Chapter Twenty

Eye of the Storm

Taking out her soul he could tell it was cracked but not broken yet. Sans quickly pulled out the knife and bit his lip when her soul started to crack some more. He cupped her soul in his hands and started healing it. A cool blue light lit up the room as her soul slowly started to heal. Soon enough he was staring at a beautiful white glowing heart. He slowly pushed it back into her and watched Shadow open her ruby red eyes.

"Thanks, Sans", Shadow said softly reaching up to cup his face.

Sans leaned into her touch and held her hand there, "Anytime Shad."

Shadow slowly leaned up and pressed her lips to his in a soft kiss. Sans was shocked at first but carefully kissed her back. When they broke apart he was met with a soft smile.

Sans' face turned into a dark blue color. He really didn't expect her to kiss him. "What was that for Shad?"

"Saving my life again. It seems you always seem to save me before I die." Shadow said.

"In this timeline, I think. I have a feeling I failed you once, because of that I never want to be late again." Sans said with soft eyes.

"I trust you won't."

"Hey, Shad?" Sans' face blushed blue again.

"Yeah Sans?"

"Wanna be my girl? I'd be awfully bonely without you." Sans smiled.

"You mean girlfriend Sans?" Shadow asked with a giggle.

"Yeah, that, at some point I'll even take you to the bonezone", Sans joked.

Shadow laughed and nodded at him, "Sure Sans I'll be your girlfriend. I see you have great timing for romantic things."

"Why but of course. The correct time to ask this is always moments like this." Sans laughed a little.

"Of course it is." Shadow giggled.

The two looked at each other for an awkward amount of time before finally getting up. They turned to Grillby and blushed to see him staring at them.

"It's also good to ask me out in front of my boss", Shadow muttered her face red in embarrassment.

"Yep, very good. In fact, everyone should do it." Sans replied with a small grin.

Grillby smiled at the two, "Finally, I thought you two would never be offical. Now we need to get a new door. Shadow I'm glad your alive and okay. Mind cleaning up here for me?"

"Not at all boss!" With that Shadow got to work and Sans sat with Grillby at the bar. Both of them had a drink in their hands as they chated.

"How are you doing Grillbs? I know this has to be hard on you. Tiba honest I would have given in by now and destroyed those people. I think you're doing the right thing using your magic to protect Shadow, instead of fighting them." Sans said to his old friend.

"I'm not doing so great but I'm glad you think that Sans. I wasn't sure what to do. I never liked violence much. This is pretty hard for me to manage." Grillby replied to SAns.

"I would imagine. I think you're doing pretty great though."

"Thanks, Sans." The two sat there in silence for the rest of the day. Shadow was skittereing around here and there cleaning things. Grillby had also called someone to replace the door. Once the door was replaced he told Shadow and Sans to head home while they closed shop.

The next day everything was open for business. It was a rather nice day. Birds were singing flowers were blooming. It was a wonderful summer day. The door was propped open this day to let in the cool beach breeze. The smell of the ocean filled the restaurant leaving both customers and employees alike in a pleasant state of mind.

Shadow was humming lightly as she worked and around the end of her shift, she bumped into a certain man.

"Markus…" Shadow said glaring at the man.

"Shadow", he replied.

"Why are you here?" Shadow asked.

"My fellow leaders would like to speak with you. After yesterday's stunt, we're interested in why half of our members quit. They said they didn't want to harm innocent people anymore. They started feeling bad because you people refuse to fight back. One of them said they impaled you. Glad to see you're alive and well. That person burst into tears before quiting. They were screaming that they probably killed a kind innocent girl who just wanted to save her friends. They shouldn't have a conscience, but they do now. You must have said something to snap them out of it. We'd like to hear from you, ambassador Knight." Markus glared right back at Shadow.

"Fine but I get to bring two friends as protection. Undyne and Sans. If you lay a finger on me you will be sorry. Do you understand?" Shadow said to him with a fire in her eyes.

"Loud and clear. We'll meet tomorrow at six at the shipyard, don't be late." Markus was about to turn around but Shadow stopped him.

"Um… Can it be six thirty? Traffic over there is terrible and I get off at five." Shadow nervously smiled.

"Fine, six thirty it is." With that, Markus walked out.

"What was that about Shadow?" Grillby asked.

"I'm gonna meet with the leaders of N.M.O.E."

"I hope not alone."

Shadow waved him off, "I'll have Sans and Undyne with me. Just have to tell them. I should be safe with them."

"Undyne is the leader of the Royal Guard. Is that a good idea?" Grillby asked.

"I think so." Shadow replied, "It's the best way to make peace with both sides. We'll just see how it goes. Alright?"

Later that night Shadow was on the phone with Undyne explaining what was gonna happen, "So wanna come with me?"

"Hell yeah punk! I'm not gonna let you go out there alone. Someone has to protect you."

"I'm also asking Sans", Shadow muttered out.

"You see I'm more superior though", Undone cackled.

"Doesn't hurt to have two people protecting me", Shadow chimed in.

"Good point punk!"

Shadow quickly bid her goodbyes to Undyne and called Sans. "Heya Shad."

"Hey, Sansy~!" Shadow cooed as he walked into the living room.

"What's up?"

"So I need a favor." Shadow's voice got serious.

Sans let out a long sigh and stared at Shadow, "I should have known by the cute way you said my name."

Shadow blushed but carried on with the conversation, "I need you to come with me to meet the leaders of N.M.O.E."

"You're meeting with them?" Sans' voice got loud causing Shadow to flinch.

"Yes, Undyne is also coming with. I need you there too. I need to be properly protected." Shadow responded keeping her voice steady and serious even though her heart was pounding quite a bit.

"Geez Shad, I'd go to protect you even if you didn't ask me too. I care about ya bud." Sans' smooth voice filled the room.

"Thanks, Sans, it really means a lot. Meet me at work when my shift ends, make sure Undyne is also there too. Then we'll go straight there and I'll try to disband this group with peace and kindness." Shadow's soft voice replied.

"I don't think it'll work but it's worth a shot Shad", Sans replied.

Soon enough Shadow and Sans went to their respective rooms. "I really hope this works, if it doesn't we'll have to go to war and I'd rather avoid that. I'm glad we have permission to fight back now. We might have to take down the leaders of N.M.O.E to get them to disband. I just pray we don't have to though."

Shadow found herself having trouble sleeping because of this. She tossed and turned through most of the night. By the time she went to bed, it was three.

She groggily woke up in the morning with a frown. Rolling out of bed she wandered into the kitchen and started eating the yogurt she keeps in the house. After she grabbed her clothes and walked to the shower. She had just gotten out when the door swung open. It was at this moment she realized she didn't lock it. She stared at him for a moment before her eyes widened.

"Ahhhhh! Get out! Get out now!" She threw a bracelet at him.

Sans seemed glued to the spot staring at her with his jaw slightly ajar. Shadow at one point stomped up to him and pushed him out and onto the floor. With a final glare, she slammed the door in his face and locked it.

Soon Sans recovered from his stupor and knocked on the door, "Shad I didn't know you were in there, can you forgive me?"

"Maybe", she replied with a huff.

"Maybe? Come on Shadow please?" Sans begged a little. His voice taking a puppy dog eyes kind of tone. The kind of tone that just melted your heart and made you forgive a person or any little mess up.

Shadow opened the door revealing her to be fully ready. Her hair in her signature ponytail, a nice black dress with her rose heels and black and red bracelets and necklaces. She looked down at him and soon realized he could see up her skirt.

She backed away and sighed at him, "Fine I forgive you this time. Now let's get me to work. We have things to do after work. I gotta convince the members of N.M.O.E to disband. Hopefully, I can do it."

Sans nodded at her and teleported her to work. What they saw wasn't good though. The walls were covered in red paint that read the message, "To be sure you show, we took your boss. You better not bring anyone but those two with you. You can have your boss back after our talk. Feel free to come early. I can't guarantee his safety while we wait. The boys want to have fun."

Shadow looked at Sans and nodded, "Let's get Undyne."

Soon enough they all were on their way. Shadow was really shocked though, the main leader showed up just to threaten her. She almost felt special. Arriving at their destination Shadow gave herself an internal pep talk and walked to the meeting place.