A New Me

"What was that?!" Nate yelled, still covering Joseph with his body.

"ιт'ѕ... нιм" Gaster stated. They both looked in the direction of the mysterious man in pure terror. It was like they could feel the bud aura, but it felt off, not magic. The slash was so powerful it had split the ground through Gershire, splitting the floor between Nate and Joseph, and Gaster.

"It's who??" Nate asked again.

"Ιт'ѕ α ℓσт тσ єχρℓαιи яιgнт иσω..." Gaster said. Trey and Khila stood behind some rubble, astonished and terrified of what they had just witnessed. The sudden change in Frisk that almost no one knew about, was already coming to an end. His body began to twitch more and more rapidly as what appeared to be a glitch was starting to take effect on his body. As he dropped to the floor, still twitching.

"Stand back Khila" Trey warned. Glimpses of Frisk appeared out of the glitches but they were minor. They dropped to the ground as the man grasped his disoriented face.

"F-frisk....?" Khila asked slowly. Trey readied himself in a standing position charging up mana, making his hands glow. Gaster, Nate, and Joseph appeared before Khila and Trey as if they had teleported. Trey stared up at the tall menacing skeleton man, as he gazed down upon them. Khila, Nate, and Joseph stared at each other too, wondering who the other is.

"Now's not the time for questions" Gaster stated. He turned to the man on the floor, still glitching.

"What're you gonna do?" Trey asked. Gaster raised his arm in silence, as one of his floating hands, this one glowing light blue, creating a shield-like bubble, containing the man.

"Where's Jason?" Joseph blurted, worried. Everyone looked at each other in confusion.

"He's not here?" Nate asked, concerned.

"I looked around and I couldn't find him" Gabe stated as he approached the crowd.

"Shit..." Trey told himself.

"I'll use Nofushigi!" Nate said desperately. He signaled for Gaster to teleport him onto a rubbled rooftop, as he then lifted the bandage on his left eye, releasing the Nofushigi(の ふしぎ) ability. He searched the rubble of the desolate District until he stumbled upon Jason's unconscious body with rubble crushing his body.

"There!" Nate pointed in the direction as Trey immediately blasted his way over there, lifting piles of rubble to reveal Jason's body.

-30 minutes before-

Jason's body flew back into the void in his consciousness as he physically lie unconscious in the real world.

"Here...? again?" Jason asked, in an annoyed tone. He floated wander less in the void until he reached a point of touching liquid material, it felt like water resting below his feet. It felt empty as there was nothing around him, no sound, no movement, absolutely nothing. Jason felt so numb and lonely, as he stood there and gazed at the dark sky of infinity.

"Yo... Lumen... You here?!" Jason called out. Suddenly, a piece of the black space had opened up, appearing as a white doorway, and out stepped Lumen, The God of this world, universe, and maybe even beyond.

"Oi, Lumen! Where were you?" Jason asked, Glad to see him.

*Just... Visiting somewhere. He stated.

"Visiting where?" Jason asked again.

*An alternate universe.... or, a different timeline you could say. Lumen explained

"What? Alternate… universe?" Jason asked confused.

*ᴡʜʏ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ɪ sʜᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ɪɴsᴛᴇᴀᴅ. Lumen stated as he reached his hand out, and Jason came flying towards him. Lumen sighed as he looked down at Jason, then brought him through the light doorway. They stepped into a place filled with millions of Earths, all floating side by side. Each one looked a bit similar to the other but also very different from the other.

*ᴊᴀsᴏɴ... Lumen called. Jason looked up at the planets amazed by the one in a million sight, and all this time he thought there was only one.

"Lumen, why is that one red?" Jason asked. He pointed at an Earth that looked as if it was devastated on the surface and the atmosphere had a bright red glow.

*ᴡʜʏ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ʟᴏᴏᴋ. Lumen said, as they immediately appeared onto a surface that looked like they were back on Earth. Everything was destroyed, everything was burning, buildings were destroyed, and there was no one in sight.

"Woah… what the hell happened…?" Jason asked himself.

*ᴛʜᴀᴛ's ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ʜᴇʀᴇ. Lumen said as he snapped his fingers and everything disappeared. They had returned to the void.

"What else can you do Lumen?" Jason asked.

*ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ғɪɢᴜʀᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ, ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ʙᴀsɪᴄ ᴀʙɪʟɪᴛɪᴇs...

"What do you mean?" Jason asked again.

*ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴡʜʏ ᴛʜɪs ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ɪs sᴏ... ᴇᴍᴘᴛʏ? Lumen asked.

"Yeah? I never understood how you're a God and you stay here in this lonesome place" Jason answered.

*ɪᴛ's ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɴᴛ ᴜsᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴊᴀsᴏɴ. Lumen stated.

"Huh? My imagination?" Jason wondered.

*ᴛʜɪs ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴍʏ ᴅᴏᴍᴀɪɴ.... ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀs ᴛᴏᴏ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴜsᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ's ᴡʜʏ ᴛʜɪs ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴs sᴏ ɪsᴏʟᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴍᴘᴛʏ. Lumen explained.

"So you're saying this…. Is what my imagination looks like….?" Jason asked slowly, turning towards the vast emptiness of infinity.

*ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴄᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛ. Lumen answered. There was a moment of silence between the both of them as the water below their feet began to move into a rushing state. Dirt and grass grew from the water as soon mountains sprang into the sky. Trees and bushes grew all over the land as stars began to appear in the night sky.

*ᴡʜᴀᴛ's ᴛʜɪs? Lumen asked curiously. Wooden planks began to form together into a house, torches surrounded the front and provided light.

"Home." Jason stated. They walked inside to see the old structure of Jason's home before he and his brother were given to the orphanage.

*ʀᴇᴠɪsᴛɪɴɢ ᴏʟᴅ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀɪᴇs... Lumen said. Jason and Lumen ventured throughout the house and its rooms, each having the same furniture from Jason's old memory, eventually, they came across the kitchen table and both took a seat.

*Tell me, Jason... What are your goals? Lumen asked, calmly. Jason looked up towards Lumen, surprised at the sudden question for a second, he then took a deep breath and smirked.

"I want... no, I am going to be the greatest hero this world has ever seen, and save everyone from the monsters!" He answered confidently.

*Now... may I ask why? Lumen said curiously. Jason stared at him with a confused expression.

"huh?" He said.

*Why is it that you want to protect the world? Why do you think monsters are a threat? What is your end goal in all this? Lumen restated. Jason looked lost having to answer such big questions in his mind.

"Hm, Simple! My father was a great hero and fought when the war was intense, dying as a true hero, which inspired me to follow in his footsteps and protect everyone with the ability I've been given. Monsters are a threat because they hurt people, the good guys also trying to protect everyone, therefore they shouldn't be here anymore, Third, my end goal is..... uhhh..... becoming a great symbol after ending this war once and for all!" he explained.

*Humans are the 'good guys' huh? heheh. Lumen chuckled. He stood up from the table and walked towards the door.

*Unfortunately, that's about all the time we have today, it seems you're regaining consciousness. He stated.

"Huh? Already?" Jason questioned himself, as his character began to fade. "Welp, thanks for the talk Lumen, I'll think some more about your question" Jason smirked and waved. He faded away from the home inside the void.

"Yo Punk!" Trey screamed, as Jason's slowly opened his eyes. He jolted up from off of the floor and dusted off his clothes, Viewing the destroyed landscape from the aftermath of their battle against Papyrus.

"Ow... My head hurts" Jason complained, rubbing his head.

"Well no shit, you got crushed" Trey exaggerated. Everyone else ran over to their location, Gaster still holding Frisk. Joseph pushed through the tiny little crowd and hugged his brother.

"Нм, тнє ℓαѕт тнιиg тнαт'ѕ ℓєfт ιѕ..... нιм" Gaster said as he turned to the guy in the bubble. The guy gave the crowd a sinister smile, as he touched the bubble.

"ℏḙḙℏ.... ṧℏḙ ᾰωᾰкḙℵṧ..... !'ℓℓ ṧℓḙḙ℘ ḟ✺Ի ℵ✺ω..... ♭ṳт !'ℓℓ ♭ḙ ♭ᾰḉк" he claimed. The bubble turned black with mist as it covered the guy. It then broke as Frisk plopped to the ground.

"Frisk!" Jason yelled.

"Don't worry I can heal her" Khila said as she kneeled next to her, Frisk slowly lifted her head off the floor.

"Don't worry guys I'm fine…" she chuckled as she got up.

"Frisk what was that, Some kind of transformation?" Trey asked.

"no... way worse" She exclaimed.

"Well, tell us about it" Khila replied.

"It's hard... Like I can't quite put it into detail... but, it's a new me" She answered.