Judgement Hall

Part Three

(Sans POV)

"Hey, don't know if you can hear me, but, erm, I'm good, ya know? I'm okay just...had a bad time. Heh, get it? No biggie. Besides, we've got a way to bring you back. Personally, I wouldn't want to miss that cuz kid...y o u ' v e g o t s o m e e x p l a i n i n g t o d o."

~~A shortcut later~~
"God damnit just...augh! I feel like an idiot. How the hell did I let this happen." I held their cold, lifeless body in my hands and sighed. "Welp, time to get to work. First things first, gotta make you habitable again...I...I can't believe I went so far." I used my magic to heal any damage I had done to them, so making the transition from soul to body would be, most likely, painless. "Next comes you bucko...and their magic to keep ya holdin' on. Feels comforting, doesn't it?"
"Mmmmn"
"C'mon kid, open your eyes."
"...sans?"
"I'm here buddy, I'm here."
"I-I'm so so-sorry...I didn't.....I didn't m-me-mean it. I-I didn't want to..."
I looked down at the kid, tears welling up in my eye sockets. "It's okay Frisk. You...you can cry. There's uh...no shame in it. You have every right." They dug their face into my neck and started sobbing.
"B-but...I, I n-need to..."
"Shh, no need to explain, I know. Just...trust me, okay?"
"Okay...*sniff* I, ggh *sniff*"
"Atta kid, just breathe. Look, I hate to ask this but...do you remember anything as a soul kid?"
"I-it's a l-little fuzzy, Sans...I-I think that s-someone else is h-here...! I'm scared."
I looked around quickly (hopefully) Frisk didn't notice. "There's no one here but us, baby bones...I don't sense anyone else..." The air was thick with fear and awkwardness. "But u-uh, if it's privacy you want, I think I might know a place we can go."
"What's 'privacy' mean?"
"Up we go..!" I lifted them up onto my shoulders, their hands on top of my head, and feet intertwined at my neck.
"B-but where are we g-going?" They gasped, "Wh-what if I'm s-seen?"
"Heh, no problem, I've got a short-cut."
I started teleporting back to Snowdin, Frisk tugged on my jacket slightly, and I looked back up at them.
"Where are we?"
"Well, I'm not special like you kid, I can't RESET but I can jump through the code...pretty difficult though..."
"So...we're teleporting? If that's true...can I ask you something?"
"Shoot kid."
"W-well, there's t-this place...and i-it really me-means a lot to me....and I have to finish something im-important there..."
"Hmmm..."
"Please? I have t-to do this."
"Where is it?"
They leaned in closer towards my ear and whispered, "W-well, you know that s-statue near waterfall?"
"Pfft! That place? Bwahaha! And I thought you were being serious!"
"I was being serious!"
"Oh well, if that's it...I guess we could make a pit stop there."
I outstretched my arm, using my magic to create a portal to the statue, but I forgot a really important detail...
"W-what are you doing? W-what's ha-happening? I-I....uh. . ."
I still had the kid with me.

As soon as the portal opened, Frisk leaped from my shoulders, and took off.
"H-hey kid! Hold up, wait!"
"N-no, j-just let me go! G-give me space!"
I sighed. "What did you see kid?"
"Nothing! I'll be right back!"
"...Oh. Oh, geez kid...I uh, didn't mean to scare you."
"N-no, it's fine, j-just let me go get it."
"'It'?"
As I waited for them, I kept wondering why this old thing was so important? It'd been here forever, wasn't anything special...so why the need to ACT here? I heard tiny footsteps coming my way, I turned and saw Frisk holding an umbrella.
"Huh? Whacha' got there kiddo?"
"S-something special."
They looked renewed, defiant almost? But, not at me.