How long has it been? Hours? Days? Sans had lost track of the passage of time, this room he woke up in, the one Gaster took him to, it was strange, in this, dark 'box' Sans found it hard to focus on his powers, it didn't make much sense to the comedic skeleton, but, his thoughts were hazy, like he was drunk.

One thought however was clear to him, through the fog of his mind, shining brightly.

Gaster, was going to do something, something that he needed to try and stop.

…

If only his body didn't denied him any hope of moving.

As Sans tried to form his thoughts fully and move with little success Gaster became very angered, to the point where Kain had to dive to a side when the ingenuous monster decided to finally vent his frustrations in a random direction.

A very large Gaster Blaster beam nearly obliterated the poor mummy.

"Okay, Gaster I know you're angry but, trying to kill me won't help."

The outburst seemed to calm the scientist, at least for a moment before he brought the blaster back.

"hmm, perhaps…."

Kain had seen this before, and knew that Gaster suddenly showing interest in something after venting his frustrations in a, chaotic manner, would lead to either a grand discovery, or a nightmarish mistake.

The last time it happened, Gaster lost his life….

"Hay, Gaster, I think you should take a moment to re-"

…

His words weren't reaching Wing Dings…

Kain decided to rather not do something that could cause some harm for his wellbeing, instead he walked over to the throne room.

Asgore Dreemurr, king of monsters, and one of the most powerful monsters of all, stood watching through a window, Kain walked up next to him.

"Kain…"

"Asgore…"

There was no need for formality when there were only a handful of monsters left alive.

"How's he doing?"

…

Kain sighed before answering his king.

"Gaster is, losing it…"

"I was worried about that…"

"Yeah, I still don't understand why he locked sans in that room…."

"He wouldn't want him to be caught in the middle of the coming battle."

"That's, that's not it."

Asgore looked over to Kain curiously.

"Sans, when I was bringing him back, I saw, cracks on his hand, something happened to him, something that has Gaster nervous and afraid, I haven't seen him this, unstable since THAT, happened…"

"That bad?"

"Asgore, I, I think… there is nothing really keeping him from using his, curse, if she pushes him to the brink, we won't be able to escape in time."

Asgore didn't enjoy the sound of that and, knew that it was more than likely, if the human tried get to Sans Gaster might just use, that, to keep her from him.

"What about Sans?"

"When I looked up on him, he didn't even know I was there, I, I don't know, something happened though because his wound wasn't so severe when I grabbed him."

"I see…"

They both kept standing there in silence for a few more minutes.

"I, I'm going to scout out, see if the human is nearby."

"Kain, what about-"

"If he was still alive than he'd be back, Grillby is gone…"

"I, see."

With that said, Kain left the king behind, he passed by Wing Dings and saw he was busy experimenting with a blaster he summoned up, it was, strange to see the monster in his element, Gaster wasn't solely scientific, sure he took notes and theorized and all that, but he had a VERY hands on approach with everything he did.

Something that Kain found out very quickly of Gaster was that he much preferred to work in a field, practically test his ideas, even he seemed FAR more impressed when he achieved a failure than if whatever he was attempting worked out like planned, a slight indulgence that he could hardly enjoy as he learnt more and more.

But seeing him like this, he was absolutely giddy again, he must be trying to construct new theories and plans on the fly as he ran his tests with the blaster, his actions were little different than someone lost in a pitch black cave, placing lights everywhere to illuminate the interior.

Kain had to wonder how long it would be before the genius had discovered something relevant, seconds or hours? Who knew? Wing Dings was in a very unpredictable state of mind now.

The old mummy chuckled slightly, at least they had the most dangerous genius on their side, that may not sound like much but well, he would prove to be an unpredictable nightmare equal to their enemy.

…

Kain felt his heart freeze up for a moment as he looked outside.

He could have sworn he saw her, standing in the archway, balancing a knife on her one finger, with the blade side touching her skin, all the while smiling at him.

It was only for a split second but, her could have sworn.

Turning to ask Gaster to come with him he remembered that Wing Dings won't pay him any attention.

In the end he decided to investigate it on his own.

It didn't take long for him to reach the spot where he saw her, and, he felt it, the air itself was, different.

Kain knew this sensation, this, pressure, the chill.

He pulled out his sword and held it ready as he started to look around.

There was a definite feeling of killing intent in the air, no anger, very little emotion at all, just, the intent.

This sensation was, unnerving but Kain needed to make certain it wasn't his mind playing tricks on him.

Keeping his breathing steady Kain observed every little nook and cranny, careful to not just glance over something.

He saw a shadow slip by him for a split second, that was enough proof for Kain that he wasn't alone.

Sprinting forward he slashed at the place where this, mystery stranger was supposed to be, yet he only severed air.

He was confused, so certain Kain was that he saw the shadow, that this was where it headed.

"looking for something?"

Spinning around and swiping in defence, Kain only parted howling wind, but there was NO way that he could have mistaken this.

The enemy was here.

"What's the matter?"

He heard her voice coming from a distant pillar yet when he sprinted to it to end her, she wasn't there.

"It's not very polite to ignore me…"

The voice was right next to his ear but before he could react Kain's legs were grabbed and pulled out from under him, he slammed face first into the stone surface, it took him a split second to get back to his feet but, she wasn't there.

"Show yourself Brat."

Her laughter came from the entrance, and, when he turned around to face her, she didn't move.

Chara stood there, a wide rosy cheek smile spread across her face.

Something was off though, she wasn't gone, she was waiting, it was obvious she could run circles around Kain and he wouldn't even notice it, he needed to stay calm, stay focus-

"Catch."

She threw something at him, a sword, Grillby's sword, there was no doubt anymore… she killed him.

"Wing Dings, we must talk."

Gaster's attention shifted away from his blaster for a moment, giving the king some focus.

"Yes?"

"We-"

They both heard Kain scream in pain as he was flung straight to them, the mummy slammed straight into Asgore, forcing them both to the ground.

The mummy was riddled with wounds but, they weren't healing, he was, dying.

"Kain!?"

"The Flame put up more of a fight than you did, disappointing, he-he"

Chara looked at her defeated opponent and placed her knife against her lip, cutting it to allow the dark red blood free.

"So, where is the comedian?"