Death Made an Error

Chapter Three

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A few minutes later  a  angry looking Geno comes in with Raven and Goth. Or more accurately Raven carrying the still asleep Goth while Geno walks in front of them and stalks over to Error when he spots him.  "What. The. Actual. Fuck. You wake me up at the  asscrack  of the morning to tell me Reaper is injured. And what could he have possibly said in the delirious state he's in to make you so worried about me. He's a fucking idiot when he's in pain, no wonder he didn't recognize you."  He hisses.  "I had to get the kids out of bed on a school night for this, it better be worth my time."

The destroyer stands up.  " Raven sit here. Me and your mother have to talk. "  He moves out of the way so Raven can sit in his chair with Goth.  " Geno. Outside. Now. "  Error doesn't give Geno time to answer before he puts his hand on his shoulder and teleports them outside the hospital.  

His eye glows.  "He's a fucking god Error. He doesn't depend on anything but himself and fucking coffee."
 
" That's a lie, and you fucking know it. With his amulet, he is as normal as a regular skeleton. He chose to live that way, for you! For his family! For everyone he cares about! I fucking called you at three am because instead of being relieved that I saved him, he thought it was you.... had hoped it was you that saved him! "  Error growls at Geno and grabs his scarf by his neck.  "He is weak because he loves you enough to be!" 

He stumbles before regaining his balance.  "He is weak. For more reasons than one however. If he can't protect himself when he has his amulet on, how can I trust him to protect our fucking children.  Goth  is a better fighter than he is and he's only 10! Not to mention how he comes in late at night. The kids used to cry because their dad wasn't home to say goodnight to them! And nowadays he's always shying away from them, looking like he thinks they'll fucking hurt him!"
 
"Geno, don't take this path. I would know, I was you! Did you even ask him why? No, you probably didn't, because I never did! He has gotten weaker because he doesn't reap like he should! He's done it before! By wearing the amulet, he prevents himself from gaining magic from his reaping! That's how he survives! But without that magic, he's sick! He may actually die!"   Error shouts at Geno before letting him go and turning away .  "I...in my timeline, I had him once.... he tried so hard to be what I wanted, to be weak enough for us to have children. It never worked.... it ended before the new soul even formed. Geno, he has given so much up. He depends on you to remind him that everything was worth it!"  

He snorts.  "That's his own fault then. And don't come at me with the 'I would know, I was you!' shit, I fucking know that. He hasn't given up anything. We still live with his brother, in his house. And why do you expect me to know where he is every moment of the day or night? Because I can't. I'm not sure why he left."  He starts fidgeting with the hem of his sweater worriedly.  

" You don't know because you never ask. He left to keep you safe. He's always keeping you safe. I know because I actually asked. You think that you can cheat death without backlash? There are things out there much worse than Reaper and his brother...... from another timeline .....  Another reaper, and he won't stop until he reaps you and the children you have made since you were meant to die." Error sighs and starts pacing.  "Look at you. I can only do so much while Reaper is hurt, and he's hurt badly. You need to be ready for this other reaper because he has no love for you or the kids." 

"If he really is Reaper, he'll be so weak that I can easily protect myself and the kids. And that's if there even is another reaper out there that isn't Reaper or Respite." 

" This one isn't weak. He never felt love, he never had a brother to ease his duty. He holds more power than you reaper....is your reaper if he had been born the way he was meant to be. A cold,  souless  creature. He killed his whole timeline for the power. Do you not understand ?"
 
" So  he is essentially Dust but with the power of a Reaper. Okay. I've beaten Reaper when he was at full power. I can beat your so called 'reaper'."
 
Error sighs.  " You can't even beat me. This reaper is stronger than even I. " 

"If he's anything like Reaper, he'll be weak. Reaper was weak at full power, now he's weak enough to be beaten by a fucking human. If this reaper comes to find me, he'll have bitten off more than he can chew."
 
Error shakes his head at Geno sadly . " Our Reaper is weak at full power because his power is shared between him and Papyrus. This dust Reaper.... he shares with no one,  no one  Geno. Get your head out of your damn overblown ego and listen to me! This Duster, he practically had Reaper  dust  when he was attacked by humans! How long ago did Reaper leave home?"  
Error grabs Geno's hand, stopping him from messing with his sweater, forcing him to look him in the face.   " This is important, Geno! I need to know how long he's been gone this time! Last time he fought Duster for  three days before he retreated!"  

"He was there when we went to bed around ten. I don't know when he left." 

Error lets Geno go, starting to glitch and fizz out.  " Not even a day this time...... Duster is getting stronger .....  soon, not even Reaps and I will be able to keep him back..." 

"Stop being dramatic.  Let's  just go inside and try to be civil. Raven's probably wondering where we are."  Geno turns around and walks back inside the hospital. 

Error nods . " I. ..I'm  sorry for shoving you like that....I. ..I'm  scared Geno...I haven't been for a long time."   He   says and heads back inside.  

Geno sighs.  "There's no reason to be scared. You don't even know the full extent of what happened to Reaper, or what happened before the human found him."
 
" His ribs and wings are trashed. The human made it worse...... some of the worst broken were already turning to dust when I helped get his robe off for the doctor to help him. " 

"That's not what I meant- But alright. That's all stuff that'll heal in time anyways. He'll just have to be more careful."

A/N: Sorry bout the wait y'all. I'm posting this on Ao3 first, and I forgot I had gotten a third chapter out.