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---Cross' POV----

"We're so dead. We're so fucking dead." Reaper hissed, glaring up at the ceiling as he sat down.

It had now got to the point where if the tallest people -Nightmare and Reaper- stood up, their heads would be brushing against the slowly lowering ceiling.

"This is your fault Cross!" He growled, his eyes narrowing as pointed an accusing finger at me. "Are you secretly working for X?!"

"Don't be retarded, Reaper." Nightmare hissed, wrapping his arms and tentacles around me protectively. "X killed his fucking child, why would he work for him?! You need to shut up and calm down."

Reaper flinched, looking to the side. "We can't trust anyone anymore..."

"Oh you don't say." Dream muttered, rolling his eyes as he cupped his little ball of flames in his hands. "Maybe you're still possessed. Maybe Cross is working for X. Maybe I've been paid to kill all of you. Maybe Gradient planned this from the very beginning. Maybe Geno has been plotting this all along. We don't know who to trust. There are far too many possibilities for why this is happening, so don't bother making accusations. People will fire other ones right back at you."

We all glanced over at Dream, taking in his tired and slightly irritated expression, nodding. He does have an extremely valid point.

A sudden clunk from above caused us all to jolt and look up, our eyes widening in alarm as we saw how much the ceiling had just dropped. Now, even when sitting down, the bloodstained surface of the ceiling was only a few good centimetres away from the top of our heads.

"Is this the part where we start panicking full on?" Horror asked, pulling Lust closer to him as he eyed up our surroundings.

"No..." Error muttered weakly, leaning against Ink. "This is the part where we start accepting death..."

"Y-You're just gonna give up?!" Lust stuttered, his eyes wide with disbelief. "J-Just like that?!"

"Pretty much..." Error mumbled.

"What about Pj and Gradient?!" Nightmare hissed, glaring at him. "You're just gonna die without even fighting for them?!"

He flinched, but didn't answer, simply closing his eyes.

"Well I'm not dying like this." Nightmare muttered, suddenly nudging me off of his lap, his tentacles uncurling from around me. "We've got to try something else."

"We've tried everything..." Dust whispered dryly. "The only way out is that door over there...but like Cross said earlier, it can only be opened from the outside..."

Nightmare blinked rapidly, tilting his head to the side slightly as if he'd heard something we hadn't.

"Nighty?" I looked up at him, frowning slightly. "Are you okay?"

He ignored me completely, suddenly starting to make his way over to the closed door.

"Where's Nightmare going?" Killer asked, narrowing his eyes as he watched him slide next to the door, pressing the side of his head against it.

"Everyone shut up!" Nightmare hissed, narrowing his eye as he stayed pressed against the door, his tentacles twitching slightly.

And that's when we heard it. Faint, frantic voices from outside the door.

"KIDS?!"

---Incubux's POV----

"Hurry up!" I muttered, nudging Noah and Moonlight forwards as we practically ran down the corridors, listening out for the Nerds shouted directions.

"They should be down the next staircase to the left!"

I narrowed my eyes, skidding round the next corner as it came into view. The stairs did take me by surprise, despite the warning I got, and I practically fell down them, almost dragging Eph, NiXss, Noah and Moonlight along with me.

"Careful!" Someone yelled behind us, running down the stairs after.

I ignored them, scrambling over to the big iron door at the end of the small box-like room I'd ran into. "W-We need to get them out!"

The others all crowed around the door, looking around frantically. "Th-There must be some sort of control panel! Wh-Where is it?!"

I pressed myself against the door, jolting as I heard someone yell suddenly.

"KIDS?!"

Immediately we went in a frenzy, panicked and frantic. "Th-They're in here! We need to get them out!"

Sci slipped in next to us, looking around. "Th-There should be a button in here somewhere, I-It should be quite obvious. Th-That or a lever."

I looked around, scanning across the ceiling and upper parts of the walls as the others immediately started feeling around for a button or switch on the lower half.

"H-How much longer do you think they'll have?" Gradient asked, glancing over a Sci quickly as he felt across the oddly sticky walls.

"T-Two minutes maximum." He stuttered, his eyes wide with fear as he helped us search.

"Two minutes?!"

A sudden metallic screech rang out inside the dungeon room our parents were in, and soon after a few frantic and panicked yells rang out.

"Where's that bloody switch?!" I hissed, looking around frantically as I tried to ignore the terrified yells of all our parents.

One more lowering of the ceiling and they'll most likely be crushed before we can get to them.

"I-It's got to be somewhere around here!" Sci stuttered, running back up the stairs I had nearly fell down. "K-Keep looking!"

Something tugged at my ankle, but I ignored it, growling softly as I scanned over the walls for the umpteenth time.

Upon feeling the tug again, I hissed, looking down. "What?!"

Eph blinked innocently, looking up at me with those big eyes of his, not saying anything.

"Oh, sorry. Look I know you want attention, but our parents are gonna die if we don't look, so please don't distract me."

I went to move away, but he gripped onto my ankle weakly, glaring up at me. Now I must say, for a kid so young, he's already got a pretty stern glare. "...What?"

He let out a weak huffing sound before pointing at something, his expression one of unamusement.

I blinked, looking over at where he was pointing.

A button.

"Oh shit--" I immediately lunged forwards, slamming my hand down onto the button without thinking before stumbling back and scooping Eph into my arms.

A sudden rumbling round rang out, and then the previously sealed shut iron door slowly started opening, rising up.

As soon as that happened a figure rolled through the small gap, grunting as they immediately reached back, dragging someone else out with them.

That's when I realised. "Dad?!"

Nightmare groaned, hugging Cross to his chest. He glanced at me briefly before looking back through the small exit where the silhouettes of the others could be seen. "HURRY!"

We all stumbled back, watching as the figures of Killer and Dream stumbled through, practically having to crawl because of how low the ceiling currently was for them.

Nightmare rolled to his feet, gently nudging Cross over to us before crouching down next to the exit and reaching a tentacle in, wrapping it around the first desperate team member it felt. "Everyone back up!"

A yelp was heard from inside, and a few seconds a terrified looking Lust was dragged out, his eyes wide with fear.

Nightmare dropped him on the floor as soon as he was out of the crushing zone before sticking his tentacle back inside the slowly thinning gap and grabbing someone else.

A few seconds later, the shaking figure of Dust was also pulled out, Blue soon following.

"Wh-Where's Horror?!" Lust cried, panicking massively as he stumbled to his feet, his legs shaky.

"Right here." Nightmare muttered, grunting as he dragged out Horror and flung him onto his lover.

A metallic screech rang out again, and the already tiny gap between the floor and ceiling in that room became practically non-existent, drawing out a few screams and yells from the others still left inside.

"HELP!" They yelled, clearly finding it harder to get anywhere with the ceiling pressing down on them.

"Grab onto each other!" Nightmare ordered, shifting back slightly as he dragged out the bedraggled figures of Geno and Reaper.

"Only three left!" Sci called, watching with a mix of fear and fascination as Nightmare dragged out Ink and Error.

"Wh-Where's Fresh?!" Pj yelled, watching fearfully.

"Give me a second kid!" Nightmare hissed, blinking rapidly as his tentacle gripped onto something. "Here we go."

A screech rang out from inside and Fresh was yanked out, the ceiling slamming down on the floor seconds after.

Pj ran over, quickly pulling him to his feet and hugging him. "O-Oh God are you okay?!"

"Y-Yeah..." Fresh mumbled, hugging back.

I snorted, loving the fact that Pj seemed more worried about Fresh's wellbeing than his own parents.

Turning, I leaned down, helping Nightmare to his feet, who in return, helped Cross up. The two hugged each other tightly before pulling us in as well, sighing shakily in relief.

"S-So no one's died?" Cross asked, looking over all of us.

"No..." I muttered, smiling weakly.

"Yet." Someone called out shakily. "No one's died, yet."

We all looked over, blinking as we watched Sci nervously back up the staircase, Fell by his side.

Instantly Nightmare narrowed his eye, an impressively loud growl escaping him. "You."

Sci gulped, scrambling up the last of the stairs in a panic.

"D-Dad?" I poked Nightmare, not understanding what had happened.

Cross brushed my hand away, shaking his head as he let Nightmare wriggle out of our group hug. "He's the one that...the one that experimented on him..."

I froze up, looking back at the stairs. But he was already gone.

"Come on guys." Nightmare growled, grabbing onto Cross' hand before marching up the stairs after Sci, the rest of us close behind.

We started at a walk, but ended up running down the corridors. None of us want to stay in here any longer than we have to.

At one point we skidded around a corner, ending up in the same big hall we started in. The one where X first threw all the parents away.

Sci and Fell were stood in the middle, both of them freezing up as we walked in.

"No way-- TOOTHY?!" Dust screeched, running over. "We thought you died!"

'Toothy' winced, rubbing the back of his neck. "Heh, almost. I lost my legs, so now I'm stuck with these prosthetic things."

"They look cool though." Dust complimented, looking down at the metal bottom half to Fell's legs.

A sudden strangled squeak to my right made me turn around in time to see Nightmare suddenly lash out a tentacle and wrap it around Sci's neck before yanking him over.

"H-Hey! L-Let me go!" Sci gasped, kicking and struggling as Nightmare tightened the tentacles hold.

"Oh I don't think so." Nightmare hissed, stepping closer to him. "I could kill you right now for what you've done to me!"

Sci went to choke out an answer, but a sudden additional presence suddenly appeared in the room, and we all whipped around, our eyes wide with fear as the unmistakable figure of X appeared.

He grinned, tilting his head to the side with a sickening crack. "Oh my~ Dinner's finally here~"

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