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It had only taken an hour or two for him to decide that enough was enough.

Error was undoubtedly a murderer, thief, and evil beyond most of his other infuriating copies; but most importantly he was a very good liar. It was almost too easy for him, he did it all the time! For example, he lied to Red just about ten minutes ago. He hadn't exactly 'gone on a walk' or even left the Anti-void the first place, in fact when he said he'd go for a walk, he simply portaled to another part of the Anti-void. He had been sitting only a few feet away from Red, hanging in a stringy blue hammock that he had proudly made for himself whilst holding a chocolate bar in one hand, and plenty of thoughts on destroying future AUs in the other. Hanging high above the other Sans, Error was proud to say that the other had barely noticed him at all. The glitch was happy and alone, just the way he liked it. He was never the type to enjoy being around other monsters -seeing what he usually does to occupy his time- so the only obvious solution was to leave the other to go insane while Error got to relax. He was the destroyer of AUs after all, maybe even the most hard working Sans that had ever existed. A normal Sans was lazy, constantly drinking a certain relish of their choice and sleeping all the time. He, however, slept rarely, and when he did it was always with one eye open. When He ate; it was often. His diet mostly consisted of random foods he'd find in the AUs, many of those things being chocolate and popcorn and if he were lucky, sometimes he'd find some soda laying around as well.

Error had almost laughed out loud when the voices had discovered Red, hanging like an ugly ornament in his strings. The guy barely stood a chance against all their questions, as well as their prized habit of talking over each other. It was when the Sans began screaming, Error almost fell right out of his hammock. The voices must've thought that this was some sort of contest, because they all began screaming back. All of them. They all yelled out at the same time, getting so loud Error almost had to straight up portal out of the Anti-void just to spare his non-existent ears.

Jumping to the ground, he stomped his foot hard enough to shake the entirety of the Anti-void as he yelled out in the loudest voice he could muster.

"SHUT UP!!"

And then there was silence.

Error nodded to himself, surprised that they even listened to him. "That's... better," He uttered. Through the silence, he heard the other begin to struggle, this quickly gained Error's attention as he began walking over to his latest captive.

Red shifted awkwardly before speaking out in a shaky, confused voice. "What- What was that!? Those- how- You're back!" He gasped out, his face switching from annoyed and confused to almost glad. Error stepped towards the other, pulling his strings down from his cheeks as he spoke. "You're more sane than I thought you'd be... more or less," He muttered in disappointment as he used his magic to lower the other to the ground, but not letting him touch the floor quite yet.

Red paused, staring at the other, his head fuzzy and his throat stinging.

He had never been this close to the glitching skeleton before, or had he? He felt too disoriented to care, but despite this only one thought passed through his tired mind. "What were those.... noises? Where the heck did they come from...?" He asked again. The other only frowned, before turning away. "Those, are what I call the voices,"

Unsatisfied with the other's answer, Red growled at the other. "Oh well of course, 'The voices.'" He mimicked with a snarl. When the other only gave him a glare, he stopped and let out a breath. "What are they?"

"Dunno," Error said as they began pacing around Red, pausing to look up at the stringy blue ceiling. "But what I do know is that they seem to like you,"

"Ohhh REALLY?" Red exclaimed in an exasperated tone. The other only gave him an odd stare. "Uh, yea..."

Red glanced over at the other before letting out a sigh. He could feel it, every bone in his body screaming for him to run after hearing those... things scream. But here was Error, walking around and talking about them as if they were nothing. His non-existing ears hurt so bad that -if he could- he would have bashed his head into a wall just to numb the pain. Focusing on the glitch in front of him, Red noticed something being held tightly in between the other's fingers.

"What's that?" He asked.

"What?" Error said, looking as if he had been pulled out of his thoughts.

"The weird looking doll in your hand, why-"

"It's not a doll, It's a puppet! Dolls are for kids..." Error hissed, looking offended, but still he raised it up for Red to see. In his hand was a doll -or according to the other a puppet- that looked slightly unfinish, it's stitching was loose and it didn't have a face. "Huh..."

Red tried taking in as much of it's details before the glitch pulled it away, shoving it into his pocket. "Whatever..." He muttered.

"So... Did you make it? It's unfinished," Red asked. Maybe if he kept the other talking instead of killing, he'd be able to figure out an escape.

Error rolled his eyes as he went to go sit down on the invisible floor of the Anti-void, ignoring him. He opened a glitching window and quickly snatched a blanket and pillow, pulling it towards himself before closing the portal. 'There goes that plan...' Red thought. "What are you doing?" He hissed, glaring at Error as the glitch began fluffing up the pillow. This was definitely not something he had expected.

"I'm going to take a nap. So shut up." Error hissed as he took off his jacket and tossed it to the side, laying his head on the pillow and glancing over at the other before covering himself with the blanket. Red watched in annoyance as the other got comfortable, jealous. The murder who has probably taken more lives than Red could count- got to lay down and get comfy, while Red had to just suck it up and hang here for hours?! Even if the other would probably kill him sooner, he decided that this would be revenge. "Hey!!" He yelled.

Error rolled over to face him, annoyance showing in his eyes. "What?"

"Don't even think for a second that I'm going to shut up for you!! LA LA LA LA LALA!!" Red yelled as much as he could, trying to be as insufferable as possible so that the glitch would not fall asleep. He mostly did it because it was a way to get back at the glitch, but... he also didn't want the screams to come back...

Error only rolled over so that his back was facing the other, and after a few minutes, the glitches and static that followed him wherever he went began to slow down. "HEYY!!! DON'T FALL ASLEEP YET!! HEYYYY!! I'M STILL HERE!!" Red screamed, but the only response was a few glitching snores. "Dang it," he growled, once again pulling against the strings. He waited a few minutes, preparing for the screaming voices to fill his skull once again...

Silence.

He let out a sigh of relief. Thank Asgore they were quiet, if Error could sleep through him yelling at the top of his non-existing lungs then there would be no chance that the voices would wake up the glitch soon enough for him to tell them to stop before Red lost his mind. Tugging at the strings wrapped around him, he glanced around the white void. "There has got to be a way out of here..." He mumbled to himself. Trying the first thing that came to mind, he pulled his arm down with all his strength, until it hurt, but to no avail as the strings only left his arm sore. He tried harder, ignoring how bad it stung. He had to get out. He needed to get out. Get out. Get OUT. As he repeated those single words in his head he pulled harder.

Get out get out get out-

...Defeated, he went limp, letting the strings carry his arm back to the place it was before. But when the strings didn't feel as tight, he looked up, glancing back at his arm. The strings had gone loose, allowing him to slide his arm free. He must've somehow stretched out the strings while he was pulling on them. Suddenly gaining hope, Red began pulling down the strings with his other arm.

It was like untangling a knot, swinging and pulling, undoing this and loosening that. Soon he had freed his other arm, making him swing upside down as gravity began to pull him to the ground. But this wouldn't stop him. Fixed on getting free, he grabbed some of the loose strings and began swinging around his legs, trying to untangle them. Soon he fell free, landing onto the ground with a thump.

He was free. Well, not completely free, his soul was still attached to the strings. But at least he could stand on his own now, although it was impossible to summon his magic. He sat up and touched the ground with his finger tips, his sockets widening as the texture of the ground seemed to constantly change. One minute it was as soft as a rabbit's fur coat, and the next it was slippery and cold like ice.

Deciding not to question it he quickly stood and looked around the white void, searching for an exit. But just the same as before he had gotten free; Nothing but white. Only white, and it went on for miles... Quickly losing hope Red turned to the sleeping glitch.

Error was still fast asleep, his glitches calm.

Then an idea popped into his head, making him a little uneasy... But he had no other choice. He was going to have to force Error to let him out, whether the glitch liked it or not. Hesitant, Red stepped over to the other, reaching down and swiftly ripping the blanket off of the glitch's sleeping form.

Error woke up with a startled gasp, jumping to his feet as soon as he saw the other standing in front of him. "Hey! How did-"

Red jumped on top of him with the blanket raised as he tackled Error to the ground, wrapping the blanket around his skull and holding him down. "Hold still you- Freaking glitch!" Red growled.

"UrhG-!" Error fought back as much as he could, kicking and trying to reach up to his cheeks so that he could summon his strings, but the blanket covered his face, making it impossible. Red suddenly grabbed onto his arms and pinned them to the ground as far away from Error's face as possible.

"I said hold still!!" Red hissed.

He watched as Error shook his skull around, trying to get the blanket off. Soon it fell off, leaving Error still unable to do anything besides glare at Red through his enraged glitches. "L-lEt Me-E-e Go-O!" He screeched.

Red snarled at him in disgust. "No way! Not until you agree to let me out of this stupid white hell first!"

"OvEr My deAd BodY!!" Error yelled, his glitches slowly getting worse by the second. Red stared down at the other, hesitant. The glitches began to build up on his arms, making them feel fuzzy and numb. Every bone in his body told him to let go, but he still held onto Error. It quickly came to a point where Red couldn't even see Error through all the glitches and 'ERROR' signs, and just like when Red had called Error a glitch before, the skeleton underneath him 'crashed,' and the glitch froze.

['REBOOTING...']

[12%... ]

Recognizing what had happened the last time Error crashed, Red figured that Error should be unable to move now. Hesitantly he let go of the other and stood up, shaking his arms around as if the glitches could fly right off, and they did, but it was more like a bunch of small ticklish stings as they slowly faded away. Reaching over and picking up the blanket, he tossed it over Error's head. The very depressed attempt at covering Error's face would have to do for now, in case he woke up early.

Red glanced around the white void for something to help... A few loose strings had fallen to the ground when Red had gotten free. He went over and picked a few of the longer ones up. Then he walked back and sat next to the glitching skeleton.

"Alright... Ima need ya to move now..." Red muttered, hesitating before sliding his arm under Error's frozen in-place body and lifting him up so that he was sitting. Despite how stiff the glitch looked, he was surprisingly easy to move around and effortlessly stayed in the place where Red had moved him. Like a doll or something... Red chuckled to himself as he remembered how apparently dolls are made for kids.

Moving away from the thought, he slid the blanket off the Error's head, quickly checking the apparent percentage of the... reboot? crash? He really didn't know.

[45%... ]

Glad that it was taking longer than it had before, Red grabbed some of the strings he had collected and moved Error's hands behind his back, tying them together. This way Error would definitely not be able to reach the weird blue marks on his cheeks and summon his strings. Unless Error could break his own strings, Red was pretty sure that he'd be somewhat safe from the glitch from now on.

He then moved to tie Error's feet together as well, just for the heck of it. As Long as Red was still stuck with the glitch, he was going to make sure that Error's life would be a living hell. He would not feel bad. The glitch had killed everyone... but they also killed everyone! In this case, 'Everyone' meant all those little pieces of crap who Sans had to deal with in the Underground. But... Error had also killed Papyrus...

Deep in thought, Red spotted the glitch's jacket still laying on the floor. Curious, he shuffled over and picked it up. Despite how dark and black it was on the outside, the inside of the jacket was an almost glowing yellow, even the inside of the pockets were the same shade of gold. Flipping it around, Red dug into one of the pockets, his hand hitting something poky yet soft. Pulling it out, he found that it was only a few leftover chocolate wrappers. Throwing them to the side Red reached into the other pocket, this time his hand hit something cold and hard. He pulled out a pair of red-rimmed glasses, making him cringe. Sure it made sense that the ugly glitch might need glasses, of course, to cover up the ugliness constantly radiating off of him. Haha.

Setting down Error's jacket, Red put the red-rimmed glasses into his pocket, finding that they might be useful for later. He faltered as he heard a low groan come from the other, signaling that the other must've woken up from their crash.

Error slowly opened his sockets, trying his best to recover from the crash. By the unpleasant feeling of wanting to suddenly vomit, he figured that it must've been a bad one. He'd have to leave the Anti-void now since there was no way he was going to let himself throw up here. Besides, he could destroy a few AUs along the way. As the glitches disappeared from his sockets, he looked up to find... Underfell Sans? Oh right, Red!

Wait, wasn't Red supposed to be tied up-

Quickly remembering what had happened before, Error immediately tried summoning his strings, only to find that he couldn't move his hands from behind his back. He looked down at himself, realizing that he had been tied up by his own freaking strings.

Red let out an amused chuckle. "Need any help doll?"

Enraged, Error glared at the other. "WHY YOU LITTLE- DOLL?!" Knowing exactly what he said, Red gave the glitch a smirk. "What's the matter, doll?"

"I'm not a doll..." Error growled, trying to seem threatening.

Red snickered at him. "Aw is the widdle baby dollie gonna cry? Because by the looks of your face it seems that you've been doing only that," he said while motioning towards Error.

Error growled, turning away from the other. He couldn't help but be surprised at how annoying it was to be tied up... maybe he should've gone a bit softer on Red. Wait- no! Uhg- killing him earlier would've been way better! Dangit this was all his fault!

"Are ya gonna ask how I got out of your stupid little strings?" Red hissed, unsatisfied with Error's silence. Error paused, curious, but made sure not to show it. "...yea, whatever."

Red sat down on the ground a few feet away from him in a relaxed position, leaning back with his arm being the only thing holding him up. "Well, it turns out that if you..." Red stopped, as if he'd just barely figured something out. "Oh wait... ya know what never mind," he said.

"Nevermind? Come on tell me!" Error protested.

"Well if I tell you, you'd be able to escape." Red hissed, sitting up and giving Error a glare.

Error let out an exaggerated groan, wanting nothing more than to watch the other die a horrible painful death. Of course, first he'd make Red tell him how he had escaped. Error did not want this to happen twice.

"So, how's it feel to be all tied up and useless?" Red smirked as he began moving closer to Error, making the other panic and lean away. Red grabbed his arm, staring deeply into Error's unsteady eyelights. "Let. go." Error growled.

Red's smirk quickly turned into a snarl as he blinked. "No, not until you open one of your freaky little window portal thingies to my world and let me leave," he paused, "I also want you to bring back everyone. Including Papyrus. I don't care if you have to use some sorta voodoo magic or what-not, but until they are back you're staying with me."

Error growled, his hands itching to push the abomination away from him. There was no way he was going to let Red go, let alone be convinced to restore an AU that easily. Ink would never let him hear the end of it. "Go swallow a knife."

Red leaned back, letting go of the glitch and reaching into his pocket. "...fine, I guess you leave me no choice." Error froze as the other pulled out his glasses.

"..W-where did you get those?" He muttered.

Red raised a bony eyebrow. "Oh, these? They aren't anything important to you, are they?" he said with a smirk. Error glared at him. "...I'm not letting you go or restoring your stupid AU."

Red put down the glasses. "Oh, so you do know how to bring everyone back, interesting." suddenly he lifted them back up before hitting them against the floor, shattering one of the lenses. "No!! Wait- Stop!!" Error yelled, feeling something hurt deep down inside of him. No...

"Why should I?" Red hissed, holding the glasses threateningly in the air.

Error swallowed, glancing over at the shattered glasses. Luckily only one side was shattered. He hated this... he hated it so much! But he bit his tongue, holding himself back from yelling at the other. Red had control, Error had lost. "I.. I can restore your AU and bring everyone back... and let you go... but you have to untie me first."

Red stared at him before his face quickly shifting into a glare. "Ya think that I'm going to fall for that?! Bring everyone back before I beat your arse with these!" He yelled, waving the glasses around menacingly. Error flinched away from the other, not exactly enjoying the thought. "But I can't open portals without my hands! And I need my strings to get your human's soul so that they can reset your AU back!"

"Well then!..." Red growled as he stood up, muttering to himself in anger as he turned away from Error, walking a few feet away before sitting down again with his back facing the glitch. Error figured that this was Red's way of ending the conversation...

His back now hurting, the glitch tried laying down, quickly finding that his hands got in the way. Shuffling to his side, he suddenly got an idea. Error still had his phone in his back pocket... If only he could... Error lifted his legs, trying to get the phone to fall. He lifted his waist, putting all his weight onto his arms. Soon there was a short clunk, and Error let his legs fall back to the ground. Sitting up, he checked to see if Red had heard him, but the edgy abomination was still sitting with his back facing Error.

Determined, Error twisted around in an attempt to reach the phone, picking it up with his tied up hands behind his back. He quickly unlocked it with practice, despite not being able to see the screen. Error then dropped the phone, spun around to look at the screen, then turned back and taped where he thought would be the messaging app. If he could just text Nightmare, maybe he'd come and save him... Suddenly the phone slipped away from Error's hands. "What do you think you're doing?"

Error hissed at the voice, shuffling around to face Red. "Nothing!"

"You call this nothing?" Red growled as he lifted up the phone. He paused, looking down at it before back at Error. "Who the hell is this Nightmare guy?"

"The guy who's going to kick your arse into the next multiverse when he finds out what you've done! now give me my phone back!" Error spat. Red tapped the screen, scrolling through the phone."..Why's he sending pictures of kittens?"

Error paused. "They're cute..."

Red suddenly made a disgusted face, before swiping his thumb across the screen. "Wow... ok, you're not allowed to talk to this guy anymore," he said while blocking and deleting the contact.

"Wait, did you just block him!?" Error yelped,

Red only gave Error a frown. "Um, yea? That guy was a complete nerd." he muttered as he put the phone into his jacket pocket.

"Idiot!! Now that you've done that he'll think that I blocked him instead!" Error yelled in distraught, already dreading his probable demise. "Argh- He's going to kill me!!" Red paused. "...What kinda weird arse kind of relationship do you have with this Nightmare guy?" he growled.

Error growled, trying to calm down his glitches. "We're allies..."

"Oh yea? well, now you're not." Red spat.

"Urrhhgg!! You can't do this to me!!"

"I just did."

"Unblock him!!"

"No." Red paused. "But if you let me go and restore my world, I'll give you your phone back," Error's bone-brow twitched in irritation. "I already told you!! I can't do that unless you untie me!!"

"Well then I guess we'll both just be stuck here forever then!!" Red shouted back, balling his fingers into a fist. Error opened his mouth to say something, but paused, closing it. Red's breathes were heavy and low, his right eye glowed a dark threatening red.

Error hesitated, before speaking up. "...Well then I guess we'll be stuck here forever then, huh?"

They both sat there in complete silence, nothing but the sound of Error's static filled the air.

"Why did you do it?" Red hissed. "Why did you kill everyone?" Error looked away, avoiding the other's gaze. "Don't ignore me you freak!!" Red yelled. "If we're going to be here forever then I want to know why-"

"Because your universe was an abomination. It needed to be erased." Error said darkly, not ever turning to face the other. Red stared at the glitch, rage slowly building up inside of him. "...That- that's not even a reason! My world was fine before you screwed it up!!" he snapped.

"It's a good enough reason for me-" but before Error could finish, Red jumped up and swung his arm down, punching the glitch in the face.

"NO IT'S NOT YOU SON OF A !@#$!!"

Red grabbed onto Error's sweater and punched him again, spitting curses and insults while he let out his rage on the other. Error crashed before he could even get the second punch in, leaving Red with the equivalent of a corpse as he screamed.