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---Dust's POV----

We watched as Horror flung his axe at the strange bleeding figure that was holding Nightmare up in the air with magic.

Horror's axe sunk deep into their shoulder and they let out an ear splitting screech before releasing Nightmare and disappearing into thin air.

We immediately all rushed over, I ran over to Nightmare while Horror and Lust dropped down next to Cross, who was collapsed on the floor by the stairs, struggling and failing to get to his feet so that he could get to Nightmare.

I crouched down next to Nightmare, watching as his chest rose and fell slowly, the blood seeping from his wounds staining his clothes and the rug he was collapsed on.

A few hushed protests from my right caused me to turn in time to see Cross lurch to his feet and stumble over before collapsing to his knees next to me.

"N-Nighty?" He whispered, gripping onto his hand tightly.

Nightmare let out a faint groan in response, squeezing his hand back weakly.

I glanced over at the mystery masked kid that had lead us here, explaining on the way about our situation with the monster that Horror had axed in the shoulder. Actually, now that I think about it. That guy Horror had hit looked exactly like the guy that I'd found in the forest. The one that spoke those chilling words...

The kid that had brought us here was looking over the current scene quietly, an emotionless expression on his face. "Looks like we got here just in time..."

I nodded, watching as Cross managed to haul Nightmares half conscious body onto one of the sofas before collapsing next to him, shifting so that Nightmare's head rested on his lap as he groaned weakly, his eye fluttering open.

I pulled Blue and Sprinkle out of their hiding space behind some sofas and sat down on a different one, pulling Blue on my lap while sprinkle eyed up Desire who was now sat down next to Horror and Lust on another of this living rooms many sofas.

Sitting down here reminded me so much of all those years ago when the whole gang had fled fled to escape the police. Back to the times where our lives were full of countless peril and adventure. I kind of miss those days actually...

The masked kid stayed standing, looking around with a confused expression on his face. "Where are the kids...?"

No sooner than he had said that a gasp came from the stairs and we all looked up to see three kids crowded at the top.

"Dad?!" They cried before stumbling down the stairs to the sofa that Cross and the still barely conscious Nightmare were on.

The oldest of the two had what looked like red lines running down his cheeks. He wore a big fluffy hoodie and shorts. Also he seemed to have one black wispy tentacle that curled from his back.

Another one, looked a lot like Nightmare's passive form, but had Cross' scar and mismatched eyes. One blue, one purple.

The final one looked a bit like Cross, with an X scar on his cheek instead of a zigzag one.

They all crowed around Cross and Nightmare, visibly worried. "I-Is dad okay?"

Cross stroked the top of Nightmare's skull softly, nodding. "He's fine...don't worry...he just fought off that bad guy..."

They all flopped down on the sofa next to the one Cross and Nightmare were on before looking over us warily. "Who are they?"

"They're from their old gang." A voice said, making us look up at the stairs again.

Stood at the top was an older looking kid, holding a child in his arms. They were the only black boned one, and had mismatched eyes as well. One red, one blue.

The child in his arms looked white boned like the rest, and had two white tentacles that hung limply from his back.

They joined the other three on the sofa as Horror let out a whistle, glancing at Cross. "Five kids? Really?"

Cross glared at him. "Blame Nightmare!"

Nightmare smirked from his position, resting his head on Cross' lap as he chuckled softly. "It's just as much your fault Crossy~"

"Shut up..." He mumbled, petting the goopy octopus softly.

"Nah." Nightmare said, groaning loudly as he pushed himself up, ignoring Cross' protests. He visibly winced, glancing down at his bleeding side, but ignored it after, simply pulling Cross closer to him as he looked us up and down.

"So...what are you guys doing here? I know it isn't just for a pop by...otherwise it wouldn't have taken you fifteen years to do it..."

I chuckled softly. "True. And if you want answers, ask him." I pointed at the masked kid lazily. "He's the one that dragged us here without warning. In fact, I don't believe he's explained much to me at all. He just turned up at our doorstep with Horror, Lust and their kid and then dragged us off here."

The masked kid glanced over at me before sighing and sitting down on one of the single person sofa chairs. "I've already explained this once and I can't exactly be asked to go through the whole thing all over again, so long story short...that monster that attacked you guys is after your kids. I don't know why so don't ask, but my best guess is that he needs them for energy reasons. He's been in a non-corporeal form for Horror, Lust Blue and Dust as far as I've gathered. But he came for real to you guys probably because you have the most children...so he thought he'd have a better chance at getting one..." He trailed off, sighing. "That's basically all I know..."

Cross hissed softly, looking over at the puddle of blood left by the mystery monster. "So you came here to warn us?"

I nodded. "Yeah..."

Nightmare let out an unamused laugh. "Maybe if you'd arrived a few minutes earlier we'd have had a warning."

The masked kid growled at him. "And if we'd came a few minutes later you, your boyfriend and all your kids would be dead."

Nightmare hissed loudly at him. "And who the fuck are you supposed to be?"

He looked down. "That doesn't matter."

Nightmare barked a laugh. "I was expecting that answer. Mr mystery boy. The kid who's keeping his identity secret either because you've got some shady past you don't want us knowing about or we might know you and you don't want us to."

The kid flinched looking away. "You should get your wounds healed..." He muttered, ignoring Nightmares statement completely, practically confirming it.

Cross snuggled closer to Nightmare, resting his head on his shoulder. "We'll just get Noah or Moonlight to heal him later..."

I blinked, sitting up straighter. "You're kids can heal already?"

Nightmare shrugged carelessly. "A bit, yeah."

I whistled. "Damn. How old are they?"

Nightmare reached out a tentacle and prodded the one that looked like passive him on the cheek. "This is Moonlight. He's seven. And this is Noah. He's five." He poked the other younger looking one.

They both giggled, attempting to grab onto the tentacle to no avail as Nightmare pulled it back.

"That's pretty young..." I noted. "And I thought that both of you couldn't heal anyway..."

Nightmare shook his head. "Cross can heal a little bit and I can heal pretty well. Just not like, this." He indicated to his slime and tentacles, making me laugh.

"True."

Suddenly the masked kid stood up, glancing around. "We should go...you guys should be enough to break Error out of prison and convince the others to come back with us. If we can find them that is."

Cross blinked. "Errors in prison?"

I nodded, yawning slightly. "Apparently so."

"Wow..." Nightmare muttered, leaning back as he pet Cross softly. "Didn't think he'd ever get caught."

"No one did." The masked kid growled. "So get over it. We're going back to Craitown. Now."

Blue let out a sleepy whine next to me, shaking his head. "No...I'm to...tired..."

I pulled him onto my lap, nodding as I saw that Sprinkle was already half asleep curled up on the sofa next to us. I glanced at the masked kid, sighing. "Look I know you wanna get Error out of prison. But we can't trek all the way back to Craitown now. We're all exhausted."

The kid growled before looking over at Horror, Lust and their kid.

They were all passed out asleep on a sofa, sprawled out on top of each other. It was quite cute to look at really.

The kid let out a low groan before nodding. "Fine this is how we're doing it. We'll sleep here for the night, then set out in the morning. Nightmare and Cross will stay here with the kids, seeing as Nightmare's badly wounded. And I don't want him with us anyway..." He muttered the last bit but I heard it and let out a snicker before composing myself.

"Yeah. Sounds great."

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