Despite Alphys being nicer to you when you first meet her compared to Undyne, in some ways she treats you worse. She manipulated Frisk into thinking she's their friend and ally, while putting their life in danger so she can save them just so she can feel good about herself. She's quite cowardly and selfish. At least Undyne and Papyrus are more honest about what they want from Frisk!
She may apologized to Frisk after the final battle with Mettaton, but like I said in the last chapter during my Undyne rant. It's too little, too late…
Plus, she puts Frisk in danger AGAIN by leaving them alone with the amalgamates in the True Lab!
(For earlier readers: I changed the prosecutor's name from Peter to Charlie cause I thought it would be ironic that the person who hates the monsters the most in the courtroom has a similar name to Chara, the human child of Asgore and Toriel who loved monsters.)
Though out Alphys' time on the stand, nobody was able to understand what she was saying cause her nervousness was making her stutter too much.
She could only answer her questions with nods and shakes of her head.
"So you were the royal scientist and the one who watched Frisk on those cameras?" the judge questioned.
Nods.
"Are you also the creator of Mettaton?"
Nods.
"And is it true that he is a ghost and his robotic body was originally built to kill humans?"
Nods.
"...So if you knew that Frisk wasn't really dangerous as you watched them, then why didn't you stop Mettaton?"
Alphys opened her mouth which lets out a squeak, she quickly cleared her throat to respond as best as she could. "I-I-I a-asked h-him t-t-to…"
Alphys couldn't finish her sentence.
The judge raised an eyebrow. "To stop?"
Alphys closed her eyes behind her glasses and shook her head.
"Then what did you asked him to do?"
Alphys didn't say anything.
"Well?"
The lizard only twiddled her claws and couldn't look at anyone in the room.
Charlie slammed his hand on the stand, causing Alphys to gasp in fear.
"What did you make him do to Frisk?!"
"Ahh! I asked him to attack Frisk so I could save them!" Alphys quickly confessed in fright.
Judge Joy blinked a few times at this. "Excuse me?"
Alphys whimpered and tried not to cry. "I-I'm sorry, I j-j-just w-wanted to f-feel i-important…"
Charlie scoffed at the pathetic excuse. "Just sit back down in your seat. We'll show everyone how important you were during the next video. It will be showing pieces of Mettaton's sadistic show as well as the cameras."
The former scientist lets out a quiet sob as she returns to the table with the other monsters.
Undyne tried to put a comforting hand on her back, but Alphys just smacked the fish's hand away.
The former captain was shocked and hurt by this, but Alphys refused to look at her.
Alphys had seen Undyne chase Frisk around and seen her attack them with her spears through the cameras, but she thought that the Captain of the Royal Guard simply didn't know the good things Frisk has done and when Frisk saved Monster Kid, Undyne realized that Frisk was good.
Alphys stopped watching that camera after everyone left, she didn't hear those words Undyne shouted back in the Underground.
But now that she has…
The lizard knew Undyne was stubborn in what she believed in, but not to the point where the fish was foolish.
How can Undyne still think that Frisk was evil when they haven't done anything wrong AND saved someone's life?
And those words she said were so mean… calling a young child a coward and then saying their entire existence is a crime…
Sure, monsters were raised to believe humans were evil, but… saying someone's existence is a crime is the worst possible thing to say… and something the lizard thought Undyne would never say...
Alphys doesn't know what to feel right now, but she did know one thing…
She doesn't want Undyne touching her at all.
The video started.
"OHHH YES! WELCOME, BEAUTIES...TO TODAY'S QUIZ SHOW! OH BOY! I CAN ALREADY TELL IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT SHOW! EVERYONE GIVE A BIG HAND FOR OUR WONDERFUL CONTESTANT! NEVER PLAYED BEFORE, GORGEOUS? NO PROBLEM! IT'S SIMPLE! THERE'S ONLY ONE RULE. ANSWER CORRECTLY... OR YOU DIE!"
The former scientist's guilt came back to haunt her like a ghost.
Alphys is shown helping Frisk with the quiz and Mettaton finding out, so Mettaton gets revenge by asking Alphys what her crush is. Frisk said they didn't know.
"WELL WELL WELL. WITH DR. ALPHYS HELPING YOU... THE SHOW HAS NO DRAMATIC TENSION! WE CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS! BUT. BUT! THIS WAS JUST THE PILOT EPISODE! NEXT UP, MORE DRAMA! MORE ROMANCE! MORE BLOODSHED! UNTIL NEXT TIME, DARLINGS...!"
The video switched between monsters attacking Frisk and Mettaton attacking Frisk in his show while Alphys 'helps' the human child.
Eventually, it reaches to Frisk's final battle with Mettaton.
"OH YES. THERE YOU ARE, DARLING. IT'S TIME TO HAVE OUR LITTLE SHOWDOWN. IT'S TIME TO FINALLY STOP THE "MALFUNCTIONING" ROBOT. ... NOT! MALFUNCTION? REPROGRAMMING? GET REAL. THIS WAS ALL JUST A BIG SHOW. AN ACT. ALPHYS HAS BEEN PLAYING YOU FOR A FOOL THE WHOLE TIME. AS SHE WATCHED YOU ON THE SCREEN, SHE GREW ATTACHED TO YOUR ADVENTURE. SHE DESPERATELY WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT. SO SHE DECIDED TO INSERT HERSELF INTO YOUR STORY. SHE REACTIVATED PUZZLES. SHE DISABLED ELEVATORS. SHE ENLISTED ME TO TORMENT YOU. ALL SO SHE COULD SAVE YOU FROM DANGERS THAT DIDN'T EXIST. ALL SO YOU WOULD THINK SHE'S THE GREAT PERSON... THAT SHE'S NOT."
Alphys can't help but silently agree with Mettaton. She really wasn't a great person…
"AND NOW, IT'S TIME FOR HER FINEST HOUR. AT THIS VERY MOMENT, ALPHYS IS WAITING OUTSIDE THE ROOM. DURING OUR "BATTLE," SHE WILL INTERRUPT. SHE WILL PRETEND TO "DEACTIVATE" ME, "SAVING" YOU ONE FINAL TIME. FINALLY. SHE'LL BE THE HEROINE OF YOUR ADVENTURE. YOU'LL REGARD HER SO HIGHLY SHE'LL EVEN BE ABLE TO CONVINCE YOU NOT TO LEAVE. ... OR NOT. YOU SEE, I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS PREDICTABLE CHARADE. I HAVE NO DESIRE TO HARM HUMANS. FAR FROM IT, ACTUALLY. MY ONLY DESIRE IS TO ENTERTAIN. AFTER ALL, THE AUDIENCE DESERVES A GOOD SHOW, DON'T THEY? AND WHAT'S A GOOD SHOW... WITHOUT A PLOT TWIST?"
Alphys' voice can be heard coming from somewhere. "H-hey! Wh-wh-what's going on!? Th-th-the door just locked itself!"
"SORRY, FOLKS! THE OLD PROGRAM'S BEEN CANCELED! BUT WE'VE GOT A FINALE THAT WILL DRIVE YOU WILD! REAL DRAMA! REAL ACTION! REAL BLOODSHED! ON OUR NEW SHOW... ATTACK OF THE KILLER ROBOT!"
Then the fight with Mettaton begins.
Frisk kept dodging the robot's lightning and bombs.
Then Frisk tricked Mettaton into turning around so they could flip his switch which activates METTATON'S EX mode and during the fight, Mettaton reveals that he wants to steal Frisk's soul, so he can go to the surface on his own and be famous with human fans.
Undyne growled lowly hearing this. She was never a fan of Mettaton, but this level of selfishness is unacceptable. She couldn't help but be darkly satisfied with the knowledge that after this trial, Mettaton will no longer be loved by either humans or monsters.
Now Frisk had to dodge more things like a disco ball laser and then attack Mettaton with the gadgets Alphys gave them.
Eventually, Frisk blasted off all of Mettaton's limbs and after having a speech, Mettaton's body shuts down and Alphys arrived.
When the video stopped, Alphys took off her glasses to wipe away her tears, but unlike Undyne she wasn't quite as successful...