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Holy hey-zues, I leave for a week and I get that big ol' buncha reviews. So this story is officially the second most reviewed story in the Undertale archive, not counting the first three, because those are all ask stories, and I don't really count those because their reviews are just questions and not actual reviews.
So I've been asked a few times if F Cter's timeline will be the same as our Cter's. The answer is no, their timelines started differing the moment F Cter kept Chara and Cter there to watch his first few fights against F Chara. F Cter never met Predator or has done anything past the point of Character. So Cter might not have the same future that F Cter is in.
C'mon oohlips123, you don't really think I'd do something like that, do ya? If Cter actually is capable of something like that, or won't ever lose the capacity, he probably wouldn't handle it well. If he ever did develop those feelings for a person he'd probably bottle it up and lie to them and himself over it. It would probably take him an incredibly long time to ever do anything over it, if he ever would at all. Cter's not really good at the whole human emotion thing, if you couldn't tell. He'd probably make the lie so convincing that one could believe he hated the person. He'd rarely ever show any kind of care for them at all.
So, Cter probably wouldn't ever just 'suddenly fall in love with someone'. He doesn't even believe in it. And Predator? Oh, her view on that deal is a whole other story. I think she's too screwy of a person to ever show something like that quite right either.
So I hope that puts your worries to rest.
Alright, this chapter will be kinda like a shorts chapter, but it'll actually have something to do with the plot. It'll just be what's going on with multiple people.
Disclaimer: I do not own Undertale
Oh, goody.
Another night incapable of sleep.
I found myself staring at the ceiling, watching the fan spin.
I sighed, kicking my blanket off and sitting up. I swung my legs off of it and stood, hands in my pockets.
Why? Why couldn't I sleep? What more did I have to deal with? Well, Predator now, but I didn't know about that until earlier...
So why hadn't I slept in two days?
I stared out the window into the night. It was fading away as the sun made it's way towards the horizon. A third day, it would seem.
I grabbed my sweatshirt, throwing it over one shoulder and quietly opening my door.
I stepped silently out into the hallway.
I walked down the hallway, tip toeing.
As I walked down the stairs, I glanced into the dark kitchen.
Huh... It was almost nice when I was having those Character nightmares. Then at least there was someone else also being kept up and suffering with me.
This was just... Lonely.
I put on my shoes, silently opened the front door, and was on my way.
The sun had pushed itself above the horizon further, everything shaded in black.
I walked by a garbage can as I stepped down the sidewalk, hands in my pockets.
It must have been garbage day.
I looked down at the sound of a splash, seeing my reflection in a puddle.
Wait, no, not my reflection.
They looked like me, but they were grinning, and both eyes were burning red.
I blinked, rubbing my eyes. When I opened them again I was looking at myself.
Or... Was I looking at myself the first time?
Man I was tired...
I continued walking, reaching up and touching the left side of my face. It almost felt like it was cracking.
For reassurance, I looked into my phone screen.
No cracks. No fire, red or white.
I looked back ahead, and flinched slightly.
Two paths diverging. I watched myself staring down Chara in the Future, holding that flask. I watched myself grinning maniacally, tearing Character's arms from them.
Wait... Was I awake or was this some screwy dream? Was I hallucinating from lack of sleep?
Maybe I should just head back home.
I turned around, and stopped. The sidewalk had fallen into a black void.
Guess I couldn't go back.
And also this was probably a dream also as well.
I turned around, staring back at the two paths before me.
... Eh, I didn't like either of 'em.
Hands in my pockets, I fell backwards, remaining calm as I plummeted.
Wait, was this water? What was that light coming from above? Why was I sinkin- Oh, shet. Death. Right.
How did I not recognize it easily? I'd been invited here once and crashed the place once.
I hit the bottom, seeping through and finding myself standing upright on ground once more.
It was getting weirder.
Wait, this place wasn't normal either. At first glance I was in the Throne Room, but upon looking out into the world around, I was floating in the void.
Upon looking up I saw Character frozen in time as they shot down at me, one fist pulled back.
When I looked forward, the room was back to normal, and I saw a grinning Frisk standing there, knife held out to the side.
They were also frozen in time.
I looked to my left, spotting a portal and deciding to step through that.
Oh, neat. The exit from Mt. Ebott.
I looked to the side, seeing Chara grinning at me with that knife held tight, everything frozen in time, the rain, the breeze, even them.
I looked down, and found myself standing in the void across from Error, who was in the middle of sending his strings shooting at me, the void around me frozen.
"So is it gonna get trippier or what?" I asked, looking up.
And just like that, the world around me was cracking.
It shattered away, leaving me standing in a hallway.
That shadow coming closer.
Blood soaking my foot.
My eyes narrowed, from deepening as I turned my back on the frozen killer, not bothering to look at what was left of Granny at my feet.
Huh. Judgement Hall. Why was I here?
I continued down it, wicked memories flashing around me.
Everything glitched and cracked the closer I got to the end of the hall.
I came to a door, and shook my head, turning around to walk away.
I was forced to stop, spinning around as my hand forcibly grabbed the nob, turning it and throwing the door open against my will.
"Dirty diddles!" I stomped in frustration.
"What, did you honestly think you could run away forever?"
"Well spooky voice I don't believe that's any of your business." I sassed, clearly not taking this seriously.
"Of course it's my business." I stepped from the shadows. Or, he stepped from the shadows? Another me.
"Ah, the old behind every spooky voice in your dreams is you gimmick." I said, nodding calmly.
"That's not a gimmick but okay." He glanced to the side.
"Lemme guess, same ol' tell the truth and stop doing what you're doing deal, right?" I arched a brow at me.
"No no, nothing like that. I'm kinda tired of negotiation." He grinned, looking to the side.
He looked back to me, both eyes burning their colors.
Cracks shot through the left side of his face as everything shattered around us, and he shot forward, pulling back one fist.
I jumped back, their fist, engulfed in flames, swinging by my face.
"GIVE IN!"
Closet door opening.
The sounds of someone rummaging through things.
Whoever they were, they weren't being subtle.
I mean, unless you spell subtle like this:
SUBTLE
In which case, yeah, they were being pretty subtle.
Ugh... I was gonna have to roll over to see what was going on.
I groaned, rolling over and facing the other side of my room, forcing my eyes open.
My eyes proceeded to widen.
"So do you like... Only wear what you're wearing now or?" Predator asked, looking into my closet, which was just full of the clothes I wore all the time.
"What are you doing in my room?" I asked, frowning as I blinked away sleep, my window wide open.
"You really gotta lock windows mang." She said, holding one of my many sweatshirts and looking it over.
"Too early in the morning for this..." I pinched the bridge of my nose as I grabbed my shirt, putting it back on.
"It's like... One PM."
"Too. Early. In. The. Morning." I glared over at her, clearly still tired as I snatched my sweatshirt out of her hands.
She shrugged, getting down and looking under my bed for more things to find.
"... What are you doing?" I asked, mildly irritated.
"Looking for your seeecreeets." She said in a spooky voice.
I sighed, running a hand down my face tiredly.
"... Cter, why is there a smelly sock down here that's stiff as a board?"
"Don't touch that. That is not for you."
"... Who is it for?"
"Lets move on from this subject."
"..." Predator ever so casually wiped her hand on her pant leg after putting the sock down.
"... Is this Error's sweatshirt? Why the hell do you keep Error's sweatshirt under your bed?"
"Why do you climb in through peoples windows and crawl under their bed?"
"Not peoples rooms. Just yours."
"Okay, we can discuss why that's weird later, get out from under there."
"No way dogger. I gotta look for more socks assigned to people."
I reached down, grabbing Predator by the ankle and slowly pulling her out from under the bed.
"Nooooo!" She whined, grabbing onto Error's sweatshirt as she was pulled out from under the bed.
"You are a toddler." I commented, still tired as I pulled her the rest of the way out.
My eyes widened as I realized she'd pulled Error's sweatshirt and what it was on top of out with her.
"I'm keeping this." Predator said, grabbing the sweatshirt and putting it on.
"..." She stopped, both of us looking down at the box.
We both looked to each other, before Predator shot forward, snatching the train from the top of it and jumping away as I was a second too late.
"Why do you have this? Is this a Christmas decoration?" She arched a brow at it, looking it over.
"It doesn't matter. Give it back." I snatched at it, and she pulled it back.
"Clearly it does if you don't want me to have it this bad." She said, stepping back as I grit my teeth, shooting forward for it.
"Give it back. Now." I said, glaring darkly.
"Or what?" She taunted, grinning.
"Well, my buddy friend guy pal..." My hair covered my eyes, a red glow coming from my left. "You really don't wanna figure that out."
"Scary." she said, moving her hands like they were claws to complete the mock.
I shot forward, tackling Predator and pinning her hands there, snatching the train and holding it above my head.
"C'mon Cter!" She called out, both of us forgetting we were in a house full of people.
"Give it to me!" She demanded, snatching for the train.
"Hey kiddo, I just wanted to see what you were up to-" Sans stopped upon hearing that as he opened the door, both of us looking over at him.
"..." A silence fell over the room.
"It's exactly what it looks like." Predator and I said in unison, neither of us able to pass up the joke.
"... Kid, is that, by any chance, the one who assaulted us all yesterday?"
"... Strong possibility."
"And she is here, under you, why?"
"I left my window unlocked."
"..." Sans closed the door behind him as we both got up.
"Alright, what's goin' on in here?"
"I needed Cter's help for a problem a' mine."
"I don't think either of you are old enough to deal with that kind of problem."
"Not that, you d!ck." I pinched the bridge of my nose. Sans chuckled.
"So what's the problem then? And why do you need Cter?" Sans asked.
"There's kinda this... Guy. Who kinda... Wants me not alived." Predator glanced to the side.
"Can't imagine why." Sans said sarcastically, though there wasn't any sarcasm in his voice as he glanced to the side, grinning as per usual.
"So you're telling me you're going with someone you don't even know to fight someone you also don't know despite the fact that the one you're helping assaulted your family the day before?"
"She's black mailing me." I shrugged. "Cover for me, would'ja?"
"This sounds like a bad idea."
"All of my success has come from bad ideas." I shrugged.
"For someone who seems to hate work you sure do make a lot for yourself." Sans glanced to the side, grinning.
"I'm sure the opportunity will stop presenting itself eventually."
"Well you haven't done us wrong yet, so I guess I'll trust your judgement. Just don't get yourself killed, Toriel'll throttle me."
"No worries, I'm invincible." I gave a thumbs up, winking my right eye shut.
Sans closed the door behind him, and I looked back to Predator.
"Alright, if I'm gonna help you, you're gonna have to tell me who you are. I've never seen a version of you in my universe." I said, eyes narrowing. "So who are you, and how do you exist?"
"Well of course you haven't met me here, your universe got you, not me." Predator said as if it was obvious, placing her hands in her pockets and slouching slightly, mimicking me perfectly.
"Expand." I said, rolling my hand in a gesture for her to continue.
"What, you think Gaster just happened across you in every universe?" Predator smirked lightly, arching a brow at me.
"He found you by chance, meaning there's a chance he found other kids. Enter me."
"Granted, that doesn't make me you, or something like that. You're the hacker, you're the one who did things like created Error. You're the original, if I'm not mistaken."
"Well if I'm the hacker... Then who are you?" I asked, my eyes narrowing.
"The one who lucked out and didn't drown." Predator shrugged, suddenly opening a portal.
"Huh. Here I was almost starting to think you were like... Genderswap me or a younger version of someone from my past or something."
"What? Pff, what kinda idiot would believe something like that?"
"Way too many people." I shook his head before pointing to the reader twice with his thumb.
"Jabronis. All of 'em." Predator said, taking a step into the portal.
"Now lets get dafuq outta here. We got another kid to visit." She said, stepping into the portal.
"That was a joke please keep reviewing." I said, looking to the reader before looking back to the portal.
I sighed, rolling my eyes as I stepped in after her.
I can't believe I'm doing this...
F Cter had his head propped up on his hand, which was on the arm rest of the throne.
He almost looked to be sleeping, but occasionally he'd shift, showing it was more that he was trying to sleep.
"Uh... C-Cter..?"
Cter's left eye opened, and he smiled falsely, jumping from his throne and placing his hands in his pockets.
"Hey Alphys." He said, slouching slightly and still looking down at the shorter monster.
"Are you uh... Are you doing alright?" Alphys asked, worry in her voice.
"Me? What? I'm fine." Cter waved a hand dismissively. "I should be asking if you're alright."
"C-Cter, please don't lie to me." Alphys said, and Cter's hair covered his eyes.
"... What gave me away? The smell of alcohol? The dark color in the bags under my eyes? The crooked crown? How my voice cracks sometimes as I try to keep up this f#cking act..?!" Cter placed a hand on his forehead as he turned around, teeth gritting as he seemed to be sweating.
"... I'm sorry..." He ran a hand down his face.
"You shouldn't see me like this... I-... I'm supposed to be the king and-"
Cter was cut off, Alphys pulling him into a hug.
"..." Cter twitched lightly, before returning the hug, the shadow of his hair covering his eyes.
"I'm so, so sorry..." Alphys said, and Cter just hugged tighter.
"I-it just feels like I could have done something, anything to have s-stopped this from..."
"I know. Trust me, I've been there." Cter smiled lightly. "Funny... Last time I was the one comforting you. But you... Probably don't remember that." Cter glanced to the side, frowning lightly.
It felt like that was ages ago...
"Tra la la~ Hope I'm not interrupting something."
Cter looked over to River Person, letting go of Alphys.
"Long time no see River P." Cter said, and River Person glanced to the side, shrugging lightly.
"I heard you were having trouble, tra la la~ And keeping watch over the underground for anyone who might fall in does get kind of dull, tra la la~."
"Paradise oh so troubled, tra la la~"
Cter's eyes narrowed before he sighed, regaining his composure.
"Alphys, you should go visit Grillby. He's in the back room dealing with all the stuff I've been putting off." Cter smirked lightly in amusement, and Alphys caught the hint, nodding and walking away into the room behind the Throne Room.
"Tra la la~ Flowers are looking wonderful." River Person was crouched, examining one of the flowers from their cloak.
"Yeah, I'll have to keep up their management now because... The uh, gardener isn't around anymore." Huh, calling Asgore the gardener somehow dulled the pain.
"..." Cter watched River Person hum to them self and tilt their head to the side.
"Okay River P, why are you really here?" Cter said, and River Person looked over to him, as if confused.
"Well Cedar Tree, was there a law passed that doesn't allow me to visit? Tra la la~ I just wanted to see how our new king was doing."
"Place looks awfully lonely, Tra la la~" River Person said as they looked around.
"You've usually got something important to tell me whenever you visit. Some cryptic hint or something." Cter said, crossing his arms.
"..." River Person looked back to Cter, and all went silent.
"So is there like an infinite amount of kids?" I asked, walking behind Predator through the void.
"Nah, there's a set amount of 'em. Like... Twenty one or something. I haven't met most of them." Predator shrugged as we walked through the black space.
"Then why are you the only one of them I've met? Well, apart from other mes." I questioned.
"Universes are categorized, broseph. There's the ones with you as the kid who got pulled in, and right next to those are the ones with me in it, and then there's the other eighteen, and then there's... Eugh." Predator glanced to the side.
"The kid we're looking for." I finished, and she nodded.
"And what, prey tell, is so bad about this guy?" I arched a brow at Predator.
"Well, most'a the kids dragged into this mess are like you and me. Neutral. But that guy... I've met some off people, but he's something else."
"Out of curiosity, I watched one of his timelines from the beginning. And man, talk about sadistic." Predator grimaced, looking down.
"He pretended to be friends with the monsters, and the moment he got his magic from Alphys like all the kids do, he really flipped it on everyone."
"It's like he had it planned from the moment he got there. Trick them into getting him magic, then obliterate them all for the fun of it. They didn't stand a chance..." Predator frowned, looking down.
"Guy's a genius. Manipulative, sadistic, he's like what most people would think the devil's like. And when we come to his universe, you'll see it really fits the place of 'Hell'."
"And what does he want with you?" I asked, my eyes narrowing as I arched a brow at her.
"I'm a hunter, he's a gatherer."
"Less riddles there screwy." I said, frowning in mild irritation as I looked at her out of the corner of my eye.
"Look, we both understand how humans work pretty well. We all want power, deep down." Predator frowned, looking down. "But any of us with any kind of a moral compass fear that kind of power. And you and I have seen what happens if we don't keep that power in check."
"Insanity. People like Error and Character who started with a simple goal but... Somewhere along the line, that power corrupted them. You know just how dangerous that power is, right, Mr Disarmer?" Predator glanced over at me, smirking lightly as I recalled my fight with Character.
"That guy... He didn't go insane. He doesn't like that chaotic destruction. It's like he corrupted the power." Predator pulled her cloak closer.
"He has perfect control. He rules his universe with an iron fist. Hitler would take pointers from this guy."
"It's like he doesn't feel at all. He's got his one goal, and that's all he focuses on."
"And what is this goal, exactly?"
"Destruction is easy, control is a challenge." Predator said with a shrug.
"He's crushed any kind of resistance in his universe, and he has his own little organization there. He rules the underground."
"Just the underground?"
"For now. He has no way of breaking the barrier without creating a god monster, who could pose a threat, so he hasn't. Instead he's traveled from universe to universe, gathered the strongest minions, and built an empire. But of course, the Underground is too small. So he'll travel to a universe that's made it to the surface and move his empire there."
"Okay wait wait wait, if you knew all of this, why did you attack me before doing anything else?" I asked, confused.
"Because I wanted to see if you were legit yo."
"... And you think that just you and me can stop this guy?"
"Trust me, if he dies it'll all crumble. So we've just gotta get rid'a him."
"But why do you care what he does?"
"Oh, I don't. But I'm kinda on his sh!t list so uh... Yeah, either we sneak in and kill him or he eventually hunts me down and eviscerates me." Predator shrugged.
"This is a really, really bad idea." I said bluntly.
"Right up your alley, huh?"
"Hell yeah."
"I figured you wouldn't have any fear. I mean, you and this guy are so alike that-"
"Wait wait wait, what?" I glanced over at her. "Where do I seem like that guy?"
"Well, the front you put up isn't anything like him. But uh... When the mask comes off... Yeah, pretty similar. You both have the same nutcase look." Predator shrugged.
"And I mean, I've never seen any of the other kids do something so similar to him."
"So I snapped on one guy." I rolled my eyes. "Arrest me."
"Heh, snapped on one guy? Cter, I've watched timelines just like yours. Your fights with Frisk, your fight with Chara, your fight with Error. You can be pretty f'n savage yo."
I frowned, eyes narrowing.
"That's why I need your help. You can think like him, 'cause you're both deranged."
"..." My hair covered my eyes as I went silent, teeth gritting lightly.
"... Buddy friend guy pal," I shrugged, resuming my carefree expression. "You got me all wrong. That's just a front I put up in fights to scare people."
"Yeah, sure." Predator rolled her eyes. "That's the front."
"Friendo, you've known me for a day. I wouldn't go taking shots at how I think just yet. Might cause some trouble."
"Is that a threat?"
"More of a warning." I shrugged, closing my eyes for a moment.
Frisk looked around Cter's room, the door open as they held their chin, as if thinking.
"Uh... What are you doing in Cter's room?" Chara asked as they walked by, stopping in front of the door.
"O-oh! Um... I was just... Looking for my DS charger. Yeah..." Frisk's eyes shifted to the side.
"... Are you snooping for hints to his past?" Chara crossed their arms, arching a brow.
"... Yes..." Frisk looked down.
"Just give up. You're never gonna figure it out unless he tells you." Chara said, beginning to walk away.
"But he's not going to! And don't you wanna know too?" Frisk said, running out into the hallway after them.
"Sure I do. But I'm not going to waste time looking for clues to something that I'm not gonna figure out."
"But we don't even know his name! Isn't that ridiculous? We've known him for so long but we don't know a thing about him!"
"Yep." Chara kept walking away.
"Maybe he's covering up something really big in there..." Frisk said, grabbing their chin in thought.
Chara stopped.
"I mean, if he's kept it to himself this long, it has to be a pretty big deal, right?"
"..." Chara sighed.
"Alright, fine. Since you're clearly not going to find anything out on your own, I guess I have to help you." They rolled their eyes, turning around and walking back towards the room.
"Yesss!" Frisk said victoriously.
"I think Cter has the Wii U in his room." Asriel said as he walked down the hall with Monster Kid.
"We're finally gonna beat Pokken Tournament today!" Monster Kid said confidentially.
"Yeah! The Chroma League won't know what hit it!" Asriel said with just as much confidence, opening the door to Cter's room.
"..."
Frisk and Chara both looked over to Asriel and Monster Kid, Frisk holding a dresser drawer upside down, socks all over the floor while Chara lifted up Cter's mattress, looking under it.
"Um... We can explain?" Frisk said, eyes - er, lines? Looking to the side.
"Looking for hints to Cter's past?" Asriel asked.
"Yup." Chara responded easily.
"We can beat Pokken tomorrow." Monster Kid shrugged, both of them walking into the room to continue the search.
They searched for a while longer, making a mess of Cter's room.
"Yo, look at this!" Monster Kid said, grabbing something out from under Cter's bed with his teeth and dragging it back out.
"Is that Error's sweatshirt?" Frisk asked, confused.
"So that's where it went..." Asriel muttered.
"That weirdo keeps it under his bed?" Chara crossed their arms.
"But wait, it's covering something." Monster Kid said, pushing the sweatshirt off of the box it was on with his tail.
"Oh! That's the box that just appeared in Cter's inventory the day we got out. I would've thought he'd keep it in his inventory..." Frisk said, holding their chin.
"Huh. This should have something useful in it." Chara grabbed a journal from the top of the box, flipping through it to a random page.
"Well? What does it say?" Frisk asked, everyone gathering around.
"... Entry 17: Dark, darker, yet darker..." Chara's eyes narrowed. "The darkness keeps growing... The shadows cutting deeper..?" Everyone seemed to be somewhat creeped out, Monster Kid gulping.
"Photon readings negative... This next experiment seems very, very interesting."
"W-what the..?" Asriel asked, confused.
"It's written in a red, crusty ink..." Chara said, eyes somewhat wide.
"Well check if there's more!" Frisk snapped, making Chara jump.
"Alright, alright! Calm down!" They flipped the page.
Their eyes narrowed.
"What does it say?" Monster Kid jumped up and down.
"Ha! Gotcha. C'mon, did you clowns really think I'd make it that easy to find? You're gonna have to try a little harder. Or, if you know what's good for you..."
"You'll get the hell out of my room."
"P.S. I knew Frisk would convince all three of you idiots."
"... How is he always three steps ahead?" Chara said, closing the notebook and frowning as everyone else sighed in irritation.
"What else is in the box?" Frisk looked over at Asriel, who sighed as he looked into the box.
"It's full of drawings of middle fingers." Asriel said, frowning as his eyes narrowed.
"Darn!" Frisk snapped their fingers in defeat.
"Well I guess that's it." Asriel said, shrugging.
"What? No! We can't give up now!" Frisk said.
"Yo, if Cter knew all of this would happen, think of what else he knows? Maybe he set like traps or something... Who knows? I wouldn't wanna go any deeper, who knows what might happen." Monster Kid said, stepping back towards the door.
"Oh please. Cter isn't gonna set any traps. He's not willing enough to protect this to put any of us in danger." Chara rolled their eyes, walking over to Cter's computer desk.
"Hm?" They looked to a small slip of paper, picking it up.
"What is it?" Asriel asked.
"Looks like some kind of code... Wait a minute, is this..?" They looked to be thinking. "It is."
"What? What is it?" Frisk asked impatiently.
"... Alright, I've got an idea." Chara nodded, looking at the code. "I know someplace we can go and someone we can ask about this."
"But who else would know other than Cter?" Asriel asked, confused.
"No one." Chara smirked, looking into the code of the world.
They looked to the paper before looking to the code, quickly reaching in and opening a portal.
"C'mon." They gestured for everyone to follow, and they shrugged, jumping into the portal after them.
"... Well that is quite the piece of information." F Cter said, holding his chin in thought.
"... Why, Cedar Tree, I didn't know you had such an expanse of friends. Tra la la~" River Person suddenly said, and Cter arched a brow at him.
"Uh... What?" Cter asked in confusion, before hearing footsteps coming closer to the Throne Room.
"Why are we here?" His eyes widened at the sound of that voice.
"Good, the fight's over... Lets just hope he won."
"What fight? What are you talking about?"
"Just do me a favor and don't ask too many questions here."
"... Yo, this is weird."
F Cter sat down on his throne, deciding he might as well look like he wasn't somewhat hung over to greet these kids.
River Person sat down in the corner of the room, deciding to watch.
F Cter couldn't help but flinch slightly as he saw Chara poke their head in the room, looking around skeptically.
"Lookin' for me munchkin?" F Cter asked, arching a brow at them and getting their attention.
"Oh good, it is you." Chara breathed a sigh of relief.
"Heh, you think this place would look so nice if it wasn't?" F Cter looked to the side, smirking.
"Who are you talking to?" Frisk pushed open the door, and their eyes widened.
"I see you brought friends." F Cter said, looking past Chara to Frisk, who still looked pretty surprised.
"What is it?" Asriel and Monster Kid pushed open the door.
"Yo, who's that?" Monster Kid asked.
"Huh. Don't recognize your best friend as an old bastard, huh?" F Cter winked his left eye shut.
"... CTER?!" All three of them said at once.
F Cter put a finger in one ear, wincing from the sound.
"Yeah, somethin' like that." F Cter shrugged. "What are you guys doing here? Not that I don't appreciate the visit. Gets a little lonely around here." He pushed the crown back to the center of his head, only for it to fall back to the left side.
Everyone looked up at once to the crown on his head, and questions were immediately rose.
"YOU'RE THE KING NOW?!"
"Buhjeezus kids. Volume control." Cter said, rubbing one ear.
"Wow. I thought you'd be the last person to get the crown." Asriel said.
"..." F Cter seemed to freeze up, hair covering his eyes for a moment.
"Uh... Cter..?" Chara asked, nudging him lightly.
"O-oh! Uh... Heh. Sorry... Just... Kinda tired is all." He glanced to the side.
"And yeah, we switch off every week. Works surprisingly well." F Cter shrugged, lies spewing through his teeth.
"But enough about me. What're you guys doing here? Don't you have some nutcase hunter to deal with?" F Cter arched a brow.
"Yo, how'd you know about that?" Monster Kid asked.
"Don'tcha know? Cters know everything." F Cter shrugged, grinning lightly.
"I knew it!" Monster Kid said, and Chara gave him a 'Really?' look.
"He's kidding, Monster Kid."
"Sure I am. At least, as far as you know." F Cter looked to the side, grinning.
"Hey, where's Mini Me? It's a little weird, usually he's the only one who visits." F Cter said, arching a brow at them.
"It's also a little weird that Cter visits this place." Chara said, looking around.
"I think the weirdest thing is that Frisk has been looking at me with this 'Where's my Flirt option' look since they got here." F Cter looked over at Frisk, who jumped in surprise.
Everyone arched a brow at Frisk, who's eyes shifted from side to side.
"... Sans said him and Cter are playing basketball." Chara said after giving Frisk a mildly disturbed look.
"Ah." F Cter nodded. "So then why are you guys here? Just wanted to see Cter except with crows feet or what?"
"Well, actually, we were wondering if you could tell us about Cter's, er, your? Past." Frisk said eagerly.
"Uh, wouldn't that be a question better for Mini Me?" F Cter arched a brow.
"He wouldn't tell us." Asriel said.
"Yeah, I am pretty secretive." F Cter shrugged, hands in his pockets.
"I'm basically Batman."
At those words, a shatter was heard from the back room, and everyone looked to the door.
"... River P, keep an eye on these kids." F Cter said, eyes narrowing as he walked towards the back room.
"Grillby? Alphys?" F Cter said, opening the door to the room.
His eyes widened.
"Why hello." A boy, no older than fifteen, sat there, feet up on the desk in front of the chair he sat on.
F Cter looked to Grillby and Alphys, who were both unconscious on the floor.
He had blood red hair and wore a grin, wearing what appeared to be jeans and a T shirt with red stripes over the black.
Yet for some reason, he wore the jacket to a tuxedo as well, along with a clip on tie clipped to the front of his T shirt.
"... Ah sh!t." F Cter muttered, looking to the two unconscious monsters before looking back to the child sitting in Grillby's desk.
"We can do this the easy way or the hard way." The boy said calmly.
"... Buddy friend guy pal, I'm not sure what you want..." F Cter grinned, an orange arrow appearing under the chair the boy was sat in.
His eyes widened as he was sent exploding back through the wall, landing and rolling on the grass outside.
"But we started doing things the hard way the moment you laid a hand on my friends."
"What's going on?!" The four children raced into the room's entrance at the sound of the crash.
"Heheheh..." The boy laughed lightly as he stood, dusting himself off.
"I'm going to ask you nicely but once." He looked up to F Cter, left eye burning red.
"Where's Predator?"
So things went south quick. Like, outta no where.
So we got another mysterious, random child that's here to start a fight with F Cter.
That guy really just can't catch a break, can he?
On a side note, the reviews for last chapter were basically everyone being like "Character!" "No, Predacter!" And repeat.
Like, I thought it was hysterical how quickly everyone starting shipping Predacter. I figured there'd be a few reviews, but no, basically everyone brought it up.
It was either about Predacter, Character, or people thinking Predator was a genderbent Cter. Or, occasionally, a younger Granny. Which would have been hilarious. Like, imagine Cter reacting to realizing he'd given Granny a lady boner. All of the vomit.
But no, all of you were wrong. I'm a Genius. Roll credits.
One chapter in which they didn't even meet until half way through the chapter was all it took, huh? Wow.
Lets just... Focus on the plot.
Or not. I don't care.
On another note, I finally started drivers training, so that's why updates are taking longer. But it ends in two weeks, so after that I should be back to my normal 'update every other day' thing.
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