Fading Ink

Chapter 23

Error held Ink, the limp body heavy in his arms.

"he's falling down." Sans's voice came from behind, but Error didn't bother to look back, instead keeping his gaze on Ink's lifeless face.

"nO... hE can't- hE can't, wE havEn't EvEn tRiEd tO REsEt yEt- ink, y-yOu can't fall dOwn..."

Ink continued to lay limp.

A tap on his shoulder made him look up, tears starting to form in his eyes.

Frisk stood there, holding something out.

Error took it, eyes widening as he realized what it was.

Ink's puppet.

'whERE did thEy-?'

And that was what did it.

Error broke, not bothering to stop the tears streaming down his face. He didn't care that Frisk and Sans were there. He didn't care that he was crying.

But he hadn't realized how much he cared about Ink.

Wiping at his eyes, Error looked up at Frisk, his voice wavering more than usual.

"kid, wE'RE dOing this, Right nOw."

Frisk nodded, and Error stood, carrying Ink back inside the house.

He set the smaller on the couch, tentatively raising a hand and setting it on the other's cheekbone.

That was what Frisk and Sans walked into.

Frisk had already pulled out the RESET button, staring at it with a disguised hate.

They gathered around the couch, where Ink lay.

But before Frisk could even raise their arm, Error put his shaking hand on the child's shoulder.

"kid, i'm nOt EntiREly suRE, but i dOn't think yOu can dO this On yOuR Own."

Frisk looked up at Error, the trembling hand on the shoulder setting a weight on the child.

Unsure of what he was doing, Error's hand began to glow with blue magic, channeling itself into Frisk.

Frisk gasped, the button in front of them changing words.

REBOOT

Sans caught on, placing his hand on Frisk's other shoulder and channeling his own magic.

RESTORE

Frisk's face was beaded with sweat, and they raised their hand to hit the button.

"wait-!"

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He wasn't supposed to tell anyone, but Fell had let him hold onto his hand while they walked through the Void.

Blueberry giggled as Fell's grip on his hand tightened, his older brother walking in front and leading the way.

When they caught sight of the group, Blueberry couldn't help but gawk.

There were thousands of monsters here, he might even venture to say millions.

Stretch walked through the group casually, pointing out some monsters and leaving a few others out.

"there's Geno, he's been here the longest. there's Sunny, he's from Fusiontale. there's Pixel, Outer, Death, Occult, Mytho, Specter and hey Fell, there's your brother."

At the mention of Edge, Fell straightened, wrenching his hand from Blueberry's and looking around.

"papyrus!" Fell yelped suddenly, running off and disappearing into the crowd of monsters.

Blueberry reached futilely after him, putting his hand down when he realized Fell was gone.

"s-stretch!" A nervous looking Sans in a labcoat and glasses skidded to a stop in front of Blueberry's brother.

"hey sci. this is my brother, blueberry."

"n-nice to meet you, but we have a situation and i think you'd better come see."

As Sci led them through the crowd, Blueberry found himself clutching onto the back of his brother's orange sweatshirt.

He could... He could sense the souls all around him.

That one was from Horrortale- that one from UnderOblivion, Swapfell, Fruittale, Sugartale, Underspirit, Dusttale, Underlust, Dancetale, Undertone... Countless more were here, the entirety of the multiverse was here in the Void.

"s'cuse us, s-sorry-"

Blueberry's eyes widened, his mouth falling open and tears gathering to his eyes.

"ink?"

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Sorry, I had to get a couple of mentions in-

Aftertale and Geno, as well as Spectertale to- loverofpiggies

Fusiontale to- nomidot

Pixeltale to- mercury-draws-shitz [pixeljirachi]

Outertale to- 2mi127

Reapertale to- renrink

Occulttale to- Occulttale [dork <3]

Horrortale to- Sour-Apple-Studios

UnderOblivion to- GallifreyanChild

Fruittale to- MissLadyTale

Sugartale to- Sugartale

UnderSpirit to- haleyislametbh

Dusttale to- ask-dusttale

Underlust to- nsfwshamecave [18+ blog]

Dancetale to- teaandstars

Undertone to- articray200

Swapfell and Science Sans [Sci] belong to the fandom

And Mythotale is mine <3