Chara ran through the old capital until she saw Napstablook, waiting for her.

-Where is he?-

She asked, panting. Napstablook turned around a building, Chara followed. They ran to a less known to Chara area, that wasn't used by anyone except for small, less mentally developed monsters that preferred loneliness and darkness. This area was called "The Ruins", and Chara with Asriel would only sometimes pass by it. It was the ghost town of the old capital, but even Napstablook, a ghost, didn't like being there.

Chara stopped as she heard a shot hit a wall and clung to a wall.

-Napstablook, do you seehim?-

She whispered. Another shot sounded.

-You demon!-

Sounded a voice, lower than Cameron's, but still not developed fully, right near where Chara was standing. The shot, however, went through Napstablook.

-Nevermind...-

Chara sighed as she crouched to grab the knife from her shoe. As she crouched, another shot sounded right above her head, moving her hair. She slowly turned her head to see a pair of dark-brown boots. Slowly looking up, Chara saw the entire tall, strong figure of Alexander-the only thing that at first seemed ridiculous was a cowboy hat he had, but it fit so well the brown and yellow clothes he wore, that she lost any desire to joke. Mostly when she realized that he was pointing a gun at her.

-Demon! You sent your beasts to kill him!-

He growled. Chara blinked confusedly, after all, she was as human as him, why was him... Oh, right. The red eyes. But as she squinted, she realized that his eyes were yellow like lemons. And Cameron had orange eyes. Didn't he consider it weird? Maybe he was color blind and only considered red? Why was she having all those thoughts when she's about to be gunned down?!

-No, he's alive. If you're talking about Cameron, he's alive!-

She mumbled, slowly pulling out the knife and hiding it in her sleeve.

-How do you knowhisname, demon?! What have you done to my brother?!-

The gun clicked.

-Alexander, calm down, I'm not going to hurt you if you don't hurt me...-

She rose her hands, slowly standing up. He didn't leave the gun pointed from her head. For a teenager, he was surprisingly serious and muscled. His hand holding the gun was so stoic, almost as if it was made of stone.

-How do you know my name, demon?! Oh right, your satanic followers! They'll pay! You'll pay!-

He was a moment from pulling the trigger when Napstablook electrocuted his had with his electric tears, thus the shot flew right above Chara, who jumped back and pulled out the knife.

-You won't hurt anyone!-

She shouted. Wrathful, Alexander grabbed his second gun from his brown belt. Chara, even though she kept the determined look on, felt her heart drop for the second time today. How many bullets did he have? What guns those even were? Why is she thinking again instead of doing something?!

Wrathful, Alexander sent a bullet at Chara, aiming precisely. She quickly dodged, but she wasn't as quick as a bullet, and it hit her shoulder. She barely felt it-her adrenaline was so high right now that she didn't feel anything. While Alexander was aiming again, she dived to his feet and tried to cut through his boot. Damn, it was so damn hard and she wasn't strong enough! Probably it had many protective layers. Alexander aimed at her and she rolled away quickly. He turned around and shot, she ducked and he missed. She just hoped he didn't have many bullets. Napstablook passed in front of him and Alexander's first reaction was to waste another bullet on them. Chara used this moment and ran up to him, cutting his leg. He stumbled away, but the wound wasn't too deep. He kept standing and pointed both guns at Chara, shooting. She ducked and rolled and jumped around. Some shots passed so close to her that her heart stopped for a moment. Napstablook electrocuted him few more times, until he shortly had his hands paralyzed. Chara used it and ran up to him again. As he regained the movement in one hand, he meant to shoot at her forehead, but she cut half of the gun off. Alexander was shocked, but as he regained his awareness he shot with the second gun and hit Chara's leg. She dropped to one knee and held the wound, now feeling it and the wound in the shoulder. But, being close enough to him now, she cut his leg again, this time deeper than before. Blood sprayed out of the wound. Most people would be disgusted, but Chara was at least thrilled to see human blood. Alexander dropped right in front of her. Frowning and stiffing his teeth, he lifted the gun again, aiming.

-I'll kill you now, demon...-

He growled, but... Chara leaned forward and ran a cut on his wrist with a speed of a lighting. He dropped the gun and she picked it up, shooting at his shoulder, just like he did to her. She wanted to set another shot near him just to scare him, but the bullets ended, so she threw the gun away.

-No.-

She simply said, smirking. Now they both were down.

-Princess Chara!-

Napstablook hovered up to her.

-Napstablook, go and callToriel!-

She mumbled through stiffed teeth. Napstablook nodded, as much as it was possible, and flew away. Chara was left alone with Alexander. They were sitting in front of each other, wounded and shivering. Chara silently unzipped her jacket and tore apart the lower part of her shirt to bandage her leg. It hurt, to say the least, like in hell, and she sent all the possible swears through her teeth, but she managed to stop the major bleeding. Bandaging the shoulder would be almost impossible, but using her mouth, she still managed to do it. The shirt will surely be thrown away, but at least she didn't have to hold the wounds. Now that she thought of it, why didn't she use the shirt to bandage Cameron when she stayed with him? Maybe because it was closer to her house and she trusted Asriel to bring Toriel quickly? Or probably she just didn't mind tearing her shirt for herself but didn't think about it then. Why was she thinking about stuff again?

-So, are you calm now?-

She asked her opponent. Alexander lifted his look up to her. His hair, unlike Cameron's, didn't reach his shoulders but still fell on his eyes, and he was almost blond. It was rare that Chara saw someone with darker skin and blond hair, and even with yellow eyes, but she herself was red-eyed, what was so weird about him? Nothing, actually.

-Where's my brother?-

He growled in despair.

-In my house, and there's a doctor to patchhisinjuries.-

Chara answered, frowning her eyebrows and piercing through him angrily. Some small, dark monsters peered at them, but Alexander was still too shocked to notice. Chara was shooing them away.

-Aren't you a demon?-

He eventually asked, much to Chara's surprise.

-No. Just red-eyed.-

She answered.

-The villagers under the mountain said that you haunted them... Before one year ago.-

-Don't listen to retarded idiots mosthumans are! I see you are one of them if you actually believed!-

Chara snapped. Weirdly, anger made her wounds hurt less, but she couldn't yell at him for no reason. Wait, she had a reason! He shot her, he wanted to kill monsters... Yeah, a very good reason.

-You know I don't see a red-eyed human every day.-

He said in defense, to which Chara smirked.

-You are yellow-eyed with anorange-eyed brother.-

She pointed out. He didn't answer. After a minute of awkward silence, Chara asked:

-So, how did yourbrotherget so manyinjuriesfrom being sandwiched between you and the ground?-

-So, you had time to talk with him about that?-

Alexander seemed surprised.

-Yes. So?-

-Some... Creatures attacked us. That's why we separated. I... Guess they hurt him?-

The boy seemed to lose all the strong confidence he had. Clearly because of the worry about his brother.

-Yes, I guess... But he is taken care of.-

For something like three more minutes, they sat silently until suddenly Toriel came running with Napstablook guiding.

-Chara!-

She shouted.

-Right here!-

Chara lifted her hand. It looked just too funny for her to do that, but there was no time for laughing, mostly when she saw Asgore running behind Toriel. Alexander was already scared enough to fall on his back while seeing the two huge goat monsters. Chara bit her lower lip and looked away. Toriel dropped to her knees beside Chara.

-My child, you're hurt!-

She said, activating the healing magic. As she was pulling out the bullets with this, Chara yelped few times, but the bullets soon rolled down the floor. But with the shirt bandags off, Chara was losing blood again and was losing it quickly with the quick heartbeat she had from the fight. Toriel's magic wasn't taking the wounds, so she just picked Chara up. Asgore approached Alexander threateningly. The boy shut his eyes.

-Don't kill me!-

He begged. Asgore grabbed him by shirt and lifted him into the air.

-You dared to hurt Chara! Do you evenknow who she is?!-

The monster king said with his mostly king voice.

-No... No, I don't know! Don't kill me!-

Alexander panicked. That was when he realized that he wasn't seeing too well... The entire floor beneath him was covered in blood. He lost consciousness before Asgore had time to send his heart to feet another time. Soon, Chara passed out as well. They each didn't lose too much blood, but Alexander got too scared, and Chara didn't have much blood at all after the last few weeks.

-She risked her life. Again.-

Asgore said as he and Toriel were going towards their house with the two unconscious humans.

-She did it to save others, and she was with Napstablook. They helped her.-

-It doesn't change the fact that she was ready to die. AGAIN. Tori, we have to give her more limits! She didn'tleave the idea of suicide!-

Toriel turned around at Asgore with a look that could freeze a snowman.

-You didn'teven support her whenshe was recovering. You are just busy with your new capital!-

-I was making sure she will be fine, Your Majesty...-

Napstablook muttered.

-Doesn't seem that it worked!-

Asgore snapped. Napstablook found it best to shut up and turn invisible and just keep floating.

-Listen, Asgore, If you will send Chara to therapy, you'll take all the happiness she gained here! She will lose her freedom, and will definitely be unhappy! I don't deny that we need to talk to her about that, but you aren't bringing the therapy topic again! Let's get her and this boyhome instead of this scandal now!-

Toriel snapped before speeding up, with both children on her. Asgore found it best to shut up now.