by neorenamon

Papyrus, Sans, Asgore, Toriel, Flowey, Frisk (female), Undyne, Alphys and others are the property of Undertale and Toby Fox. Please support the official release. The Girl with No Name/Baagh is my own creation. Rated M for later sexual content, and contains shipping: Asgore-Toriel, Frisk-OC, Papyrus-Metatton, Udyne-Alphys and others

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Part 6: Royal Guard

"So n-n-next time, I'll knock h-h-harder," said Alphys awkwardly to the assembled hospital staff and others, "That w-w-way, they won't... y-y-yell... when they see me..."

"Not that it was like that," muttered Undyne under her breath.

"I think she yelled when she saw fish breath," muttered an orderly under his breath, "Piranha face would scare the piss outta me."

Undyne just glared at him.

"Well I wouldn't turn her away," replied a second, "She looks... exotic."

She looked at this one as she raised an eyebrow. As she looked, a small human stepped out from the crowd and took her hand in her own.

Looking down, she said, "Yes human?"

"You're so cool looking!" they said wide-eyed, "Like that time you were in the monster movie!"

"Monster movie?"

"P-P-Probably 'The Creature from the B-B-Black Lagoon'," offered Alphys, "although th-th-the human couldn't have p-p-possibly seen the original."

"Why not?"

"That m-m-movie... is at least 60 y-y-years old," she replied, "b-b-but it gets a lot of re-re-reruns and DVD releases."

"Are you a movies star?" asked the human.

"Nono," she answered, "I'm way too busy with Royal Guard affairs for things like that."

A woman stepped up as well and pulled the little human back. "Alice," they scolded, "Don't bother the monsters. It's not polite."

"She w-w-wasn't bothering us," replied the Royal Scientist.

Undyne leaned down to whisper, "So... what happens to the fish-person?"

"They... uh... f-f-fight bravely..." she replied quietly, "k-k-killed a number of the h-h-humans, but... uh... d-d-die in the end... they w-w-were outnumbered... and the h-h-humans were better armed."

She scowled.

"But... the m-m-movies were well received... enough t-t-to make... two m-m-more of them."

Undyne raised her hand as she said, "Well... Ambasador Frisk needs her sleep." She moved a seat over by the door and sat down. "Please go about your business."

The crowd began to disperse.

"Don't you... want to check up on the... King and Queen?" asked Alphys as she stood by the chair.

"Nah," she mused, "I'm sure they're fine, but... it would make me feel better if you checked up on them yourself."

"Oh... s-s-sure... of course I-I-I can."

"You're awesome, sweetie," she said as she took the reptile's hand in her own and kissed the back of it.

Alphys' cheeks burned bright red. "I-I-I'll... just... g-g-go... away... n-n-now," she stammered as she stepped away from Undyne.

Once she was out of sight, she stood again and peeked in the door. She was sure that Frisk and the human were still in the same bed and close enough to make her nervous. After all, her eyes were better suited for dark and murky conditions than most land dwelling monsters were. You didn't have to go far beneath the water's surface to get into such a place.

'I... don't trust that human... monster... or whatever they are,' she mused as she closed the door and sat down again.

A few moments passed as various humans hustled by her.

She pulled a I-phone from her pocket as she mused, 'Well... I guess it's time... I've been putting this off long enough...'

After dialing the first number, she waited for an answer.

"Papyrus?" she asked, "Are you available?" There was a pause before she replied, "Available for what? Well... There's a meeting of the Royal Guard tomorrow in from of the King's and Queen's residence, and... since you live across the street... I'd like you to show up for the meeting at the crack of dawn."

His delighted cry told her the answer was 'yes', but she was kind of glad that she knew Sans wouldn't drag his bony butt out of bed just for this.

"Okay..." she replied just before she hung up, "I'll... see you tomorrow."

...

There was a knock on the private room door of Asgore and Toriel.

"Yes?" replied Asgore.

"I'm... just here to... check on Toriel and the baby," offered Alphys.

"Come in," he answered, "but... you don't need the lights, do you?"

"No, I'm g-g-good," she replied as she slipped in. She opened the door just far enough to let herself in and then she closed the door behind her.

"I'm sure she's fine," he mused as she came over to her side of the bed, "but I guess knowing for sure is better."

"Of course," she answered as she started scanning the sleeping Tori. She clearly saw two souls on her scanner, both healthy but one much smaller than the other. Tori's soul was around 80% of acceptable levels of magic, and the baby's soul was 100% of the level one would expect for her at her current stage of development.

"She is good... isn't she?"

"I'm sh-sh-sure the Queen will be f-f-fine in another d-d-day or so," she replied as she looked at the readings she was getting, "and the b-b-baby is also doing just g-g-great. The projected d-d-day of birth hasn't changed yet."

"I'm... so relieved to hear that."

"As are we all."

"We... should be on the way back home... first thing in the morning," he continued.

"I think F-F-Frisk and B-B-Baagh will be ready to go by then as well."

"So we can all go home together," he replied as he smiled.

"Although..."

"Yes?" he asked.

"There's s-s-something... off... about the h-h-human," she replied slowly, "It's something... I-I-I saw first hand... b-b-but I haven't analyzed yet..."

"What might that be?"

"When Undyne and I... c-c-came into their room," she mused, "We... k-k-kinda caught them... uh..."

"Yes?"

"Well... th-th-that is to say... I observed that the t-t-two humans... they were... ah..."

"Go on."

"They appeared t-t-to be... S-S-Soul Touching," she finished as she blushed.

"Can humans do that?" he asked as he raised an eyebrow.

"In theory, they sh-sh-shouldn't," she mused, "Unless..."

"Unless?"

"I saw B-B-Baagh's soul," she replied, "It was kinda... s-s-strange..."

"How so?"

"I'm not s-s-sure, but it had color l-l-like a red human soul... b-b-but a strange p-p-pattern of black stripes... I've n-n-never seen before..."

"So... she has a new kind of soul?"

Alphys nodded as she continued, "But... I-I-I won't know what it m-m-means until some t-t-tests are run. P-P-Personally, I think this m-m-might be the first ree-ree-recorded case... of a hybrid soul."

"How can that be?"

"Well, I h-h-have a theory... about s-s-some kinds of m-m-monsters... and wizards..." she replied slowly.

"I see. Continue."

"According to l-l-legend," she said, "Not all m-m-monsters were t-t-trapped in the Underground."

"But no monster could escape the barrier spell," he replied.

"Well, there was a c-c-couple of breeds of m-m-monsters..." she said as she began sweating from her brow, "who could d-d-do something very... s-s-special."

He nodded. "I vaguely recall fairy tales like that," he mused, "They were supposed to turn into a human... or something?"

"Y-Y-Yes, the m-m-monsters were so good at imper-per-personating humans that even m-m-magical analysis of their s-s-soul wouldn't reveal them."

"If any monsters weren't trapped, the humans would have surely hunt them down..."

"Not if th-th-they vanished into p-p-places where the h-h-humans wouldn't go... or p-p-perhaps move into their c-c-cities and live right under their n-n-noses."

"And how does this apply to?.."

"My p-p-personal theory is that if a m-m-monster spent enough t-t-time as a human, their s-s-soul and their b-b-bodies would change over time... they w-w-would become... c-c-compatible with them."

"And... this would allow them to?"

"Interbreed with h-h-humans without S-S-Soul Touching."

The King paused before he replied, "I see."

"M-M-Monster traits could b-b-be carried on... for n-n-numerous generations... even if it's d-d-diluted by more 'human blood'."

"And do you know what kind of monster it is?"

"I have t-t-to... go back to the R-R-Royal Lab and... dig out s-s-some of the oldest r-r-records," she replied, "They were... f-f-far too many b-b-books and scrolls there... t-t-to take them all t-t-to the surface..."

"Get Sans to take you there," he replied, "He's been around labs... He knows 'shortcuts'... and I would feel better knowing he's looking after you."

"But Undyne..."

"She wouldn't feel right if we asked her to suspend her Royal Guard duties... so it's best she doesn't know about this... until it's over."

"I g-g-guess you're r-r-right... your majesty."

"I'll make sure Tori gets a couple more hours of sleep before we leave," he added.

"That's a w-w-wise decision," she said as she turned to leave, "All the m-m-monsters... we're r-r-rooting for the Queen... to have a wonderful baby."

"Thank you," he answered, "I'm so lucky to have subject as loyal as you."

Alphys stepped out without another word.