Chapter 52: Battle Against Broken Heroes

Entry 1: The power of the one known as PLAYER. This power is not only destructive, but it is nearly unstoppable. Me, along with other scientists in the human race have come together to see if there is a counter…

Entry 2: Asgore is talking with the supposed "President" of the humans as they call it. Apparently, he is trying to convince help from human forces with the predicament. This problem is a threat to the entirety of this world. We need to all fight together.

Entry 3: Asgore returned. Human forces have agreed to assist against the one who calls himself PLAYER. It's a blessing that they were so understanding. Humans aren't as bad as we used to make them out to be… If only our peace wasn't interrupted. Now, there is something out there that wants to not only destroy monsters, but humans as well.

Entry 4: Monsters have just arrived in the city. No casualties have been reported but six. … Why? Why did it have to be Sans and Papyrus… I mean, yes, I am sorry for the humans who died and their families… Nevermind, we need to focus on helping the rest...

Entry 5: Frisk and Chara are missing. As if matters couldn't get worse, Undyne went back for them. I… I don't want to think about what will happen to them. Right now… I think I need to get back to work on finding a counter… We don't have much time.


Song: Absolute Megalo (A Megalo Strikes Back Remix) by Mentalgen Gentalmen

The world seemed to focus in on the battle. Darkness gathered in the edges of our visions, seemingly trapping us in this battle. Frisk's soul was green, inhibiting their ability to flee if needed. They were right where I wanted them. But, the joy of killing them wasn't going to be mine. After all, I wanted to make this interesting for the both of us.

Chara was forced against their will to move forward in a challenging manner. They were no longer the one in control. The fear in their soul pulsed through the strings. Wasn't revenge so sweet?

Frisk still was standing across from me with their knife in hand. To be honest, they looked quite pathetic, trying to stand up to me. As they tried to stay strong, you could still see the fear etched into their face. How much longer until their determination would break? It was time to test the theory.

"You know… Frisk. How different am I from you?" I asked the question, allowing them to ponder on the true meaning of the question. I remained idle as Chara unwillingly raised their hand to strike. Frisk was quick to respond by creating a blue shield in the air to defend themself. They resisted the hit, using the magic Asriel had given them to defend themself.

A yellow gun spun around Chara's finger, pointing at the human. Frisk held their shield up again, only for red strings to wrap around it. The shield was crushed into shards. The magical fragments were forced back into their locket. The bullet fired, spiraling right into Frisk's soul.

10/20 HP

They yelped in pain at the intensity of the attack. That definitely would have killed them, but it had only done half of the normal damage. Granted, that was more than any monster had been able to muster in one hit. Glancing to Chara, they located the reason. Unlike me, Chara didn't have the intent to kill.

Frisk checked my stats, trying to see just what they were up against.

Player: LV: 10, 160 ATK, 100 DEF 124/124 HP

*This is the one behind the screen, the one pulling the strings…

*Show him what true determination really looks like!

A yellow beam of bright light nearly grazed their arm. They rolled out of the way right on time, but still shocked nonetheless. Standing up, they noticed that I was simply floating midair, as if taunting them. "I'd beg of you to answer that question. It will be quite amusing…"

Gritting their teeth, they swung their knife to their side at oncoming strings. "I'm nothing like you." They dashed forward, making an alternate route to the strings binding Chara's body. "I don't kill for fun! I don't take away lives of innocent people!"

"Yet you live with people who have…" They faltered, losing their focus on getting to Chara. It gave me just enough time to command Chara to summon the toy knifes into their hand. "And don't act like you didn't participate in that Genocide run."

"Wha-" The toy knives passed through their soul. Forcing themself to stay still, they retorted. "I never… that was YOU!"

I flew into the air before slamming my palm onto the ground. A fiery shockwave erupted from the ground, forcing Frisk to leap into the air. "Then… how did you gain LOVE? How did you strike with that killing intent?" A Gaster Blaster formed behind them, charging a bright beam of light. "Because Chara is setting a fine example of what happens when you resist my control…"

"T-That's not true! I wouldn't kill my friends!" They yelled as they were forced to leap to safety to avoid the Gaster Blaster. "You were using me. I didn't do it. I'd never forgive myself if I did."

"Playing the victim card now?" The battle stopped momentarily. If I was going to really manipulate Frisk's emotions one last time, this would be it. "Point is Frisk, you were curious to see the end. We both were. I was simply the one who pushed everything to its edge…"

Chara tried to call out to them in a desperate attempt to save their sanity. "Frisk! Don't listen to him. He's trying to get into your head." I stole an amused glance to them from the corner of my eye. This was so cute, watching them struggle to stop the inevitable end. "Frisk, just try to flee! I'm a lost cause no-"

The strings tightened around their body, making them yelp in pain. Frisk gasped, "C-Chara!" Chara was suspended in midair, bones, spears, and fire threatening to impale and burn them. "Let them go!"

A maniacal chuckle echoed through the air. "Really, Frisk? You expect me to let this traitor go?" Now, they both were staring at me like I had lost my mind. Technically, I already had. "Don't act like you don't know Chara…"

"I-I don't know what you're talking about!" They exclaimed, feeling the strings tighten further. Chara really had no idea what I was referring to.

"Oh REALLY?" My eyes flared dangerously. The magic surrounding them threatened to strike at just the flick of a finger. Frisk tried to use the time to catch me off guard, but was quickly trapped by a bullet box. "Interrupt again and Chara will face something worse than death." I threatened, preparing even more weaponry around the suspended human in the air.

Seeing that Frisk wasn't making one sudden movement in fear for their friend, I turned back to the one I was really interested in. Chara was still struggling, but was beginning to find it even harder as I turned their soul green, just like Frisk's to take away their ability to flee if even given the chance. They glared at me, trying to show defiance. "What did I ever do to you? You and I both know we tried to care for each other. What ever happened to that?"

Shadows covered my eyes as a demented giggle escaped my lips. "What ever happened? ASK YOURSELF!" A bone rammed into their chest, making them yell in pain.

59/99 HP

"Yeah, Chara! What happened to us sticking together?" I pulled a spear from my hand, slapping them across the face with the blunt side.

49/99 HP

"STOP IT!" Frisk cried out, trying to fight to bullet box's restricting demeanor. It didn't matter if they moved. Chara would be killed either way…

Coughing up blood, Chara was unable to brace themselves for where the next hit was coming from. "Without warning, YOU LEFT ME! YOU tried to kill yourself and left me behind a century ago. You abandoned me." A searing hot beam of white light made them scream in agony as their HOPE dropped further.

20/99 HP

"I'm sorry! Please… stop…" They weakly called out, feeling their HOPE beginning to fall even further as fire burnt their soul.

10/99 HP

I was screaming in blind rage now. Worrying about Frisk or anything else was now out of my mind. "YOU COME BACK, EXPECT ME TO PLAY NICE!" The strings burned with ferocity, leaving marks on their wrists from the heat.

8/99 HP

"You left me… leaving Asriel behind…"

3/99 HP

Both Frisk and Chara noticed my form flickering. One was the same player I always was, the other was the monster who had been their friend for a short while. "You forced me to continue…" Tears were streaming down my face, falling to the grass.

1/99 HP

"You made me come back to this pain…" The magic around Chara was falling to pieces. "Was it worth it, Chara? Was it worth my life for the cost of others…?" The strings around them fell to nothing, as my control over the player abilities had vanished. They could kill me, and now, so could Frisk. I was vulnerable.

*PLAYER is vulnerable…

Chara was gasping for breath, finally free from the strings. The lingering feeling of being controlled still made them tremble. Frisk, on the other hand, only had half of their HOPE gone. "Why?" They asked, clutching their knife even tighter. Frisk knew they could finally talk to the part of me that was still sane, and they wanted a clear answer. "Why did you kill all of them? Why did you have to threaten our ending?"

*You don't have much time

"You think I wanted it this way?" I laughed once more, but this one was simply broken. "Frisk… I don't know who I am anymore. I don't know what I am…" My fist began trembling as I grit my teeth. "I'm slowly losing who I am."

"And you expect us to just accept that? You expect us to think you're innocent in all of this?" Frisk questioned. Their knuckles were turning white from their death grip on the knife. "Do you think we will actually forgive you?"

*YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR MOVE NOW, FRISK

My soul began growing unstable yet again. "No…" A tear fell from my eye as my form began turning back to what I'd become. I'm telling you that there is no other solution but to KILL ME."

The four yellow souls came to life again in a four leaf clover fashion. Chara's control over themself was once again taken away. I resumed my player form, losing myself in the power again. Frisk seemed to be expecting this, but internally cursed for not taking the chance they had. I cocked my head to the side, Chara following suit. "Ready for Round 2? This time, let's not have any emotional breakdowns, shall we?"


Entry 6: After doing some research on the scans I got from his soul, we think we know why this is happening. It's so unusual. It's almost as if a corruption has made its way into the soul. At the time of the scan, it was only around the edges. What would it look like now?

Entry 7: We looked further in detail. Using the notes and the scan of the soul, we figured out what type of magical power he has. It's… not good. Destructive, summoning, pyrotechnic, electric, manipulation… how does he have this much magical power? It's… terrifying. Undyne… please be safe.

Entry 8: There is no doubt that this soul is powerful now. Not only does it have access to all that power, but it seems to have the equivalent power of a monster absorbing a human soul… This describes just how the PLAYER has a wide range of magic. But, is there any counter to this power? Earlier monster studies say that the power to absorb the human souls has no counter… Of course, death could stop something like that.

Entry 9: in times like these i wish gaster was here


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"Not gonna happen." I taunted as Frisk's feet touched the ground. This had happened nearly ten times now. They had redirected their focus straight to the souls bobbing just above my head, trying to get rid of the threat. Of course, that wasn't going to happen.

They growled in anger, speeding off in my direction again. The four souls took aim, firing smaller pulses at the child. Their face turned static as they sliced through the bullets, yellow particles spraying through the air with a brilliant flash.

I shrugged at them being able to destroy the projectiles, shutting my eyes in the process. They snapped open, a blood red glow emitting from both. The gold seemed to try to fight the red in my right eye, but it was overpowered quickly. Chara's back arched in pain as their face did the same as mine. The true knife began shining blood red.

I forced Chara's arm to draw red lines with the knife. They sprung to life, flashing dangerously towards the direction of Frisk. The latter saw the attack coming, and quickly analyzed it for an opening. Performing a flip over the first, they caught me by surprise. I was expecting them to dodge to the side of it, so a Gaster Blaster intended for them missed. They slid under the second, rolling away from a third while still down. The fourth nearly hit them, only for a blue barrier to stop it from reaching them.

What they didn't know is how quickly I had adapted to their movement. Seeing a chance, I leapt forward towards the human, hand outstretched to their soul. Barely having time to react, they were forced to spin out of the way. However, this motion put them off balance. Chara was forced to summon a yellow revolver into their hand, aiming it at the vulnerable human.

The bullet pierced through their soul once again, dropping their HOPE even further.

1/20 HP

Chara was keeping me from killing them. It was irritating at best, but the shot had done just what it needed. Frisk was on the ground, struggling to regain footing. Wasting no time at all, strings weaved around their arms and legs, restricting their control over themself.

Grunting and struggling, they tried to escape. There was no escaping for them now. It was quite annoying just how easy that was. Wasn't interesting at all. "Quite pathetic, really." I gave a small tsk, waving my finger. "You barely even put up a memorable fight. Disappointing…"

"What even are you?" They questioned in fear, feeling the strings burning them each time they tried to escape. "Why do you have to hurt everyone?"

"I don't HAVE to. It's simply because I CAN." Both Chara and Frisk were suspended in the air before me. "You should be thanking me, really. You'll be killed last if you don't pull anything." Four options came to life in front of them both. "Now, let's turn em all to dust. Just like old ti-"

A flash of blue was caught in the corner of my eye. I had no time to react as two spears cut through the strings binding Frisk and Chara, letting them free. One stray spear cut right through my arm, spraying a strange black substance from the cut.

123/124 HP

Letting out a gasp of surprise, I looked back to see someone standing protectively in front of the two children. Great, look who had finally shown up. Undyne was standing in my way, guarding the two. She turned her head to the side, facing Frisk and Chara, "Go, I'll handle this."

"Undyne. He'll-" Frisk tried to reason, but was cut off.

"GO!"

Flames erupted in front of them, cutting off any escape route. I wasn't letting them get away so easily. "Go you really think I'll let you get away?" The four yellow souls fired beams of light, dancing around the group. "Not on my w-"

"NGAAAAH!" Undyne gave a battle cry, charging me with her spear. My focus on the magic in the area was taken off to focus on her. The fire keeping Chara and Frisk from fleeing was gone. As were they… "Did you really think I'd let you hurt those punks?" She waved a finger tauntingly. My soul pulsed green on my chest as I glared at her with a livid expression. "If you wanna touch them, you'll have to get through me."

"Hee hee…" My grin widened with sick humor. "Aha… I beat Sans." Fire engulfed the air threateningly. The yellow souls orbited Undyne, all aiming straight at her. "What makes you think you even stand a chance now?" Gaster Blasters took aim, gaining red glowing eyes. Bones began tearing through the ground, surrounding the battlefield. Two black wolves with red eyes touched the ground, growling with red magic.

"Psh, I don't." She waved a hand dismissively, taking off her eyepatch. A light blue beam in the shape of a spear shot out, showing the power she was hiding.

"Wait… what are you doing?" I questioned, shocked at what was happening. There should be no possible way she could take on her Undying transformation. That required abnormal amounts of determination.

Her armor began shining, forcing me to cover my eyes. "Defending the world against you!" How? "I may not stand a chance… I may be weaker than Sans in pure tactics and wits…" The light began dying away, showing her in the center. "But I'll sure as hell put up a fight."

"Oh sweet mother of-" A clap of thunder shook the mountain, causing my balance to weaken. "How?"


Entry 10: Determination. I studied it so much in the Underground. The only counter of a soul so powerful, a being so powerful, would be determination. But, the problem with that is you have to overpower the being. I don't think you actually can…

Entry 11: High magical activity has been reported near Mt. Ebott. It's definitely signs of a fight up there. What's going on?

Entry 12: The only one smart enough to figure this out is Gaster. All of the human scientists are baffled by this power, and cannot pinpoint what it is. It's almost god-like. The only way to gain that would be seven souls. PLAYER seems to already have it without seven, and he's still growing stronger… Maybe Gaster was right in killing him the first time…


Frisk and Chara darted through New Home, trying to push the button on the elevator. Receiving no response, they gasped for air before continuing to run. Only one goal was in their mind, find Gaster. That was the only way to stop this thing.


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Undyne leapt from the light, showing herself in her true form. I was, for once in this form, terrified. Her teeth had definitely gotten sharper. The armor protecting her had turned similar to her Undying form, save the lightning bolts and waves painting the arms. I didn't want to know what that change meant. The heart on her armor had still remained, turning green. What shocked me was that I could see her soul shining through. That wasn't supposed to happen.

Sans had done something similar a long time ago when we first met. I had assumed they was just because he was a skeleton, so you could see the light of it easier. This was definitely a different case. I did not want to know what this meant, at all. But, we both knew this was not going to be pretty.

Undyne charged forward, summoning a spear to her hand. I did the same, gaining a red one in mine. Our spears clashed, sending a red and blue shockwave blowing us back. I ducked as she summoned another spear to her other hand, trying to cut across my head. Landing on two feet and a hand, I recovered quickly, trying to pierce through her chest.

I was met with her striking with the spear. However, a rippling shock coursed through my body. That's what the lightning meant! I took a few steps back, feeling the after affect of the shock. That hurt. "W-What the hell?"

"What? Did I shock you with tha-" Her face contorted to one of self annoyance. She had made an unintentional pun. "Forget I ever said that."

"Oh, don't worry." Red lightning came to life in my fingertips. "This'll be a shocking experience for both of us." Red and blue lightning clashed with each other, lighting up the sky with brilliance. The fire that had been waiting on my command tried to burn her.

Water suddenly burst from the ground dousing all of it within an instant. I glanced at her in shock at all the new magic she was exploiting. Her palms connected with each other as she seemed to be focusing on something.

Circles of light began spawning under my feet. Noticing the attack, I got out of the way before the spears would shoot up. That's not what happened. Lightning struck the circles, sending giant shockwaves from each bolt. Three individual shockwaves connected with my feet, administrating the same horrible shock through my body.

100/124 HP

Enraged, I thrusted my palm forward, the Gaster Blasters and souls firing at the warrior. She was quicker on her feet, making barriers of lightning in my way. Instead of waiting it out, she stabbed spears into the offending weapons. The souls all lost a bit of health, but survived the attack. She leapt through the smoke, trying to stab downwards upon me.

I leapt backwards, letting the two wolves pounce upon her. She shook them off effortlessly with two elbows to their faces. They crumbled to magic residue on the ground. "Why won't you just die?"

She grinned madly, hair blowing in the wind. "Because unlike Asgore," Spears began raining from the heavens. "I'm not a pushover." Putting my hands up in an X fashion, a sentinel made a barrier over my head to keep the spears from colliding. The ones that didn't hit the barrier changed direction before touching the ground, coming right for me.

I turned my own soul green, focusing with my spear in hand. I had done this many times before. Twirling the spear around, I battered the oncoming spears to the ground. Another came in from behind, turning yellow at the last moment. Noticing what it was about to do, I kicked the blunt part of the spear as it tried to get on the other side of my body.

Before I knew it, Undyne was on top of me again. She was giving me no room to breathe. I grabbed her spear, trying to surprise her. However, she reared back her fist and gave me a firm uppercut to the face.

95/124 HP

I lurched backwards, tumbling across the ground. Struggling to get up, I could hear her advancing on me. Water and lightning began forming above her head, all aiming at my crippled form. With a flick of her finger, the water doused the fire I used to try to protect myself in the last moments. The lightning struck second, making me scream in pain.

50/124 HP

"Do you know what you're feeling right now?" Undyne questioned, grabbing one of her newly made spears from the air and aiming it to my face. "This is what Sans felt… this is what Papyrus felt when you turned them to dust…" She stabbed right through my chest with the spear, letting the strange black liquid fly through the air. I still wasn't dead, which made her even more enraged.

20/124 HP

"Didn't they deserve a chance? We gave you one. We gave you a home when you had none!" Tears were falling from her face, but she refused to let her strength falter. Spears lit up the sky, looming threateningly. "Was it not enough for you? WE CARED ABOUT YOU!" Another spear stabbed straight through me. "AND YOU THREW IT AWAY!"

10/124 HP

"Why…? What made you do this to us?" Lightning charged in her fist, preparing to strike. "And don't say it was because you could. You and I both know that isn't the truth."

Silence passed as the sound of rain came overhead. She was poised for the kill, but… she needed to know the truth. What had driven me to be this way? Why did I take the lives of innocent people if everything was finally all right?

"Heh…" I gave a small laugh, getting up from the ground. The spears she had stuck in me were still there for a moment before being ripped out by my own hand. I gritted my teeth at the sudden jolt of pain, but stayed standing.

7/124 HP

"Consider this Undyne…" My soul began shining brighter on my chest. The dark edges had completely corrupted the red Determination of it, and it was seeping into the gold slowly. I cupped the soul in my hand, shadows covering my eyes. "Imagine being in a world, where you are nothing. You are a mere blip on the radar… A world where you don't matter."

I shut my eyes, trying not to show weakness. It was so difficult, remembering just why I was even here. "That's what I thought my world was. I used your world, because I was significant. I could free you all, or kill you all. It was my choice to make long ago…"

The fins on Undyne's head dropped slightly. "I… I don't understand."

"I manipulated you all. I used you as toys. When that fun had ended… I… did something stupid." My soul began contorting, the gold dimming slightly. "I gave up, Undyne. I left behind those who cared. I thought no one did, but I was so wrong. Deep inside, they all cared. I just refused to see it."

"Gaster needed a Player. It's not the first time a Player has interacted. I needed to keep the True Pacifist ending intact. Of course, I didn't remember who I was. He reminded me of just what I did…" Silence. "Of who I really am…"

"But is this really who you are? Do you really want all of this?" Undyne remained firm, holding her spears at the ready. "Or are you just telling yourself that you can't go back on what you did?"

I glanced up, confusion on my face. "You think that? You think that I can really go back on this? What I have done is unforgivable." My voice began shaking. "I no longer have a purpose for doing this anymore. It's just who I am, what this world made me into. Death has proven to not be enough to give me peace."

My soul began shining black, corrupting the gold further. "The only option is erasure. Your only option to stop me is to kill me. This is a fight to the death, Undyne. How can you expect to spare someone who doesn't deserve mercy?"

My HOPE began rising, maxing out. Undyne's eyes widened as she tried to stab with her many spears in the sky. I flipped out of the way, grabbing others before they could collide and corrupting them with my magic. A few skimmed my body, much to my annoyance.

We charged each other, sending a sidekick right at the other. Our power was becoming equal, as neither gained any ground. We mirrored each other's movements, trying to punch and jab at the other. Each time, the defending one would counter or block.

Undyne charged lightning into her fist as she tried to strike me once more. Seeing this chance, I ducked under the blow, trying to sweep her legs out from under her. She saw it right on time, jumping out of the way. Swinging her arm to the side, ten more spears came to life in a line. "So, you gave in instead of trying to fight it? You let yourself take the fall?"

Red lightning struck down the spears, sending them all into magical light. "I've learned the hard way that defying fate gets me nowhere. I am who I am. Now…" For a moment, she could see my body flicker to that of a terrified monster. "Please, end this pain. KILL ME PLEASE."

The player side was quick to take back control, leaping forward with two sentinels at my side. Blue shockwaves rippled through the air. Undyne, however, did not even stop for them. Instead, she pushed through the pain that they brought, fighting even harder. Two spears rammed through the center of the Sentinels, disabling them. I really needed to get better at defending them.

Bones ripped through the ground, threatening to stop her path. Much to my astonishment, she suddenly began sliding. Water formed from the ground, carrying her through the air in a wave before she leapt in front of me, ready to strike again.

She grinned madly, letting lightning charged spears follow her assault behind her. With a demonic giggle, I threw my palm into the air. I rose into the sky, the wings sprouting from my back. "You should have killed me when you had the chance Undyne."

She did not cease her attack. You could see an imprint left behind from her, as she was moving so quickly. The four souls began defending me as I charged as well, flying headlong towards her. Yellow beams began reducing the spears as they tried to impale me and stop my course.

The real fight would be one of strength between the two of us. We clashed, pushing against each other and trying to gain on one another. Our eyes began glowing with strength and fury as we fought the other harder and harder.

Her eyes widened as I disappeared from her view in red glitches. She did not know where I had suddenly gone off to until she felt a tingling sensation of magic behind her.

The last thing she heard was a laugh of glee.

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Undyne felt as a spear rammed through her armor. She fell to her knees, clutching her chest where the spear had gone, clean through her chest. Just as expected, just as so many had warned her, she had fallen, just like that. With one hit, she had been reduced to this.

There was nothing more that she could do. She glanced up, seeing me standing over her. Not the one she had been fighting, the one who she had been friends with for a short while. She believed that she heard me trying to call out to her, to say that I was sorry. But, she heard nothing as she began melting slowly.

She felt darkness closing in upon her, when she glanced upward, seeing someone standing behind me. "P-Paps? You… heh… always did believe in everyone, didn't you?" Her hand clutched at the dirt, trying to hang onto life. Her other was placed on my shoulder as she could distinctly see me crying. What I was saying, she could not hear once more. It was as if she was slowly losing grip on reality.

The last thing I remembered her say was, "Never give up that fight, punk. Don't let it win. With your power, this world will live on…"

Dust once more filled the air, as I watched her grin fade away into the wind. I had killed yet another.

*Your LOVE has increased

Just as quickly as I felt remorse for my actions, it faded away. Glancing in the distance, I knew that Frisk and Chara had made it. Gaster was out there now, and when he would come, I had no idea. One part of me hoped that he would have what it took to kill me. Turning away from the direction of the barrier, I snapped my fingers, disappearing from sight.


Chara and Frisk had no idea about the fate of Undyne. They could only assume the worst when the sounds of battle had ceased from above. However, neither had ceased running, as they needed to get to Gaster as fast as possible.

There had been a lot of running done lately…

The grey door was in sight, and they were afraid of what Gaster was thinking at the moment. The man could see everything in the void, so one could only imagine the anger he was feeling. But, they needed Gaster. The scientist was the only one who has been able to kill me. He was their best chance.

"Frisk…" Chara began, holding their hand on the doorknob. "Do you have the soul fragments?" They asked, gazing in question.

Neither were very responsive, or excited about the event. Both of them were so tired from the battle, that it just made them unresponsive. Being controlled and being forced to remember the times when it happened would do this to them. Nevertheless, Frisk nodded, holding the glass canister in their hand.

Chara twisted the doorknob, allowing the cold of the void to blast upon them. They stepped in, seeing one figure in the distance. He was turned around, trembling violently. It was none other than Gaster. "G-Gaster? Are… are you alright?" Chara asked, trying to see his face.

They received no response. Frisk took a few careful steps forward, trying to get his attention. He was too lost in misery to hear them. As they were close enough, Frisk placed a comforting hand on Gaster's shoulder, making him stop trembling.

Frisk could feel the hatred boiling off of him. It was so immense, that they thought they should run. However, Gaster was able to formulate a response. "C-Child…?"

"Gaster, we need your help." Chara stated, standing firm. "We know you are damaged from the loss of Sans and Papyrus, but… you're the only one who can stop him."

The scientist stopped, turning his head to glance at them. "How? I will not be able to be stable long enough…" He admitted with misery. "Unless… how much of the soul have you received?"

Frisk, as if on command, showed the canister to him. It was nearly complete, but it was missing a fourth of it. Gaster took it into his own hand, looking like he was about to cry. Two of the pieces that made up the soul used to be part of Sans and Papyrus… Now, they were gone. This was all that was left…

"Will it be enou-" Chara tried to question, only for them to be cut off.

Gaster shoved the fragments into his chest, as the two humans gasped in surprise. White light blossomed from within his hands as he kept the soul in, trying to keep it in his body. Frisk and Chara were blinded as a flash of white light echoed throughout the void.

When it had died out enough for them to uncover their eyes, they saw just what they wanted to see. Gaster stood before them, grinning. His two eyes sparked to life, turning blue and orange. "Come… let us show this player what true pain really is…"

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It was like double the length XD

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