*Frisk*
I open my eyes and confusion floods my grief filled mind, what just happened?
"Let's get this over with shall we," Gaster says with a bored tone, he claps his hands and chaos erupts around us, how? Did I somehow reset? I reach my hand behind blindly, unable to bring myself to look, a sob escapes my throat as my hand is suddenly gripped by a familiar bony hand, "don't worry dear, I'm not going to kill you, in fact you're the very answer to my experiments, you're too valuable to destroy, at least completely," Gaster grins at me as I suppress a shudder from the fear and grief still flowing through me. He summons his hands, they float around him glowing purple, "now just stay still and this won't hurt too much," all of his hands fire a beam of energy at me before I can even react and dodge, I drop to the ground on my hands and knees, I try to shake the confusion away as he starts moving forward, sounds of Chara trying to hurt G again reach my ears, my heart is pounding so hard now, come on snap out of this Frisk, Gaster is reaching down towards me, how did I do it? How did I reset? Wait, those magic circles, is it possible... Gaster's hand grips onto my arm, I glare up at him, "time to go,"
"No thanks, think I'll stay," I snap my fingers summoning the white magic circle again, it glows into being under me, "let's try this again though yeah?" I feel a smile pull at my lips as he frowns, the circle slowly turns red and I give Gaster a mocking salute. My vision turns red for a moment before I'm stood facing him again, now he looks confused.
"You alright kitten," G asks from behind me,
"Yeah, sorry if there's any confusion, I think I can control the reset, somehow," I answer quickly, he grunts in reply, I just keep my focus on Gaster as his expression turns from one of confusion to irritation, "what's wrong, you look confused," I smirk, with a growl he flicks his hand in my direction, bones appear and slam into me, I grit my teeth in pain but it's over as he summons his hands and blasts me with purple energy beams, everything goes dark. Then I'm opening my eyes again and really enjoying his expression. He's remembering.
I've lost count how many times I have died and how many times I've been forced to reset because G has died. Each time he does breaks me a little more. I barely dodge another attack from Gaster, this isn't working, "Frisk!" G shouts, I look over at him only to get impaled by another bone, not again... Once more I'm facing Gaster, I'm glad he actually looks tired.
"This isn't working," I growl just loud enough for G to hear,
"Tell me about it," he grumbles, we both look at one another, "I can't bring myself to go all out on her, not when it hurts you,"
"And I can't read Gaster's attacks at all, he's too fast," I know what to do, I smile up at G he frowns slightly, reaching up I grab his jacket and pull him down, kissing him, yeah, I know not the time, a thrill shudders through me as he returns it, as I pull away we are both smiling at one another, "swap," I step around him to face my sister and G looks over at Gaster,
"You sure?" G asks,
"This will work," I promise him, he nods and we get into position.
Chara grins at me and giggles, "well this is a change of pace," she tilts her head to the side, "I was hoping to kill him a few more times though, the expressions you pulled each time," she giggles again, "either way," she points the knife at me, "I have been looking forward to facing you sissy,"
"We don't have to fight Chara," I tell her, she simply laughs,
"Dear sweet sister, are you really that naive," she shakes her head, "this will be over with so very quickly," she takes a step forward, "after all, you feel all my pain for me," her grin stretches over her face demonically, I shrug and give her a blank look,
"I can handle it, I'm not a stranger to self-inflicted pain," I stretch my hands out to my sides, making sure to show the scars on my wrists, "so where as G held back, I won't," even if you are my sister,
"Then let's dance sissy!" she cackles and charges forward, I dodge the swing of the knife by stepping to the side, I grab her wrist and place my other hand against her chest, with a deep breath I summon a forth my magic, a yellow aura surrounds my hand, this is going to hurt. As the bullets of energy slam into her I grit my teeth refusing to gasp in the pain, she shoves me away and stumbles a little, blood covers the front of her clothes now, "well that's rude," she scowls down but then looks back at me the grin returning, "I didn't know you had it in you sissy, maybe we are more alike than I thought,"
"Maybe once," I respond, I bring forth to glowing aura of bravery, clenching my now orange glowing fists I stare at her evenly, "but we both went down different paths in life," I charge her, she dodges my first punch and swings that knife of hers, I duck under it and slam my fist into her stomach, she slides back a few feet and coughs up blood,
"Oh yes, we went down different paths," she snarls at me her eyes darken, the whites turning black, what is happening to her?
"Chara?" I step forward and she starts to laugh manically,
"Yes, you got to be the all-powerful magical one, whereas I had nothing, I had to act the part of a pretty little princess, why did you get the power, all the power, why you!" she shouts, she attacks again and I barely dodge in time, I quickly kick out at her, hitting her in the side, I follow it up by firing the energy bullets at her again, she stumbles back. We are both breathing heavily, the pain is almost unbearable,
"Chara, you have got to stop," I beg, blood is pouring from her wounds and she's struggling to stay upright,
"NO!" she growls before flying towards me, this time I disarm her, taking the dagger into my own hand and slamming it into her gut, I stumble back, shocked I actually did it,
"Stop please, you're dying," I could feel it, it was agony, I won't be able to hit her again, I don't think I can take any more pain,
"What this?" Chara chuckles pulling the knife free, I drop to one knee hissing with the pain, "I don't feel a thing!"
"Of course, you don't," I respond sadly, tears prickling the corners of my eyes, "you never did, not entirely, you've always been able to numb yourself from pain, any pain, ever since we were little and you protected me from Father's beatings. That is your gift, your magic, you've always had it, you just never realised!" black tears start trickling from her eyes, I can see various emotions flickering across her face, sadness, shock, denial then anger, her eyes turn completely black and she screams in rage, she raises the dagger and charges at me, I'm unable to move as she shrieks
"If I die, you're coming with me!"
*G*
"Smart move on her part," my father comments as I face him, "she has a very high tolerance to pain," he smirks darkly at me, "she knows her own limits,"
"Enough chatter," I summon my bones, "you're going to pay for everything you have put them through,"
"Do you really think you stand a chance against me, I was always stronger than you before, and now, well I have the power of a god,"
"A god, nah, you just have a soul filled with hatred, so sure you got a little boost from Frisk," I shrug, "but you're not above being judged for your sins," I fire the bones towards him and summon my blasters, I have to end this. I have to end him. Every attack I throw at him he blocks! He has to run out of energy at some point, I'm getting close to my own limits,
"You disappoint me son, you have been blessed with a soul more powerful than a human, and yet you do not use it," he sighs shaking his head and frowning at me, what does he mean, I'm not using it? "If you just back down, join our side, I could teach you how to utilise your gift correctly," I pause and examine him, he's trying to hide his laboured breathing, anyone else may not notice, but I've known him all my life,
"Are you sparing me?" I ask, pretending to follow along,
"You're my son, I'm offering you a chance to stand by my side again," he responds, I give of the impression of thinking about it, while in fact I trying to figure out how to use my so-called soul gift. I remember back to Frisk telling us about the soul traits, mine is justice, I smile remembering how she used it, I look at Gaster, he's able to use the aura's similar to Frisk, so could I use mine in the same way? Well it's worth a shot, I raise my hand and focus, his gaze narrows, "what are you doing?"
"Experimenting?" I chuckle, I focus on thoughts of fairness and righteousness, of doing the right thing, I grin as three glowing yellow balls of energy flicker into being in front of my outstretched hand, how did she fire them again, oh yeah! I point at Gaster and they zoom towards him. The first one hits the shield of green energy he hastily threw up, the second one shatters it and the third hits him hard throwing him back, "so you were saying?" I smirk and step forwards,
"If I die, you're coming with me!" Chara's voice shrieks out somewhere behind me, I quickly turn to see Frisk on her knees and Chara swinging down at her, I react before thinking, firing bones at her, they slam into her chest and she stumbles to a stop, Frisk flinches and gasps out in pain, I hear Gaster chuckling behind me
"Well, I'll see you again son," when I turn to face him he's gone, crap, I look around but he's nowhere to be seen. He got away! Angry with myself I rush to Frisk who is now holding Chara in her arms, I crouch down beside them, tears are streaming down Frisk's beautiful face as she wipes away black streaks from Chara's cheeks, looking at Chara I see her eyes are no longer red, but silver,
"F..Frisk," she says and begins coughing up blood,
"Shush, don't speak, let me heal you," Frisk hushes and places a hand on her sister's chest,
"No, Frisk," Chara responds with as much force as she can muster, "let me speak," suddenly Asriel is also beside us, he looks distraught, I grip his arm to show support, "listen, in my room," she starts coughing again and grips onto Frisk, "my desk drawer, promise me you will get what I've left..." she pleads, Frisk nods,
"I promise,"
"Good," Chara smiles, "I love you little sissy," she says softly before glancing at Asriel, "I love you too Azzy, I'm sorry f..for everything," she then looks at me, "you b..better l..look after her," she lets out a sigh, "t..thank y..you..." she tenses up and Frisk shudders as pain runs through them both, Chara lets out a final breath before becoming still. Frisk lets out a pained sob before passing out.
Asriel touches his ear, "Undyne has my father," he tells me before slipping Chara's body out of Frisk's grip and lifting her up, I pick Frisk up and stand next to him, "what happened to Gaster?"
"He got away," I growl looking away in shame,
"He'll turn up again," Asriel tells me, "everyone knows the truth now, he won't be able to hide for long,"
"I know, I just hate that I failed," I admit, he gives a sad chuckle,
"Not all battles can be won," he tells me solemnly as we look around, the fighting has stopped now, the kingdom guards that still live surrender, "Well I guess we head for the castle now," I nod in agreement, pulling Frisk tighter to me, "would you be able to?" Asriel looks at me sheepishly, I chuckle and nod,
"Sure, I know a short cut."