No real content warnings here, except for maybe slight Sans abuse. That poor skele has to deal with so much shit. But he makes a good father figure for my poor little murder children.
Sans passed a glance between his scarf wearing double and the ex-demon.
Chara's victorious grin had faltered into a image of confusion, and an almost hidden, but not quite flash of fear when they saw the geno Sans's utter rage. The other Sans saw this and moved quickly, taking the super soaker and leaving it on the porch before grabbing Chara's hand and leading them inside, away from his drunk double. He was still drenched in water, and it dripped off his hoodie and onto the carpeted floor.
"yup, you sure got me kid." He said with an annoyed, flustered tone about him, "i mean, it wasn't as good as my pranks, no finesse, but a start in the right direction. but I have to ask, 'water' you thinking? that was a dumb move, you could have started a fight."
Chara giggled a little, "Good, I'm bored, it's been a long 'spray'." they grinned at the skeleton.
Sans looked back grimmly, when he spoke next, he kept his voice light, but there was an edge to it, "heh, good joke kid. how bout you go hang out with frisk for awhile? let me handle the other sans. you do know where Frisk is, right?"
"Y-ya," Chara was not comfortable with having their hand held, or with being pulled around, or with being told what to do. They tried to move their hand out of Sans's grasp, but it was no use. They were only an LV 1 child. "They went to our room. They told me that there was another timeline jumper and I was gonna prank you anyway, so I figured why not prank you both?"
The skeleton sighed. "alright, well, it would be cool if you could hang out in your room for awhile."
"Don't tell me what to do." Chara huffed. They were in the hall now.
"don't be stupid." Sans returned. Chara glared daggers at him, he let go of Chara's hand as the pair came to a door in the hall with a 'Danger, Do Not Enter' sign nailed on it. The font was made to look like dripping blood. Under the sign was a purple sticky note shaped like a cat, with the word 'please' written in swirly handwriting. "i'll handle this, okay?" Sans said, " just play with frisk, if this goes well, we can go out for dinner after, alright?"
"Fine." Chara muttered, shoving their hands in their pocket and stomping off to their room. They threw open the door before slamming it shut.
Sans took a deep breath, trying to calm himself. What would he do with that kid? Chara was reckless as all hell, listened to no one, and was firmly attached to Frisk. This all meant that Sans couldn't just ignore them. He gave a final glare at the door, hoping that the kid would stay put for once.
Then he sauntered back down the hall where he found his double.
Geno Sans was stumbling around the living room, taking note of all the photos that hung on the walls. There was a serene looking photo of Toriel in a sundress and gardening hat. She was lounging on a park bench. In the distance was Frisk and Chara on a swing set, in striped tank tops and shorts, with golden sunlight filtering across the field, a snapshot image of a perfect summer's day.
There was also a class photo, Frisk and Chara in the front row among a mass of young monsters, all giving giving goofy looks to the camera. Toriel stood to the side, smiling proudly at her class.
There was a picnic scene, Papyrus, Sans, Frisk, Undyne, and Chara on a checkered blanket in the grass. Frisk was waving to the camera with one hand and holding a sandwich in another. Chara was giving Frisk bunny ears, Sans was giving Chara bunny ears, Undyne was giving Papyrus and Sans bunny ears, they were all caught mid laugh.
Geno Sans looked offended at the photos, like the inanimate objects had personally assaulted him.
"Sooo," He slurred, "you're buddy buddy with the murderers."
Sans watched the other carefully, "well, I've known them for awhile," He informed, "60 timelines now, they're old friends."
"i didn't know they could make friends." Geno sneered.
Sans only shrugged, "anyone can make friends. anyway would you like to see the guest room?"
"why are there two of them?" Geno asked in a quick bark.
"that's a long story." Sans began guiding his double from the room, walking slowly from it as he spoke. Geno Sans went to catch up. "chara was a demon who followed frisk around in the underground, ghost of one of the dead children. frisk used the magic of their SOUL, plus their power over spacetime to bring them back to life."
"bah, SOUL magic." Geno Sans sneered, "that's what locked to monsters underground to begin with, humans only hurt with that shit."
Sans shrugged at that.
"so, how many people has the demon killed?"
Sans gave a dry chuckle, there was no humor to it, "in this timeline, just themself." He said, deciding to not say more.
"i'm 'ssuming that that thing took over frisk and killed shit in my timeline?" Geno asked.
"why would you say that?" Sans responded calmly, not surprised that his double had put 2 and 2 together.
"don't play dumb wi' me, 'm drunk, not an idiot. i know cuz o' its eyes, i know those fucking eyes anywhere, i've watched the life drain out of them more than once."
Sans only nodded, the pair were at the guest room now, he opened the door and walked inside. Geno followed.
"well, you're not wrong." He said, "frisk RESET one day after a peaceful run, first big RESET they ever performed, and that time around they gave control over to chara."
"why?" Geno demanded.
"fear." Sans responded. "frisk died a lot their first run around, and when they RESET, well...do you remember the first time we summoned the blasters?"
"'course." Geno responded, flumping onto the guest bed, "put a hole in the wall, nearly destroyed dad's couch."
Sans nodded, "it was like that. frisk didn't know exactly what the RESET button would do-"
"excuse me?"
"oh, right, their power manifests in the form of a button. anyway, they hit it out of curiosity and found themself back at square one again. they remembered all the times they had died at the hands of their friends and they got scared, they didn't want to do it again. guess they figured that if their SOUL was just a little stronger, if they had a bit more HP they wouldn't have to die anymore. but they couldn't do it themself, so they had chara do it. chara went too far."
"why?" Geno asked.
"why what, exactly?"
"why'd they give control to a demon?"
"frisk is...a good kid, they'll do a lot to help people and they honestly care, but between frisk and chara...i have to say, i trust chara a lot more. chara is blunt, to the point, doesn't lie, but frisk? they don't have too much trouble w' using people. they didn't want to die, saw an opportunity, and they had a demon do their dirty work."
"disgraceful." Geno spat.
"self preservation of sanity." Sans returned.
"why'd the demon kill then? why'd they do it to begin with? why'd they go so far?" Geno fired off his questions, but it was clear that he was barely holding onto reality, feeling the pull of emotional, physical, and chemical exhaustion on his bones.
Sans scowled, not at Geno, but at a memory, "that's something that only they can say."
"then le' m' talk tah them." Geno slurred.
"later." Sans promised. "you need sleep first."
Suddenly a crash came from somewhere in the house. The kitchen maybe? Sans let out a heavy sigh. He knew those two wouldn't stay put. "i should take care of that." He said, throwing a blanket at his double. "i'll bring you pj's in a sec. stay put please." He teleported out of the room, leaving Geno to his own devices.
Geno Sans scowled as his double disappeared, he stood from the bed. No way in hell he was 'staying put'.
Well, there is chapter 2. Hope you liked it! Thank you to anyone who's read this far, I love you all. :)
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