Hi. I wrote this a while ago and deleted it because I had no ideas for what to do with it. I found the first two (and only two) chapters on my hard drive and I guess I'm just posting them because someone might enjoy them. IDK. I don't own Undertale. I just wrote this story.

The blue soul slowly bobbed up and down in its glass prison. "Daddy! It's so beautiful!" Vera pointed at it excitedly.

Dr. W. D. Gaster gave a small nod of agreement. "Remember what I said, though."

"Look but don't touch," Vera dutifully recited. "Daddy, of course I know that."

"Alright," the scientist accepted her words. "I'll be in just the next room if you need anything."

"Ok." The ten-year-old grinned when her father disappeared with a swish of his black lab coat. She had the lab all to herself! Time to do some exploring! Vera spun around, taking it all in. It was an under-the- underground wonderland, a place of science and wonder that existed only an elevator ride down, and her father had finally said that she was old enough to go with him to it! Taking in every neatly piled stack of research papers, every queer device of science, Vera decided that her father's lab was the greatest place in the world.

The young skeleton focused her attention back on the blue soul. It had grabbed her interest the moment she had skipped out of the elevator, a glowing heart of magic, peaceful and showing no sign of protest as it floated patiently in it's glass jar. It was a human soul, her father had told her, one of only six in the entire Underground. The other five were up at the castle; this one was down here because it was being studied. How long have you had it? she had asked. He wasn't sure - it had been there when the previous royal scientist had owned the lab and he didn't know how long it had been there before. At least two hundred years, though. Can the human hurt us? No, she had been dead for a long time now and there was nothing a little soul could do when it was locked up in a jar like that. Vera gave it a sympathetic look. As awful as she had been taught that humans were, the little monster couldn't help but feel a little bad for the trapped person.

The soul couldn't hurt her. Her father had said so. With that confidence, Vera took a step closer to the shelf with the jar on it. The little blue heart floated up and down, not seeming to care. "Can you do anything?" Vera asked it. The soul continued to hover inside its prison. Of course it isn't going to say anything. It's just a soul, Vera sighed to herself. It was pretty to look at, but other that that, it was fairly boring.

A loud crash sounded from inside the room Vera's father was in. The little monster jumped and spun around to the door. "Daddy?" she called. No answer. He's doing his science stuff. Vera tapped on the door. He's busy with his work. Don't bother him. "Daddy? Are you ok?" Weird whirring sounds were coming from the other side of the door. Vera pushed the open button and let herself in.

The room looked like a bomb had been detonated in it. Vera's eye sockets widened. A massive ball of light took center stage, it's harsh glow illuminating the contents There was metal debris scattered everywhere on the floor, bolts and wires but also larger pieces that looked as if they could have only gotten as shredded and mangled as they were by the teeth of some monstrous meat grinder. Her father was nowhere to be seen. Rooted to the spot with shock, Vera hardly noticed the smallest debris slowly begin to twitch where they rested and start moving towards the brilliant ball, pulled by some invisible force. More objects began to tremble as they were dragged into the luminescent sphere. From across the room, Vera's dress started to ripple as if some breeze was pushing her towards the strange ball of light. That was when she saw her father.

Dr. W. D. Gaster shakily got to his feet and took a stumbling sidestep towards the Core. This had all gone terribly terribly wrong. Some variable hadn't been accounted for, some screw hadn't been tight enough - whatever the reason, his creation had started malfunctioning and he couldn't stop it form escalating into this. There was no fixing it now; all he could do was get as far away from it as possible and wait for it to consume itself (and a good deal of his work along the way). It was pulling things in at an alarming rate, but its immense power would burn out after a short burst. At least, that was what he was his models told him would happen if the Core exploded like this. If not, well, the Underground would be in for some trouble. Probably the rest of the world would as well. But his models had always been accurate and his calculations precise so there was little chance anything would happen, as long as he got away from his malfunctioning creation.

"Daddy!" Vera screamed.

"Vera! We have to get out of here!" he shouted as he struggled to free himself from the Core's pull. Large chunks of metal were flying into the hungry glowing ball, the situation becoming more and more dangerous with each passing moment. Gaster was halfway across the room, Vera still at the door.

"Daddy! Watch out!" A chunk of a torn-up machine smacked Gaster directly in the rib cage, knocking him backwards. The Core pulled him closer. "Daddy! I- I'm coming!" The young monster stumbled forward, towards her father.

"Verdana Gaster! You will turn around right now and run!" Dr. Gaster ordered. Vera whimpered and took a step back. "I said run!" he shouted, his feet disappearing into the luminescent sphere. Vera turned and ran.

Pieces of the walls were being ripped out and pulled into the brilliant Core. Vera sprinted as fast as her little legs could carry her, tears streaming back to be sucked into the hungry orb. Her father was gone! She had to get help, and quickly! There had to be somebody who could rescue him - there had to be a way to rescue him! A tile on the floor was pulled up and into the Core. Vera yelped and tripped forward. The ball of light was waiting. The young monster screamed as she felt what could only be described as pieces of her very essence being ripped away from her.

And at that moment, the Core gave a blinding flash of light and burned itself out.

The blue soul floated calmly in its now cracked jar that rested on the ground.

The lab was completely silent.