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[Dream pov]
They were sat on a bench in a park in the Omega Timeline, They were under the shadow of a tree, Dream could sense Blue’s emotions and could tell he was in pain, “Blue be honest with me are you hurt?” Dream needed to know, “Dream I’m fine, I just have a burning sensation where I got stabbed” Blue responded, “Blue be honest with me” Dream repeated, “Dream, I’m fin-“ “Blue do you know how close that knife was to your soul?!” Dream exclaimed cutting him off, Blue stayed silent, he could feel he was trying to block his emotions from Dream.
“Where’s Ink?” Blue asked breaking the silence, “Blue you just got stabbed half way to death, If I wasn’t there you could’ve died, Can you pleas-“ “Where’s Ink, Dream?” Blue cut him off, Dream sighed before he responded “Try not to panic, But he’s missing.”
“..What? How can he be missing, He can travel across Au’s, The Doodle Sphere allows him to go to any Au he pleases.” Blue said puzzled “And that’s the thing, When we were fighting Nightmare and his gang, he just disappeared and we tried to look, We checked the Doodle Sphere first but we need Ink to allow us to enter it, But even then me and Core tried to open a portal to it but it’s locked for some reason. Core frisk also tried to check for his code but it was like he was wiped off the multiverse without a trace.” Dream said.
They stayed quiet for a bit before Blue asked “What if they took him?”, “They didn’t we left before them Blue.” Dream responded, he knew Blue well, Well enough to know he’d keep trying even though he’s so obviously tired, and Dream was too tired to help neither him or Ink, What a guardian of positivity.
“What if he’s in the anti-void?” Blue queried “If he was he would have left, And even then nobody knows the anti-void other than Error, Blue believe me we tried everything we could do.” Dream could sense Blue’s emotion slowly turn more negative before he bloomed of hope, A faint smile appearing on his face no matter the circumstances, Dream will always wonder how he deserves a friend like that. “I’m sure he just forgot, I mean you know how Ink is, Who knows mayb-“ Blue was cut off by Core Frisk “Dream we have to go, another council meeting.” They said, Dream could sense a small tinge of despair.
“Yeah I’ll be right there” Dream said with a smile hoping to raise some hope, “I’m just gonna call Color to come and get you Blue, Do you mind staying on your own for a bit?” Dream asked “Yeah of course, you should go, don’t want to be late.” Blue responded.
Dream got up and followed Core Frisk into a portal leading to the Omega Timeline Council, They arrived right outside the glass doors, Two guards opened the doors for them four other guards stationed at the front entrance.
When they arrived at the wooden door that unlocks to the council Dream couldn’t help but wonder, Why was there more guards than usual at the entrance? And not just the entrance, they were everywhere.
From since he entered he had counted 61 pairs, the doors to the meeting room were opened distracting him from his thoughts , from the peek he could see he saw that he was the last one to arrive, even Graph Muffet came earlier than him.
Dream wasn’t an official council member, more of an honorary one, he didn’t have the time to go to all council meetings which is exactly why he is not an official member.
He got settled into his seat near the corner of the room next to Graph Muffet, “So we should discuss our main problem other than the negativity and Nightmare’s gang” Fell Gaster said “The corruption?” Emperor Undyne asked, “Yes it has destroyed 2 Au’s other than Flowerfell, Mafiatale with no survivors remaining, and Zephyrtale with only a Gaster remaining, all the Gaster blasters gone, But there’s a.. slight issue with the Gaster” Geod Alphys replied
“Which is?” King Asgore said expecting an answer, “He’s gone slightly insane.” Geod Alphys responded, “I think you mean completely and utterly insane” Graph Muffet muttered under her breath which Dream barely managed to hear, and from the others faces he was probably the only one to hear, and well she clearly wanted to be here.
“Well do we know anything else about the corruption?” Core frisk questioned. “Well, According to the statistics if the corruption keeps continuing on the rate it’s spreading then in a year, maximum, We will all be dead.” Graph Muffet said, “We also know that it develops in their soul till it becomes one with them, when it festers in the soul long enough and starts to get power hungry, it will disassemble the soul, Piece by piece. Till it is gone” Fell Gaster added.
Dream wasn’t enthusiastic for them to be experimenting on this corruption from what he has heard so far, but he can’t deny it is useful to know something if you ever need it.
All he does want to know is how to stop it, And how it starts forming in Au’s, If they figure that out they can stop it.
“The meeting is over” King Asgore said distracting him from his thoughts, that was a fast meeting.
When Dream was getting up to leave Caretaker Toriel approached him “Hello Dream, Can I talk to you?” She asked, “Yeah of course.” Dream responded, “Follow me.”
She lead him into another room of the council building, “How is Blue doing?” She questioned. “Don’t worry, he has woken up, and is still the same Blue you know.” Dream answered, She looked more at ease with that answer.
“Alright, If you need anything, anything at all, you can ask.” She said not wanting to push Dream for answers, She will always be a council member Dream will respect.
[blue pov]
Blue watched Dream disappear into the portal He wasn't used to being alone, especially not in the Omega Timeline but Dream needed to attend the council meeting, and Blue needed some air. Besides, He could see Color on the horizon so he wasn’t going to be alone for much longer.
“Hey Blue” Color said, Blue responding back with a wave, “You feeling any better?” He questioned “Yeah I feel much better” He responded which wasn’t really a lie even though everything still hurt.
Color sat down next to him and they stayed in silence for 2 minutes before he asked “Wanna get some food? I heard there’s a new cafe which is a Chain cafe of Ccinos”
Blue was getting hungry, Only downside is he didn’t really want to move. But he reluctantly agreed.
They wandered down the bustling streets of the Omega Timeline, the glow of neon signs casting shadows on their faces. They ended up at a cozy little cafe tucked away in a quiet corner, the smell freshly baked bread and steaming coffee drawing him in.
Inside, the cafe was warm and inviting, its walls adorned with quirky artwork and mismatched furniture. As they settled into a booth, a sleek brown cat with a red ribbon sauntered over, brushing against Blue's leg with a purr. Blue pushed back the urge of wincing, he kneeled over scratching the cat behind its ears.”I see you’ve met Tedd” Said the waitress which was a Muffet, “should be careful with him, mischievous fella dropped a coffee mug just an hour ago” She added.
They ordered their food, and ate in silence. After finishing their food, they thanked the waitress and headed back to the hospital. The sterile white walls and hushed whispers brought him back to the harsh reality of their situation. But as they entered Blue's room, blue sat on his bed, a familiar figure knocked on the door, "Doctor Toriel," Blue greeted, a weak smile spreading across his face.
"Blue, how are you feeling?" she asked,
Blue shrugged, the pain in his side still lingering. "I'm alright, Doctor. Just...tired."
Toriel gave him a knowing smile. "Resting is all you need right now”She said before leaving back into the hall.
“Alright well I should probably go now too.” Color said, “You should get some rest” He added before heading off in the same direction, after that day one question still remained on Blue’s mind. Where was ink?
[Dust POV]
The sound of footsteps filled the hallway as Dust walked the hallway “Sans did you not see how he was acting with killer?” Asked the ghost of Papyrus “i know paps i’ll keep an eye on him.” He responded shoving his hands in his pockets.
A voice rang out in the hallway “Dust!” Cross said approaching him “Boss said to go to his office” Dust paused “For what?” He asked “I’m not sure he told me to come and call you after your fight with Killer.” Dust sighed “alright let’s go”
Cross and Dust were walking along side each other, “Hey dude what do you think Nightmare wants us for?” Cross asked trying to start a conversation, Dust simply shrugged “uh- a little pissed off huh?” Cross got no response, He awkwardly laughed “aha oh look we reached the office greattt!” Cross forced a smile.
Cross opened the door and it held for him, Dust quietly thanked him and walked in, Cross following behind him, Nightmare looked up from his desk “Took you long enough, i heard our supplies were getting low needed you both to go on a supply mission.” Dust scowled he was already pissed off by Killer and now he needed to go on a mission? well he guessed it could clear his mind off of things and help him get as far away from Killer as possible so he wasn’t going to complain.
“Alright but what do we get?” Cross asked “Whatever you need.” Nightmare responded “Yes but what is it that we ne-“ “ Ask Horror, Not me.” Nightmare said angrily, Cross looked taken aback, he was not expecting that neither was Dust. “Sorry boss.” Cross apologized “you can leave now” Nightmare said. Cross rushed out and Dust followed.
Dust narrowed his eyes what was wrong with their boss?
They were walking in silence for the rest of the way, when they finally reached the kitchen they saw Horror “Hey you need something?” He asked turning around “Yeah what are we low on? We need to go on a supply run.” Cross said “Oh yeah i can give you a list if you need?” “Yes please.” Cross answered, Dust didn’t pay much attention to their conversation after that.
Paps was loud, too loud he kept complaining about Nightmare “Sans something is definitely wrong with him! you know you could just- “ Dust got pulled out of thoughts by Cross yelling his name “Finally, come on we got the list let’s go.” He slashed his dagger a faint purple light following, it opened a portal to what seemed to be.. markettale?
“Alright” Cross pulled his hood over his head after covering his scar then held the portal open for Dust, Following him after he entered.
They arrived at an alleyway, they scoured their surroundings as well as they could, “I’m Gyre, your Vortex” Cross informed him which Dust replied to with a nod before heading off.
They walked the busy street till they
reached a grocery store “Okay so this is the list we get what we need and we get out, Easy enough, should be no problem!” Cross said he sounded like he was trying to convince himself, Dust didn’t pay no mind, reading the list he went to look for everything they needed Cross grabbed a trolley and followed behind him,
They soon got everything they had wanted and payed, the worker stared at them a bit before giving them the stuff they paid for.
“Alright there’s an empty alleyway over there let’s go and portal away so we won’t be noticed.” Cross said “Geez it’s busy today.” Dust mumbled, They walked through the crowd until Dust bumped into somebody and dropped the bags “ Funk” he said grabbing the bags, he paused, he tried to swear again, “Hold on, Funk” his eyes widened he grabbed Cross and dragged him into the alleyway “Quickly! Someone’s following us.” He whispered.
They turned around the corner of the alleyway they were heading to, Just to get blocked, there stood in front of them. The one and only, Fresh. Oh they were so screwed.