Monsters coming at him from all sides? No problem. A meeting with the king, the most terrifying monster in the entire Underground? No sweat. Alphys' horrible amalgamations that she had made on accident when she failed to follow his instructions? Child's play. No, none of these things scared Wing Dings Gaster it seemed. Instead, he found himself scared of losing the company of the only creature he ever felt understood him, a human of all things too! He had sent Alphys home for the day, along with the other staff, not wanting to let them see him break down as the human finally died. Ariel Serif was dying of Cancer.

Alphys was disobeying though. She knew that the human was something special to Dr. Gaster, but she was curious to find out how special, and how far he would go to try and save her. Wing stood next to her, looking at her with a confused look on his face. He just didn't understand why a human like her had to die for something her ancestors had done.

Ariel just smiled at him weakly as her strength started to fade from her. "You know something funny, Wing?" Wing's eyes widened in shock. She never used his name. It was always some sort of insult, or Doc, but never did she call him "Wing"!

Wing swallowed with his non-existent throat. "What… Ariel?"

Ariel's smile softened even more as her eyes fluttered for a moment. "I never actually thought I'd find someone who would treat me with respect but still have their own opinion. Thank you…"

"Ariel…" Wing sat down in a chair near her and looked at her weak and frail body with his red eye lights. "I…" His voice now barely a whisper, "I love you… please don't go…" a few red luminescent tears fell from his sockets for the first time in years.

Ariel was stunned for a moment before smiling again and placing a hand on his skull. "I didn't realize you liked me as much as I liked you, Wing… I'm sorry…" with that, her hand fell, and Ariel Serif's breathing vanished.

"No…no… NO!" Wing growled as he summoned all his magic to try and heal this human. He rarely used healing magic, but he had to at least try. He closed his eyes as he poured all his magic into trying to heal her before her soul left her body. Eventually though, Wing Dings Gaster passed out, and unconsciousness claimed the mad scientist.

Alphys came out of her hiding spot with a sinking feeling in her stomach. The human's soul started to rise out of the body and started to glow a rich purple, but also a dash of blue for some reason. The strangest part though was when the room was enveloped entirely with the soul's light, blinding Alphys for a minute. Alphys actually felt the corruption in her own soul vanish for a minute as the light dimmed, revealing Ariel's body to no longer be human, but that of a monster! She was a skeleton now! Alphys didn't know why she felt a small surge of joy run through her system, but she knew that she didn't want to be around when Wing finally awoke. Alphys ran out of the lab just in time for Ariel to awaken.

"Ungh…" Ariel groaned as she opened her sockets. She looked at herself and used her magic to move Wing off of her as she did a complete check. "Oh stars…" She was now a skeleton! She made her way to a mirror that was nearby. Her eyes were no longer blue, but red, and her soul had turned into an upside down red heart that was corrupted like any other monster in the Underground!

"Ariel?" She turned towards Wing with a grimace and tears in her sockets. Her soul was now upside down, like a monster. She reached her hand towards where her hearing aid would've been, only to find it was gone. "Are you alright?"

Ariel walked over to the skeleton who had saved her life and pressed her teeth against his fangs in a kiss. "I've never been better, Wing." She was still tired though and fell asleep, nearly falling while doing so. Thankfully, he caught her and held her tightly, vowing to not lose her again so easily as he almost did.

He sighed as he finally admitted something to himself. He really did love this woman… he was so screwed…