Bright sunlight filtered through the windows, lighting up the room with a warm glow. Birds that had been trapped underground by the barrier chirped outside the Judgement Hall, they and the gentle glow of the room giving it a peaceful feeling. A feeling of warmth. The only figure in the room was the opposite; anything but peaceful.
Sans stood in the center of the Hall, a slight grin on his face as he waited patiently for the human. A slight shift disrupted the dust covering his clothes, making some drift to the ground. "heh... think they're gonna show up soon, paps?" The red lights in his eyesockets darted toward where what had once been his brother floated, reduced to nothing but a head, a dusty scarf, and a pair of gloves.
"OF COURSE THEY WILL, BROTHER." The phantom replied, his red eyesockets seeming to gleam. "THEY ALWAYS RETURN SOONER OR LATER."
Sans tucked his hands further into his pockets, a dark chuckle escaping him as his gaze focused on the doorway. "true."
It didn't take long before the human finally walked through the door, a look of annoyance on their face. There was a small amount of dust from monsters they had found in the Ruins as well as Toriel's dust; however, they hadn't found many monsters once they had left. It had seemed like they all disappeared.
"heh. speak of the devil. look, pap. they came." Sans said, his grin growing a bit wider as he shifted and caused more dust to drift to the ground. The look of confusion on the human's face was clear as they took in Sans's appearance, noticing the dust, and his mention of Papyrus. They and the skeleton were the only two in the room, and they hadn't seen Papyrus at all in this run.
"NYEH HEH HEH! I TOLD YOU THEY WOULD ARRIVE, BROTHER!" Papyrus stated with a sly grin, moving so he now hovered a bit closer to Sans's side.
"heh. so, pal-"
"What's going on here?" The human interrupted as they glanced over Sans's appearance again. "What are you doing covered in dust? Where are the rest of the monsters?!"
"well, pal. the last reset got me thinkin'." Sans started, starting to pull his hand out of his left pocket. "a one LV monster is a bit easy for you, ain't it? so i figured... why not gain LOVE myself? t' stop you?"
The human stared at him in shock. "So... You killed them?"
"well. can't gain LOVE without hurtin' others, right? 'sides, it's a worthy sacrifice if it saves them from you." Sans's left eye flashed a cyan color surrounded by red, the light in his other eyesocket going out as he pulled his left hand out of his pocket fully and activated his magic. "pal? now we're gonna have a MAD time!"
The human had no chance to dodge, a sharpened bone spearing them straight in the chest and taking away nearly half their HP. The human dodged a second bone thrown at them only to run headfirst into another, dropping them down to one HP as the fell to one knee. Sans gazed down at the human with a sadistic grin as he formed another bone above them, spearing them through the head.
Almost immediately after the human was killed they returned at the end of the hall, a lot less confident than they had when they had first entered the hall many resets ago. This was new. Sans had NEVER acted like this before. They made their way back toward Sans with cautious steps until they were in the usual battle position a few feet away.
Sans smirked as he watch the human's hands tremble slightly, a bit of fear in their eyes. "what's the matter pal? scared?" He sent three sharpened bones toward the human, a Blaster forming over their head. "that's a first. you never used t' be the one scared." The human dodged the first bone, the second and third spearing them in the arm and leg. They stumbled as their HP dropped to ten, then the Blaster fired and shattered their Soul for the second time since the fight began.
The fight lasted for hours, the human's Soul shattering again and again as Sans found more... Sadistic ways to kill them. It was the 157th time the human attempted to fight Sans, and they were currently on their knees. Sans took a step closer to them, the phantom of his brother right behind him. "heh. how many times has it been, kiddo? i lost track." A Blaster formed behind him, charging up a blast. The human lifted their gaze, spotting the blaster. The blue light from the Blaster was now more of a purple color, infected from the DETERMINATION that Sans had gained. They closed their eyes, reaching out to try and RESET. To do the run from the beginning of the run, where Sans hadn't lost his mind...
... But they couldn't get it. The RESET button was corrupted and unusable. The human desperately tried to do something, anything, to get away from Sans as the Blaster finished charging. Right before they were blasted, the human was gone.
"damn it! where did they go!" Sans snapped in anger, the blaster stilling and looking at the place where the human had once kneeled.
Papyrus frowned at the spot. "I DO NOT KNOW... THEY COULDN'T HAVE GONE ANYWHERE!"
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The human gasped as they sat up, finding themselves at the Snowdin Save Point. They stood, letting out a shaky breath as they walked into the inn. The tables have turned. Now they were the one who had to stand up to save the rest of the underground...
