Chara groaned loudly.

"hey freak, don't you know that you don't always get your way," Sans asked smugly.

"Why can't you be like your brother and just let me kill you," Chara yelled. She ran at him with the knife. He side-stepped and turned her soul blue.

"whoa there. don't bring my brother into this." Sans pulled her soul up to the ceiling. "at least he tries to see the good in all people, including you, freak. i can't afford to do that with this occupation. not that i would." Jagged bones shot out of the ceiling. She jumped from the ceiling, narrowly avoiding the sharp bones threatening to kill her.

"And he was an idiot for that. I would have more respect if he tried to fight me, but he kept that stupid grin on his face till the very end." Chara slashed at Sans once again. Sans dodged, yet again.

"do you really want to open that can of worms kid? i can make this a whole lot worse for you. i'm not the judge for nothing freak," Sans snarled.

"Wait wait wait wait... SANS IS THE JUDGE? But... Sans is incredibly lazy," Papyrus screamed.

Gaster looked at Papyrus with a confused expression. "Why did you think he was here?"

"I DON'T CARE WHY! YOU'RE THE JUDGE! JUST DIE!"

Papyrus groaned loudly. "That means I called my lazy brother scary! I'm never going to let myself live that down!"

Gaster walked over towards Papyrus and patted him on the back. "It will be okay. Besides, he can be intimidating," Gaster said, gesturing towards the fight.

Currently, several Gaster Blasters were being fired at Chara. She managed to dodge most of them, but got hit by a couple of blasts. She quickly shoved a piece of pie in her mouth and continued to fight.

"Well... I suppose you're right."

Gaster and Papyrus walked closer to Sans. Chara let out a groan.

"They're back," she muttered.

"heh, kid. i must be pretty popular today. hope they don't mind watching me kill you," Sans joked. He winked his right eye, allowing a blue glow to envelop his left eye.

"I take it back. Sans is scaring me a little bit."

Chara ran at Sans. She slashed at Sans, but he moved out of the way.

"I never knew how limber my brother was until this moment," Papyrus realized. "Maybe he isn't as lazy as I thought." Papyrus shook his head. "Nah. What kind of person naps ALL night?"

Sans threw Chara against the wall. He was starting to look tired. "okay kid. you are getting on my last nerve. if you keep pushing me, i'll use my special attack," Sans threatened.

Chara scoffed. "You mean, doing nothing? I got past that the first time, and I can get through it now."

Sans grimaced. "then you won't make it to that point."

Chara slashed at Sans again, knowing it wouldn't hit him.

Sans drew all his power and began to launch attack after attack. He used his power of teleportation to move Chara around to different attacks, hoping her momentum would mess her up.

"You can do it Sans!"

Despite all the effort, Chara barely got a scratch. Sans summoned several Gaster Blasters and had them fire in a circle. It did not hit the child. Sans began to sling her against the walls and ceiling, hoping her soul would shatter.

But it didn't.

"huff... huff... i guess... it's time... for my special attack," Sans announced, winded from the battle. Sans stood still, as did Chara.

"You know that I know what you're doing. It won't work Sans."

Sans smiled sadly. "i know... but i can't give up again."

"I can wait here for a long time if I have to."

"i know." Already, Sans felt his eye sockets closing. The loss of magic was affecting his ability to stay awake. The fact that he had gotten almost no sleep also didn't help.

"You better not Sans," Papyrus yelled.

Sans' eye sockets closed. In that moment, Chara was beginning to sneak up on Sans.

"Sans! Wake up," Papyrus screamed. He tried to shake his brother awake, but nothing happened.

Chara approached. A grin appeared on her face.

"Wake up, lazybones!" He regretted the fact that he made a pun, but hoped it would get Sans to wake up.

Chara swung her blade. Sans managed to step to the side.

"Take that Cha-," Papyrus said.

"did you really thing that-," Sans started.

Both of the brothers' statements were cut off when Chara suddenly swung her knife towards Sans again, this time landing a hit. Sans fell to the ground. his jacket and his ribs now had a diagonal slash across it. A red liquid began to spill out of him.

"S-Sans," Papyrus yelled.

Sans looked at himself then at Chara. "so kid. you did it again. once again, i couldn't stop you. frisk, if you are there, i'm sorry. please try to stay strong." Sans shakily stood up. "welp. i'm going to grilbys," Sans announced. Sans began to limp away. Eventually, he fell to his knees. Papyrus ran to the front of his brother. Sans smiled sadly, seemingly at Papyrus. "papyrus? do you want anything," Sans asked, staring directly at Papyrus.

"B-Brother please!"

Sans fell to his back and crumbled before him, turning into a white and red pile of dust. Sitting on top of the dust was his clothes and a half-full container of ketchup.

"Sans," Papyrus exclaimed. He fell to the ground near his brother's dust."Sans," Papyrus said in a small voice. Papyrus was trembling. "Why did you fall asleep, Sans?" He tried to pick up his brother's dust, but was unable to. He started sobbing, louder than with Undyne's death.

His whole world had crumbled into dust.

Gaster walked over to comfort Papyrus. He kneeled down beside Papyrus. A sad gaze fell on Sans' dust. "I tried to keep him alive in the last timeline, but my magic didn't work on his plane of existence."

"Why?" Papyrus looked to Gaster, desperately trying to hold back tears. "Why didn't you use the determination on him?"

"I didn't want you to die again. I didn't want to see my son die yet again." Gaster's voice was quiet. "I panicked."

Papyrus looked back to what remained of his brother. The dust was starting to blow away. "Maybe if I listened, you would be here now Sans. I am truly sorry."

Gaster shook his head. "He wouldn't. He has to judge those who come here. It's his job."

"The one job that Sans does, causes him to be killed over and over," Papyrus muttered.

"P-Please… don't kill me," a voice sounded from the throne room. It was familiar, yet unfamiliar. Gaster and Papyrus turned their attentions to the nearby door. A shrill shriek echoed through the hallway. It eventually stopped.

"Asriel is dead," Gaster muttered. He turned back his attention to the pile of dust that used to be his son then to Papyrus. "Papyrus… it was nice to see you."

Papyrus let out a small sob.

"But… the timeline will reset soon. You might not be able to remember any of this." Gaster muttered. "And that might be for the better," he quietly added. "But, I hope that you do well in the next timeline, Papyrus."

"Dad…," Papyrus muttered. Papyrus leaned in for a hug. "I'll miss you, even if I don't remember you."

The environment began to swirl around Papyrus. It slowly began to grow darker and darker. He started to lose his senses.

"I promise."

The world faded to black.

Hope you were ready for this chapter. You knew it would hurt, right? Anyway, this isn't all guys! The timeline actually reset itself, so stick around to see what I, you the readers, and others have in store.

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Oh! And be sure to check out fluffythehedgehog12's story, "TrainerTale: Determination Red and Purity Blue"!

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