Chapter 59:
Center of the Universe
"H-How? The barrier is in the way, and the other souls are gone."
The barrier was still there and even with one soul he wouldn't be able to cross it himself. I looked around to try and spot Gaster once more but caught glimpse of something through a tear in the void. It showed a darker version of Snowdin, and many of the monsters looked shadowed and evil. It reminded me a bit of the surface world at how decrepit it looked. I then saw Sans at his sentry station, his coat now red and his teeth sharp. Chills moved through me. That wasn't my Sans. That was some alternate version of him.
I averted my eyes to another tear and it showed Snowdin once more but this time it looked like Papyrus was at the sentry station. He wore an orange hoodie and black shorts. He was smoking a cigarette and laying back in a chair. It didn't feel right.
I knew now that this is what he had meant. The tears were ways around things such as the barrier. He was going to go to another universe and use it as a way of escape. He wanted to find a way to be free of the void and reset himself. Or perhaps even find another Gaster and do unspeakable experiments.
"You can't!" I shouted.
"Oh, but I can. It will just take a few tries to get to the right amount of magic. But you would be surprised at how long a human soul can last."
A hand gripped my shoulder tightly and wouldn't let go.
