A Little Help

Frisk stared at Sans as he entered the judgment hall. Papyrus's scarf swayed about and he swallowed as Chara laughed in he back of his mind. Frisk shook, gripping the knife in his hands. Sans stood across the hall, leaning against a pillar, just watching him. His eyes are narrowed, his arms were crossed. He noticed Papyrus's scarf and he growled, "Take that off."

Frisk looked away, then looked back at him, guilt rising. Chara, we have to stop, this is wrong.

"Oh, now you want to stop?" she snickered, her apparition appearing behind him, "Not gonna happen. We're finishing this."

Frisk's body trembled and his grip on the knife tightened as Chara pushed him forward. He stumbled at first, then he caught himself and walked slowly towards Sans. Sans didn't seem to notice the apparition as he pushed off the pillar and walked over to meet Frisk. Frisk swallowed hard, "Stop it.. Not Sans, too.."

"Everyone is going to die, Frisk. You agreed to this, I'm not letting you back down." Chara replied, forcing Frisk to hold the knife as he tried to drop it. Sans clenched his fists, "Take it off, now."

Frisk moved his free hand towards his neck when Chara slammed his hand back to his waist, "No! You're going to kill him while wearing his brother's scarf!"

"I don't want to.." Frisk whimpered/

It's obvious Sans couldn't hear Chara as he lashed out, "You don't want to?! Give it to me!"

A tear slid down Frisk's face slowly and Sans stumbled for a moment, taken aback, "Wh-why are you.. Crying, kid..?"

Frisk gasped, "I'm sorry!"

Sans's eyes widened, he looked confused and doubtful, "Sorry?"

Chara growled as she force Frisk's body to move. She made Frisk stab at Sans, who dodged the attack instantly. The next second, bones shot up from the floor and impaled Frisk before he could register they were there. He coughed blood, suspended in mid swing as his blood trickled down the bones. Sans flicked his hand and Frisk's knife flew across the room. He walked up to Frisk and roughly pulled Papyrus's scarf from the young boy's neck. Sans chuckled bitterly, "Sorry, huh?"

Sans held the scarf close to himself, "You sure don't act like it.."

Frisk reached for Sans weakly, tears streamed down his face. He coughed, "S-s...an..s..."

His body fell limp as he died.

Frisk stares at Sans and Sans shakes his head, "All I'm saying is.. You can't hide forever. You do have to face what you've done, Frisk. It's the only way you'll get retribution. It's the only way you can move past what you did. You're not a bad kid, you just made a very bad choice. Don't let that choice define you. You say it hurt you to kill everyone? Well it hurt me to watch you do it. It hurt the worst to fight you. I knew I couldn't win, I'm not stupid. But I didn't stop, I never gave up. I knew eventually I would die, but that didn't stop me from trying to stop you.

"No matter how many times I killed you, you just kept coming back. Even if it was Chara's doing, you still had a say. You kept telling me you wanted to stop, that you wanted to go back to before. I started to believe you, even though you kept coming back.. I still believed every word you said. Every time I killed you when you spared me, you smiled. You wanted it to end, I saw that. If I didn't believe you then, I wouldn't be helping you now. Hell, if you had killed us the first time you came, I probably wouldn't hesitate to kill you every time I saw you. You made the right choice once, Frisk. I believe in you, I know you can do it again."

Frisk wipes his face, "You really think so..?"

Sans nods, "You will do this. And you'll be glad you did."

Frisk nods slowly and pushes himself to his feet. He takes a deep breath, "I guess.. I'm going to try again.."

He leaves the house and walks over to where he fought Papyrus before. Papyrus is there waiting for him, "Human."

Frisk smiles slowly, looking papyrus in the eye. Papyrus's eyes are dark, empty, and his head is transparent, like it isn't even there. A tear slowly falls down Frisk's face. His smile wavers, "Hi, Papyrus.."

Frisk laughs, tears streaming down his face, "Wow! Look at all these attacks! You're so cool!"

He jumps over another bone and stays crouched down as a blue bones comes towards him. The familiar blue aura surrounds him and he breathes heavily. Papyrus nods, scratching his chin, "Well, yes, I am quite cool!"

Frisk jumps over another bone and when he hits the ground again, he lands on his left ankle. The bone in his ankle snaps beneath him and he cries out, falling completely to the ground. He groans and gasps, seeing another bone coming his way. He closes his eyes and looks away. I tried, Sans. He's suddenly thrown into the air and then dropped back down gently. He gasps, looking around. He's now covered in two auras of different shades of blue. He sees Sans a few feet behind Papyrus. Sans is smiling, his left eye glowing that familiar blue.

Frisk gasps and smiles back, mouthing "Thank you." Sans continues to throw Frisk over every bone Papyrus throws until Papyrus stops attacking. Papyrus sweats, "It's obvious.. You cannot defeat.. The Great Papyrus!"

Frisk sighs, lying in the snow, "Are you going to capture me now?"

Papyrus shakes his head, "I can't possibly do that. We're going to be friends, aren't we?"

Frisk smiles, closing his eyes, "Yeah. Best friends, Paps.. Best.. Friends.."

Frisk passes out and Sans sighs, walking up to them. Papyrus looks worried, "Have I overdone it?"

Sans pats Papyrus's shoulder, "Don't worry about it, Paps. I got this."

He leans down and lifts Frisk into his arms. Papyrus nods, "Well.. All right. But tell the human when he wake up that we still have to have that date."

Sans smiles, "I'll make sure he's there."

Papyrus smiles and walks back towards town. Sans sighs and looks down at Frisk, "Maybe I shouldn't have helped you win. I don't know what consequences that might have.. There can't be that many consequences for this, right..?"