"C'mon, Gaster! You have to get checked out to make sure everything is alright. Even Alphys, said so!" You literally had to drag Gaster to the lab, but he was making it difficult.

"I'm telling you I'm fine! There's nothing wrong!"

You reached to knock on the door "Alphys! We're here!" but no one answered.

You pushed it opened and walked in "Alphys?..." She was nowhere to be found, then you saw a note lying on the floor next to the 'bathroom'.

You picked it up and read it "Hey, thanks for your help earlier. You guys...you're support really means a lot to me. But, as difficult as it is...you guys alone can't magically make my own problems go away. I want to be a better person. I don't want to be afraid anymore. And for that to happen, I have to be able to face my own mistakes. I'm going to start doing that now.

I want to be clear, this isn't anyone else's problem but mine. But, if you don't ever hear from me again...if you want to know "The Truth", enter the door to the north of this note. You all at least deserve to know what I did."

Worried, you shot a glance at Gaster "We have to go find her!"

*Warning! Warning! Elevator losing power! EM tether stability lost! Altitude dropping!

Groaning in pain, you got up and rapidly pressed the buttons, hoping that the power was still on, but it wasn't. You sighed with disappointment and looked at Gaster "Looks like were not going back the way we came."

He gets up and brushed himself off "Maybe, this is fate. You know...you're going to have to face Asgore, eventually. There is no point avoiding it."

"But, I don't want to fight him! There has to be another way!"

"Well, we're not going to get anywhere, by just standing here."

You and Gaster walked down an endless dark hallway, until a monitor flashed on. "Gaster, what's this?..."

He walks over to the monitor to look at it "It looks like Alphys's logs, I can hack into the system to bring up more files, if you want?"

"Go ahead!"

"Entry 1: This is it, time to do what the king asked me to do. I will create the power to free us all. I will unleash the power of a soul.

Entry 2: The barrier is locked by soul power. Unfortunately, this power cannot be recreated artificially. Soul power can only be derived from what was once living. So to create more, we will have to use, what we have now...the souls of monsters.

Entry 3: But extracting a soul from a living monster would require incredible power. Besides being impractical, doing so would instantly destroy the soul's host. And unlike the persistent souls of humans, the souls of most monsters disappear immediately upon death. If only I could make a monster's soul last...

Entry 4: I've been researching humans to see if I can find any info about their souls. I ended up snooping around the castle,...and found these weird tapes. I don't feel like Asgore's watched them...I don't think he should.

Entry 5: I've done it. Using the blueprints, I've extracted it from the human souls. I believe that this is what gives their souls the strength to persist after death. The will to keep living, the resolve to change fate...let's call this power,..."determination."

Entry 6: Asgore has asked everyone outside the city for monsters that have "fallen down". Their bodies have come in today. They're still comatose,...and soon they'll all turn to dust. But what will happen if I inject "determination" into them? If their souls persist after they perish, then freedom might be closer than we all thought.

Entry 7: We'll need a vessel to wield the monster souls when the time comes. After all, a monster cannot absorb the souls of other monsters. Just as a human cannot absorb a human soul. So then,...what about something that's neither human nor monster...?

Entry 8: I have chosen a candidate. I haven't told Asgore yet, because I want to surprise him with it. In the center of his garden, there's something special. The first golden flower, that grew before all the others. The flower from the outside world. It appeared just before the queen left. I wonder...if something without a soul gains the will to live?

Entry 9: Things aren't going well, none of the bodies have turned into dust, so I can't get the souls. I told the families that I will give them the dust back for the funerals. People are starting to ask me what's happening. What do I do?

Entry 10: Experiments on the vessel are a failure. It doesn't seem to be any different from the control case. Whatever, they're a hassle to work with anyway. The seeds just stick to you, and won't let go.

Entry 11: Now that Mettaton's made it big, he never talks to me anymore. Except to ask when I'm going to finish his body. But I'm afraid that if I finish his body he won't need me anymore, then we'll never be friends ever again. Not to mention that every time I try to work on it, I just get really sweaty.

Entry 12: Nothing is happening, I don't know what to do. I'll just keep injecting everything with "determination."...I want this to work.

Entry 13: One of the bodies opened its eyes.

Entry 14: Everyone that had fallen down, has woken up. They're all walking around and talking like nothing is wrong. I thought that they were goners...?

Entry 15: It seems that this research is a dead end. But at least we've got an happy ending out of it...? I sent the souls and the vessel back to Asgore. And I called the families and told them that everyone's is alive. I'll send everyone back tomorrow. :)

Entry 16: no NO NO NO NO NO NO!

Entry 18: The flower's gone.

Entry 19: The families keep calling me to ask when's everyone coming home. What am I supposed to say? I don't even answer the phone anymore.

Entry 20: Asgore left me five messages today. Four about everyone being angry. One about this cute tea cup that looks like me, thanks Asgore.

Entry 21: I spend all of my time at the garbage dump now, its my element."

After encountering some of the Amalgamates along the way, you and Gaster walked by a familiar room and you felt as if something was calling you to it.

He looks at you confused "You already seen all the tapes when you played the game. Don't you remember?"

"I know but I have a feeling that I should watch them again." You walked over to the VCR to see five tapes lined up in order.

You put the first one in, you could hear Toriel and Asgore's voices on the screen "Pssst Gorey. Wake up!"

"Mmm? What is it dear? err...why do you have that video camera?"

"Shush! I want to get your reaction. Gorey, dearest...What is my favorite vegetable?"

"Hmm...carrots, right?"

"No, no! My favorite vegetable is...Eda-Mom-e! Get it?"

"Go back to bed, dear."

"No no! Not yet! Hee hee hee.~ Now, if I were a dog what breed would I be?"

"Hmm,...I don't know honey. What kind of dog would you be?"

"I would be...a Momerianian!"

"Hohoho! You sure are excited to have this child. You know, if you to keep making jokes like this. One day, you would be...a famous Momedian!"

There was a long awkward silence between them until she spoke "Well, I am going to bed."

"Hey! C'mon, Tori! That one was funny!"

"Hahaha I know. I am just teasing you. Goodnight, dear."

"Goodnight, honey."

"Oh dear, perhaps it was too dark for the video to come out."

(...They sounded so happy together!...)

You took out the tape then put the next one in, and you could hear Asriel and Chara's voices "Ok, Chara, are you ready? Do your creepy face! AHHH! Hee hee hee! Oh wait, I had the lense cap on! What?! Your not going to do it again! C'mon! Quit tricking me!"

You reached down getting ready to put in another tape until you heard "Please!"

"All right..."

(...Huh?...I don't remember that...)

You looked up to see Chara genuinely smiling at the camera on screen. You watched confused at what was going on ...I thought that Chara was crazy?!...

you hear Asriel groaned with disappointment "Hey! You said that you were going to make a creepy face!"

You heard them laughing at him "I was just teasing!~"

You looked at Gaster confused, and he looked just as confused as you.

You put in the next one "Howdy, Chara! Smile for the camera! Ha, this time I got you! I left the lense cap on...on purpose! Now you're smiling for nooo reason! Hee hee hee!"

You heard them whispering something "What? Oh yeah, I remember. When we tried to make butterscotch pie for dad, right? The recipe asked for cups of butter...but we accidentally put in buttercups instead. Yeah! Those flowers got him really sick. I felt so bad...We made mom really upset. I should have laughed it off, like you did. Um, anyway where are you going with this? Huh? Turn off the camera...? Ok."

You put in the next one "I...I don't like this idea, Chara."

"You're not backing out now, are you?~"

"Wh-what? N-no I'm not...big kids don't cry. Yeah, you're right. No! I'd never doubt you, Chara...never! Yeah! Well be strong! We'll free everyone. I'll get the flowers."

(...Did Chara use the buttercups to kill themselves, thinking that there was no hope of breaking the barrier?...)

You put in the last tape "Chara...can you hear me? We want you to wake up! You have to stay determined! You can't give up...you are the future of humans and monsters...

(...Did the pressure get to them? I mean, sure that was a lot of pressure on a kid, being the future hope of monsters, but...)

"Psst Chara, please wake up. I don't like this plan anymore. I...I..no, I said I'd never doubt you. Six, right? We just have to get six, and we'll do it together, right?"

(...Were they planning on sacrificing themselves hoping to free everyone, but it backfired? Was Chara actually a vengeful ghost with unfinished business? That they forgotten what they were supposed do?...)

You grabbed your head with frustration "Augh! What is going on here?!"

Gaster laughs at your response "Your guess is as good as mine. "

After a while of stumbling in the dark, you and Gaster made it to the power generator and flipped the power back on. You turned to weakly smile at Gaster, knowing what was going to happen next "C'mon let's try and go back."

He looks at you concerned "(Y/N) ..." As you turned around to get ready to leave the amalgamates appeared, blocking your path. They began to wobble closer until a voice rang out "Hey! Stop!"

Alphys quickly rushed in "I got you guys some food, okay?!" She smiled nervously at you "Sorry about that. They get kind of sassy when they don't get fed on time. I think they smelled the potatoe chisps you had, and... Anyway, the power went out, I've been trying to turn it back on!"

Then she rubs her head sheepishly "But it seems that you were one step ahead of me. This was probably was just a big inconvenience for you, but I appreciate that you came here to back me up! As I said, I was afraid I might...not come back. But that's not because of these guys or anything! I was just worried that I would be afraid, to tell the truth. That I might run away or do something cowardly.

I suppose I owe you an explanation. As you probably know, Asgore asked me to study the nature of souls. During my research I isolated a power I called "determination." I injected it into dying monsters so their souls would last after death. But the experiment failed. You see, unlike humans', monsters' bodies don't have enough physical matter to take in those concentration of "determination." Their bodies started to melt, and lost what physicality they had. Pretty soon, all of the test subjects had melted together into...those.

Seeing them like this. I knew, I couldn't tell their families about it. I couldn't tell anyone about it. No matter how much everyone was asking me. And I was too afraid to do any more work, knowing everything I'd done so far had been such a horrific failure." She genuinely smiles at you "But now. Now I've changed my mind about all this. I'm going to tell everyone what I've done. It's going to be hard, being honest, believing in myself. I'm sure that there will be times where I'll struggle. I'm sure there will be times where I screw up again. But knowing, deep down, that I have friends to fall back on. I know it'll be a lot easier to stand on my own. Thank you."

"C'mon guys. It's time for everyone to go home."

She looks at Gaster "We'll have to reschedule another appointment, bye!" and ushers everyone out of the room, leaving you and him alone.

Your phone rings you answered it and its a voice you've never heard before "Thanks to you, everything is falling into place. See you, soon."