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

Chapter 9

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Error's POV

"BlUe," I said, directing my attention back to him. He paused his struggle in the strings. "tHiS iSn'T lIKe yOu. plEasE, coMe bAcK. dO tHIs oNe tHInG fOr mE."

'Do this one thing for me.' That was what Blue said the first time I took him to the Anti Void. He asked me if he could go home. I let him go, eventually, but I still did. I hoped it was enough to get him back.

Blue blankly stared at me, like he was already doing. Then, he suddenly screamed. He held his head, crying from some invisible pain. From my own experience, I could tell that he's going against the voices in his head.

"It...it hurts! So much!" Blue cried. "I can't take it! I...I..."

"sHh," I said kindly. I walked over to Blue and hugged him. It was really awkward; I haven't hugged anyone for as long as I can remember. "eVErYThInG's gOinG tO bE oKAy. wE'Re gOinG tO gEt tHrOuGh thIS."

Blue calmed down a bit, but was still clinging to my jacket. He was still a bit jittery, but he seemed to have broken free from the control of that Noxious guy.

"bEtTeR?" I asked. Blue nodded. "lEt'S gO hElP thE oThErS."

"Okay," Blue answered.

Dream's POV

I was not too thrilled when I saw Error charging at us. I probably would have attacked Error, if I didn't see Blue also with him.

"Blue!?" Ink exclaimed. He ran over to Blue, overjoyed. I can't believe Error freed Blue from the sort of mind control, but I was too happy to complain. I also accompanied Ink. We both hugged Blue joyously.

"You scared us!!" I said through happy tears.

"cAlM dOwN gUyS," Error said. He looked uncomfortable. "i tHiNk i kNow hOw tO bRinG NiGhTmArE bAcK." He took out a chocolate bar from his pocket. "tOo bAd i hAVe tO uSe mY lAsT oNe."

Ink and I gave him a confused look. What exactly are we supposed to do with that?

"yOu hAve tO rEmInD hIm oF aN eVEnT tHaT hE wOuLd rEmEmBEr, lIkE tHIs mOrNInG..."

"Oh yeah!" Blue said. "Dust and Cross got in a fight over Cross's chocolate before we came!"

"I think we know what to do," Ink said, glancing at me for reassurance. I nodded. Here we go.

Nightmare's POV

Through all the disturbing thoughts, I could hear people fighting, which is some form of progress, right? They were fighting over... chocolate. Wow. It reminded me of this morning. The only remotely normal thing about today.

Suddenly, I could see, too. Was I me? It seemed so. First thing I did: took the stupid chocolate bar and threw it in the direction of DS!Ink. I'm done with that!

"BROTHER!!!" Dream exclaimed. He ran over and hugged me. I tolerated it. I mean, I was controlled by that new Sans for close to an hour. "We thought Noxious had you for good!" Dream continued.

"Who's Noxious?" I asked. I didn't recognize the name, but I did recognize the word. 'Noxious' means destructive, or something close to it, I think.

"The blue globby guy over there," Ink pointed at Noxious. Even though Blue and I were the only ones that didn't know that, we all glanced over at him. I think we all fear him in a way, which is probably what he wants. This isn't going to end well.