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

Chapter 8

IT'S FINALLY DONE! Enjoy ^-^

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Error's POV

I finished retelling what happened today. It took about 20 minutes, and that's with severe summarizing. That's also including all of the interruptions. It dragged on longer than I wanted it to. Among other things, I had to thoroughly explain that Blue volunteeringly goes with me to the Anti Void or Outertale. I don't force him to do anything.

It was pretty funny when DS!Dream found out DS!Error really was at Nightmare's place. Unfortunately, I warranted a sword-throw at my head. I barely dodged, but I'm pretty sure I'm on DS!Dream's hit list.

No matter, we had to get to the Anti Void and save both DS!Error and Cross. I reassured everyone that they'll be fine if they stuck with me. "BLue'S fINe, isN't hE?" I said. "weLl, diSreGaRdiNG hiS cUrRenT cOnDiTiOn."

"I guess..." Ink said.

"greAt! lEt'S gO!" I generated a portal to the Anti Void. I had to step through first, but I was closely followed by Dream and Ink. DS!Dream and DS!Ink followed a bit behind, but not too far.

DS!Error's POV

Blue's acting different. Sure, he's 'ordering' me around, but it just feels more forceful. I wonder if he was even remotely in control.

What's giving me that feeling is what happened with the other Blue. That was way out of his league. He can't do that. But, he did. Fun fact, ever since I met Blue, I can kind of tell when someone is under his influence.

What most people don't know, is that there's more going on than what meets the eye.

Despite what everyone thinks, I actually don't mind Blue that much. I was only cranky earlier because of — I don't know. I don't really remember what happened before we, the other Blue and Error, left the Anti Void.

It might be because I'm not in my multiverse. It's kind of weird, all of this. I swear my life isn't this exciting. This probably jumbled my brain a bit. But I highly doubt it. I should know better.

Back in the moment, we were walking a ways when Blue's eye lights grew smaller. He started hacking terribly. The glitching in his eye grew worse, completely obscuring any visible sign that he could see out of it. He would have doubled over, if I hadn't caught and supported him.

As he coughed, a thick, dark blue liquid came flowing out of his mouth. He put his hand over his mouth to try to stop the flow of the liquid, but it didn't do anything. The only thing it was doing was making him cough even harder. I was almost afraid to help him. I just continued to hold him up, which was a good thing because he was losing strength fast.

Blue looked flushed when the liquid finally stopped. We just stared at the liquid as it gathered up into a pile on the floor.

This has happened before, but Blue's never had this severe of a side effect. When it's happened before, it wasn't anything compared to this. The liquid usually dissipated pretty quickly, but it seemed to be lingering this time. That worried me.

Past Blue's fatigue, I could see a sort of fear. It's never a good sign if Blue's scared, because he generally not scared of anything.

The liquid started to vibrate. In an instant, the liquid shot upward, creating a sort of tower.

I have a confession. Some time ago, Blue told me a secret. He said that he was trying to keep an entity of great power dormant so it wouldn't destroy the multiverse. It took a toll on himself. That's why he does what he does; he doesn't have a choice. I should have realized Blue was losing control when nobody even attempted to follow us into the Anti Void.