Everyone was silent behind the door. Papyrus held on tightly to Sans's arm while Mettaton stood there arms crossed. Undyne stayed close, putting a scaly ear to the door as she listened to the other side. The eerie room was stuffy and dark. A light underneath their door illuminated the odd room slightly. Silver walls and dimly lit buttons ran down the side of the door. Papyrus kept glancing around before turning his head to Undyne.
"SO WHAT NOW?" he whispered. Undyne shushed him and she listened intently to the other side. Faint voices could be heard.
"So where is this so called 'royal scientist'?" the first voice spoke, it cackled.
"Hmmm… Look around and take the place apart, she should be here," the second voice replied.
"I'm telling you Bowser that dumb flower is playing tricks on you, it hasn't said a single factual thing this entire time. No king, no souls and no scientist," the first voice grumbled. There was a sound of a frustrating huff.
"I'm getting sick of this wild blooper chase," the second voice said.
"FLOWER?" Papyrus whispered as he tilted his head. Sans squinted his eye sockets. Undyne moved her eyes over to everyone else.
"Did he just say no king, what happened to Asgore?" Undyne whispered as she felt a knot in her stomach. King, gone. It couldn't mean Asgore was dead… could it? No Asgore was tough, very tough, he can survive. Undyne couldn't shake the thought of how gullible he was, as gullible as Papyrus. She pushed her ear closer to the door.
"Kamek I'll be frank this is getting boring. I thought this new kingdom would be exciting to take over. But it's too easy," the second voice continued, "Peach isn't even here, who am I supposed to show off to?"
"Please don't tell me that's the only thing you're thinking about right now,"
"Well… Only a little…"
"BOWSER!"
Mettaton let off a sneer at the debacle. Undyne threw a glare as she put her finger to her lip. Mettaton shrugged and looked to the side.
"Did you hear something?" the first voice spoke.
"We need to check the area," the second voice responded.
Undyne jumped back and her eye grew wide. They were defenseless if they were found. She looked back at everyone quickly with a shaken expression. Mettaton held a stern look on his face and he moved his hand up. Papyrus looked distracted as he slowly moved his free arm to the wall. Undyne looked at him and tilted her head, what was he doing? Papyrus pressed a button on the wall and suddenly the room lurched down silently.
"What did you do Papyrus?!" she hissed. Papyrus looked over to Undyne and shrugged.
"I.. I'M NOT SURE I SAW A SHINY BUTTON AND PUSHED IT," he added.
"That's odd, this is an elevator. We're moving down to another floor," Mettaton said. He looked around and felt the walls and he turned his head back and looked at the door. "I don't think I ever recall Alphys talking about this," he continued.
"SO WHERE IS THIS TAKING US, IS IT A SUPER COOL SECRET HIDEOUT?! MAYBE THIS IS WHERE ALPHYS KEEPS ALL HER WEIRD ANIME COLLECTIONS," Papyrus said as he ran through a bunch of thoughts, "HEY SANS NOW YOU AND ALPHYS HAVE TWO THINGS IN COMMON; YOU'RE BOTH GIANT NERDS AND YOU HAVE SECRET HIDEOUTS!"
"bet her secret hideout isn't as cool as mine," Sans said. He let out a light laugh at Papyrus's remark.
"BETS ON YOU OWE ME TWO BEDTIME STORIES IF I WIN!" Papyrus said.
"fine deal, if i win your forced to come to grilby's with me,"
"EWWW HARD PASS,"
Undyne looked at the two with an odd stare and shook her head. They're just weird sometimes.
The elevator came to a stop and the door slid open from behind Undyne. She turned around as she was bathed in small grey fluorescent light from the bottom floor. There was a musty slightly rotten old sock stench in the air and the floor looked cracked and battered. Undyne walked out slowly and glanced around at the stained grey walls and hallways.
"What is this?" she said. Mettaton walked out of the elevator and squinted.
"Ugh this looks like the textbook definition of a horror story setting…Wait I could use this," Mettaton said as he looked around and nodded, "How does, MTT Horror Story sound?" He made a wave motion in the air, "All of my lovely viewers have to watch me survive nights in this shack of a lab, creepy things come at me and in the end I make a glorious escape!" He puffed his metallic chest as he spoke. "Three seasons, twelve episodes, each fifteen minutes long. I'm onto something here."
"OOOH HAVE A SEASON WHERE YOU'RE CAPTURED AND THE AUDIENCE VOTES ON WHAT HAPPENS!" Papyrus said as he scrambled out of the elevator.
"OOOOOOHH YESSSSS!" Mettaton shouted, "The viewers would eat that up!"
"Hello maybe we could plan this later, WHEN THE ENTIRE UNDERGROUND ISN'T AT STAKE HERE?!" Undyne yelled at the two and they immediately stopped talking. Mettaton pouted and returned a glare to Undyne. Undyne massaged her temples and sighed.
"Ok, there's two directions to take here, we split up. Mettaton go with Papyrus, and I'll deal with….Sans," Undyne said as she looked over to Sans to see him pushing buttons on the vending machine and grabbing a bag of chips. Papyrus nodded giddily at the notion, Mettaton sighed.
"Fine, I'll let you know if I find anything groundbreaking," he spoke sarcastically. Mettaton turned around and began walking down one of the hallways and Papyrus quickly followed behind. Undyne stared at Sans opening the bag of chips.
"Can we leave now or are you just gonna indulge yourself in a bag of chips?" she asked, monotone.
"actually they're called 'popato chisps'. totally different," sans spoke smugly.
"JUST SHUT UP!" Undyne shouted before grabbing him by his jacket sleeve and dragging him down the hallway. She pushed him down the hallway for a bit before he began walking on his own. They entered into an odd room with a few beds lined up in rows. Undyne looked around each of the beds and looked towards the walls where tables and scattered papers lay. She couldn't make sense of it all no matter how hard she tried. Alphys never talked about something like this. She almost felt betrayed.
"What's the point of all this? It's like she's harboring monsters down here or something," she said. Sans shrugged.
"maybe she is," he replied.
"That's insane, maybe she just really likes to collect beds," Undyne said as she tried to find other alternatives to the odd room.
"hey its 'bedder' than nothing," Sans said.
"I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP!" Undyne shouted and stomped her foot.
"hey hey, lighten up a little. you look really stressed," Sans said. He moved over to the garbage bin and tossed the empty bag of chisps into it.
"Well YOU don't seem to care at all. What is wrong with you?" Undyne continued, "You know what, I honestly don't care, don't tell me."
"wasn't planning on it but gotcha," he said. Sans stretched as he walked over to another hallway and looked around at the monitors that were spread out.
As much as Undyne wanted to call it laziness there was something else about Sans that often left her frustrated. At least Papyrus was generally optimistic and caring, but Sans never seemed to care. Part of her wished for once he would show some type of other emotions but it daunted her slightly. Sans looked preoccupied as he stared at each dimly lit monitor. Undyne walked a little father way at the other hall. For a brief moment it looked like something white moved from the corner of her eye. She quickly glanced over but it was gone.
Undyne looked back realizing Sans had moved further down a hallway and she walked over to check on him.
"Sans did you find anything yet?" she said. As she moved over to the hallway he looked to be staring at a wall, his hands stuffed in his pockets.
"Hey SANS!" she shouted. Sans shook his head and looked over.
"huh?" he rubbed his eye sockets and looked back at the wall, then looked over to Undyne again with an odd expression.
"Geez if you wanna watch paint dry then be my guest I didn't mean to interrupt you," Undyne spoke sarcastically. Sans looked over to the side, almost embarrassed before he pointed to the door right besides Undyne.
"did you check in there yet?" he said. Undyne put her hand to the door and shook her head. The door didn't budge. Undyne gave a grin.
"Sans move out of the way real quick," she said and she moved down the hall slightly. Sans moved back and at once Undyne shouted as she rammed into the door and knocked it out of its hinges.
"GYAAAAAAAAHHH!"
She fell to the floor with the broken door and it let out a large thud. Dust particles filled the air. Undyne looked up and saw something covered in tarp.
"What's that?" Undyne said. She got up from the ground and dusted herself. She walked over to the massive washed out red tarp, Sans followed behind and looked up and down. The room was barren with the only object being the giant tarp in the center, covering something; accompanied by the thick stench of metal.
Undyne dashed out of the room and shouted.
"Mettaton, Papyrus get over here!"