Chapter XX
New home
Coldness.
Not a single living thing in sight.
Only that one despicable feeling that something is off.
And as dark ghosts, the forgotten ones of the garbage dump become witnesses of their end.
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He isn't moving. Neither is she.
His breath is trembling. Hers will never do the same anymore.
He looks at her with horror. She looks at the shadows with fear.
He is alive. She is dead.
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And he knows this is where it all will end.
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He loads the gun, as he can feel the murderous presence of the one who killed his friend. There is no other way to escape this: he won't let anyone take his soul. Monsters are no bloodthirsty creatures, but they can't be freed. Not now, not when their king is still seeking revenge. He can't do a lot, but keeping them from getting his soul would still help to prevent another bloody war.
He is facing the sentry, alone. The cold metallic weapon he hold is now a burden. He doesn't want to do this, but there is no other choice. A single shot can be heard in the gloomy dump, before silence begins to reign.
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Right next to her body, his is lying. He thought it would keep them from taking his soul, but little does he know that there is no need to be the one who kills to take souls.
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And thus, in the dark place, a shy light starts to shine — a small, translucent, yellow heart.
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oOo
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In the meantime, Papyrus and Sans are wandering in New home. They are exhausted of their long journey, but have nothing to pay for a bed in an inn anymore. Soon, they take a break in a park. Well, Sans takes a break while his brother is trying to befriend everyone.
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'Your brother?'
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The teenager turns around in surprise, his eyes meeting the ones of a rather small dinosaur-like monster.
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'Yep,' he says as he details the monster talking to him.
'He seems quite… dynamic.'
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Sans looks at her for a second, not really understanding what she is implying, before getting a glimpse of what Papyrus is doing: playing tag. Which would be nothing but normal if it wasn't for the little skeleton yelling in the middle of the playground that he, the great and fearless Papyrus, would catch all the other kids in no time. While standing on the top of…
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What on earth is that anyway?!
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Noticing the grimace of the oldest brother, the little white monster muffles a laugh without success as Sans rush to the kid and try to get him back on the ground. Not thinking much of the consequences, Papyrus jumps to Sans who, not being ready for an skeleton child landing on him, ends up on the ground.
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'Paps!'
'Sorry…' the kid mumbles, looking down.
'Just… Be a bit careful, I don't want you to get hurt.'
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As his brother goes back to play, Sans stands and assesses the damage of his fall.
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'You may need more than a simple wash to remove that mud of your clothes.'
'Would you know where there's a river or something to… Well…'
'Oh my! Do you mean you don't have a home?' the white monster exclaims as she covers her mouth with her hands.
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How she came to such a conclusion that fast, Sans will probably never know. Perhaps it was because of the numerous children whose parents had died during the war as Myriad had told him. No, the war was too long ago. Although, a quick check on their appearance can already be quite the big hint. Then again, it isn't too much of a hint either. Sans had done his best for Papyrus to look presentable, but he knew Myriad would have hated seeing her child looking like this.
Myriad…
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Perhaps this monster can see it because she is a mother.
And that's something a mother knows.
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Luckyshot8: I am sorry I only write an answer to your review now, I didn't see it :S I didn't watch AUs (or I don't think so), but I worked on other things so it gave me new ideas (I watched a few theories two, but it's more because youtube started suggesting them XD ). Thanks for your advice :)