Tyrantale

Chapter 5.

And now, back to the revolt.

The AU continues as Alphys goes to work with her assignment, the first step in the Resister's rescue plan.


It was early in the evening as Alphys quietly made her way through the castle, narrowly avoiding contact with guards every step of the way. After speaking with Sans earlier and getting their plan together, Alphys wasted no time going to work.

As soon as Chara left her alone, the lizard scientist quickly and carefully started heading for the roof of the tower; her objective was to lure the brainwashed guards to her lab and reverse the Inculcating process, thus freeing them from Chara's control, and she knew just who she wanted to start with.

As she lifted the trap door that led to the roof, she looked around to see who was there and, to her relief, the very person she was looking for was standing at the edge of the roof. He was a high-tech, humanoid robot with black and purple, reinforced armor, over a gray build, and, due to various upgrades he was forced to undergo, was quite intimidating in appearance. His eyes that glowed a piercing red were gazing down over the side of the castle.

Trying her best to keep herself together, Alphys quietly climbed up through the trap door and carefully closed it behind her; it was so dark and still up on the roof, the only sound she heard was that of the robot's gears as he turned his head left and right, scanning the area below, while the rest of his body remained motionless.

Cautiously approaching the mechanical being from behind, Alphys reached out to him.

"M-Mettaton?" she spoke meekly.

Upon hearing her voice, the robot turned his head all the way around, again, not moving any other part of his body, and looked down at the lizard woman. Alphys flinched as his eyes focused on her.

"State your business...Alphys." Mettaton said, his voice distorted and gravelly.

"Oh, hey," Alphys voiced, trying to remain composed, "I was hoping I'd find you up here, I kinda need you to come to my lab for a bit."

The robot turned the rest of his body around.

"For what purpose?" he questioned.

"Well, you see, King Chara has ordered me to summon all of the guards who went through the "process" to the lab and put you guys back under the machine," Alphys said informally, "something about giving you guys an upgrade."

The robot stood silent and motionless for several seconds.

"What kind of upgrade?" he asked.

Alphys thought quickly.

"Um, he..." she responded tensely, "he doesn't think you guys go fast enough and he wants me to fix that."

Mettaton's body made an whirring noise, indicating that he was processing what he was just told.

"Strange..." the robot voiced, "did we not just recently undergo a similar upgrade?"

"Well, the king demands another one," Alphys asserted, "and he said that anyone who refuses the upgrade is going straight to the grinder!"

She stared fervently at Mettaton as she waited for the robot's response.

"Well, in that case," the mechanical being said, "we best not waste any time."

Alphys sighed with relief as the robot did not question her any further; she quickly led Mettaton down from the roof and ushered him to her lab, once again, avoiding contact with anyone they passed.

Once they got to the lab, after bolting the door to avoid anyone surprising them, Alphys quickly got the robot situated on the table beneath the machine that resembled a black and gray, upside-down obelisk hanging down from the ceiling.

"All righty," the lizard woman voiced, "now, just lie perfectly still as I get this done.

"And you're certain that with this upgrade I will be satisfactory for Lord Chara?" Mettaton inquired.

"I promise," Alphys attested, "once I do this, you will be as you were always meant to be."

With that, she furiously shoved the lever upward, throwing the machine in reverse; as the device proceeded to undo its process, sapping the influence of Chara from the Mettaton's body, the robot convulsed violently, the sound of gears grinding and metallic screeching emanating from his artificial frame. It was a similar reaction that everyone had when they were first put under the machine.

Alphys watched, feeling a mixture of anxiety and eagerness, worried about the affect the process would have on the robot and hoping for the best at the same time.

As soon as it was all over, the mechanical man's entire body seemed to go limp and he laid there motionless for almost half a minute.

"M-Mettaton?" Alphys voiced anxiously, "Mettaton, can you hear me? Please, wake up! Please, please wake up!"

Finally, the robot shifted and looked at her, his eyes having gone from the sinister red of Chara's influence to their normal state.

"Allllphys?" he spoke, his voice sounding like it's old self, albeit still rather warbled, like radio interference, "What's happennnning?"

"Oh, good, you're awake," the lizard woman responded, "h-how do you feel?"

Mettaton forced himself upward into a sitting position and looked down at his body in horror.

"Ohhhhh my God," he uttered dismally, "my body...my poor, glammmmorous body...ruined..."

"I know, I'm sorry," Alphys consoled him, "Chara made me do it, but, don't worry, as soon as we're done here and we get a chance, I'll change your body back to how it's supposed to be."

Mettaton looked around.

"That's right," he mused, "Charrrrrra made me...Alphys...what are you up to right nnnnow?"

"Hold on," the lizard scientist replied, "let me fix that voice glitch first, then I'll explain."

She quickly grabbed a screwdriver, opened the robot's chest cavity, and carefully adjusted the mechanism that affected his voice.

"Okay, now speak." Alphys instructed.

"What...what..." Mettaton voiced experimentally, "...what's going on here? Why am I no longer under Chara's power?"

"I put you back under the machine and threw it in reverse," the lizard woman explained, "I was pretty worried there for a moment, that it either wouldn't work or that it would hurt you in some way, but, it looks like it worked perfectly."

Mettaton looked on, baffled.

"Gee, Alphys, you know I'm glad to be free of that little savage's hold," he expressed, "but, God, you know what he'll do to you if he finds out that you-"

"I know, but, don't worry about that right now," Alphys replied, "this is all part of the plan."

The mechanical man looked at her curiously.

"Okay, it's like this." the lizard woman sighed.

She quickly whispered the Resister's plan to the robot, who looked on in shock.

"That plan is absurd," Mettaton asseverated, "you guys riding solely on the hope that Chara will actually take it so seriously that he'll leave the castle unguarded?"

"Not solely on that possibility," Alphys affirmed, "we have a plan B, should that fail."

The robotic man looked at her dubiously.

"Well, the plan's already in motion," the lizard woman said, "I have to keep going, if you would, please, help me get more guards to lab so I can undo the brainwashing."

"Well, I'm still on the fence about this plan of yours," Mettaton sighed, "I guess it's better to die trying than not try at all."

"Okay," Alphys responded, "can we not bring up death until it actually happens."


After outfitting Mettaton with a special pair of "robot contacts" to make his eyes still look red, to avoid arousing suspicion if they ran into Chara, Alphys and Mettaton left the lab and went about hunting down the brainwashed guards.

"Do you know where Dogamy is?" Alphys asked Mettaton.

"He and the other Canine guards are usually guarding the kitchen." the robot answered.

They casually made their way to the kitchen, where Canine guards Greater dog and Dogamy were standing over Muffet as she stocked the pantry and the guard Lesser Dog was using his extremely long neck to keep an eye on Burgerpants, who was cleaning the dishes and Monster kid, who was putting the clean dishes away.

Mettaton approached the two dogs watching over Muffet and quietly told them that they had to report to lab for a mandatory upgrade at the king's request. Alphys did the same with Lesser Dog and, as expected, the Canine's were quick to comply.

As Mettaton led the Canine guards out of the kitchen, the kitchen working Monsters all looked on curiously; Alphys looked at the confused Monsters and, without saying a word, put her index finger to her lips and winked.

She then followed the guards back to her lab, though, once there, it occurred to them that they had multiple guards in the lab, which also meant, witnesses.

"Um...how do we do this?" Mettaton quietly asked Alphys.

"Well, I'll put one under," the lizard scientist voiced, "in the meantime, you try and keep the other guards distracted."

"Okay, let's get started," Alphys said aloud, "Dogamy, you can go first."

She led the Canine guard over to the machine and strapped him to the table beneath it, as she went for the switch, Mettaton quickly stretched his arms up and knocked the other two dogs' helmets off. Then, when the Canine's looked at him, the mechanical man then began to pet them on their heads and they reacted as expected. The guard dogs' tails immediately began to wag as they panted excitedly.

"Ah, yes," Mettaton said playfully, trying to hold their attention, "you may be brainwashed guardsmen, but, you're still dogs."

Alphys repeatedly looked nervously between the machine and the waiting guards, hoping that they would not notice that the machine was running in reverse. She prayed that Dogamy's frantic whimpering, as he struggled in pain, would not alert Greater Dog or Lesser dog.

At last, after three grueling minutes, the process was done and Dogamy was free; the male white-furred dog sat up and looked around in confusion.

"Sssshhhh," Alphys said quietly, before the cowlick-sporting dog could speak, "don't say a word, just, go wait in the corner while I work on the other two."

Dogamy nodded and did as she said.

Alphys quickly approached the other guards.

"Okay, how about you next, Greater Dog." she offered.

Greater Dog followed her eagerly as she beckoned him toward the machine, then, while it was a bit hard, due to Greater Dogs great size, the lizard woman strapped him to the table beneath the Inculcater and threw the machine in reverse again. In the meantime, Mettaton continued to try and entertain Lesser Dog, while Dogamy stood in the corner, anxiously watching the scene.

Once Greater Dog was finished, Alphys sent him over to the corner with Dogamy while she quickly put Lesser Dog under. A few minutes later, when the process was finally done, Alphys and Mettaton explained the situation to the three Canine guards and instructed them to keep going about their business as if nothing had changed and to await further instructions. After the promise of many treats for their success, the guard dogs quickly complied and were sent on their way.

For the rest of the day, somehow slipping right under Chara's radar, Alphys and the un-brainwashed guards continued the process of luring guards to the lab and freeing them from Chara's mind control.


Meanwhile, at the rundown house of Sans and Papyrus at the edge of Snowdin, Sans was in his room, looking over a piece of paper he had sketched the Resister's plan on, when his cellphone started buzzing.

He quickly checked his phone and found a new text from Alphys, which read:

"Things r going gud, almost done w th guards."

Feeling a rush of excitement, Sans sent a reply:

"Knew U could do it, keep it up champ, but don't careless."

After sending the text, he quickly got one response:

"Thanx, got it."

With that, he set his phone down, slipped his hand under his filthy, worn-down pillow, and pulled out a zip-lock bag, which contained an old picture of him, Papyrus, and their father, Dr. Gaster. Even though they had yet to start their prisoner rescue at the castle, Sans still relished the thought that his dad would be with him and his brother again.

He then realized that he should tell the rest of the Resister's of Alphys' progress, he put the picture away and picked his cellphone up again, the first person he texted was Toriel.


In the ruins, Toriel put Asriel to bed, it was the first time in a long time that the goat boy did not fight going to sleep; it seemed that the hope that he would finally get to see his dad again left him too tranquil to argue. He also seemed to have more energy than he had in a long time, which left Toriel cautiously optimistic.

As should stood at her son's bedside, she suddenly felt her cellphone vibrate, taking it out, she found a new text from Sans, which read:

"Alphys is almost done w the guards, won't be long now, Tori."

The news made her feel even more hopeful.

She sent Sans a text back: "That is wonderful news, how about we get everyone to meet back at the ruins to discuss where we will start with our rescue?"

A moment later, the skeleton replied: "On it".

Toriel quickly pulled up Undyne's name in her contacts and passed the news onto her, then, the goat woman put her phone back in her pocket and tenderly pet her son's warm head.


Out in Waterfall, Undyne was sitting up on a high ledge, staring down at the area below, distraught by the sight around her, so many poorly and emaciated Monster. It did not help that she noticed new piles of dust that she knew were not there preciously.

Just then, her phone buzzed and she immediately checked it, finding the new text from Toriel:

"It seems that Alphys is making progress with the guards, we are getting everyone together back at the ruins to discuss further plans."

Undyne nodded and responded:

"I'm on my way."

With that, she put her phone away, got to her feet, and quickly ran back toward the direct of the ruins.


Back at the castle, after a few tense, stressful hours, Alphys and Mettaton had successfully freed every guard in the castle of Chara's mind control.

"Wow," Alphys said, feeling thrilled, "I can't believe we managed to do that, but, I doubt I coulda done it without your help, Mettaton."

"Yes, well, while I still feel this prison break idea is incredibly iffy," the mechanical man replied, "I guess it's better than forever trucking on as we have been."

Alphys nodded.

"Though, something has been bothering me since we started this," Mettaton voiced, "we got this all done without incident, without even seeing Chara. What is he up to?"

"I'm not sure," Alphys said, "but, surely if he knew something was going on, we would've been caught."

"I guess." the robot responded.

Alphys then pulled out her phone and sent another text to Sans' phone.

"So, whose all being sprung?" Mettaton wondered.

"Well," Alphys informed him, "the first intended prisoners to be rescued are Muffet, Dr. Gaster, the Canine Guards, Asgore, and you of course."

"Me, really?" the robotic man replied, surprised.

"Of course," the lizard woman told him, "your cousins insisted on that, it's one of the reasons why I put you under first."

The robot thought about it.

"Are...are you getting out, too?" he asked.

"Huh?" Alphys responded curiously.

"Are you going to be getting out with us?" Mettaton pressed.

"Oh...well, maybe," the lizard woman voiced, "our plan was that while Chara and the guards were scrambling to find the escapees, Sans and I would take the opportunity to work on the Soul Extractor."

The mechanical man seemed to be put off by what she was saying.

"So...you plan on staying behind..." he responded, "all by yourself?"

"Well, all the stuff we need to work on the device is here," Alphys explained, "though, we decided that if something goes wrong, we'll just take what equipment we can and run, work on the device somewhere else."

Mettaton looked at her dubiously.

"How...was that not...your initial plan!?" he questioned, dumbfounded.

"Well, we didn't wanna pass up the opportunity to get people out," Alphys expressed, "there's so many people here who have family members out there, wanting to see them again, these first few are just the beginning, and I'm not sure if I'd be able to get away with-"

"Alphys, let me make one thing perfect, absolutely, undeniably clear," Mettaton avowed, "if you do not leave this castle with us, I will not leave this castle, you can't stay behind."

"Look, Mettaton, I'll still be able to work on your body," Alphys replied, "we'll just have to-"

"That's not what this is about," Mettaton asserted, "I don't want you to stay behind because I can't stand the thought of leaving you here alone!"

The lizard woman was stunned silent.

"I mean it, Alphys," the robot affirmed, "if you stay here, I'll stay here, end of story."

"All right, all right," Alphys said, "we'll figure that out when the time comes, in the meantime, I have to let the others know that we're ready."


In the ruins, the Resister's were gathered once more, all sitting at the dining table, when Sans got the final text:

"Mettaton and I have taken care of all of the guards, we're ready whenever you are."

With a surge of joy, Sans snapped his cellphone shut.

"We're on." the short skeleton stated.

At that, Doggo held up his knives and placed them on the dining table, Dogaressa did the same with an axe, Undyne made an energy sphere and put it on the table, along with a hacksaw, and, finally, Papyrus placed both a bone and a pair of bolt cutters on the table.

"Nice." Sans said blissfully.

"Hey, what about me?" Frisk voiced, "What am I gonna do? Please, don't say I have to stay here."

Just then, Undyne picked him up from his chair.

"Nah, we wouldn't do you like that," Undyne affirmed, "we got bigger plans for you."

"Really?" the Human boy responded eagerly.

"Muster your fighting spirit, Kiddo," Sans told the human boy, "because, it's time you learned to grapple."

Frisk looked confused.

"By which I mean FIGHT." Sans said.

"Yay, finally!" the Human child uttered happily.

"We're not really gonna let Frisk go into battle are we?" Toriel inquired worriedly.

"Of course we don't intend to," Sans replied, "but, hiding isn't gonna suffice forever, we don't know what's gonna happen, it's best that we have him prepared for anything, right?"

"I guess that makes sense." the goat woman sighed.

Frisk shifted excitedly in Undyne's arms.

"I wanna start now!" Frisk affirmed.

"To the corridors!" Undyne cried.

"Ssshhhh!" Toriel hissed, "Asriel is sleeping!"

"Right, sorry," Undyne responded quietly, "to the corridors!"


All righty, I almost forgot about the teaching Frisk to fight part, but, luckily, I remembered, just in time to fit it in.

Plus, I finally got to bring Mettaton in, thank God.

Also, I am starting to get into doing fanart for this AU, but, some of these characters are gonna be hard to draw, but, eventually, I will try to get (More) Tyrantale art up on my DA account.