Chapter 7:

The X-Event

Mark (Player) POV

Monika is seen with her eyes widen in a surprised expression. She looks as if she is frozen dead in her position unable to move. It took about two minutes her to finally say.

Monika: "I thought you were dead."

Then something that I would never believe just happened. Ink starts crying, black ink link tears flow down his face as he wipes them off.

Ink: "I'm so so-"

Monika leaped and pulled Ink in for an embrace. A smile grows across Ink's face.

Monika: "Don't you dare apologize to me. You gave me my life back and despite the fact that this endless cycle tortures me. I would much rather have this life then living in a blank empty void."

Ink releases Monika as he grows a more serious look upon his face.

Ink: "You don't understand. Why I couldn't come back. What your world really is. I left because if I returned, you and everyone within your world would cease to exist by the hands of Er- Erm nevermind but I am here now Monika. But I am afraid you, all of you are in danger. There is someone coming who seeks to take this Echo for his own is hopes to repair his own world."

Monika has a confused look of her face.

Monika: "World, Danger, Echo? What are you talking about Ink?"

Mark: "Monika right now we don't have time to explain what matters now is that we must leave right now. I must get you to safety before he finds you."

Monika then snaps out in anger

Monika: "I AM NOT GOING ANYWHERE UNLESS ANYONE TELLS ME WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE!"

Jesus Christ Monika I would never expect someone like you to snap like that

Ink sighs and then begins to tell Monika everything. From the entirety of the universe to the guardians that protected their realms, Monika just sat there with her jaw dropped expression. After what seemed to be two hours of talking Monika begins to speak.

Monika: "So let me get this straight. The Echo I live in is the largest one in this realm while the others within it are branched off from a different reality?"

Ink then smiles.

Ink: "Well in a sense yes. But I failed to still figure out where your Echo came from. What I know is that your Echo is from another realm much different from this one. The guardian of the realm where you originated from just vanished from existence by an unknown force."

Monika: "Interesting, but I do have one more question before we go?"

Ink: "Oh? What is it?"

She then gives me a quizzical look and points at me.

Monika: "Who is Player really?"

I give Ink the look of one who does not want the cat to be let out the bag.

Ink: "Like me, Player i-"

Screams of terror could be heard from outside.

Ink: "Player he is here we have to leave now!"

Cross POV

5 Minutes Before the Comotion

So this is DDLC Echo, how beautiful this world looks from all the other pathetic Undertale AU's. This would be just enough for my rebirth of my world.

Dragging my knife across the pavement I draw the red line that will transport the code back to my world.

Cross: "At last Chara, the rebirth of my world will finally happen. No more creation or destruction, just one world for all."

?: "Heeeeey!"

I stop in my tracks picking up my knife and sheathing it.

Cross: "Your in my way."

The human female looks at me surprised and in awe. She points to me.

Sayori: "That costume looks so cool! Who are you?"

Cross: "Please get out of my way."

Sayori: "What's the hurry? It's only 4:00 in the afternoon. Hey MC! Come outside you have to see this!"

Chara: "Cross we can not let her drive more attention to us!"

Cross: " U."

I lose control of my body but not for long. It seems like Chara has taken over for a bit as I use blue magic to grab the humans soul and lift her as I brandish my knife from my sheath.

Chara: "I told you to get out of my way."

I raise a bone from the floor that penetrates right through her arm as she screams in guttural pain.

Chara: "Lucky for you we need the code for this place so you get to keep your life"

I take back control of my body as I release her and toss her against the lawn. Before I can swing my knife at the ground claiming the code from my own I hear a blaster appear from behind me as it fires I dodge.

Cross: "Ahh Ink. I should've expected to see you here."

Mark (Player POV)

Ink: "CROSS ENOUGH OF THIS! I HAVE TOLD YOU BEFORE THAT THERE IS NO HOPE OF YOUR WORLD RETURNING."

Ink's eyes flare up in anger. I have never seen him this angry before always so serious or happy but the first time I have ever see him express anger.

Cross: "Ink this is where I prove you wrong. You see unlike every Echo I have encountered this one holds a code that holds many possibilities. I have studied it and after from what I found I discovered that I can not only recreate my world, but make a whole new one. A world that has no need for any stupid anomalies you call 'echoes.' A world where everyone can be happy. A world where all of us can finally be free from the constant timelines and loops that bound us to this realm. Come on Ink join me!"

Ink then responds.

Ink: "Cross you are destroying everything that I am trying to protect. The X-Event has to be stopped. It cannot be allowed to continue and even if you take the code from this Echo it still be enough. Chara is trying to use you. It has happened before so please do not let it happen again. I am sorry C, but there is no hope for your world returning."

Monika then starts walking towards Cross with a remorseful expression on her face.

What the hell is she doing?

Monika: "Does this mean who don't have anywhere to stay? I know you can stay here with us in our world! Although you have already done a lot of bad things, that doesn't mean your time of redemption is too late."

Monika's eyes glisten as if she thought of something else to say.

Monika: "You can even join the Literature Club!~ So please don't be sad!"

Cross stands only one foot away from Monika with his knife still out on his hand.

Cross: "I hate all of you."

Just like that Cross raises his knife about to strike Monika but before he even hits her. I teleported in front of him flinging him against the wall with my blue magic. Ink then follows the attack by knocking him out cold with the end of his brush.

Mark: "Nice distraction Monika! This worked out easier as expected. Well I guess this 'X-Event' is all over now."

I look over at ink holding a empty vial in his hand.

Mark: "So what now Ink?"

Ink: "I take the souls stolen from Cross and release them back in each Echo that has been decimated by him. Then, I will go to X-tale and take the code from each of the echoes and return them to the rightful place."

Ink raises the capsule and all of the soles absorbed by cross flood into the vial. Cross then glitches back to his corrupt state, but rather than it being him, it was Chara's body; not dead but unconscious. I then hear someone running up behind me I turn around to see who it is. It was the MC. I saw him rush over to Sayori sitting on the curb holding her bleeding arm. Tears then start to rush down his face.

MC: "SAYORI!"

I then look at Monika just standing there petrified staring at Sayori as MC embraces her. Her face looks lifeless almost as she has given up on everything. She then falls on her knees and tears slowly stream from her cheek.

Monika: "This is all my fault. If I couldn't just let him stay with her and not told her to kill herself, then we would all have been happy. What kind of monster I am to exist breathing on this useless world?!"

I then see Yuri and Natsuki run out to help Sayori. They all look at us oblivious to the presence of Ink and Chara's body. Natsuki then yells at the both of us.

Natsuki: "MONIKA. MARK. JUST DON'T STAND THERE! GET OVER HERE AND HELP US GET HER TO THE HOSPITAL."

I have no choice, by this state she will just bleed out by the time she gets to the hospital. I need to use my healing magic in order to save her. This is the only way in order to prevent her death.

I walk over to Sayori and grab her arm. She is currently out cold from all the blood loss from her arm already. My eyes begin to glow as all the blood continuing to flood out enters back into her arm sealing the open flesh wound. MC, Yuri, and Natsuki stare at me with eyes widen.

Mark: "She should be fine now just get her somewhere to rest."

I walk back towards Monika when the MC stops me dead in my tracks.

MC: "Mark wait!"

Mark: "Hm?"

MC: "I just wanted to let you know how thankful I am that you showed up in the Literature Club with Monika. Without you, Sayori would be dead and I would not be able to live with myself anymore."

I don't say anything as I continue walking towards Monika still crying on the pavement.

Monika: "Why did you come to help me?"

Mark: "What do you mean?"

Monika: "DON'T PLAY DUMB WITH ME PLAYER!"

Monika startled me with that anger.

Monika: "I have done so many bad things by making my friends do bad things to themselves; all done in order to sustain my unquenchable thirst for love. I deserve to suffer; I do not deserve someone who is caring and loving as you."

As she continues to talk something completely unexpected happen. Her emerald eyes start glowing brighter almost as if she was-

No there is no way she could be a Guardian. How the hell her eyes even glowing when that attribute was only left to skeletons and Guardians? No matter, I need to just focus on the task at hand.

Before she could even continue I planted a kiss on her lips and after two minutes I pulled back.

Mark: "Even if you did bad things you could not bear to live with you need to still know that people still believe in you. Why the hell do you think I came here in the first place? Monika, I love you because you are the only person in the universe who actually understands me. You are the one who loves me based on who I am. I think it's about time you know the truth, Monika. The truth is I am not actually an ordinary person. Like Ink, we both have the same responsibility we protect the realms we reside in from evils unknown that pose any sort of threat to it. My home, my 'reality' you kept on referring to, it is another realm. We call this realm 'The Alpha Realm,' because it was the first and only one that existed in the universe before it split into the other hundreds of realms. What I am now about to tell you is something that you will not believe, I am the Alpha Guardian."

Expecting to see Monika just flat out laugh at me, her eyes widen in shock of this reveal.

Monika: "So you're telling me, you are the most powerful being in the whole universe and you didn't even bother to tell me?"

Mark: "Believe me Monika I really did want to tell you but every time I did I thought you wouldn't even believe me."

Monika: "But I love you, Mark. I would believe anything you have to tell me and please do not hide things from me again!"

I hug her and we stay embraced for a little bit.

MC POV

This day was just too intense for me, I almost lost my childhood best friend from whatever happened to her and if it weren't for Mark, Yuri, and Natsuki. I would've lost her.

I picked up Sayori and put her on my shoulders carrying her to her house. I entered her house, went to her bedroom, and tucked her in her bed. Walking out of her room I realized what Mark told me that day. He meant that Sayori thought that people say that she is a burden on others and how much her depression is taking her down a dark path. I walk over to Sayori and caress her cheek but the moment I touched her, a strange flash of memories flood before my eyes. I see the monster who hurt her and I looked out the window to see him lying on the pavement knocked out with someone else looking at the body. Anger covers every single inch of my being as I picked up a knife from the kitchen and storm outside. I darted straight for the body in an attempt to kill him. Mark saw me running at him.

Mark: "BUDDY NO!"

But before I even strike the body. It wakes up grabbing my hand holding the knife.

Chara: "Oh man you just made a terrible mistake!"

The thing looked at me with a horrifying smile when I feel my senses fading I start to black out.

? POV

I am alive corporeal after so long, no longer trapped in a foolish skeleton.

Monika: "MC?"

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Chara: "Greetings. Thank you for waking me up."