-It's almost an impossible thing to remember.-

-Enjoy-


The elevator ride was long and quiet. Sans stared morosely at the button, there was only one, the entire way down, and Papyrus was too busy watching his brother with a pensive expression to chat.

Flowey was of course, nowhere to be found. I couldn't even imagine how he could appear in an elevator, but he probably could if he wanted to. Thinking about it made my brain hurt, so I stopped. Let him sulk if he wanted to.

That left me time to think as we descended. This was where I was supposed to find answers right? I would get my DETE*****TION back, and I could put things to right. Sans seemed convinced Alphys could help, and he hadn't steered my wrong yet.

I wanted my memories back. Well, not all of them, but I was willing to take the painful ones if that meant getting back the happy ones. I was ready to no longer be the dead weight I knew it was. I didn't want Sans to look at me like that anymore, like he just didn't know what to say to me sometimes. Like I had broken his heart.

The elevator gave a soft ding as it reached the floor. The sound echoed through the silence, and Papyrus's shoulders stiffened for a moment. We all looked at the door as it slowly opened. Beyond was darkness.

Sans led the way, strolling into the dark without a sign of fear. Papyrus lay a hand on my shoulder, gave me a small smile, and then pushed me to follow Sans. As we stepped out of the elevator, a few lights overhead flickered on. There was a long hallway before us, the tiles on the floor were dirty and chipped, and long cracks ran through the walls. Was this place no longer used?

Screen along the wall lit up as we passed. I only caught a few words on the screens, but they looked like some kind of research entries. Sans didn't even glance in their direction, and though I was curious, I was more worried about losing sight of him in this dark place.

The hallway ended in a small lobby. A door sat opposite the hallway, four glowing lights adorned the door, and beside it was a vending machine. As Sans looked around the lobby, trying to decide which way to go, I tapped on the glass of the vending machine.

"Popato Chisps?" I muttered as I peered through the grime covered glass.

"Oh, Tasty," Papyrus said. "Would You Like Some?"

I shook my head. I'd pass on the grimy food of questionable origins.

"Alphys should be somewhere around here," Sans said. "Ah," he paused as if remembering something. "There isn't a single thing to be afraid of here."

Sans looked at me, his eye sockets dark. After a moment, he turned back away.

There were two doorways leading from the lobby area they were in, and Sans headed left. Papyrus and I followed.

"Sans," Papyrus said as we followed. "How Did You Know This Place Was Here?"

Sans's shoulders jerked but the movement was small, barely noticeable, but there was no way Papyrus had missed it.

"I've been here before," Sans said. "It was a long time ago though, before Alphys became the royal scientist."

"Why?" Papyrus asked.

"I used to lend the scientists here a hand," Sans said. He waved his hand over his head for us to see. "I'm no bone-afied scientist or anything like that, but I was an assistant of sorts."

"I Don't Remember That," Papyrus said.

Sans stopped. His shoulders hunched, and I could see his head droop slightly.

"No," he said. "You wouldn't."

His voice was a lonely echo of his normal humorous self. I reached my hand out to touch his shoulder, but a loud clattering sound rang through the air. I let out a small squeak and jumped as I looked around for the source of the noise.

At the end of the hallway was a monster. Small and yellow, she looked like a cross between a lizard and a dinosaur. She wore a pair of thick glasses and a white lab coat that had been stained with various things, some looked suspiciously like grease stains. Her hands were empty, but looking at the metal tray on the ground at her feet, it would seem they were occupied until just recently.

"S-s-sans...?" the little monster asked.

She was trembling all over and barely able to speak as she stared at us.

"Hello Dr. Alphys," Papyrus said, waving at her.

"P-p-p-p-p-p," she tried to speak.

"Com'on doc," Sans said, his voice soothing. "Nothing to be scared of." He gestured to me. "Have you met Frisk yet?"

I waved, but the way Alphys looked at me, as if I was the monster, about to pounce and devour her, sent a surge of guilt down my spine. Should we really have snuck down here without her knowing? She looked really upset.

"You-" Alphys looked back at Sans. "You haven't s-seen any-anything yet? H-have you?"

"Seen Anything?" Papyrus asked. "Just You So Far. We Came To Ask You For Help."

O-oh," Alphys said. "I-I see. Then, l-let's go up-upstairs. Um...no...no need to stay h-here."

Despite the reassurance, her stuttering wasn't any better. Was she just normally this nervous?

Alphys led us back the lobby area, glancing up and down the hallways every few moments as if searching for something or someone.

"Is there anyone else here?" I asked.

Alphys looked like she had been struck by a bolt of lightning, and Sans chuckled.

"No- I...There's no one else here," Alphys said in a shrill voice.

There was something strange here. Something Alphys didn't want anyone to know about, but I was too worried she might collapse if I asked anything more. Alphys was already quivering like she was terrified.

We turned into the lobby, and Alphys paused and let out a short cry.

That was...something white? in the middle of the lobby. White, and very large. The thing turned toward us. It had countless legs, was letting out a high-pitched keening sound, like a wail. Where it's face should have been was nothing but a hole.

"Ah, no," Alphys yelled. She held up her hands and waved them back and forth as if to fend off the creature, but she was much tinier than it was her actions didn't even faze it.

The creature, sprang towards us, soaring over the heads of both Alphys and Sans, who were in front, and landing right on top of me. My world turned pure white, and the only thing I could hear was the sound of Papyrus yelling for me.


-Oh...uh...spoilers if you've never played/seen true pacifist. I figure that goes without saying though. And say hello to Alphys. Forgive me if the description of the lab isn't spot on, artistic liberties and all that. (It's not cause my memory is bad, nope, not at all)-