[Undertale Contest Entry] AN ECHO FROM THE PAST

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"Sans...Sans, NO!"

A shriek pierces the cold, tense air, shattering the silence in the dark room. Shadows seep from the walls onto the floor like ink...or blood. Neon's silky gold fur snags against branches as she frantically scrambles to get to the skeleton. "SANS! Don't DO IT!" She wails, tears leaking from her glowing eyes. "Chara...I-I....sh-she...Sans, please..." Whispers the ghost, her eyes stretching wide.

"Heh...Neon, what's the point? Alphys. Undyne....Papyrus. They're all dead. I'd sell my soul to stop Chara.." He pulls a tarp off an old machine. ", and maybe that's what I'll do." Pulling his hood off, he tosses it to the shell-shocked Neon with a slight grin. "Keep it safe for me, okay....Neon?" Neon's eyes glow with fury and she rears up, snarling. Encasing Sans in a magical green glow, she comes very close to slamming him against the wall and killing him. He's floating in mid-air, looking at her, expressionless.

"You think this will fix ANYTHING?!" She screams, crying lime-colored tears while looking up at him. "Chara will kill them all over again! There's no POINT!" Cries Neon, hitting the ground with a paw. "There's.....n-no point...." Curled up on the ground, she looks frail, like a butterflies wing. Setting him down onto the ground, she sobs desperately.

"I'll do anything to see Papyrus alive and happy." He says coldly, stepping into the machine and starting it.

"S O U L  R E V E R S E  I N  T  M I N U S  O N E  M I N U T E" Whispers a robotic voice. They hear scuffling outside of the building, human footsteps.

"Chara's coming! Sans, there's no time! We have to go!" Wails Neon, tugging on Sans hand. When he refuses to budge, she wrenches him out of the machine and shoves him away.

"Hello? Is anybody there? Heh...heh heh..."  Chara's demonic voice scrapes the metal walls of the True Lab, causing Neon to wrestle with Sans over the machine. "I hear you.."  She mutters, her shoes clicking ominously against the ground. "Don't worry.... Chara always makes your death fast.." Neon and Sans, who are now fighting over the machine very loudly, start using their magic on eachother.

"THIS IS TO KEEP YOU SAFE, NEON!"

"CHARA WILL STILL BE HERE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO!"

"WE CAN DEFEAT HER TOGETHER!"

"NO WE CANT!"

Sans jerks Neons gauze-like wraps off her paw, revealing seeping green scratch marks. The forces of the pull sends her flying into the machine.

And Chara shuts the door.