"So, how did that case with the law-mover went?" A small, bear looking monster asked a bored looking receptionist, who was sitting behind a counter on a comfy looking chair. They were both wearing police uniforms. "What? The one with that old lady? I dunno." The receptionist shrugged, and took a sip of his coffee. "Does it matter?". The bear monster scratched his head and looked away-"Eh..I was just curious. It's the only interesting thing that happened in this town the last couple of days. Well, that and..." the officer's expression turned glum as he trailed off. The receptionist spun around on the chair to face him: "What? You mean THAT?" he asserted himself and began talking much more seriously; "Hey, we don't know what happened last night. That kid probably just had some beverage that wasn't meant for them, and made that whole story up. I mean-" the receptionist stood up and started pacing around the small, empty lounge of the police station. "Look, Undyne checked the place top-to-bottom, and found NOTHING. That, and the fact literally no one else saw or heard anything means the kid was just seeing things. Or they're just playing us for idiots." The receptionist sighed, and slowly sat back down on the chair.
"Sure, but..."the bear monster began talking quietly again. "What if it IS true? What they saw?" He looked up with hollow eyes. "What...what if there actually is some...some deranged person running around and-"
SLAM!
Both of the police officers jumped up suddenly at the overly loud noise. They looked at the entrance, where the sound came from; "Wha-what the hell?!"
There, they saw a human holding the door open, panting.
"Oh. It's just Asgore's kid."
Kris stood in the main doors of the police station, and looked around. There was no one present except two monsters at the reception desk. They began to walk over.
"Good god kid, are you insane?! You nearly broke the damn door down!" The receptionist, who looked like a werewolf as Kris recognized him, was leaning over the counter, glaring daggers at them. The bear was looking over the other officers shoulder with a look of curiosity; "What do you want?"
Right. The reason Kris was here. Now is the time they find out if they failed Susie as a friend, or if there is still a chance for them. Both of them.
...
"Huh? Yeah, we have some kid in the back, he's being questioned right now."
...'He'?
The officer said 'he'...
Success.
"He was attacked last night. Or...at least he says so..." The officers looked at each other for a moment, and then back at Kris. "Why? You know him?"
Kris shook their head.
...
"Susie? What Susie?" The officers looked at each other questioningly again. After a second, the bear spoke up; "Wait, you mean that tall one, right? Purple, long hair?"
Kris nodded.
"uh..well I know her, but I haven't seen her." He suddenly took a step forward, his expression turning worried: "Why are you asking? Is she missing or something?"
Kris thought for a moment.
Because Susie's not here, that means the worst case scenario is false, thankfully. It also means that there is probably a much more reasonable explanation as to why she wasn't in school; of course there was. There had to be.
Kris smiled slightly.
Of course Susie wouldn't be involved in whatever is happening here. Even if she is not the most...rule following type?, she wouldn't cause any major ruckus. And there's NO WAY she would let anyone do anything to her. This was just a big misunderstanding.
...Strange. Looking back, at how Kris felt a few minutes before...
They were never THIS freaked out before. Not once. Normally, Kris takes everything easily. So..it's weird that they would go all nuts over the thought of something...
..something happening to Susie. But...why is that?
Do they really care about her THIS much? That's what friends do, right?
Right...'friends'.
...
For some reason, the word didn't really sound right in Kris's head.
"Um...kid? You alright?"
Well, back into reality land.
"Is it me...or do they look like a zombie?" the werewolf turned to the bear. "Do all humans look like that?" The other monster shrugged.
They both turned back to Kris.
"Hey, I asked Why are you asking so many questions?" The officers were both looking at Kris with demanding stares; "It's not really normal for a kid like you to just barge in here and start questioning us. I mean-that's OUR job!" Kris was standing there, unhinged. "Do YOU know something? About what happened last night? Did you..see anything? Or hear?"
Kris wasn't really listening, instead thinking about their purple lizard friend. But the officers intense stare made them change their thinking topics...
Last night. No...they don't really remember anything. Kris spent the whole evening with Susie atop the overlook...
Kris shook their head.
The officers both sighed in union.
"And..what was that about the girl? Susie?"
Kris didn't want to drag Susie into anything that (thankfully) she wasn't involved in, so they decided to keep her out.
...
"Nothing huh?"
Kris was about to turn around and leave, when the bear monster stepped up.
He tapped the werewolf on the shoulder, and they both turned away from Kris, whispering something.
Kris was left standing there, dumbfounded.
After a minute, Kris decided they had enough, and started walking to the door. Just when they were about to open it, they heard a voice behind them;
"Wait, kid. That girl you talked about...she's in your class, right?" Kris turned around to face the officers. "She's a bit of a...troublesome sort, isn't she?"
Kris heard the doubt in the officers voice, and froze. They didn't like where this was going.
"Say...you wouldn't happen to know where she was last night?"
Kris slowly shook their head.
They REALLY didn't like where this was going.
The officers were looking at Kris with cold expressions.
"Ok. Whatever you say.
..just..."
Kris was about to run out the front door. This conversation was going downhill FAST.
"If you see her, tell her to come by. We've got a couple of our OWN questions for her."
The police both looked at each other, then back at Kris, who was standing at the door with one hand on the handle, ready to book it.
After a moment of silence, Kris walked out the police station. It was practically dark outside, with only a faint glimmer of sunlight on the horizon.
Kris looked at the ground beneath their shoes.
Things are bad. One boulder was lifted from their shoulders...and another one replaced it almost immediately.
The police is now suspecting Susie of..something. Something that she clearly has nothing to do with.
Right?
...
Well...not really.
Kris doesn't know if Susie did anything to that kid...
...They need to find her.
...
Wait. Maybe...
There's one other place where Susie might be. The one place she agreed she would meet Kris at.
The Overlook.
She has to be there. She promised she would. And friends don't break promises.
And so, with a new destination in the head, Kris set out once again, in a search for answers.
( sorry for the long absence, I was busy at school.
Also, Merry Christmas!)
