Chapter 18
The moment Gaster's Followers all surrounded me, I had nothing but dread fill my heart. They all looked at me in the creepiest, yet angriest ways imaginable. And I could tell that all of my companions were freaked out, too.
"You..." the head holder said angrily with his face giving me an intense stare.
"You killed our master..." said the gingerbread follower.
"And now, we have to ask you one single question," the fanged slime said with a growling gurgle. They then forced my soul from my body and I had a feeling I was in for a very tough fight.
"HOW MUCH EXP ARE YOU WORTH?!" they asked all at once, me gasping as they then proceeded to bombard my soul with tons of different attacks, none of which were ever present in the games! They attacked by flinging Wingding messages at me, sending Gaster Blasters at me that reflected off of small looking glasses, and they even turned my soul purple and forced me to think on my toes to avoid getting shocked by a bunch of electrical pulses that were just as fast as Asriel's lightning attack!
"Sorry, MK, but I'm gonna have to go uncensored for a bit," I said, MK nodding at that as I then looked at the three monsters and began to speak. "You really fucking think that I WANTED to kill Gaster, you assholes?! He gave me no choice BUT to kill him! He literally begged for death and refused any other option, all for the sake that this world can live on and not be stuck in a groundhog day time loop where everything eventually comes to an end and resets at square one! I've saved pretty much all the other members of the Void during my adventure in the form of Goner Kid and Jevil, but Gaster didn't want peace. He died so that this world wouldn't, don't you fucking get it?!" I exclaimed, the trinity of monsters looking at me with frowns on their faces before then looking at each other, and then looking at me.
"And why would we believe a word of what you say? Besides, it's rude to talk when someone's listening, is it not?" the slime asked with a chatter of his teeth.
"Asriel and I can attest to everything that Indie just spoke about. We were present when it happened," Chara said, me frowning at that. She was lying halfway.
"That's not entirely true, Chara," I frowned. "Sure, you two were with me, but Gaster froze time for everyone but myself and him. You may have been in the room with me, but you couldn't see or hear anything of what we were saying," I said, Chara frowning at that.
"I hate it when you're right... especially in this kind of situation," Chara said, me looking at the Gaster Followers and them smirking at me.
"Hmph, you say that you want to be peaceful, yet you kill our beloved master... so why should we believe you won't kill us?" the head holder asked.
"Have I even tried attacking you with anything except my vocal chords? Last I checked, I don't think that yelling and cussing can physically harm your bodies," I frowned, the trio scoffing at that.
"You're just blabbing on and on saying that, but we know your curiosity into the Genocide path, human," the gingerbread said, me raising my eyebrow at that.
"What are you implying? That I would want to kill anyone down here?" I asked.
"The fact that you studied a lot about the Genocide path and the FUN values, despite you saying that you want nothing to do with Genocide. Then why come to this world? Just to toy with us in person? Is that it?" the fanged slime asked with a growl.
"She didn't choose to come to this world of her own free will, though," said the voice of Jevil from Chara's mind, the trio looking at Chara in shock. "As I am sure you are aware, I can do anything! And that includes sense when others are lying or being truthful among various other things! Indianne Gamma did not choose to come to this world... rather she was chosen by another. The mad doctor himself brought her here from the world beyond! All so that he would force her to kill him, as her soul was brimming with FUN!" Jevil said, MK asking a question immediatley while the trio looked at him in confusion.
"What's so special about FUN anyways? Couldn't someone else have defeated Gaster?" MK asked.
"No, that would be the only thing that a normal person could NOT do, especially ones in this world," Gaster said, me smirking at how he said it like that. "Those with high amounts of FUN cannot be attacked by those without FUN, as well as individuals who only have a small amount of it. Gaster was FUN incarnate, as is all who are lost to the Void. If a normal person would attack myself, Gaster, or Goner Kid, it would just slash right through us, our bodies evading it effortlessly, as if we were intangible puddles of liquid! Only a human with a high FUN value would have the power to topple Gaster in a fair fight. And what better than a human that came from another world? Your world has MUCH more FUN than any of these ones, almost as if humankind is born to be sinful and terrible!" Jevil said, me frowning at that.
"Remind me to find some way to prank you whenever this adventure is over with, okay joker?" I frowned.
"UEEHEEHEE! But it's so true, and you know it, Indie!" Jevil said, me frowning at that, me looking at Chara with seriousness.
"Is it possible to flick Jevil and not you?" I asked, Chara shrugging at that.
"Peh," the gingerbread frowned, getting our focus back on them. "If what you say is the truth, joker from Deltarune... then you must have some form of proof. If you do not show it soon, then we will attack again."
Jevil then snickered as he then did another magic spell, me wondering what he was plotting... but then, color me surprised when, out of nowhere, my forehead began to glow and out came a projection of the memories that happened back in my world!
"Mm... I don't think I've ever named the character Gaster before... at least, not on the Switch version. I wonder what'll happen if I do that?" I asked as the game then turned to the intro scene and, just as before, Dark, Darker, yet Darker began to play. And then, when it showed the human Frisk falling into the Underground, the hand emerged from it and I finally saw something more. The arm was completely black and shadowy while the hand was white and in a circular shape! It then grabbed me and pulled me into the game world, me then screaming bloody murder as before. "EEEEK! PLEASE! SOMEONE HELP ME!" I exclaimed before planting my face in the flowerbed, the vision then switching to my fight against Gaster, where it showed the entirety of the fight, me not wanting to attack until the final hit, where I was given absolutely no choice because of Gaster continuing to barrage me with hit after hit. And when the followers saw me crying, they finally looked like they were calmed down.
"So... you did speak the full truth..." the head holder frowned.
"Yes, I did... so what do we do now?" I asked, the trio looking at me, then they went into a small huddle between themselves, them then nodding shortly after in their unique ways.
"We want to be able to live on in some of the different monsters down here, by sharing souls with them," the gingerbread guy said.
"But in order to meld our souls together with the monsters of our choosing, it'd take a lot of FUN in order to get the job done without us turning all goopy like the Amalgamates did," the fanged slime spoke.
"So we require your help from your soul to get the job done. All you must do is leave it outside your body for the entirety of the process, then have the monster hosts touch it after we merge souls," the head holder spoke, me looking at my friends and them looking at me. We were all in agreement. Though these guys were a bit sketchy in terms of looks, they weren't hostile at all now that they knew the truth and, like everyone, they needed a happy ending too.
"Okay then, you've got a deal. Just tell us who the monsters are and we'll get them for you," I said, them then speaking who they wanted to merge with.
"For me, I require Bob," the head holder said, that being a bit confusing to me.
"I need Burgerpants," the slime said, that confusing me even more so.
"And I want my soul merged with Jerry," the gingerbread said, that making me the most confused of all.
"Um... why those ones specifically?" I asked in curiosity.
"Because they are the regular monsters whom are treated the most unfairly down here, not including the king and prince," the slime said. "Burgerpants works nonstop and gets nothing in return."
"Bob has to live with the other Temmies and, though he never shows it, he's very self-conscious being the lone straight man of a bunch of weirdos," the head holder stated.
"And Jerry gets no love from anyone, because they just assume him to be unpleasant," the gingerbread spoke.
"Okay... Jevil? Can you warp everyone here? Or is there literally anything you can't do?" I asked, Jevil snickering at that.
"Now you're getting it, Player One! Ueeheehee!" Jevil snickered as he then cast another spell and, right in front of us appeared the three monsters we wanted, all three of them looking shocked by the sudden change of scenery.
"What the?! Where am I at?!" Bob asked when he looked around all over, me noting that his hairdo was actually a lot shorter than the other Temmies and that he didn't have a jittery face.
"Yeah, where am I? I'll get in trouble if I'm not at the restaurant 24/7! And Mettaton hates it when I take breaks!" Burgerpants said... and despite him being 19 years old, he had the voice of a middle-aged man! Probably from the combination of stressful work and smoking.
"PPFFT! Where am I and who the hell're you lot? I was enjoying such a nice nap too," Jerry said after making a fart noise from his butt... or what looked like one at least.
"Well... it's a bit hard to explain, so we'll keep it a bit brief," Asriel said as he then started to speak. "See those black and white monsters behind you?" Asriel said, the trio looking back at the followers and looking a bit freaked out. "They're kinda caught in a fabric of existence known as the Void... and we can only see them now because of Indie being nearby. And they want to be freed from it... but the only way for that to work is if you were to have their souls merge with your own," Asriel explained, the trio looking at me with confusion.
"So why choose us, again?" Jerry asked.
"Because they wanted you three specifically... and my only guess as to why is so that they can improve your lives," I said, the trio frowning at that.
"Start explaining what you mean," Bob frowned.
"Well, the slime guy wants to merge with Burgerpants because he wants you to quit Mettaton's burger joint job... and I can see why, considering how your voice turned out at age 19," I said, Burgerpants gawking at that.
"H-How'd you know how old I am? And my name?" Burgerpants asked in confusion.
"I know enough... as for Bob, the guy holding the small head wants to merge with you because he wants to help you get over some insecurities you have about being the lone straight man of the Temmie Village," I said, Bob sighing at that.
"Indubitably, that is very true... I feel like I'm trapped by all those unintelligent idiots," Bob sighed.
"And Jerry? The gingerbread guy wants to merge with you because he feels you don't get any love from anyone just because of how others judge you. And he wants to help change that," I said, Jerry frowning at that.
"Yeah... I may not look like I don't have no feelings, but they get hurt every day by people I don't even know," Jerry frowned, him using a triple negative to great effect.
"So do you want to go through with it?" MK asked, the three looking at each other and then at me and nodding.
"Fine, so long as we can take turns calling the shots," Burgerpants said.
"But of course," the slime said, me then having my soul leave my body while the three followers then merged their souls directly into the three monsters, them immediately looking to be quivering at that and me then touching my soul to each of them one by one... and I could actually feel a slight bit of my soul's strength leave me for every one of them I touched, me actually feeling a bit tuckered out afterwards as the trio then opened and folded their hands a bit before they then smiled afterwards.
"We can feel them inside of us... so is this what it feels like to have more than one soul inside of you?" Bob asked in confusion.
"Yeah, it is... hoo... I feel a bit tuckered out from having my soul touch you so you guys could handle the process..." I said as I then noted that my stats were no longer unknown... but they were still incredibly high for a human of 1 LV and no EXP. My HP was 1400 even, and my DEF was 1000, way out of the league of any monster I'd face before.
"What do you mean so we could handle the process?" Burgerpants asked.
"If my soul wasn't filled with FUN all throughout, then you would've ended up like... well, Jevil, could you show them what I had to do in the True Lab?" I asked, him smirking at that.
"I thought I already told you, Indie, I-" Jevil was about to say before Chara said it for me.
"Oh my god, would you just do it and stop saying that line already?!" Chara groaned.
"Hmph," Jevil scoffed as he then showed the memories I had of the game itself, showing the Amalgamates that I encountered during this run, the trio looking a bit surprised at their appearance... before the Amalgamates then separated shortly after touching my soul to them.
"Whoa... so how many monsters made those... combined forms? They looked like they were pretty miserable," Jerry asked.
"Some only were made of 3, but others had more of them... Mrs. Snowdrake was one of them, who was in a body with 16 other monsters. She was in the most misery of the bunch," MK said with a frown.
"But now, you guys are okay and able to be giving those guys a second chance at life... as for me, I think I could go for going to a sleepy area soon," I said with a small smile.
"Well, I think that MTT Resort could help out there. Just be sure not to tell them where I'm at, got it?" Burgerpants asked, me nodding at that.
"Of course," I smiled as I then tried to move my body and found that I was the one who had jelly legs now. "Ugh... hey, Chara and Jevil? I think it's time for you to chip in and carry my body, okay?" I asked, Chara smiling at that.
"Fine, I'll help out. Jevil, change my appearance to something strong enough to lift Indie up while still looking like a girl?" Chara asked.
"Of course, Fallen!" Jevil smirked as he then morphed Chara's appearance so that she now looked like the one character from his game who could lift and kick ass just as good as Undyne, that being Suzie.
"Um... did you turn me into a pink lizard?" Chara asked.
"Don't let the pink skin confuse you, Chara. He turned your body to look like Suzie, the toughest girl from his world of origin. She's pretty much a teenage version of Undyne from this world," I smiled as Chara then lifted my body and was surprised at how she could lift me with just one hand. "Huh, this is pretty easy," Chara smirked at that as we then moved on our way to the next elevator soon after as the other three decided to follow us and they spoke soon after.
"We're going to go talk to Alphys at her place to ask her some more about these guys inside of us... they talk highly of someone named Gaster, but we don't know who that may be," Jerry frowned.
"Alphys would be the person to talk to, then," Asriel smiled as they took the elevator first and went to the first floor... and after we waited for a good minute, we then activated the elevator and went inside, going to the 3rd floor shortly after.