"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"Past speech and Gman"

"Other"

"Text/misc"


Flowey was not having a good week.

When he saw that he was back in the Ruins, he knew it was Frisk doing once again. It had to be. At first there was nothing but relief as he was pretty sure that demon was gonna murder him as soon as he killed Asgore for her. That smile that adorned her face when they met before she entered New Home didn't go well with the almost empty void that were her eyes. The image of her staring him down with that creepy face gives him chills thinking back to it.

She really did look like his sister at that moment.

However that relief soon turned to confusion when he actually took a second to think of what just happened. The teen shouldn't have been able to Reset, not yet, not until she reached the barrier. She most certainly didn't get to the barrier from what he remembered, he was by the king after all, so what happened he wondered to himself.

He quickly decided to store that question for later, as the human was probably coming up to the room they first met by now. So he burrowed himself deep underground as he made his way to the destined meet up point for the two. Everything was normal when he got there, nothing out of the ordinary like usual. He felt Frisk's Soul quickly making it way to him, so he put on his best poker face and awaited her arrival.

However, something was off he noticed. Her Soul, it felt… different, more powerful, even more so than when she was LV 19. It had to be a trick of the mind he thought to himself, or maybe it wasn't. With the power to Reset no longer in his hands, it's likely that this has happened before. Maybe she slaughtered everyone before. And maybe she has Reset before reaching the barrier in a previous run. It's hard to tell when she can do a full Reset, erasing his memories like he did when he had that same power. Now wasn't the time to dwell on such thoughts however. He could hear the sound of footsteps behind him, he had a meeting to attend.

He truly didn't expect to come face to face with a gas mask.

Now alarm bells were going off in his head as he took in the appearance of the human in front of him. Combat boots, a thin piece of armor, a large rifle, and uniformed clothing covered in blood, sewage, and plenty of other things he couldn't put a name to. The most striking detail however was the aforementioned gasmask. Green lenses stared at him with an ominous glow to them, allowing him to see the shocked expression of the human behind them.

The soulless flower was flexible when it came to the unknown however, or at least he likes to think he is, so he quickly hid any expression of confusion behind the go to happy mask that he's used on so many others. He did his usual spiel about the human being new to the Underground and what not while the human, who he just realized must have been some type of soldier, stood there motionless.

"Let's go!"

Flowey's facade quickly fell when he took a peek at the human's Soul.

It was a deep crimson red that was soaked with the blood of hundreds, maybe even a thousand. Not only that, but it equaled Frisk in term of sheer Determination that went through it. Another oddity was the purple "connections" that ran into the human's backpack.

He couldn't take his eyes off it, nor could he come to terms with the fact that this human was LV 26. It was insane. The amount of EXP needed only be possible with someone who's slaughtered literal waves of people.

Yet the evidence stood in front of him.

So he attacked it, hoping to gain it for himself before something blasted him in the face, burning away his pedals as he retreated to safety and out of harm's way.

His interest in the new arrival didn't falter though. He made sure to watch this new human with interest as it made its way through the Ruins and to Mo… Toriel's house. A few things he found out was that one; the human was the only one to come through. Meaning that Frisk has either not yet fallen, or wasn't going to. He also didn't have to worry about a human invasion if this human was truly alone. Two; the human was armed. The human had three weapons from what he could tell. Two firearms, and a bloodied pipe wrench. Third; the human also had two companions with him. They were definitely not monsters, but they didn't seem like anything from the surface either, too bizarre, too foreign from what Flowey remembers.

However the last little detail he noticed was something that truly surprised him.

He decided to check up on Toriel to find out why she wasn't escorting the human, only to find her house much older than he remembered. He ignored this fact for a second to focus on getting answers. He found Toriel reading some random book that he didn't care about, but after scurrying around for a while, the Soulless flower found out something truly insane.

The year was 2041.

He couldn't believe it. He quickly left the house and proceeded further into the Underground to see if the calendar was simply a fluke. He was relieved when he found that everything was exactly how he remembered it, but that relief quickly turned to confusion again when he found out that every other calendar was exactly the same as the last.

2041

2041

2041

Calendar after calendar, and the results were still the same. He felt his confusion grow as he realized that only the year and the human were the only changes that he saw. He wasn't the only one freaking out however. He saw Sans quickly leave his house and make a mad dash for the exit to the Ruins. It was both odd and satisfying seeing the skeleton so bewildered, but he decided to leave the monster alone and let him deal with his own problems.

He went back to the Ruins only to find that the human was sleeping in Toriel's house much like Frisk has done so in the last timeline, which left him with plenty of time to investigate the sudden changes in the Underground. Again, the only difference he found however was the year, everything else seemed almost exactly the same. Even the monsters themselves are still the same age they were beforehand. It was strange.

He was just going to give up looking for any clues on why things were different when he overheard an interesting conversation.

"You got to control your kids man. If the Royal Guard find out that they were in the Dump, there will be hell to pay. You know no one is allowed in that place, especially not with those strange occurrences going on in that place."

'In can't be a coincidence that the Dump is now off limit at the same time as the new human entering the Underground.' He thought to himself.

So he left Snowdin to continue his search for answers, and it was not disappointing. While he did have to get his hands dirty to get some monsters to talk, it wasn't too hard to figure out what was going in the Dump. The place was declared off limits for years. From what he knows, human garbage stopped falling almost two decades ago and, for some reason, the King declared the place off limits to all except a very select few. So naturally, he decided he was going to disobey this new law to find out what really made the Dump so special since a lack of human garbage isn't something to freak out about.

Again, with his vast network of tunnels going throughout the entire Underground, the Soulless flower made his way deep into the center of the Dump to find answers to the sudden changes happening all around him.


Sans watched as the human entered Waterfall, while also keeping an eye on his brother who was making his way back to Snowdin. He made sure to leave a note at home saying he was going to be home late so he shouldn't be too worried. Anyways, the human, Shephard, was keeping to his promise of leaving every monster unharmed. So he had to at least give that to the guy. However he doesn't believe this trend will continue much longer if his hunch is right. The evidence was stacking up the more he followed him.

The soldier did fall into the Dump after an encounter with Undyne which gave him a chuckle. What are the chances that he would fall for the same trick that Frisk was forced to go through so many times. However his mood was immediately soured when he went down there to follow the guy.

He came upon it not far from the flowerbed that the soldier landed on. The thing was an ugly thing, even with all of its brain matter on the floor. It was also dead, which made him think that the human went back on his promise but after taking a much closer look at it, he realized that might not be the case. The creature wasn't like anything he had ever seen before, nor did it resemble anything from the surface. It was just so alien, much like those creatures he saw the human carrying in his backpack. That couldn't be a coincidence. While the creatures the human carried didn't resemble the dead… thing in front of him, they still shared the same exotic vibe that came from the corpse.

Leaving the creature's body alone, he kept on going down the path the human took, idling taking note of the excessive amount of trash around him and how most of it seemed to be of human origin and extremely old. That didn't worry Sans however, he's pretty sure that just from the sudden change of date that spurred his earlier panic attack.

His trek through the old Dump was an odd eye opener for Sans however as he saw plenty of other creatures, each one more bizarre than the last. The first one he saw was some odd cancerous growth that hung from the ceiling that seemed to use its tongue as a way to catch anything that got stuck to it. He left those alone since they didn't pose a danger to any monsters due to the place being off limits and the fact that the thing couldn't move. Further into his journey he found another strange creature, or rather creatures. These ones were already dead, most likely killed by Shephard. The three legged creatures all looked the same, leading him to believe that they must all be part of the same species. He found others later on, these one alive unlike the last bunch. They proved to be very territorial, he found, with some even going as far as to approach him. The animals were quite easily scared off however when he picked one up via his powers and threw it around. He kept the one he had in his invisible grip however, curious on what it's Soul looked like.

He was surprised when he took a peak. It wasn't like an animal Soul, and he has seen plenty of them from all of the rats and rodents he found over the years, nor did it have the characteristics of a monster Soul. In fact, the things Soul wasn't like any other, human, monster, or otherwise.

Instead of the typical heart, in its place was an orb of green, almost chaotic, energy. It wasn't the green that he was used to though as it became an increasingly lighter shade as you reached its core.

He spent so much time just observing it that he almost got hit by some type of sonic shockwave by the creature he was holding. He was so surprised by this, that he threw the thing as far away as possible before continuing forward.

His trek became much more dull after that, with most of the creatures seemingly avoiding him. He wanted to stay and find out more about these creatures that decided to take residence in the Dump, but he couldn't leave the human alone for long. So he teleported his way to the exit…

And right next to a dying creature.

"Shit!"

The skeleton quickly teleported away just as the thing produced an ear piercing screech that produced a powerful shockwave that blew gallons worth of sewage water outwards in large waves. The shockwave didn't reach him luckily, nor did he get any sewage on him.

The creature looked very much like the three legged ones that he kept on seeing earlier, however it was much larger, with yellow rock-like armor covering portions of its body. The thing was also injured, with a large piece of its back leg missing. The creature made another sound, however this one much more pitiful, most likely a cry of pain the skeleton realized.

Another shockwave was sent out, this one much weaker than the last. He knew the creature was dying and that it was unlikely he could do anything, and even if he did, it would most likely still attack anyone it came across if it was as territorial as its smaller brethren. So he raised his hand and summoned a bone and had it impale the creature right in its insect-like eye. The thing spasamed for a split second before it stopped moving and fell still.

With the thing now dead, the skeleton teleported away from the Dump and back into Waterfall. He continued his pursuit of Shephard, who's been given a very long head start thanks to the mysterious creatures.

Sans thoughts were interrupted however as he heard the sound of Undyne's spears and other sounds of battle up ahead. He quickly teleported to the source of fighting. Hoping that he could stop Undyne and the human.

The skeleton was too late to do anything however, because as soon as he arrived he saw the human charging up the cannon he found in the box outside of Snowdin while Undyne, who he realized has charged to the form that she normally used during a genocide run, was distracted. The cannon shot forth a orb of green chaotic energy, which looked suspiciously similar to the Souls of the creatures in the Dump. The main orb missed Undyne, but the chaotic nature of the projectile allowed a beam of power to hit the Royal Guard dead on, frying her to a crisp before the orb impacted a wall and exploded outwards, creating a shockwave that finally ended her existence.

Remorse went through him as he looked upon the dust floating in the air that was once his friend. He could have been there had he not been side tracked by those creatures. He shoved those feelings down as he stared on at the wounded soldier with empty eyes, debating on whether he should end his existence at that very second.

His inner debate was put on hold however as he saw the soldier's weapons appear above him and into his arms. The soldier then proceeded to put the weapons down as he started to chat with someone who wasn't there. While he couldn't make out the words, he did find that his right eye had burst into a violent blue flame as he stared at Shephard eating a Crab Apple.

'So... I was right.'

The skeleton quickly teleported away as Shephard and his "companion" left for Hotland, thinking about his next course of action.


Adrian realized that he never got to appreciate the sheer usefulness of monster food until now.

After his fight with "Undyne the Undying," as Chara called her, he was on the edge of falling into a permanent state of rest, or death if he were to use its formal definition. With so many open wounds and blood loss he might have actually died from the shock alone were it not for the adrenaline pumping through his system. But those injuries were quickly washed away as he took a bite out of the crab apple. He ate monster food before, but never had he really gotten to see the effects of its magic. Wounds that would have taken minutes for even the Xen healing pools to heal closed off in mere seconds. The magical food must have given him blood as well because he saw color again. Not only that, but he felt refreshed. No, he's never felt more energetic.

"This stuff is amazing." Adrian said, taking the last bite out of the magical item.

"You already said that." Chara remarked as she walked alongside the marine. "Hey look, we're already near Hotland."

Adrian could tell. The heat was rising dramatically with each step. It was bearable, but he was quickly covered in sweat as he walked past the giant neon sign that greeted them. Even the desert of New Mexico wasn't this bad, although it was the coldest time of the year there, but he did have to walk through exhaust ports in Black Mesa that lead to incinerators and still the heat was becoming unbearable.

'Please don't tell me all of Hotland is going to be like this..' The marine thought to himself.

He saw the exit to Waterfall and quickly made his way over with Chara close behind him. He made it through and felt as if he stepped into the gates of Hell itself. A vast chasm filled with magma greeted him, with different structures propped up on natural islands of rock that were connected by a vast network of bridges and elevators that allowed residents to cross through without worry.

"Oh sonuvabitch."

The ghost next to him giggled.

The pair walked across a bridge, past a water fountain, and came up onto a large square building with the sign "Lab" hanging above the door. There were two other paths, however one was blocked by a wall of electricity, while the other led to another cave.

"Welcome to the lab, where the royal scientist Alphys resides." The young woman next to him said, raising her arms as if the building was some type of awe inspiring sight to behold.

The marine simply gave the ghost a little shove in response, which made said ghost return the gesture with a playful glare. The Corporal didn't budge however as the ghost bumped into him, instead Chara bounced off him, like a tennis ball hitting a racket due all of the armor and general weight on him. That and he was a good head taller than her.

Walking into the building, the soldier and the phantom made their way to a very large computer screen that showed a live recording of Adrian himself from a camera behind him that tracked his movements.

"Alphys has been watching you for a while now, ever since you found that first camera near the exit to the Ruins. In fact, if everything goes how it normally does, the royal scientist should be just up ahead, and she won't be pleased since you killed her lover."

Adrian cringes as he hears this, but nonetheless he continues forward, past a disorganized computer table with a bunch of papers and anime figures that all surrounded a large computer screen that wouldn't be out of place in Black Mesa. Actually, the entire place is giving him flashbacks to Black Mesa, although it mostly because of the science equipment and what not.

He unplugs the computer and tries to find the outlet on his PCV before plugging it in, earning a raised eyebrow from Chara. The power that once went to the computer begins to flow through his Powered Combat Vest, reactivating it's internal functions as the armor starts to repair not only itself, but the rest of his uniform as well. Holes and punctures sealed themselves back together, and the crack on his helmet was repaired within a minute. Before long, all signs of his previous engagements have disappeared, with only dried alien, and human, blood, sewage, and dust to show that said engagements happened in the first place.

"That's pretty neat" the ghost commented

Once the vest fully repaired itself and was fully charged, the pair eventually made it to the other side of the building, however there is no sign of any monster scientist.

"Huh, I thought we would at least run into her by now. That's what normally happens anyways" Chara said to herself.

All of the lights in the building suddenly go out, and the room is bathed in darkness.

"Shit… Almost forgot about him" The ghost murmurs.

The marine quickly turns on his night vision and unholsters his rifle as he scans the room for any sign of danger. This proves to be unnecessary however as the building shakes from something metal hitting a nearby wall.

"Adrian, meet the human killing, monster 'celebrity,' Mettaton." The ghost tells the marine, putting air quotes around the word celebrity.

"WELCOME, BEAUTIES..."

The wall that Adrian was looking at burst open as a square robot with a screen as a body, two human-like arms, one of which is carrying an actual microphone, and one single wheel that keeps it upright comes on through.

"TO TODAY'S QUIZ SHOW! MAKE SURE TO GIVE OUR CONTESTANT A ROUND OF APPLAUSES" The lights turn back on as the sound of cheering comes from the robot's own microphone as it claps alongs.

Adrian eye twitches.

"HAVE YOU'VE NEVER PLAYED BEFORE, HANDSOME?"

Chara levels a glare at the machine while Adrian fights the urge to shoot the thing and be done with it.

"NO PROBLEM! IT'S VERY SIMPLE! THERE'S ONLY ONE RULE. ANSWER CORRECTLY…"

"Or die," the ghost finishes, sighing as she did so.

"OR DIE!"

Adrian doesn't even look surprised. In fact, he fell into a kind of limbo as he answered the questions the robot threw his way. Some of them were quite easy to figure out just by process of elimination.

"What's the prize for answering correctly?"

"Let me guess, more questions?"

However there were some that required him to actually think back on the knowledge he learned from his trek through the Underground.

"What's the king's full name?"

"Uh, Asgore Dreemurr?"

Then there were the stupid ones that gave him no hope of being able to anwser with the limited amount of time that he is given.

"Two trains, Train A and Train B, simultaneously depart Station A and Station B. Station A and Station B are 252.5 miles apart from each other. Train A is moving at 124.7mph towards Station B, and Train B is moving at 253.5 towards Station A. If both trains are…"

"The answer is D." The ghost sighed as she crossed her arms and leaned next to a refrigerator.

"GOOD JOB HUMAN, BUT CAN YOU GUESS THIS ONE?"

The robot's screen blinks a series of different colors as Adrian waits for the next question before it suddenly stops and displays the next question along with all of the answers.

"Would you smooch a ghost?"

All of the answers said yes.

"For fuck sake!"

The marine is suddenly struck by a beam of yellow electricity from the robot as it shakes it hand back and forth. His PCV was able to negate most of the damage, however Adrian did find that his left hand was a little more jittery than usual.

"NO SWEARING! THIS, MY DARLING, IS A FAMILY FRIENDLY SHOW! NOW PLEASE, ANSWER THE QUESTION."

Shephard glares at the robot, Mettaton, before looking at the ghost by the fridge who is currently laughing her ass off at his misfortune. The Corporal manages to throw a subtly middle finger in her direction as the machine takes a look at its nonexistent watch.

"Aww, is the big soldier too afraid to kiss a ghost? It's okay Adrian, I know you want to~ I am, after all, pretty irresistible." The ghost falls into another fit of laughter as Adrian shakes his head.

"Yes."

"GREAT ANSWER! I LOVE IT! NOW, FOR THE NEXT QUESTION?"

After that, the machine kept on throwing question after question at the marine, with each one more impossible than the last. Luckily, Adrian had Chara at his side ready to give him the answer to each and every single one, teasing him the whole time.

"WELL WELL WELL. THE SHOW HAS NO DRAMATIC QUESTIONS IF YOU CAN ANSWER EVERY QUESTION. WE CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS! BUT. BUT THIS WAS JUST THE PILOT EPISODE!"

Adrian's eye twitches.

"NEXT UP, MORE DRAMA! MORE ROMANCE! MORE BLOODSHED! UNTIL NEXT TIME, HANDSOME!"

With his speech now done, the magical monster robot folds his arms and wheel into his body as an engine emerges from his back. The engine starts as Mettaton is lifted up into the air, through the ceiling, and out of sight.

"That was fun, wouldn't you say Adrian?"

"I felt like I was going to have an aneurysm."

A giggle comes from the ghost.

The ghost's laughter is cut off however as the light in the building turn off once again, causing Adrian to bring up his rifle and turn on his night vision. Chara doesn't notice anything out of place as Adrian swivels around. Everything is still there like it normally is. In fact, even the light switch is still flipped on. No Alphys still, as is somewhat expected since Adrian did kill her lover. The doors leading outside of the building suddenly shut close, trapping Adrian in here. Chara turns to the marine and sees him frozen as he stares up ahead down the hallway of the Lab. The ghost follows his graze before she suddenly stops as well.

In front of the now open door that leads to the True Lab, is a man that stands unusually still. The man is well dressed, with a suit that sports no imperfections, and a black tie placed perfectly on his collar. His eyes glow an ethereal green as they stare at the marine next to her. Chara takes a step back however as those same eyes turn and face her. An inhuman smile makes its way up the thing's face before it turns around and makes its way into the elevator that leads further into True Lab.

The marine takes a step forward and before she knows it he's already by the door. She quickly follows behind as they both take a look inside the empty elevator.

"Adrian?"

The marine doesn't answer.

The door behind them locks behind them as they enter the elevator. The room lurches as they are suddenly being brought down into a place that Chara has been down plenty of times before.


He has revealed himself

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. This one is being uploaded with the next one.