Silent Letters

Chapter 21

May be slightly triggering.

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Killer and Fresh were back to back, as was Geno and Error, Undyne and Swapfell, who protected Alphys and covered Dust, and Ink and Reaper.

"Get them! They're closing in. HURRY DAMNIT!" Killer demanded and brought two pistols, shooting those..things in the head each time.

"Well ex-fucking-cuse me! I'm currently trying not to DIE right now!" Undyne shouted and shot another undead being in the head, making it collaspe.

"Guys this is NOT the time for arguing!" Reaper shouted, shooting three of them in the head at once, since they were behind each other.

It seemed that the swarm was getting bigger by the minute. "Guys we have to move!" Error shouted and quickly looked around.

"The rooftops! C'mon, go go!" He called and they all retreated back, finding the ladder and quickly climbing up.

Error and Reaper were the last ones, making sure everyone got up safely. Reaper was next, then Error. He was panting heavily, sighing in relief as he got out of reach.

Or so he thought.

Something grabbed his leg and he was dragged down, holding onto the ladder for dear life. "GET OFF OF ME YOU UNDEAD SON OF A BITCH!" He shouted and kicked the thing off of him, quickly climbing up to join the others.

"Anyone scratched? Bitten? Wounded at all?" Reaper looked around. "N-n-no..w-w-we're f-fine." Alphys leaned on Undyne, sighing shakily.

"Error? What about you?" He turned. Error was on his back, panting heavily. "Error! Are you okay??" Ink, Fresh and Geno all scrambled over.

They all had a look of dismay as Error laughed and looked at them.
"Damn..that was one hell of a shit show..I haven't
felt that much adrenaline in forever.." He sighed, and rubbed his temples. "It gave me a killer headache though." He grumbled.

"You ass! You scared us!" Ink hugged him. "Guess it's my specialty nowadays." He hugged Ink back and sighed.

"Okay lovebirds, we have to go. And we better do it fast." Reaper helped Swapfell up, since he was carrying Dust.

Killer rumbled in agreement, slipping on one of the heavier backpacks. "So. How are we gonna get across this without A:Being Eaten. B:Being Shot and C:Falling to our deaths?" Swapfell raised a brow.

Error thought for a bit. "Be careful, stay as low and as quiet as you can. We can hide out when night comes around. I know the way, though I haven't used the rooftops in almost a year." Error grinned before full on sprinting and jumping off of the roof.

He braced his knees and did a somersault, rolling a bit before standing. He beckoned them to follow and Killer was next, mimicking Error's movements, jumping off, rolling and standing up once he got to the other side.

Everyone followed, all except Swapfell. "C'mon!" Killer waved him over. "I-I can't! I don't wanna hurt or drop Dust!" Swapfell looked around frantically.

"Just..uhm..hmm" Error thought for a moment and Reaper chimed in. "Throw him."
Everyone looked at him like he was crazy.

"Well what else do you recommend?" He looked around. No one said anything. "My point exactly." He grinned.

"What if he doesn't make it??" Swapfell was frantic. "Dude, you used to be in football, basketball when you were younger, and played baseball with Cil. I'm preeetty sure you can throw him far enough." Reaper rolled his eyes.

"Dust..are you okay with this?" Swapfell asked softly and Dust hesitantly nodded. Swapfell held him to his chest, kissing his forehead softly.

"Everyone, get ready." Geno told them and they all held their arms out, ready to catch him.

"One..two..three." Swapfell whispered and swung his arms harshly, tossing Dust through the air, the smaller crying out and flailing his arms.

They all caught him at once, setting the poor terrifed skeleton down. Swapfell made his way over, instantly going to Dust.

"Are you okay?" He asked quickly and Dust nodded, nuzzling him softly. "Alright, let's go." Geno waved them on and they all followed once Dust was back on Dust's back again.

The repeated the process, going from roof to roof before they were able to get back on the ground. Nightfall was approaching and it was coming fast.

Reaper and Undyne went to a door, glancing at eachother and nodding. They both silently couched before slamming the door open with their shoulders.

There was blood stains on the wall and the furniture was ripped, but other than that..the house was quiet. Too quiet.

"Something isn't right.." Ink murmured. "We should leave-" Ink was cut off as he was tackled, something straddling him and pressing a gun to his head.

"Anyone moves, I'll shoot." The stranger growled and everyone seemed to stop breathing.

More people shuffled out of the hallways, all really big and holding really big guns.

"Damn, how'd you manage to find zombies that aren't hostile?"

"We aren't 'zombies' you asshole!" Error growled, twitching in anger.
"Error..stop.." Geno said quietly.

Nobody knew this, but both Error and Killer had knives in both of their sleeves.

Fresh however, was the only kne in the group with out a weapon.

"Oh? And how do we know that? Hmmm?" One of them pried and Reaper growled quietly.

"I dunno, do zombies lusten to bullshit and remain still so one of them doesn't get shot?" He spat.

The gun was pressed hareer against Ink's skull, making him cry out. "P-please! Y-you're hurting me!" Ink cried.

Error glitched a bit and growled.

"Ey, how do we know he ain't one of em?" They pointed their guns to Error.

"He has pixilationsyndrome and anger issues you idiot." Geno rolled his eye. "Watch yer' mouth princess or you're gonna get hurr." One of them went up to Geno, whose eye widened and fear, his breath speeding up.

Images were flashing through his head and he relived what happened to him when was just eight years old.

"P-please..I-I-I don't wanna b-be touched again.." Geno trembled in terror, his knees close to buckling and collapsing.

Error clenched his fists into tight balls at his side, twitching madly as he watched the man in front of Geno.

Geno had tears running down his face as the face of the man in front of him warped into face of the skeleton who has caused him so much pain.

His chest was rising and falling rapidly, his vision going fuzzy. The sounds around him became muffled and his eye began to droop.

Reaper's eye widened and he desperately wanted to run to Geno, but he wasntoo far away.

Undyne and Swapfell galnced at eachother and Undyne made a gun with his fingers and Swapfell nodded slightly. Undyne unnoticeably kicked Reaper's leg, making a gun with her fingers.

Reaper's hands were at his sides, along with the others. They slowly and silently slipped their guns out of their pocksets and put their fingers on the trigger. Swapfell silently counted down from three on his fingers. Instantly, in a blurr of action, gunshots rang and the two men secondary men collasped.

Error then realized something. Both Ink and the man above him were motionless.

His breath caught in his throat and he stolped breathing for almost a whole minutes, frozen in place as he watched Ink. Unmoving, still, lifeless..Ink. Blood pooled underneath Ink's body and Error's world seemed to crumble.

"No..."

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