Part 2 of this chapter will be shorter, and will mostly handle the fallout of the ending of this chapter.

*A few months later*

Ink opens a portal to empty space, making the empty AU visible to all, including a certain Destroyer. Color and Dream follow close behind the Creator, their army of Sansi, many forgettable faces. Mob Sans and a few other kinda recognized ones appear, but Color, Dream, and Ink are the majorly known Sans faces.

~Meanwhile~

Dance and Reaper walk into the collapsing AU, Geno and Fresh meeting them. Reaper snaps his fingers, the army of Sansi walking through.

"Geno, you can still be spared, if you become mine and denounce that destroyer and parasite scum!" Geno holds up his middle finger, drawing a line in the sand where he stands. Fresh chuckles, hugging Geno, the two having an affectionate relationship, not romantic, but flirty to say the least.

Reaper shrugs.

"Let's do what we came to do."

~Meanwhile~

Honey and Outer open a portal to the world of DreamTale, leading their group slowly toward the castle.

"Our main goal is to keep Nightmare and his group distracted until Error is dead, or for as long as possible. A secondary goal is to regain Blue." Honey directs this at the Sansi, all of whom nod, understanding the goals.

~Meanwhile~

Blue grabbed a blue book, and opened it, reading the story.

"Long ago, two beings existed in opposition. Fate and Destiny. The powers to command the futures of everyone. They created the gods, the universe of Reapertale, wherein Death and Life had a relationship, despite being opposites. Fate created a being capable of creating and defending the multiverse. But when Fate and Destiny realized the creation would not stop, they argued on how to end the reign.

Destiny advocated for the being to be told he had to control himself. Fate decided to remove a Sans from a dying world, and corrupt him, turning him into a puppet to oppose and control her precious child." Blue's eyes widen.

"Ink and Error. But...who is Fate and Destiny? They seem like goddesses in control of our purposes." Blue blinks, a blue butterfly landing on the book, a soft blue light leaving the butterfly.

"Odd." Blue slowly holds his free hand up, gently touching the butterfly, who softly hums, sending vibrations through the skeleton.

"BLUE!" Blue blinks, the butterfly was gone. Nightmare rushes in.

"Pack up, we gotta get you somewhere not here." Blue nods, gathering up all the books around him, grabbing the blue-covered book last, holding it to his chest. Little did he know, a little bit of blue dust from the butterfly was left where he was.

~Meanwhile~

Error is looking through the code and stumbles upon something new. He narrows his eyes, and checks the coding, finding it to be an empty AU.

"Well, Ink's losing creativity." Error opens a portal to the universe, sighing softly.

"What kind of creator creates an empty, practically blank, AU?" Error stops, looking at Ink, Dream, and Color.

"Ink, 7h3 'Cr3470r'." Ink narrows his gaze.

"Error, one final chance! Turn from your path of destruction, and we can end this without any bloodshed." Error stiffens slightly.

Ink is show-boating. Ink has no intentions of Error leaving alive today. Ink is just making sure the other skeletons know that Ink is a 'good' person, by offering one final chance to the dangerous Destroyer. The irony is nearly enough to make Error laugh.

"I'v3 701d y0u b3f0r3, Ink. I c4n'7 570p d357r0ying un7i1 y0u 570p cr347ing." Color shifts slightly at Error's words, but Ink just sighs, pulling out his paintbrush.

"They know where we stand, then. The only way to end this war we're fighting is to kill the Destroyer."

~Meanwhile~

Lust sits safely away from the battle, Cross, Fell, and Sci all hanging with him. Lust is many things. He is open about his sexuality, and he is open about his feelings. His thoughts are another matter. The other three skeletons are hard-pressed to figure out what Lust is thinking at that.

"Guys, isn't it weird how Error phrased that? He didn't say he wouldn't/won't stop destroying. A destroyer who won't stop has a choice to stop and actively chooses to continue. Error said he couldn't/can't stop destroying, with the modifier of Ink creating. I may be nitpicky, but those in Underlust learn quickly the difference between won't fight back and can't fight back. Error making the choice to use can't instead of won't means ink may be lying about the destroyer's motivations." Cross shrugs.

"It's kinda like how I couldn't really change the X-Event or X-Tale." Lust nods.

"It's not that you didn't want to, it's that you didn't have the power to change it." Fell and Sci look at each other.

"It's not improbable to say Ink could be lying, but Error could be too."

"He feels exhausted. I can feel his tiredness from here. He's tried ending his life before." Lust rubs the scars along his inner wrists, sighing softly.

"I know too well that kind of feeling." Fell rubs his wrists too, wincing slightly.

"S...so...he's uh...got problems too. What does that mean? That he's all good and Ink is evil?"

"No..." Lust looks at air thoughtfully.

"It means there's a gray area we aren't seeing right now." A blue butterfly flutters right in front of the four of them, landing on Lust's head.

"You are awakening, seeing my child for his true self, and seeing how complicated this life really is. But do you know what he has struggled through? No...nobody will ever even take the time to understand him...except for the one clad in blue." Lust looks at the other three skeletons with him, all with widening pupils, meaning they're hearing this too.

~Meanwhile~

Error stumbles to his feet, his blue strings laying limply on the white snow around him. Ink stands triumphantly.

"I beat you Error! I beat you! Now you're going to die! And nobody else will ever have a consequence for your actions! You're the devil of our stories! And everyone would be better off with you dead!" Error smiles, slowly chuckling, building up to a burst of maniacal laughter. Error wipes his tears away, smiling. Ink looks at the other Sansi, all of whom look worried.

"What are you all doing?! Summon your blasters, fire at him on my command." Every Sans there summons blasters, creating a massive ring of death around Error. Error looks at the Sansi, his face dropping any happiness.

"It's weird. You all accept Death, the opposite of Life, yet...none of you accept that just as Death is needed to balance Life, Destruction is needed to balance Creation..." Error closes his eyes and the beams all come down on him.

~Meanwhile~

Cross looks at Lust, the latter's pupils shrinking, Error's 'final' sentence confirming Lust's thinking that Error wasn't all evil and Ink wasn't helping the guy. Cross looks away from the beams, knowing no regular monster could survive that kind of Damage.

Laughter pulls Cross's gaze back to the battle, surprise or shock covering the faces of all the Sansi present.

~Meanwhile~

Error shakily gets to his feet, fingers and toes dusting, his body practically falling apart, but...but...

*But It Refused.

Error looks around at the Sansi, Ink's face showing complete shock. Error's body starts shaking and doesn't stop. He's laughing harder and harder, the sound breaking Ink out of his shock.

"HOW ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?!" Error shrugs.

"If I knew...I wouldn't wish this curse on anyone...not even you, Ink." Error straightens, dropping his laughter.

"If you all want me dead that bad, I'll guarantee it for you." A portal opens below Error. The destination of this portal is different from any universe. This portal leads straight to the Void, a place all assume leads only to death. Error drops into the portal, falling through, the portal closing behind him.