Forgotten Phoenix (New Purpose Sequel)

Chapter 26- Play The Game

(~Your POV + Time Skip~)

Hours pass. I cry in the corner of the room until I don't have the strength to anymore. Papyrus and Sans have long since left. They went on to stop Roman, if there's even a way to. Undyne stayed behind to tend to Serif while Alphys left to warn the Queen. Meanwhile, I'm stuck in ghost mode for all eternity.

'Is this my punishment? After all this time... Is this the road that I deserved?'

A skeletal hand is offered to me. "Come on, my dear. We have to keep moving." "Why? There's no point. It's over." I rebuke while slapping Gaster's hand away. "The family is not giving up and neither are you. You're not a quitter, Y/N. I see a human that has been put through the worst in life and still convinced herself to push through it. Not only did you push yourself through the fire, but you pulled both of my sons out of it when they were at their lowest. You raised two wonderful children despite it. Help is almost here. Please, don't give up on them now." His hand reaches out to me again.

'Well... There's nothing else left to lose..'

I take his hand and Gaster pulls me onto my feet. I'm not sure what I can do at this point except cheer them on. I guess that'll have to be enough. As we find our way upstairs, both of us are met with Undyne in a panic. "No no nO NO!" She shouts, looking in every corner and crevice she can find. It doesn't take me longer than two seconds to guess what she's looking for.

'Where's Serif?'

(~Honey's POV~)

My brother slides back to dodge another wave of blazing bones striking from the floor. "Had enough, Papyrus?" The kid taunts. One of their crazed blasters summons in front of me. I quickly hide myself behind one of Judgement Hall's thick pillars. My brother does the same on the other side of the room. The beam of light shoots past us, shaking the whole room. We're completely stalled at this point. We can't get close enough and all we've been doing this entire time is waste our energy.

I see Blue hit on the pillar in frustration. "We're getting our bony butts kicked by a kid!!!" I am so close to laughing hysterically but I force it into a chuckle instead. "Wouldn't be the first time, Bro." I respond. Roman's form suddenly teleports by Sans' side, growling, "FOuND YOu!" I reach my hand out and turn my brother's soul blue. The control's a little messy but I throw him up into the air and away from the kid. It makes things a lot harder knowing that he can teleport.

That dirty brother killer is taking full advantage of my son's magic. It was impossible enough to beat Frisk without it in a genocide route. At first, we tried to fight our battle without hurting Roman. But as time passed, we quickly learned that we can barely even hit him. Even if we wanted to inflict damage, we can't.

I hiss as my magic quickly flickers out after a second. Blue spawns a blaster below himself mid air for leverage. It releases its fire onto the place he once was. While his back is turned, the kid snatched on the slightest opportunity. A wave of orange flaming bones shoots through the air towards my brother. "SANS!" I scream in warning. His eyes catch sight of it and instantly his pupils glow brighter. With a split second left, he outstretches his hand. A firm wall of blue bones materializes in defense to the attack. The group of attacking bones fly into it but then shatter. Their pieces fall down to the floor. I sigh a breath of relief, not realizing until now how tightly I have been gripping my chest.

'Sans' reflexes are one of the best. He's got it.'

There is dead silence but I know that thing is still alive. They're somewhere in this room. I step out into the hall. The blue bone wall disappears so that my bro can watch from above. Sweat drips down my skull. My soul hurts. I look down and see my hands shaking. We've been fighting a losing battle for at least an hour. I don't know how much magic I have left.