Into The Underverse

Chapter 4

That night, I fell asleep with some difficulty. I found myself on another platform, though this time surrounded by thousands of pieces of paper. A being floated among them, quietly doodling on another piece of paper. Ink.

I rubbed my head and tried standing up, but my soul was still a fractured mess and that translated to my body. I fell back down with an oomph.

Ink looked up from his paper and turned around, catching sight of me. "Hmm...now how did you get in here? "

I looked nervous. Ah...I can't control where I end up each time I fall asleep. Last time, it was Error's domain, and that was...unpleasant.

Ink chuckled humorlessly and let go of the paper, leaving it to float where it was. He slowly came toward me. "I can bet that wouldn't be the most...pleasant thing in the multiverse. How are you...? "

I summoned forth my soul, showing him how fractured it was. Not well...I've got 1 bar left in my health bar...Nightmare practically killed me, but something...determination, I think...kept me alive.

Ink tilted his head. "Strange...and Nightmare just left you after that? "

I nodded slowly.

Ink fiddled with his ginormous brush. "Hmm...you are quite the anomaly, aren't you? "

I chuckled nervously. Maybe...either I'm having a strange sequence of dreams where I can feel real pain, or I'm actually coming here in my sleep, and I'm really starting to think the latter is true.

Ink poked me with his brush and I winced. Careful there, or you might kill me...

"You seem real enough to me."

I guess...how are things around here? Cross/Chara causing any problems?

Ink tilted his head from side to side. "I haven't exactly heard from Cross, although I do have something I need to give Fresh..."

Ink looked around and then gave a smirk. "Maybe if I say a bad word, he'll show up! "

Uhh...maybe don't----

Just as Ink raised his hands to shout a bad word, blue strings appeared and wrapped themselves around both of Ink's hands, clasping them together and yanking him away at hyper speeds, his brush left behind to float in the Doodle Sphere.

Oh, did I mention that I was also grabbed by a bunch of blue strings and dragged away, as well? Cuz I was.

Ink had closed his eyes, but then he opened them, looking down at his hands. "Oh no..."

I shrieked in surprise upon the initial grabbing, but I was silent as we were dragged through a myriad of strings, somehow not hitting them. I could NOT afford to get hit by one at the speeds we were going. I would absolutely die.

I suddenly stopped flying at ridiculous speeds, left hanging with my arms trapped at my sides. Ink, however, flew a little farther ahead only to be gaster blasted by none other than the destructor, Error.

Error was REALLY angry as Ink landed on the ground, his hands still tied. I couldn't make out what they were saying, but Error started slinging Ink into the ground before throwing him towards more gaster blasters. Ink dodged them and then a bunch of bones that shot up from the ground, too.

Suddenly, a very stern-looking Cross appeared behind Error, startling him as Cross froze Error in place. Fresh appeared in front of Error, home-running him into a bunch of toy bombs. No, not bombs that were toys. Toys that were bombs.

Ink handed something to Fresh and then looked around, spotting me dangling in the air. He started toward me, but Cross suddenly grabbed Ink and super quickly ran toward me, dodging a TON of bone blades aimed at them. A few more shenanigans happened and Ink threw Cross through a portal, barely dodging a gaster blaster while pointing another at Error. That gaster blaster shot Error, and Ink disappeared, leaving me behind.