So I'm evil somehow? Huh, didn't realize I was being that way last chapter. Anyway, I've gotten some people asking when we'll see the Doctor again...well...how 'bout now? Gaster's going to have his own reason for being here...you'll see why (as well as explain some of the dialogue we get in the game). Also...someone wants to see their boys again...but not who you think.

*NOTE* CAPS does not mean that the character is shouting. Paps speaks in all caps, Gaster does too.

"Bold Italic" would be the wingding font that Gaster speaks in. All skeletons can speak it though Gaster is the only one who can't speak any other language, so he uses magically conjured hands to speak with other monsters.

I do not own Undertale, all I own are Kristen (the brothers' mother), Lucida and Boli (the brothers' aunt and uncle) Triton and Sedna (Undyne's parents), Drake and Serran (Alphys parents) and Betus and Gammet (Alphys' siblings).

Chapter 7

Gaster blasted Chara away as she reached for Frisk, tripping her and sending her skidding out the door.

"NOOOOO!" Chara shrieked, manifesting a shadow and whirling to face Gaster, who readied a bone attack, "YOU TOOK MY ONLY CHANCE TO GET OUT OF HERE! YOU HEARTLESS SON OF A BI-"

CRUNCH!

Chara gasped, staring at the long, silver blade that punctured through her chest before her shade shattered, revealing a short, stocky, armored form behind her.

"now what would toriel say if she heard that filthy mouth, hmm? i coulda sword she raised ya better than that," Kristen's shade deadpanned as she cleaned her blade of the black blood, "ugh, got my favorite blade dirty…"

"EXCELLENT TIMING AS USUAL, MY DEAR," Gaster greeted as Kristen chuckled and turned to face the now dark door.

"any time i get to tell that demon it's…knife…to meet her is a good one,"

"KRISTEN…"

"aw, c'mon, 'dings, you have to applaud me for taking a stab at it…" Kristen laughed, making Gaster groan, shaking his skull as Chara reappeared…

Only for a blaster to take her out with a dazzling display of orange and navy light.

"THAT, UNLIKE THOSE GOD-AWFUL PUNS, NEVER GETS OLD," Gaster chuckled, making Kristen shrug as she came to him.

"i gotta go, 'dings…i'll be back in a bit though…" she told him, giving him a light 'kiss' on the cheek before her form shattered into cerulean blue shards, bleeding into Gaster's liquid form before joining with the cerulean blue soul that burned in his ribcage alongside his own.

"STILL BEAUTIFUL," Gaster smiled.

"…still a flirt…" came the tired retort as the blue light dimmed and Kristen rested.

A shadow caught Gaster's eye and he immediately sent a bone flying through it, impaling it through the heart and making it break into tiny pieces.

"YOU THINK YOU WOULD LEARN, DEMON," Gaster stated dryly as Chara reformed, "BUT THEN, WHAT FUN WOULD THAT BE?"

He slammed his palms together, smiling as he raised his hand and fired the blaster. Chara ducked with a yelp and let the beam shoot over her prone form…

Right through the grey door, shattering it and revealing the dim light from Waterfall. Chara gave an elated, manic laugh and darted through the door. Gaster shot after her…only to get rebounded off an invisible barrier.

"NO!" he snarled, slamming his palms against the barrier, "NO! NOT AGAIN! GET BACK HERE YOU DEMON!"

Blue light shone to his right and Gaster turned around to see the shade of Kristen staring at the hole before him.

"…i leave you alone for two minutes…" she sighed, shaking her skull.

"IT IS NOT MY FAULT," Gaster growled, "SHE IS VERY FAST…"

"we need to get her before she tries and hurts anyone…gaster, if she gets to sans and papyrus…"

Gaster's eyes blazed as his fists clenched.

"SHE WILL NEVER TOUCH OUR BOYS AGAIN," Gaster snarled, "I WON'T LET HER!"

He snapped his fingers and four greyscale figures appeared before him. His Followers.

"CHARA HAS ESCAPED THE VOID," he started, "FIND HER. NOW!"

The followers nodded silently and disappeared. Gaster paced before the barrier, his misty, liquid form making him look as if he were sliding over the ground. Kristen put a slightly glowing hand on his shoulder before putting the other on the invisible barrier.

A crack formed, getting larger and larger until it was big enough for the Doctor to slip through. Gaster nearly tripped over his labcoat as he set foot in Waterfall, Kristen's now cerulean blue shade stepping out behind him. He looked at his still liquid form and frowned.

"KRISTEN…" he started.

"…sorry 'dings…" she mumbled, her form wavering slightly, "i can't make ya solid again…'m too weak…tired…heh, knew i shoulda quit on the demon while i was ahead,"

"KRISTEN!" Gaster groaned, making his wife give a wry smile before touching him.

"i can do somethin' else though…i can make it so ya can't be seen…but there might be a few times where you will be visible…sorry,"

"JUST DON'T STRAIN YOURSELF, MY DEAR," he replied as Kristen's form dissolved, reforming into a fist-sized spade and bleeding into him, making him invisible to the rest of the world, "NOW, LET'S GO FIND US A DEMON,"


"the best course of action would be to follow frisk," Kristen's voice suggested, even now sounding weary, "the demon more than likely will try and find her so she can be physical again,"

"YOU ARE RIGHT," Gaster agreed, catching sight of the little human girl and following her, watching to keep Chara from possessing her like in the previous timeline.

Frisk wandered into a hallway with water on both sides of a little strip of land. She cautiously walked into the large bush just to see a few other monster children playing around in it. One was a small, bird-like monster with green and gold feathers currently catching bugs, the other was a rabbit-like monster and was sitting on the ground, drawing. Frisk walked up to the little monster trying to catch the bugs, kneeling down on the ground and watching. The monster looked up at her, giving a bright smile.

"I'm catching bugs," she said, with a high-pitched voice, "But the Underground doesn't have many…I keep catching the same one…"

She sneezed, her feathers fluffing out comically as she swiped a wing over her beak.

"Tried to catch a bug…but I just caught a cold…"

Frisk gave a soft smile and put a hand on the monster's shoulder before hugging her.

"You'll get it," she smiled, making the monster child beam happily before returning to her hunt.

Frisk got up off the ground and started back out of the bush, Gaster following…when the bunny monster looked up, his eyes widening as he saw Gaster standing just behind Frisk.

"KRISTEN…" Gaster started.

"ugh, sorry 'dings…i'll…i'll fix it…" Kristen murmured tiredly.

The child stopped Frisk, pointing at Gaster.

"Excuse me," he started, not taking his gaze off the skeleton.

"Me?" Frisk asked.

"Yes, you, with the striped shirt," the child nodded, "Can you do something about your friend...?"

"…Friend?" Frisk blinked.

"Yes, your friend...the one behind you, with the creepy smile,"

Frisk whirled around staring right through Gaster…Kristen had made him invisible just in time.

"I…I don't see anyone…" Frisk started, turning back to the child, "Are you sure you saw something?"

"Hmmm?" the child asked, dazedly, as if she'd knocked him out of his concentration, "Where'd your friend go?"

Frisk then bolted out of the grass, pulling out her phone and dialing a number.


Sans was napping, unsurprisingly, at his station, when his phone rang, nearly making him fall out of his chair. He pulled out his phone and recognized the number. He gave a smile and answered.

"heya, kiddo, what's up?"

"*huff* Sans...*huff*…there's someone here…" the girl's voice panted, as if she'd been running, "he's following me…Sans I'm scared…I…I…"

"easy, just calm down, kiddo, breathe," he soothed, "now, who's followin' ya?"

"I…I don't know their name…but…but he…he's tall…and dark…and he drips…and…and…"

Sans nodded, she probably just met a Moldbygg or something like that…

"And he's got holes in his hands…"

Sans' good eye blazed bright teal as his soul turned to ice.

"kid." Sans growled through gritted teeth, "where. are. you,"

"Th-There's a room…by the docks…it has a pretty crystal…"

Sans' world broke into teal colored shards and he reappeared right behind the human child, grabbing her and holding her close as his good eye still blazed and his bones rattled in a mixture of fury and terror as he looked around.

"S-Sans!" the girl cried, burying her face in his shirt as he scanned the area, still keeping a protective grip on her.

"don't worry, kiddo, i've gotcha," he soothed, leading her towards the next cavern, "hey, you like stars and telescopes?"

She sniffed, giving a nod as Sans grinned and led her over to one, presenting it with a big smile.

"i'm thinking about getting into the telescope business," he told her, internally laughing as he set up this prank, "it's normally 50000g to use this premium telescope, but…since i know you…you can use it for free. howzabout it?"

She gave a smile and looked through the telescope…only to pull back away with a frown, looking at him…with a ring of red around her eye.

"huh? you aren't satisfied?" he asked, barely keeping his laughter down, "don't worry. i'll give you a full refund,"

"You didn't make me pay anything!" she protested, only for a bit of red paint to come into her vision.

She rubbed her hand against her eye, smearing the red paint. She gave a shocked gasp and glared at him.

"SANS!" she whined, making Sans break down into laughter.

"ah, kiddo, you make it too easy on me," he chuckled, "c'mon, feel like some nice cream?"

Her blue-green eyes lit up and she nodded eagerly.


Gaster watched as Sans appeared in a flash of blue light, protectively standing in front of the child, his left eye blazing angrily as his whole body trembled.

"…s-sans?" Kristen whispered, "oh my…'dings…he's gotten so big! my lil' funny bone is all grown up!"

Sans left with Frisk and Kristen reappeared beside her husband, she turned a pleading gaze towards him.

"KRISTEN…I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING…IT IS NOT A GOOD…"

"just for a few minutes," Kristen pleaded, "'dings, i haven't seen them since they were babybones…now they're all grown up. i can't see through that screen of yours…you know that,"

Gaster gave a sigh, but nodded.

"VERY WELL…HE WILL LEAVE HER BY HERSELF IN A LITTLE WHILE…THEN WE WILL GO SEE HIM AND PAPYRUS,"


Sans teleported back into the house just to see Papyrus dialing a number on his phone and putting it up to the side of his skull. He could barely hear the sweet little voice floating from the phone.

"HELLO! THIS IS PAPYRUS!" Papyrus started, getting a happy sound from the human child, "REMEMBER WHEN I ASKED YOU ABOUT CLOTHES?"

"Uh huh,"

"WELL, THE FRIEND WHO WANTED TO KNOW…HER OPINION OF YOU IS VERY…MURDERY,"

"you told undyne about the kid?!" Sans sputtered, getting a wave of dismissal from his brother.

"BUT I BET YOU KNEW THAT ALREADY! AND BECAUSE YOU KNEW THAT, I TOLD HER WHAT YOU TOLD ME YOU WERE WEARING! A DUSTY TUTU! BECAUSE I KNEW, OF COURSE…AFTER SUCH A SUSPICIOUS QUESTION…YOU WOULD OBVIOUSLY CHANGE YOUR CLOTHES! YOU'RE SUCH A SMART COOKIE! THIS WAY, YOU'RE SAFE AND I DIDN'T LIE! NO BETRAYAL ANYWHERE! BEING FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE IS EASY!"

There was silence on the other end right as Papyrus hung up.

"SO, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, LAZYBONES?" Papyrus asked, "YOU LEFT YOUR POST…"

"helped the kid out," Sans replied.

"REALLY?! HOW IS SHE!? IS SHE ALRIGHT!? I BET SHE WAS WEARING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THAT TUTU…"

"pap…she was wearing the tutu when i found her," Sans said slowly, making his brother's eyes blaze in horror.

"OH NO! WHAT HAVE I DONE!? I COULD HAVE GOTTEN HER KILLED! THIS IS HORRIBLE! I…"

"paps, take it easy! she was fine," Sans told him, "not a scratch on her…undyne didn't skewer her. so you got your fish…"

"SANS!"

Sans chuckled as he hopped on the couch, resting his hands on his chest and falling asleep as Papyrus shook his skull and wandered into the kitchen.


"they're so big!" Kristen whispered, putting a hand on Sans' forehead, "he's taller than me…"

"PAPYRUS NEARLY HAS ME," Gaster replied, watching his youngest son mess around in the kitchen, "I WOULD NOT PUT IT PAST HIM IF HE DID PASS ME,"

"he always…looked up…to you," Kristen grinned, getting a sigh from her husband.

"AND IT SEEMS THAT SANS HAS GOTTEN THE SHORT END OF THE STICK WHEN IT COMES TO HEIGHT,"

Kristen's already luminous eyes blazed an even brighter shade of cerulean blue as a huge grin broke out over her face.

"oh my god…you actually made a joke!" she squealed, hugging her husband hard, "i knew you had it in you! this is the best day of my life!"

"…KRISTEN?"

"hmm?"

"YOU MAY WISH TO REPHRASE THAT," Gaster deadpanned, making Kristen snicker.

"heh, yeah, maybe," she smiled as she walked back to Sans and stroked his skull, making his expression relax a bit.

"five more minutes, mama…" he mumbled, making tears slip down Kristen's cheeks.

"if only you knew, lil' funny bone…" she whispered…

Only for Sans' good eye to crack open.

"…hmm?" he muttered, sleep starting to drive away from his eyes…right as Gaster became fully visable.

Sans' good eye blazed teal and he shrieked, falling off the couch as he unconsciously summoned a blaster, getting ready to fire as he backed up as far as he could.

"SANS!" Papyrus' voice called as he sprinted into the room, the blaster shattering as he grabbed his big brother and held him close while Gaster's liquid form vanished, "SANS! IT IS ALRIGHT! WHAT'S WRONG!? WHAT HAPPENED!?"

"he…he…he was here…" Sans stammered, his good eye still glowing in terror as his bones rattled, "i saw him! he was here papyrus…he was going to…going to…"

"WHO WAS HERE, BROTHER?" Papyrus asked gently.

"him!" Sans panicked, "gaster! he was here! i saw him! he was going to…oh god he was going to take my other eye…paps i don't…i can't…"

Papyrus held his brother closer, rubbing his back and trying to calm him down.

"SANS…THERE IS NO WAY HE COULD BE HERE…" he reasoned, "HE'S DEAD…YOU…"

"…i pushed him…i know…but…it looked…looked so real…"

Gaster bowed his head and started to leave. He did this. He made the two monsters who should have never been afraid of him…terrified of his very name.

"it wasn't your fault," Kristen told him, "chara made you do this to them…made you hurt our boys…"

"THAT MAY BE TRUE," Gaster replied as he teleported to where Frisk was, watching as she rested with a group of Moldsmals, "BUT IT WAS STILL MY HAND THAT DID IT TO THEM,"


This one is focused manly on Kristen and Gaster rather than Sans and Papyrus, but still...I felt like it needed to be done. SPEAKING of those two, someone asked me what would happen if Gaster was the one that had died in the War, leaving Kristen to raise two little boys on her own. Well, I can say this...it would be a bit different, specifically the Genocide run because um...it's not Sans you fight at the very tail end of the run...

It's a grieving mother who watched you kill the only family she had left. Her dialogue is a bit different...and if you guys want, I can give you a bit of a excerpt of what I've got typed up for her (at the end of next chapter, but only if you want to see it).

Anyway, hope you liked it. If you did, please let me know!

Qui vállë tóquetë, ván tecë (If no review comes from y'all; no story comes from me)

Máriessë ar mára tecië

Farewell and fair writing

Elhini Prime signing off.