RedemptionTale 2

Chapter 22

"Sam, who's this?" Chara asked, as Sam let go of her hand. "This guy, is a variation of Sans. He feeds off of negativity, and since so much shit has happened to me in my existence, i'm a prime source of power for him. He used to appear in my dreams back when i was still depressed." Nightmare nodded. "So what are you doing here anyway?" Sam asked. Nightmare frowned. "Lately you've been feeling too much positivity, and your negative feelings have been fading in power. So I need you to-" "If your here to tell me to break up with Chara, then you've got another thing coming, Pal." Sam interrupted. Her eyes glowed, as hate leaked out of her eyes. "Im immortal Nightmare, you know that. So there's no point in trying to fight me." Nightmare laughed, his mouth unmoving. "Whether your immortal or not, you still have a soul. Wonder what would happen if that got destroyed?" He asked sarcastically, rolling his eyes. Sam growled, and summoned 5 of what looked to be a version of Sans's Gaster blaster. 

The inside of the mouth glowed with black energy, primed to fire. Nightmare laughed, and lunged for Chara. The blasters fired, but Nightmare dodged them. He tried to stab Chara with his tentacle, but a light blue arrow flew in out of nowhere and hit him square in the chest, knocking him back. Sam and Chara looked behind them in confusion, and saw another skeleton wielding a bow. "DUCK!" He yelled. Chara ducked, narrowly missing a tentacle from nightmare, while Sam severed the tentacle with her sword. Another arrow from the other skeleton hit Nightmare again, in the shoulder this time. Sam and Chara teleported away, and to the skeleton's side. "Who are you!?" Sam asked accusingly. "Just call me Dream! I'll explain what's happening later!" He loaded another arrow into his bow, and fired it at Nightmare, but he dodged it. "WHY CANT YOU LET ME HAVE MY FUN!?" He yelled angrily.

Then within a fraction of a second, Sam had turned her hand into her bow and fired a shot directly at Nightmare's face, making his mass explode everywhere. Dream turned to look at her, to find her face expressionless. Chara watched in utter confusion as Nightmare's destroyed body reformed itself, the goo piles all going back into one. Nightmare suddenly sent his tentacles towards Sam and Dream, making them teleport to dodge them. Sam didn't have the reaction time to grab Chara before she teleported, so Chara was still there. Nightmare lunged for Chara, and she attempted to summon her knives, but it was too late for that. Nightmare grabbed Chara, as Sam teleported back to Chara and tried to release her from Nightmare's hands, but he raised a sharp tendril to her neck as a warning. "Move a step closer, and she DIES." He threatened. Sam stopped her advance, but she was shaking in frustration. She wanted so badly to rush Nightmare, and get his slimy handy off of Chara, the smug look on his face only added fuel to the fire. Her hands twitched in anger, the sword becoming heavy and cold in her hand. Her heart was starting to beat faster in fear, and anger. "N i g h t m a r e. . . G e t   a w a y   f r o m   h e r ,  o r    e l s e   t o d a y   w i l l   b e   t h e   d a y   y o u   d i e." Sam threatened, her horns nearly sprouting. Nightmare laughed. "Don't make me laugh-" 

"You just laughed, Nightmare." Dream interrupted. Nightmare groaned, and tightened his grip on Chara. Chara grabbed Nightmare's arm, and tried to get out of his grip. He started to choke her, making her tear up. Sam growled, despite knowing this was what Nightmare wanted her to do, she couldn't help it. "I will singlehandedly end your pathetic life, Nightmare, if you don't fuck off and let my baby go." Dream went to draw an arrow, but Sam motioned for him to refrain. 

Then Sans teleported nearby, and saw the events happening. He had only found out what was happening because of the gaster blaster noises echoing throughout the city. Nightmare looked at him curiously, and Sam took her chance with the distraction. She lunged for Nightmare as fast as she could, and tried to stab him with her sword. He barely dodged, and teleported away with Chara still in his hold. Sam looked around desperately, but Nightmare and Chara was nowhere to be found. She fell to her knees, and tried not to cry. Again, her happiness had been taken. Again, she was powerless to prevent it. Her soul quivered, and started to ache once more. Her anger took hold, and she got up and walked over to Dream, with an angry expression on her face. A single tear made its way out of her eye. "Dream, where the fuck is Nightmare!?" She growled. Dream nearly went for his bow, but saw the tear and realized she wasn't completely vengeful. "I-i don't know, but we can go and ask Ink." 

"Who the hell is Ink?" Sam asked, wiping the tear away. "A friend." Dream turned to Sans, and gave him a handshake. "Hey Sans, how's it going?" Sam looked in confusion at the exchange. "You know this guy?" She asked, her anger unpresent. "Yep. I know Ink too, and a bunch of others."

Sans and Dream then explained to Sam about the AU's and AT's, and how they are one of millions of versions of Sans. They avoided talking about error, though. 

"So Nightmare doesn't have an AU? Well that's just fucking great!" She punched air in frustration. "Even if this Ink guy knows where Nightmare is, he could still be anywhere in the multiverse!  and travelling there will take forever!" Dream put his bow away, trusting that Sam wouldn't try anything. She groaned. "Whatever, lets just go to this Ink guy, i'm too annoyed to argue with anybody." 

Dream searched the multiverse, and eventually felt Ink's happiness. He used that happiness to create a portal to Ink. "Everyone, hold onto me!" He warned. Sam did as he asked, suppressing her emotions once more. 

Why did it always have to end with her happiness getting taken away? Why did her happiness always get taken when she was at her highest point?

Dream felt her happiness dimming, and wished he could do something to help her. Unfortunately, he could feel the only way that would happen was if they got Chara back. 

The three appeared in a white void, which blinded Sam for a brief moment, before she dimmed her vision so the area became darker to her. A figure with a paintbrush slung across his back, was standing in the distance. "Hey, ink!" Dream yelled, cupping his hands around his mouth. INk turned around, and immediately ran over to Dream and hugged him tightly. "Dream! Nightmare came around with some universes Chara, i couldn't do anything so i tried to keep them here for as long as i could-" He noticed Sam, and went to shake her hand, but she shoved him away. "Don't touch me, that ability is reserved for Chara!" Ink stumbled, but Dream caught him before he fell. "Wait, who are you? Your not native to any of the AU's." 

"That isn't important right now." Sam told him, getting annoyed. Her tears hardening into black streams of hate. "It is important, actually! I need to know if your good or bad-" "Ink, she lost her Chara, Nightmare took her. That's probably the same one you saw." Dream interrupted. "That still doesn't answer whether your intentions are good or bad-"

"I don't have time for this! I came here to find Chara, not to get interrogated by some skeleton with a paintbrush!" She turned away from Ink, and gazed out into the infinite whiteness of the anti-void. "You want to know where Nightmare is?" Ink asked, pulling out his paintbrush. "Yes, tell me where he took her, i'm losing my patience." 

"I don't know where he took her, but i have an idea as to where we could start looking!" Sam rolled her eyes, before turning back to Ink. "Where?" 

"Killer!Sans's AT." 

(Insert Ink showing Sam a book he has of every single AU and AT in existence, and shows her KIller!Sans's AT.)

"Well thats... Edgy, to say the least." Sam pointed to the next page with Dust!Sans's/Murder!Sans's AT. "Though, he definitely had it worse." Ink nodded. "Yeah, but as the guardian of the AU's, i can't interfere with them." He suddenly shifted topics. "Anyways, lets go to his AT to start looking." Dream and Sans watched as the two talked about Killer's AT, rapidly becoming antsy and wanting to go and do something.

Sam's horns suddenly emerged from her head, causing immense pain. The longer she spent knowing Chara was away, the more her rage started to bleed through her body. Ink reached for his paintbrush, but Sans held him back from doing so. Sam got up, massaging her horns to try and ease the pain. She hated when they sprouted without her control, and unpredictably like this. She pointed at the paintbrush accusingly. "Put it down, artist. This is unfortunately part of me, as much as i'd like to do without it." 

She shook her head in annoyance, not wanting to waste any more time. "Lets just get out of here and get on the move." 

Dream used his powers to feel for Chara's positive feelings, which was difficult at first, but soon one Chara's feelings separated hers from the rest. 

I hope Sam finds me soon, before it's too late...

It wasn't exactly positive, but it wasn't negative either. So dream used what little power he could from that mixed emotion, and summoned a portal. 

Then, everyone jumped through it.