Integritale

Chapter 15: Trust

Sans woke up, sweating bullets. He still couldn't come to terms with what he had done. He had actually taken someone's life. He didn't mean to do that. He honestly didn't mean to do that. His attacks weren't supposed to be enough to kill anyone.

Then it hit him. Every time he went back, he became stronger. What he knew was that, every time he reset, his attack, defence and maximum health would drop. However, he realised he had gained new powers thanks to this. He could control gravity. He had more and more stamina each time. And, judging by how Punk Hamster had died, his attacks were dealing less initial damage, but were also poisoning the enemy, eating away at them slowly.

It was obvious that he had to be more careful when using his powers from now on. He didn't want to kill anyone, not again. The only thing he wanted, was to protect her. Her...

Sans looked at Serifa. She was sleeping next to him, as usual. She looked so happy...but he had to wake her. He had to tell her she was in danger. He had to make a new plan and have both of them go through it together. In the end, he had to be the one to destroy her blissful ignorance, to take her happiness away.

This needed to stop. The more times he repeated the day, the worse it was becoming. If, after all this trying, he ended up killing someone, who knew what would happen next.

-Serifa...sweetie...wake up.

How many times had he woken her up so far? How many times had he explained the situation to her? Even this had started getting tiring...

-Good morning Sansy... Serifa smiled, keeping her eyes closed.

-I...really need you to get up.

-Why...?What is it...? Serifa opened her eyes, lazily looking at him.

-The Royal Guards learned where you are... They are outside our house right now. You need to escape...

Serifa jumped out of bed in panic.

-H-How can you be so calm saying this...?

Sans wasn't calm at all. He was just used to doing this over and over again.

-I...I have a plan. But I don't know if it'll work. I'll try my best. Get dressed, we're getting out of here.

-What's your plan?

-I'll tell you when the right time comes.

Serifa and Sans got ready, and they walked to the outside door. Sans took her hand.

-Serifa, I'll open the door. When I do, get ready to run. And, if what I have in mind fails...well, get ready to run faster.

-Alright.I trust you.

As soon as Sans opened the door, his left eye turned blue. Everything except him and Serifa became still and colourless. They started running towards the Waterfall. The unseen hooded figure followed them.

-Sans?What happened? What did you do?

-Just run, I'll tell you later! And whatever happens, DON'T let go of my hand!

Sans was running as fast as he could, followed by Serifa. They had been running for about a minute and he was already panting, feeling his energy draining at a hilarious rate. He felt like he could drop down at any second.

He noticed the lake and waterfall next to them. He recalled there was a little cave behind the falling water. He quickly checked if anyone was around and turned his eyes back to normal, bringing back movement and colour to the world around him.