Chapter 34:
G Out
We approached the door with caution and in silence. It occurred to me that whatever was behind the door, or had been, Sans knew something about. I knew better than to ask him right now about what could've been there. It obviously wasn't a good thing, but why was it only now that I've seen the door.
Sans glanced around the edge of the door frame and into the space behind it. Leaning over his shoulder I took my turn to peer in. The room was dark grey and empty of anything. It felt like a prison that you kept the worst of the worst in, and that prisoner had escaped.
"Sans," I broke the silence. "What was in there?"
He clenched his fists and slammed them into the door. "Damn it!"
I backed up, shocked by his reaction, but stopped when I felt a stinging sensation in my neck. I reached my hand up and felt a long tube with a needle puncturing into my skin. I pulled it free and stared at it confused.
Sans turned to say something and his eyes landed on the syringe. Inside was a golden liquid. It sloshed slightly, looking mostly drained. It looked like gold dust mixed with water. Sans grabbed it and crushed it in his palm, eyes dark and clouded. His free hand grabbed my own then and held it tight.
He teleported us out of Waterfall and into Hotlands. Landing us in front of the lab, he glanced at me. He seemed on edge and ready to strike at the first thing that moved.
"That door held someone who should still be there or should be dead."
With that he guided me inside and shut the door manually behind him so it locked.
"Alphys!" He yelled out to her.
The yellow dino-looking woman shot up from her desk. She had dried drool on her chin and a pen indentation on her forehead. Her hands rubbed her eyes and face in an attempt to wake up.
"S-Sans? F-Frisk? What are you doing h-here?"
"We need to look at the cameras. Now."
She seemed taken aback and twiddled her thumbs.
"I-I'm s-sorry Sans. I-I know you don't like them—"
"Alphys. NOW." His voice went low and the poor girl nearly toppled her chair to give him access.
I never knew Sans to be a computer person, but his finger bones flew across the keyboard and swapped between each camera with lightning speed. He spent only fractions of a second on each screen as he scanned the Underground.
"Wh-What's going on?" Alphys stuttered.
I wanted to catch her up, but Sans cursing again would stop me. He had stopped on the Waterfall camera where the door should be, but nothing was there. It was as if no anomaly had even appeared.
"He's out..."
In unison Alphys and I spoke. "Who?"
He turned his attention back to searching the cameras before he muttered a name that I had never heard before.
"Gaster."
