HEEEEEY!!!!~ I'm alive! It's been a while since I updated this... Didn't leave off at a very happy point, did I? Well, I've got things planned to make the genocide route interesting. Also, to avoid confusion...

Shadow: Italicized and bold.

Chara: Italicized and not bold!

Chara and Shadow talk a lot, so I didn't want anyone wondering who was speaking. Okay! Chapter 14! Here we go!!

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5 more left... 3 more left... 1 more left... Determination.

I slashed left and right without much trouble. Whimsuns were the most pathetic things ever. All they ever did was weep. Froggits would only croak and then they'd be gone. Loox? Loox like they're gone. I began to see what Chara meant. They were all pathetic. How did I put up with them before? At that point in time, I was just trying to get out of this place. I didn't care who the monsters were or what they looked like. I did what I had to in order to be able to leave this place. Now I have a different objective. Free the monsters of the Underground. All of them. And there's nothing that's going to stop me.

Good job, Shadow! We've got all the monsters in this area it looks like. Wasn't it easy? Wasn't it FUN~?

It was easy. The concept of fun is irrelevant.

Awww... That's so boring, though! You must think this is boring just because we're smiting all the weaklings first. Your fun will come in due time.

Believe what you wish, Chara.

I approached the room where I had previously met Napstablook to find that he wasn't there. Killing Napstablook would have been pointless anyway. Ghosts can't be killed. That would be the only ounce of mercy I would give anyone. My journey continued.

Puzzles, switches, latches, and locks. As I slowly brought myself to the end of the Ruins, I remembered an important factor that was in the last run. Where was Toriel? Nothing felt the same as it once did-- which was fine. If she wasn't there or didn't appear, maybe I wouldn't have to kill her. Oh, wait. I still will. She has the soul I need to cross the barrier when this all ends. That is if I decide to do that. Chara doesn't seem to want to go back to the world above like everyone else does. Maybe one day, she'll tell me why.

This is interesting... Where did Toriel run off to?

Is she supposed to be here?

Yes... Which worries me... Nevermind. Her house is just up ahead anyway. If she's anywhere, she will be there.

Very well then.

I touched the save point outside of her house and went in through the door. All the lights were turned off as if there were nobody home. Even if she wasn't here, we would still have to go through her basement to reach the exit to the Ruins. I decided to look around and see if anything changed. First, I went into the kitchen and found a large pie tin. It had not been used. No pie for me.

I looked at my old room. The same. Toriel's room. The same. The locked room. Still locked. Nothing else was different. Thoroughly disappointed, I went to the basement and descended down the stairs.

It's very dark down here. Why is it any darker than last time?

Don't ask me. I wasn't paying attention back then. At that time, I was merely observing.

Then why is it--?

SHH! What was that noise?

"Stay... back... You monster..."

"Are you referring to me? Shadow the Hedgehog? Because monster... would be an unfair accusation. In this world, to be a monster is a compliment. I am no monster," I told the voice in the darkness. I found her...

"Why did you harm that innocent hedgehog...? Why did you slaughter those innocent residents living in the Ruins?! Why are you doing this at all?!" a weepy, teary voice demanded.

"Sonic wasn't innocent! You know nothing about him! And those monsters in the Ruins... I was merely setting their souls free. You will soon join them," I growled viciously.

The shaking voice in the darkness suddenly froze. It was as if the voice was never even there. A long silence passed and I saw a dimly lit flame light up before me. Toriel stood cradling the fire in her hands. Her fiery eyes blazed up to me. "If that's what you wish... I now know what I must do... As the previous queen of the Underground... I will end you, Shadow."

I didn't know why, but it made me feel good to hear her say that. Mostly because... I knew she wouldn't be able to. Nothing would ever stop me. Nothing. Some twisted, cruel part of me laughed at her statement. "Hahahaha! You wish that were true. Farewell."

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(Shadow walking through the snow) *Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch.*

Awwww... Shadow, are you okay...? You look so gloomy! So sad! I don't like that face! This is supposed to be exciting.

I... I don't like this. I've never felt so much like a psychopath...

Shadow, this is not the time to start thinking too hard on things. This is the answer! There is no other way to free monsters! Letting them go to the surface will only get them killed anyway. Besides, you're curious as to what might happen. With the power of resetting, who's ever going to know?

You really are a fiend.

That's not very nice. Just keep playing your part! There are entire legions of monsters to kill.

Snowdin Forest doesn't seem happy anymore.

That's a good thing. Speaking of which, isn't there someone coming up behind you?

I turned and faced towards the person behind me. Last time, it was Lily. Would it still be Lily this time? Sure enough...

"Oh! Um... I'm sorry! I thought you were a hedgehog for a second there... But clearly, with a face and eyes like that..., you couldn't possibly be!" Lily stood in the snow and shifted her weight from one foot to the other awkwardly. Suddenly, she realized that showing herself to someone who didn't know about her could've been dangerous. "Y-You won't tell anyone you saw me..., will you?? I mean..., being turned in to the Royal Guard doesn't sound very pleasant..."

I stared at her with a blank expression. A long silence dragged out between us. The good in me seemed to be gone and all I felt was stone-hard coldness towards everything. I couldn't feel. I couldn't speak except to say evil threats.

"Um... This is usually where you answer my question...?" Lily said awkwardly.

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"Maybe you can't talk! Why didn't I think of that? Well, if that's the case, then I shouldn't have anything to worry about! My name is Lily. You look like you're a... Sabon! Was I close? If I was, then nod!"

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"I guess not. Oh well! I'll guess later then. I have to go find Sans before Papyrus realizes I snuck out again... Perhaps we'll talk later! Bye, Sabon (but not Sabon)!"

With that, she was gone. For now...

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Determination.

That should be the last of them. I wandered through Snowdin Forest feeling nothing at all. My face almost felt frozen. Was it just because it was cold? I hoped that was it. I found myself hoping it was. The only hope I felt since the beginning of this.

Dreary dust flew past me as I continued down the snowy path. I looked for the familiar faces of Sans, Papyrus, or Lily. They were nowhere to be found. Last time, Papyrus had all of his traps and puzzles disabled to renovate them. This time was no different. Chara seemed disappointed.

I was looking forward to seeing his annoyed face when we walked straight through his puzzles! Now I won't get to feel the satisfaction...

I'm sure you'll survive, Chara.

No, I won't! I'm dead!!

Boo hoo.

I proceeded through the dark, dreary woods. Every gust of wind sent a lungful of dust down my throat... Each time, I'd cough and ignore the thought plaguing me that the dust I just inhaled was a monster a minute ago.

In the last timeline, Papyrus and Sans were messing with Doggo. Ringing the bell and then freezing still to torture the poor blind dog. However, for some odd reason... They weren't there... Someone else was. She seemed to be looking for them. Lily.

"That's odd... Usually, they're always here at this time! I wonder if maybe they--" She stopped and looked over to me curiously. "OH! It's Sabon-not-Sabon! Hi!!" Lily sprinted over to me and nudged my arm. "I'm glad I found someone I recognize! It seems like... everyone's kinda disappeared somewhere... That and the air is dustier all the sudden!"

I looked away from her with a blank expression. There was no way I was about to tell her. As long as nobody knew about what I did, I had the element of surprise. And for some reason... I didn't feel like killing her yet.

She took a hold of my arm and inspected it. "Wow... You seem to be suffering the most from this dust plague! You need a shower or something!"

I could hear Chara shouting at me to kill her, but I refused. Something just felt wrong about killing Lily...

You MORON! This is the perfect opportunity! She's completely alone with you in the woods! Just kill her already and move on!

If a dog patrol comes by, they'll see her body and attack me. Then the entire Underground would know that there was a serial killer on the loose.

With that, Chara finally stopped speaking.

Lily locked her arm with mine. Her face was cheerful. It gave me chills. Horrible chills. Chills that made me question if what I was doing was really worth it. I squashed any thought that told me to turn back in an instant. Nothing would stop me. Not even Lily.

"You should come with me back to Snowdin! Then we can hang out more, Sabon! What do you think?" she asked me sweetly.

I nodded. Not because I wanted to go. There were people there. People in Snowdin. People to kill.

So, arm in arm, we went towards Snowdin. A serial killer and an unsuspecting victim.