Chapter Three: Vs Gaster
The ghostly figure materialized fully, Flowey and Chara recognizing him instantly. He was the former head royal scientist, Gaster, father of Sans and Papyrus.
"Sans, Papyrus." Gaster said, smiling at the two skeletons. Sans waved and Papyrus just stared. "Good to see you.'
"DADDY?!" Papyrus shouted, running over to the scientist and hugging him. "DADDY! I KNEW IT WAS YOU! I'VE BEEN LEARNING HOW TO COOK AND I'M TRYING TO WORK ON THE SPECIAL ATTACK YOU TAUGHT ME!"
"Good job, Papyrus." Gaster said, smiling. "How's your brother been?"
"HE'S BEEN VERY LAZY!" Papyrus shouted. "HE SLEEPS ALL NIGHT AND TELLS BAD PUNS."
"A 'chip' of the old block, I'd say." Gaster said, pointing to one of the chipped areas of his skull. Papyrus screamed in rage, letting go of Gaster and running out of the room.
"Good ol' Pap." Sans said, reclining further on the couch.
"Frisk." Gaster said, turning to the passive girl. "I've observed you and I commend you on removing the barrier."
"Oh, I didn't really do it." Frisk said. "Chara's the one who broke through to Asriel."
"Chara?!" Gaster exclaimed, noticing the violent girl.
"'Sup, old man." Chara said, a smug expression on her face.
"You will pay for the atrocities you've committed across time." Gaster said, his tone angry. "For all the murders you have committed among the monsters."
It was at this time Toriel, Undyne, Alphys, and Papyrus came back into the room, hearing Gaster's previous statement.
"Chara?" Toriel asked. "What's Gaster talking about?"
"Yeah." Chara said, standing up, a sinister grin on her face and her tone slightly demonic. "I killed them. Hundreds of times. In total, I've probably killed over a million monsters. I've killed your youngest son at least five hundred times, enjoying every second of it."
"SCARY HUMAN!" Papyrus shouted. "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I AM VERY MUCH ALIVE AND YOU HAVE NOT KILLED ME!"
"Chara?" Frisk asked, worried for her older sister. Chara had only behaved this way once before in Frisk's presence (remember, Frisk only saw Chara's last genocidal run—and she didn't really kill any monsters there because she was keeping an eye on Frisk) and it scared Frisk to the core. Flowey's lips twitched upwards as he knew what was coming next. He always enjoyed it when Chara got a bit evil.
"Save it kid." Sans said. "My old man never did trust her, even when she first fell down into the Underground. Chara never really liked him either. You can't stop this one. Hopefully, they'll stop before it gets too bad."
"My LV is higher than any other being on this planet." Chara said, her eye beginning to glow red. "I slaughtered monsters by the bunch."
"You will no longer be tolerated." Gaster said, his eye glowing a bit blue. Frisk's eyes widened as she recognized the glow.
"Sans…" she said, shaking Sans.
"Don't worry, kid." Sans said reassuringly. "Chara's tough enough to take care of herself."
"I've killed a ton of monsters." Chara said, her left hand glowing as she pulled it back. "Why not add one more to the pile?"
Chara fired a Gaster Blaster at the former head scientist, Gaster blocking it with his hand. (A/N: a standard Gaster Blaster is the little ones. The bigger ones are like charge shots and can't be formed right away unless extreme concentration is used.)
"foolish child." Gaster said, summoning his own Gaster Blaster. "I created that technique. Did you think I wouldn't know its weaknesses?"
Gaster fired his Gaster Blaster, the beam piercing Chara through the arm. Frisk gasped audibly (As did the rest of the room).
"Is that all you got?!" Chara shouted, charging up a ton of magic power, summoning ten large Gaster Blasters, all of which fired at Gaster, striking him.
"You've improved my Gaster Blasters." Gaster said, impressed.
"I learned a lot from your oldest." Chara said, grinning evilly.
"Well, it seems you've been expelled." Gaster said, firing two Gaster Blasters through Chara's chest, creating two decent sized and bleeding holes through Chara's chest. Chara gasped, falling over, but still conscious.
"Y-you won't beat m-me so easily." Chara said, trying to summon a Gaster Blaster, but failing.
"Chara!" Toriel shouted, running over to her child and trying to seal up the wounds with her magic.
"This child" Gaster said, pointing at Chara. "Is responsible for countless deaths in the Underground."
"She hasn't killed a single monster!" Undyne said, yelling at the scientist. "I've watched her myself!"
"You have only existed in one time." Gaster said.
Frisk got up and stood in between Gaster and Chara, throwing her arms out.
"I won't let you hurt her anymore." Frisk said, filled with DETERMINATION. "Leave my sister alone."
"You wish to save her, Frisk?" Gaster said, confused. "Even after knowing just how many monsters she's killed?"
"She may have killed a bunch of monsters!" Frisk said, not moving. "But, she's changed. She's made many friends among the monsters. In fact, the only reason she's killed all those monsters was to get revenge for Asriel's death. She truly didn't want to do it, but revenge drove her to it. She protects the monsters and gets along well with us."
"You refuse to see her evil?" Gaster said, sighing. "Then I cannot kill her without removing you as an obstacle."
"Exactly." Frisk said, her expression unchanging.
"Frisk." Chara said weakly. "Get out of the way. I'll be fine."
"I'm not letting him hurt you anymore." Frisk said, planting her feet.
"Have it your way." Gaster said, firing a large Gaster Blaster into Frisk's chest, creating a large hole. Frisk collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
Toriel let out a scream as both of her daughters were injured. Papyrus fainted along with Alphys.
"Frisk!" Chara shouted weakly. She reached out her hand to grab her sister's and squeezed it.
"Hey, pops!" Sans shouted, angry with a glowing blue eye. "What the hell?! Frisk didn't do anything wrong!"
"You cannot see it either, my son." Gaster said, sighing, but doing nothing.
"See what?!" Sans shouted. "Frisk saw the good in Chara and made her show it. Chara even reset the timeline just to save Frisk! She's never deserved this."
"You" Chara said, struggling to stand up and succeeding. "Y-you f #$ing bastard! I'm gonna paint the walls with your dust, Gaster!"
"So" Gaster said, amazed. "You survived my onslaught. When you first landed, you'd never have survived. Your LV must be pretty high to give you this much power."
"Heh.' Chara said, coughing out blood. "I'm tougher than you think."
"Chara, my child." Toriel said, putting her hand on Chara's shoulder. "You can't possibly think of fighting him in your condition."
"D-don't worry, mom." Chara said, grinning. "I can win this easily."
"What makes you say that?" Toriel asked.
"Sans." Chara said. "Hand me Flowey."
"What?" Sans asked.
"Just do it." Chara said, reaching out her bloody hand towards the skeleton.
Sans picked up Flowey, putting him down in Chara's reach.
"Are we gonna do this?" Flowey asked.
"Yeah." Chara said, grabbing one of Flowey's leaves. "For Frisk."
"Yeah!" Flowey shouted gleefully and evilly. "For the softy!"
Gaster charged up a powerful attack. However, before he could fire it, a bright flash of light caught his attention. He turned to see a terrifying sight.
Instead of Flowey and Chara, there stood a creature that resembled Toriel in both clothing and appearance, but was about a foot taller, his height equaling that of Gaster's. He had black marks on his face that spread out from his eyes, which were yellow with black pupils and sclera (the white part of the eye). His fingers were clawed and a very powerful dark aura seemed to waft from his body. Everybody in the room began to get a little scared, even Sans.
The creature's expression was one of pure, unbridled rage as he almost growled at Gaster, black fire appearing in his hands.
"Round two, mother #$er!" he shouted, his rage evident!
So, Chara and Flowey have fused into a more powerful being. Can this being defeat Gaster? Find out next chapter.
