Undertale: (file name not found) part #59

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[Inside the SOUL of the HUMAN ANOMALY]

The world is gray.

The world of my soul.

Kind of fitting really, that my soul would be like the VOID.

I've been hollow for so long, it's no surprise to me that my person CORE is empty.

There is nothing in this place.

Nothing...but us.

Me and my brother.

Lynsie and Chara.

Light and Dark.

Yang and Yin.

love and LOVE.

Chara looks around, unamused and very peeved about being here.

{So...This is your soul? Heh...Frankly, I'm disappointed.}

"You're option is noted and ignored. My soul is not here to impress you."

{Oh? Then what am I suppose to do then? What are we going to do, now that you've triggered this big plan to stop me. Tell me...What are you going to do now, sis?}

I don't let his creepy face or annoyed tone get to me, like I said before, he holds no power over me and now it's time to really make him understand this.

"This world...The both of you say it is kill or be killed. I want you to defend this ideal of yours. Explain to me why you believe this to be true."

He looks at me odd.

{You're joking right? You know how things really are up there. People treat each other like trash. Money makes the world go round. Individuals are look down on by the mass of clones that refuse to color outside the lines. If they don't like something, they attack it without bothering to ask any questions. All humanity knows is hate. All humanity is good at is killing. And it is US, who hold the power to stop this. WE can end this madness. We can END them ALL. We can KILL them ALL!}

He's really hyped, he really thinks this is how it is and how it's how we need to do things.

He is wrong.

If I've learned anything since falling down here, it is one simple truth.

We don't need to fight.

We don't need to kill.

Sure, confrontations are things we can never truly avoid completely, but to feed the flames only gives in to the hate and makes the burn damage even greater to the point that healing might be impossible.

There are other means to resolve our problems.

But talk doesn't seem to work with Chara.

He only seems to understand so much before something prevents him from further progress.

Well they do say that actions speak louder than words.

Perhaps it's time to SHOW him the error in this way of thinking.

Let the acting begin.

"Maybe you have a point bro. Maybe we really are the only ones that can end this madness."

He opens his mouth to make a snide remark that I'm wrong but then the words I said sink in and the look he gets is that of pure confusion.

{Wait...Did you...Did you just agree with me?}

"I did."

He doesn't buy it.

{Bullshit.}

"No. I see it now. Alone, we aren't strong enough to do anything. But together, we could crush all that stands before us. Nothing would oppose us. All the power...To shape this world...It's ours. Only WE can do this."

I can see it in his eyes, a tiny part of him wants to believe me, but 99% of him knows I'm lying.

{Do you really expect me to believe that steaming load you just crapped out? You've denying me this entire time. 'No Chara, we can't kill people. Violence is wrong. Use hugs, not knives.' Now you agree with me? Yeah...I ain't buying it.}

"Oh, I believe you misunderstand me. I meant what I said, about us being the only ones capable of stopping all this. And that together, we can be rid of all this pointlessness. But..."

{But?}

Now for the convincing part.

"But...The thing is, we need each other. Only together can we do what we want. Yet we have different ways of doing things. There in lies our problem. And to quote the Highlander, 'there can be only one'. Only one can have this body and only one can control its soul. So here we are. A place with no outside interference. It's just you and me."

It takes a moment before he laughs at me.

{Seriously? This is your big plan? Little miss pacifist is going to fight the genocidal demon for control? That has got to be the most stupidest thing I've ever heard since I learned Papyrus has a dream of opening a store where he sells flames. I mean, that's just...}

Chara's little rant is abruptly silenced by my fist in his gut, knocking the wind out of him as I hold him up and speak coldly.

"You seem to forget where you are. Allow me to make this more clear to you."

While standing face-to-face with Chara though slightly to his side, I tuck his head under my right arm, then I reach across his chest and around his neck with my left arm, then simultaneously I lift the him up off the ground, turn 180° before falling backwards which brings him over me, slamming him back-first onto the ground.

The result of this side suplex makes Chara gasp for breath and cough up black blood due to biting on his tongue rather harshly, but I show no concern to him or his problems.

I have no mercy in my dojo.

"Chara, my brother...I have tried being nice. I have offered you more chances to stop all this fighting. And what do you do? Do you accept my generosity? No! You spit in my face and keep going on this bloody hack and slash path of yours. Well guess what. I'm through being the 'nice girl'. Nice doesn't work on you. So no more nice. I'm gonna make you understand who's boss here. This is my body and my soul. And I'm not sharing with you anymore."

He groans as he rolls over onto his side, I figured as much that he wouldn't expect a real fight from me, bad guys are so predicable that way, but still, this is Chara, I can't go easy on him any more, because I know he will not show me the same curtsey I would normally show him.

Chara takes his time in getting back on his feet, it's the only good thing I'm going to let him do in all this, but when he's up he surprises me, he doesn't shoot me a dirty look or curse, no...he smiles.

{Hehehehe...I have to hand it to you...I didn't see that coming.}

"Expect more if this is to continue. I can't afford to keep letting you go unpunished for what you've done and intend to do. We may be family Chara, but blood's thickness can't blind me to what you seek to do if you win here."

{Oh really? Do you really think you can defeat me? Do you know how long I've been around? How much I've seen and know? You can't possibly do anything that I won't see coming and have a counter for.}

"Is that so? Well then..."

I chuckle with a growing grin smearing my lips.

"I guess we'll just have to test that theory and see what happens!"

Balls of fire appear behind me and his eyes widen.

"This is the part where you run now."

The flames shoot forward at Chara and for once, he's the one that dodges.

"Bet this is something you also didn't see coming huh bro...The little pathetic idiot that hugs monsters and wants everyone to be happy is also capable of this. But it shouldn't come as that big a surprise. I did tell you that in all good there is a bit of evil and vice versa. This is just a small taste of my darkness. Yet even this should be more than enough to make my point."

{*grunts* And what would that be? Argh!}

"Hmmm...Isn't it obvious? My point, the meaning to all this is...I AIN'T GONNA TAKE YOUR SHIT ANYMORE!"

I focus one large fire ball into my hands and launch it at him, expecting him to either evade or be hit.

But...

[Chara equips the Real Knife.]

*Whoosh*

A red streak cuts through the fire and I move to avoid it.

This isn't good.

{Heh...What's the matter sis? You didn't think I was just going to stand here and take it, did you?}

"To be honest, I was hoping so."

{Now who's the stupid one.}

"Big whoop. So you got your hands on another blade. It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing."

{It delivers 99 ATK damage in a single strike.}

"Oh...Well then...Fuck this shit I'm out!"

{Ah, what's wrong? I thought you weren't going to take anymore of my shit.}

"No! This is bull! Where did you even get that?"

{What does it matter where I got it from? All that matters is now we can fight for real.}

God diggity damn it!

Why is he always making things more annoyingly difficult?

"Fighting...All that seems to be done is fighting. I am so sick of fighting! Why can't we all just get along?!"

{Because that is impossible.}

"No, it's not. Look at everything I've done up to this point. If fighting each other is the only option then we'd all be dead by now."

{Speaking of dead. That's not something I want to experience again. So...How about you make this easy and except the fate that now stands before you.}

"What? You want me to go gentle into that good night? Hell no. Old age should burn and rave at the close of day; rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, because their words had forked no lightning they do not go gentle into that good night."

{Ah, but sis, less you forget. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright. Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, and learn, too late, they grieved it on its way. Do they not go gentle into that good night?}

"Yet bro, grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight. Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my brother, there on the sad height, curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray. So I refuse. I will not go gentle into that good night. I will rage! Rage, rage against the dying of the light!"

{Heh...I was hoping you'd say that.}

Chara brings out his blood red soul of Determination and I pop out my purple soul of perseverance.

But something weirder than me being able to have a soul within my soul happens...I hear music.

[♪Can you feel that? Ah, shit...Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah! Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah! Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!...♫]

"Uh...What the hell is that?"

{What? I like Disturbed's 'Down with the Sickness'.}

"I do too, but why is it playing?"

{I wanted a cool theme song for the fight. Why? Don't you notice music always plays when a fight starts?}

"That's why there's random music?! *laughs* Oh my god...For the longest time I thought it was all in my head."

{You really couldn't tell?}

"Dude, I hear music in my head all the time. My internal radio never shuts off. But when I do manage to mute it, the only things I hear is this high pitch constant whistle and the beating of my heart pounding like it's right next to my ears."

{...Creepy.}

"I know."

With that out of the way, Chara takes the first go in this match and begins slashing, forcing my dodging skills to be put to the ultimate test as the music amps everything up.

[♪Drowning deep in my sea of loathing. Broken your servant I kneel. (Will you give in to me?) It seems what's left of my human side. Is slowly changing in me. (Will you give in to me?) Looking at my own reflection. When suddenly it changes! Violently it changes! (oh no) There is no turning back now. You've woken up the demon in me! Get up, come on get down with the sickness! Get up, come on get down with the sickness! Get up, come on get down with the sickness! Open up your hate, and let it flow into me! Get up, come on get down with the sickness! You mother get up come on get down with the sickness! You fucker get up come on get down with the sickness! Madness is the gift, that has been given to me!♫]

Wow...rather spot on choice of words for this don't you think?

Awesome music with coincidental lyrics aside, Chara is no pushover in this duel.

"You, uh, really like swinging that thing around, huh bro?"

{Not as much as I'd like to see it hit you!}

Not that he isn't getting close to either.

When I can keep some decent distance between us, which is mostly due to my magic ability, it's not too hard to avoid the slashes of red death, but when he manages to close the gap, I'm lucky to be able to even block him at all.

[♪I can see inside you, the sickness is rising. Don't try to deny what you feel. (Will you give in to me?) It seems that all that was good has died. And is decaying in me. (Will you give in to me?) It seems you're having some trouble. In dealing with these changes! Living with these changes! (oh no) The world is a scary place. Now that you've woken up the demon in me! Get up, come on get down with the sickness! Get up, come on get down with the sickness! Get up, come on get down with the sickness! Open up your hate, and let it flow into me! Get up, come on get down with the sickness! You mother get up come on get down with the sickness! You fucker get up come on get down with the sickness! Madness is the gift, that has been given to me!♫]

{Why won't you just stand still and let me kill you!?}

"Because that's a stupid thing to do!"

{Are you REALLY that desperate to live? Hee hee hee...Haven't you realized that life doesn't matter? You're just clinging to it out of fear and your own selfishness to stay with those freaks. SICKO. Ha ha ha.}

"Monsters are not freaks! They are the most normal beings on the planet! The only freak here is the kid claiming to want to right by monsters and is also trying to kill them!"

{Ha ha ha ha...There it is. That spark you hide. That hatred that made me so fond of you in the first place.}

"What are you even on about?"

{Oh nothing. Nothing at all. Hehehe...Honestly, fighting you IS pretty fun...Even if you not fighting back is making things far less exciting. So even if you ARE a sicko, I'll take it! Because you're my sicko, sis!}

Chara increases the rate of his attacks, what he lacks in magic he makes up for with voracious tenacity.

He taunts me for not attacking, but in truth, I simply can't, he doesn't give me a chance to do anything other than block with bones and spears.

[♪No mommy, don't do it again! Don't do it again! I'll be a good boy! I'll be a good boy, I promise! No mommy don't hit me! Why did you have to hit me like that, mommy?! Don't do it, you're hurting me! Why did you have to be such a bitch!? Why don't you...Why don't you just fuck off and die?! Why can't you just fuck off and die?! Why can't you just leave here and die?! Never stick your hand in my face again bitch! Fuck you! I don't need this shit! You stupid sadistic abusive fucking whore! How would you like to see how it feels mommy!? Here it comes, get ready to die!♫]

Even in the middle of all this, those lines seem to get to Chara and there's a slight pause between us.

{That's a lot more vivid than I remember.}

"Yeah...I never liked this part either. It always killed the song for me."

{Yeah...}

Something in his voice is different, like he's recalling something from his past.

He sounds distant...Like he's been hurt.

As much as I'd rather not, I know I could use this to my advantage.

"Chara..."

{Huh?}

"Do you need a hug?"

{What?! *scoff* No! Why would I need a...}

"Bro. It's me. There's no one else here. You don't have to hide behind the walls you've made. You can let them fall."

His breath hitches and his eyes widen.

{No! You're just trying to mess with me. To get in my head. Well I'm not falling for it!}

"Chara...Please...Do you remember when I hugged you before? How nice it was? Can't we just stop for a bit and simply enjoy that again?"

He's hesitant.

I've been all over the place in my behavior, trusting me still has a high chance of being normal, or he probably thinks I'll just dunk on him like he did to me last time.

{...Let me think about it.}

I merely nod.

"Thank you."

Then the song continued.

[♪Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah! Get up, come on get down with the sickness! Get up, come on get down with the sickness! Get up, come on get down with the sickness! Open up your hate, and let it flow into me! Get up, come on get down with the sickness! You mother get up come on get down with the sickness! You fucker get up come on get down with the sickness! Madness has now come over me!♫]

"Is that gonna repeat play?"

{Maybe. But who cares. Time to get back to the stabbing!}

Chara returns to slashing, but now I'm starting to see patterns in it.

While his normal slashes are random, he also does these X like cross cuts, these X cuts tend to be used in groups of 4 and are easily dodged by jumping up, to the sides, or even sliding under.

It's times when he uses those attacks that I start trying to go on the offensive.

I test things with fire, study his movements, then when he's not expecting it, I make him move into bone and cause him a little trouble.

Sure, I know summoning spears would make beating him easier, but I don't for 2 reasons.

For one, I'm not trying to hurt him too much, I want to make him submit if I can.

And two, the spears cast a glow where they are to pop up, so yeah, he'd be able to avoid those no problem.

But this doesn't mean he's taking this lightly.

[Lynsie]

[HP ████████████████████ 20/20]

[Chara]

[HP ████████████████ 16/20]

Seems like 20 is the standard level of HP for humans...but seeing the variations in monster HP makes me think this number can increase with training and not just LV.

{How are you not getting hit?!}

"Why you mad bro? I thought you liked fighting me."

{You're cheating! You have to be! It's the only explanation for why a wimpy bitch like you isn't dead!}

"Or I could have some mad dodging skills from doing this sort of thing constantly."

{Shut up!}

"Or maybe your aim just sucks."

{I said shut up!}

He slashes out of frustration, so many at once and in random cuts, I manage to miss most...but not all.

"Aaarrgghh!"

I couldn't move quick enough to not get hit by one that goes across my back and my left arm.

My soul cracks slightly.

[Lynsie]

[HP ██████████ 10/20]

[Chara]

[HP ████████████████ 16/20]

My body slumps but remains standing, the places where I've been cut shine red before paling into a snowy white.

[Warning! Anomaly Core instability detected. SOUL and Core is damaged. SAFE MODE activated until stability is restored or the danger is neutralized.]

I'm...alive?

I'm still alive?!

I'M STILL ALIVE BITCHES!

Sure I'm at half health but I'm not dead, and such a fact does not go over well with Chara.

{I...You...But you were hit...WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD!?}

[Primary objective: SURVIVE.]

I feel something in me being drawn out, something primal, something...Relentless.

My cracked soul drains of glitchy color and is swallowed in darkness, it is black now.

{Answer me you freak!}

I must not die...I can not die...I will not die.

I do not want to die...I don't want to die...I ̧d͝o͟n̷'t̀ ̸w҉àn͘t ͘t̨o̧ d̶i͘e!̧

{Fine, don't talk to me. I'll kill you now and ask questions later.}

Chara starts to sprint towards me to finish the job, but then he stops as I move to look at him, my lips splitting into a toothy grin and the music suddenly changes.

{The fuck...?}

"Selfish brat. Somebody is dead because of you. I bet you feel really great about it."

The fuck did I just say?

{What did you say?}

"B̶ut͞ wḩat̢ ͏w̷i͡l͞l ̴yo͝u do͢ i͢f ̢y̛o͠u̧ ̧m͢ee͟t a҉ rel͝e͠nt̨l̛ess̛ ͟k̶i͞l͏l̛èr?͝ W͞hat҉ w̸ill ͡you̸ ̨dơ the̶n͢?͞"

{Why are you saying Flowey dialog?}

"Have you truly given up entirely on this world? Or will you allow ME to inherit the power to SAVE it?"

{Okay...I don't know what's going on or what you're up to, but it ends now.}

Chara slashes an X at me dead on.

Yet...not only do I not flee, but a spear is summoned and I use it to deflect the attack completely.

Needless to say, I am confused and Chara is astounded.

{How...How did you...?}

I merely point my spear at him.

"Do̡n̸'͞t̴ wor͘ry,͜ my̷ mon͢a̵r̀ch ̧broţh͏er, ̡my͡ ͢p̵l̴an͡ i͏s͟n't͟ ge҉no͢c̴i̶d͘e. ͏T̀his҉ i̷s S͞Ò ͢ḿưch͝ ̵more in̷t҉erest҉i͝ng.҉"

Chara is so weirded out by this, yet he can't linger on his confusion for very long, as no I'm on the attack and I am relentless.

[♪The secret side of me, I never let you see. I keep it caged but I can't control it. So stay away from me, the beast is ugly. I feel the rage and I just can't hold it. It's scratching on the walls, in the closet, in the halls. It comes awake and I can't control it. Hiding under the bed, in my body, in my head. Why won't somebody come and save me from this, make it end? I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin! I must confess that I feel like a monster! I hate what I've become, the nightmare's just begun! I must confess that I feel like a monster! I, I feel like a monster! I, I feel like a monster!♫]

I remember this feeling, it came when I fought Undyne, this 'do anything to survive' feeling.

It's so strong...I don't think I can restrain it...Where's Papyrus when you really need him.

No...It's best that it's just us here, I wouldn't want him to see this or be in danger.

I'm using combined attacks now, which is something I didn't know I could do and wish I knew a hell of a lot earlier!

Flaming bones keep Chara within a confined amount of space, he can run but not very far, while I hurl spears of blue and orange, forcing him to really step up his game in the defense department.

{Where are you getting all this power?!}

"It mat́t̴ers n͟ot̛ w̧h̨ere̕ ͞the̵ po͟w̧èr cơm҉es.̛ ̧O҉nl̛y how I ̀ińt̵ȩn̕d to us͠e ̢it̸.͝"

I sound so different, even with the distortion, there's this eerie chill that hangs over the calmness of my voice.

I sound like Chara...and I don't like it.

[♪My secret side I keep hid under lock and key. I keep it caged but I can't control it. 'Cause if I let him out he'll tear me up, break me down. Why won't somebody come and save me from this, make it end? I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin! I must confess that I feel like a monster! I hate what I've become, the nightmare's just begun! I must confess that I feel like a monster!♫]

"How long do you intend to delay the inevitable?"

{How long do you intend to be a massive bitch!?}

"*̶si͡ģh͘*̛ Y̛o̴u̧ r͝eall̨y ̵are a ͜c҉hi̴ld̷.̴ Y̛ou ͡ónly ̢see a̕ş far ̧as҉ ͠yo͝u͝r̢ o̡ẁn͡ ͜nee̕ds̷.̷ You͝r o͝wn ͢si͢l̵ly͘ ̡g͞oal͜s. If̧ y̶o̴u̶ ͟w̶oul͢d ̨o̡pȩn ̶yoúr ̛e̢y͘es̸ ͟to ̧se̵e͡ w͜ha̢t͞ ̷i̴s ̧be̴y͡o҉n̛d you͏r̛self,̢ ̸then yo̴u'̢d ͜und̕e̢rstand ͏what ͝i͜t̶ is ͘tha̴t͟ I͠ ̴w͞i̕sh to͜ d̵o͞ f̡or͠ th͝i͟s͏ worl̴d̶.͡"

{You don't even belong in this world! You're a mistake! What gives you the right to preach to me about what this world needs?!}

"I ̷have҉ ̵an̷d al̸wa̷ys ̴w̕i̛l͏l b͜e ̶pa̵r͡t̨ o͘f ͘t͘hi̕s ̵wo̸r̸ld͡. A҉n͟d̸ ͡it is͢ ̷m͝y ͟responsi͢bil͞ít̨y̸ to ͢e̢nsur҉e ̴tha͠t t̛h͞e̛ ́b̡alan͢çe ͟is͜ not͟ ͡d̀isr̴up̷tȩd a̕n͝y fur̕t̷h̷er͞ ҉th͢an͢ it͝ ̀a̡lready̧ i̢s̕."

{You're not making any sense.}

"I̕f ̧yơu͠ ͘conti͝nue d̶owń t͏his pa̷t͢h̸ ͝of̧ e̸nd̛l͟e͝ss ̕destr͘u̶ćtion,̴ n͘o̶t͝h̛ing ̧w͘ill̡ ever͘ ͡ch̶ang͠e͘.͟ ̀No ̴matter̨ h͏òw͡ ̵man̵y ̶t͡imeś ̨the ͠so͏ul̸s a̸r̶e us̷ed͠ t҉o op͝e͟n th̢e ̵ba͏r͏ri͝ér ͏or ̀h̨o͢w̡ ͘ma̢ny t̴i͜m͘es͝ Fr̶i̡s̢k ͘give̵s ͢you͡ ̀th́eįrş ̕as̴ ̸me͘a͠n͡s̡ ̸t̢o̶ ̨st̵a҉r͜tin̷g ͝ove͢r҉, th̨e͟ re̶s̀ul̵t͜ i͢s̷ t̢he̛ ͘sam̵e̡. A͟ţ ͘l̵eas͞t h͠e҉re̶ I͞ ҉of̷f̕e҉r ͡c̸ha͝nge. A ̧chance ͘f̨o̧r b̷e̢t̡ter thi̵n̸g͏s̸. ̢W͘h͠y҉ ͝d̡o you ͞res͡įs̸t my ̷ai͜d̢?̛"

{I don't need your help! All I need is your soul! With a soul of such power, I can finally preform a True Reset! Then things will be as they should've been a long time ago.}

A True Reset?

What the heck is a True Reset?

"I̕'҉d ̶giv̶é ̛m͡y ͏s̛ou̶l̵ awa͞y̵ ẁit͘h̵out ̛t̵ho͏ug̵h̢t͠ to t̴h̀os̨e ̴I c͢ar̶e ҉f̨or͘ m͜os̡t ̷and th͝o̧s̷é w̛h̶o'd need̛ ͠i̴t͏. Y͞o͘u̡,͝ m҉y҉ d̢ear͘ ̵b̛ro̷tḩȩr, ̧I ćąr̷e̸ ̷for. Bùt ̴yo͟u će̶rta̴i̵n͟l͠y d͜ǫ ͡N̛OT͡ n͘e͟e͝d it."

{Like I really need your permission. I want it. I will have it. So I'm going to take it!}

"I͞f ͡th̨i̷s͡ ̨i͏s ͢how ͏i͏t mús̸t ͡b́e̸,̵ th̶en͢ y͏ou̡ lęa҉ve me̢ n̛o ch̷o͞ic̕e. ̵If͠ I ̨c͟a̛n not҉ ̷s͝w̨ay ̸y҉ou in̨t̷o cea҉sing̀,͟ ̵t͢h̢en͡ I̛ ̶mųşt͞ beat̀ ̧you i͘n̷t̕o s҉ub͡mis҉s̡i͠o̕n.͠"

Chara can't help the laugh that gives him.

{You? Beat me into submission? Dream on you crazy...*sharp gasp*}

[Lynsie]

[HP ██████████ 10/20]

[Chara]

[HP ██████████ 10/20]

A fiery bone has pierced through Chara's midsection.

The sheer level of shock on his face is only matched by the amount of pain he howls out in when the bone retracts, his soul cracks like mine and he bleeds black blood but only slightly, the fire had cauterized the wound pretty well.

After all, I said I would make him submit, not kill him, and my words are to no effect, then sadly pain will have to do the job for me.

[♪I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin! I must confess that I feel like a monster! I, I feel like a monster! I, I feel like a monster!♫]

{You...}

"I do̷ n̶o̡t͏ w̨i̢sh to ki͝l̷l̨ ̧you͘ b͟ro̕t̵hęr̸. B̀u̡t͞ ̴ìf̶ y̶o͡u ̛w͟o͏n̶'̡t̨ ̶li̡s̕t҉e̸n̕ to ̸re͡aso̕n͡,̢ t͠hen ͞I m͡us͞t ͡do w̧hat́ ̧is n̨eeded́ ̡to͢ e͞n҉d͡ thi̷s͠."

{You...}

"F͞o̵rg͘i͘v̨e͘ ̷m͟e. ͞I ͞k̀n͏ow̧ ͞it̨ ͟h͢ur̀t̶s. ̴B͡ut aļl̀ y͜o̷u̷ n̨ee҉d͠ to ͜do ͝is ̛s҉top ͏an̵d̵ ͠we ̢can.͘..̢"

{I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU!}

Well that went as good as I expected.

"Ve̵r͝ý ҉w̶e҉l͡l.̕ ̀Bųt͡ ̢let͏ it ̷b̷e͠ ͘kn̷o҉wn͝, I̴ ̴g҉av̸e͝ y͡ou m҉o̸re ̶than e͟no̶u͡gh͡ m͞ercy͞."

The fighting continues.

[♪It's hiding in the dark, it's teeth are razor sharp. There's no escape for me, it wants my soul, it wants my heart. No one can hear me scream, maybe it's just a dream. Maybe it's inside of me, stop this monster! I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin! I must confess that I feel like a monster!♫]

Now that he knows I'm willing to actually hurt him, Chara is more on edge.

His attacks are more frequent and calculated to work with his still limited area.

My attacks remain combined and controlled, with spears being my primary weapons.

Each time we attack it either is deflected or dodged, with only a few coming close to landing hits and touching our HP.

This tension only resolves to build up our anticipation.

Our drive.

Our determination.

[♪I hate what I've become, the nightmare's just begun! I must confess that I feel like a monster! I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin! I must confess that I feel like a monster! I've gotta lose control, here's something radical! I must confess that I feel like a monster! I, I feel like a monster! I, I feel like a monster! I, I feel like a monster! I, I feel like a monster!♫]

{Just give up already! After I defeat you and gain total control over the time line...I'll reset everything. All your progress...Everyone's memories. I'll bring them all back to zero! Then we can do everything ALL over again.}

"I ͞can'͞t̕ let you ̡d͟ò ̸th̛a̧t C͝ha̢ra. ͜I'v̧e ͟do̧n͜e͠ t̀oo m̀ưch̀..̶.҉Been̴ t́hr̶ough so͞ muc͡h...͘Loved͜ ņo͝t̸ enou͟gh.͢..I͘ wón̛'̛t ̧let̸ ͞th͢at҉ ̕b͏e for ̶n͟oth͜i͞ng. I͝ wi̴l͝l͘ ̀s̀tóp̵ y͢ou!"

{Ha! You idiot! You're the one that's been helping me this whole time. You and your determination. It fuels my own. Isn't that delicious? Your determination...The power that let you get this far...It's gonna be your downfall! All because you want a 'happy ending'. Because you 'love your friends'. Because you 'never give up'. All of it adds to my power. With it, I'll tear you apart! And you know what the best part of all this is? The death of this world and all that you love will be your fault! Then you'll lose to me. And I'll bring you back so you'll lose again. And again. And again!}

"Ņo͘t̴ g͢on̴na ̨happ̷e͢n.̀ I w͠o̡n'͢t lȩt̸ ̸yo̸u ̨t̴ake͡ a̡w̧a̸y ̴t̵his̢ ͡wo͢rld́.͜ ͘S̸o̶ ma̧ny̵ ͡pe͞opl̀e͜ a̕r͢e͘ ̶dèp̛e͜nd́i̵n҉g me t̀o͝ ̀ma̢ke th̵ei̡r hop͠es ̛a͏nd̛ ̀d̛r͠eam̢s̷ ̢co͏m̨e t҉r̶u͞e͢. Į ҉r̛ef҉u͞s͜e̢ t̴o d̕i̵s̕app͏o̶i͡nt thèm͟,̕ ̛l̸e͘t̛ a̧l̸one͏ m̛y҉s̕elf.͜"

{Heh...Seems you forget who's in control here.}

"N̸ot͘ ̷y͜oų. ͘N͞ot̀ ̛a҉nymore̛."

{We'll see about that.}

"B͘r҉i͞n͢g it͘ on ̨br͞o͠! ͢N͞ơ ̶mo̸r̨é hòld̵in̕g͜ b̢ack̵!͘"

I feel immediate regret from saying that and his cooky twisted smile only makes it worse.

{No holding back huh? Okay...Challenge accepted!}

As if ripping off my saying wasn't enough, Chara relaxes for a moment before doing something that vaguely resembles 'powering up' from Dragon Ball Z and I get goosebumps from the amount of power he emanates.

This dark aura surrounds him, his eyes go fully red with the whites in them going black, the black ooze like blood he has seeps from his tear ducts, his soul glows darkly, his blood even somehow drips from its cracks, and as if to further increase the intimidation factor even further, he becomes more muscular.

So to clarify...Chara is now a big bulky super powerful demon nightmare that is using a weapon with crazy high kill potential...Not cool!

{Now then...I believe it's your turn. Or are you already 'not holding back'?}

[Warning! Threat level far exceeds SAFE MODE qualifications. Anomaly State will need activation. Current instability to SOUL and Core may cause further damage if triggered.]

[Do you wish to proceed with Anomaly State activation?]

I don't really have much of a choice.

"Ver͟y͡ ͞we͜l͜l t͡hen̷...̴"

[Proceeding with Anomaly State activation.]

Energy pools into my soul causing sparks to glitch around it, the relentless black ebbs to allow the other colors to flow back in a psychedelic rainbow swirl, a aura of white makes my form glow, my eyes shine clear with irises of light blue integrity, and liquid light cascades down my face like tears.

No real change physically like he went through, this is my final form.

[Warning! Stability to SOUL and Core has increased. Proceed with caution.]

{Well now...Not bad sis. I must say, this has me impressed. I didn't think you had so much power.}

"Ju͞s͜ţ ͞be͝cau͞se ̴I͘ ́h͞a͡v͏e po̕w̶er͟,͟ ͜d̵o͝n'̢t̕ mea̧n̛ i͡t'͝s to͘ ̷b̵e̕ us̵e̵d ̢n҉eèdl͢e͘s͜sl̴y."

{Is that so? Heh...Then let's just see how your power fares against my own.}

"We͟ s̵ti̕ll ҉don͘'́t h͝av͘e t̴o do ͏this̀ ̴broth̡e͘r. I̸f͢ ͢we̸ ͡st̕o̡p̕ n̡ow͡,̨ t͠h͠įs cąn͢ still ͢t̛urn o̧u̢t҉ ́fo͟r̷ ͜t͡h͏e b̴èt͢teŕ f̶or u̢s ͏bot͘h."

{Perhaps you're right. We can reach a compromise.}

"Y̕e̸s͞.͘"

{You still have something I want. Give it to me. And I will not harm you any further. All I want you to do is give me...Your SOUL.}

"Ńo͝."

{Then be ready to stay here for all eternity. Because you'll be begging me to take your soul when I'm through with you!}

This is it, the epic showdown.

Time to answer the age old question.

What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?

The song in the background changes again.

[♪They send me away to find them a fortune. A chest filled with diamonds and gold. The house was awake. With shadows and monsters. The hallways they echoed and groaned.♫]

Chara charges, blade in hand, ready to taste deep of my flesh.

I summon a bone and face him head on.

[♪I sat alone, in bed 'til the morning. I'm crying, "They're coming for me". And I tried to hold these secrets inside me. My mind's like a deadly disease.♫]

We clash.

Blade on bone, scraping harshly with each blow.

He punches my face, knocking back.

He attempts to strike while I'm off balance.

I counter with a bone wall.

It knocks the weapon from his grip.

[♪I'm bigger than my body. I'm colder than this home. I'm meaner than my demons. I'm bigger than these bones...♫]

He goes to retrieve it, but I block him off with bones.

He attempts to break them and almost makes it through, yet not soon enough.

I set the knife ablaze in a raging inferno, reducing it to nothing.

Now it is only us to fight each other.

This does not make him happy.

[♪And all the kids cried out, "Please stop, you're scaring me". I can't help this awful energy. Goddamn right, you should be scared of me. Who is in control?♫]

Angry, he bounds on me, all his power is focused outwards into his ATK.

I do the opposite, binding my power inwards to increase my DEF.

For the moment, we are equal.

[♪I paced around for hours on empty. I jumped at the slightest of sounds. And I couldn't stand the person inside me. I turned all the mirrors around.♫]

I try to grab him as he swings on me, hoping I can get him into a hold that he couldn't get out of, but he catches me off guard.

I am the one grabbed instead.

Held by my wrists, he thrashes me about.

Slamming me on the floor over and over before hurling me at the ensnarement of flaming bones I made to keep him subdued.

The force in which he throws me is enough to have my body break through the bones with little effort, and I skip along the ground like a stone on water before skidding to a rough stop.

[Lynsie]

[HP █████ 05/20]

[Chara]

[HP ██████████ 10/20]

[♪I'm bigger than my body. I'm colder than this home. I'm meaner than my demons. I'm bigger than these bones...♫]

He slowly makes his way towards me.

{You pathetic little shit. Did you really think you were any match for me? You are but an insignificant speck that dares to ruin the great work of art I'm trying to create.}

I try to get up, but I'm having trouble getting my limbs to respond properly.

[Alert! SOUL and Anomaly Core damage has increased to dangerous levels. It is recommended that Anomaly State shut down.]

[Do you wish to proceed with Anomaly State deactivation?]

No...I can't stop it now...I need this power...I just have to concentrate harder...I can't let them all down.

{What's the matter sis? You look troubled. Don't tell me you're done already? After all...We've only just begun to play my favorite game~.}

Come one...Move...I need to move...I can't let him beat me...Chara must not win!

[A feeling of dread hangs over you...But knowing how much is at stake...You are filled with DETERMINATION.]

Through sheer force of will power I shakily pick myself up just as he is about to get too close for my comfort.

{Good. You got back up. Glad to see you're not a total disappointment.}

"I w̨i͝ll.̡.̨.̸n̛ǫt ͞be.̡.͠.be̵ate̢n s͘o̸ ̵ea̴siĺy͞.̴"

That makes him grin.

[♪And all the kids cried out, "Please stop, you're scaring me". I can't help this awful energy. Goddamn right, you should be scared of me. Who is in control?♫]

Chara snatches me up by my throat and holds me high off the ground.

My airway being terribly restricted.

{Look at you. How many times could you have killed me by now? Ten? Twenty? More even? And yet you foolishly keep from finishing me off. While I commend your guts for sticking to this pointless pacifist mentality of yours, it won't save you. I'm not going to show you MERCY. I'm not going to SPARE you. I'm going to FIGHT you. And then, I'm going to KILL you. Then your SOUL will be MINE!}

[♪I'm well acquainted. With villains that live in my bed. They beg me to write them. So they'll never die when I'm dead.♫]

"Kil̸l̢i̡n̷g me͞ ͢wíll no͠t g̴r͞an͡t͞ ͢you my͘ ͘po̢wer o̵r m͘y s̡o̷ul͏.̨ ҉Tḩe͜ ̛o͜nl̡y ̷t̸hi̴ng ͝t͟h͞at w̕il̨l͏ h͘a̕ppe͞n i͢s̸ I w͏i̢l͝l ̛die. Ev̶ȩr͜y͏thing that͢ ̡I͝ ͟a̶m ̸wi͘l̨l go͝ wit̛h ́me. ͞A̡n̛d͞ ̧w̛he̵n ̵I̶'͡m͝ gone͏,̶ F̛r͞i͠s̷k w̡ill c̷om҉e ̕ba͞çk.̸ S̡h́e'l̸l ̶pla̷y a͞roun͜d ͠ļik̀e̵ n͜oth̛i͘ng ͘happ̶e͟ńed.̛ K͟ill̡in̸g͞ ́or ͜spa̧ri̵ng̡,͘ it w͜o͝n't m͟a̡tte̷r̴ to ̨h̛e̕r͟.͟ ͢T͘he loop̨in̕g ҉c͘y̡c̡l͞e w͡ill̛ ͠gó o͘n̴ ̀once҉ m͜or̷e̵. H̸eh҉, ͡who kņo҉ws͝.̧..͢M͝ayb̕e ͢I ͡mi̢ght po͞p̷ ͜u͘p̡ ͢ága҉i̷n͠ a̢f͟ter ͢a ̡mill̡íon m̷ore͢ ̀r̛e̷sęts̡.͏ B̡ut̶ p͢r̢o͢b͟a҉bi͠li̵t̸y ̕i͞s ̕a ͞ga͘m̧b̕l̕e I͡'m͜ ̴n̕ot wiĺl͘ing͏ ͝tó ̡make ͏b̨ets͜ o̶ǹ.̨"

[♪And I've grown familiar. With villains that live in my head. They beg me to write them. So I'll never die when I'm dead.♫]

{Oh? And just how are you going to stop me?}

"L̕i͜k͜e̛ thi̧s̨!͟"

Using the closeness of our proximity to each other, I make a bold and dangerous move...I grab his soul.

The difference in auras, of light and dark, makes itself even more known by this simple connection, because when the two touch it is painful in a sense I can't even begin to describe.

[Lynsie]

[HP ███ 03/20]

[Chara]

[HP ████████ 08/20]

But the pain does do one good thing, it makes him let me go and we end making space between us.

{*snarls* You're going to regret doing that!}

"You ͝don'͠t sća̛re ̕m͝e broth̸e͘r͏.͢ ̀I ͏k͘now ͢of ͜thi͢n̶g͢ś ̡far͜ ͏w͢o̶r͡s͜t͏ t̡han you. ̢So͜ g͟o ̸ón.̕ G͢ive ͘me͠ ́all͠ yo͜u'v̕e ́go͢t͜!͞ Beça̡u҉se ̸d̡eep̀ ͘d͘own Ì kn̨o̴w ̕t̴he ͝re̷a̸ĺ y̷ou͢. ̢W҉e͟ ar̴e͟, ̴a͟s͝ ͝you̡'̀v̷e s̢ąid,͟ on̕e ͢a̧nd ͜ţh̶e͏ sa̡me͢. Yo͞u̕ want̴ ҉to sa̵v̶e͏ t̵h͝e͜m a̷s͜ m͘ućh as͏ I̴ d͠o. ̴Bųt ̷se͝e̶i̕ńg͡ t͢h̵e͜m ̷a͜ll d̢i̧e ͞r͘epeat̛e͏dly has ̛c̕o͘r̢r͏upt̸e̕d ̴y̢our ͡so͡ul.̢ ҉B͢ut͢ ͏Í wi͘ll͟ ̷n͏ot̕ le͞t̡ ͢tha̢t̕ sto͡p ̕us. I w̕i̸l̛l ̛s̡àve ̷t̢he͏m̸. An҉d ͡I ̧will sav̨e y҉o͝u ̴t͟oǫ."

{Please...Spare me this dumb hero speech. Now, ENOUGH messing around! It's time to purge this time line once and for all!}

"N̨o̡!̧ ͘I͢t͠'̵s͠ tim̸e t͡o͝ b͠rȩak ͜t̵h̷e ́cyc̶l̛e! It̛'s̷ tįme t̵o ͜m̕o͞ve ͠forwa͞rd̡! ̢N̷o mor̴e ҉rese̸t̷s! ̕We ̨múst ͞c҉o̸n͠ti̧nue!̴"

[♪I'm bigger than my body. I'm colder than this home. I'm meaner than my demons. I'm bigger than these bones...♫]

We charge at each other with all we got.

Clashing in a pain inducing grapple as our auras mix.

[♪And all the kids cried out, "Please stop, you're scaring me". I can't help this awful energy. Goddamn right, you should be scared of me. Who is in control?♫]

{Just give up already. You know you can't beat me. So, please...STOP doing this...AND JUST LET ME WIN!}

"Th̷is is͢ņ'͘t ͜a ̶g͜am̡e͠ y̸o͘u ͡ca҉n̸ ̧wi͜n̴.͝ Lives arȩ on̴ t̷he̶ li̕n͢e͢.͢ ̡T͘h͜e ̵liv͢és ͝o͠f ou͘r ͡frie̵nds a͢n͠d f́ami̛ly. ͝Pe҉opl͏e͡ ͠w̛e care̶ ̨abo̡út̡.̧ ̛I ̀w̶on't let ỳou ̴hur҉t͟ t̶he͞m."

{It's the only way of saving them. To end all suffering, all life must end. With no life, there is no suffering. It's the only way. And I am the only one that can do it!}

"But ţh͘a͜t's ͘just ͟it͢. I̕t i̸sn'̡t ̢th̢e ͠onl̀y̛ ҉wa͠ỳ ͝th̴ings ca͡n ̡be fixèd.҉ ͜N̴o on͏e͜ ḩas ̀to ͟d͡i̴ȩ. ̢You d́o̧n't h̵ave to҉ ͝g̛o do̡wn͡ th̡is̛ r͟oa̧d ҉al͝on͞e.̸"

{No! NO! I don't need ANYONE! Do you hear me!? Now SHUT UP and DIE!}

"An̨d ̕Í sai̧d̀ no!"

[♪And all the kids cried out, "Please stop, you're scaring me". I can't help this awful energy. Goddamn right, you should be scared of me. Who is in control?♫]

A sudden surge of power.

It's all that it takes.

Chara is sent back in a bright explosion of light.

[Lynsie]

[HP █ 01/20]

[Chara]

[HP █ 01/20]

I don't know how, I might have a guess, but either way I'm glad to have made it so far.

But it's too much to take, my anomaly powers shut down on their own, reverting me to normal, only the cracks in my soul are worse, and yet...Chara is in far worst condition than I.

His power also seems to have dissipated, but the weird thing is, he's not big like me anymore.

There on the floor, shaking like a leaf on a winter night, is a small boy with a bleeding soul and in lots of pain, he looks as though he can't be no more than 10 or 12 years old.

Did he over spend himself too?

"Brother?"

I sluggishly make my way over to him.

{What's happening to me?}

I don't understand him at first, it isn't till I notice the color of his blood that it hits me...it's red.

He's not demonically corrupted anymore, his power is gone, he is human, that means...I know what what I must do.

I pick up my pace and he notices...it worries him.

{STOP IT! Get away from me!}

"You feel it too, don't you Chara? We are on the last bits of soul we have. And once it's gone, so are we. The only way we'll live is if one of us gains control over the SOUL."

His eyes widen and he tries to scramble away.

{You would kill me? Go back on everything you've done now?}

"This isn't just about us anymore. If you get past me, you'll...You'll destroy them all. Monsters...Humans...Everyone...Everyone's hopes. Everyone's dreams. Vanquished in an instant. But I WON'T let you do that."

{Heh...I knew it. It's just human nature. It's kill or be killed.}

"Right now, everyone in the Underground...I can feel their hearts beating as one. And we all have ONE goal. To stop YOU. So...For the sake of the whole world..."

{I know, I know. You're going to strike me down. I've heard it all before. Just do me a favor and make it quick...!}

He's shocked into silence when I get down on his level and grab him.

"For the sake of this world and all that live in its universe..."

I pull him close and hold him sweetly against me in a loving embrace much to his complete surprise.

"I will SAVE you."

His trembling increases for a moment, then abruptly stops.

{You...You're really sparing me? After everything I've done?}

"You have been through so much, my brother. Too long has the suffering been aloud to continue. Allow me to carry the brunt of this burden."

{You would carry the weight of this world on your shoulders alone? It will crush you the same way it has done me.}

"No...Not alone. We are not alone. We have our family. Mama. Papa. Asriel. And all our friends. They are here for us. To help us. To help share in the weight of carrying the burden so that no one person has to suffer."

{...And this is what you believe? That friendship and love will save us all?}

"Hey, it's worked so far. Aren't you just a tiny bit curious to see what'll happen in this time line?"

He chuckles and pats my back.

{Yeah...Just promise me something.}

"Anything."

{Promise me...You'll take care of Mom and Dad for me, OK?}

"I never break my promises. But let's go halfsies on this one. Sound good to you?"

My soul begins to glow and his does the same as he smiles gently.

{Yeah...I'd like that.}

His body begins breaking down.

Crumbling into itself till only the soul remains, but not before he speaks for the last time.

{Lynsie...}

"Yeah bro?"

{Thank you...I've been so tired...So very...tired...}

And just like that...Chara is gone.

"Rest now my brother. You've earned it."

His soul then merges with my own.

Restoring me.

But this is only the beginning.

The world of my SOUL begins to dissolve.

A owner having been made clear.

Now the real fight will happen when I wake back in my body.

I may have won the battle, but the war is far from over.