A Parallel Dimension
Marty watched as his mother finally returned. “You didn’t blow up that world, did you?” She looked odd. Odder than usual. “Mom?”
She sniffed. She jerked her head to the left twice. “No. I. Didn’t.”
“Good.” Really odd. “Mom, are you okay?”
She rubbed her nose. “Fine. Hun. Momma’s . . . fine.” Her eyes started to water. “I’m fine. I’m fine. Potato and Pancakes. Salad and Pizza. They all go with a good old fashioned . . . candy bar.”
That was weird. His mom was weird, the definition of weird, but this weirdness was in a different style from her usual. “Are you feeling good today?” Maybe she was switching into a good insanity. “Can you help free the other me, mom?”
“Yes. I can do that,” she said. “Take me to Gaster.”
He was in the original dimension though. “I don’t want you to kill Gaster. He improved the real world again,” he said, just before he felt something grabbing him from behind. “What? Hey, who’s that? Papyrus?”
Papyrus shouted. “It’s time to come home!”
Papyrus? “Is this a new ballet move?” Marty asked until he looked behind him more clearly at his waist. He wasn’t wearing a tutu. He wasn’t the parallel dimension Papyrus. Marty struggled, but Papyrus seemed to be able to keep him from teleporting.
“It’s over, son,” Papyrus said. “Stop struggling. You need to be whole again.”
“I am not turning into a kitten!” Marty yelled. “Mom, do something!”
But, she just stood there. “Yes. Something.” She started to walk around the room. “Papyrus? I told you once. Do it.”
“Do what?” Papyrus asked. “Amanda, that is you, right? Do you remember me?”
“I told you once,” she said again. “Do it.”
“Told me what?” Papyrus asked again. “Stop fidgeting, Gaster has your position, and you cannot break free from anti-teleporting cuffs. Soon, you will be a good boy again! Joined and better, all better!” But, his triumphant speech was cut off as he heard Amanda’s mumbling. It had been soft, not detectable to his ears. Mere whispers, until slowly it grew in it’s sound.
She was repeating phrases she said in Fun level five with him. Over and over and over.
“Papyrus. Hey. If the me. If the other me that’s left isn’t isn’t so good. If it’s not good, either get rid of her or me. I’m not joining it. I’d rather die. I’m not doing it. If the other me. If it caused something like this evil, I won’t do that. I’m not putting this in my head. You understand?”
No. Did an evil version of her . . . join inside her? That body? “Marty? Whose body is that? Is that Amanda, is she in her right mind? Please? Please tell me!”
“That’s my mother,” Marty groaned. “The one I told you about. The one I brought back. She took care of me, as best as she could.”
“Amanda.” Oh no. “I. I can’t.”
“Get rid of her, or me,” Amanda repeated again. “I’d rather die. I’d rather die. I’d rather die.”
“If her soul joined with my mom’s, she’ll never be the same,” Marty said. “Maybe I can correct it, if you let me go?”
“No. It won’t do any good.” Papyrus looked toward her. “Even if I did the abhorrid thing you want, you would still join in the original dimension. All parts of you.”
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Reckoning Tale-An Undertale Fanfiction Novel
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