Part 1: The Beginning
Chapter Three
When Sans is brought back to the room in which he and Papyrus stay in, Papyrus was crying and frantic.
"What's wrong, bro?" Sans asks once Gaster locks them in.
"I, I was l-locked in a-and all alone an-and no one ca-came when I c-c-called for help," young Papyrus explains through sobs.
Sans leads Papyrus to the bed and they both sit down in it. "Sh, sh. It will be alright, Papyrus. We have each other and that is enough," Sans says.
"What about Daddy?"
"Dad isn't the same anymore. He isn't Dad now," Sans reveals grimly.
Most of the next year was the same; Sans and Papyrus spending the majority of their time in that same room and Gaster running many tests on Sans (for Papyrus was too young for the kind of tests that Gaster had mainly done on Sans). Papyrus had other 'tests' run in him, more like see his reaction to circumstances.
Now it is shortly after that one-year mark. Gaster leads both Sans and Papyrus, now nine and six, through the hallways. He stops outside of a locked door and opens it.
"This is your new room, S01 and P02," he states. "S01, come with me. P02, stay here." Papyrus walks into the room. As soon as he's in, Gaster locks the door.
The room has two bunk beds in each of the far corners. At the foot of the left bed, there was a small table with a single drawer. Papyrus opens the drawer and sees that there is a first aid kit in it. Sighing, Papyrus closes the drawer. He climbs up the ladder to the top bunk on the left side of the room.
"So, S01. My machine has finally finished." Gaster and Sans are in a big room with a large machine.
"What does your machine do, sir?" Sans asks, knowing that he is supposed to.
"Ah, I'm glad you asked. It is the Determination Extractor. As the name suggests, it takes a substance from human souls called 'determination'. Determination is the power of a human's soul that gives them the will to keep living. The resolve to change fate. It allows the soul to persist after death.
"Most monsters can't take the determination and they lose their physicality. But I've found that certain monsters can take small amounts from time to time to slowly grow their determination," Gaster explains, smiling.
He didn't know exactly why, but Sans felt uncomfortable with that knowledge.
"We're going to find out the powers of this new found 'determination', S01."
The end is near! The end is near! Of part one… Yeah, this is the last chapter of The Beginning. Next up, a new character! Drama! Action! Okay, well, see ya in the next part!