"SANS! GET UP YOU LAZYBONES!" Papyrus gave a little huff as I rolled the other way.
"Five...more...minutes...mom." That caused Papyrus to pause for a little bit. 'Score.' I snuggled deeper into the surprisingly comfortable couch and sighed happily at the silence...yeah that peace didn't last long. I soon got the wind knocked out of me as Papyrus jumped onto my chest. My eyes shot open as I remembered how to speak again. "hhhhhhhhhhhHHHIMMAWAKEIMMAWAKE!" Papyrus let out a small "Nyeh!" of triumph as I sat up.
"Sans are you up?" I started at the sound of Gaster's voice. I gently moved Papyrus to the side as I got up and stretched.
"Yeah, yeah." I said dismissively. "No thanks to this energetic jelly bean."
"SANS I'M NOT A JELLY BEAN!" 'Paps, no matter how many times you say that, I'm probably gonna call you jelly bean for the rest of your childhood.' Now, I've actually stayed here for two weeks now, opting to sleep on the couch for the sake of convenience. Gaster and I actually made a little schedule for the both of us. I was suppose to wake up at seven in the morning, just before the babysitter comes, and find a good place to hide (between you and me, I prefer going underneath Papyrus's bed. It was the first place that I've decided to hide and when the babysitter first came, Papyrus told her not to look because "THERE WAS A HUMAN UNDER MY BED!" It's been an inside joke between Gaster and I ever since).
"Alright now you two, settle down." Gaster sat at the kitchen table. Papyrus quickly ran to his seat while I walked over to the cabinet to get some cereal. As we sat down for breakfast, like we usually did, I cleared my throat.
"Uh, G?" I looked over to see if he was listening.
"Yes?"
"Could I...Is there, anything possible chance that I could go with you to the lab today?" Gaster raised a brow at this question, fully expecting it to come, just not now. He was surprised that I was able to stay cooped up for two weeks, only coming out when the sitter left. So far, all of his questions involving me and my parents meeting was met with a resounding "Ehhhh, maybe tomorrow." He sighed.
"Alright." I looked at Gaster excitedly.
"Really?"
"Yes. Just be careful not to be spotted."
"Can do, G." With that, I walked back out to the rest of the underground for the first time in two weeks (no really, how in the world did I get enough patience to wait for TWO WEEKS? I guess that's just determination for ya.) and the humidity hit me like a wrecking ball, a side effect that occurs when you stay in a house that may or may not be connected to an alternate dimension (I make the strangest theories when I'm bored.) Gaster gave me a concerned look.
"Char-uh, Sans? Are you okay?"
"Yep. Just being reminded why Dad named this place 'Waterfall'. God, if I were still human, I'd probably be drowning in the humidity right now." Gaster quirked a 'brow.
"I don't remember you complaining when we first came here." I glowered at the scientist.
"G, just go."
"Alright." We didn't really converse after that, but I sure took my sweet time to look around at anything that caught my attention, which was basically everything. From the cave crystals, to the echo flowers, and tried my best to get as much fresh mountain air as humanly possible. I have to admit, I was kinda disappointed once we got to the creepy Riverman...who for some reason decided to wear a flower muumuu today (Mom use to have one of those, but when people told her that she had a nice muumuu, she thought they were calling her a cow. She only wore it at home afterwards.)
"Tralala, care to take a ride?"
"To Hotland, please."
"Alright, Tralala."As we got onto the boat, I watched in immense confusion as it grew legs and started running on water. "Tralala, a dragon can't open its mouth." My mouth went straight as my eyebrows fell flat. '...that, legit, has to be the most random thing that someone ever said to me.' We were all silent for the rest of the boat ride.
When we got off, Gaster thanked the Riverman and I started regretting complaining about the humidity in Waterfall. At least it wasn't as bad as THIS.
"I think Mother Nature is trying to bake me alive." Gaster chuckled softly at my suffering.
"You know, I remember you complaining quite a bit about Hotland."
"I wonder why." I responded sarcastically.
When we finally got to the lab, I laid down and sighed happily, enjoying the cool tile floor. Gaster walked past me, putting on his keycard.
"Air conditioning. Best idea that was made up ever." I watched Gaster as he unceremoniously threw on his lab coat and a thought came to me. "Hey G."
"Yes?"
"Is there any way I can help you with, you know, breaking the barrier?" He looked at me, not even bothering to hide his doubt.
"I don't think there is anything you can help me with." 'Yeah, uh, no, I want to be useful. I didn't come here to sit around and do nothing. If I did, I would've just stayed at home.'
"Come on, please? I wanna help." I did my best puppy eyes. Unfortunately, Gaster was already in a different room working with a mixture and didn't see it. I sighed softly. "G, if your not gonna let me help, then at least tell me what you're doing." Gaster gave an impatient sigh.
"I'm working with a mixture of magical energies."
"Ooooookay, what's it suppose to do?" Gaster sighed again.
"It's suppose to make the magic pattern bullets from the more physical attacks focus high levels of energy into its core, before causing it to emit into a single direction. Because a lot of energy is focused into its core, the high concentration of magic is very powerful and if enough energy is gathered, it might be able to pierce through the barrier. However, because it's so powerful, it has to be in a focused beam when the energy is emitted. That way, it can be aimed, keep its high energy levels, and not cause any unnecessary damage." A couple seconds passed before I responded.
"G…"
"What is it Chara?"
"I didn't understand a word you said." A loud groan was emitted from inside the room.
"Basically," Gaster started, his voice incredibly strained. "I'm making a mixture that can turn attacks into powerful lasers of destruction in order to break the barrier." 'Ohhh, okay.'
"Cool...G, are you sure you don't want my help? By the way, I'm kinda thirsty now." With that, Gaster yanked a plastic cup from a water dispenser, filled it up with fruit punch, grabbed a book, picked up the glass, and went to where I was currently laying on the floor.
"Chara, if I give you some juice for you to drink and a book for you to read, will you let me work in peace?" I sighed as I sat up. 'Guess I am just gonna sit here and do nothing.' I took the book and the drink from him, chugging down the liquid as I watched him storm back into the room. I put the empty glass onto the table.
'Wonder why he decided to pour the juice into a glass beaker. Then again, I don't think I should tell him. I don't bother him any more. Besides, I'm sure it's nothing.' I reached over to grab the book before doubling over. "Guh?!" I was not expecting a sharp stab of pain in my soul to say the least. Then, everything went black.
Gaster stormed back to his workstation and picked up the plastic cup filled with fruit punch. He looked at it annoyed as he set it on the table. 'I like to think that I'm patient, but with this project, even my patience end up getting worn to the quick.' He looked around his desk for the mixture he spent the last god knows how many weeks on. 'Come on, I just finished it yesterday and now I only need to test it, don't tell me I lost it now.' He grumbled before clearing his mind, a trick his mother told him to do when he lost something when he was younger. 'Alright, I saw it last when I put it on the counter while getting Chara something to drink. Fruit punch, I think.' His eyes narrowed as remembered a very little detail. 'Wait, didn't I just put the fruit punch on my desk?' He looked back to see the fruit punch sitting motionless on his desk, proving him that his memory was correct.
"So if I put the fruit punch here, then that means I gave Chara…" Any lasting annoyance completely faded from his mind as fear replaced it. His face was completely pale as he heard the sounds of bones breaking from where I was.
"Oh. Oooooh, nonononono."
Cliff Hanger! :D Probably not going to be the only one that I'll ever do either. I'm still trying to get the hang of this, so this might take awhile. Thanks to those who are still reading my story! (I don't know how you guys manage to get past the horrible rushing.) Thank you for the nice review too! You have no idea how happy it made me. Welp, anyway, Sayonara for now!
