Remember: Spoilers for Undertale, my story, and R.I.P Lynn's are contained within this story.
If you'd rather not be spoiled in any of those three ways, please stop now and go read the other stories or play the game. (It's worth it!)
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Thanks again to R.I.P. Lynn for making this possible.
Now, time to check on everyone!
Chapter Twelve: Corrupted Purity is no longer Pure
"What?!" Frisk said, eyes wide, "What are we waiting for, let's go!" She shouted enthusiastically, jumping up from her chair and turning to face the others.
Chara stood up as well, "I agree, we know where Alex is. Let's get to him as soon as possible."
Prince Chara shook his head, "We need to think this through, though." He reasoned, "If we all show up, he may try to take off again."
"as much as I hate to disagree with ya, frisk, the prince is right. we can't risk panicking him." Sans said with a sigh.
Frisk shook her head, determined, "But I'LL be there!" She shouted, "He'll calm down and trust me as long as I'm there."
Lynsie nodded, "Then a small group, perhaps. Most of us can wait here, while a few of you could go and retrieve him."
Gaster nodded, "I AGREE, PRINCESS. PERHAPS IT SHOULD BE US, FROM HIS TIMELINE. HE'D TRUST US MORE THAN HE WOULD TRUST SEEING YOU OR THE OTHERS." He reasoned.
"✡ 💧📪 😐 🏱 ✋💣 👍✌ 💣 ✌ 👎 ✠🏱 ✌✋ ❄ 💧✋❄🕆 ✌❄✋ ❄ ✌ ✠📬 ❄ ✌❄ 🕈 🕆 👎 👌 ❄ 👌 💧❄ ✌ 👎 💧✌ 💧❄ 👍 🕆 💧 ✌👍❄✋ 📬" (YES, KEEP HIM CALM AND EXPLAIN THE SITUATION TO ALEX. THAT WOULD BE THE BEST AND SAFEST COURSE OF ACTION.) Lynn's Gaster said, agreeing.
"Excellent, let's go!" Frisk said, ready to go, "It should be me, Sans, Papyrus, and Chara."
"I'LL COME TOO. IF OUR WHOLE GROUP SHOWED UP, HE'D KNOW THAT WE'RE OK."
Lynsie smiled, "Then we'll wait here, I guess."
"DON'T WORRY PRINCESS." The alternate Papyrus said, "WE'LL BE BACK WITH OUR FRIEND IN NO TIME!"
"hehe, that's right bro."
Undyne put her hands on her hips, "And what about me? Am I chopped liver?"
"nah, you're more like fish sticks."
Undyne narrowed her eyes at the punning skeleton, while several individuals around the room struggled not to show their amusement.
"good one, me." Lynn's Sans complimented, "water you waiting for, undyne? you should go too, it wouldn't hurt."
She rolled her eyes and sighed, "Alright, alright. ...Stupid fish puns." She finished, muttering under her breath.
Sans winked, "hehe."
Suddenly, the captain's phone rang, "Hello, Captain Undyne speaking." After a moment of silence on her end, her blue scales paled to white.
"U-Undyne, wh-what's wrong?" Alphys asked, concerned.
"Undyne, what happened?" The King asked.
She turned to face them all, "There's been some sort of explosion at the hospital."
Everyone gasped, "WHAT HAPPENED?"
"They don't know… but it originated from Alex's room."
Frisk's eyes widened in fear, "He's in trouble! We have to go now!" She said, pushing Sans quickly, "C'mon, use a shortcut, dammit!" She said, shaking said skeleton.
Sans shook his head, "something tells me that alex might have been the one who caused the explosion."
"SO THAT MEANS… SOMETHING MUST'VE SNAPPED."
"What do we do now?" Lynsie asked, "If Alex has gone rogue, then we need a new strategy."
Papyrus responded, "WE CAN STILL TALK HIM DOWN." He reassured everyone, "LAST TIME, IT ONLY TOOK FRISK'S FACE TO CALM HIM DOWN, AND IT WASN'T EVEN HIS FRISK. SURELY, HE CAN STILL BE REASONED WITH."
Sans' smile twitched a bit as he kept it forced, "that's a good idea, pap. however, last time, he had been practicing magic and wasn't suffering from a possible case of ptsd."
"ACTUALLY, I AGREE WITH PAPYRUS. WE SHOULD CONTINUE WITH OUR ORIGINAL PLAN AND TRY TO CALM ALEX DOWN."
"and if that doesn't work? dad, you gotta remember that alex is a lot stronger then we give him credit for."
The alternate Sans pointed out.
"leave it to us." Sans cut in, gaining everyone's attention, "if you can't reason with him, try taking him somewhere where he can't hurt anyone. let us give it a try. we'll be like your backup plan."
Prince Chara smirked, pounding his fist into his other hand, "We've got expertise on kicking ass. What's one little kid?"
Prince Asriel nodded, extending his hands as fireballs formed in his hands, "I might not have my hyperdeath abilities, but I can help restrain Alex."
Captain Undyne grinned, summoning cyan spears in both hands, "I've been itching for some real action. If he's half as tough as you say he is, then it'll be a blast!"
Toriel hesitantly nodded, "I'd have to agree. As much as I hate violence, it might be necessary to stop him. If you fail at your task, we will be ready."
Lynsie nodded, "I've taken down both of my power-crazed brothers before." She said, remembering those duels, "If you can't do it, then all of us plus my Anomaly State might be able to do the trick.
The alternate Sans smiled lightly and nodded, "sounds good. let's just hope it doesn't get to that point. you all should find an isolated location. me and g will shortcut him over there if it gets to that point."
Lynsie got an idea, "On the edge of town." She began, pointing out a nearby window, "There's an isolated field where no one could get hurt. Take him there if you need help. We'll be waiting in the treeline."
King Asgore rose from his seat, "This sounds like a plan." He summoned his red trident in his paws, "Good luck."
The alternates nodded, as they vanished from the scene and towards the hospital.
The six of them reappeared in front of the hospital as an evacuation was underway. Looking up, they could see the darkness enveloping the fifth floor as the rain came to a stop. The lights blinked and flashed on and off on that floor, signaling that this would likely be the floor Alex was on. Sans looked at everyone else with a strained smile.
"you all ready?"
He got several determined nods from the others as he nodded in response. "alright, let's go save alex."
The group began climbing the stairs as an odd song began playing over the intercoms with a glitch static playing in the background. Whatever this music was, it was certainly not natural. Had the FUN values caused this? Perhaps. However, this was a song the two accompanying humans knew… as did Alex.
'Standing on the edge of the crater… Like the prophets once said…'
"And the ashes… are all cold now, no more bullets… and the embers are dead." Frisk sang along quietly as they climbed the staircase.
"FRISK, YOU KNOW THIS SONG?"
Frisk nodded, "It was one of Alex's favorites..." She said with a sad smile.
Chara, this time, sung along and continued the song. "Whispers in the air tell the tales… Of the brothers gone." Sans and Papyrus looked to one another with a look of disapproval for that line of the song.
As they reached the fourth floor of the stairwell, they heard distant singing coming from the next floor up. It… it sounded like Alex…
"Desolation, devastation. What a mess we made, when it all went wrong…" He sang, sounding muffled from their position. The six of them looked at one another, before nodding in silent agreement. It was time to pick up their pace.
They began to quickly climb higher as the next part of the song played.
'Watching from the edge of the circus.'
'For the games to begin.'
'Gladiators draw their swords,'
'Form their ranks for Armageddon.'
"I'm nuclear… I'm wild… I'm breaking up inside… A heart of broken glass… Defiled… Deep inside… The abandoned child…" Alex's voice sang, now clearer but more distorted than it previously was. This didn't sound good. Undyne readied a spear in her hand as Sans' left eye ignited and Gaster's two eyes began to let out a soft purple glow.
The six of them reached the top of the staircase and exited onto the fifth floor. The fire detection system must have gone off from the explosion, as the sprinkler system created a haze of water on the soaked interior of the hospital. The lights flickered on the brink of death as several walls lay broken in pieces. However, there was no sign of life to any of them. No nurses... no patients... no doctors... nothing... They were either dead or evacuated... and boy were they hoping it was the latter.
The stairway deposited them in front of the elevators, which were currently non-operational, where they still saw no sign of Alex.
As they searched for him, the next verse began. Frisk sang along loudly with her sweet, delicate voice, in an attempt to reach out to Alex, wherever he was on this floor.
"Standing… on the edge… of the underworld… Looking at the Abyss." Frisk continued, frowning a bit.
Chara got the hint and sang the next two lines, "And I'm hoping… for some miracle… To breakout, to escape from all this."
"Whispers… in the air… tell the tales… Of a life that's gone…" Alex's distorted voice sang out, before going silent and letting the song continue the verse alone.
'Desolation... devastation.'
'What a mess we made...'
'When it all went wrooooooooonnnggg.'
Sans felt something was wrong, just as the song said… and he trusted his instincts for a good reason. Without a moment's notice, he slammed everyone's Soul with blue magic and sent them flying to the ground as a beam of black-laced Purity magic zoomed past them and hit the elevators behind them.
They could hear the cracking, snapping, and moaning of the elevator systems and safety equipment failing from the damage and strain put on it. Another hit would send those elevators hurtling towards the bottom floor.
They looked up from their positions on the floor and peered into the darkness down the hall as a familiar human stepped forward. He wore a crazed smile and wore a soaked pair of jeans and a red and white sweater. Burnt remnants of a hospital gown laid scattered across his person as the human tightly gripped a magical bone sword in his right hand… the Clavicle.
Alex smirked darkly with his left hand stretched out towards them. His Soul hummed silently in front of his chest. But, instead of his Soul being its usual, pretty silver color, it was now dark grey… nearly black as it was filled with Hatred… and… something else… Small tints and signs of the color pink were also present. Fear?! That' definitely not a good sign.
The music continued as he stood there in silence, no longer singing along.
'I'm nuclear.'
'I'm wild.'
'I'm breaking up inside.'
'A heart of broken glass…'
'Defiled…'
'Deep inside…'
'The abandoned child.'
As the music swapped to a momentary instrumental, Frisk stood back up to her feet.
"A-Alex?"
Alex eyed her carefully, tightening his grip on his blade as he stayed silent, "…"
Gaster examined Alex's Soul from a distance, "ALEX, YOU MUST LISTEN TO US." He began, trying to reason with the child, "WE'RE NOT HERE TO HURT YOU. YOU MUST FIGHT THIS FEELING. THIS ANGER… THIS RAGE… THIS… HATRED AND FEAR… THIS IS NOT YOU ALEX. YOU ARE A CHILD OF PURITY, NOT A CHILD OF HATRED."
Alex still didn't respond, making Papyrus step forward between his friends on both sides. He took in a deep breath before speaking, "ALEX… MY DEAR FRIEND…" He began, "REMEMBER ALL OF OUR GOOD TIMES? THE PUZZLES? THE JOKES AND JAPES? THE SPAGHETTI?" He pointed at the blade in Alex's hand, "REMEMBER? I GAVE YOU THAT BLADE AS A GIFT."
Again, Alex did not respond, prompting Papyrus to take another deep breath and take another step forward. He held out both of his arms to his sides, showing he had no weapons on him while also beckoning Alex to come over for a hug, "ANYONE CAN BE A GOOD PERSON, AS LONG AS THEY TRY. YOU'RE ONLY ANGRY BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T TRIED YET." He reasoned, smiling widely at Alex, "COME HERE, ALEX. LET'S HUG THIS OUT AND FORGET ABOUT ALL OF THIS. I KNOW YOU DIDN'T MEAN TO CAUSE THIS EXPLOSION. YOU JUST WANT TO BE SAFE AND GO HOME… COME HERE… FRIEND… PLEASE?" He asked nicely.
Alex's right hand began to shake a bit as it looked like his will to fight was faltering. He took a small step forward… then another… and then another. He was almost to Papyrus… almost ready for a hug… But Sans caught the murderous gleam in his eyes… he saw the killing intent in the kid's Soul.
Without hesitation, he pinged Alex's Soul blue and sent him flying into the wall to his left, right as he attempted to swing his blade at Papyrus' neck.
Alex slammed into the wall with great force, before he hit the ground and began climbing to his feet.
"SANS!" Papyrus yelled in disbelief, "I WAS GETTING TO HIM. HE WAS ABOUT TO COME IN FOR ONE OF THE GREAT PAPYRUS' GREAT HUGS OF GREATNESS."
Undyne frowned and shook her head, stepping past Papyrus to shield him, "I'm sorry Papy, but that wasn't a hug he was coming in for." She said sadly, "He… he was going to kill you, Papyrus."
Papyrus' eye sockets widened in disbelief. He shook his head, "N-NO… TH-THAT CANNOT BE…" He said, utterly stunned.
Sans stepped forward too, "don't worry about it, bro. you remember when he was consumed by hate. he was unreasonable then… and with hate and fear… he's completely unreasonable right now…"
Alex climbed back to his feet and smirked as he wiped the blood from his mouth with the sleeve of his sweater, "Now…" He said, finally speaking to them directly, "That was a cheap blow, Sans… even for you…"
Sans shrugged and shook his skull, "sorry pal, but after dadster, here, showed me the timeline where the kid killed papy, i'd sworn to never let something like that happen ever again."
Alex gripped his blade in both hands as the instrumental ended. He shrugged, "So be it."
Alex lunged forwards at the comedic skeleton with his blade ready to rip through bone, as he shortcutted out of the way. Ready for this, Alex stopped mid-leap and began to turn around, but that's when he forgot about the newest arrival… Undyne. His Soul immediately pinged green as his feet were cemented in place.
'I'm nuclear… I'm wild…'
Alex focused on his Soul, forcing it back to its previous hideous shade as he broke free from the Soul Magic, before slashing at Undyne and knocking her down. Thanks to her upgraded armor AND the fact that Alex's LV was still at 1, she survived the harsh blow filled with killing intent with only a medium-sized gash across her chestplate that only went halfway through it.
However, the blow was enough to knock her on her butt as she fell to the ground. Alex must've thought he struck a near-fatal blow because he then returned his attention to Sans. The two other humans rushed over to check on her. That's when his Soul pinged blue.
'I'm breaking up… inside.'
Sans and Papyrus, both, held Alex in place with their combination of blue gravity magic. With two Monsters worth of gravity Magic, it made resisting the magic even harder.
"ALEX, DON'T FIGHT US! WE MEAN YOU NO HARM!" Papyrus shouted, trying to calm down the rouge human. He was, unfortunately, unsuccessful.
"kid… listen to me." Sans said, his coats now soaked all-the-way-through, "you're not really giving us much of a choice here. now, you need to chill the hell out, or there will be consequences."
'A heart of broken glass…'
Alex shook his head, "Consequences? I'm your damn Anomaly! Consequences don't apply to me! Since when do they apply to me?" He asked, his voice still distorted by the darkness in his Soul. The darkness built to higher and higher levels, before a shock-wave of dark magic flew out from his Soul, sending the two skeletons stumbling backward as their hold on Alex failed.
'Defiled…'
The shadow-like human leaped towards Papyrus in another bid for his life, but Sans was one step ahead. He raised a wall of cyan bones between the human and his brother, preventing him from hitting Papyrus… expect… that's not what happened. The blade ignored the cyan bones like they weren't there, killing Papyrus and turning him into dust instantly.
No! Sans couldn't have failed like this! HE COULDN'T HAVE!
Wait… that's it… he couldn't have.
'Deep inside… The abandoned child!' The song continued.
Sans blinked the false image away as he forced the fear from his system.
The scene quickly swapped to Alex leaping towards Sans. He was mere inches from puncturing Sans when a wall of darkness interrupted the two of them. Sans herd the cling of the blade hitting the solid wall, proving that his blade had not gotten through it.
Sans knew that only one Monster with them would've summoned such a wall. It was Doctor W. D. Gaster… master of Void magic. Sans knew what he had to do. He pulled out his phone and speed dialed Princess Lynsie. He quickly spoke into the receiver.
"it's worse than we thought. looks like we might need plan b."
'Deep inside the abandoned child…' The Song finished, leaving only the sounds of the falling water and magic to fill the void of otherwise silence.
W. D. Gaster stared down the child with a mask of indifference. Both of his hands were outstretched as he maintained walls of darkness to shield the two of his sons from this… freak's violence. Whoever this was… this wasn't Alex. Alex would never try to hurt his friends… much less try to kill them… much less… use the dreaded FEAR magic against them.
"CHILD OF PURITY." He began, maintaining his indifferent and smug mask, "YOUR SKILLS WITH THE DARKNESS, ALTHOUGH IMPRESSIVE, ARE NO MATCH FOR SOMEONE WHO'D LIVED AN ETERNITY WITHIN THE TRUEST DARKNESS OF ALL REALITY… THE VOID. THIS IS YOUR FINAL CHANCE, ALEX. SURRENDER… OR YOU, TOO, SHALL BE LOST TO THE DARKNESS OF THE VOID FOR AN ETERNITY."
Ultimately, it was an empty threat, but he was really hoping that Alex would fall for the ruse. If he was being honest, however, he SHOULD be superior with darkness-based magic… but that was more on the physical side of darkness, and less on the moral, evil-based darkness magic Alex was currently wielding. However, Alex did not know all of this, so he was hoping this would work.
Alex seemed to consider it for a moment, before he smirked, "You can try, Wing Ding." He said, before leaping at the skeleton with his sword drawn.
Gaster withdrew his walls of darkness and redirected it into a flat mass of darkness, covering the floor beneath them. Using the Perseverance within his burnt Soul, he imbued purple magic into the darkness as powerful tendrils formed from the magical substance flew out of the ground and wrapped around Alex quickly, freezing him midair.
Before Alex could even think of cutting the tendrils beneath him, he swung his hand to the right, commanding the tendrils to throw him in that direction… where a new wall of darkness appeared in time to catch him midair with an uncomfortable impact. Again, before Alex could hit the ground, the wall caught him and held him in place for a moment as a massive Gaster Blaster appeared to Gaster's left, charging its beam of purple KARMA.
He noticed that the two impacts had not lowered Alex's HP at all. It was likely a combination of Alex's heightened stats and Gaster's inexperience in battle. He was not much of a warrior. Sure, he'd designed such devices, techniques, and attacks, but he was not trained in combat. His 'experience' came in the form of his intellect, which didn't help much in the damage department. However, some KARMA would be sure to drain Alex's HP without lowering it below 1 HP.
Alex, however, only smirked as he closed his eyes. Gaster thought this odd but paid it no mind. That was his gravest error made so far. As the blaster nearly finished charging up, Alex sent out another pulse from his Soul. This time, instead of being imbued with FEAR… it was imbued with a horrible concentration of HATE.
The inky, black magic absorbed into Gaster's wall before it began to eat away and corrode Alex's bonds almost instantly. His charging blaster fired as Alex dropped harmlessly out of the way. Instead, it zoomed through the now non-existent wall, before colliding with Papyrus as it began draining his HP. Gaster quickly unsummoned his blaster as he called out, "PAPYRUS!" He screamed.
Papyrus held a shaky smile as he fought to remained standing, "I- I'M FINE DAD." He shouted back.
Before Gaster could get over his shock, he was slashed across the chest with Alex's blade, which… as designed… was more deadly and potent against other bones and bone attacks. Gaster clutched at his chest as he fell to his knees. His bony hand was coated in his own blood as the majority of it was absorbed by his nice outfit and lab coat.
It's almost ironic that skeletons would bleed, unlike other monsters… it made their deaths… their murders... even more horrifying than most…
Gaster looked up to see Alex staring down at him, no pity or regret in his black eyes. Gaster coughed out a mixture of blood and dust as he tried to speak, his HP at dangerously low levels.
"HEH… HEH… GUESS I DIDN'T… LIVE UP TO THE HYPE... EH, ALEX?" He asked, rhetorically, before frowning, "I'M SORRY ALEX… G-GUESS I…" He coughed up another round of blood and dust, "… GUESS I'M DONE NOW… I APOLOGIZE…"
"Just die, and give me my rightfully earned LOVE," Alex said, distorted voice filled with absolutely no remorse. He prepared to swing his sword once more before he felt a horrible pain blossom in his left shoulder. He turned his head to see a knife embedded into, with his 'sister' Chara holding the handle of the blade.
He swung around quickly, dislodging the knife from his shoulder blade as he turned around to face Chara. His wound began to soak his sweater with blood as the wound closed itself with the Pure Hatred radiating off of his Soul. This, however, came at a price. The darkness necessary for such a healing use cost him some of his DEF that the darkness provided.
"Ah, 'sister'…" He said, venom laced in his voice as she could basically hear the air quotes accompanying his speech, "I thought you'd be all for this. Weren't you the one who was plotting with Asriel to kill Humanity?"
Chara's red eyes stared at Alex's black ones as she shook her head, "I'm different now… I was wrong!" She admitted, "Violence is not the answer… it's not necessary here, Alex."
Alex frowned and shook his head, "That's where you're wrong." He informed her, "Because with violence, comes XP. And with XP, comes LOVE. And with a high enough LOVE…" He said, leaving his sentence unfinished as the threat remained in the air.
Frisk gasped beside Chara as she joined her sister, "A-Alex!" She cried out, "Y-you can't mean that. Y-you'd destroy both timelines?" She asked, appalled.
Alex shrugged, "That's the only true path to peace for myself. A future where no one can hurt me or take advantage of me…" He then narrowed his eyes at his 'girlfriend', "…not even you, Frisk." He said, speaking that last word with such venom that it caused Frisk to flinch and lower her guard.
Alex took advantage of this as he dove at Frisk with the intent to drive his blade through her heart. No amount of lowercase love could pull him out of his current insanity. Chara, however, remained vigilant and alert. She took her knife and parried his strike. He struck again, only to clash blades with his sister as they remained locked on one another.
Chara smirked, before Alex sent magic into his Soul, blasting Chara point blank with it and sending her flying far back. She flew before she was caught by Undyne, who seemed to have recovered slightly. Frisk took one more horror-filled look at her boyfriend before she ran back over to them.
Gaster and his two sons were with the other three as the former was cared for by the latter two.
Alex frowned and straightened his posture as he took the six of them, "Giving up on me already?" He asked, feigning an injured heart, "I thought you were my friends… that you cared about me…" He said, before frowning, "Guess I really was right… with no one on my side, the only thing I can do to protect myself is to be alone…"
Frisk reached out toward him hesitantly, "I care about you, Alex!" She said, tears forming in her eyes, "Don't I mean ANYTHING to you, Alex? I…" The tears burst forward as she finished her thought, "I love you, Alex!"
Alex's Soul shuddered as Silver attempted to break through the darkness, but the darkness would not yield willingly. Alex clutched at his Soul for a moment as he tried to speak, the weird 'filter' of darkness momentarily losing its grip.
"F-Frisk... I… Of c-course I c-care about you…" He said, tears threatening to form in his own eyes.
"Then come here, Alex!" She cried out, "I love you, you're still good! This isn't who you are. You love me too, right?"
Alex slowly nodded as his will to fight threatened to break.
Unfortunately, this was too similar to a past experience. Alex heard a distant echo of a memory. The speaker was 'Frisk'.
{"A-Alex?!" She asked in tears and sobs.} It echoed.
{Horrifying and maniacal laughter filled the air as Frisk's voice changed from sad to sadistic "Hahaha, Alex? What's wrong?!" She asked as she gripped the knife she had hidden from view. She had tried to kill him.}
Alex remembered his attempt at mercy back then. His weakness had nearly cost him his life. Despite the difference of circumstances, it was all the Hatred and Fear needed to reconquer Alex's Soul. His flashback caused the Silver to fully disappear from his Soul as his sad frown twisted into a snarl.
"HOW DARE YOU!" He shouted in unimpeded rage, "You dare try to play with me like a toy, before killing me?"
The six of them knew that, after what had just happened, there'd be no 'reasoning' with Alex now. That was the closest they came to freeing him and breaking him out of this 'meltdown', but if that didn't work, then plan b was a necessity.
The group of four Monsters and two Humans had all backed up and regrouped, with Sans speaking, "now, i might be able to hold him off a bit longer, but i think it's time for plan b."
Undyne nodded in agreement. She could try to fight Alex, but as it currently looked, they'd need backup, or they'd just be delaying the inevitable. "I'm all for getting back up." Undyne admitted.
"AGREED." Papyrus said, doing his best to stabilize his father. Despite his proficiency with healing magic, they all knew that Gaster needed a medical doctor.
Frisk frowned for a moment, before nodding, her eyes filled with Determination. "It that's what it takes to save Alex… then let's do it!"
Alex rushed forwards towards them as he prepared to strike them down before a ripple in space and time sent his senses spinning in chaos. He was wrapped in magic as the hospital rippled and vanished beneath him. Suddenly, he heard the crunch of grass beneath his feet as he took in his new surroundings, with the others no longer in front of him.
Lynsie slipped her phone back into her pocket after she received the phone call a few moments prior. The alternate Sans had just called to confirm that they were having trouble, so they had all begun to prepare for the worst.
Out in the grassy field, with occasional patches of golden flowers, she stood with Asriel and Chara on either side of her. To her left was Chara, with mama, papa, and Captain Undyne standing a bit further over. While to her right, her brother Asriel stood, with the three skeleton brothers standing a bit further to the right. Alphys, instead, returned to the lab to continue the work needed to fix this whole mess.
If it weren't for the dire situation, Lynsie might spend some time admiring her surroundings. It was a full moon tonight, allowing them all to see fairly clearly in the moonlight. The flowers and grass looked really nice too, having just been given plenty of water from the odd storm.
The few minutes they spent waiting were agonizing. Each moment that went by since the phone call, they all grew a bit more worried about their alternates. Soon enough, they all felt the small surge of magic that occurred with a shortcut being used by several people at once.
Suddenly, standing before her in confusion, was the teenager she'd seen in the photos and camera footage. He stood, holding a beautifully crafted sword that appeared to be made of… bone? Boy, she hoped that was magic bone and not real bone, human or Monster.
Several feet behind him was the group of alternates that had gone to retrieve him. The other Doctor Gaster had a large gash across his chest as it began to bleed from whatever wound was inflicted upon him. His two sons attended to the wound that was likely caused by the human's sword. The other Undyne, too, appeared to be injured and was being attended to by the other Chara and Frisk. Seems like it didn't work out very well for them.
Speaking of the human, his sweater, near his shoulder, seemed to also have a fresh wound, with the sweater turning a blood red color at that spot. He must have been injured in that fight, but his HP remained full at 20. Overall, he didn't look TOO impressive. But… as Lynsie knew well… looks, appearances, and stats weren't everything in combat. Sans was living proof of the latter.
The new human… Alex… he began looking over Lynsie and sizing her up. He'd obviously never seen her before, and he was likely CHECKing her stats. That's fine, it wouldn't really help much due to her status as an anomaly.
Finally, she broke the silence. "Howdy, Alex." She said, trying to remain friendly and non-intimidating.
Alex narrowed his eyes at her, "You… you're the princess, aren't you… Lynsie Dreemurr?" He asked, surprising her.
She nodded, "That's right. How'd you-"
He smiled, "I read about you in a pamphlet." He stated simply, "To what do I owe this pleasure, oh great Princess Dreemurr." He said sickly sweet, doing a little bow before he looked up and saw everyone else.
"Oh boy, it's good ol' Chara and Asriel too. And there's mom and dad, hey mom and dad." He said, doing a little innocent wave, "And there's Undyne, Sans, Papyrus, and Gaster. Boy oh boy, the whole gang's here… except, where's your version of Frisk?"
Prince Chara jumped in, "Somewhere safe where she's not going to get involved."
Alex frowned, "But she's already involved." He said, before shaking his head, "Oh well, I can go find her when I'm done here. I'll need the XP, after all..."
"No, you're not." Lynsie said, taking a small step forward.
Chara smirked, drawing his blade, "That's right, freak."
Asriel's paws erupted into flames as he stared down the human, "Give up now before you get hurt." The other Monsters standing by all drew their respective weapons and magic as they prepared to stop Alex.
Alex bent back a bit and let out a hearty laugh. After a moment, he wiped a tear out of his eye, "That's rich, coming from you guys. After all…" Alex raised his sword and pointed at the three of them, "You're both guilty of far more than I." He informed them, before smiling, "And… I'm no longer afraid of genocidal maniacs such as yourselves." Asriel's paws and Chara's hands clenched in anger at the teenager's remarks.
Lynsie shook her head, "That's enough. It's over Alex. We know this isn't who you are." She said sadly, frowning, "You're safe, Alex. No one is going to hurt you. We just want to help. Just… put down your weapon and let us." She said softly, trying to calm him down and reassure him.
Alex felt his Hatred and Fear shudder and falter a bit before it restructured itself and cemented itself back into his Soul. He smiled evilly and nodded his head, seeming to agree with himself and his conclusion, " More lies and tricks. I know the truth." He spoke aloud, before he turned a bit and smiled at Asriel, "You were right all along Azzy. In this world… it's kill or be killed!"
Alex shot a quick burst of magic at the three of them before it vanished.
"Ha, that did nothing!" Prince Chara taunted.
Alex smirked back, "Or did it?"
He looked around, before noticing the others were a dozen or so feet further back, as only himself, Asriel, and Lynsie remained in place before Alex. The others did a double take as they soon realized that they were all pushed away from the four of them.
Lynsie looked around in confusion for a moment before she, and the others, began to witness the color of the world fade away, leaving it monochromatic for a moment. The only things with color, now, was the magic being used. Then, without warning, the color began to slowly seep back into things. Something was definitely wrong.
Battle magic had seized control now. The rules have been changed, having morphed into a combination of both world's battle rules.
The alternates began to wonder why battle magic hadn't taken hold of them back in the hospital it this was the case now. Was it because of the FUN values? No, that couldn't be it... But wait! If the timelines were merging, perhaps this was a fusion of both sets of battle magic from both of their worlds? Maybe, since they were all from the same timeline, the rules stayed like their original, but now that there are representatives from both, both sets of rules have fused? It's possible... and likely. Alex seemed to pick up on some of this.
Alex's eyes widened in surprise and delight as a smirk came to his feet, "Whoa, you can combat-lock here?" He said, astonished, as the alternates looked at the four of them in alarm, "Back in my world, anyone and everyone could join in a FIGHT… but here… this makes things a million times easier." He said, confident and ecstatic.
The four of them were now locked into combat with one another.
And this wouldn't end until one of the two sides arose as the victor.
BATTLE START!
Author's Note:
As a quick note, the song used for the beginning of the conflict at the Hospital was 'Nuclear' by Mike Oldfield.
How's that for your first taste of combat. With HATE and FEAR dominating Alex's powerful Soul, his friends didn't stand too much of a chance. How do you stop a nearly unstoppable force? With a nearly immovable object… and that object… would be another powerful Anomaly.
Can Lynsie and her brothers defeat Alex? Can he be defeated without any casualties… including Alex, himself? Can Lynsie stop this madness and save the timelines in time? And… most importantly… Can Alex be saved… from himself? Stay tuned for the battle of the century… the battle between timelines… the battle of Anomalies.
Lynsie Vs. Alex
Who shall come out on top?
This shall hopefully be answered next time… on: UNDERTALE: Purity not Found.
