*SNOWDIN*
"Well, here we are" muttered Alphys under her breath.
It was cold, too cold and she barely just stepped outside.
Sans jacket had helped...a lot, it was surprisingly warm and fit well for a skinny skeleton.
Alphys could survive in this, just until she got to her lab, she looked around a bit.
She's only been to Snowdin once or twice in her life, most of her life was spent inside the lab...maybe she should go out more.
Monsters were standing around chatting, shops were open, things looked normal...
Alphys wished she could go around and explore a bit more, but time was of the essence.
She needed to get the documents before the THING decided it wanted to come back for her.
and then she could figure out how to stop IT, even how to break the barrier later on...
her boss was a genius, born with a brilliant mind and knack for science but at the cost of his morality, he was mechanically cold, there was NO room for emotions inside of them.
If a co-worker died, he wouldn't care, he would just hire a new one.
He was focused on his work 100% always...
Alphys shook her head, this was no time for flashbacks...she needed to go and now.
Although...the shop over there looked like they had gloves and scarfs, maybe she could spend a little bit of time over there, it never hurt to be prepared after all..
Alphys walked over to the shop and looked at the sign...Gloves and stuff...if she was the owner, that would definitely not be the sign it was..
Luckily, she always had a bit of spare gold on her for emergency's.
The shopkeeper was...made out of cardboard? with a smiley face drawn on them.
Oh well, weirder monsters have been born after all.
A variety of gloves and other random things lay on the shelves.
Gloves, Scarfs, Old rotten food that should have been thrown out years ago...why.
Well, at least it had things she could actually use...
"Hiya, welcome to my shop, would you like to buy anything?"
The cardboard monster bounced like there was nothing wrong in the world.
"Er..yeah, C-can i get the gloves and scarf...please?"
Cardboard monster, probably named Cardo, as monsters tend to have names related after themselves or named after something.
"Sure thing! That will be 15 G please!"
15 G!? Thats almost an outrageous price for some mere gloves and scarf.
Oh well, they could be re-used at least and last..
Alphys paid the shopkeeper and went on her way, feeling extra warm on the way. +2 Warmth
Luckily, she didn't have to go through Waterfall to get to hotland, being wet after being cold is far worse then just being cold.
She found the ferry-man and his weird boat and got on
"Hotland, p-please!"
The cloaked man only nodded and the boat started moving...
"Beware Alphys, of the man in shadows."
Alphys only looked weary, she knew all too well what the ferry-man was talking about.
The boat ride was calm..yet it held a sense of danger and curiosity.
At least her life got more interesting..
and then the boat ride stopped, Alphys got off and thanked the river-person.
"Your welcome...i'll be seeing you soon.." They spoke as if they knew what about about to happen.
Alphys never did like the river-person, no one knew what they looked like under that cloak, and they always spoke in riddles.
and who knows what secrets they might be hiding?
*HOTLAND - ALPHYS LAB*
She looked at her lab, it looked normal from the outside with its walls and sliding doors.
She knew better, she braced herself...and walked into the Lab.
*INSIDE THE LAB*
The inside of the lab, it was splattered with dark burnt spots, some wall panels breaking and falling off.
Frankly it did not look good for her, especially as she would have to clean it up later once this whole thing blew over.
Part of the elevating stairs was collapsed, too much damage to it.
She would have to take the declining stairs, not much damage to it and if she disabled the power to the stairs, it would take her to the first destination in mind.
She searched around for a bit, hopefully her computer still worked as it contained the power switches to her lab.
Haha! Her computer remained mostly untouched, some ash covered the screen but it would do for now.
*STAIRS DISABLED*
That would do it, now all she has to do is go upstairs, get her journal and then...go to her "true" lab, then the real trouble starts.
Unfortunately, she didn't feed them this week, she ran out of dog food and she was going to get more, but was interrupted.
Hopefully, they wouldn't turn on her.
Alphys got up to her second floor, the place where the battle started..
She started feeling on edge, she needed to move quickly, Sans wasn't here to help her this time.
if IT came back, it might actually get her this time...
She spotted the journal across from her bed, just where she left it, this was progress.
She reached out to grab it...oh no, what was that coming from the book!?
Black, Melting, Goo.
The only goo she ever made was the pink machine, as a moment of passion from watching a cartoon she couldn't remember the name of.
This was bad, really bad...This could be a sign of IT coming.
But she needed the book, no matter what goo comes from it..
Alphys puts on a glove, quickly grabs the journal and shoves it in the Dimensional Box.
Black goo covers her glove, it doesn't look like its the type of goo to move, still gross anyways.
She throws the glove across the room, there was no time to hesitate, that was a sign.
the THING might be coming back for her soon, now that she's alone.
God why didn't she invite sans to come over, she was stupid, stupid, STUPID!
no, no...you dont have time for thoughts like that...you need to move now!
Alphys practically jumped down the stairs and barelled into the Elevator that would take her to the true lab.
Come on, go, go, go!
As the elevator zoomed down, she swore she saw a shadow moving.
*DING - TRUE LAB*
Here we are...The one place that symbolizes all her greatest mistakes..
Her failed experiments, DETERMINATION, The Flower.
The true lab was kept dark and cold, unused and some-what abandoned.
She really did not want to be here again...but she had a mission.
There was a couple of places she could go from here, there was some unused doors she didn't dare go in, she always had horrible feelings coming from it.
But if ?'s documents were there, she had to go find it.
Alphys did a sorta half-run through the lab, she didn't have time to encounter the amalgamates, she had to find the door quickly. She didn't doubt the THING could follow her down here.
A paw blocked her way, as the dog amalgamate crawled its way forward.
A thousand echoe's of barks in a symphony of confusion and pain.
She didn't have time for this...she had to find something to distract them and get away...
Alphys spotted a stick nearby, she remembers playing with them once upon a time, before it all crashed upon her.
There we go, the stick goes flying and the mess of dogs fly after it!
She quickly ducks under the paws and crawl to the next hallway, there it was!
The door, it was partly covered by the decaying wallpaint of the True lab, so no one had been able to find it, long after ? disappeared.
Alphys hesitates for a minute, then turns the old doorknob...it makes a loud creaking sound.
Straight out of a horror movie..great.
Summoning up all her courage, she walks inside and turns on the lightswitch.
The lightbulbs still work, but they make a creepy buzzing sound.
The room she had never walked in. it was clear why it was blocked off and covered with wallpaint.
Old mysterious machines that do who knows what sat around the room, Wall panels with text on them lit up, The walls glowed dark red and with light of an still inactive but ON machine...
Alphys suddenly felt terrified, she could feel it, the THING was here, it was here, and she was alone and trapped in a room.
She quickly turned around to watch it, incase IT made any moves. She could see IT far better now that there was light in the room..IT was exactly the same as described in her dream journal.
Black melting body with drilled hands, a Skull-like face with cracks running down its eyes and mouth. A sinister smile as always, what did it want with her!?
Alphys knew whatever this THING was, IT could move faster then her, she was done for, she was caught. There was nothing she could do.
IT stood in the door-way only watching her, IT didn't make a single move to catch her or anything, IT only watched.
Alphys in her frenzied state, screamed at it. "What do you want from me! Leave me alone you MONSTER! I HATE YOU!" She backs herself into the corner of the room, trapped and alone.
Yet IT still stood there, with its sinister smile, then the THING did something unexpected.
IT started to close the door and back away, as the door closed. She heard a lock...damnit she was trapped in here now.
So the THING had left her alone...why, IT was trying so hard to get her before, she was trapped, backed in a damn corner of all things. Why did it leave!?
Those were questions Alphys couldn't answer.
She sat there in that corner, shivering and nearly crying for a while...
She was trapped in here, there was no way out other then that door, and she was not a lockpicker.
Alphys got out the Spaghetti block out of her Dimensional Box.
This was the only food she brought, guess it was going to last her the rest of her life.
...Nasty, it was frozen and tasted horrible, whoever made this was a horrible cook.
But it was the only food she had..
She put it back in her box...no good.
There was only one thing left to do now, explore the room..