Her (Sans X reader)

39

I woke up feeling significantly happier.

"What's got you in a good mood?" Chara asked me when we were walking to get food. We left Alphys to scavenge for scraps to make something to help us communicate with the Underground.

"Just a dream," I said, looking at the sky. I had forgotten how many birds there were, even if I was gone for what felt like two weeks.

"Well, as long as you didn't have another nightmare, it's good, right?"

I nodded and swung my arms, listening to the birds tweet.

"So, what is the plan for today?" Chara asked as we walked into a gas station.

I shrugged, "I guess just try to persuade the humans to help us open the barrier."

Chara sighed, "I really hope they help us. It was terrible that they locked them up down there. Like, why are humans so cruel? We started the war, and we punished them for our mistake."

"I know. We think we know the best for everyone when we don't. I know it's not fair, but we're trying to fix it. We're trying to get these two races together and to help them become friends. And hopefully we succeed."

"I hope so too."

We walked back up Mt. Ebott with arms full of junk food and sodas. Alphys didn't want any because monsters eat different foods than humans and she didn't want to see what would happen if she ate that.

"So, any luck?" I asked Alphys. She was tinkering with a toy car remote, a broken radio, and a CD player. "Um, what's all this going to do?"

"I'm hoping to make a radio to talk to them. I have something similar to this in my lab, and I know Mettaton hangs out there, so I could just communicate with him. He could relay the message back to them."

I nodded, "makes sense, I guess. But, what if he's not there?"

Alphys thought for a second before shrugging, "I honestly haven't thought about that. I guess we just hope that he's there." She finished tinkering with the three things and laid them out in front of her. They looked like the beginning product of something great. And expensive.

"Well, I'm gonna go see what Chars is doing."

Alphys nodded and waved me off, staring at her device as if trying to figure out what to do next. I had full faith that she would help us free the monsters. There was no doubt in my mind that she would be successful.

"Chara?" I called, poking my head into the shack. "You in here?" No answer. "Okay, obviously not."

I walked around the outside of the shack as well. She wasn't there either. "Chara? Where are you?" I said in a louder voice than I usually use.

"Over here," I heard a distant voice yell. I looked across the mouth of the mountain and saw Chara standing there, looking down.

I gasped, running as fast as I could over to her, almost slipping once or twice. "Chara!" I said, gasping for breath, "why are you all the way over here? You could fall, or worse!"

Chara rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, "come on, Skylar. Let me live a little, I'm not some little kid. I can take care of myself, I'm technically older than you."

I sighed, "Chara, just come back to the other side. I don't want you getting hurt." I held my hand out and Chara sighed, but reluctantly grabbed it. "Thank you." I started walking to the other side, but Chara wouldn't budge. "Um, Chara, come on."

"No, I have to tell you something. I've been lying."

"What? About what?"

"I'm sorry. I'm such a terrible person, but I don't want you to live through the pain of this world. I don't want you to ruin what the monsters have done for themselves. You'll ruin everything. You'll get them all killed, and I can't let that happen. I'm not doing this for me, I'm doing this for them."

Chara pulled me closed to her and put her hands on my shoulders. "Chara? Please," I whimpered, but she shook her head.

"I'm sorry. Lilith tried the same thing all those years ago. As did Frisk. I had to stop them, they were going to kill the monsters. I hope you understand." Chara then pushed me down the mountain.