Chapter 26

All Isaac ever wanted was to be happy. He wanted to go home, he wanted his mother to return to the way she was before his father left them. Isaac wanted to color with crayons with Guppy curled up next to him. His world couldn't give him that, and even when he fled into the Underground, happiness was fleeting. Sure, he had made friends with Frisk and Toriel, but what good was that if he was going to die? What good are friends when he is starring at his own corpse in the face. What good were friends against God's judgment? What awaited him after this world, Heaven or Hell? Isaac was too afraid to find out. He just wanted to go home! The chest was calling to him, telling him to accept his fate, but he rejected its callings. Now his friends stood before him, all wanting the nightmare he brought into their world to end. Call him selfish, but if rejecting his true fate was the only thing powering the nightmare invasion, then Isaac would rather live in a terror filled world with his friends than face an eternity without them. Put simply; Isaac was too determined to die.

(Insert: My Innermost Apocalypse)

"I'm not dead!" Isaac screamed frantically as searing hot tears rolled down his cheeks.

His white hot tears fired out around him and flew around the castle in an intricate patteren. Everyone scattered and hid for cover as the tears flew across the room.
A strange, almost angelic hymn echoed through out the castle. But the hymn was not righteous or happy. The hymn sounded sad, angry, depressed, and hurt.
Toriel stood from behind the rubble she had taken cover behind.

"Isaac, calm down!" she shouted over the mournful hymn. "Everything will be fine. We can work this out!"

Isaac shut his eyes as he felt a pain in his chest.

"You don't understand!" he wailed loudly. "None of you can understand!"

A burst of white tears shot out from Isaac in a tightly grouped wave. Toriel didn't think she needed to defend against the tears as she knew Isaac would never hurt her. She was wrong. The white tears seared her skin like hot coals. With a yelp of pain, Toriel felt herself thrown backwards. Asgore, Asriel, and Frisk rushed to her side. She looked up from the ground with pain and confusion heavy in her eyes.

"Isaac...my child?"

Isaac saw what he had done and began to cry even more. Another large eruption of tears burst from Isaac and covered the room. Undyne let out an angry growl as the tears burnt into her skin.

"NGAHHH! Knock it off you little twerp!" she shouted as she summoned several spears.

"Undyne, wait!" Alphys shouted as she pulled Undyne back behind the rubble. "You don't stand a chance against him!"

"Wadda mean?!" Undyne shouted.

"His determination levels are so high that they can't be measured!" Alphys stammered in a panic. "Isaac could end up killing you!"

"Yeah right! No one is that determined!" Undyne retorted bitterly.

As Undyne shot back up to threaten Isaac again, a beam of light flashed into her eye and blinded her. Startled and hurt, Undyne flung her spears through the air blindly.

Toriel screamed as she watched Undyne's spears impale Isaac through the chest.

"Isaac, no!" she cried out.

Isaac felt the spear in his chest, but it did not hurt. Nothing hurt, in fact he couldn't feel anything. He was numb to this world now. But a part of him screamed out in anger and betrayal.

"You throw like a wuss!" Isaac shouted in an un-Isaac like voice.

Undyne felt a pang of emotion in her chest at the sound of Isaac's voice.

"Sammy?" she asked. "Is that you?"

Before she could get her answer, Isaac folded his wings around himself and he vanished. Suddenly, the castle ceiling split and crumbled as blinding pillars of light crack through the sky. Everyone scattered and ran as the pillars rained across the ruined castle. As the pillars of light ceased, the winged Isaac reappeared, this time he was accompanied by two winged childlike creatures.

"Save me from them!" Isaac cried. "Don't let them put me in the chest!"

At his command, the two angelic creatures flew towards the closest targets; Bratty and Catty. The two screamed and embraced each other as the creatures attacked. Luckily, the two were saved by a pair of bombs that Mettaton had thrown.

"I won't stand and watch you attack my fans!" Mettaton exclaimed as he struck a pose.

Isaac felt something flicker inside. Something smug and scheming. Something greedy. Isaac threw his hand out and showered Mettaton with golden coins.

"For the afterlife, chump!" Isaac scowled with his left eye closed.

Bratty and Catty gasped loudly at the sound of the familiar voice.

"Cain, is that like-" Bratty started.

"-really you?" Catty finished.

Just as before, Isaac folded his wings around his body and vanished. As the pillars of holy light shot down from the sky, everyone darted for cover again; except Sans.

Sans raised his hand and summoned a wall of bones that separated himself from the others.

"Sans, what are you doing?!" Papyrus shouted angrily.

"Sans, whatever you are about to do, please don't hurt Isaac!" Toriel shouted as she pounded her fist against the wall.

Sans sighed tiredly and shook his head.

"sorry toriel-"

As Isaac reappeared accompanied by his angelic creatures, San's left eye flashed blue.

"- but I don't make promises."

As Isaac's angelic creatures attacked, Sans raised his left and. Out of thin air, two Gaster Blasters materialized. With a flash of blue light, the Gaster Blasters fired and vaporized the creatures.

"sorry, kiddo but if you want this nightmare to end, you're gonna have to face whats inside that chest." Sans stated calmly.

Isaac shook his head vigorously and fired a four tears in the cardinal directions. Each of those tears split into four smaller tears. Sans was easily able to dodge them.

"No, I'm not going!" Isaac shouted. "It's not fair!"

Isaac folded his wings and teleported across the battle field. Two pillars of light shot down from the sky. Again Sans was able to dodge this attack.

"come on kiddo, don't make me hurt you." Sans stated with a hint of sadness in his voice.

Isaac responded by unleashing another wave of circular weaving tears. After dodging the massive amount of tears, Sans shook his head and sighed.

"alright, I warned you."

Suddenly, Isaac felt as though his heart had frozen. Without warning, Isaac was thrown across the room and slammed into the wall. Sans, snapped his wrist to the right and smashed Isaac into the right wall. He then dropped his hand down low and slammed Isaac into the ground. Isaac flew off the ground and wiped the blood from his mouth.

"Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul!" Isaac shouted in a very familiarly zealous voice. "But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell!"

After speaking, Isaac's right eye flickered and flash a bright white.

"Matthew 10:28."

Sans felt as though he was struck by lightning as his Karmic Retribution was dispelled. Before he could even question it, Sans found himself getting a taste of his own medicine. As Sans was thrown against the wall he heard the familiar voice of Judas speak.

"Karma is not a Christian belief! Therefor, it has no power over me!"

Isaac was throwing Sans across the battlefield and slamming him into anything he could.

"no more playing around, huh?" Sans asked as he panted with exhaustion. "fine by me."

Without warning tall pikes of bone erupted from the ground, the wall, and ceiling. Isaac had to dodge and avoid while keeping his eye on Sans.

"you're going to go into the chest one way..."

Several Gaster Blasters materialized around Isaac.

"...or another."

One by one, the Gaster Blasters fired at Isaac. Isaac dodged them at the cost of puncturing holes in his wings from the bone pike that thickened the room. Finally, Sans summoned one massive Gaster Blaster. The skull-like cannon charged and unleashed its might upon Isaac. Seconds before the beam struck, Isaac's wings and skin turned black. His eyes glowed bright red, and he grew a pair of horns with the right horn being broken. Isaac puffed up his cheeks and let lose the infernal brimstone that he had burning within him. The as the beams collided, the force of the impact shattered all of the stained glass windows and cracked the ground beneath. The Blaster's beam slowly inched closer and closer towards Isaac. Just when things seemed to be tipping in San's favor, he felt a spike of determination radiate out from Isaac. With a heart breaking scream of pain, Isaac pushed himself forward into the blast while firing his brimstone beam. With a deafening explosion, the Gaster Blaster was destroyed. Sans was thrown back against the bone wall, but that too quickly was destroyed in the blast. As the dust settled, no one was standing. Isaac had won...but he knew he had won absolutely nothing.

Isaac looked over the battlefield with tears rolling down his cheeks. He didn't want to have to hurt his friends, but he was so scared. Isaac let out a wail of sorrow and sobbed.

"You don't understand!" he sobbed. "You can't possibly understand!"

"You're wrong, Isaac." A small voice spoke.

(Insert: His Theme)

Isaac wiped his eyes and looked down. Standing below Isaac was Frisk, and the small goat child, Asriel.

"You're wrong, Isaac," Asriel repeated. "We do understand..."

Isaac's wings grew still as he lowered himself to the ground.

"You are scared. You're scared of what will happen next." Asriel stated in sympathetic tone.

*SAVE

"You don't need to be afraid, Isaac," Asriel said with a soft smile. "Nothing can hurt you now."

Isaac stood silently as he stared at Asriel and Frisk. His mind was heavy with doubt and fear.

*SAVE

"At first...I just wanted everything to go back to the way things were..." Isaac spoke through his tears.

*SAVE

"Then I met Toriel and you Frisk. You were the first two friends I've ever had..."

*SAVE

"Then you stood by me and made my Mama see the light again..."

*SAVE

"You pulled me from the darkness after Mama was killed."

*SAVE

"But now...now...I feel so alone."

*SAVE

"There is evil in me Frisk," Isaac whimpered. "What if that's all there is? What if I can't be forgiven? What if-"

Isaac was silenced as Frisk and Asriel embraced him. Isaac tensed up then slowly gave in and returned their hug. In that hug, Frisk and Asriel gave Isaac as much of their determination as they could.

"I don't want this to end," Isaac said with a heavy heart as he looked back at the chest. "But keeping you in my nightmare isn't fair..."

Isaac broke off from the hug and wiped his eyes. For the first time in age, Isaac felt a warmth inside of him. Isaac had something greater that determination, or hope. Isaac had rekindled his FAITH.

"I guess this is goodbye..." Isaac said with a sad smile.

Isaac walked up to the chest. He ran his hands over the wood and sniffled. It was his toy chest alright. The one his father had made for him.
Isaac took a deep breath then opened the chest. Instead of the blue baby, Isaac was greeted by a howling abyss. Isaac knew that his fate was waiting for him.
One last leap, one last fall. This was the end.

Isaac dangled his feet off the edge of the chest and looked back. Frisk, Toriel, Asriel, everyone was staring at him. Isaac gave a small smile a waved at them.

"Goodbye everyone. I'll miss you."

Before anyone could object, Isaac pushed himself off the edge of the chest and hurtled into the darkness.

The chest suddenly slammed shut and thorn covered vines grew and twisted over it. The sky grew dark and the air grew cold.

"You idiots." A familiar voice laughed.

Suddenly, everyone felt their bodies being ensnared by thick vines.

"This was my plan all along..."

It's almost over now...