Chapter 11: Fractured
"Hey? What are you doing out here so late?"
"..."
"Still not going to answer me? You've been out here for nearly a week. What's wrong?"
"Have you ever thought of a world, where everything is perfect, but you don't exist?"
"What are y-"
"Do you believe even the worst person can change if they just try?"
"..."
"Do you still call me your child?"
"I-"
"Don't even answer. I don't want to hear those excuses of 'Oh we still love you.' You've fed me enough with those lies."
"We are worried about you. Ple-"
"Are you really? No. You just don't want anyone to think of me as a psychopath. And you don't want me to ruin your whole damn reputation."
"Listen to me!"
"I'm not just some pawn in your game you know. I won't let you use me like I'm some tool anymore."
"You've changed ever since that thing came and attacked us."
"Attacked? It never laid a finger on anyone. Yet you struck it down with no remorse. You people, murder someone who is innocent and you are perfectly fine. I murder someone who is trying to kill another and I'm dubbed a murderer."
"..."
"I thought so. Let me ask you again, Do you believe even the worst person can change, if they just try?"
"I-I don't know?"
"Heheheh, I don't."
"C'mon kid! Stay with us."
"My child we all need you to wake up."
"HUMAN, WE ARE WORRIED, PLEASE WAKE UP."
"Hey punk, you're scaring us. Please come back."
"T-this s-shouldn't be happening. Y-You can do it."
"For the sake of all of us you have to stay determined."
"I shouldn't have made you go alone… I-I'm sorry. We all are."
"I-I understand if you can't forgive me but… don't do this to us."
I forced my eyes to barely open upon hearing voices. Everyone was standing over me with worried expressions. I could barely make out an unknown figure in the group but dismissed it. The pain all over me was unbearable. It felt like fire spreading through my body.
"He's awake!" I heard Toriel yell triumphantly. I should have been happy that I was with them again, but that was taken away. Green magic started radiating from Toriel's hand as I felt the pain ease off.
Sans relaxed seeing me moving again. His normal grin had disappeared however which was very uncommon. "Never to that to us again kid. That was not okay." Why did I have to be so stupid.
Frisk started to get worried again. I wasn't responding to anything. "A-Are you okay?"
So why couldn't I… "Something isn't right…" Undyne mumbled.
Feel… Sans yelled for everyone to get back. Anything…
"Kid are you okay?" He started shaking me back and forth. "Listen to me!" His eye flared blue as he checked my stats again. His pupils disappeared at what he saw.
Bennett: LV 5 10 ATK 6 DEF 36/36 HP
*No wonder he looks so broken…
It wasn't mainly the fact that my LV had risen that made Sans flinch. It was the lack of Chara's stats. As much as Sans hated Chara, he felt genuinely sorry for me. Sans sighed, "I need Alphys, Undyne, and Papyrus to leave."
"And why would we do that?" Undyne huffed breaking the tension in the air.
"Undyne, I need to talk to them about something that you shouldn't know about." His voice became hostile at the end.
Undyne stood firm not even glancing at the door. "Whatever you have to say you can say it in front of us." She quickly snatched Alphys who was about to turn for the door. "All of us."
"BROTHER, WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO SAY PLEASE TELL US."
"This doesn't concern you two just leave. I really don't wanna use magic on you." His blue eye started to flare up.
"Fine, but you BETTER tell us after this!" Undyne yelled in anger storming out the door pulling Papyrus and Alphys. Undyne make up your mind for crying out loud. You're gonna dust Alphys before this is over with.
Everyone stood staring at the door as the other two left leaving us with the remaining monsters. "Well that went well…" Asgore said in a joking manner, earning him a death stare from Toriel.
"So Sans, why have you told us to stay?" Toriel asked with her hand on a new monster I vaguely recognized.
"I don't know if you guys are ready for this…" Sans sighed. He took a glance at the two boss monsters and seemingly had to tell them. "Well, here goes nothing. This whole time Bennett has been interacting with someone who is dead."
Toriel seemed to be processing the information. Her face shifted to a scowl at the skeleton. "Sans if this is a joke I-"
"It's not a joke Tori." He said with his pupils gone. "Yes, he had been interacting with Chara. Your Chara."
"But why didn't you tell us?" Asgore asked, his voice becoming more hostile. "Why would you hide that kind of thing from us?"
Sans didn't even flinch under the king's gaze. "We didn't tell you because Chara was not exactly on good terms with any of us."
"But, Chara was a kind soul. They died of illness."
Sans sighed, "Chara killed themself. Hell, ask Asriel." Sans motioned to the smaller monster. So that's how I knew him.
"My child please tell me that isn't true." Toriel pleaded.
Asriel stood still trying to keep himself together. "Chara did kill themself with buttercups. We had a plan to take six human souls to break the barrier. Chara urged me to fight back but I resisted. T-That's how I…" He looked at me and quieted down a bit. "And I saw him there too. Chara had told me to spare him. It was… strange." The small monster was now in tears. "I was so stupid."
"Asriel please, it's over now." Toriel hugged her son trying to comfort him. I didn't remember what that was like. Toriel looked up at me with hope. "Can we talk to Chara?" She asked.
My heart wrenched. I had been containing myself fairly well for someone who watched their friend get torn to pieces. Frisk noticed and cut it. "I don't think he can do that anymore…"
"W-What do you mean?" Toriel started stuttering. She knew what was going on but didn't want to accept it.
Sans mumbled the words, "Chara is gone for good this time."
My eyes started to glow. All because of that weed who Chara and I tried to save. "Chara trusted you." I said with a muffled voice. "Then you murder them with no remorse."
"Asriel what is he talking about?" Toriel asked, worried.
"W-When he c-came into the void to save me C-Chara helped him out. F-Flowey tried to stop them and… I killed Chara." Asriel started sobbing. "I didn't mean for this to happen. I wish I could just take it all back."
All intentions I had to hurt Asriel crumbled. It wasn't his fault. I knew if he could he would change what he did. But, that didn't change that you can't bring back the dead.
Toriel and Asgore had frozen stiff, hands clasped over their snouts. No one moved or spoke. The tension could be cut with a knife. "I-Is there anything we can do?" Toriel asked still trying to find a way to talk to Chara again. "There has to be something."
Sans's silence crushed the last of Toriel's hopes. She broke down in tears as Asgore tried to comfort her. Frisk was trying to help Asriel through this. The young prince wasn't taking it easy on himself. No one was.
"Well that went worse than expected."
"At least my project paid off. Hopefully someday it will help me as well."
"Although, I can't help but feel sorry for them."
"All the hell I just put them through…"
"..."
"Oh no I'm destabilizing again."
"I guess I looked at the timeline too long."
"*Sigh* What have I done to these people."
I will be honest this was a horribly written chapter
After the last chapter and the positive reviews I got from it, I didn't wanna screw up but WHOOP DE FRIGGIN DOO
Oh well, I will improve again.
Oh and I will be on vacation for the next two weeks!
Viewers: So that means you won't update?
Me: Wrong! I won't be able to update quickly but I can still update! Trust me I LOVE writing this story. No not that LOVE, that love. Bejesus.
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Sans: You still have no cover art
Me: Shut it Sans I'm trying to close a chapter
Sans: But wouldn't it be wise to maybe ask if anyone is interested in making cover art?
Me... Not a bad Idea Sans.
I already have one person trying to make some cover art but I would love to also see other submissions. PM me if you need info or anything
This turned into an info chapter...
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