[A/N: There's one more happy chapter on it's way I promise- also this chapter was accidentally published before it was ready, so here's the one that was supposed to be published, sorry… ]
All of the monsters huddled in a circle as hundreds of men surrounded them pointing threateningly but standing still awaiting orders. A man stepped forward, he said something into his radio on his shoulder and all of the army men sprung to life, they were putting handcuffs around every monster and even around the four humans, including Frisk.
They were all shoved into armored vehicles. When they were escorted out they were met with a large concrete facility that was surrounded by wire fences topped with barbed wire.
Asgore and Toriel were taken away from the rest of the monsters into a small room with a table, three chairs, and a single bright light in the middle of the ceiling. The general gestured inside the room and the two boss monsters hesitantly entered and took a seat
The general spoke first, "So, an entire village was wiped out and when we followed the damage to the mountain it lead us straight to monster town, got anything to say about that?" he leaned back on his chair and pulled a cigar out of his pocket and placed it in his mouth.
Toriel took a deep breath, "There was a…. bad monster that wanted to destroy monsters, humans, everything. He was very powerful but we all fought back and defeated him." Toriel was stiff but she was sitting up straight and spoke confidently.
The general chuckled and twirled a lighter around his fingers, "And what happened to him? He just… poofed? Disappeared? Cute story but here's what I think," he leaned in closer and lit his cigar taking a large drag and blowing it in Toriel's face, Asgore coughed and Toriel waved the smoke away, "I think one of you did it, and I'm gonna interrogate every monster until I find out which one it was. Hell it might've been all of you for all I know, so if you want your little monster friends to live a happy-go-lucky free life out of prison then you better start talkin'." He leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms.
Asgore cleared his throat before talking, "*Ahem* As I'm sure you know, sir, a monster's soul lacks the determination to exist after death, and so when Gaster, that was his name, died his soul shattered." Toriel glanced sideways to Asgore and flinched slightly at his lie, but the general seemed fixated on Asgore and didn't notice.
"Oh sure, sure. Well then where's the proof?" He smiled deviously awaiting their allaby, Toriel and Asgore exchanged glances but neither one said anything, "So how do I know the threat doesn't still exist and you're protecting it for, oh I don't know, the destruction of humanity?"
"We would never! Ironically enough monsters are more compassionate that you humans are," Toriel spat infuriated, "So we had one bad monster, your whole race is cruel! You locked an entire species away just because, what? You wanted to rule the surface?" Asgore put a paw on her shoulder and she immediately shrunk down and looked down at the table.
The general scoffed, "If what you say is the truth, then how could we possibly allow your… kind," the word sounded vile coming from his mouth, "to exist alongside humans. If a monster decided to turn on a human for whatever reason, curiosity? Power? They have built in weapons, humans are defenseless for the most part, and if one monster got this powerful so easily, who's to say it won't happen again?" He glowered at them from across the table, neither one answered, "An entire town was wiped out today." Toriel flinched, "We need to make sure that won't EVER happen again." He stood up and walked to the door, "I think we're done here," he said as he turned around and gestured a lazy salute before shutting the door behind him leaving the monsters in silence.
Several hours passed before the general heard the stories of every monster and human involved in the disappearance of Floraville. The stories matched up for the most part, but one key element was left out of the king and queen's story. Asriel. They confessed that Asriel had been the biggest factor in defeating Gaster, and when Gaster was defeated he absorbed his soul.
This information was crucial to the army, they detained Asriel and took him away to another facility for questioning and tests. He was cuffed both around his wrists and around his ankles when he was shoved into another armored vehicle, he felt terrified, he had no one to protect him if he called for help, he felt more scared now than he did standing in front of Chara after he killed Asgore... the memories sent a shiver down his spine and he whimpered quietly before tears began to soaked his fur.
The men walked around to the back of the car and slammed the doors shut blocking off Asriel's view of the facility just as monsters began reforming in the yard, they were piling out of several different doors from the building, they all remained cuffed and there was one soldier assigned to every two monsters.
The vehicle started up with a loud rumble and Asriel was thrown by every bump and turn in the road. It felt like an eternity before the car slowed, Asriel heard the soldiers up front say something to someone outside, it was muffled. There was loud metal clanking, it sounded like a fence opening up, and the car started moving again, a few minutes later it stopped and the men hopped out of the front seat and walked around the back, throwing open the doors.
One of the soldiers pointed a gun at Asriel and gestured out of the vehicle, he crawled forward and tried to step out but his ankle chain got tangled around his foot and he fell face first onto the ground, a warm stinging started at his nose and he could feel some blood drip down his chin. One soldier laughed while the other grabbed Asriel's arm and threw him to his feet and shoved him forward, Asriel stumbled but steadied himself before being lead into another concrete building.
The soldiers put their ID's up to a scanner near the door, it beeped and a light at the top of the door turned green and the glass door slid open. Asriel walked inside and was met with the smell of chemicals, he scrunched up his nose in protest then flinched at the pain it provoked. The walls were painfully white and the floors were a light tan and tiled. It was cold against his bare feet.
They stopped in front of a room, and again scanned their ID's, the door opened and they pushed Asriel inside, they stayed guard outside of the door. Asriel's chains prevented him from being able to catch himself and so he fell again on the tile, it made his headache and painful tingles scattered across his face.
"O-Oh! Asriel… are you alright?" Alphys ran over to the small goat monster and helped him up, he grunted when standing up and Alphys lead him over to a chair lined up against the wall. Asriel took in his surroundings, the walls were metal plated and there was a large tube in the middle of the room, it was made of glass and had a mess of wires at the top connecting to a big machine, there were tools sprawled out on the ground.
A few soldiers stood behind Alphys along with three human scientists and two engineers, Asriel's voice came out hoarse and small, "Alphys? W-what's going on? What're they going to do to me?" Alphys' smile fell.
"Well… in order to-to have monsters live with.. uh humans again, they want to make sure m-monsters aren't a threat to them… They want to keep you here until w-we figure something out."
Asriel let out a few small coughs in an attempt to steady his voice, "Any ideas?"
Alphys was looking down at her claws and scratching at the sides of them, "N-nothing that you're going to like… I w-was thinking that we could create a device that acts as a sort of… containment for magic…" Alphys looked up at Asriel who had the faintest hint of hope in his eyes, "b-but in order to do that we need to incorporate magic into something… I was thinking m-maybe metal bracelets? Uh.. and well the problem is... we need to take your magic..away from you... " Asriel's eyes widened, he looked around the room and the scientists took a step towards the small monster.
He felt his heart pounding in his chest, "Won't that….kill me?" There was a lump in his throat that was hard to swallow.
Alphys sighed and looked at her feet, "I-it might… but if anyone has a chance of living afterwards… it's you. You have become the form of monster determination, I-I think if we take your magic away you w-will carry enough determination to keep on living aft-afterwards…" she looked back up at Asriel, he was uneasy, "...we need your magic to create a device that can both re-recognize and contain monster magic so it can't leave their being…" Asriel sadly nodded, he knew this was something he had to do, "d-don't worry though, the machine isn't ready yet, you-you can still have your magic for a few days at least…"
That night the monsters were allowed to return to Ebott under close supervision of the National Guard, when everyone was reunited, they realized that Asriel and Alphys were missing. Toriel, Asgore, and Undyne were distraught and frantically asking all the monsters if they had seen them.
Undyne decided to stay the night with Papyrus and sans, they watched action movies all night, sans fell fast asleep before the movie even started, but Papyrus managed to make it half way through. Undyne stayed up the whole night, she couldn't help but wonder if Alphys was okay, and how Undyne could help her. However, Undyne knew there wasn't much she could do under all of this supervision.
All they could do was hope their dear friends were going to be all right.