Do The Blood Stains Ever Dry?

Undyne stares at Frisk in confusion as the child before her falls to his knees, gripping his hair. He screams, tears falling down his face, "It was a mistake! I didn't mean it! I'm so sorry! Please, I just want it to end!"

"What mistake? You're not making sense. Ugh, why do I care?" Undyne frowns, lifting her spear, "Prepare to die!"

"You can still fight back." Chara whispers in Frisk's head. He screams, "Leave me alone!"

Spears rise into the air around Undyne as she descends the mountain. She lands in front of Frisk and her visible eye narrows. Frisk is still sitting on the ground, crying, keeled over, gripping his hair. Undyne takes one of the floating spears and holds it out to Frisk, "I refuse to kill an unarmed child. So, fight me!"

Frisk slowly looks up at her and for an instant, he can see Undyne for real. He shakes his head head, smiling as tears continue to fall, "I.. I'm a.. P-pacifist.. I.. Don't f-fight.."

Undyne frowns, and for a moment, recollection flashes in her eyes. An image of her and Frisk making spaghetti. She pushes the spear towards him, "Take it and face me with honor, human!"

Frisk shakes his head again, letting his hands fall to his sides as he lowers his head, "I told you.. If I had a soul, you could have it.. So go ahead, kill me. It will only do me good."

"What are you talking about?" Undyne looks confused and angry, "Fight me!"

She drops the spear in his lap and he looks down at it, but makes no move to pick it up. Undyne stares at him with conflicted feelings, Why do I feel like I know this human? She points her spear at his chest, the tip of her spear sits just below Frisk's face. He moves his hands slowly and grabs the spear Undyne is holding and he looks up at her again. He smiles again, tears still sliding down his face. He closes his eyes, I don't wan to see anymore.

"Kill me, Undyne." he breathes.

Undyne stares at him, memories hidden just outside the brink of her mind. She feels she knows him, getting a sense of deja vu at the scene before her. A memory breaks the surface and her visible eye widens as she recalls this same situation, only it's changed.

"Human, let me tell you the story of our people. I- Wait, why should I tell you anything? Prepare to die!" Undyne jumped down from the mountain and Frisk smiled at her, "It's good to finally meet you face to face."

Spears appeared around Undyne and she took one and handed it to Frisk, "I refuse to kill an unarmed human. Take it and fight me with honor!"

Frisk took the spear as he shook his head, "I won't fight you. I'm a pacifist, I don't believe in violence."

Undyne chuckled, "You think hugging random strangers says anything about you? Quit that goody two shoes act and fight!"

Spears flew at Frisk and he laughed, blocking all of them, "I'm not acting!"

He ran past her then and she growled, "Hey, get back here!"

She caught him and he would block her attacks and run again. She ended up chasing him into Hotland and then she collapsed from the heat. Frisk poured water and her and she stood, staring at his still smiling face, "You okay, Undyne?"

She groaned and walked away from him, muttering, "This isn't over."

Undyne blinks for a few seconds, then she frowns, "Human.. Have we.. Met before?"

"Twice." Frisk replies miserably, "And I killed you last time.."

Undyne stares at Frisk, "I don't remember such a thing taking place."

"I hope not," Frisk whimpers, "God, it was awful.. Look, just kill me already, okay? Why are you stalling?"

"I don't stall!" she replies, pulling her spear away from him, "Prepare to die once and for all, human!"

The image of Frisk making spaghetti with her flashes through her mind again and she falters as she raises her spear to strike. She shakes her head and raises her spear high, the multiple spears copy her movement. She yells as she swings the spear down. Frisk doesn't move to block of dodge, but before her spear can stab him, a blue light flashes and he's suddenly on the other side of Undyne, and Sans is standing beside him.

"Are you crazy?" Sans gasps, "If I hadn't been here you'd be dead!"

Frisk looks up at Sans, "Will you kill me?"

Sans's eyes widen and he steps back, "Kid.."

Undyne turns to them, "What the hell, Sans?!"

Sans grabs Frisk by the shoulders, ignoring Undyne, "Kid, what's gotten into you? You can't just give up after you've come so far!"

Frisk shakes his head slowly, "I can't do it, Sans. It's a waste of everyone's time. I can't even save you all."

"You don't have to save us!" Sans replies, shaking Frisk, "Just get through without hurting anyone! You think I care about getting to the surface?! I never said you had to break the barrier, just make it to the end without gaining that kind of love!"

Frisk shakes his head again, "I can't keep going. I can't face it anymore. I still hear their screams, I can't.. I just want to d-"

"You can't die!" Sans says, "You brought our world back after you got it destroyed so you could make amends, right?! You're halfway there, don't give up! I know you can do this, kid. I believe in you. We.. All believe in you. You remember that, don't you? How much everyone looked up to you?"

"I don't deserve that.. Any of it, I killed you all. I threw away everything you gave me for nothing in return.. Don't you understand? There is no way to atone for my sins.. I can't take it anymore. I'm the joke, thinking I could ever make it up to you all.." Frisk replies, shaking, looking down, "I don't deserve your friendship, I deserve death. It won't matter how far I go, someone will always kill me and then I'll just come back to die again. If I have any determination, it's to die forever as my punishment."

Sans releases Frisk, staring at the child he no longer recognizes. The child that used to always smile, no matter how much danger he was in. The child that saved even a soulless flower from guilt. This child did so much, and was happy to help everyone. The child before him is nothing like the one he once knew. This new child is depressed, and scared. He cries and never smiles. He drags his feet from place to place, not looking at anyone, or anything. This child, on the brink of death, no longer holding on.

"Why did you come back?" Sans whispers.

Frisk winces, looking at Sans again. The blood dripping from Sans's chin doesn't faze Frisk anymore. He's no longer afraid of what he did, he just wants to be punished for it. He licks his cracked lips, "Wh-what..?"

"If you were just going to give up, why did you come back?" Sans replies.

Frisk opens his mouth to speak and suddenly a blue spear shoots through his stomach. He cries out in surprise, blood spills from his mouth and he stumbles, falling backwards. Sans catches him, kneeling, "Kid?!"

He pulls Undyne's spear from the child's body and he turns to look at Undyne, "What have you done?!"

"I did what was necessary." she replies as she turns and walks away, her body shaking.

Sans shakes his head and looks back at Frisk, who's bleeding out in his arms, "Kid?! Kid, can you hear me?!"

Frisk smiles slowly, "Thank.. You.."