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Gaster, Sans and Alphys all sprinted full speed down the hallway to the throne room where King Asgore sat with Queen Toriel, Prince Asriel and Princess Chara, waiting, the king trying to comfort the children.
“Your majesty!” Gaster shouted as the three entered.
“Gaster! What is happening?!” Asgore hurried over, putting an arm on Gaster’s shoulder.
“Sire, a human has fallen! And is slaughtering monsters!” Gaster huffed, trying to catch his breath.
“W…we have sent Undyne and Papyrus to intercept them, b…but who knows how long they will hold the human off for!” Alphys chimed in.
“Let me go! Let me help them!” Sans pleaded, his orange eye glowing brightly.
“Sans you are still unwell from the toxins! We do not know enough about your condition to assume you will be alright! Especially with THIS human!” Gaster gave Sans a pitying look, knowing that if Sans were to fight the human he would die.
“I am better now! The medicine you have been giving me has improved my condition! Not to mention, strengthened my attack!” Sans, in that moment, was filled with Courage. Gaster could see it, everyone could.
“Let me come too.” Princess Chara spoke up.
“As this kingdoms Princess I have to protect my people against this human! Against their Determination.” Sans shared a moment with Chara, then nodded.
“Alright kid… then let’s go!” Sans and Chara sprinted past everyone, taking Chara’s hand, Sans teleported them to the site of the fight.
Sans and Chara, appearing at the site, were in shock. Lying unconscious and almost dead was Undyne, spears broken here and there, along with the scatterment of bones.
“Pap…”Sans choked on his words as Chara went to assist Undyne.
“PAP?!” Sans called. But there was no response.
“PAPYRUS!” Sans started running in the direction he thought they would have went. Papyrus was strong, he and Undyne were the top guardsmen of the underground but… for Undyne to be in this state… what state could Papyrus be in? Sans skirted to a halt. In front of him was Papyrus, injured but standing strong, across from him was the human. Draped in a cloak to hide their face. Bearing a knife and wearing gear armor from the surface.
“Human! You shall come no further!” Papyrus shouted, eyes glowing a bright yellow. The human said nothing, only smiled.
“Say something human! Why do you do this?!” Papyrus was about to summon his next attack when the human raised his hand, stopping him.
“I… am Frisk… and I want to take what is rightfully MINE! Isn’t that right Bravery? Justice?” the human, Frisk, laughed. Sans stood beside Papyrus, startling him.
“Sans?! What are you doing here?! You should be resting!” Papyrus lectured, almost completely forgetting about the fight with the human.
“I’m here to lend a hand Paps, plus… I got a BONE to pick with the kid.” Sans smiled, Papyrus fell to his knees sighing.
“Brother, why!” Pap shouted, defeated. Sans chuckled.
“So kiddo, will you tell me why you need Bravery and Justice if I defeat you?” Sans asked calmly. Frisk thought, then nodded.
“Alright you bag of bones, if you win I will tell you why I need the souls that were stolen, but if I win…” Frisk grew Determined.
“I WILL TAKE THE SOULS AND DESTROY THE FABRICS OF THIS REALITY FOR MAKING ME SUFFER!” Frisk then unclipped his cloak, revealing his face. Scars laced across his skin, mechanical implements replacing certain parts of his face, but his eyes… a deep red that shone through the dust and decay of their world.
“Alright kid. Then let’s get this started shall we?” Sans teased. Frisk charged at Sans only to be easily avoided, Sans summoned bones to intercept the kid only for them to cut them away with one simple stroke of their knife.
“You have to do better than that!” Frisk taunted. Sans, smiled, summoning more bones that broke the ground underneath them, he teleported. Watching from above his smile started fading at the sight of the human barley injured. Sans summoned his Bravery Gaster Blasters and aimed them at the kid, only to find them gone.
“W…wha-“Sans was shocked for a moment.
“To slow!” Frisk said behind Sans. Quickly Sans grabbed the kids soul and threw them to the ground, the blasters firing at the spot where the kid landed. Sans huffed and coughed, he pulled his mask over his mouth and nose, hiding the blood that leaked from his mouth. The blasters had successfully hit the kid, they didn’t move. Sans teleported to the ground, eye ablaze.
“So kid, about time you told me what I wanna know-“Sans looked into the eyes of death as Frisk swung his blade at Sans. In that moment Sans knew he was going to die, but, something had stopped the blade from hitting him. Sans looked to see Chara in between them, holding Frisk’s wrist tightly.
“Greetings friend…”Chara said with an even tone. Frisk started to panic.
“What’s wrong? Do you feel your SINS crawling on your BACK?” Chara smiled with Determination, the two humans, decent and corrupt, were about to unleash the full power of Determination.
“Sans, could you please tend to Papyrus and Undyne? After that you can assist me with finishing off this human, if you aren’t too slow.” Chara chuckled, Frisk tried to break his arm free. Sans shrugged.
“Alright your majesty. I’ll be back in a jiffy.” Sans teleported away, leaving Chara and Frisk alone.
“So, Frisk… I’m guessing you are wanting to HAVE A BAD TIME huh?” Chara swung the human by the wrist, throwing him into a nearby tree with little effort.
“You have made LOVE… haven’t you…”Chara’s face became angry at seeing the LOVE of Frisk. The human jumped down from the tree, enraged.
“So tell me… WHO DID YOU KILL?” Chara charged Frisk, summoning a weapon that Frisk hadn’t expected as it slammed them all the way to Snowdin. Chara ran to Snowdin with unbelievable speed. Her weapon tight in hand. As the fog cleared Frisk could clearly see the princess swinging her chain weapon, the chain glowing a white color.
“What’s the matter? Haven’t seen a weapon like this on the surface?” Chara charged again, but this time Frisk blocked, the dead trees and windows of every building in Snowdin being blown away.
“You are indeed strong human… BUT YOU WILL REGRET GAINING LOVE!” Chara pushed down harder, the force breaking the ground. Frisk smiled, releasing one hand from Chara’s attack at using it to slice at her stomach. Chara saw this coming and quickly dodged.
“WHAT DO YOU GAIN FROM THIS?!” Chara yelled, sweating. They said nothing for a while.
“I…”Frisk started, eyes growing sad.
“All I wanted was to be myself again… I wanted to be with my family… the one YOU STOLE!” Frisk cried, running at Chara. Chara was about to block when Frisk’s soul turned blue, was lifted up and thrown right through Grillby’s bar.
“Sorry I’m late kid.” Sans joked, they turned to face Grillby’s. Waiting for the kid to enter the battle once more. But he did not. Chara and Sans exchanged a glance before entering. And there, lying unconscious is the human Frisk. Sans summoned a Gaster blaster, preparing to finish the human off when Chara raised her hand to stop him.
“Chara?” Sans asked, unsummoning the blaster. Chara sighed and put her own weapons away.
“I wish to interrogate the human before we execute him. It is only wise to find out what they know so we can prepare for humanity’s next attack, is it not?” Chara looked at Sans. He only nodded.
Frisk woke up to a dark dungeon, chained to the wall, Chara sitting on a stool across from him.
“You have some nerve.” Frisk spat, glaring at Chara.
“What do you mean?” Chara asked, arms crossed. Frisk grew enraged.
“YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN! YOU STOLE ALL THIS FROM ME! THIS LIFE SHOULD BE MINE AND YOU STOLE IT ALL AWAY! HOW CAN YOU NOT EVEN FEEL THE LITTLIST BIT OF REGRET?! HOW CAN YOU SIT THERE LIKE WHAT YOU DID WAS NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED ABOUT?!” Frisk screamed, tears running down his face. The two grew silent for a long time until Chara leaned forward and let out a small chuckle.
“You want to know why I did it. I did it because I was tired of being the bad guy… tired of always getting malevolent looks even if I help you take down the barrier and do the whole pacifist thing… I wanted a life like you had… and when I was given the opportunity… I had to take it! I couldn’t live like that anymore! Relying on you to reset and try to make peace even when, every time, I would lose… so… I met someone and they gave me the life you had, and the power you possessed.” Chara had an evil look in her eye at that moment, a hidden camera zoomed in.
“Who gave you this power?” Frisk asked… teeth grinding. Chara didn’t answer.
“WHO GAVE YOU THIS POWER?! YOU DIRTY BROTHER KILLER!” Frisk yelled, Chara was unfazed by Frisk’s outburst.
“Wow… quoting Sans are we? Is that supposed to faze me? But if you MUST know… I obtained this power from a daemon that rests inside this world, one that has mutated to extreme lengths thanks to the toxins humanity has spread. It is thanks to it that we are here right now.” Chara sat back, smiling smugly.
“It didn’t happen to take the form of a talking flower, did it?” Frisk said in a deadly voice, making Chara freeze.
“How did you know that?!” Chara stood, fuming.
“Because I made a deal with him as well.” Frisk chuckled, Chara took a step back.
“W…what did you do?!” Chara growled, preparing to summon her weapon.
“I made a deal with Flowey that if I got it the six souls and Determination, that I would get my life back… and ultimate power!” Frisk smiled, watching Chara’s dismayed expression.
“Well you can’t do much from here! So there’s nothing to worry about!” Chara put her hands on her hips, raining in confidence.
“Oh, I wouldn’t say that.” Frisk continued, Chara gained a look of pure dread as she watched Frisk glitch out of the chains that binded him, he stood.
“Because the demon also gave me another power! The power you left behind!” and at that Frisk was gone.
“Shit…” Chara mumbled.
“Kid…” Sans spoke up from behind Chara who didn’t move.
“What did Frisk mean by ‘THIS LIFE SHOULD BE MINE AND YOU STOLE IT ALL AWAY’?” Sans’s eye was glowing, and Chara had her weapon in hand, eyes murderous.