down Shattered's remaining tentacles. Shattered grunts as he's forced to look up at Dream, watching him descend towards him. Dream frowns as he stands above Shattered. Shattered growls, barring his teeth at Dream as Dream crouches down beside his skull.

"Why? Why are you like this?" Dream shakes his skull. "I don't understand why you are like this. What brought this about? Why do you feel so entitled to ruin other people's lives?" Shattered goes to answer but Dream cuts him off. "Nevermind. I don't think you were ever redeemable." Dream sighs before straddling Shattered.

"What are you doing-"

Shattered is cut off as a fist slams into his jaw. His skull hits the floor, bouncing back up from the impact. Only to meet another fist on the other side of his jaw. Dream repeats the hits, lowering Shattered's high HP bit by bit. Dream smiles in satisfaction as another wave of triumph fills him from Ghost. They both have been waiting for this moment. As Dream continues his one-sided beatdown of Shattered, the others watch with confused fear. They weren't sure what Dream was going to do exactly, but they weren't expecting this. Killer shudders as he hears a resounding crack from Shattered's skull. He nudges Nightmare.

"Hey, uh, remind me never to make Dream pissed at me." He winces as Dream jams his thumbs into Shattered's eye sockets and breaks the bone around them.

Nightmare chuckles before nodding. "It's as if you forgot how bad you were in the past!"

Killer huffs. "We're not talking about that right now."

"Come on you two, let's get over there, we need to figure out what our next step is." Cross jogs over to the Dream, Error resting on his back in a piggyback. Cross looks over at Error's skull resting on his shoulder. "You okay?"

Error nods as he drags his skull up to look around. His eye pips meet Cross's pips. He winces as a slight breeze hits his sockets. "I think I overworked my strings. My sockets feel like they're bleeding."

Cross frowns, studying the surrounding bone around Error's sockets. "Well, they aren't bleeding, but they are really red near the corners." Cross sighs as he slows his pace. "Just don't overwork them for a while now. You haven't had a reason to use this many strings in a while."