I held on tightly to Reaper as we traveled through the spirit realm. The screams and voices were louder than before. I thought I felt something touch me before we appeared in a hall I recognized. Reaper bangs on the door loudly. "Coming! Coming! No need to knock the door down!" The muffled voice of Medic could be heard.

  Medic opened the door opens wide. They take one look at us and are full of shock. Reaper pushed past him, with me in his arms, and leaded me to a bed. I lay down on the bed happy to finally be able to relax a bit. Some of my corruption starts to drip off of me revealing my skeleton. I had new chips, breaks, and cuts leaking my magic and corruption all over. My bitties manage to climb out next to me. Medic snapped out of it and hurried over to me. "I'll start healing her, you call everyone Reaper!" Medic exclaimed.

  "Already ahead of you Medic." Core said walking through the open door texting on a phone.

  I was really tired, but I wanted to know what I missed. "What happened after i was taken?" I asked them. Reaper was filled with grief.

  "After you were taken by Nightmare, they all retreated. Sadly the damage was done. Nightmare's army killed most of the inhabitants of the Au in such little time. Even with our forces coming to their aid, we were only able to save the gods and a small number of the mortal inhabitants. We're lucky neither Reaper or Life died. We had to move everyone here to the Omega Timeline. Reapertale is in no better condition than Dreamtale. It's now a dead Au." Core told me. I was confused about something though.

  "How did they get in and at a time that both Reaper and Fresh weren't there?" I questioned.

  "They planned a distraction. They caused chaos and killed off several Aus to draw Fresh and I in. Core's forces were fighting them off, when we figured out it was a distraction. In that time they opened up a weak point in the protections around my Au to let them in. They were probably planning to do this for a while, and Nightmare found it to be a convenient time to use it. We may have got off lucky. If Nightmare hadn't been busy trying to capture you, then it's likely that the other gods would be dead as well." Reaper explained. I was mostly clear of my corruption now.

  "That's good. I'm glad that it wasn't as bad as it could have been. It makes my week of torture more worth it." I said closing my eyesockets. I was starting to fall asleep.

  *Snap* *Snap* " Hey! Stay with me! I know you must be exhausted, but I need you to stay awake until your more stable. I don't want you dusting in your sleep with your HoPe. I need you to stay DETERMINED. Ok?" Medic told me.

  I open my eyesockets back up. "Ok. I'll do my best. It's just been a rough week. Even with Killer's lovely conversations during our torture sessions, it was hard." I told him. Everyone winced. Though Reaper was angry.

  "Next time I see Killer I'm going to show him why people fear death!" Reaper exclaimed.

  "Please don't, Daddy. Killer didn't want to torture me. He was just doing what he was ordered to. He even risked himself to help summon you so I could escape. I honestly have to thank him Bill and him for my life. I could only imagine what Corruption would do to me once he realized I wouldn't break from Killer's torture. Especially after what Killer said he did to him." I said sadly.

  "Speaking of which, what kind of deal did you make with Bill for your escape?" Reaper asked me. I was about to answer when several people came bursting into the room.

  "CaTcHeR!!!"

  They all exclaimed. I smiled and waved at them. It was Blue, Geno, Chara, Flowey, Frisk, and Life. "Hi everyone. Guess who's still kicking." I said to them. Frisk and Chara were about to jump tackle me when Medic caught them by the back of their cloths.

  "I don't thinks so. Catcher is in no condition for your roughhousing. I get you missed her, but she's been severely injured. For now, I need you all to to give her some space." Medic stated, setting them back down. The two crossed their arms and pouted.

  Life walked over to us. "Would you like my assistant Medic, I'm sure my healing magic would be useful to Catcher's recovery." Life asked Medic.

  "Sure. Just let me close the curtains around the bed for some privacy. We're going to need to get them out of their cloths to heal everything." Medic said.

  "Thank you. It would be a bit awkward for me to be naked in front of everyone." I said.

  "It is no problem dear. We will respect your decency. That means all of you need to give us space to work. I understand everyone is concerned for Catcher's health, but we need her to not be overwhelmed. Understand." Life said. They all nodded rapidly at her threatening tone.

  So everyone got comfortable while Life and Medic patch and heal the bitties and I up. They connect me to a healing magic IV. Once I'm pretty much wrapped up like a mummy I hear a *Fresh poof*. Then the cries of fear. Something comes scurrying through the curtains and hopped on the bed. I look to see it's Furby #149. The bitties and Medic back away a bit. The bitties know that as long as I'm here they were safe, but the Furby had made it a habit to go after and try to eat them when I wasn't around. Said Furby cuddles into my side. Fresh pulled the curtains to the side. "Sup Catcher dudette? How you doin' after escaping the totes unrad prison?" Fresh asked me. Life quickly covered me up to my neck with the sheets.

  "Fresh! I understand you just got here, but you can't just come barging in through the curtains! Your lucky we finished wrapping her up or she would have been completely naked!" Life ranted at him. Fresh looked throughly chatized.

  "Sorry Life, I just have a few presents for the little dudette." Fresh said.

  "Oh Funkle Fresh, you didn't have to do that. I'm just happy to be back with everyone." I told him.

  "Nah, Nah. Gotta give you a get-well gift." Fresh said crossing their arms.

  "WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT! I HAVE DISHONORED MYSELF! I'LL BE BACK!" Blue said and ran out. Everyone shook their heads at Blue's antics.

  "If it's a get-well gift, I guess I can't refuse. What'd you get me?" I said. Fresh pulls a large multicolored bag out of thin air.

  I carefully prop myself up against the back of the bed. Life helps me by setting some pillows behind me so I'm comfortable. I make sure that I'm mostly covered by the sheet. Everyone gets a better look at me and see just how exhausted and hurt I am. I can feel their sympathy, sadness, and anger. I ignore it for now. Fresh places the gift carefully in my lap. The bitties and I take a closer look at the bag, ribbons, and tissue. It was rainbow color coordinated and carefully put together. It definitely was the kind of gift I would expect to get from them. Despite Fresh's chaotic nature, he was extremely calculating and thoughtful. I gently remove the paper and reach into the bag. I could feel several smooth and soft items. I grab on and pull one out. Once I see what it is I blink.

  "Is that what I think it is?" Geno asked in surprise.

  In my hands was a well made plushies of Blue. I set it to the side and look back in the bag. I pull out three more. One of Reaper, one of Fresh, and one of Geno. I hold the one of Fresh to my chest. I could feel a unfamiliar, but familiar familial magic from them. I feel drawn to the magic, like whoever's it is should be close to me. My vision gets blurry and I feel something flowing down my face. I feel my face and realize I'm crying. I look to Fresh. They have a sad smile on their face. "They were just hanging in the Anti-Void. We wouldn't be able to bring them all with us, but I thought you would like to have a little something of us and Error close to you. He's your family too, and I'm sure he would have wanted you to have them. I think the two of you would really get along." Fresh told me.

  "Thank you Freshy." I said to him, with a bright smile that could put the sun to shame.

  Fresh's breath hitches at the nickname. They make their way over to me and give me a gentle hug. I lean into them hugging them as hard as I could. I could feel something snap into place in my soul. I hear Geno and Reaper gasp. I feel something wet drip down from the top of my skull. I look up to see Fresh crying with a truly warm smile on his face. Where their emotions are normally dull and brief I can feel the strong happiness and care from them. "Well Catcher dudette, looks like your not getting rid of me with a family bond now." Fresh told me.

  "Wouldn't have it any other way." I said.