-Pacifist

Still slightly unnerved by the sudden appearance of the thought-to-be dead human Chara, Alphys decided to go to Snowdin after they left. Maybe Sans knew something about it. But then again, that wasn't the only reason she wanted to talk to Sans. She also wanted to know if he knew what happened to Gaster. She was grabbing a packet of noodles when Mettaton barged in.

"YOU NEEDED ME FOR SOMETHING, DR. ALPHYS?" He questioned.

Nervously, Alphys glanced at the screen, which, as always, had the human on. At this moment, they seemed to be talking to somebody... Papyrus? He was sending his waves of bones at Chara, who effortlessly dodged each one, even with their visible soul blue, then nodded to Papyrus to try again. They were sparing him. Papyrus seemed slightly reluctant, then smeared MTT brand bone cologne behind his ear, before realizing he didn't have ears and freaking out.

"C-could you p-pretend to... h-hunt down the h-human and try to kill them? Not actually kill them but pretend to it would be really great-," she began to blurt out.

Mettaton's screen turned into a large question mark.

"I-I mean... C-c-could you l-like h-hunt them down-"

"SO YOU CAN APPEAR AS A HERO?" It didn't occur to Alphys how arrogant the request sounded until she heard her friend say it, and she lowered her head.

"I-I guess..."

He looked away, his screen blank small rectangles of red and white, and she began to shuffle her feet awkwardly. Eventually, his screen became a single check mark. "OF COURSE, DARLING! AS MY THANKS TO YOU FOR MY LATEST BODY!"

She let out the breath she didn't realize she was holding and smiled shyly at him. "T-thanks M-Mettaton! I-If you d-don't mind. I-I'm gonna g-go to Snowdin to talk to S-Sans."

"GO AHEAD, DARLING!" Mettaton sped out the door, turned backwards, waved at Alphys, then took off.

Adjusting her lab coat, Alphys made her way towards Snowdin, careful to stay out of the way of Chara. She didn't want to meet them just yet.

-Scene Break

"human? yeah, i've talked to the human. why?"

Dumbfounded, Alphys stared at Sans, his ever present smile plastered onto his face. "Chara." She reminded him.

He shrugged. "so?" he winked. "it's a small world, eh?"

"No! Can't you see? T-This can't be Chara! Chara died a long time ago!" She turned, holding back tears when she felt Sans's boney hand on her shoulder.

"gaster?" He guessed what she was thinking perfectly.

Wordlessly, she nodded.

He sighed, closing his eye sockets. "time travel experiment went wrong." He shuddered. Alphys had never seen him so serious... and punless.

She nodded sadly. They both had strong connections with him, and Alphys still felt his absence, even after all these years, pricking at her constantly. "S-so about the h-h-human." She shook her head. "How's Papyrus after his fight with them."

Sans opened his 'eyes' again, snickering. "well, shortly afterwards, paps felt compelled to go on a "date" with them."

That explains the bone cologne. Alphys held back a childish giggle at Papryus's innocence. "How'd that end up?"

"blew his mind. they found his spaghetti. you can guess how that ended up."

"How's his cooking going?"

"almost edible," he winked.

With a nervous chuckle, Alphys suddenly got the sensation to get home as soon as possible. She smiled and nodded at Sans and made her way back to Hotland. What's going on?

-Genocide...

"We're gonna die," whimpered one of the monsters.

"Is everyone here?"

In the middle of the crowd, some monster was crying in fear, only to be shushed by one of the older ones. However much Alphys didn't want to face up to her mistakes, it was for the greater good.

"M-maybe, if I die, I'll get to be with Snowy again," Chilldrake said to an older snowflake like monster, who nodded.

She knew only too well who the monster was. His son was killed by the monstrosity, and know he was about to see what happened to his fallen down wife.

True Labs was the only safe place left for the monsters. Towards the back of the group, watching for the human, Undyne held her magic spear tightly in her hand. The only name Alphys knew the beast by was Frisk, since that was the name they had muttered in Snowdin.

"Why is it so hot?"

"That's because it's Hotland, my child."

"I wanna go home!"

She could barely keep herself from covering her ears from the terrified whimpers going around the monsters. "Where are we going?" Undyne asked her, running up temporarily to ask Alphys.

"The lab," she answered, the palms of her hands beginning to sweat in fear of what was ahead.

"Are you sure that's safe?"

"I know a safe spot."

For a moment, Undyne was silent, looking at her spear. Despite the strong fishy smell coming from her, Alphys no longer cringed from her. In fact, the smell merely tickled her nostrils and she learned to really begin to enjoy it. When she looked up again, however, the determined look Undyne gave her terrified her. She had seen so much grief in her life. The last thing she needed was for Undyne to join the Amalgamates.

Undyne was the only monster she could talk to now. Ever since Frisk killed Sans's brother, Papyrus, she hadn't seen him, and began to wonder if he was still alive. After all, how can any monster survive when someone like Frisk is on the loose?

"Let me fight them!" Undyne demanded.

Taken aback, Alphys jumped, staring at her in terror. "You can't!" She gasped. "They'll k-kill you t-too!"

"I'm the head of the Royal Guard," she reminded her stubbornly. "I can take on a single human."

Alphys's gaze drifted towards her eye patch. Undyne shifted her position so it wasn't visible anymore.

"That's a different case!" She snapped. "They had a gun!"

"And this one has a knife," Alphys reminded her, marveling at how her voice did not shake, and how she did not stutter.

"A toy knife! Look, Alphys. I won't lose to this one!"

She sighed. "I-I guess, Undyne. But look, i-i-if you feel like they- it, is too much for you, no one will blame you if you flee."

"Alphys," she growled.

"Okay, okay. Just... be careful... alright?"

She sighed. "Alright... though you know I'll be fine."