Justice Reigns in our Stars, but the Nightmare is far from over

Chapter 5

Don't worry, I got this, maybe. Hope you enjoy!

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DS!Error's POV

Just when I thought I was done, they pull me back in again. I swear Blue's got some 'string' or something attached to me. He was probably watching the whole time. It's just a weird thing he does.

"What are you doing here?" I asked nervously, already knowing the answer. Cross and Nightmare moved protectively between me and Blue. The other Blue looked curious, but wary and XChara was mildly confused.

"Why, after your rude departure, I've been searching all over for you," he said, with his signature fake concern. I've heard it too much to not identify it. "And I just happened to come across this blank slate of an AU." XChara shifted uncomfortably. It seemed like it was a touchy topic for them.

"Just scat already!" yelled Nightmare.

Blue gave him the stink eye. "Rude."

"I don't think that is the case here," said the other Blue.

Blue turned toward him. "And how would you know, you hyper optimistic copy?"

"First, it's not nice to insult people like that—"

A phone rang. I noticed that XChara was calling someone. I didn't know who, but I had a pretty good guess. The other Blue seemed to notice, too, and quickly took out his phone and pretended to answer a call.

Nightmare's POV

My phone started to ring. I groaned, picking it up. "What is it?" I asked, moving away from earshot of the group.

"Are you aware of a couple skeletons in my AU?" asked that Chara kid.

"Yes?" I answered. "Look, if it's not that important, I've got to deal with 90s Nightmare over here."

"I promise I haven't wasted your time. Anyway, these three other skeletons joined Blue and the Error look-alike."

"You've got to give me specifics or I will find you."

"One looks like Cross, one looks like you when you're not goopy, and the last looks like Blue."

"That might be trouble. Error's told me about that last one."

"Should I attack, or watch?"

"Give it some time to see if it escalates. If it does and you need backup, I'll get Killer to do it."

"Fine. Bye."

"Don't get yourself—" I was cut off before I could finish. Either the twerp hung up on me, or the device was destroyed, the latter happening most of the time. I took a deep breath and rejoined the group.

"whY arE yOu hEre?" I caught Error asking, more like demanding. He probably already knows the answer, I certainly do. Any time someone curses, it's like a multiverse-wide beacon for Fresh. It gets really annoying very quickly, as our Dreamswap 'friends' are going to find out very quickly.

"I heard some real unrad lingo from this broski over here," Fresh answered. "And I felt that this fine brotatoe chip needed some super fresh fixin up."

"I'm out," I said. I teleported out of my place turned hellhole, deciding to check on Xtale myself. No need to send Killer, who I'm pretty sure got drunk yesterday.

Let's just say I walked into another hellhole.

Blue's POV

The other me is really rude. I was just covering for XChara when he threw pointed bones at both of our phones. Now I have to get another one.