Colors Of The Soul

Ch. 22 Nightmare Alive

Chara watched the chaos that her actions caused. Cars rushing by, people screaming, houses on fire from where she just threw random molotovs, and just enjoying the suffrage she has produced overall. Frisk was dying on the inside her world was crashing down around her.

"PLEASE CHARA STOP..."

"No, you had your fun. Now it's my turn."

"What is there left? Haven't you gotten your so-called revenge?"

"No... not even close. After all... I missed Papyrus... there's still the others... and... heh. I'm saving that comedian for last... "

"You are mad.... You know that if he dies... you die right?" There was a dark chuckle.

"Who said I was going to kill him?" Frisk sat in horror as the idea of her setting it up for Sans to kill her. "You... wouldn't dare.."

"Wouldn't I? Besides, there are things so much worse than death... but first, he gets to suffer your death over and over... I wonder how long it will take before his mind snaps. After all, mom always said that most monsters die when their mates do because living is far too painful... but with the ability to reset... he won't get to die with you... " She giggled.

"I haven't been able to... YOU ... " Frisk was beyond sick of this conversation. Chara was trying to destroy Sans in so many ways.

"Only because you don't know how to use it. You're an idiot. Did you really think it would just disappear completely just because you didn't want to use it?" Chara just laughed as she resumed to look for Papyrus.

As it turned out, the "safe place" was in the Underground. It was a fallback place that wasn't reachable to humans because of the steepness of the ledge that had to be surmounted to reach it. Only an animal or a monster could make it up the ledge to the place. Sans had met Mettaton and Papyrus at the base of the mountain. With being poisoned he was afraid to try and teleport, the risk was far too great of him being trapped in the void... He couldn't take that chance. So he'd let the rectangle carry him as well as Papyrus to the place. Toriel and Asriel were already down below waiting.

"I didn't think I'd have to come back so soon..." Asriel commented sadly. Toriel looked at her son saddened by his voice.

"We will get out of here soon ... they will catch this crazy person, and we will be fine."

"about that... i've got some explaining to do and it ain't pretty." Sans said as Mettaton set him down.

"Sans are you alright let me first heal you up before anything..." Toriel was interrupted

"wait wait... i want Alphys to figure out what's poisoned me first. we don't know how it will react to magic. i could end up being worse."

"Well, Undyne said her and Alphys will be here any second... speaking of which..." She looked over at the two came up over the ledge. Alphys more nervous than ever while Undyne glanced around looking for something or someone.

"heya Al." Alphys immediately went up to Sans and put her paw to his forehead.

"h-h-h-e-e-e-e-y-y-y. Sans w-we needs to do tests on you." He nodded.

"i brought some basic things just in case." He opened his phone and brought out a small bag that had some needles, a microscope and a few other odds and ends in it.

"T-t-hat will do fine. I just need a little of your magic, and I will be able to figure this out." As she stuck the needle into his bone magic seemed to pour out faster than normal.

"Ooohh d-d-ear." She replied.

"yeah... apparently that's a thing. great." He grabbed a bandage while she got the blood, he'd need to apply it as soon as the needle was out to stop the flow. One she'd removed it, he did just that. She immediately placed it under the microscope and looked at it. Looking for key features that would stand out from the usual poison. Sans waited patiently as she examined the sample. Undyne looked antsy, and Toriel looked concerned.

"I-i-it has similarities to what humans use a blood thinner, but it is stronger. Maybe a rodent poison of sort." Alphys says as she examines it more carefully to make sure that is the case. "Y-yes I am sure of it... We need to purify his magic...His magic is saturated in it. Undyne we will need to take Sans to my lab to clean his magic."

"rat poison... lovely." He walked over to Undyne, this was going to be a rather unpleasant process... not painful per say, but not fun either.

"I-its a favorite amongst murderers to use tasteless and orderless..."

"yeah... and we had some at the house." He sighed. "Let's get this over with then i can explain this to everyone."They all left with Alphys heading for the lab.

While on top of Mt. Ebbot

"If I was a bunch of monsters where would I be... "Chara laughed as she threw rocks at the memorial that Frisk bought. Most of them just glanced off, but a few left various nicks on it even as they shot off around the area. The monsters were safe from Chara, for now.

"Shall we go back underground Frisk just the two of us to play more games..."

"Chara you are ruining my life... no one in their right mind will let me off... especially after everything that has happened."

"Frisk, Frisk ... does it matter? We, and which I mean I, have the power to reset. This is our world. We are gods amongst men. We decide who lives and who dies. Right now... everyone does."

"Everyone will stop you even if I have to die... I rather die than have to suffer through this."

"Look at the city down below have they ever done anything that helped us... No... they are like the monsters greedy and selfish. If they don't get what they want they make others die for it. The souls down before you didn't get a chance. Have you ever asked Sans what happened to those souls? Where and how they gotten it from? He spared you but what about the others? Were they just his playthings to get by?" Frisk started to cry.

"They never hurt anyone.... None of the monsters hurt me down there, why would they hurt them?"

"Because desperate times comes with desperate measures... and you should know this by now that no one should be trusted. Especially that comedian you love so much. He is the worst of them all."

"You are just trying to hurt me, make me doubt our relationship. That won't work. We are mates, and I saw his memories, and I didn't see anything like that."

"Naive little girl.... Even with mates, as hard as it is to hide, a secret can be achieved. With a little manipulation of their own mind, one can forget things that they don't want to recall. Like how your daddy YOUR REAL DAD... was an alcoholic and forgot and abused you."

"Stop telling me such lies...." As she is yelling at Chara, she can see visions of days when her father would come home drunk, stumbling through the house and would punch her because she didn't do the right thing. Slapped her because she refused to get him another beer. Left her out in the cold because she was a 'noisy little bitch.'

"What lies... you know what hurts worse than the lie Frisk..." She smiled widely while still abusing the statue with rocks... "The truth..." Frisk recalled her past; it was a horrible, terrible past. She remembered how her mother left her and she convinced her dad to go camping hoping that this time maybe he would do it sober. He brought beer with him and got drunk, and she'd had enough. Deciding to go fend for herself than be with him. She'd gone up Mt. Ebott and accidentally fell into the hole where her new adventure had begun.

"So what ... my new parents are my real parents now..." Frisk retorted. Chara's smile disappeared.

"I thought they were mine as well... but you know what you never hear from them? You never hear how much they miss their daughter Chara. How they mourned her loss and couldn't move on from her. No, you know who took my body to my home? It was Asriel, at least he had the decency to try to bury me. These things... need to be punished, and we will take the role of Sans and be their judge and executioner." Chara started to laugh.

"Frisk you are distracting me from my task again... I won't be fooled to stick around so long as to allow your so-called "friends" to live." She said eyeing the hole down to the underground.