*? Room*
Who knows how long Alphys sat there in that corner,
It could have been seconds, hours, days even...
She is too exhausted in almost all forms to even move, her supposed determination ran out.
Maybe she'll die here...she had made too many mistakes, and now its cost her permanently..
She cycles through her thoughts of all the people she knows in her head...she'll miss them all, they probably wont miss her however, she is worthless.
The Human, Asgore...they'll have to find a new Royal Scientist, a better one...
She'll miss her anime and figurines, how she could lose herself in them and not have to think about anything...
She'll miss all the monsters she knows...Catty...Bratty...Sans...
...
...
Sans...who insisted she wasn't worthless and she was needed...who spent time with her...
tried to protect her...sans..why?
Wasn't she worthless, all she did was create a stupid robot and made monsters melt into horrific beings, then hid it all away?
...Why did sans say that to her...?
Was she worthless? She asks herself, all the time she spent with sans says the opposite.
No...she had to keep on fighting...All mistakes can be fixed..right?
Well...theres only one way to find out, and thats not here in this room.
Stay determined Alphys...
Alphys regains some of her strength and stands back up...if the THING wants her trapped in this room then so bad..
First thing, she has to check out the wall panels, if its anything like her's then it will state the experiments.
Alphys goes up to the first one, struggling to read the tiny text and make it out..
ENTRY NUMBER 1:
KING ASGORE HAS INSTRUCTED ME TO FIND WAYS TO BREAK THE BARRIER
WHAT A WORTHLESS GESTURE, THE BARRIER CANNOT BE BROKEN.
WE WILL REMAIN TRAPPED DOWN HERE IN THIS PERSONAL HELL FOR ALL ETERNITY.
BUT, AS A ROYAL SCIENTIST, I AM BOUND TO DISCOVER AND ADVANCE.
THIS ALL SEEMS VERY INTERESTING, TO FIND A WAY TO DESTROY THE BARRIER AND FREE US ALL...BUT WHERE TO START?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ALPHYS?
What...why did it say her name, what happened here?
This was clearly very old text, it had be hundreds of years old.
Was she involved with this "Royal Scientist?" years ago and just could not remember?
She remembered being under the service of the boss, and having sans as her assistant. but nothing else.
She took her journal out of the box and started writing the entry down, good thing the black goo had mysteriously disappeared and she could write again.
The Entries combined with her journal, could solve the answers she was looking for..
There was only 2 more Entries to go through..
Alphys reads the next one.
ENTRY NUMBER 7:
I DID IT.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TOWER KNOWN AS THE CORE IS COMPLETE
I AM HOPING THIS WILL GRANT ME ENOUGH POWER TO COMPLETE THE REAL MACHINE I AM WORKING ON
THIS MACHINE AMPLIFIES MONSTER MAGIC AND ALLOWS THEM TO STORE IT AND USE IT AT A LATER DATE
IF A MONSTER WITH ENOUGH "CHARGED" MAGIC ATTACKS THE BARRIER.
COULD THE BARRIER BE DESTROYED?
NONETHELESS THERE IS MORE WORK TO DO, I MUST NOT GET DISTRACTED.
I MUST FINISH THIS MACHINE AT ALL COSTS.
"The core?" Alphys mutters to herself, "I was always wondering how it came to be.
Did my boss do it? If so then why can't i remember..?"
"and charged magic? Is that why my magic can do that now, but then now why of all times?"
She writes down the entry and moves on the last one, hoping this one will give her even more answers.
This entry was cracked, and had sound...the first of its kind, it needed repair as well, hopefully she could make out enough to make a difference.
ENTRY NUMBER ?
THIS MACHINE...IT CANNOT WORK.
NOT WITHOUT SOME SERIOUS RISKS.
IT APPEARS TO DESTABILIZE THE MONSTER IF TOO MUCH MAGIC EXISTS.
ITS ALL FOR NOTHING! I WASTED MY LIFE FOR NOTHING
AHHH..?...
*SOUND OF CRASHING METAL CONTRAPTIONS AND ELECTRICITY ARCS*
THIS MACHINE...ITS GONE HAYWIRE...DESTROYING...EVERYTHING
*EXPLOSION*
IT APPEARS TO BE INFLUENCING REALITY AND TIME AS WE KNOW IT
TOO STRONG...HAVE TO STOP...
*SILENCE*
Alphys stood there in a bit of shock, after writing down what she could hear.
What had happened to the previous royal scientist!?
and what was that about destabilizing monsters?
Sans was Alphys assistant, She had to ask Sans about this, maybe he could fill in the gaps for her..but first she had to break out of this room.
Alphys looked at the locked door and back down at her claws, could she control the charged magic now? It had come to her in times of need and emergency, but had faded out when it was not needed.
She focused on the energy of her claw and waited, this was a time of need, she was going to blow open that door and escape no matter what, she had what she came here for.
Now she just needed to go.
Slowly but surely, a vast amount of energy collected in her claws in a shape of a lightning bolt, she hoped this was enough to destroy the door and allow her to escape.
Feeling the familar arcs of electricity, she aimed the bolt at the door..
3...
2..
1..
The door blew off the hinges and slammed into the wall of the hallway, very good.
It took a lot out of Alphys, but she had more then enough energy to escape.
She didn't even bother wondering if the THING happened to be here or not, all she knew was if she saw IT again, she was going to strike IT with lightning bolt after bolts.
She sprints through the true lab, not even stopping for the amalgamates that saw her, she needed to see sans as soon as possible.
Alphys was in a rare frenzied state, it appeared the powerful magic also boosted her impulses for a bit...
Soon she got the elevator, practically slamming the buttons, she felt jittery and excited for reasons she couldn't describe herself.
When the elevator doors opened, she ran out and got out of the regular lab and back into hotland..
*HOTLAND*
Alphys took a second to calm down her jittery impulses, that magic really did something to you...
The River-Person was there, waiting for her.
Alphys got on, "Snowdin, please.."
The boat-person looked intrigued.
"The Shadow has been brought unto Light, what now?"
Alphys didn't bother to respond, River-Person never responds back to anyone anyways.
and she still disliked the riddles.
*SNOWDIN TOWN*
Sans couldn't believed he made a promise like that, he HATED promises, he could never keep them. What was wrong with him, making a promise so quickly like that, his emotions were strange ones he had surpressed for so long. he didn't quite know how to deal with them.
All he wanted was to see Alphys again..
...
He then heard a knock on the door, knocks were rare in his home, Papyrus and the human were busy watching TV or yet another Re-run of MTTV.
"SANS, GET THE DOOR, I THE GREAT PAPYRUS WILL TEACH YOU HOW NOT TO BE LAZY!" Papyrus yelled...from 3 feet away.
Sans loved his brother, but the yelling had to stop.
"ok." He opened the door, chilly air instantly coming inside the A/C'd House.
It was Alphys, she looked terrible, bags under her eyes and she slumped like she was about to fall over sans noted.
Welp, at least she kept her side of the promise. Now it was time for his.