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The Elysium’s Dream (part 5)

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Warnings: Blood, semi graphic depictions of violence (idt it’s that bad), strong language and crisis lol

Synopsis: He turned toward his coworker, Blue, before asking what was the meaning of his words. The other one, the sole person able to understand the twins, blinked tiredly at him before sighing. “Basically, he doesn’t intend on letting us do the tests.”

“What are we going to do? If we don't submit those tests by the end of the week we are going to be in huge trouble! And my brother too with that.” He quickly sat properly again though, now biting his nails in an attempt to calm down his thumping heart and his spinning head.

***

“... eam!” Someone was calling him.

With one last desperate effort to get away, Dream’s wings flapped at his aggressor’s face, who stumbled back groaning as the material composing it hardened for maximum diversion. Their hands finally fell back from the wings’ base, the pain from the attempt to rip them out subsiding gradually.

The radiant got on his knees, covered in blood before grabbing his blades with his remaining strength, lashing out at the attacker who screamed, before falling to the ground in a wave of dirt and dust as life left them.

“DREAM!” The voice got louder.

But there was no way he could reach the origin of the noise.

***

“I dare you to try and take us there.” Nightmare hissed, holding with all his might onto a very anxious Dream all the while glaring at the scientist in front of him. “There’s no way in hell that we are going to do your stupid tests and especially not Dream.”

Error raised a questioning eyebrow as he stared at Nightmare’s mouth moving, not understanding a single thing he was saying due to the language barrier. From any person’s perspective, he had only been letting out angry growls and hisses this entire time, much like an irritated animal.

He turned toward his coworker, Blue, before asking what was the meaning of his words. The other one, the sole person able to understand the twins, blinked tiredly at him before sighing. “Basically, he doesn’t intend on letting us do the tests.”

Blue let out a defeated whimper as he slumped onto the table in front of him, burying his face in his arms. If not for the lack of glass on the piece of furniture, one would immediately assume he was in a bar currently drowning his sorrow into a sea of alcohol.

His fellow doctor eyed him somewhat comfortingly, handing him a square of the chocolate bar he just opened. It was his way of patting his back, since he was unable to do so due to his haphephobia.

Being his friend for so long, Blue gladly accepted the gift he was being given and shoved it in his mouth as he continued to play with his fingers to distract himself, using as many of his brain cells as he could to try and find a way he could convince the twins to do so.

If it were only that, it would have been so much easier.

But no, the worst thing was that he knew Nightmare had every right to be acting like this and it was even a smarter move not to partake in any test because they would put the two of them in some kind of danger, specifically Dream who was still recovering from Dr.Hate’s outburst.

If he could, he would encourage that behavior and maybe even talk to the higher-ups to cancel the administrations of these tests altogether. If he lost his job, it wouldn’t be that much of a problem, he could find another one.

No, he had no other choice because his brother’s future was on the line here.

They were pretty clear when they told Blue that if he were to disobey orders, he could kiss goodbye any chance his little brother would one day go to a prestigious college. He couldn’t jeopardize his family like that, but ethically speaking, it also hurt him to do the wrong thing.

As he busied himself into overthinking everything, Error handed him yet another square of his chocolate bar. He never had any family to call his own or anyone close enough to be qualified as family so he didn’t really understand Blue’s struggle. But he could see it nonetheless, his face tired and drained.

He looked back to the twins, Nightmare’s turquoise eye glaring holes into each of them. He pressed his brother closer to him, his tentacles flaying behind him if Error ever did so much as stepping a bit too close to them.

Even though he looked pissed off, it was no mistake to say that the corrupt was mostly worried. Not for him but for his brother.

In a way, Blue and him were similar as they were both doing so to protect their family.

As he watched them, Error couldn’t help but feel a pang of something akin of jealousy. Sure, perhaps they were certainly not having a good time at the moment but at least they had something or rather someone whom they cared for and who cared for them. Error never had a family and he could only wish about having one.

“... Are the tests the same as last time?” Dream suddenly spoke up after a bit, looking up to Blue. The little hopeful stare he gave him almost had Blue’s heart shattered as it disappeared when he shook his head yes.

“Yes, though we did do our best to make sure your safety was taken into account this time.” Even with Blue’s confidence, Dream let out a doubtful hum before resting his head onto his brother’s shoulder again. If Dream wasn’t convinced, then you can bet Nightmare was even less likely to buy it. Another louder warning growl escaped his throat as his pupil sharpened into a slit.

“I’m not going to lie, this isn’t looking too bright.” Error calmly remarked, popping the last piece of chocolate in his mouth as he stared at Nightmare’s twitching tentacles. “He looks like he wants to murder you.”

“He wants to murder me, you mean.” Blue sighed. The worst part of it all was that he couldn’t blame him, hell, he probably would have done the same if he were in his place but he couldn’t help but feel frustrated.

God, he was such a horrible person.

“... We’ll go.” Dream’s whisper was heard by all, making both Nightmare and Blue snap their necks towards him.

“Dream, are you out of your mind?!” The corrupt shouted, making Blue winced as his ears rang in protest. “You know how badly you’ve taken it last time, what makes you think today isn’t going to be worse?” His voice grew in volume but unlike the two scientists with them, it didn’t seem to affect the radiant as much. If anything, he looked tired, not irritated.

He sighed, turning on his side. “I know but do we really have a say in the matter?” The question made Nightmare’s eyebrows raise in confusion. “I know what you’re going to say, ‘we could always tear them apart if we wanted to.’” He looked like he wanted to say something but held himself back, his lips returning to a thin line as he let the other speak. “You’re right we could, but then where would we go?”

That seemed to get the older brother thinking hard as he gradually turned back into his passive form, his eyes leaving their turquoise hue to go back to the usual lavender one. His tentacles retreated back into his body, taking with them the lingering suffocating aura his corrupted form usually carried with him.

“We would find a way, I just…” Nightmare bit his lip as he turned away. “I just don’t want to see you so hurt again, we already lost everything, I don’t want to lose you too…” Dream’s gaze softened as the words sank in, a small smile appearing on his lips as he hugged the other.

“It’s okay, I don’t plan on going anywhere.” The older one hugged back, scoffing.

“You better not, I would drag you back by the ear if I have to.” The younger one chuckled, muttering between laughs that he didn’t doubt that. Error then turned toward Blue, being once again the only one who did not know what the twins were on about.

“Is the problem solved or?” Blue nodded absently, confused himself on whatever he just witnessed. He couldn’t really tell if it was okay now, despite being perfectly capable of understanding their conversation.

“I… think so? Or rather I hope so?” He heard his colleague mutter a quiet ‘How reassuring’ under his breath but he paid it no mind, instead focusing on how the brothers turned toward them like they had just noticed the doctors standing there.

“Oh, I’m sorry I forgot you two were here.” Dream quickly apologized, sending them an apologetic smile. Blue shook his head, saying it was fine. He dismissed the death glare Nightmare was giving him entirely.

“Should we begin the tests now or should we wait a little longer?” Error finally asked as silence set in, his voice spoken to his colleague but his eyes glued to the two creatures in front of him to see their reaction to his words. Nightmare scowled a little but did not turn into his corrupt form this time, which was a good sign.

Dream merely looked away with the look of a child who finally agreed to go do the dishes after being threatened to have his stuff taken away if he didn’t.

“I think they’re ready to go.” He glanced back at them again. “Or rather, as ready as they can be.”

“Brilliant.” Error clapped his hands before walking toward Nightmare, stopping a few feet away from him. “Let’s go?” He stared at Dream one last time, waiting for a smile before he allowed himself to let go of his brother and stand up to trail after the scientist.

Now alone with Dream, Blue walked up to him and offered his hand, to which Dream gladly took as he stood up as well.

“I think it’s about time that we go as well.” Dream nodded. “If you ever feel bad after the tests, tell me immediately. The sooner Outer treats you, the better.”

He nodded again, a smile that didn’t reach his eyes displayed on his face. “I know, I will be sure to.”

Not knowing what else to say, Blue turned on his heels and walked toward the test room with Dream following him in an uncharacteristic silence. He was vaguely concerned but hoped that whatever the problem is, it would get better eventually.

***

(This is a spoiler for next part, feel free to skip)

A wail that was nothing short of primal echoed through the bloody corridors of the laboratory, causing Blue to put even more pressure onto his legs to run faster. He tried his best to ignore the laying corpses around him but that was no easy feat considering even the air was polluted by the scent of blood and death.

He yelped as he tripped, sending his body tumbling onto the ground. A loud thud was heard before Blue groaned, sitting up and almost throwing up when he noticed that he had landed into a puddle of fresh blood, tainting his clothes red.

As he attempted to stand up, he was quickly stopped as he felt a hand gripping his ankle firmly. The hair on his neck stood up as dread crept up his being, feeling the icy limb trembling on his skin.

He turned to look at the owner of that hand, horror displayed on his facial features as he noticed that the woman who latched onto his leg had her body cut into a perfect half, where her lower half was supposed to be replaced by a pool of her own blood. Her lips trembled.

“Help…” Then her face hit the floor, her hand finally letting go of Blue’s ankle. She was dead.

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asukamood · 2 years

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Extra 01 — Extra 00

This post is part of The Elysium’s Dream series.

TW: Mentioned death and self destructive behaviour? I mean, it wouldn’t kill them but still

So we’re back again with Dream and Nightmare in a lab instead that this time, they are wary of the scientists much to their grand despair but it’s okay, we have a doctor simp with us ready to save the day.

I swear Errormare will come around one day-

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The crisis was averted, and the consequences came around. The entire staff of the Celestial Conservation Department was gathered in a hurry to talk about who the instigator of the incident was and if 00, as Blue now knows as ‘Nightmare’, should or should not be punished for causing such a ruckus.

Blue sat on the extreme left of the rectangle table, the seat in front of him empty. Error should have been sitting there but due to some injuries caused by 00, the doctor was excused from the meeting and ordered to rest in the medical wing.

On his right, a circular table lay there with the most prominent figures of the military and government all sat there. They all insisted on taking part in this gathering as the latter’s subject would have quite literally affected the entire multiverse if it didn’t end the way it did.

A religious silence dawned on the room, only broken by Ink sipping on a cup of fresh coffee. The latter had a cold smile plastered on his tainted face as he looked at the men in lab coats from the highest seat at the circular table.

“So,” He began, all heads turning to him as he spoke. “Doctor Blue, you were painted as a witness to Doctor Hate’s death.” Blue gulped. He didn’t have any reason to be afraid but having so many people staring at him was quite… disturbing, to say the least.

“That I was.” He acquiesced, his hands tightening into fists on his lap.

“Could you tell us all what you saw? And I don’t mean just how Doctor Hate died, we can all pretty much guess what happened by the state of his corpse,” Several people looked away, probably haunted by the picture of the unrecognizable lifeless body of their deceased colleague. “I mean what happened before 00 arrived in the room. Witnesses had alerted us that they heard you scream at Doctor Hate about something.”

“I don’t see any reason to refuse.” Blue took a deep breath, forcing his body to relax before he started his not-so-beautiful tale. “I got a call from Doctor Error right after the alarm went off, asking me to go fetch 01 to calm him down.”

Some people started taking notes, recording his words. “At the time, Doctor Hate was the one in charge of 01 so when I went into his room I saw him. We talked about something, I don’t quite recall what exactly but that’s when I noticed 01’s state.”

He paused, the image of a trembling Dream in his mind. Ink hummed, motioning for him to continue. “He was in bad shape with a shock collar around his neck, several empty syringes around him…” Everyone knew what he was about to say next but they still foolishly wished that Blue would tell them wrong, that perhaps an intruder had done this.

“Doctor Hate was undeniably experimenting on him.” He finished, much to the rest of the staff’s dismay. Meanwhile, the higher-ups audibly gasped in horror. “I think that is why 00 went berserk, he sensed that 01 was in danger and got furious.”

“I would also like to add that all injuries caused by 00, save for Doctor Hate, were all pretty minor and superficial. The worst one was Doctor Error who has a few broken ribs.” Outer from the medical team added, frowning.

Ink nodded as a roar of whispers broke out at his table. “Very well, I only have one last question for Doctor Blue.” The latter perked up at being called.

“Yes?”

“How could you have let this happen?” Stunned silence welcomed his words.

“… I beg your pardon?” Ink put down his cup on the table with a soft thud and slumped on his chair unceremoniously, smile gone.

“You are the one in charge of monitoring 01’s well-being, am I wrong? So you should have noticed it was happening before Doctor Hate was even able to place a collar on him. Where were you when that happened?” Blue didn’t reply, trying to find an answer to that question.

Where was he? Well, he was drinking coffee, certain that nobody would wish harm upon Dream, but that didn’t quite sound that good, did it? It sounded like he was slacking off… and perhaps he had been.

“With all my utmost respect sir, no one could have known that Doctor Hate would do this out of everyone,” Outer spoke up upon noticing Blue’s lack of reply. The latter sent him a thankful look for backing him up. “He genuinely seemed to care about 01 before so Blue trusted him to take good care of him without having to monitor them.”

“Well, that still doesn’t suffice. He should be keeping an eye out on 01 at any time of the day regardless of who is with him.” Ink turned back to Blue. “You will be suspended from your normal activities for a week, you understand why I hope?”

Blue gritted his teeth as he held onto his coat tightly. “Yes, sir. Before you dismiss us though, I would like to share some pieces of information with my coworkers.”

Curiosity flashed in Ink’s eyes as he gestured for him to proceed. “Go on.”

Blue stood up and looked his fellow scientists in the eyes, orbits traveling from person to person.

“01 and 00 are brothers and originally called ‘Dream’ and ‘Nightmare’. They are also able to communicate but choose who can or not understand them.”

***

It has been six days since the ‘accident’ happened and things… weren’t going too well, to say the least. Nightmare refused to leave Dream’s side and had become even more aggressive towards the staff, growling if they did something as little as stepping within a 3 feet radius from them.

Dream, while looking better than he did the first day, still hasn’t fully recovered even though in normal circumstances he would have been as good as new in two days at most. The reason? Neither of the twins wanted the youngest one to be taken care of by the humans.

Moreover, any food they left for them was left untouched. Did they fear it could be poisoned? Either way, this was starting to get concerning. Radiants and Corrupts don’t need to eat to survive but from their research, it’s still better for them to. The same thing goes for sleep but they haven’t been doing that either.

Dream had lost his cheerfulness, his smile had turned into a mouth pressed thin and his eyes looked dull in comparison to the past. It’s not like they had become completely lightless either but it still hurt to see him like that.

Unlike his twin brother, Dream wasn’t quite hostile to the staff. He has never been one for violence but the way he would just briefly glance at them before leaning back onto Nightmare’s shoulder and staring at the horizon was really out of character to be fair to him, he did still have some drugs circulating in his veins.

The scientists would all look at each other with worry in their eyes, if this kept on, would they be able to do their job correctly?

***

7:00 AM

Blue was woken up from his peaceful slumber by the very annoying and startling alarm of his clock, which kept screeching as if the universe was about to collapse.

“Wake up motherfucker.” It seemed to scream, which it did. Two years ago, his friends decided that it was a great idea to switch his completely normal alarm to a recording of them screeching out that sentence on loop. It was funny the first day and even though he was clearly not having fun at the moment, he was later laughing with them about the silly joke they made.

The laughter soon died down when they told him they had no idea how to change it back.

So here he was, two years later, stuck with the same recording of yelling voices screaming at him to wake up while calling him every curse word inscribed in the English lexicon.

He groaned, rubbing his eyes absently as he sat up. It felt extremely wrong to stay at home all this time when he knew the time was not for rest, it’s not like he could defy what Ink told him anyways, he would be in deep trouble if he got caught.

With the picture of himself being taken away by cops, Blue slammed his hand onto the clock, successfully shutting it up. He should buy a new one but he always forgets because he was so caught up in his work.

Work…

The man was both excited and scared to go back to the laboratory. Excited because he genuinely liked his work, feeling as if he was truly doing humanity a favor but also very scared to discover the state of the twins. For all he knew, they could be ten feet underground by now and he wouldn’t even have been able to tell them goodbye.

He shook the thought away, messy ocean hair tickling his forehead. Stressing out like that wasn’t going to help him at all, he had to think of this as just another day of work, that’s all.

To feign casualness, Blue manically put on his lab coat over his other clothes and munch on a piece of bread.

“Here goes nothing.” He opened the door.

***

Saying that his subordinates were relieved to see him was an understatement, the second he stepped inside the building, many threw themselves on him, tackling him to the ground.

“Thank god you came back!” They cried out. “We need your help!”

Well, that was not a good start.

“What happened while I was gone? You guys look like you’ve been raided by the hunters twice a day for weeks.” He commented as he stood up, pushing them off of him.

“Trust us, it’s worse. 00 and 01–“

“Nightmare and Dream.” Blue corrected, cutting the person off.

“Uh right- Nightmare and Dream have both been boycotting the food and drinks we gave them and they wouldn’t let us take Dream to the medical wing either. Any attempt to move the material needed was met with failure and property damage.” They were pacing back and forth as they spoke, words gaining in speed each time.

Once they were finished, they stopped in front of Blue to look him in the eyes. “Doctor Blue, do you think you can resolve the issue?”

“I’m not sure.” He saw no point in lying. “I can certainly try though. Where are they?”

“They have been staying inside Dream’s room this past week.” Blue hummed in thought.

“Anything else I should be wary of?” He asked, walking in the familiar corridor of the laboratory with its pristine white walls and spotless floor as if he owned the building. There wasn’t anything to be nervous about, after all, it was exactly like walking back to school after the holidays.

“Well, Nightmare has become more protective of Dream.” Blue grimaced.

“That was to be expected.”

***

When he entered the room, Blue was all by himself and didn’t have anything in hand either. No plate, no glass, nothing. The other scientists were watching him nervously from the window, some already biting their nails or ruffling their hair when nothing was even happening yet.

The door collided with the wall and made a tiny noise which immediately alerted the twins who snapped their necks to look at the origin of the noise. Blue gazed back at them and frowned at seeing Dream’s odd look.

That staring contest lasted for a solid minute without any of the party moving a single digit. The witnesses hidden behind a glass window were shaking from anticipation, thinking one of them would soon end up in the medical wing.

Then Dream started moving, slowly letting go of his brother. “Where were you?” Curious golden eyes stared into relieved azure ones, at least he was speaking normally now.

“The higher-ups ordered me to temporarily stop working.” Nightmare, who has been staring holes in the doctor’s pockets since the beginning, looked up to watch his face.

“Why?” Dream asked, confusion written on his features. “I thought working was a good thing in your society.”

“And it is. You can say I was… punished, for not guarding you well.” To the ones behind the window, this whole conversation was one-sided. They could only hear Doctor Blue’s speech and while they could see 01’s mouth moving, no actual sound came from his vocal cords.

Dream cocked his head to the side, even more confused. This time, Nightmare was the one who spoke up.

“Funny how they punished you when they’re the lazy ones doing nothing but barking orders like dogs.” Nightmare scoffed. “Your society is truly corrupted.”

“That I cannot argue with.” He started fiddling with his fingers, not expecting the conversation to focus on this topic. “Anyways, I’ve heard from my coworkers that during my absence you guys haven’t eaten or drunk anything.” The question that should have followed that statement never came but the twins answered it nonetheless.

“It can’t be trusted.” They both said at the same time with different tones: Nightmare’s had an edge of salt and anger in it while Dream’s was purely melancholic, how interesting.

“We wouldn’t poison your food, you two are too important.” There was no reply so he continued. “Besides, the food here is to die for, even if it was poisoned I would gladly eat it. At least I would die well fed.”

“Pfft-“ The vibrating Dream had everyone in the room (and the creeps watching from the window) gaped like fishes. Soon, the laughter the radiant was trying to contain got out, little giggles echoing in the room as a crooked smile made its way on his face.

It was still dull compared to his usual laugh but it was something at least. The tiny sparkles of joy that appeared in his eyes were enough for now, baby steps.

‘Wow, he’s pretty.’ Blue suddenly caught himself thinking that and blood gathered in his cheeks as he pushed the thought away. What the hell brain?

To his utmost despair, this reaction didn’t go unnoticed by literally the worst person it could have alerted, even worse than Dream himself.

Nightmare’s eyes turned turquoise as a growl escaped him.

Blue was so screwed.

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