It was near the early morning hours that gaster had come to investigate the wave that the souls released, only for him to be greeted by me cuddling sans with, pap's and crooks piled on top almost as if they were trying to protect me from something. He grabbed the comforter off of my bed, flicking it as he covered us.
" , . "(sleep well my little skeles, for the marrow is a new day. ) he said unintentionally making a pun, causing sans and I to giggle in our sleep, while pap's and crooks made a noise of annoyance, he softly chuckled before gently kissing the tops of our heads. Then he left to retire to his room.
I was startled awake by a cry of, "SҜΣLΣ PILΣ! "before feeling sans shift, his left hand grazing my nasal cavity, only for him to catch blue and black in his gravity magic.
"βUT CLΔSSIC, I ШΔΠT TΩ CUDDLΣ RavΣΠ TΩΩ! "blue petulantly whined as my head poked out of our little pile.
"ΔΠD I THΣ MΔLΣҒICΣΠT βLΔCҜβΣRRΨ DΣMΔΠD THΔT ΨΩU PUT MΣ DΩШΠ, SΩ THΔT I TΩΩ MΔΨ ΔLSΩ ReCeIvΣ CUDDLΣS ҒRΩM RaveΠ. " black ordered as papyrus and crooks got to their feet, before helping me to mine.
"hey! Take it easy you two, there is plenty raven cuddles to go around... How about I spend the morning with you, we can even build a blanket fort. "ΠΩШ ШHΨ ΩΠ ΣΔRTH ШΩULD Δ SΩΩΠ TΩ βΣ avΣΠGΣR DΩ THΔT? "black said with his arms crossed.
"everyone needs to chill once in a while, otherwise you'll burn yourself out, usually when someone needs you the most. Think of it as a training exercise... I mean unless you're not up to the challenge... I guess I'll just have to get some blankets and pillows myself. " no sooner had the words left my mouth black and blue had run out of the room to get the blankets and pillows.
"you and crooks are invited too. "I said looking at pap's.
"ΠΩ THΔΠҜ ΨΩU SISTΣR, CRΩΩҜS ΔΠD I ΔRΣ GΩIΠG TΩ MΔҜΣ SΩMΣ PUZZLΣS, SΩ ШΣ CΔΠ TΣST THΣ HUMΔΠ ΔGΣΠTS. "papyrus said as he and crooks left towards the back field.
I waited a few seconds before, picking the note up off of the ground.
"I was think this is why you were called last night. "I said as I handed it to sans. He was silent for a few minutes before saying, "fuckin hell red, what the hell have you gotten yourself into? "he said under his breath.
"look, I'm gonna take this to dad and the others maybe we can... I don't know... Maybe we can see if there is any trace of the void on it. "he said before pulling me into a hug.
"don't worry sable I promise we'll bring him back. And you know I'm not fond of promises. "he said while placing his hand on my stomach, his hand glowing cyan.
"now listen here, it's your punkle sans, don't be giving your mom a hard time today. "he said in a warning tone while giving the souls some of his magic, then left to see our dad as I gathered my pillows and blanket, before heading to the living room.
I entered the living room to see black and blue trying to get the middle of the blanket that was to be the ceiling to stay. "um. Heh heh you two having some trouble? "I asked startling them.
"ΠΩ, THΣ TШΩ ΩҒ US SHΔLL ҒIGURΣ ΩUT HΩШ TΩ ҜΣΣP THIS IΠSUҒҒΣRΔβLΣ THIΠG TΩ STΔΨ. "black growled while blue grabbed my blanket and pillows.
HMMM... βLΔCҜ I THΣ MΔGΠIҒICΣΠT βLUΣβΣRRΨ beLIevΣ THIS βLΔΠҜΣT MΔΨβΣ βΣTTΣR SUITΣD ҒΩR ΩUR CΣILIΠG. "blue proudly stated as he held my blanket up, for black to see.
"IT ΔPPΣΔRS THΔT ΨΩU MΔΨβΣ RIGHT ΔβΩUT THΔT. "black said as he pulled the blanket they were using, to reveal a bone, that was meant to be a support beam in the middle of the fort. As they finished making the fort, I walked into the kitchen. Mutt was standing in front of the coffee pot.
"morning mutt. "I said as I gave him a lazy wave.
"mornin little miss. "he greeted in return, as the coffee finished brewing.
"want a cup? "he asked as I walked over to a set of cupboards that lined the bottom of the counter.
"sure, um.. Could you put some milk and mustard in it please? "I asked as I opened the second cupboard door.
"sure. "he replied as I heard him reach into the cupboard that held the cups.
"what are you looking for little miss? "he asked as he watched me crawl half way into the cupboard.
"my stash of snacks, learned real quick to hide them after stark kept raiding it... Come on... Ah there you are. "I stated as a click was heard, followed by me doing a happy dance as I backed out of the cupboard.
When I got to my feet, mutt noticed that I was holding a decent sized box, that happened to be filled with chips, snack cakes, and candy.
"you do realize milord will not approve of those snacks. "mutt said with an arched brow bone.
"got it covered. "I said as I reached into the box and pulled out a bag of trail mix, and a bag of mixed nuts.
"nope. Not gonna say anything it would be way to easy. "mutt said once I pulled out the bag of nuts. I grabbed my coffee as I went to the living room. Mutt was right, both blackberry and blueberry did not approve of my snacks.
"I brought some trail mix, that's healthy. "I said trying to placate them.
"SΔβLΣ, I neVΣR THΩUGHT I ШΩULD SΣΣ THΣ DΔΨ ШHΣRΣ SΩMΣTHIΠG, ШΩULD βΣ evΣΠ TΩ LΔZΨ ҒΩR STRΣTCH. "blue said as I sheepishly smiled at him.
"ΔS MUCH ΔS I HΔTΣ TΩ ΔGRΣΣ ШITH HIM, THΔT ШΩULD βΣ Δ STRΣTCH evΣΠ ҒΩR MUTT. "black said in agreement.
"come on we got snacks, we got a fort so let's get this started. "I said as I crawled into the fort.
"ΠΩШ ШHΔT ΣXΔCTLΨ DΩΣS ΩΠΣ DΩ IΠ ΩΠΣ ΩҒ THΣSΣ.? " black asked as I pulled a laptop out placing it on the coffee table.
"we are going to binge watch my favorite show, supernatural. Oh... And if either of you feel like tapping out... I won't judge you. "I slyly said while starting season one.
Frisk joined us shortly after season two started. We were watching crossroad blues, when frisk asked me,
(auntie, why don't they help the monsters? )
"because, these monsters aren't like us, these monsters don't care if they hurt innocent people, and if you notice their more human in appearance. "I explained as we kept watching. Blue was the first to fall asleep three quarters of the way through season four, black passed out in the beginning of season six, with frisk dozing off not long after black did. I was dozing off halfway through season ten, when tony entered the living room, where he saw our fort,
"so mind explaining why you have a nest, mama skele? "tony said waking me up just enough to respond, by summoning a magic hand above the fort, that I then used to flip him the bird. Gaster coming to get me saw the whole exchange.
"sable serif, language?! "gaster hissed at me causing me to poke my head out of the fort.
(dad? )I embarrassingly signed
(I taught you better than that. )he signed as tony chuckled.
(anyways I came to retrieve you. We need to talk. Tony your presence is requested as well. )gaster signed
(I'll be out in a second. ) I signed back, before I slowly moved around the floor that was now covered in two skeletons and a frisk.
Tony and I followed gaster to one of the debriefing rooms, which consisted of a long black with chrome legs table, that could fit twenty people easily all with matching chairs. Upon entering the room, Steve, toriel, Bucky, asgore, Natasha, alphys, Thor, pap's, sans, Clint, mutt, Bruce, Mettaton still in his ghost form, stretch and undyne all looking at me.
"what do I have something on my face? "I asked as I self consciously wiped my face.
"no there is nothing on your face sable.. "asgore said a soft smile on his face.
"OK so anyone want to tell me why you all are staring at me? "I asked a brow bone arched, while Bucky pulled a chair out for me.
"I have analyzed the note that you gave sans and... Well... It seems that they are using another means to enter aus besides the void. "gaster said in defeat, as he placed the note on the table, before sitting down himself and pensively staring at it.
"did you check to see if it had traces of the anti-void? "I asked
"anti-void? "stretch asked
"yeah, it's exactly as it sounds. Where the void is eternal darkness, the anti-void is eternal brightness. "I explained as sans', stretches, mutt's, and gasters eyes lit up.
"so your telling me that the void runs along the negative side of an axis, while the anti-void runs along the same axis but on the positive side. "sans stated
"yes, most people believe that when the void was created during dad's accident, it's polar opposite was created, you can't have darkness without light after all. "I replied as sans took out a piece of scrap paper, and started to write some calculations.
"now is there anyway we can get a layout of nightmares castle? " Steve asked
"no. The most that's mentioned is in fanfics and that's either his throne room or his bedroom. So even if I wanted to I wouldn't even be able to tell how many rooms it had. "I said as Steve nodded in understanding.
"I think you should bring fell, he'd be able to snap red out of any trance nightmare may have put him in. "I suggested as fell puffed his chest out in pride.
"OK, I'll pair up fell with Bucky. "Steve said as he made a note on a piece of paper.
"noт вυcĸy! "I hissed my eye lights disappearing.
"why not? "Bucky asked slightly insulted.
"because, nightmare feeds off of and мanιpυlaтeѕ negaтιve eмoтιonѕ. Meaning he would be able to eaѕιly мanιpυlaтe Bucky in to the wιnтer ѕoldιer! "I said in a cold and lifeless voice.
"point taken. "Steve said as he scratched Bucky's name out.
"now what about sans, stretch, and mutt? "Steve asked
"only if they are paired with an avenger. "I replied
This back and forth between Steve and I went on for a bit, "I think these calculations just might be right. "gaster said
"what calculations? "tony asked
"to allow the machine we used to bring sable back, to scan for the brightness of the anti-void. "gaster explained
"good, we got the how and the who, we only need the when. "Steve said as he looked to the group of scientists.
"give us a few days, to recalibrate the machine. "gaster said as tony, sans, mutt, stretch, alphys, and himself left for the lab, while the rest left leaving undyne and myself alone in the room.
"sable? "undyne asked as I was about to leave the room.
"yeah? "I answered
"listen, we decided that you're going to stay here, and crooks, pap's, blue, and black will keep an eye on you. "undyne said waiting for me to argue with her.
"OK I understand... Um... Just one question, is mettaton's body ready? "I asked
"yeah, Bucky suggested we put it on ice, till you got back, it's in Tony's lab. "she answered
"OK, while you guys are saving red, I'll finish up the body. "I said as we left the room, going our separate ways.
I had just walked into the living room, to have frisk run to me hugging my waist, as blue and black ran up to me.
"RavΣΠ HΩШ ΔRΣ ШΣ ΔβLΣ TΩ ҜΣΣP ΔΠ ΣΨΣ ΩΠ ΨΩU, IҒ ΨΩU DISΔPPΣΔR ΩΠ US. "black scolded while blue nodded in agreement.
(auntie you had us really worried. ) frisk signed with an air of disappointment.
"I'm sorry guys, but my dad and the others needed to talk to me. "I sheepishly explained as frisk ran back to the fort, before she came back with a plate that had a good sized slice of butterscotch cinnamon pie.
(mom wanted to make sure you ate. )frisk signed as she handed me the plate.
"OK kiddos, get ready for the first of no doubt many slices of butterscotch cinnamon pie. "I said to my stomach, while I sat in the fort, and took a bite.
(why are you talking, like they can hear you? ) frisk signed her head tilted in confusion.
"MΣШ HΣH HΣH... THΣΨ CΔΠ HΣΔR ҒRISҜ. " blue said as he and black chuckled.
(what do you mean, their just souls without a body yet.) she signed
"remember frisk, our souls are the cumulation of our entire being's. So even though their bodies haven't formed they can still hear. "I explained as she nodded her head showing she understood.
"SΩ ШHΔT DΩ ΨΩU PLΔΠ ΩΠ DΩIΠG ШHILΣ THΣ ΩTHΣRS ΔRΣ SavIΠG RΣD? "blue asked as frisk, black, and blue looked at me with worry.
"I'm not quite sure. But I'll think of something. "I said as I snapped my fingers, teleporting the plate to the sink.
"RΣΔLLΨ SΔβLΣ MUST ΨΩU βΣ ΔS LΔZΨ ΔS THΔT ШΩRTHLΣSS MUTT? "black said disdain in his voice.
"actually I have a clause in my contract, that states I can be as lazy as I want for up to forty eight hours, after returning from a mission. "I said a smirk on my face.
"THΩUGH GIvΣΠ ΨΩUR CΩΠDITIΩΠ ШΣ beLIevΣ ШΣ SHΔLL ΔLLΩШ ΨΩUR LΔZIΠΣSS Δ PΔSS. " both blue and black said at the same time.
"thanks you two, I may take up that offer at some point. But for now I need to preoccupy my mind, or else I'm likely to be mad as a hatter. "I said as we spent the rest of the day in our fort, where I taught them Texas hold 'em, and go fish, among other board games.
That night while sans, stretch, mutt, tony, alphys, and my dad worked on the machine. Frisk spent the night with me not wanting me to be alone, the two souls pulsed in contentment, and for the first time since I came back from horrortale I slept peacefully, knowing that soon I would have my lover and the father of my children back in my arms.
