So yeah...Sorry this one took a while to get out. But good news! In addition to finishing this chapter...I've started another as a cross over with Varikia, we co-author with my charaters and a few of hers. Just thought you should know, it's called (If Tomorrow Never Comes). /works/6462931/chapters/14792272

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Smoldering flames seared your face. The few seconds of pure agony made you scream as the light was snuffed out. Everything was encased in darkness.

You opened your eyes, but there nothing except seemingly endless darkness. You couldn't breathe…yet you weren't suffocating. There was noise. You couldn't feel your arms or legs…You just hovered there in the bleak, empty void.

A sudden force pulled you down, tugging at your essence. You didn't possess any appendages to fight back, but something made you feel uneasy during the descent, plunging into the unknown while experiencing a sensation of freefall. There was no air rushing past your skin to gauge the speed or direction, just a gut feeling that you're now being ripped farther down.

A small pulsing light came into view. The tiny light grew in size as you came closer, fluttering around. It suddenly exploded with a bright intensity as you fell past it, as if it were triggered by your presence.

Thousands of pulsing lights began to surround you as you fell. A beautiful and vibrant column of rainbow lights shone vibrantly all around. Vast fields of beautiful colors surrounded you, trying to touch your presence while passing down. You could have sworn their behavior indicated that they were trying to help slow your ever encompassing plunge into the void.

The pass through the breathtaking column of light only lasted a few seconds before the dark consumed your thoughts and sight. You waited, trying to grasp what was going on. There was nothing left. A sharp light passed by, you turned your focus toward a pulse nearby as the descent finally slowed. You couldn't feel the ground as it finally stopped. You felt an overwhelming draw forward. A small light far off was calling you, even though it said nothing.

You closed the distance and realized that there was a red light, all by itself down in the deepest parts of the dark. It was alone…and it didn't flutter around like the others, it seemed to just sit there, like waiting for something to happen. You reached out for it. The light went out. You paused, fearing that you might have scared it.

A large wall of red flames surrounded you in hollow sphere. For some reason, you weren't afraid. You tried to reach out to it, it flinched and simply moved towards the direction you reached. When you moved, the bubble moved accordingly so no contact would occur. You became frustrated….

Fear grew inside of you….you looked up and saw thousands of lights trying to escape, they were running further down to get away. You then noticed a dark presence, like a hand reaching out and snatching up souls as they were pulled up, violently shaking. The fire surrounding you burned brighter, furiously depicting a harsh glow. You tried to reach out towards the poor soul's desperately crying out for help. An overwhelming sense of despair and terror washed over as all lights went out.

You couldn't feel the presence of the lights, but something was still out there, and it was watching you. The ball of flames wasn't letting up, it actually burned brighter. Your senses crawled as a dark humanoid hand tried to reach inside the bubble. You flinched backward. The red fire engulfed the hand, burning the flesh. The arm shook violently and threw itself around in pain, there was then an intense pulse of rage and desire coming from outside your orb, coming from the darker presence. The red light was beginning to fade….

"NOOOO!" You cried out in passionate defense of your faceless protector, "LEAVE…...HIM …. ALONE!"

A burst of green light suddenly engulfed the inside of the entire sphere. Your body suddenly appeared as a green light hovered in front of your chest. Fluorescent green flames then burned brighter and engulfed everything in sight. The dark presence retreated back towards the abyss.

The red flames fanned out and disappeared, there was nothing left of the red light that protected you. Your legs then dropped onto an invisible flat surface. You looked around…but there was only pitch black. Arms and legs twitched in apprehension, your entire body was back. Your tired eyes closed, but then your body began to feel heavy.

Something still felt off.

Blood-rick oxygen flooded back into your lungs, you panicked as a breath of life shook the nerves, tendons, and bones.

Your bloodshot eyes opened and you awoke while screaming. Your arms were shaking from the intense shock. In a heated panic, you turned your head, observing the surroundings.

Dark grey, brick walls encased the room. Everything in the bedroom was lavishly decorated with vases of yellow flowers adorning every piece of flat furniture. A nice aroma was in the air, it was sweet and alluring as soft sounds of the wind trickled through the closed door on the opposite side of the room.
You just woke up in someone else's bed.

You were facing the door near the edge. The comforted bed was layered with deep-purple satin sheets underneath a red-plush comforter. A fresh scent of flowers thickened the air as it's aroma tickled your lungs, slowing it's rapid breathing. Shades of burgundy and magenta colored the wall in beautiful shades of circles and triangles that represented a familiar insignia.

Someone rustled behind you.

You froze, fearful of the heavy figure. You lifted the comforter with one arm to quietly make an escape but you almost gasped when you realized you were completely naked. Something happened…and you didn't even remember it.

You felt tears prick your eyes…then rage replaced fear as you aggressively longed to murder Chara for taking advantage of you. You rolled, shifting your torso in the silky fabric and came face to face with the monster.

A quick hand slapped your gasping mouth, you couldn't scream from shock.

A tired and complacent Asriel lay adrift beside you. He softly grumbled, frowning from your stirring. You wanted to try to wake him up…but then you realized you lay completely nude in the same bed. Your face flushed horribly red and you quickly turned back around, praying he'd fall back asleep.

"What…the hell happened," you silently stammered in confusion. An exposed thigh gradually slid out of the sheets, then your pelvis felt the weight of gravity pulling the leg towards the floor and it followed suit. But the leg fell off, Asriel's hand gripped your inner thigh as he grumbled. A soft chirp of embarrassment escaped from you as Asriel lifted your waist back up and flat against his chest. He opened one lazy and skeptical eye as his abs pressed against your stomach.

"Hmm..." he sighed, "What're you doing? Trying to escape again before our morning ritual?" His soft smile along with his incredibly intimate touch almost melted all feelings of fear. But an uneasy sensation swept over. You grew concerned as to what was going on, Asriel raised a brow and looked concerned. He lifted your chin up to him. He kissed you softly and with a tenderness that could only be done by someone who was completely and unequivocally in love.
You began crying, Asriel was alive and well…maybe the reset worked.

"Charlie?!" Asriel was taken back as his thumbs wiped away tears. "What's wrong?"

You hugged him desperately, forgetting you were both naked. Asriel reciprocated, his hand cradling your head against him.

"I…I take it you had a nightmare again," he sighed in sorrowful understanding. You cried harder as he embraced you, his arm caressing your curves as you felt his heartbeat against your chest. "Do you wish to talk about it…. about him?" Asriel lifted your face back up to him, you continued to sob.

"What happened…. where's everyone else…where's Sans!"

"W-what? You were there..." Asriel looked off towards the door, the sounds of a child's laughter echoed into the hallway. He sighed and looked back down.

"Charlie…Sans is gone."

Your wide eyes denied what you'd just heard. You shook your head in horror and pushed away from Asriel until he let you go and you fell off the bed.

"C-Charlie," Asriel called out while lifting the covers off. "Listen, we don't have to talk about it if you don't want to… You still seem a little shaken," he reasoned while grabbing a nearby robe from the counter.

"No! No, no, no, no!" you sobbed while holding your head. "How is he dead…. where's Chara?!"

"Gone too…. Sans took him into the void, neither returned," Asriel spoke with a heavy heart with discontent. His arms reached for you longingly but you pulled back, Asriel almost cried. "Charlie… Please," he begged. You couldn't believe this was happening, your vision began to blur…something was pulling on you. You looked behind and yet no one was nearby, Asriel was still trying to console you.

You slid into a purple and black robe and raced out the door.

"CHARLIE," Asriel cried as you left him behind once again.

The carpeted floor and soft yellow glow of candle light gave the castle a more heavenly appearance then your first encounter here with Chara. You ran as you heard Asriel's approaching footsteps from behind. You heard a child's laughter in a nearby room. You ran but froze in your tracks when something caught your attention.

"Arrrgh! Take that Chara," a small boy's voice called out.

"Nuh uh," a little girl replied with a cool smile, "You can't touch me, I've got super strength. You're just a boy, Sans."

Charlie froze, she quickly peaked inside the door.

A bright green room filled with soft white carpet and artificial sunlight spilling through the open space.
Two children sat cross-legged in the floor, they looked just like Asriel, but more human. They had no snouts, but their skin was completely white, with pale blue eyes on the boy and red soft hazel on the girl. Their pale complexion was angelic with an exception to the horns growing out of the boy's head, the girl was frail, and yet composed as you entered. The boy dropped his toy robot, that looked similar to Mettaton, and was very shocked to see you. But then a huge smile wrapped around both of their faces as you froze in the doorway. Sans jumped up with arms extended.

"MOM!" Sans called out with greedy arms.

"Mother,you're up!" Chara calmly smiled with a warm welcome as she also stood.

Your waist was tackled by a miniature Asriel as another calmly approached.

"Kids, have you seen your mot-," Asriel opened the door and then sighed seeing you all together.

"Yup, we found her," Chara called with her face hiding a smirk.

"Hey Mom… Dad said we get to go out and see Undyne and Alyphs, they're-," Sans rambled.

"Hey, why don't you guys continue playing in the guest room," Asriel hinted with a calm, yet authoritative tone.

"Aww, come on..," Sans barked. Chara quickly grabbed his shirt and pushed him into the door way. "Watch it Chara…I'll kick your," He stopped and whispered, "a-s-s," he spelled out.

Asriel shot the boy a very quick and fearsome glare, Sans shrugged and left while his soft blue eyes smiled with love. Chara shook her head and finally shoved him out of the room.

You hunched over, almost too shocked to understand what happened.

"Explain." You order with a firm voice.

"Come on Charlie," Asriel sighed. "How many times do we need to do this..." Asriel sat down on the floor and paused. "You came back, but Sans got desperate Chara would come back as well… so he did the only thing he hadn't tried yet. He teleported with Chara but we never saw them come back. We don't know where…or when they went. But it's been six years, darling… You keep insisting that you don't need help but... These night terrors, these panic attacks. They're getting worse. I know we've been through hell..." his voice was broke. His hands gripped his legs while sitting down, "I can't do this alone…. they look up to me, like I can handle the world on my shoulders, but I can't do this without, you Charlie. I never could," he spoke honestly through sorrow while looking back up. It became clear that he was telling the truth… and that however long this had been going on had started to wear on him. The defeat in his tone, the desperation in his eyes.

"Asriel…why don't I remember it? Why is it that the last thing I remember is Chara killing me... Gripping me by the throat while you and Sans were killing each other," you shouted in frustration. Asriel raised a hand to try and signal you to hush your tone, but you began slipping. "Why don't I remember anything!? Yet, somehow in those six years I managed to have a family and it doesn't ring a bell!?" you sobbed. Asriel reached for your arm but you jerked back. "None of this feels real…I should remember…I- I just don't know." You turned your back to Asriel.

An eerie silence filled the room as your head hung, staring blankly into the floor. Someone was gripping your shoulders, but when you looked up, Asriel was gone…no one was in the room. You slapped your face. "Dammit, get a hold of yourself, Charlie…what the fuck is going on?!"

The window flew open behind, a gust of wind roared inside as you were shoved into the floor from the force. You quickly rolled on your back and then standing before you, was Sans. His red coat and pants were ripped to shreds as yellow blood dripped onto the white carpet, tainting its pure white color.

"S-Sans?!" You screamed in a mixture of fear and relief. He never looked down, his gaze was fixated on the door way. You laid back down as you head slid back to an angle to spot the door.

Asriel stood there, dripping in a dark essence as dark shadows grew around his entire body. He growled in as he picked territorial stance around your head. You didn't move.

"GUYS! I'm right here, look at me!" You begged while pulling Asriel's pants that he now wore. A quick glare and snarl was directed at you to not do that, ever. You let go and tried to make a break for it through the doorway. "HELP. UNDYNE, ALYPHS, PAP?"
You called for anyone, but nobody came...

You looked back…but Sans and Asriel had disappeared. Your eyes shifted around in panic.

A brightly lit corridor filled with sunlight, spilled through with yellow squares marking the path before you. You heard chuckling, and familiar deep baritone.
"No…. no!" You shook your head and kept rushing past the columns that held the support of this major hallway that led to the throne room. You cried, "SOMEONE. PLEASE, GOD…ANYONE!" Nothing.

The hallway seemed to be endless as countless columns surrounded both sides of your pathway, until a dark shadow appeared in front, hidden by shadows.

"Asriel…. please tell me what's actually going on…," you pleaded with open arms.

"Oh dear, you don't even know…do you?" Chara appeared from the shadows, his face horribly scarred from the explosion. You looked down and noticed that your flesh was all seared from a horrible burn…you left arm was gone. You looked up as Chara grinned with his horrid smile, "Everyone's dead my dear." He began laughing horrifically. Your body panic and twitched, a soft warm glow then blurred your eyes. "It's a beautiful day outside Charlie. The birds are singing, flowers are blooming…on days like these, angles like you," his eyes flickered red as his hand glowed. "SHOULD BE BURNING IN HELL!" His hand lifted and a bright light flooded your sight.

"NOOOO!" You screamed and held up two hands in defense.

You heard muffled cries.

"DAMMIT, WAKE UP!"

Your arms flared around in defensively, "NO! Don't' touch me," you cried while screaming.

"SHUT UP…OR ELSE THEY'LL HEAR YOU!" They screamed back.

"NO!"

You then felt a very real and sharp sting as someone smacked you right across the cheek. Eyes opened and you saw Toriel hunched over.

"W-what!?" You were even more confused. "Toriel what's going on?" The yellow flower retreated in fear as you called her name, it cowered.

"H-how do you know my name," it was too scared to stay close anymore. You cocked your head.

"What do you mean…Toriel, why're you acting so weird?" You looked down…and then it all made sense. You lay in a bed of golden flower; who's soft fragrance was pleasing. Toriel's hands were still glowing as she tried to heal you back from your drop.

You were back at the beginning.

"How…do you know me," she asked again.

"I think I saw something this way," Papyrus ordered in a gruff baritone.

The flower climbed on top but you stood up and actually walked over to Papyrus.

"PAPYRUS…UNDYNE, GUYS," you shouted.

A very tall skeleton dressed in a black and deep red attire approached from the dark, Undyne had a spear drawn as she emerged from his side.

"Pap, what the hell -," Undyne was cut short when she saw this woman for the first time, calling her name, she gripped the spear. "Is this Chara's doing. Why the hell is there another human here."

"I don't fucking know," Papyrus barked while forming a bone sword in his hand, "But we going to have one less problem here in about five seconds."

Your smile faded as Papyrus and charged forward in direct line to attack. You quickly ran back towards the forest but he was quickly gaining speed.

"WHY ARE YOU TYRING TO-,"

You were tackled into the dirt as someone dove right into your line of sight. "Dammit, what the-," You were rolled over and then lifted back up by your jacket.
Inches from you face was an all too familiar friend.

Sans quickly grabbed your arms and pulled you towards him as Papyrus lunged forward and scraped Sans' coat

"FUCKING HELL SANS…WHAT'RE YOU DOING…THAT'S A HUMAN!" Papyrus was enraged as he charged again, Sans teleported out of the way while still holding your arm.

"SHE'S NOT JUST A DAMN HUMAN PAP," Sans jumped back and lifted you on in his arms. Papyrus charged and Sans stepped to the side. A blue spear then ripped
Sans's leg as Undyne's face grew frustrated.

"STOP…PLEASE," Toriel screamed in the flower bed.

"I refuse to allow another human to drenched our soil in blood," Undyne bitterly retorted. "You've got no right to speak flower!"

Another spear materialized in Undyne's hand.

Sans jumped back, but Papyrus grabbed his collar and punched him right across the face.

"Holy hell that hurt," Sans burst out laughing, "I forgot how hard you pack a punch brother," as his face turned red from the hard blow.

"SANS, DAMMIT, THIS ISN'T A GAME," Pap growled.

"Your right," Sans raised his eyebrows. He lifted a leg and firmly kicked Papyrus in the chest, sending him flying ten feet in the opposite direction of his attack. "I won't play this game anymore…," Sans was dead serious. He teleported inside the house and then sat you down on your feet, he leaned in and whispered, "Stay here…. you're going to be my bait." He winked, "Trust me love."

You sobbed and held his neck. Sans smiled as arms reached around your lower back and pulled you in.

"I'm glad you still remember me," he spoke with relief.

"Sans I…-," Sans held up a finger and hushed your comments.

"Later…I need to do this first," Sans got up and teleported out of sight.

"DAMMIT SANS…GIVE US THE HUMAN," Papyrus ordered as he barged inside with Undyne. They both then noticed a Charlie all alone in the open. "Finally, you saw it our way," Papyrus gripped his sword while walking forward.

"Woah now, come on Pap, what ar-,

"Don't you EVER CALL ME THAT," Papyrus bellowed. "You…. you don't fucking know me!"

"Your right," Sans appeared behind him and Undyne, "But thankfully I do." Sans gripped both of their skulls firmly in his hands and then his eyes closed.
Papyrus and Undyne cried out in agony as their memories were restored once again, their bodies shook as bitter tensions filled the blank places in their memory. Sans dropped them once their bodies stopped fighting. You ran forward, Sans caught you and lifted you up in the air while twirling around in mid smile.
"Dammit, I've missed you," he buried his face into your neck, grinning ear to ear. "But that fact that you're here…means that Chara's rests can go back further than we expected…which is both good and bad."

"DAMMIT. I fucking hate it when that happens," Papyrus grunted while slowly lifting his body back up. "But why now…why did Chara come here, and at this time."
Sans shrugged, "I dunno, but what he originally had planned apparently didn't work, for once we have things in our favor."

"Fucking doubt it," Undyne bitterly spat while using a spear to prop herself up, "It means he still has Alyphs."

"And we'll save her," Sans assured, "But we need a plan, I could always throw his ass in the void, that-,"

"NOOO!" You shouted. Everyone froze and looked back at you with concerned and troubled gazes. You coughed into your hand, "We should try something else…something I can try."

"And what's that," Sans sounded intrigued but also in disbelief.

"I can try to talk sense into him," you suggested. It took in a literal meaning while the phrase was often associated with violence.

"Oh come on Charlie, that's not gonna fucking work," Sans brushed it off.

"What else can we do! Every time violence is involved, you guys wind up dead…and he wants me. I need to know why. That information might help….and I can only figure that out by talking with Chara."

Sans paced around…trying to decipher the reliability of the plan. He rubbed his skull.

"Well, it couldn't hurt to try. Meanwhile, me and Papyrus will save Alyphs," Undyne suggested. Papyrus for once nodded but watched his brother nervously.

"Sans. It could work, all we need is information. Maybe we can finally trick Chara into giving up," Papyrus was just spouting off ideas.

"DO…do you guys even hear yourselves right now!" Sans stopped mid-pace to scold everyone. "The same guy who's killed us again and again is probably setting up traps as we speak. Why the hell would we just hand over Charlie?"

"Sans…he's either going to kill me…or talk to me," you assured while placing a hand on his back. "He already tried to absorb my soul, but that didn't work, so he'll be less likely to pull that shit again."

"I wouldn't be so sure of that," Sans scoffed. "The only reason why that didn't happen was because I was there."

"W-what're you talking about," you raised a brow. "I didn't see a Sans in the depths of darkness," you almost laughed.

"You didn't see my body, but you sure as hell saw my soul, and I saw yours,"

"Sans…I,"

"Hello?" Toriel called from the door, peaking in. "What's going on," she whimpered while trembling behind a door. You all paused and then Sans sighed as he turned around. He then grinned mischievously.

"Your next…Toriel," Sans playfully smiled.

Toriel shook her head, "WHAT?!"

You slapped Sans head, and Papyrus did as soon as your hand fell.

"Dammit fine…, just c'mere Toriel," he called out. Sans chased Toriel outside as you finally smiled. Papyrus and Undyne tackled you in hug.

"SORRY."

"Sorry I was a bitch and tried to kill you and all," Undyne apologize.

You patted their arms and smiled.

"It's alright, I'll live to see another day and so will you guys. Now, let's go get our true king."

They both smiled. "Yes ma'am," Papyrus agreed.

Undyne snickered as you all overheard Sans getting scolded by an all familiar, motherly voice.