Chapter Thirty Five: Angel and Demon Part Fourteen: Storming the Base
Frisk and Chara slept peacefully. Chara had her arm around Frisk, holding her. Frisk lay on top of Chara' her wings outspread across the entire bed.
Suddenly, Undyne burst in the room, startling the two of them awake.
"You two!" she shouted, her voice in a panic. "You gotta get out here! There's a message for you two. A powerful woman with silvery eyes dropped it off saying that you two need to read it pronto!"
Frisk and Chara got up and went downstairs to see Toriel, Khara, Undyne, and Sans all standing around the table. There was a note on the table. Chara picked it up.
"To Francesca and her girlfriend." She read. "I'm going to give you one last chance to go either along with this or try your best to destroy it. If you don't, we'll destroy everything you care about. You must come to Mount Ebott, so get there. Alone. Signed, Fortuna, leader of the Order of the Three Hearts."
"So" Chara said, clenching her fist. "If it's us she wants, it's us she's gonna get."
"You're not going to go along with her plans, are you?" Khara asked.
"Hell no." Chara said. "We're gonna go beat the sh!t out of her."
"Are you sure you can?" Toriel said. "Rachaya's a powerful opponent, but this woman was out of even her league."
"We're gonna find out." Chara said. "Let's go Frisk."
"Right." Frisk said, taking Chara's hand. The two of them teleported away, leaving the rest of the group sitting down and talking.
"So" Khara said. "This is what it feels like to be a side character in an anime. One of the ones that never gets into the big fights."
"Yep." Undyne said. "But, Chara's got this. And Frisk is with her, so she's got an even higher chance."
"I hope you're right." Toriel said, sighing. "Otherwise, I'll have lost my children all over again."
With Frisk and Chara
'Frisk and Chara appeared in front of the facility near Mount Ebott (see ch.11—Rescue). (A/N: Chara's teleportation powers aren't screwed up now because of the extra SOULs she has)
"How'd you know this was here?" Frisk asked.
"I didn't.' Chara said. "It's an instinct I suppose, but this place seems to hold an odd energy."
"Well" Frisk said. "Let's go inside."
"Stay behind me though." Chara said. "Never know what we'll find inside."
"Right." Frisk said. The two of them entered the facility, cautiously looking around. They noticed a door with the word 'Laboratory' written above it.
"This must be where we were before." Chara said. "We just didn't stay in the area we were in to find out."
"Where's the leader's room?" Frisk asked. "We should find her and stop this."
"Right." Chara said. "Odd how there's no one here."
"Or is there?" came a sinister voice from behind them. Before either of them could react, Frisk was grabbed from behind by Rachaya, who held her arms by her side with one hand and put a knife to her throat with the other.
"Rachaya." Chara growled.
"Now" Rachaya said, a look of triumph on her face. "Come along quietly or I'll gut your girlfriend like a fish."
Chara thought for a second. Frisk noticed a certain look in her face.
"Do it.' Chara said, turning to face Rachaya and crossing her arms.
"Excuse me?" Rachaya asked, confused. The look on Frisk's face was one of surprise.
"You heard me." Chara said. "Slice her throat. Stab her. Whatever makes you happy."
"You're truly one insane bitch." Rachaya said, tightening her grip on her blade. She pressed it closer to Frisk's neck, expecting Chara to react, but the red clad demon made no movements.
Rachaya was sweating, truly unable to understand what was going on in Chara's mind. She gulped, not sure of what to do.
"I knew it." Chara said, smiling smugly. "You can't do it."
"Wh-what are you talking about?" Rachaya said, backing away while pulling Frisk.
"You know as well as I do" Chara said, stepping closer, her red slitted eyes beginning to blaze. "That this situation is only psychological."
"Wh-what?" Rachaya asked, her voice beginning to quiver.
"You won't go through with it" Chara said, dark fire appearing in her hands. "Because you know that the only reason you're still alive is because she is."
"What do you mean?" Rachaya asked, her orange eyes constricting slightly in fear of Chara, who was grinning.
"If you kill her" Chara said. "I have no reason to not hurt you. You won't hurt her because you know you're not going to make it out anyway."
"But, you know what Rachaya?" Chara said, moving with speed unmatched and releasing Frisk from Rachaya's grasp, grabbing Rachaya by the throat. "Because it's what Frisk would do, I'm gonna give you one chance to leave and not come back. But, you better take it soon, because I'm a veeery impatient woman."
Rachaya thought for a second, trying to figure out her options. Eventually she turned and walked out.
"We'll meet again Chara." She said, looking over her shoulder. "After you take care of the leader. But, it won't be as enemies. Not as friends either. I won't stop either of you. I just wanted to test your mettle. I know you two are the only ones that can stop our leader. She's gone crazy with her goal, all of us pretending to go along with it so as to not face her wrath. None of us have enough power to take her on. Good luck to you two."
"You okay kid?" Chara asked Frisk. Frisk looked at Chara, hugging her.
"I knew you'd save me." She said. "Though, I was kinda worried there for a second."
"Oh please." Chara said. "I may not remember much about Rachaya, but I do remember that she's an open book. She'd never hurt you out of fear of me."
"You always did love to be unexpected." Frisk said. "Now, let's stop the leader."
"Right." Chara said. The two of them continued through the hallway until they reached an area that looked like a battlefield. They walked into the middle of it, standing and looking around.
"So, you've come to stop me." The voice said. Simply hearing the voice, Frisk grabbed onto Chara tightly as memories, painful memories crafted over nine years flooded back into her. Chara regained a few memories, but not to the degree of Frisk. Frisk was almost on the verge of a panic attack, her breathing shallow as the one woman that had ever caused her to experience the emotion of fear and terror appeared in front of them, her brown hair flowing and her silvery blue eyes blazing. Her aura was powerful, her LV high. Chara could tell there was something intimidating about this woman, but looking at her, she began to regain memories as well, memories of the school where she'd first confronted this woman, no this creature, preventing her from taking the one person that meant the most to her. The monster that had tortured an innocent child for nine years, Fortuna, leader of the Order of the Three Hearts as well as the birth mother of Frisk.
"If you're so eager to try" Fortuna said, smirking. "Then, go ahead and try."
So, it's the showdown of Frisk and Chara vs Fortuna. Who will succeed, who will fail? Find out soon.