DuoTale Chapter 12 Authors notes: Hi! Sorry again for the short chapters, I'm going to wrap up DuoTale soon, (I hope) so i'm sorry if anything seems rushed at all! I've been brainstorming new fanfic ideas so hopefully after DuoTale is over you'll read that! I love you all! Enjoyyyyy! Sans's sould held firmly onto mine, the beating of his soul became synchronized. "Thanks kid." I heard his echoey voice from inside the void. The room erupted into a bright fiery light, fury, rage, pain, anger… Feelings whirring around caressing my soul. I felt my determination rise, my power along with it. My vision was shared with Sans, through the sockets I spotted Gaster, his smile larger than ever. "This just got a whole lot more fun." He lunged towards me and Sans, our power was huge, deflecting hit by hit with ease, Sans laughed as he sent his barrage of bones, gaster blasters, it was an all out brawl to the death. I grabbed Sans's soul, pouring more and more of my power into it. "Sorry pops, you lose." Sans raised a hand and swung it down, sending a bolt of energy towards Gaster. The beam was a bright vibrant blue, his soul… red twinges circled through it, my soul… Gaster said something I did not understand, and the bolt hit him, sending an ear ringing explosion. Everything faded to white. I woke, and sat up, I was in my own body, Sans lied next to me staring at me intently. "Hey kiddo." He sounded exhausted. "Sans what...Happened?" I asked, rubbing my sore head. "Welp, Gaster is gone. Thats for sure… Flowey is… Nowhere to be seen at the moment…" Sans explained. "What about our timeline? The corruption? What about all of that?" I asked my mind racing with questions. Sans looked at me with his usual smile. "I-I don't know… The corruption is gone, thanks to you, but I am not physically here… My soul is, but my body is back in Snowdin, in our timeline… I don't know how we are going to get you back… I'll have to talk to Alphys." Sans explained. "At least you can rest easy now. Don't worry kiddo, we'll get ya back." He winked at me, and started to fade. "Wait Sans! Don't go! I reached to him, but my hand phased right through him, I noticed I was fading as well. "See ya soon kiddo." He said, me and him both fading into darkness. My eyes opened I was staring at the familiar ceiling. I glanced at the clock beside my bed. "8:30…" I sighed and I swung my legs over the bed, my head throbbed. I looked down to see Chara fast asleep on my floor. I poked their cheek and smiled as they woke up abruptly. "Huh wha?! Oh… it's you…" they said with a groggy voice. "What are you doing in here?" I asked, giggling at Chara's dried drool staining their face. "I glanced in to check on you last night, and you were thrashing around, obviously having some sort of nightmare, I couldn't wake you… No matter what I tried, so uh I… Held you as tight as I could until you settled down…" Chara said scratching their cheek awkwardly. I felt my face go flush. "Why…?" I asked. Chara looked to the ground. "Well, you're like a little sib to me, I felt like… I needed to protect you, any way I could…" I smiled and lunged towards Chara, enveloping them in a hug. The hugged me back as I felt tears rolling down my cheeks. "Chara, it's gone... The corruption…" I said, Chara pulled me back and stared at me. "What? You beat him?!" Chara smiled astonished. "Yeah…" I heaved. Chara tilted their head. "You don't seem very happy about that, why?" They asked. "I'll have to return to my old timeline soon… You, Asriel… I won't see you again…" I felt more tears spilling from my eyes. Chara paused, looking at me wide eyed. I began to sob. "I don't want you to go! I want to go back to my timeline, but not if you and Asriel aren't coming with me!" I pushed myself into Charas chest, banging my fists on their stomach. Chara held me tightly and didn't say a word, I could hear their silent cries. "Don't go! DON'T GO!" I screamed. Chara stroked my hair. "I won't…" I looked up, seeing Chara smile. "What…?" I said through sniffles. "I might have an idea." Chara winked and grabbed my hand, leading me out of the house.
