Underearth/Book 4/Chapter 20

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Asgore knelt on the ground, his hands busily at work removing weeds that grew among the beautiful golden flowers that decorated the floor of his throne room. As he tended the garden, Asgore hummed a simple song to himself.

"Dad?" a soft voice echoed through the room. Hearing this voice, Asgore stopped pulling weeds and looked up at where it had come from. A small, fair female Human stood at the doorway to the Barrier.

"Ch... Chara...?" Asgore said, unwilling to believe what he was seeing, yet unable to pull his eyes away.

Chara stumbled forward, her balance unsteady. Seeing this, Asgore rushed to grab her before she fell. As he grabbed her, his eyes began to swell with tears. She was *actually* here! Happiness welling within him, Asgore embraced his daughter.

"Chara..." he said, unwilling to end the embrace as tears rolled down his furry cheeks. "I missed you so much."

A pain then shot through the king's back as a hand grabbed his hair and pulled him back, the shock from the pain relaxing his arms. As he was pulled away, he saw a sadistic smile stretching across Chara's face before a chitinous hand grabbed his throat and tore it open. Shortly after, Asgore turned to dust. A few seconds more, and his SOUL fluttered up from the broken pile beneath. As it rose, the SOUL was grabbed by the very same chitinous hand that tore open its owner's throat. A purple energy shot from the hand into the SOUL, which sent back its own contents until the SOUL shattered completely.

"That should hold your for just a bit longer." Chara said, approaching one of the windows. "He was the last Monster. No more remain. That lab lies empty. Home lies empty. And the pitiful city below lies empty."

The chitinous figure broke open two SOUL jars that laid on the throne, doing the same thing to them.

"You have a voracious appetite." Chara said, witnessing the affair. "Soon, you will have access to all of Humanity to feast upon." she gave a hearty chuckle. "Frisk will soon arrive, and we shall see if he will join us, or will continue to oppose us. Either way, the Barrier will be destroyed today, and Humanity will see the beginning of its end."

As she said these last words, Chara sat down on the throne. "Very soon now, Humanity will receive what it rightfully deserves."

Frisk ascended the stone stairway up to where the last hallway to the throne room lay. Turing the corner, Frisk saw a horrifyingly familiar face sitting on the golden-purple throne, drinking out of Papyrus's skull.

"Ah, you have finally made it." Chara said, sitting up and placing the skull on the padding as she stood. "So what will it be? Will you continue to do whatever it is you think you are doing, or will you join me in destroying Humanity?" she asked.

"I already gave you my answer." Frisk spat.

Chara's mouth tightened.

"THROW A FIREBALL AT HER." the Timepiece said.

Heeding its guidance, Frisk summoned a small fireball and threw it at Chara. Almost immediately, the chitinous figure appeared, blocked the fireball, and shot towards Frisk, grabbing him by the throat and lifting him up into the air.

Chara laughed at this sight. "You *really* want to do me great harm, don't you." She then turned her gaze to the chitinous figure. "LOV," she said. "take us someplace Frisk can... vent his temper."

The chitinous figure's eyes, upon being given direction, glowed green. A black orb then appeared in front of it, expanding until it, Frisk, and Chara were consumed. The orb then collapsed into absolute nothingness.