Silent Letters

Chapter 10

[■0 #●|> € days left of the Purge]

Everyone sat silently in the room, the couples paired with eachother by themselves except the brothers and their lovers. They were mumbling quietly, Geno and Error  both gently holding onto Fresh's jacket. They often told eachother that they would survive and get out of town, but their chances of surviving were slowly inching closer to zero. "We have to leave now.." Ink murmured and Reaper nodded. "He's right..we can't stay here any longer or we won't make it.." He glanced at Geno. Geno leaned on his shoulder and whispered something to him. "I know.." He murmured in reply. "Error, we have to get to your friends. That seems like our only chance." Reaper looked him dead in the eye. Error nodded mutely, running his phalanges over the dull and torn fabric of his brother's jacket. Reaper kissed Geno's cheek softly and stood, going over to Swapfell and Dust. "We're leaving soon. We have to get out of town. We won't make you..but will you come with us..? We have a chance, where we're going." He held out a hand. "I can't lose him twice.." SF mumbled, hugging Dust's waist. "There's a vhance we'll die..isn't there..?" Dust asked softly. "...yes.." Reaper sighed. "But there's a chance we'll live..right?" He asked. Reaper paused. "Yes." He nodded. Swapfell gripped Reaper's hand. "Guess we'll tag along." He nodded and Reaper smiled. "Glad to have you here Swap." He nodded and stood. He went over to Alphys and Undyne. They had developed feeling for eachother in just one day. Or maybe..their feelings had been there longer? Alphys was huddled in Undyne's lap, trembling. "Hey..how are you guys holdin' up..?" Reaper sat by them. "Awful.." Undyne murmured. "Yeah..but..we leave town in..say a few hours..Swapfell and Dust are coming with us..we have to a chance to get to the outskirts of town." His voice grew quiet. "We stay..we don't have much of a chance anymore..we go.." He paused. "Our chances will rise and fall faster than you can blink with each step we take..but I have to ask..are you with us?" He asked quietly. The female monsters didn't respond for a bit, but eventually sighed. "W-w-we d-don-t ha-have much o-of a ch-choice no m-matter w-ehat.." Alphys murmured. "B-b-but i-its w-worth a sh-shot.." She nodded firmly. "We leave soon..be prepared, we have no idea what's out there. But..like you said Alphys, it's worth a shot. Glad to have you guys here..it means a lot actually.." Reaper nodded and stood after they nodded in return. He sat back by Geno and hugged him to his side. Ink stood. "Guys, we all jeed to rest. In a few hours, 5 minimum, we will get what we can and leave. We have to try to get as far as we can..this thing is supposed to end tomorrow..but this won't stop in just a day..we have to get what we can, get as far as we can..and..try to live.." He said and everybody nodded. Everybody gathers on the carpet, rolling out some sleepingbags they had managed to find in a storage closet. Dust and Swapfell curled up with eachother, murming 'goodnight' and 'i love you'before falling asleep. Undyne and Alphys did the same, but the other four remained still. "We have to try.." Geno murmured softly, his voice cracked and strained. Error swallowed and nodded, leaning on Ink. "Get some rest guys.." Ink murmured and they all laid down, huddled close. They all murmured 'goodnight' before letting sleep take them away.

{4 hours later}

Everyone was zipping up their backpacks, stuffing knives into their pockets and murmuring different strategies. With Goth's scarf entwined with his own, and Palette's pin on his jacket, Geno was almost completely ready, as was Reaper. Error had tied Fresh's jacket around his waist, not letting it out of his sight as he got his bag and knives together. Dust and Swapfell were exchanging different knives that would be useful, and Undyne was helping Alphys organize the medic supplies. Once everybody was done, the stood in front of the barricaded door. Geno held out a hand, and Reaper grasped it. Ink grasped Reaper's hand, Error grabbed Ink's, Dust grabbed Error's, Swapfell grabbed Dust's, Alphys grabbed Swapfell's and finally, Undyne grabbed Alphys' hand. They all blew out a breath and gripped onto eachother's hand. "You only live once.." Error murmured. "Lets avenge our friends, family, and let's kick some ass." Ink nodded. "Yolo." Everybody murmured and yanked the tables away, ripping chairs and desks away from the door. They all went out into the hall, and headed for the exit. Error pushed open the exit doors and they left the building. "Our city.." Dust murmured. "Our town.." Undyne mumbled. "Our home..it's gone.." Reaper gripped Geno's hand. "E-everything...i-i-it's d-d-d-estroyed-d.." Alphys whimpered. "Everything.." Error breathed, staring at the rubble, the fire, the blood, the bodies..the place he called home. Everything was..g o n e.