Mostly a Gaster and Kristen chapter...with a little bit of the brothers (mainly Pap). I will say this now, Papyrus doesn't call Frisk to tell her to go to the lab...mainly because I noticed something when playing the True Pacifist route again...
When has Papyrus ever greeted you with 'Howdy'? And the manner of speech was a little...off. Then I watched a few playthroughs of when people played routes where they killed Toriel and walked into the echo flower fields. There's one room that if you've killed Tori, there's an off chance that you'll have a conversation with her voice-byte and then it turns into Flowey's voice-byte. Flowey can imitate voices...so I think, that he might have imitated Papyrus' voice because it just...didn't make sense that Paps would randomly change the way he spoke. Just something to think of.
Also, Kristen is very quickly becoming one of my favorite OCs...and those of you who've read my other stuff know what I do to my favorites *evil chuckle*. You'll...see what I do...
Frisk and Chara are girls here. I don't want to hear any griping or complaining about how they're 'genderless' or 'they can't be girls!' My story, my rules. They are the manifestation of the player themselves, so my Frisk and Chara are girls because I'm female and I think it fits the story better (plus it's easier on me to put he/she rather than they/them when referring to a single person).
*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 10
Papyrus jogged up to the lab, still energetic as ever while Alphys trudged up behind him, face red and dripping with sweat.
"H-How…can you…d-d-do that?" she wheezed as her legs gave out and Papyrus caught her.
"IT IS EASY!" he told her, "I HAVE NO LUNGS, SO I DON'T GET OUT OF BREATH!"
Alphys looked up at him, her dark gaze narrowed before she shook her head.
"Th-Thank you Papyrus…for making sure I got home," she muttered as Papyrus scooped her up and opened the door, walking into the lab, "B-But I can walk…you don't h-have to…"
"NONSENSE!" Papyrus snorted, "THE GREAT PAPYRUS IS ALWAYS READY TO HELP THOSE IN NEED…ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE OUT OF BREATH,"
Alphys gave a soft smile as Papyrus finally set her down. She looked up at him in apology before going towards her desk.
"Thank you, Papyrus," she told him, "But I think it might be time for you to go back to Snowdin,"
"ARE YOU SURE, ALPHYS?" he asked, "IT COULD BE PROBLEMATIC IF I…"
"I'm s-sure," Alphys told him, "There's…something I need to do and I can't with you here,"
"I COULD HELP IF…"
"Nono, that's fine," she replied, "Go on back, make sure Undyne got back safely,"
Papyrus' eyes narrowed and flickered a faint orange. Even though he didn't like being in here…he knew what lay just beneath their feet and he didn't like it one bit…Alphys was still his friend and he was still worried about her.
"UNDYNE IS THE CAPTAIN OF THE ROYAL GUARD," he told her, "I'M SURE SHE GOT BACK ALRIGHT…"
"Papyrus. Please," Alphys growled, tiny sparks of electricity crackling around her hands before she calmed down and took off her glasses, cleaning them, "I…I'll give you guys a call as soon as I can, ok?"
Papyrus gave a sigh and nodded. As much as he hated to do it…he would go home.
"I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN I GET BACK TO SNOWDIN," he told her.
"Thanks,"
"i don't like this place,"
Gaster gave a sigh as he and Kristen moved about the old Lab. Spiderwebs everywhere, dust covering quite a bit of the floor…when he was Royal Scientist, this place was normally spotless…
"ALPHYS PROBABLY DOES NOT COME DOWN HERE THAT OFTEN…OR ELSE, SHE IS NOT AWARE OF ITS EXISTANCE," Gaster told his wife's shade, "IT SEEMS UNLIKELY SHE KNOWS ABOUT IT…MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE PASSCODE ON THE ELEVATOR THAT ONLY I AND A SELECT FEW KNEW ABOUT,"
Kristen gave a soft nod before curiously reaching a glowing cerulean finger towards a screen…making it flash in response to her energy field. The shade jumped back slightly as symbols appeared on the screen.
"dark, darker, yet darker…" Kristen murmured, making her husband freeze and turn towards her.
She read the rest and her eyes narrowed before looking up at her husband…who, even though his face had been distorted and melted due to his time in the Void, looked in pain.
"is this yours?" she asked softly.
"…UNFORTUNATELY YES," Gaster sighed, turning away and walking forwards, "I WOULD RATHER NOT LOOK AT IT,"
"oh no you don't. w.d. gaster," Kristen growled, teleporting before him and standing with her hands on her hips as he winced at his name, "you're gonna tell me what the heck that was about and you're going to tell me now,"
Kristen had never called him by his full name…she always called him by the pet name "'dings" or "G" or even "Gaster" if she wanted to get his attention…but never by "W.D. Gaster". Ever.
"THAT WAS WHEN I WAS UNDER CHARA'S INFLUENCE…I WAS SO CLOSE TO FINISHING THAT MACHINE TO BRING YOU BACK…I RECOGNIZED THE DARKNESS AROUND ME, BUT…I DIDN'T…"
He looked away.
"I WASN'T ABLE TO STOP HER…AND I HURT SANS AND PAPYRUS BECAUSE OF THAT,"
Kristen gently put a hand on her husband's shoulder, the blue light appendage being covered by the thick black liquid that made up his form.
"don't blame yourself, 'dings," she told him, "it wasn't your fault that this happened to you…"
"…DO YOU STILL SEE THEM?" he asked softly, "THE HUMANS WHOSE LIVES YOU'VE TAKEN?"
Kristen looked taken aback as she stared at her hands for a moment and the Lab disappeared and she stood on a plane, the violet banner of the Monster Kingdom flying high through the sky as they took back a territory belonging to them…at the bodies and dust of the victims of the war. Her silver plate armor spattered in crimson liquid while the pristine white of her bones had been dotted and smeared with sticky dark red blood.
She took a deep breath, her pale form flickering for a moment before settling.
"yes," she admitted, "but, it was necessary…it was either me or them. a choice that ultimately cost me my own life. but y'know what, 'dings? i'd gladly make that choice over and over again…because that would mean that our sons would have a parent to take care of 'em…"
"UNTIL THEY WERE EXPERIMENTED ON…"
"gaster, you stop that right now," Kristen ordered before looking around and sighing, "this place is too big to search together…we need to split up,"
Gaster looked at his wife in slight confusion…but he didn't disagree. She was right, as usual.
"i'll go to the left, you go to the right, ok?"
He gave a nod and watched as her glowing form disappeared.
Kristen stood in a room full of beds, rapier unsheathed and ready to take out a demon child. But…something was off. Something wasn't right. She felt like she was being watched…
The door opened and Kristen whirled towards it, her form fading out as a small figure walked in, shaking as she held a stick close to her chest as an apron fluttered in her wake. Kristen's grip on her rapier tightened as who she thought was Chara walked into the room. The child spotted a bed that looked fine…and climbed up into it, curling up in a little ball and falling asleep.
Kristen started forwards, rapier ready…only for her to stop as she saw, not Chara, but Frisk trying to sleep in the bed. The former captain resheathed her blade and gently grabbed the cover of the bed, pulling it over Frisk's tiny, shivering form and smiling gently as her glow turned white. She gently stroked the child's brown locks and leaned down to give a 'kiss' on her forehead.
"stay determined, kiddo," she whispered, "you've gotta make it outta here alive…sans and papyrus need you…and so does gaster. save him too, alright?"
She pulled away, fading from view as Frisk shot up, her blue-green eyes wide as she stared at her surroundings.
"aw, kiddo, i didn't mean to wake ya,"
But Frisk was already getting out of the bed, searching through the other beds until she spotted a yellow key and put it on her keychain.
Kristen started to follow the tiny human child…only for a faint giggling sound to catch her attention. She whirled around, rapier in hand as a black shadow darted away.
"oh no y'don't demon…get back here!"
And she took off after Chara.
Frisk walked through the True Lab, rubbing her arms as the cool breeze wafted over her. This place was so creepy…where was Alphys!?
She looked at the fork in the road. Left? Or Right? She closed her eyes, spinning around and sticking out her stick as she opened her eyes…
"Left it is then," she murmured, starting to walk down the hall.
She had retrieved so many keys…just to make that one door open…surely the blue key would be around here somewhere? She walked into a room, a large machine looming over her. Unbidden, the world flickered, turning from dim and dark to bright and golden as the machine shifted shape and turned white with a flaring blue eye as it opened its mouth, spewing searing blue-white light as Sans stood passively to the side, Papyrus' scarf fluttering around his neck.
Frisk gave a little scream as she took a step back and the golden room turned back into the dim, dark one. She shook her head and looked around the room…just to see a tiny golden star floating just above the floor.
"…Why is there a save point here?" she murmured, reaching towards the little star…just for it to turn white and a face to form…
And the star blue apart, morphing into a melted creature with sharp teeth and feverish, angered eyes. Frisk shrieked, diving backwards as the room flickered, turning greyscale and her soul burned brilliant scarlet before her.
The creature's voice echoed through the room, bouncing around so much that it sounded like twelve voices rather than one while the smell of sweet lemons filled the air.
FIGHT *ACT ITEM MERCY
*Lemon Bread
Call Scream Cry *Unhug Flex Hum
You let Lemon Bread be. Lemon Bread's teeth shake…
"Welcome to my special hell,"
Frisk let her soul fly free, as sharp fangs speared from the floor and ceiling, leaving a small space for her to dodge to as the teeth clamped down. She hissed in pain as one of the fangs nicked the side of her soul before it stopped.
FIGHT *ACT ITEM MERCY
*Lemon Bread
Call Scream Cry Unhug *Flex Hum
You flexed your arm. Lemon Bread's muscle shakes…
"But nobody came,"
She brought her soul back to herself, if those teeth came again…but it wasn't the teeth. Instead, a mouth and eyes materialized around her, trapping her with a small amount of room to move. Teal and orange fiery orbs shot from the eyes towards Frisk, but she dodged quickly and deftly, managing to get out alive.
FIGHT *ACT ITEM MERCY
*Lemon Bread
Call Scream Cry Unhug Flex *Hum
You hum a familiar tune. Lemon Bread seems to remember something.
Could this be goodbye!?
The creature, Lemon Bread seemed to fade away, slinking off to another place and leaving Frisk alone.
"What are these things…" she whispered, walking into the next room…only to be met with a thick bank of fog.
Frisk blindly reached out, trying to find a wall as she stumbled into the room. Her tiny hands hit smooth glass and she looked at the screen, squinting…
"There's something here…Something in the shape of a man,"
Frisk's blue-green eyes widened as she whirled around…but the shadow in the mirror was gone. And with that, Frisk bolted out of the room.
Gaster watched as Frisk bolted away. He didn't mean to scare the child, but all the same, it was perhaps for the best that she ran the other way. He started back towards the fork in the hallway…right as a loud crash sounded off in the bed chamber.
"KRISTEN?!" he cried, teleporting into the room just to see a blur of black and a blur of blued white dancing through the room, overturning beds as they shot towards one another, clashed and retreated, "KRISTEN!"
He watched as Chara shoved Kristen back, the Grand Duelist landing lightly on her toes and pointing the long, slender blade of her rapier at the demon child. Kristen had her full plate armor, including the elegant, winged helm that hid her lovely features from view, leaving only two streams of cerulean blue floating from the visor as Kristen's eyes burned with anger.
"Oh, come to join the fun, Doc?" Chara sneered, turning her scarlet eyes towards him as her blood-red smile turned even more sinister, "Or are you just going to spectate!"
Gaster gave a low growl, summoning a blaster and shooting at her, only for Chara to dodge out of the way, letting the deadly beam scorch the ground where she'd been.
"Too slow!" Chara giggled, only to snarl as she had to dodge a blade aimed at her head.
"keep laughin' demon…" Kristen snarled, "it'll be the last thing you do!"
The Hand of Justice dashed forwards, aiming to slash the demon child, only to get sent whirling away by Chara's backstroke, elegantly coming to a rest on top of the edge of an overturned bed. Gaster took Kristen's distraction as an advantage and sent a storm of bones racing towards the demon, rearing back for another attack as the Grand Duelist lunged forwards, a streak of cerulean light following her as she tried to stab at the demon child's midsection, only to miss, overshoot and nearly go over the top of another overturned bed.
Chara turned towards Gaster, raising her knife and preparing to strike him…only to freeze as cerulean blue light burned around her, chains of hot, blued-white light burned over her wrists and she was yanked backwards towards Kristen.
"KRISTEN, WHAT ARE YOU…?" Gaster stammered as Kristen grabbed the demon child and wrapped her arms around Chara's chest.
"now 'dings! kill her!" Kristen ordered.
"I WILL HIT YOU…"
"do it!" Kristen yelled…right as Chara's scarlet eyes flashed and her form evaporated into black fog...melting into Kristen's stocky form.
Kristen gasped, staggering, her blade clattering to the ground as her knees hit the floor.
"KRISTEN!" Gaster yelled, dashing towards his wife only for her to push him away.
"…kill me," she gasped, "gaster, you have to kill me…please…"
He shook his skull in confusion…right as Kristen's pure blue gaze flashed scarlet and a deranged laugh slipped from her as she grabbed her blade and attempted to stab him…only to freeze and stumble back, her now blue gaze pained as she held her skull in her hands.
"she's…gaster she's stronger than me…i can't stop her so…please, kill me!" Kristen begged, her arms trembling, "don't…i-i can't…don't let me kill you…"
"KRISTEN…NO…NO!" Gaster roared, holding her shoulders, "YOU HAVE TO FIGHT HER! PLEASE…PLEASE I CAN'T LOSE YOU…I CAN'T LEAVE YOU…NOT WITH HER…"
Tears streamed down Kristen's cheekbones right as the two blue, star-like lights burned red and she, Chara, laughed.
"You always were a hopeless romantic, Doc," Chara beamed, kicking him away as she stood upright and laughed, "I didn't even know I could do this…she's determined, that's for sure…but she's still dead,"
She tapped a finger on Kristen's jaw, giving a sick smile that had no place on Kristen's face.
"Hmmm…I wonder how Smiley Trashbag is doing? Perhaps I will go and pay him a visit…"
"NO!" Gaster yelled, getting to his feet and leaping at Chara…only for her to disappear in a flash of red light, "CHARA! I'LL KILL YOU! IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO, I WILL KILL YOU!"
He disappeared in a flash of orange light, just to step out into the Golden Judgement hall.
Where his eldest son stood before Frisk…
And Chara stood, with Kristen's stolen shade, in the shadows, patiently waiting to end them both.
Guess who Gaster's going to be fighting! Sans won't...You'll see what he does next chapter. Anyway, I figured...Chara stole Frisk's soul and took her over for the Genocide route (and the 'Soulless Pacifist/Genocide' routes). Why not do the same to another soul? Like I said...Kristen is becoming one of my favorites...and I tend to put my favorites through lots and lots of torture...
Uh, tibia honest (I'm sorry, couldn't resist), I'm actually excited to get onto the Surface...mainly because I have quite a few ideas of how things are gonna go...which means that Sans Fear is going to be a bit longer than the other two in the trilogy.
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.