Silent Letters

Chapter 16

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"The undead.."

He whispered and Swapfell went silent and stiff.

"What the hell did you just say..?" He murmured. "I-I don't know what I t-truly just saw!! B-but it w-wasn't human!" Ink cried.

Swapfell stood and clenched his fists. "We leave tomorrow, no matter what anybody says. We need to leave this town and we need to do it fast." He turned.

"But D-D-Dust-st! A-and G-Geno! H-h-he's c-carrying a b-b-baby!" Alphys came into view behind Undyne.

"I don't care! I don't care what we destroy, or who we kill, but we need to get the hell OUT OF HERE!" He roared and sighed.

"I'm gonna go see Dust.." He walked out of the room and closed a door.

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Geno was sobbing quietly to himself, hugging his knees and hiding his head in his hood. "S-stupid stupid st-stupid.." He whimpered.

He jumped and looked up. "Hey Gen.." Reaper sat next to him and gripped his hand gently. "I know this isn't the best news..but we leave tomorrow, and we have to do it fast..the city is..turning into something else. Something dangerous..and we NEED to get to the outskirts before we lose anybody else.."

Geno's eye was wide. "W-what do you mean by s-something dangerous??" He hiccuped.

"Ever watch zombie movies as a kid?" Reaper asked and Geno slowly nodded.

"You know how when someone dies, they come back as 'an undead being'?" Another nod.

"Well there you go. No more explaining to do..if we stay here any longer..we die..and I'm not turning into one of those..freaks." He rested his head on the wall.

Geno hugged his belly and whimpered. "I'm g-gonna die..i-i just know it.." He hiccuped and whimpered again.

"Stop it. You aren't going to die!..none of us are. I will protect you with my life, Geno. Even if it costs me my life, I will make sure you are safe." Reaper promised and gripped Geno's hand reassuringly.

"...okay.." He whispered quietly. He heard a loud beep and jolted. He got up and ran into the livingroom, freezing and instantly feeling guilty.

Error was slumped to the side slight, glitching and twitching. A small screen floated above him.

[Would you like to reboot?]
[Yes, No, Later.]

Geno went over and pressed Yes, and watched his younger brother reboot slowly.

"I'm so sorry Brother..I wish none of this happened..we just have to try now.." He murmured.

He looked down at the no longer neon jacket around Error's waist, tears swelling in his socket.

"F-Fresh..I-I miss you so m-much..y-you have to come b-back to us..p-please..please we c-can't do t-this alone.."

Geno ended up falling asleep later that day. For aome reason though, that didn't last long.

He looked around, only to find that he was alone. "G-guys..? Reaper?" He stood up and slowly went into another room.

"Error..? Is th-that you? This isn't f-funny!" He hugged himself.

He froze in pure terror as a voice whispered incoherently behind him. The voice came to be familiar, and in range of ear shot.

"Don't ya know..bein' active..an' sleepin' increases ya HP?" He turned around and stumbled back, covering his mouth.

Fresh was there grinning, wearing the dusty and dull jacket.
"F-Fresh??" He ran forward and hugged his brother tightly.

"The only an' only brah.." He smiled.

Geno felt Fresh go stiff and he pulled away in confusion before he stumbled back in horror.

Fresh had pulaing veins all over his face, his clothes and face bloodstained, his shades broken on the floor and his eyes glazed over, being now a cloudy dull gray.

At first, Fresh did nothing, and neither did Geno. He squeezed his eye shut, only opening when the attack or movement at all never came.

He slowly looked over and screamed as he was tackled.

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Geno sat up, shrieking as he did so and panting heavily, tears running down his face. It was now nighttime.

Reaper and the others came running into the room, holding either a gun or a knife.

"Geno what happened??" Reaper got to his knees in front of his small lover, concern written all over his face.

"H-h-he was th-there a-and h-he..h-he was just..
THERE and h-he hugged me..t-then he-he changed..a-and attacked me.." Geno trembled, his eyes wide in panic.

"Who? Who attacked you?"
Reaper's eyes widened.

"I-I-I..i-i-it was F-Fresh..h-he was t-there..h-here and-and y-you a were..g-one.." Geno with panting heavily and at quite worrisome speed.

Error was stiff, but he realized it was only Geno's nightmare. His younger brother wasn't coming back.
He was..dead.

He was
G
O
N
E.

Never coming back. Never gonna be able to laugh at corny jokes, or talk in that crazy lingo..hell, never going to stargaze with Error and Geno.

But..he didn't have to see what he world has become..he wouldn't have to see what his home has become. He wouldn't havento live through this hell anymore.

He wouldn't be able to see his brother's faces..or smiles or hear their laughs.

He couldn't.

And Error couldn't cope with it. Never will, no matter how hard he tries.

He held up he knife to look at it.

Maybe he could cope..just maybe.

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Sorry its short again- but DAMN is it gettin' juicy.

Preggo Geno, Purge AND an apocalypse?(or just Horror eating a guy-) =)

But..he's right.
In monster logic, being active like Fresh, such as running or whatever nonsense he does, and sleeping raises their HP than their true limit and gives them that extra health.

While they do dust, they quickly come back just as fast.

Will Fresh come back?
Will he remain dust and leave the others to grieve?
Will Geno aurvive the pregnancy?
What will happen once they leave?

All will be revealed in the next chapters..or maybe. A cliffhanger until a second book? (If I make one. No promises.)