Chapter five:
Black pauses however as Toriel is just standing there alone.
Toriel is facing away from him but she turns as he comes in. "What is it?" She questions sounding professional.
"Wasn't there someone else here?" Black questions her moving closer. He notices her eyes narrow at him.
"Your eyes were playing tricks on you." Toriel just responds sharply at him. "Now. Why have you come here?!"
"I came here to say that there is a dark entity that is trying to get someone to be its host. It could be dangerous." Black informs Toriel.
Toriel lets out a slight huff and turns away. "I'm sure you'll take care of it."
"Of course your majesty." Black leaves her alone heading off.
"Then again. It's you who is talking to the entity." Nightmares voice comes to his attention just after he leaves the castle.
Black closes his eyes tightly at this.
"I wonder who will cave first. Her or you." Nightmare teases and Black spins around.
Blacks eyes snap open as he swings a punch at the entity.
Nightmare poofs into a dark mist that swirls around to behind Black again before forming once more. "Nice try Sans."
Black lowers his hand and clenches his teeth tightly. "Am... Am I really so unwanted?" He almost stops himself from asking this question to the entity.
"Why of course you are. Can't you see? Toriel didn't even properly answer you. She doesn't care." Nightmare tells him. "And your own brother couldn't even be bothered to listen to you. To you and the sorry excuses you were probably planning in your head. After all you would need some kind of excuse for not telling them all this time."
"I... I suppose." Black sighs with his eyes flickering downwards.
"They don't need you. If you tell them the truth now they'd probably kill you. That way their worst fears don't come true." Nightmare continues on.
Black begins walking again. "I should move before someone sees me." He whispers as he keeps walking.
"You're trying to keep them from having to deal with the mistakes you've made in life. But in reality they are suffering because of it." Nightmare stays following right behind Black. "Chara can't safely go out. Those human souls are trapped in those containers. Only having to wait for their date to rear it's head. Then there is Toriel. Having to hold onto human souls that YOU gave her. Reminding her of the death of her human child. We've all heard that story before."
Blacks knees almost feels weak when he realizes how true it's words are.
"Oh and lets not forget about your own brother. Bringing him down every chance you get. Then trying to butter him up to try to force him to stay. So that way you can just torture him some more." Nightmare continues. "I suppose the back and forth is the only reason he is still with you."
"I... I... I just bring him down..." Black brings his arms across his chest hands grabbing his upper arms. "I bring them all down."
"Yes that's right. However." Nightmare covers his eyes with one paw around his head. "I can help you. You won't have to feel the guilt bubbling inside of you. You won't have to feel anything again."
Black goes quiet in consideration to what Nightmare is saying.
"You won't even remember what was even the matter." Nightmare informs him.
"I... I need a little more time..." Black slightly pleads almost too soft to hear.
"You're losing my patience." Nightmare warns him.
"Captain!" A voice shouts to him and Nightmare Lets Black see again. Dogamy and Dogaressa are rushing towards him.
"What is it?" Black asks lowering his arms and standing tall.
"We've caught wind that someone is talking to a dark entity. That this could be bad. We are ready at your command." Dogamy speaks as the two stand tall.
"Spread the word to just keep an eye out. Report any strange things to me." Black commands in which the two nod.
The two dash off with that.
"They won't find anything." Nightmare reminds him.
"I know." Black confirms. He just doesn't want to tell those two the truth about what's going on.
Elsewhere...
Slim and Chara start by walking around in Hotland.
"It was strange wasn't it?" One voice catches their attention in which they pause then turn. "She was talking to herself."
"Yeah. I don't get why she would talk to herself." Another monster agrees. "Undyne sure does act weird."
Slim and Chara exchange a glance with each other.
"Maybe Nightmare said him to turn us away form the truth." Chara suggests to the other.
"Lets take a look." Slim suggests in which the two of them hurry towards the Lab. He lets them in and they hurry inside.
The lights are on and Undyne turns away from slicing open some large doll.
"Oh hello there. Have you come to be my next test subjects?" Undyne questions with a twisted grin sent in their direction.
"Undyne has anyone visited you recently?" Slim questions ignoring the question.
"Only you." Undyne admits and looks to Chara trying to figure out who she is.
"So no dark entity has been here?" Chara questions her and Undyne rolls her eyes.
"Seems your new friend doesn't like to listen." Undynes words are spoken with so much sarcasm.
"If not Undyne then who?" Slim wonders out loud.
"Lets keep looking." Chara suggests.
"Maybe let's try to find Black. Maybe he found something out." Slim suggests. He takes Charas hand teleporting them to where Black is.
Black turns to them when they appear.
"Have you found anything?" Slim moves closer letting go of Chara.
"No. I finished talking to Toriel." Black tells them though Slim swears he sees something flashing in Blacks eyes.
Slim grabs ahold of both Chara and Black then teleports them home. He lets go once they are there. "Sans... Is something wrong?"
"..."
"Sans?" Slim moves closer in fear and Black turns away clenching his hands tightly.
Charas eyes widen upon realization of what is probably happening. "Papyrus! Get away from him!"
"What!?" Slim questions glancing back to her for a moment. He quickly realizes what she is talking about. His own eyes widening and he spins back around to look to Black again.
"I... I..." Black begins bringing one hand up to gently grip the other upper arm.
"Don't say the words. It's not too late." Chara tries to counter. "Whatever it is that this thing is feeding on you can tell us. We won't get mad!"
"I accept."
"NO!" Chara screams, she had said the exact same two words before she was possessed, then Nightmare appears only to dash towards Black.
Nightmare is grinning really widely.
"SANS!" Slim screams as Nightmare disappears at Blacks feet. He tries to rush forward to help his brother... But a blast of magic makes him fly backwards hitting the floor. He sits up and looks to his brother just in time to see the start of the possession.
Black magic seems to come from the ground surrounding Black. It covers his body until nothing is left to be seen. It has turned into a ball for a moment or two. It bursts open and there stands a different looking Black. The black magic seeming to disappear.
This "Black" has a slightly shimmering like cape that seems to be a part of his scarf; unlike his old look that made his scarf look like a bandana. His scarf and cape are a little tattered but still pretty intact. His shirt is partially hidden by a long dark coat. His coat reaches just a little past his pelvic bone, almost between there and halfway down towards his knees. His gloves still reach up to his elbow bones; as they go over the sleeves of the coat. He seems mostly the same other than that. His eyes open and his eye lights seem to be mahogany in colour now. He smirks and laughs. "Finally." A slightly echoey version of his voice speaks sounding like it's much darker.
"Let him go!" Slim demands getting up onto his feet. He glares at "Black" intending it for the Nightmare.
"He asked for my help." "Black" tells Slim which secretly hits him hard. "And I took away what was bothering him. What he was scared to tell you."
"I said. Let. Go. Of. Him!" Slim demands again stomping closer.
"He accepted my help. There is nothing you can do to stop me now." "Black" laughs only to suddenly teleport away.
"We have to find him! There has to be a way to stop this!" Slim rushes outside hurrying to begin a frantic search for his brother.
