Although Sans had already left to who-knows-where to do who-knows-what, Alphys and Undyne had chosen to stay around longer, trying to figure out the cause of the new soul for Lansot. It proved to be difficult, especially since the little monster kept jumping around and praising Undyne. Not to mention it also made Undyne difficult to handle too, she was actually starting to get a bit full of herself.
Alphys sighed. "I don't understand how this soul just appeared! Where did it come from?"
Undyne shrugged. "If Sans couldn't figure it out, then I doubt that we can-"
"Dude, Undyne, you're so cool!" The small monster chirped happily.
Undyne couldn't help standing up straighter. "Hey, thanks!"
"Undyne," Alphys started, "We need to focus." Undyne didn't hear her. She was more busy paying attention to Lansot's constant compliments. Alphys wasn't exactly sure what to do. It was a lot easier when Lansot was just a robot. She could've just pressed the mute button… but the problem was that he wasn't a robot anymore. Not in the least. It wasn't just the new soul that confused her. All the parts that she had used to build him were now gone and no longer existed. Lansot was now pure magic and kindness, which was what all monsters were made of.
Alphys sighed in what was probably frustration before thinking to what the King and Queen were doing.
Asgore was gone to do his Kingly duties around the castle (One of which was to water the flowers). Toriel was in the kitchen helping out Papyrus. When going around, she found out that a knife might have gone missing, but was reassured by Papyrus himself. "The Great Papyrus never loses anything!" And so that was, and they forgot about the missing knife.
Alphys refocused at the task on hand. "Undyne, maybe it would be easier to figure out the reason for Lansot's new soul if you weren't…" Alphys gulped. "Around?"
Undyne gave Alphys a look, and Alphys wondered if she should have worded her request differently. Then the fish woman started grinning like a maniac. "Sure Alph, I'll just go and check on the brat. You go ahead and figure things out." Alphys sighed in relief and quickly nodded before Undyne left.
Lansot looked disappointed to see Undyne leave, but then he turned back to Alphys and started spouting nonsense at her too.
"Dude, you have a crush on her right? Right? Am I right? Of course I'm right!"
Alphys stared incredulously at the small monster. "Wait… w-wait what?"
"C'mon, I know you do!" Lansot teased before he started jumping around in circles. "You like her, you like her!"
Alphys was now completely red and shaking nervously. "H-how do y-you know?... w-who told… "
"Mettaton!"
Alphys was now red with embarrassment and anger. "Mettaton told you what?" There wasn't much more studying with Lansot's soul after that.
Undyne had just left Alphys and heard some loud noises coming from Lansot, but at the moment, she was more focused on getting to the surveillance room. She remembered how she had reacted when she had first saw the cell of the twerp empty, and almost immediately grew angry. Then she reminded herself to learn to calm down more at situations like those. She chuckled at herself as she thought back to the chair throwing in the room. Now that was fun.
She was at her destination now. She went in, and the working monsters stared at her nervously, as if she was going to launch herself at them and bark more orders, like last time. And she just might… if the brat was out of the cell again.
She immediately headed to the screen that displayed the cell of the human, and found the brat sitting in the corner looking nervous. The twerp seemed as if she was anticipating something, and she was tapping her finger on her leg as if she was waiting for someone. She couldn't be waiting for a guard, right? That would be stupid. Maybe she was just bored and had to occupy her hands on something.
Bored herself, Undyne dragged a nearby chair over and dropped heavily onto it. The rest of the monsters in the room continued to give her nervous looks, but she payed them no mind. She just focused her gaze on the screen of the cell and waited for the brat to do something suspicious that she could tell off of. If the twerp did even one thing wrong, she would report it to the others, and they would have to listen to her this time, whether they liked it or not.
Undyne placed her arms behind her head as she crossed her legs. This brat sure was taking her time, sitting in that corner. She just continued to tap her finger tirelessly, almost repetitively. What was the twerp even doing? Undyne waited for some action as to when a guard would pass by, but one never did.
"Hey you." Undyne turned her attention to one of the monsters in the room. He nervously rubbed his hands together.
"Y-yes, commander?"
"Tell me, how often does a guard patrol the cells?"
The monster seemed to think on this. "I believe… every 15 minutes, at the least?" Undyne was satisfied by the answer and turned her attention away. The monster sighed in relief that no violence had occurred.
Ten minutes passed. Then twenty passed. Undyne was growing agitated, and feeling completely unsettled. Where were the patrolling guards? And the fact that Frisk was still tapping her finger on her lap… it was tiring just to watch her. Undyne turned back to the same monster to make sure that he wasn't lying to her.
"I-I'm not!" The monster protested at her accusation, "Here, take a look at this patrol schedule." He handed Undyne a piece of paper before quickly scurrying back to his work. Undyne gave the sheet a quick glance. It was indeed a patrol schedule, and the last one should have been staged five minutes ago.
There was still no sign of that guard. He was not doing his job.
Undyne was now angry. "This guy isn't doing his job like he's supposed to!" She marched over to the working monster and thrust the paper in his face. "Call him and tell him to get a move on! And order him to check on the brat, I think she's up to something!" Up to no good, that is. The monster gave Undyne a frightened look before quickly nodding. He dialed some numbers, picked up the phone, and waited. Undyne just crossed her arms and tapped her foot impatiently.
They kept waiting. The monster gave Undyne an apologetic look. "H-he's not answering?"
Undyne was furious now. "I won't have some lazy guard in this castle! Where is he now, and what is he doing?!"
"W-we're not sure." The monster replied hastily, then suggested, "I'll ask around." He dialed a couple more numbers and started calling the other guards to see if they had saw the patrolling guard anywhere.
But Undyne was completely unsatisfied, and something was deeply bothering her. She didn't like it when things bothered her. Planning to keep this bothersome unsatisfaction away from her, she went back to the screen that displayed the brat and looked very closely. Maybe if she looked closely enough, she would notice something?
At first, there didn't seem to be anything. Just the tapping of the finger, the turning around of her head to make anxious glances, but that was all. The twerp seemed to be looking for something, but what?
Then she started to notice some more suspicious things. A movement she thought she had already saw before was displayed again by the brat. She looked harder and waited, and noticed that the movement occurred again. Was this twerp repetitively doing things on purpose? Even the beat of her finger tapping was repetitive. A short tap, five long ones, another short, two longs, and repeat. This was just by coincidence, right?
The monster had finished his calls. "No monster has seen the guard anywhere." He confirmed anxiously, "We don't know where he is."
Undyne felt like she was onto something now, but she had just yet to grasp yet. She looked ever so closely at the screen and finally noticed it. A sudden sharp movement that wasn't smooth, as if it were transitioning from one scene to another. Could it be? She continued to watch and the abrupt movement occurred again, and again, and again.
Undyne was shocked beyond belief. Just to make sure, she called on to the monster to check for her. He seemed annoyed to be pulled away from his job so many times, but he obliged. He headed over and inspected the programming, wiring, and anything suspicious that might have caused Undyne to suspect trickery at hand.
Just when he was about to say that nothing was wrong, he noticed something. A single thin vine, holding down a single wire and jutting into a crack close to the monitor. He reached his monster hand in and yanked it out.
Suddenly, the screen of the cell slightly flickered before displaying a completely different scene. The cell was empty, the door unlocked, and a single yellow petal on the stone floor. Undyne saw it all. The brat had escaped again.
And how hadn't she noticed? That's right, she had figured it all out now. This whole time, the security camera had been playing a single scene over and over again. She had been uselessly staring at one scene for thirty minutes. Whoever planned this was damn smart… and for doing this, whoever it was, she was going to kill them.
Undyne roared and bellowed in anger and shouted curse words so loudly that all the other monsters in the room started to gasp at her. The noise bounced off the walls, echoed across the halls, and everyone else in the castle heard it too, but it wasn't like they could figure what the source was coming from.
Undyne grasped hold of the worker monster. "Why didn't you notice this problem earlier?!"
He was obviously very scared. "W-we don't check the monitors every minute!" It also came out sounding like a please don't hurt me!...
"You're useless!" She decided as she flung the monster across the room. Luckily, he wasn't hurt that badly. Unfortunately, the reason for his non-hurt was because he had crash landed into another monster as a cushion for his fall. The two of them both toppled down onto the floor in a heap.
But before anyone could even trigger an alarm, Undyne had already started out of the room with a magic spear in hand. She had already completely forgot her earlier thoughts about learning to calm herself down. She cracked her knuckles threateningly.
Right now, she had a brat to kill.
And Frisk is found out! Nice work Flowey, you totally weren't caught. -_-
And I won't be able to update any new chapter during the weekend because I will be skiing. :( Sorry!
Thx once again for reading, for the support, and all your awesome shizoozles! ^^ (I don't think that's a word...)
P.S. (Quick! Tell me if I should try to play a Genocide Route! :D :D :D) ~ Pizza