Chara's fluttered open as she heard the beeping of a monitor. Looking over to the left, the beeping was getting on her nerves, but it made her think about where she was. Everything was still a blur, especially where she was. Her chest felt sore from the bindings, and she saw her arm in a cast. Looking around the room, she found others in the room, all being tended to. A sound of footsteps mad her lay back. "This is a tragedy." Said a female voice, "So many dead adults and no parents to care for them."
"Not all of them died, but we shouldn't talk about this now. We need to see if our Jane Doe is recovering well."
"So many questions...I don't know if that homeless guy knew what he was talking about. Human's don't show up in thin air, maybe monsters..."
"Lisa, not now."
Hearing signing, Chara turned her head to reveal the face of Doctor, older, tired, who had a surprised look on his face. He pulled out a flashlight and gave a fake smile. "My name is Dr. McDougall. Can you tell me your name?"
"Chara."
"Alright, Chara. You were reported passed out on the Boardwalk by a very concerned man. Can you tell me about how you got your injuries, or how you ended up there?"
She thought quickly. Humans were very stupid, and this one. She could see the wrinkled brow crease as he looked at her face. "You don't have to answer that right away. Can you please open your eyes as wide as you can? I just need to check your eyes."
The flashing lights gave her a splitting headache as he flashed both pupils. "Sorry. I just wanted to make sure that your vision was alright. You being awake is a miracle in itself. Many of the staff thought you were going to die with all the blood loss."
"I'm a survivor."
"I see that. Well, I need to get your labs back. In the meantime, if you need anything, Nurse Lisa is here to attend you."
Chara looked over at the nurse, who peeked her head from behind the curtain to wave. She gave an evil grin which made the nurse hide back behind the curtain. The doctor didn't notice the exchange, due to him checking his phone. 'You have to fulfill your end of the bargain, or you'll rot in that body.'
'Don't push me. I'll get enough SOULs. '

Frisk felt no pain. The police were trying to help all those that were injured, and they were rushed to the emergency room. Looking outside, everything felt worse. The explosion didn't just affect one building but looked like the entirety of the city. They had to be transported to a smaller hospital in the suburbs, as all emergency crews were still assessing the damage. Memories of the Ruins flooded her mind as she thought about all the damage she witnessed. Chara was a monster, and now she was back. Her breath hitched as she tried to think of reasons why the demon child was back. Every death still weighed on her heavily, every moment that she was killed. Nerve endings felt the pain of being stabbed, bones breaking, the spear that punctured her lungs. Every time she died, Chara was there. She could see that child's evil face as she stared up at her. The resetting was the only thing that made her go away temporarily, but she could hear her in her brain. The heart monitor beeping above began beeping faster. Jessica was trying to find a charger for the phone when she noticed Frisk shaking. "Frisky!"

She winced in pain as she got up, realizing that the anesthesia was wearing off. The monitor beeped faster as she tried to calm down Frisk. She began putting her hands up to her neck and began choking herself. "Shit! Frisk! Help! Somebody help me!"
A white blur came rushing by and began pulling Frisk's arms down. Jessica's eyes widened as Toriel tried to calm Frisk down. She had no idea when goat mom got here, but she was grateful. She pulled her hands free as Jessica pressed the call button herself. Being a nurse herself, she could've gotten the medicine, but it wasn't her hospital, nor did she get her license yet. Clutching her side, she tried to get back to Frisk and Toriel, but one of the nurses began trying to calm Frisk down. Another nurse guided her back to bed. "We need a sedative!" Called out one nurse
Jackie watched Toriel's face as she looked sadly at her daughter being sedated. The goat tried her best to keep Frisk protected from other humans judging the small child. Her nightmares were always bad, but it was worse lately. Going to college, she was worried, considering that she was just getting better. As Frisk's heart rate went down, Toriel turned away from her daughter as the nurses did their work of re-treating her wounds. She pulled up a chair and watched Jackie get more comfortable. "This is horrible. So many human children in one city."
"I don't even know how it happened. There was this explosion, there was Jessica and...something was wrong with her."
"Jessica? Jessica Tulley?"
"Yeah. She was doing something with magic, raising the dead. God...what happened to her? This stuff came out of her mouth and Frisk began freaking out. She called her Chara."
"...what?"
"She called her Chara. I think Jess got possessed by this Chara person."
Toriel put her head in her hands. Jackie knew some things...but not everything. She was the first human to approach them, to not fear Toriel when she was a budding teacher. "Look, I'm not sure Frisk or you told me everything, Mrs. D, but I'm worried me not knowing everything would actually hurt her more. Before the doctors get in here, you need to know if she tells them everything that happened in the Ruins, she's gonna be labeled as crazy, and they're gonna medicate her."
"It won't come to that."
"Mrs. D, I'm a nurse. Well...I'll be getting my RN's license. I know what the next steps are. The doctor's gonna come in here and start asking really difficult questions. You gotta keep her calm during this, and make sure she doesn't fly off the handle. I'll help as best as I can, considering I was attacked to...through everything might be called into question if I start talking about that talking flower that led us to safety."

Sans watched as Papyrus keep the children entertained. Everything happened so fast that people began to panic. Monsters were trying to use magic to awaken the humans, but it was too late. Asgore had Undyne take control of the situation. Alphys had her hands full while she treated children. Papyrus felt an ache in his supernatural heart as they cried out for their parents. The king loved children, and he helped, but he also knew that he had to be a dignitary. Toriel was at the hospital with news of Frisk getting injured and he wished he could be there, but having dead world leaders and their children injured also needed his attention. He watched as Alphys pulled some numbers out from her chart and looked at the children's smiling faces as Papyrus boasted about his adventures. "How do things look?" Asked Asgore
"T-they're alright but...b-but the adults..."
"Yes?"
"Their SOULs are gone."
"What?"
"Every adult human who I've tested has no SOUL, but their bodies are technically alive. Though, without the soul, they're just vegetables."
"Vegetables?"
"I-it's a human idiom for a state of being. Humans call people who are no longer functioning or alive, brain dead."
"How could a SOUL be ripped out from a human's body? This can't be possible..."
"It wasn't a monster. I don't know what could've done this."
"I have an idea of who it was, and I don't like it."
"Sire?"
"Get Undyne, I might need her for backup."

Sans got up from the doorway to find out what Aster was talking about when he saw something going down the dark corners of the lab. Eye glowing, he walked away from the group, determined to find out what it was. Down the hallway was dark, but his glowing eye revealed something was tracking on the floor. He was sure that none of the kids were wondering around the lab. The tracking stopped at one place he rather not go, in the old level of Gaster. The elevator ride down put a hole in a pit in his metaphorical stomach. As the door opened, the tracks were gone. Using blue magic, he illuminated his way, staying silent. Most of the machines were dated, collecting dust. Alphys was too scared to go down in the old lab, saying that something seemed to be either following, or she stated she felt dreadful. Something quickly walked across the floor and he made the room brighter. A tiny mouse came out of a tiny hole. Giving one of his signature smiles, he knelt down to look at it. The mouse's nose twitched as it looked up at him. "Nice to see you not being holed-up anymore?"

The mouse gave a smile and he realized something...it wasn't squeaking. "I see you still make those ridiculous puns still." said a familiar voice

Flaming blue eye and teeth gritted, he summoned bones from the ground, but there was nobody there. "I guess I gave you too much free time."

The Gaster Blaster hit a wall, but Sans realized why he felt uneasy...there was no sound. A blob-like figure emerged from the shadows, two holed hands, one cracked skull. "Hello Sans, my misguided, yet greatest creation."

"Gaster."

"No pun for your creator? I thought you would come up with something in that thick skull of yours."

"Not really in the mood."

"Alright, how about you stop pointing your powers at me so I can tell you why I'm down here."

"You'll just manipulate me in the end. You were always good at that."

"You're wondering why your body's changing. Why it's growing hair when you're supposed to be a skeleton."

"It has something to do with you."

"And Papyrus."

"What about him?"

"He's the same as you, just a bit on the naive side. You should come with me so I can explain while I still have time on this plane of existence."

"I'm not going anywhere with you."

Sans began attacking with his bones and Gaster dodged swiftly. Shadows came out and restrained Sans, and he used a Gaster Blaster to attack his creator, but he disappeared again. "Sans, I'm not here to experiment on you and your brother this time."

"How am I supposed to believe that? Do you know how many times I've tried to trust you?"

Sans used a light blue bone to break free. "The many times you injected me, given me this eye?"

"I did what I needed to."

Sans swiped from behind and felt the impact. Gaster clamped down on his arm, and Sans connected with his face. His creator glared at him with annoyance. Even without the lab coat, the glasses, he still had the same annoyed look on his face. "What about Papyrus? He begged you not to strap him to the table and you did it anyway! Do you know how long it took for the nightmares to stop?!"

Gaster said nothing and Sans continued to try and hit him. His face flushed with anger, chest filled with hot air. "Do you even care what happened when you injected us with your eyes?! THE FUCKING PAIN WE WERE IN?!"

"Sans. Everything I did, was to ensure our survival."

"YOU FUCKING COWARD! FIGHT BACK! YOU DID IT BEFORE! DO IT NOW!"

"I'm not going to fight you. I'm going to save you, Papyrus, and all of the living."

Sans squinted his eyes and backed away from his creator. He was getting emotionally exhausted. "You're not fighting back. If you're really back to save the world, then let's go."

Gaster said nothing but started moving. Sans followed slowly behind him. "If you even try to betray me or Papy, I'll nail your ass to the wall."

"Duly noted."

"I do have one question."

"What is that?"

"Did you mist us in the afterlife?"

"And there begins those ridiculous puns."

Nurse Lisa was worried. There was no word from her family over her niece. What happened in Metro City was a tragedy, so many dead, but her niece was a survivor. The other nurses were checking the news and their phones when the monitors in the ICU went flat. Hearing multiple code blues was not a good sign. "Page the doctors on call, we'll see what's wrong!" said one of the nurses

Lisa did as instruct giving different pages, establishing that this was a huge emergency. Screams could be heard from down the hallway and she dropped the corded phone. Running towards the noise, what she saw was something out of horror movie. The nurses that responded to the call were being impaled by what looked like shadows. One began crawling towards her before she spat out blood from her mouth and collapsed. Chara held the woman's hand in her heart and began chewing on it. She looked nothing like a human, but a creature. Lisa's legs refused to move as she watched the creature began devouring other hearts of the nurses. When it turned to her with red eyes, the person that's supposed to be a young woman, her body finally responded. He heard footsteps and she ran out to stop them, and she felt a pain her shoulder. Screaming, she fell to her knees. One of the doctors went to tend to her wounds. She turned to stop the other doctors, but it was too late. The creature had killed them, and she was coming straight for her. The pain was unbearable as she was hung upside-down, looking at the final doctor's head fly off. She was pulled downwards, staring at the smiling creature's face. "You know what's funny? That sixth sense of yours could've saved your miserable life. I was wondering if you would live longer than this. Still, I need the hearts to keep my flesh from rotting."

Lisa said nothing, still in shock for pain and the psychological torture she was going through. "I'll make yours quick, you're not as weak as the other humans.