I know right, another story. But this one will only be once a month since I want to make this one as short as I can and as long as I can. I don't plan for this one to be long maybe at least 5 chapters at the most but you never know, SO QUICK THING Asgore never obtained the souls. Alphys and Sans do, they killed the humans and got the souls. K?

"Subject 6-18-9-19-11 seems to be resting well. Unlike the others it just refuses to die at all, I can't decide whether it's fascinating or annoying," Alphys commented, scribbling something down on her notebook "Sans do you mind watching it? I want to check on the other souls again and make sure everything's in order."

Alphys turned around, annoyance written all over her face. It was hard to believe that Sans was a scientist sometimes, a brilliant one at that too. There he was leaning against the wall with his feet propped up on the table that had only the most important papers for their experiment, which were squashed by his feet. Alphys could hear him snoring loudly, and suddenly felt empathy for her partner, whenever he sleeps for real it either means that he worked to the bone (heh) or had nightmares about HIM.

Alphys almost left him to sleep.

Almost.

"Sans come on wake up," Alphys shook Sans, guilt stabbing her every time she spoke "Come on, look I owe you so I'll do all the work while you just record 6-18-9-19-11 today okay?" Alphys asked, happy that Sans seems to respond to that.

" promise al?" Sans mumbled, letting one eye socket open.

"Yes, but you actually have to record it, it's the last one we need Sans and they're putting up the biggest fight out of all them." Alphys glanced over to it's tube "I really just want this all to be over Sans, don't you?"

Alphys felt tears prickling at the corners of her eyes, being a scientist didn't really come with a stone cold heart and emotionless expression. Sans vaguely remembered many times where Alphys had to excuse herself from the room, to just cry her heart out in the bathroom and return later acting as if nothing had happened. Sans always gave her a hug, and reminded her that they were they good guys, that those things needed to die in order for everyone to be free. They were the good guys after all.

Right?

"deal al, i'll even ask pap to come over with undyne." Sans winked at his partner, chuckling when he saw her face turn red.

"O-Okay, but um can you um tell Papyrus t-that, um you d-didn't do it as a uh f-favor to m-m-me." Alphys blushed even harder for stuttering so much.

Sans found it funny how Alphys could be cold emotionless scientist only caring for science, to a blushing and stuttering mess.

Funny how the world works.

"sure thing al, might wanna get to work though." Sans chuckled to himself, slowly getting up from his oh so comfortable position.

"Like you have any right to talk Sans ." Alphys playfully lightly shoved Sans with her elbow. Collecting all the papers that she needed, and checking on everything Alphys shuffled through the doors. Looking back at it to see that it was still in the same position as always.

Alphys couldn't help but let out a disappointed sigh escape her lips.

Sans heard it and tried to think of a pun or anything that could possibly cheer her up, at times like these cheering up is what everyone needed. Depression was everyone's enemy in the underground, something everyone deep down was dealing with.

"What's so funny Sans?" Alphys asked confused, he had began to laugh out of nowhere. No loud or anything but it was still odd.

" just funny how different you are when you're in the lab al, it's like i'm talkin to a completely different person." Sans fixed his lab coat so that his jacket wasn't nearly as visible.

Alphys scoffed, playfully scowling from under her overly sized glasses.

"Wish I could say the same for you Sans."

And with that she shuffled away, mumbling something unhearable under her breath. Sans guessed it had something to do with their guest of honor, truthfully it was pretty funny to see Alphys get so worked up. Sans shuffled over to it, it had it's head in it's hands so Sans couldn't really see it's expression.

Although from what he had seen of it, he wouldn't dare grace it with a description.

It was in a large beaker of some sorts, the glass was unbreakable even though it never made any attempts to break it. Sans couldn't help but feel a wave of pity for the human, he didn't know how human aged but this one looked around his age if not younger. It had messy brown hair that seemed to stick up in all odd places, and had an old and worn hospital gown as clothing. It hadn't moved for a while, Sans would have thought it died but he could see it's body moving with each breath it took.

Still REFUSED to die.

Sans got in front of the glass and gave it a gentle tap, it felt so inhuman to Sans but then again he wasn't very human no was he?

But he was still scared shitless when it jerked at the sound of tapping.

Sans stumbled back and nearly fell on his back, he couldn't help but just stare at it's face. It was nothing like he had imagined, or had seen before. In his dreams or nightmares.

It looked female but maybe that was just Sans, it had beautiful caramel colored skin that was covered with all kinds of bruises. It also had big beautiful blue eyes that seemed to glow, it's lips were cut but still seemed to be plump and delicate. Sans was about to grab his papers and notes and call to Alphys that it seemed to be awake, but it smiled at him.

It. Fucking. Smiled.

Sans was sure that it knew who he was, it had seen him pull levers to experiment on it, it had tried not to cry when his bones pierced it's body, it had tried to open it's eyes when Sans and Alphys had shone blinding lights on it to see how it would react. It wasn't stupid either when Alphys had given it puzzles it solved it as quickly as it was given them, it also seems to understand emotions and expressions. So why the hell would it smile at him like they were good friends.

Sans could feel his magic building up, he was beyond terrified.

Especially when it started signing.

'Hello,' It's hands moved gracefully 'If you don't mind me asking, where exactly am I?' It seemed to also have an interesting sense of humor.

Sans looked at it's face in wonder, why would it sign? Wasn't it capable of talking? Flashes of memories of it screaming in agony from all the experiments done on it in order to attain it's soul were brought back to Sans. And at that moment he was beyond grateful that he had let Alphys drag him into learning sign language. 'Just handy to know' was her excuse, lucky for him he was going to put it to use.

"welp not really allowed to tell ya, but we're in the lab." Sans spoke lightheartedly, hoping he wasn't falling for any trick.

'Huh, well no offense but this place looks pretty depressing.' She giggled, sitting upright and leaning on the wall.

"yeah, i myself wanted something more preppy but alphys seemed to want to go for the whole mad scientist look."

'Huh, I don't think that look is really in these days.'

"you'll haveta excuse me, i seemed to have fallen behind on my decoration."

'Very disappointing, um what's is your name sorry,' It turned a bright shade of red, Sans thought it was adorable 'Didn't really get it.'

Sans poundered weather it was a good decision to tell it, he wasn't really allowed to get too chummy with their subjects. Well he did just have a conversation with it, eh what harm can it do?

"i'm sans, sans the skeleton." He sent a wink that made it turn even redder

'And my name is?' It signed slowly

They both looked at each other for God knows how long, it was odd for someone to ask what their name was. Sans' smile faltered for just a moment, they were the good guys after all. Good guys shouldn't have doubt or feel like this.

Right?

"6-18-9-19-11." Sans tried to somehow sound lighthearted, but who wants to be told their name is a number.

It stared at him for a while, it's eyes trying to see past his eye sockets as if it were looking for some type of clue or something. It tried to smile but Sans could see that it was forced and strained. It didn't look right.

'Huh, that seems a bit hard to pronounce,' It tried to laugh it off 'Mind making it easier to sign?'

Sans stared at it for a while and it must have taken it the wrong way, because as soon as it signed it started signhing like crazy so fast that Sans could barely understand what they were saying.

'I mean sorry but and I know that so sorry but I want, just wanted real name but sorry.' It looked really terrified, it had so much fear in it's big eyes that made Sans want to open the beacon and let it go. Of course it was scared of him, he had killed it so many times and in so many ways. Sans knew it would be scared so why did it hurt when it started to cry a little?

Sans walked to the back of his table and pulled out his wheelie chair, he plopped himself on it pushed himself so that he rolled on his chair towards it. He felt better about himself seeing it smile and calm down a little. He started reading and skimming papers and when he finally found the one he had been looking for.

"welp good news for ya kiddo, seems that when we found ya there was a name on your sweater. so we used that name and transferred it into binary code, al said somethin' bout it sounding cooler and sciencey and all that." Sans shrugged, smirking when it started giggling.

"so i guess if ya want we could call ya frisk?"

It stopped giggling.

"cause ya know that is 6-18-9-19-11 in non binary code, if ya don't want us to-."

'No. I really like that name, I would love to keep it.'

It leaned forward so that their forehead was pressed against the glass, and since Sans was already sitting so close to it that it seemed as if their foreheads were touching. Sans could hear it's steady breaths it sounded calm and soothing, Sans felt himself lulling to sleep at it's breathing. It was so calming.

"H-HEY SANS! DO YOU MIND TRYING TO TAKE IT'S SOUL? I FORGOT TO ASK YOU SOONER!"

And of course let it be Alphys that ruined it all.

It lifted itself from the floor at the sound of Alphys, and the thought of dying once more. It stood up and backed away from Sans as far as their limited space allowed them to. The curled up into a ball and started shaking violently. Sans could hear muffled cries from it.

"k-kid, what's wrong, we both now i won-."

"No...more." Sans was taken aback by it's hoarse voice "No more please, please no more. No more." It begged, crying and shaking.

"woah kid, calm down i-." Sans had no idea what to say, he had to.

"NO MORE, NO MORE, NO MORE!" It screamed in agony, it looked at Sans with tears streaming down it's face. Sans couldn't even feel his bones, it felt just him and Frisk. And he had to kill it. Now that Sans thought about it, it was a bit inhuman to keep saying 'it' as if they weren't a being. But Sans wasn't human, and he had to kill Frisk to get their soul.

"heh sorry about this kid." Frisk looked up with realization of what he meant "just make this easier for yourself and give up."

"NO NO NO MORE! PLEASE NO MORE!"

"i'm so sorry frisk."

"NO, NO, NO, NO PLEASE SANS-!"

As soon as his name left their lips, bones pierced their skin and they let out a blood curtling scream. Tears were pooling down their face that mixed with blood that seemed to be everywhere, that was the messy thing with humans whenever you tried to take their soul. Blood would always be everywhere. Sans saw Frisk's red soul leave their body, it pulsed and began cracking as time continued. Sans started panicking, they needed this soul it can't just break if it did they would-.

It was back together before Sans could call Alphys.

It REFUSED yet again.

Suddenly the bones that were once in Frisk were gone and they lay on the floor helpless and un moving for the most part. Sans felt the building of magic within him, it was the way that skeletons cried but he couldn't. Not now, Alphys could hear and she would question him and.

Just not now.

"kid?" Sans asked not hearing breaths coming from them "sweetheart, c'mon say somethin please''

God knows how long he waited for them to start breathing, Sans could feel his sins scratching, beating, crawling all over his back.

"Frisk..c'mon please kid," Sans inhaled deeply. "stay determined frisk, c'mon you can't give up." They jetted awake suddenly, and were taking huge gulps of air as if they just came up to surface. Frisk noticed their surrounding and began to calm down, they wouldn't even look at Sans.

"frisk you okay there?" Anxiously Sans made his way as close as the glass would allow him, "frisk please talk to me, i'm so sorry."

They finally signed.

'Sans please, promise me you won't do that to me.' Frisk still had tears running down their face, bruises covered their face, 'Please Sans, promise me.' Frisk eyes were begging and they looked so defeated, like there was no point in trying anymore.

And to Sans that made sense, why bother when they're just going to kill you?

But Sans sucked at making promises, hell he was known for breaking promises. (Papyrus had made a list of the times he had broken a promise, this may just be lucky number 238) But Frisk looked so broken, and they were crying and Sans couldn't do anything but promise them one fucking thing.

But he didn't know if he could keep it.

"ya know i really hate makin' promises kid," God why were their eyes so fucking gorgeous? "but i guess i'll make an exception for ya." Their face seemed to light up, and Sans felt that for once he did the right thing.

'Thank you so much Sans, I owe you one.' Frisk signed, relief spreading through their face as they tried to sit up. Sans saw them wince as they applied pressure to their side, Frisk noticed Sans watching them and put on a brave face. They even tried to stand up but there wasn't enough room, so they ended up bumping their head against the the top of the beacon. Frisk hissed in pain and immediately fell on the floor to hold their aching head.

Sans was just trying not to laugh.

"pfft, *snort* y-you okay frisk?" Sans chuckled.

Frisk forced a fake smile despite their aching pain in their head, they did it so Sans would laugh more and keep smiling. They never want to see his expression right before he killed them, his eternal there but it looked strained, and his eye sockets empty void of any emotion. Frisk never needed to see Sans like that ever again, they could feel something almost crawling down their back when they saw Sans' expression.

Sans checked his watch, Frisk saw his smile falter for just a moment before returning to his happy go lucky state. He was weird.

Even for Frisk's standards.

"welp, looks like i gotta go soon kid, seemed to have overstayed my visit," Sans turned abruptly on his heel and made his way to the table, "i seemed to have slept through most of my job, but hey at least i spent some quality time with my favorite human." He offered in more lighter tone.

Frisk sat cross legged and rested their head on the glass that separated them from the outside world. It felt odd being recognized as a human, they remember their life perfectly clear on the surface and it was nothing like down here. Although Frisk had only seen the lab and the golden flowers.

Sans and Alphys were also the only other beings Frisk had met.

Frisk tapped the glass with their knuckles as to get Sans' attention, he felt a little weird seeing them have to tap through glass. It made them seem less human in some twisted way.

'Sans, are you allowed to talk to me?' Frisk signed, concerned and worried.

It took a whole for Sans to properly respond, was he?

"course i am kid, at least it's not in any rule book that i know of."

'So is it okay if I ask you any questions?'

"kinda depends there kid."

When the conversation seemed to have faded, Sans turned around to get back to filling out papers when another tap and a question came from Frisk.

'What happened to the other humans Sans?' Sans felt his throat go dry, ironically since he doesn't posses one. 'I heard you talking about them and how you have their souls, don't think I don't listen.' They seemed angrier as each second passed, it was odd to see Frisk made.

Even during the experiments they were never the violent one, which is what made them all the more different from the other humans. Now Sans noticed how they had one eye closed, it seemed to be bleeding.

Sans felt his soul shatter.

'What are you going to do to me Sans?' Frisk was sighning fast now, but Sans could still make it out 'Why are you doing this Sans, I didn't do anything wrong. I just want to go home Sans.'

"frisk-."

"Okay I got all the data we need Sans, the souls seem to be responding to something but I have no idea what," Yet again Alphys came in at the worst possible time, "Did you try obtaining the soul today? We need to try at least everyday until the give up."

Frisk saw Alphys and flinched away from their spot, they crawled as far away back as they could and started hyperventilating. They held their head in their hands and Sans could have sworn they were crying. Of course they would be terrified of Alphys, she had been in charge of all those experiences, she pulled the levers that made Frisk scream bloody murder, she had killed Frisk so many times already.

Sans rushed over to them not even caring that he bumped into Alphys.

Frisk was all that mattered.

"frisk, kid c'mon calm down, okay i'm right here," Sans pressed himself onto the glass, as if he thought he could break it, "frisk please look at me." He was begging now.

Frisk kept shaking and crying, Sans saw that there were a few wounds that were bleeding more violently now, Sans was bagning on the glass now. Not really helping Frisk's panic attack very much, but it's the thought that counts.

Alphys stood rigid in place, she knew what Sans was capable of and new better than to test him. "S-Sans what a-are you d-d-doing?"

"al, just-" Another cry from Frisk and Sans was gone.

Alphys never could get used to Sans teleporting, her vision would go black and suddenly he would be gone to appear right in front of her. This time was no different but Sans never teleported if it weren't for something important, he used 'short cuts' but only teleported for emergencies. So why would he use an incredible amount of magic for the human?

Alphys felt her heart shatter at it's screams but there was nothing she could do, Sans wasn't supposed to do anything about it either. Yet there he was doing whatever it was he was doing.

"S..an.s it hu..rt." Frisk managed to mumble out.

Sans saw that a few of their wounds were indeed opening up and pooling out blood, his wounds that made them bleed.

" i know kid, i know fuck, hey al," Sans held Frisk tighter with every word, "do me a solid and heal frisk." Sans wasn't asking, it was a demand.

Alphys bit her lip nervously, doing the right thing was never her specialty but it's not like she didn't have a soul. Alphys looked over to it's shaking body and all the blood, and oh there was so, so much blood.

How could something have so much blood?

"O-Okay, Sans teleport out of there and into the medical room. Try to keep as much blood into their body as you can, I'm going to grab a few equipments and papers alright? DON'T over excite yourself okay? It's going to be okay." It was funny to hear Alphys go into 'doctor' mode, such a shame this wasn't the time for puns.

Sans had been saving up.

"whatever ya say doc." Again in a flash he was gone.

Alphys hummed to herself as she rushed to get everything she needed. "Huh, Frisk."

"Better than 6-18-9-19-11"

'They ruined her entire character arc.'

"I KNOW! Did y-you see the a-animation?"

'It looked like Sans drew it.'

"Pfft, that's e-exactly what I-I thought! I have no idea why people w-would like."

'Mew Mew Kissy Cuite 2 is not kissy nor cuite, it's trash 0 stars.'

"THANK YOU! Mind if I post that on Undernet?"

'The underground should know of the travesty that was Mew Mew Kissy Cuite 2.'

Alphys giggled behind her claw, it was nice to talk to someone in the lab. After everything Sans had explained to her and Frisk was patched up, things became a lot more hopeful in the lab. Frisk was amazing company what Alphys soon found out, and didn't once mind about her eating popato chisps in her pj's. Frisk even roamed the lab freely as they wish, but of course they were never allowed to leave.

And not once were they killed.

"I-I have to check back on s-something, b-be right b-back o-o-okay?" Frisk nodded and smiled, they hopped on a bed and just laid there.

It was nice to lie down and feel like garbage.

It's one of Frisk's favorite past times, it gave them a lot of time to think.

Thinking was dangerous sometimes, especially if you're Frisk because that just means you wonder why you're in a lab, scared, treated like an experiment, you thought to yourself what made you so special. You thought to yourself why you wouldn't just give up and die?

You thought why you were so determined if there was nothing to live for?

Luckily those thoughts left as soon as they came for Frisk, other times they weren't so lucky.

Sans had been awfully peppy the last few days, whenever he left the lab he was always in a oddly good mood. Sans had pushed it aside and said that it was just a good day, Papyrus as a brother knew better. It's not that Sans was upset all the time, but Papyrus had always had to literally drag him out of bed and make him go to work. (Hard to remember that Sans was a brilliant scientist sometimes honestly) Yet know Sans was the first awake and he was the one erging Papyrus to finish breakfast so they could walk together.

"Sans? Are you off to work?" Papyrus asked, Sans was already opening the door, "It's awfully early for this, knowing you Sans I would think you wouldn't dare go to work at 6 AM." Sans felt caught, he had to explain Frisk to Pap sometime eventually.

"yeah pap, i hit my alarm clock a little to hard this morning though that it hit me back," Ah yes what else is a better way to start off a morning, "it was really pretty alarming." Puns were a very sensitive topic in the household.

"SANS I SWEAR IT IS TOO EARLY IN THE MORNING FOR ME TO PUT UP WITH THIS!" Papyrus bellowed at the top of his lungs (erm?), making Sans chuckle.

"alright, alright sorry bout that pap." Silence enveloped the brothers, both not knowing what to say.

"Sans I-."

"pap look-."

Papyrus and Sans both smiled at eachother, Sans motioned for Papyrus to start first.

"Brother listen, I have noticed that you have been acting a bit aloof for the last few days. Whenever I see Alphys she looks tired and drained, and she just says that you two are working on a big project. Sans but you haven't been acting like yourself, you are so much more anxious and nervous, and whenever you are caught off guard your eye glows. You keep repeating 'Frisk' whenever you sleep, but whenever I question you...you act as if everything is alright." Sans felt like shit hearing Pap talk about him.

Papyrus was more aware of things than Sans so it was only a matter of time before he finally caught on, but Sans had no idea that he was so anxious.

Ever since Frisk he was so nervous that everyone would find out about them, he only felt calm when he was in the lab right next to them. It was so hard to leave them alone in that dark cold and empty lab, he could only imagine the thoughts that ran through their head as they slept.

He had an idea but didn't dare finish the thought.

"I'm worried about you brother, I really am and I just want to make sure you're alright," Papyrus walked closer and kneeled down to Sans and embraced him in a hug, "You are the only brother I have Sans, I want you to be okay." Papyrus could feel Sans return the hug, although their sizes were different it was still the thought that counts. It hurt knowing that Sans was lying to his brother, Frisk would absolutely love him and there was no doubt that Papyrus wouldn't love them.

"hey pap?"

"Yes?"

"i'm sorry."

"For what now?"

"lyin' to ya, heh guess i broke another one huh?"

"Maybe lucky number 239 will be the one."

"god i hope so pap, i cannot break the promise i just made."

What ever happened to the other humans anyway?

Sans never answered and whenever Frisk happened to ask Alphys she would get nervous and exit the room. Obviously that was a sensitive topic but Frisk has the right to know right? Monsters were going to use their soul for some purpose after all, Frisk had heard bits and pieces of Sans' and Alphys' discussions at night when they thought Frisk was asleep.

Frisk also tried to tell Sans about how whenever they would try to obtain their soul, they could hear his voice. It was pitch black and just when they were on the verge of death, Sans' voice was booming at them, telling them to not give up and to stay determined. Frisk would then find themselves back in the same spot as before confused and terrified beyond belief.

The next morning when Frisk would ask Sans about it he would always say " don't worry kid, you got nothin' to worry about", his eye sockets were always a dead give away. Frisk rubbed the sleep out of their eyes, blowing a strand of their hair out of their face they slowly got up from their bed. Alphys was an amazing doctor and in less then an hour Frisk's scars and wounds seemed to dissapear completely. Although they were still sore they didn't tell Alphys that, they didn't want her to fuss over them any more.

Frisk saw that it was barely morning, they must have watched anime all night with Alphys. Frisk got up and saw Alphys asleep at one of her desks, her glasses were set aside and she was using her books as pillows. Frisk got a blanket and wrapped it around the sleeping monsters form, they even placed a gentle peck on her forehead. Smiling down at her before making their way out, but before Frisk could leave they noticed that a few papers had fallen out and were scattered everywhere. When they bent down to pick them up, Frisk froze when they read the headings.

'FALLEN HUMANS DATA'

'DETERMINATION EXTRACTION PROJECT'

'HUMAN SOULS'

Frisk knew that they weren't supposed to read them, they knew that Alphys and Sans were just trying to protect them from something but Frisk just human. They weren't perfect like many people on the surface expected, and they weren't always determined like Alphys and Sans thought, and they were gifted with horrible human curiosity. Frisk snatched the paper and ran out of the room as if it were on fire, they ran to their favorite potted plant and took a huge breath.

They gathered all the determination they could muster, and forced themselves to read.

Entry Number 12

Frisk is not like the other humans, besides the fact that they REFUSE they just have this sort of spark and determination in them that no other, human had. Both Sans and I have grown heavily attached to them, who wouldn't really? But both Sans and I agree that we no longer want ANY form of harm to come to Frisk, so we have chosen a candidate for our determination extraction project. Originally Frisk was our candidate but no way are they going near it, in the center of the queen and kings garden there lies the first flower that bloomed since the death of the royal children. If this works, then monsters will escape and Frisk will stay safe no matter what, no matter what Frisk will not die.

Thank you all from the deepest parts of my heart thank you. I cannot imgine how lucky I got from getting so many wonderful people liking my stories and wanting me to continue them, I am blown away. Every comment, Kudo, anything just makes my day, so thank you all and I am so sorry if I take forever I'm trying but please know you all mean the world to me

Thank you and Goodnight