It was as I walked behind him, that I noticed how tense fell's shoulders appeared, knowing he would never say what was truly bothering him, I quickened my pace so we were walking side by side, in a silent show of solidarity. We walked like that the whole way to the infirmary wing, the silence only broken by shield agents stopping to say how they we're glad I was back.
Bruce was the first to greet us as we entered, the crisp and sterile white hallway. "it's so good to see you again, sable. "Bruce said as he walked over to me his loafers clicking as he timidly walked towards the new beings standing in front of him.
"it's good to see you too Bruce. This is my little brother crooks, and my daughter Aliza. " I said as I introduced them to him.
"it's a pleasure to meet you. "Bruce said as he shook crooks hand before directing us towards a room.
"the pleasure is mine. "crooks said as we entered the room, the walls were a soft ocean blue, with a robin eggs banner running along the length of the room, there were three beds set up one next to the other against the right wall.
"ah, sable I'm glad you were able to make it back. "a women of average height, that had her black hair in a bun, her lab coat was a pale almost white lavender color that matched her pastel lavender scrub bottoms, with white sneakers.
"thanks Helen, it's good to be back. "I said as Helen looked at Aliza who was hiding behind me.
"Aliza right? "she asked
"yes, ma'am. "Aliza replied as she poked her head out to the side from behind me.
"would you please take the first bed. "Helen said as she pointed to the bed closest to the door.
"sable, you'll take the middle bed. "she said to me as she pointed to the second bed.
"and crooks, you'll take the last one closest to the window. "she said as she pointed to last bed.
Once we were all situated, Helen started to hook Aliza up to a heart monitor, as one of her assistants brought the lab cart over to her, where she proceeded to retrieve a tourniquet, and a needle to take some blood samples.
"now Aliza I'm going to take a few blood samples, and test them to make sure everything is OK, and I'm also going to put one of the samples into the database. "Helen said as she tied the tourniquet, and cleaned a spot on Aliza's right arm.
"o OK? "Aliza said slightly confused
"the database is a catalog of those associated with the avengers or shield. Consider it a just in case something happens, to you we can track you or get help. "I explained as Helen drew her blood, before going out of the room, so she could analyze the blood.
"OK, sable you know what to do? "Bruce said as he stepped over to me.
"sure do. "I replied dryly as I pulled my soul out so he could hook it up. Bruce place what looked like heart monitor wires, only these measured my stats.
"um... I'm going to have toriel, and Dr alphys, come down here to... "Bruce said nervously
"hey no problem Bruce, it's all good. "I calmly said as he walked over to the phone next to the door, where he then picked the receiver up and pushed the intercom button that connected the phone to the pa system.
"toriel, Dr alphys would you please, come to the infirmary wing thank you. " he said, before walking over to crooks.
"OK, now crooks I'm going to hook your soul up, like I did sable's, so we can measure your stats along with magic output, I'm also going to take a sample of your magic, to put in the database as well. "Bruce said as crooks nervously pulled his soul out.
"hmmm? "Bruce hummed as he looked at crooks soul.
"Bruce? "I asked wondering if there was a problem with crooks soul.
"well, there seems to be a colored spot that is similar in color to your magic on his soul. "Bruce answered as toriel, Bucky, and Dr alphys entered the room.
"is that all, holy shit Bruce I actually that there was a problem. If you look at my soul you'll see an orange spot. "I explained as, toriel took over the explanation.
"those spots show that sables family adopted crooks, if you were to look at sans, papyrus, or Dr gaster's souls, you would also see an orange spot. "toriel said as she walked towards the end of my bed.
"hey little bone. "Bucky said as I caught the glint off of his left arm as he waved.
"hey soldat, glad to see you could take some time out of your very busy schedule to come see me. "I said sarcasm dripping from my teeth.
"we wanted to allow you some time with your family. "toriel said as I noticed her standing next to Bucky who had his arms around her, before she stepped away, walking to the end of my bed.
"obviously I didn't miss a fucking thing while I was gone. "I sarcastically said, as Bucky's face turned a deep red.
"naw you didn't miss anything especially asgore cheating on tori. "Bucky sarcastically replied a hard edge to his tone as his left hand clenched.
"James, I've put that behind me. In fact I'm thankful I caught them together. "toriel said as she turned her face towards the window, I was still able to see, the question of was I not good enough, in her eyes.
"what's the bitches name? "I asked as my eye flared cyan, and the monitor beeped, signaling a higher magic output.
"his name is Grayson. "Bucky said in an odd tone as my face drained completely of color.
"hi his? "I asked as alphys patiently waited to one side of me.
"that was my response as well. "toriel agreed.
"wasn't able to sleep one night, she was in the main living room crying, and ya know me. "Bucky said as he pulled toriel into his arms.
"oh I know. Ya got to help the Dame in distress. And they say chivalry is dead. "I replied ribbing him good naturally, as alphys tapped my shoulder.
"I I know that that you have a lot of catch catching u up to do b but... " she started to say as my skull turned a brilliant shade of blue.
"oh yeah. Might as well get this show on the road. " I said as I lifted my shirt up, revealing the two souls inside my womb.
I watched as Bruce slowly came over to see what they looked like, the scientists in him tying to figure out the process. "um... I was wondering if I could take notes of what you're doing, not that I don't trust you.. But I'm I'm.. "Bruce said as he trailed off, a blush upon his cheeks.
"not at all I'd love to show you our science. "alphys said her eyes filled with happiness.
"now the first thing we do is check the souls frequency, kind of like how you would check for heartbeats. "alphys said as Bruce nodded and wrote what she said down.
"now do you use a stethoscope, to hear the frequency's? "he asked
"we can, but not usually, all monster are taught from an early age how to listen for frequency's just in case they get lost or something."alphys explained as Bruce got a stethoscope from the drawers that were between crooks and I.
"Dr banner I believe you should listen to sable's soul first. Because the little ones will sound like a mixture of her and red's frequency. "toriel suggested as Bruce gently placed the stethoscope on my soul.
At first Bruce could hear what sounded like a thrum that sounded like a heartbeat, "it sounds like a heartbeat. "he said as he started to count the beats to get my pulse.
"good now, listen closer. "toriel said as Bruce closed his eyes listening closer as the thrum changed to a soft melodic piano.
"now it sounds like a piano playing a catchy song... Do lo do, dododododo do lo do dododododo. "he said singing the notes he heard.
"that would be my song megalovania. "I stated
"your song? "he asked
"yes, you see all boss monster's have a song, it is usually only heard in a confrontation. "toriel explained as Bruce took more notes.
"so let me see if I got this right. "Bucky said
"the softer the frequency the calmer the monster and vice versa. "Bucky stated as we all nodded.
"now if I remember the comics that you've done with Nate isn't megalovania sans song as well? " Bucky asked
"awe and here I thought you didn't listen to our channel. But in all seriousness, each version of megalovania is different, even mine and sans are different. Mine as you heard sounds like a piano, where as sans sounds like a baritone horn, with a touch of trombone. "I explained as Bruce moved to listen to the souls.
"so red's would be an edgier version? "Bucky asked
"yes, his sounds like a Fender Stratocaster. "I said as Bruce listened to the soul closest to him.
"yes I can hear it, but its combined with yours... Actually... It sounds like... " he started to say.
"come on now kid
You and me together
Come and let's see
Which of us is
Better
I guarantee, that
For your endeavor
I'll see it end:
Here now and
Forever.
For so long now i
Have seen
All of the paths
And where they all
Will lead
I made a promise
To a friend but
Now its one
I can't keep. "I sang as Bruce looked at me realization in his eyes.
"yeah isn't that one of the lullabies for code green? "he asked as I nodded.
"I wrote the lyrics back when I was still under Hydra's control. "I said as Bruce and alphys switched sides.
"well I can definitively say that your a month along, which would explain why it took so long for the souls to form. " alphys stated as she pushed her glasses up her snout.
"how? "Bucky asked
"well monsters are made of magic, so when we have children the parents will give a bit of their magic to the baby, sometimes like back during the war, the family would give the baby some of their magic. "toriel started to explain as Bruce put the pieces together.
"but sable's circumstances were different, she ended up in a different world as well as having twins, so she was the only one they could get magic from. Which explains why the souls took longer to form. "Bruce said as toriel and alphys nodded in agreement.
"but other than that, both of the souls seem healthy and happy. "alphys said as she unhooked my soul before pushing it back into my body.
"the blood tests are in and Aliza is up to date on all her shots, and there doesn't seem to be any viruses of anything like that."Helen said as she came back into the room, and unhooked Aliza, while toriel unhooked crooks helping him to his feet.
After we received a clean bill of health, we headed to the main living room. My foot had barely exited the elevator, when tony said,
"OK walking dead, you mind telling us what the hell happened at the base? "
"well from what I gathered and have all ready told you, when we attempted to cancel Hydra's reset, we ended up ripping a hole in space and time."I reiterated
"OK, and why do you think hydra wasn't pulling the strings? "he asked as I noticed Nate who sat next to his dad.
"because in the text from red I forwarded to you guys, he said he was working with other sanses, that were not classic, blue, or black, as blue mentioned in the same text thread and I was with Axe so he's out. Add to the fact that killer showed up last week, which means... "I trailed off as Nate's eyes lit up in realization.
"nightmare. "Nate said
"bingo. "I replied
"hold on you lost us.. Who now? "Steve said clearly confused
"OK, as we know there are alternate universes right? "Nate said as everyone nodded, in agreement.
"OK, here's where things get a little tricky. Let's say This line represents the main or alpha time line which would be our history, OK? "I said as I drew a straight line, flicking it off my phone making it a hologram.
"now all aus are branches of the main time line except for one, underswap, which would be the equivalent of resetting a game your playing only to have it be slightly different. "Nate stated as he drew a second line.
"still don't get it. "Bucky muttered
"OK it's simple, this line right here is our timeline. "I said as I tapped the first line I drew.
"this red one is underfell, now everything is exactly the same except there was a reason for the monsters being locked underground. "I explained as I drew a red line coming from the first.
"OK so the same thing could be said for swapfell? "Bucky asked
"correct. "I replied as Nate pulled up a few pictures.
"now out side of the aus are beings that have no universe or ties to the underground. "I explained as I pointed to the pictures.
"these are the main players, outside of the aus. "Nate said pointing to one of the pictures specifically.
The picture Nate pointed to, looked like sans only in a tan shirt and khaki pants with a sky blue sweatshirt wrapped around his waist, he was also wearing a tan sash that held tubes of paint, with an ink blot on his right cheek, and a life size paintbrush on his back.
"this is ink he is the protector of the aus." Nate said while I pointed to a picture of a black sans that had red streaks coming from his eyes, he was wearing an inverted negative color scheme of classics usual clothes.
"this is error, he is the counterpart of ink, he wants to destroy all but the alpha time line. "I said while we pointed to dream and nightmare.
"is there a reason, why they all look like sans? "asgore asked
"because they are sans, just like red, blue, and black are sans in a way. "Nate answered as I pointed to the picture of the last two skeletons. "the last two are dream and nightmare, they were guardians for the tree of life. The tree was split, one side represented positivity, while the other represented negativity, people would come from miles around just to see the tree. Though over time it became clear that people only came to see the side of the tree dream protected. You see the tree, was an apple tree, which grew two types of apples. One type was a golden apple that made whom so ever ate it wishes come true. The second type was a purple black colored apple, now no one is 100% sure what those apples did when you ate them, but we do know what it did to nightmare, who in a fit of jealous rage at all the attention that dream got, took a bite of one of his apples, turning him into this. "I explained as I pointed to a black dripping skeleton that only had one visible eye.
"wow, hard to believe we really aren't alone in any multiverse. "Clint said as he leaned back, taking the information in.
"I still don't see why you believe that this nightmare could be behind they hydra attack. " Steve stated
"wouldn't put it past him especially if he wants red, that's his thing he manipulates people. "Nate said as he looked at me with an Apologetic look.
"THΔT STILL DΩΣSΠ'T ΔΠSШΣR ШHΨ THIS ΠIGHTMΔRΣ ШΔΠTΣD THΔT USΣLΣSS PIΣCΣ ΩҒ SHIT. "fell stated as he stomped his foot.
"because red is part of the evil sanses. "I said as I brought up a picture of the group.
"evil sanses, little miss? " mutt asked as he looked at me incredulously.
"yes evil sanses, each one is from a timeline where the monsters either had to kill to survive or because they believe it is the only way. "Nate explained
"this next part isn't full canon, but the evil sans usually consists of nightmare, cross, axe, dust, killer, and error, with red being swapped with cross. "I explained
We spent most of the night going over the timelines, before Steve decided that we weren't going to retain anything else without sleep. I walked into mine and red's bedroom to see Azazel laying on the bed till he picked up my scent, his tail wagging as he jumped off the bed to me.
"I missed you too. " I said as I petted his head when I noticed a folded note on my nightstand Azazel and Lilith right beside me as I walked over and picked up the note which read,
ᴅᴇᴀʀ sᴀʙʟᴇ,
ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴘᴀssᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍᴇssᴀɢᴇ ᴏɴᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴅ, ᴡʜᴏ ʜᴀs ᴀsᴋᴇᴅ ɪ ᴘᴀss ʜɪs ʀᴇsᴘᴏɴsᴇ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ.
հҽվɑ ժօӀӀ,
ցӀɑժ Եɑ ƒíղɑӀӀվ հҽɑɾ ƒɾօʍ վɑ. í'ʍ ցօղղɑ ցҽԵ ҍɑϲƘ Եɑ վɑ ɾҽɑӀ Տօօղ
ɾҽժ
ᴘs. ɪ ᴍᴜsᴛ ɪɴғᴏʀᴍ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɴɪɢʜᴛᴍᴀʀᴇ ʜᴀs ʟᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ ʀᴇᴅ up
ɪ sʜᴀʟʟ ʙᴇ ɪɴ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜ.
ᴋɪʟʟᴇʀ
A tear landed on the edge of the note, followed by another and another, as I brought a shaking hand to my cheek, only to find my hand covered in tears, before dropping to my knees and sobbing.
I'm not so sure how long I was sobbing before the souls sent out a wave of concern to sans, pap's, and crooks, who found me silently crying in my sleep curled into myself.
