Chapter Four~Dust and Corpses

A few days passed.

Nobody has told Toriel about the encounter. Everyone was afraid to.

Frisk was currently outside sitting under a tree, leaning against the trunk. Flowey was on his shoulder, staring st the ground. He had grown quiet, and Frisk could've sworn he saw him crying one day. Frisk stared at the sky, and he flinched when he heard a sharp scream cutting through the air. He stood up and looked around, and heard fighting. He ran towards the sound, and froze when he came upon the scene.

There was a small group of humans and monsters, and there were two bodies and a few piles of dust. Chara was in front of them, twirling a knife around in her hand.

"Who's next?" She asked. "I'd rather one of you humans... It's fun to watch your bodies drop to th-"

"CHARA!" Flowey shouted without realizing. Chara flinched and spun around to face the two. The humans and monsters ran off quickly. "W- What are you doing?!"

"What does it look like?!" Chara asked with narrowed eyes.

"W- Why? Why are you like this?!" Flowey asked, tearing up. Frisk was silent, eyes wide.

"I'm doing what I should've done long ago. I've decided to kill all the humans I can." Chara said simply.

"Why?" Flowey asked quietly. "You didn't use to be like this..." Chara said nothing. "I'm sorry, Chara. But killing isn't the answer." Flowey spoke out of character.

"Who's talking?" Chara sneered. "It's not like I haven't killed before-" Chara yelped as a bone hit her. Sans was behind her, eye flaring blue. Frisk and Flowey widened their eyes.

"you murderer!" Sans growled. He surrounded Chara in Gaster Blasters and set them off.

"DON'T HURT HER!" Frisk shouted, and Sans flinched, causing the Blasters to dissipate. Chara was on the ground, at 4 HP. Flowey went to the ground and went under, and popped up next to Chara.

"A- Are you okay?!" Flowey asked worriedly.

"kid, what's gotten into you? have you seen what's around her?" Sans asked Frisk angrily.

"Asgore killed six human children, and I forgave him. Almost all the monsters in the Underground tried to kill me. I forgave them." Frisk said quietly. He looked over at Flowey, who looked to be on the verge of a breakdown. Sans tried something. He turned Flowey's soul blue.

It wasn't much, it was only a soul fragment, but it was there.

Chara flinched when she saw. She tried to back up, but Sans turned her soul blue as well. It was a red outline of a soul, not exactly there, just a reminder of what once was. Then Frisk got an idea.

"What if Alphys was able to restore her body?" He asked quietly.

"why should she?" Sans said, scoffing before he spoke.

"Everyone deserves to be forgiven." Frisk and Sans stared down each other for a dull minute before Sans finally backed down.

"i'll ask. no promises." He muttered. He teleported away.

"D- Did you hear that? You might be able to come back as a human. I'll have my best friend back." Flowey said quietly.

"Like the world needs more humans." Chara muttered, but made no effort to leave. Frisk gave her a small smile.

Chara looked away.