Data Retrieval Complete...

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Chapter 6:True Colors

"Interesting. It seems that these files are coded in Hedronian. Only a Hedronian can read it. "

"So you can't read it then?"

The constant remarks from Crane had been getting on Dipper's nerves. Every single time he thought he found something interesting he would make a small quip or statement and then immediately retract as he read more. Most of the information on the drive was gibberish and held no meaning. There was also a large amount of data logs. They all said the same thing. I am the Dark. I am one. I am the Dark. I have won. The same message was repeated over the couple hundred logs on the drive. Crane concluded that either someone was really really bored, or that the files had been tampered with.

This had been going on long into the night. At one point Dipper thought he saw someone leave and head off toward the massive tower in the distance, but he thought no one was crazy or stupid enough to do that and figured he was hallucinating due to sleep deprivation.

"Dipper, I am a reality warper, I can decipher this language easily" Crane responded.

Dipper wasn't so sure. Crane may have been a reality warper but he did say that only a Hedronian could read the language that the files were coded in. Maybe he would use some of his magical reality warping powers to change the language.

"This is strange." Crane's voice broke through Dippers train of thought. "It is another set of data logs. Although these appear to have been written by someone watching our good friend Gaster after creating the core. Now why would that be written in Hedronian?"

"Maybe there was a Hedronian present for the building of the core." Dipper responded.

"Not possible. Hedronians can only be active where Icosa's mind is." Crane responded casually.

"How would you know that?" Dipper asked.

"I told you, I have had...dealings with Icosa in the past. Hold on, this entry discusses how the core powered the underground." Crane said.

"What? How did the core power the underground? That seems strange to be included in data logs of an observer after it has already been built."

"Indeed that is what I thought, but listen to these ones, the others are nothing new.

Data Log WDG057: Core power source unknown. Gaster gets a new dismembered hand to control each time it is powered. Hypothesis-Core is stealing hands or creating them. Investigate matter further. Inquiry-who_is_Gaster? Answer-unknown. Further investigation required. End Log !.#.

Data Log WDG079: Core Power source previously unknown. Core generates energy by opening tearing holes into the void. These tears release massive amounts of energy as they remain open. They don't remain open long enough. Gaster No good can come from this. !$)(#* #%)!(#$* &%)(*#!$*#O*)( !*%#*$& )#*(!)((!*)$ Seventh tear remains open. Gaster has seven new hands. Possible stealing from other places? Keep watch. End Log !.#.

Data Log WDG 098: Final Log. Gaster fell into the void. This is a )(*&^%^&^%$%^us day. The p^%$# #%&* (*& ^ectly. Now to wait. Keep watch on subject $ %$ End Log !.#.

Much of the data was corrupted. These three logs are the most uncorrupted." Crane briefly explained after reading the logs.

"Does this mean that you could figure something out?" Dipper asked.

"Maybe, I will continue pouring over these logs, you should get some rest. The sun would be up soon. We will speak again."

Dipper decided that was a good idea and promptly fell asleep.


"Where are we? This place feels evil."

"Well my dear, that is because this place is evil."

"We should never have made a deal with you!"

"Tis your own fault. I didn't force you to make the deal, nor did I force you to take your first life. That was all your doing. I just offered some helpful suggestions."

"You tricked me into destroying the entire world!"

"There we go again! You humans always, and I do mean always, put the blame from your own mistakes onto other people. You are trying to blame me for your mistakes. You didn't have to do what I suggested. You didn't have to make a deal with me. NO! You chose to make the deal, and now I am taking you up on it. I fulfilled my side, now you fulfill yours. I will however assure you that your body will not be harmed by me."

"So what are you going to do to us now?"

"I will wait. You see, I only need you as bait. I need to know who one of your quote, unquote, monster friends are."

"Who? Why? Also quote unquote monster?"

"Yes, if you think about I am the true monster in this situation. As for why, he accomplished something that I had thought impossible for any being that was not a reality warper. I must know why. Enough questions! We will wait. They will come. It is only a matter of the right suggestion. CIPHER."

"Yes, sir?"

"Commence an attack in the morning."

"Of course sir."

"Crane, what do you mean you may have found a way to stop Icosa?"

"Exactly what I said Gaster. I may have found a way to stop Icosa and it will require you and Sans. You two are the most powerful. I would also like to talk with you later."

"Fair enough."


This day had not been going well for Crane, and it literally started three hours ago.. The morning started with a the normal daily meeting with the monsters and humans. There they found out the Frisk had disappeared. Crane automatically assumed she was taken by Icosa. Of course this got Sans and Toriel worried. Sans mostly angry however. Of course no one knew how to deal with it. Crane tried to convince the monsters to train with him so that he could work on getting their attacks to do damage to the Hedronians. Only a select few of the group were willing to train with him later. The others were more content or too scared to actually think about doing anything. In his anger at their lethargy, except Undyne, over the situation, Crane had stormed out of the throne room in anger. And one hour after that he tried to find them again, only for Gaster to be the only one left, and the only one willing to listen to what he had to say.

"The drive that Dipper found had several data logs on it. I was able to decipher some uncorrupted files. It turns out that your...uh...gaster blasters, might be able to damage Icosa." Crane explained.

"Interesting, does that mean that it would only be Sans and me that attack him? I am, of course assuming that normal attacks don't affect the Hedronians." Gaster questioned.

"No, normal attacks, like Undyne's spears, could affect the Hedronians. I just need to figure out how to get it working. That is besides the point. I have seen video footage of Sans firing off a gaster blaster, and it destroyed not just the soul but also the physical object." Crane explained.

"And that helps us how?"

"If the blast can hit both the corporeal and incorporeal, then it should be able to actually do more damage to Icosa than an attack that only hits one or the other. I just need a way to test my theory. Also I need to train the monsters and humans on how to kill a Hedronian."

"That sounds like a good idea. Shou-"

Gaster cut himself off. Crane had just disappeared. His back was turned for one second and Crane was gone. Gaster wasn't going to complain, something about Crane seemed off.


What was left of the training arena was not much. Granted, it was not much to begin with. All it was, was a circular hole in the rock, with some walls around it. Along the edges of the arena were many battle marks, cracks, and burnt rock. Inside, Crane had just arrived and was pleased to see that there were a few people who wanted to train with him. Unfortunately it was only four people. Those four were Sans, Undyne, Papyrus, and surprisingly, Dipper. Crane was working on teaching them how to get their attacks to hit corporeal bodies. And so far it had been going well.

It was while he was helping Dipper learn to fight with one of Undyne's magic spears that an explosion was heard coming from the throne room. The five in the arena stopped training almost immediately. They rushed to the castle to see what had caused it. When they arrived they found an unconscious Gaster, a hole in the back wall, and a black stain on the ground.

"Dipper, Papyrus, get Gaster out of here, we're going to have company." Crane commanded.

"how do you know we are going to have company, crane?" Sans asked.

"That is a stain of darkanium. Undyne, be ready to attack. Sans, get a blaster ready. We must protect the civilians." Crane continued to command.

They waited, ready to attack. One minute. Two minutes. Three minutes. Nothing happened. Crane closed his eyes. He appeared to be concentrating. Four minutes. Five minutes. Crane opened his eyes and threw a dagger toward the back wall of the room. The dagger flew through the air and into the darkness beyond. They waited until they heard the sound of a dagger hitting bone. In the next second a dripping black skeleton with a dagger in its skull fell forward. Then the rest of the force ran in flooding the room.

They didn't get far as Undyne started sending spears left and right. Most of the spears hit the skulls with extreme accuracy. Those that didn't found other targets. Sans started firing blasters and throwing bones at the attacking force. Crane had disappeared. Looking around he was seen in the midst of the Hedronians, wielding a rather large curved scimitar, with strange symbols carved into the sides.

The blade carved through the Hedronians with ease, and Crane moved and swung the blade with an ease that could only be borne out of many many years of practice. Sans saw him swing the blade in the the left, then throw it to his left hand to make a swing right. The attack decapitated at least 50 Hedronians alone. But they were still rushing through the single arch in the back of the room.

Crane moved back to Sans and Undyne, at the same time, the approaching Hedronians stopped moving. The back wall was suddenly blasted to smithereens. In the light of the explosions, Sans and Undyne saw a massive army. One of the Hedronians walked forward. Crane identified this one as General Cipher. Still hard to believe that Bill Cipher could be beaten so easily.

"Greetings, enemies of the Dark. We come to offer you peace." Cipher began.

"Sans, get a blaster ready, I think I can take them out in one stroke." Crane whispered to Sans while Cipher continues on with his boring, lengthy and pointless speech about giving themselves up to be spared a painful death blah blah blah.

"This is your only offer." Cipher finished. "Surely you realize that this is the best chance for you to live. Serving Lord Hedron is a great honor and long lasting life decision."

"I wouldn't so sure of long lasting, buddy." Crane said while slowly shaking his head.

"What?" Cipher simply asked.

"Sans fire."

Sans fired the blaster. It plowed straight through the army in front of them. Before the army had a chance to react, the beam flew through the front of the army. It kept on reappearing and carving its way through the army of Hedronians. Sans was confused, his gaster blaster beams had never done that before. He look to his left at Crane. He saw sweat on his brow and his hands making strange motions. In a single aha moment, Sans realized that Crane was somehow controlling the beam from the blaster. But upon closer look Sans noticed that the beam was not curving. It would simply reappear in a different location.

Sans looked at Crane and saw him deteriorating. Whatever illusion he used to make himself look human was slowly burning off, specifically around his head. In the place of his head was a skull, with black fire in the eyes. Once the illusion was gone, Sans noticed that Crane was a spitting image of the Hedronians.

Undyne must have noticed too, for the moment that crane was done manipulating whatever it was that he was manipulating, he received multiple spears to his head. Sans simply fired a gaster blaster at him. The blast launched him back and through one of the walls, straight into the city below. Sans quickly ran down to get some answers. Undyne went to inform the others.


"A shame. I quite liked Cipher. His voice was fun to listen to, even if he never had anything interesting to say. Would you not agree Frisk?" Icosa said.

"..."

"Staying silent, I can appreciate that."

"This was all part of your plan wasn't it?" Chara appeared and asked.

"Ah, the ghostly ghost boy has decided to join us. And to answer your question, yes. It was all part of my plan. I simply wanted an old friend to show his cards." Icosa answered.

"Why?"

"Why matters not. Now tell me Chara, I have an offer for you that you can't refuse. How would you like to have your body back?"

"What?"

"Your body. I had it retrieved by a scout while Cipher made an attack with an, admittedly larger force than I would have liked. I can allow you to join me, and you would get your body back."

"No."

"What…. No?"

"Yeah, you heard me. N, O, that spells no."

"You there."

"Lord Hedron" the guard that he had called answered and came over.

"Send them to the judgement hall. Cast the body into the darkanium."

"At your command, sir."

The guard picked up Frisk and Chara's body and walked out of Icosa's throne room.

"Everything's coming together perfectly. Wouldn't we agree?"

"Yes, we do agree. I am you, there is no reason not to agree. So tell yourself what is next."

"Waiting. The bait is in place, the trap set, and the opposition provoked. They will come to me like flies to fruit."

"Strange analogy, but it works, we guess."

"Indeed, we must prepare a safe path for them to reach us. It can't look too suspicious. The void sphere will be ready when they arrive. I can feel this timeline beginning to crack apart. It is only a small matter of time. After all…"

"WE ARE THE DARK. WE ARE ONE. I AM THE DARK. I HAVE WON."

Error-Data Corruption...Begin File Recovery…

Data Log DF005-Input command- express gratitude- Thank you to all who read this, your feedback is much appreciated as is your views. Input command-tip_hat...Command accepted. Input command-Close

Goodbye viewer, Fare thee well

End Log S.T.K.

He is the Dark. His control is strong. He is the Dark. He will fall.