Chapter 17
The sunset was cast upon the freed monsters, for the "first" time in many, many years. Monsters, humans, and the soulless altogether stared at the beauty of it. A shining semicircle casting rays into the sea below, flanked by mountains and buildings.
"Hey, what's that big ball in the sky?" Papyrus asked.
"We call that the sun." Sans replied.
Like before, each person descended from Mt. Ebott. Except this time was different.
"H-hey Sans?" Frisk asked.
"What's up kiddo?" he replied, still watching the sun.
"Can you stay up here with me for a bit after everyone leaves? Please?"
"Heh, sure."
"I'm staying too" Chara said with their arms crossed.
"Same here Frisk" Asriel declared.
"Us too" Ib said alongside Mary.
"Guys, I… don't want you to see it." Frisk pleaded.
"Pft," Chara scoffed "after all this, there's not much we can't take."
Knowing that arguing was pointless, Frisk acquiesced. Everyone left except for the children and Sans. Toriel went back underground to bake another pie. Asgrow followed. Undyne, Alphys, and Papyrus ran off to find humanity, more specifically a Con where anime would be, with Mettaton following with a tripod and two different camera recorders. Gaster knew when he wasn't supposed to be somewhere, so he left to his old lab.
"Alright, what was it that you wanted kid?" Sans asked finally facing the final fallen child.
"Sans," Frisk reached into their inventory and slowly drew a knife. Lightly clutching it in their hand, Frisk extended that hand towards Sans with an open palm.
"I know you're angry Sans." Frisk said. "I… I know you want to kill me, I've made you watch as I erased this happy ending for my own selfishness. I… I want to atone. P-p-please, take out your anger on me. I won't stop you."
Sans was surprised at first, but remained calm on the outside. The other three were speechless, but Chara knew exactly what was going on.
"Hah, kid, you aren't kidding are you?"
"No. I want you to kill me. Kill me as much as you want until all your anger is gone. So you can really smile."
"Frisk, you know how many times I've killed you before? Why would this be any different from those?"
"Because this time, I'm not fighting. I'm not doing this for fun, or to hurt anyone. I feel sins on my entire body, I'm nothing but a selfish human. This is the only way for me. Please, cleanse my soul. Sans, I'm not going to resist."
Sans' smile flattened and curved into a frown.
"Kid, if that's what you want to do, then promise me, really promise me, that you will NEVER reset again."
"I promise."
"...alright, then let's begin."
Frisk saved onto a SAVE point next to the outside of the mountain's mouth. This was going to take quite a while.
"Ib, Mary, you might wanna close your eyes." Chara warned.
"You know, it really is beautiful outside. The sun's setting, winds blowing. On a nice afternoon like this, you are going to feel the fires of hell." Sans' eye glew blue, his hand and Frisk did as well. At supersonic speeds, Frisk flew up into the air, and was flung back down causing cracking sounds from the impact. Frisk coughed and gagged as blood dripped from their mouth.
"S-Sans! Don't stop" Frisk begged.
"I know kid… I know," and then with a snap, bones stabbed Frisk in multiple places.
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More bones fired out than the first time, gaster blasters tore off Frisk's limbs leaving smoke as painful screams bursted out.
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Frisk was crushed by multiple heavy boulders smashing into their stomach causing massive internal bleeding.
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Death after death, Sans finally felt tired, but better. This was all part of what Frisk wanted. This was the only way they knew to pay back. How many lives Sans must have lived and forgotten. How many happy endings must have finished only to be rewound. An eye for an eye as some would say.
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"Kid. I think. that's enough." Sans said panting
'N-no, keep it up, until your 100% done. I deserve this anyway." Frisk said holding their heart.
Sans obeyed, teleporting behind Frisk and pinning them.
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Like a twig, like the branch in snowdin, Frisk's right arm was shattered. Frisk let out a shrieking scream.
"Frisk" everyone else thought, but they could not say a word. They all watched silently, intervening would just upset both of them.
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Frisk's spine was shattered by Sans' magic enhanced slipper.
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"Kid, that's enough. I'm done." Sans said releasing his blue eye and resting on one knee
Frisk, despite being fine from RESETting, was aching all over. If not for the power of the RESET, Frisk would have been non-existent. Even after all that, Frisk still felt that a little on the inside.
"Y'now Kid, this is starting to hurt me more than you. But thanks, I really needed this." Sans' smile returned, but this time, it felt real.
"I don't think I can ever do this again, it'd hurt me too" Sans shrugged.
"T-thank you… Sans" Frisk said before falling to their knees. The others rushed to aid the child who had just gone through hell and back.
"C-Chara… Asriel, do it." Frisk said summoning the True Reset button. Sans was confused, but ready to act quickly, his flame was just about to be reignited bigger than ever before if what he thought was going to happen happen. Instead, Chara's hand glew a semi black aura, on top of the reset button, an "ERASE" button appeared, overlapping the reset.
Asriel's hand glew in a rainbow, below the button hybrid, appeared a rainbow colored box with an exclamation point in it. A lightning bolt was summoned, striking down both buttons, the ERASE and RESET buttons were obliterated, the broken pieces disintegrated instantly. Sans was calm once more.
"I… won't break my promise Sans." Frisk said before falling unconscious. They had been through a lot that day.
"Is Frisk okay?" Mary and Ib asked scared while trying to help Frisk off the ground.
"They're fine, they just need some rest." Sans said. "I think we all do, let's go, My house is a pretty sweet place."
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And just like that, in blue smoke, the group was gone. Where? To the house of the Skelebros of course. The next day would be Frisk's debut as human-monster ambassador, they needed some sleep if they wanted to make a good impression. On top of that, they were all only 9 and 10 years old, Toriel would be enrolling them as soon as possible. Now that everyone was truly happy on the surface, a new journey would begin. It filled the children with determination.
FIN
Yes my readers, this is END. I've decided to not make a bonus (at least, in the near future.) I think the story shouldn't have an epilogue since Undertale doesn't. the events of the surface should either be up to the audience or it's own story. I may or may not make a sequel to this story which will take place above ground. if I do decide to make a sequel, then the first chapter will be the planned bonus chapter. there will be an update on this story if there's a sequel as , if this story reminded you of anything before, that shouldn't be surprising. The major inspiration for this series was the undertale animation series "Glitchtale" from Camilla Cuevas. Anyway, see ya guys and gals.