Nix paced nervously in his bedroom.

" Fuck, this is gonna be hard to get out of...," he muttered, trying to formulate a plan in his head.

" ...maybe if I disguise myself and threaten them to leave.... But they know our hideout now....looks like we need to move..."

Making his decision, Nix put up his Nightmare illusion and headed outside his room.
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Cross was true to his word when he said he would give the Star Sanses a head start. He alerted the others, and after 10 minutes they went out to find the trio.

Ink dashed into a corridor, but was instantly caught by a trap of blue strings.

" Eep!"

Error came around the corner. " Lo_oks like I caug-ht a l-little p_est in my w_eb," he chuckled, and alerted the others that he caught "the rainbow bastard".

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Blueberry somehow ended up on top of a chandelier, right below Dust. Ironically, the chandelier was quite dusty, and Blue, despite being a skeleton, had very bad allergies, and dust was one that would trigger a sneezing fit.

Dust knew Blue was up there, but played dumb for his own entertainment. He stayed in the room directly below the chandelier, waiting for Blue to sneeze. He particularly liked Blue because Blue was much more understanding and open-minded, unlike his two team mates.

Blue was profusely sweating, trying to hold back a sneeze, and noticed that a sweat drop was about to fall.

Not caring if he got caught at this point, he sneezed and fell from the chandelier, and Dust caught him in his arms.

" Mweh..(sniff) heh heh...looks like I got caught...," Blue said, and Dust smirked. " Heh, well, you are gonna have ta stay with me till we find the other two.," he replied, making Blue blush.

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Dream was...well...hiding in a random room he teleported to. A closet, to be exact. He sensed raw emotion in the room, and heard someone talking, but cannot recognize the voice. Steeling himself with courage, he peeked through the gap, and saw his 'corrupted' brother. He moved backwards, and teleported immediately out of the vicinity.

Nix felt his brother's presence, and silently thanked his lucky stars was in his "corrupt" form at the moment. "Jeez, too close for comfort...," he said, and went towards the main common area.

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"Let us go!," Ink yelled, and tried his best to struggle through Error's blue strings, and Blue yelped. "Ink, quite struggling! Your brush is poking my ribs!," Blue complained, and Cross came in, holding a disgruntled Dream. " Okay you three idiots," Cross said, and the trio went silent. 

" How the hell did you find this pla-"

"Do you think Night'll let us eat them?," Horror interrupted

Cross looked at Horror with a 'Dude, What The Hell' look. Killer facepalmed. "What?," Horror said, completely oblivious.

"You... You ruined the moment, dude.," Cross said, pinching his nose bridge.

  " I did?," Horror said, and Dust slapped him upside the head. "Idiot...," Dust mumbled, and looked back at the Star Sanses, who were trying to hide their amusement. 

" Oi, whatchu smirking at, aye?," Killer said, and Blue started laughing. "Mweh! Sorry, it's just that all of you are supposedly the most feared monsters in the Multiverse, and you guys are acting very dorky!," he said, and Dream and Ink glared at the young guardian. " Mwhat? it's true!," he said, and was bonked on the head by Error. " Ho_stages d-don't spe_ak.," he said, and Blue pouted. 

A negative presence filled the room as Nightmare walked in. "Senp- er, Nightmare, sir! We have successfully captured the three intruders.," Cross said. "Cross, any idea how they found the place?," he said, trying to resist the urge to free Dream. He may be "evil" but that stupid ball of happy was still his brother.

" No, sir, we were, uh, sidetracked.," Cross said, glancing over at Horror. Horror tilted his head. "What?, I'm hungry, and we didn't finish breakfast."

Nightmare looked shocked. "Why didn't you all eat breakfast!? Now it's gonna get cold!. Ugh, When this blows over, I'm making a large lunch...," he scolded. Everyone in the room was shocked. Nightmare... CARING? 

Dream suddenly realized that Nightmare was shapeshifting, so he tested his suspicion. "Brother, do you remember the nickname I called you when we were kids?," he said, looking as if he was reminiscing. 

Nightmare looked horrified. 'HE FUCKIN KNOWS ABORT MISSION CODE RED,' his brain screamed, and he looked like he was having a crisis. Cross looked over at Nightmare. " Um, sir? are you okay?" "Huh? Oh, yep, just peachy!," he said, nervously smiling. "Brothe-MMPH!," Dream was gagged with a nearby sock by Error. " Lik-e-e I sa_id b3fore, host-ost-age_s don't speak!," he said, a bit irritated. 

Dust looked at Nightmare. " Um... you sure? cause you're smiling in a non maniacal manner...," he said. Now, Dust was a smart monster, he connected the pieces. He suddenly smirked. "Whatever... Anyways, where's the angry runt? He should've been here.," he said, and Nightmare looked at him. " He's, uh, hiding...," he said as dismissively as possible. 

"...But you said you were on a mission.," Dust said. Nightmare sweated nervously. " We have hostages, we need to get answers from them!," he said, his voice cracking a little. Killer looked at him, shocked. "No fuckin' way...," he muttered, as he, too, had a moment of realization.

Ink coughed. 

" Um, are ya gonna let us go? Cause I'd realllly hate to be in the middle of your "family crisis"," he said, and Blue looked at Ink. " Aw, c'mon! It was getting to the good part!," he hissed, jabbing ink with his elbow. Dream, who managed to spit out the sock, was looking at Nightmare. 

"Fun fact! did you know my brother is capable of shapeshifting?," he blurted out. 

Nightmare ran out in terror. 

//A/N: Act V:  That Stupid Ball Of Happy Ruins Fucking Everything//