Holy shit this chapter came out later then I wanted by... one day. Sorry about that, I would have finished it earlier but well... Saturdays are DnD session days with all my friends who I don't get to see to often otherwise. It got awesome let me tell you that!
Anyways sorry for this being a little late and for it being a little short as well but I really do hope you enjoy this new chapter!
Alphys was fast asleep at her computer when Mettaton came in too bug- I mean visit her and ask her if she had finished his EX form yet, after all he had been waiting patiently for more than a few years now. Wheeling in as quietly as possible, which was surprisingly easy if you really listened and ignored the soft whirrs of his systems going on as usual, he got to the sleeping reptilian monster's side and began hearing her soft breaths. Noticing the slightest scrunching of her brow and frown on her maw made it clear she wasn't having a very good dream.
"ALPHYS," Mettaton started out carefully and as softly as his robotic voice could get, as he started to try and gently shake her awake. When that didn't work he knew that if it was possible on his rectangular body, he would be smiling evilly at his new plan of action.
Wheeling his way over to the other side of the computer where he plugged himself into and activated the speakers on full blast.
"MEW MEW KISSY CUTIE 2 JUST GOT VOTED AS THE BEST ANIME EVER!" Mettaton "shouted" with help of the speakers amplifying his vocal processor all the more, causing Alphys to jump up and stumble out of her chair with a scream.
"N-NO IT'S CRAP!" Alphys shouted and had to take quite a few deep breaths in and out as she began to process what was actually going on. When she did finally take notice Mettaton seemed like he was trying to hold back his laughter.
"M-M-Mettaton you jerk!"
"AND A MARVELOUS MORNING TO YOU AS WELL ALPHYS," Mettaton snickered causing Alphys to huff and avoid looking at his screen that served as his face. She knew why the robot was here… just like every morning since she made the current body for the ghost inside.
"The… The EX u-upgrade i-isn't ready yet…"
"FIGURED, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER TIME FOR THE PAST TWELVE YEARS."
The reminder of how long she had been putting it off for made the lizard monster bite her lower lip and a bit of nervous sweat to crawl down her scales. She really hated having to put it off for so long… hated having to lie to her friend about his upgrade not being completed yet. Well in truth the form itself was 90% complete, the problem was in the power supply unit and missing materials to make up the right half of the face. She had actively been trying to postpone the completion as long as possible and even then those two things were still the last parts needed to finish Mettaton's dream body.
"... ALPHYS HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION?"
"H-huh?"
"I WAS ASKING IF I COULD AT LEAST HAVE WHAT'S DONE INSTALLED AND JUST HAVE YOU FINISH IT UP AFTER."
Alphys hesitated for a moment, and before she could answer the camera's near Snowdin activated on her screen catching both occupants of the Lab's attention quickly. On the screen was a young human… a honest to god human. Both members of the human fanclub stared on in awe, their previous conversation forgotten in that single instant.
"Oh my god…" Alphys breathed out before squealing as loud as someone who was watching their favorite anime and the best thing ever in their opinion happend, Alphys practically jumped over to where the monitor was, nearly tripping over her clawed feet and knocking Mettaton to the ground as she did. The yellow lizard adjusted her glasses upon her snout as if trying to see if it was a trick of the eye, only to find that it wasn't.
"Oh my god their real! A human is actually here!" Alphys gushed, before breaking down and started to talk in almost absolute nonsense, not noticing the stiff, or rather stiffer, posture that Mettaton had taken after getting a better look at the human.
"ALPHYS…"
"Huh?"
"DOES… THAT HUMAN SEEM FAMILIAR TO YOU AT ALL?"
"Huh? Well n-no not really… wh-why do you ask?"
"OH, THEY JUST REMIND ME OF SOMEONE PERHAPS…" Mettaton bluffed, unable to tell her that the minute he saw the human child, a cold chill had practically touched his own soul and brought up mental images of watching a screen… as the human killed his fellow monsters.
...
Chara cursed silently to theirself as they exited the ruins without their poncho like last time… as Frisk seemed to have gained enough influence to make them SPARE Toriel. Normally if this happened Chara would RESET or RELOAD and force their way into killing whoever it was that Frisk stopped them from. However due to the skeletal monster having killed them twice and seemed to mess with their RESETS as well as seeming to make Frisk stronger with each one, Chara decided that they would rather play it safe this time around and go through with this Neutral Route as it seemed.
As they walked through the snow and rubbed at their arms for warmth they were surprised that they reached the bridge without even hearing Sans follow them… or even seeing the skeleton himself come to greet them. Perplexed they looked around the forest and found no sight of the short skeleton and it caused them to scowl. These new changes that come with these current RESETS were starting to get on their nerves.
First the strange Skeleton appearing, then their RESETS getting screwed with, then having an early battle with Sans (which was kinda fun honestly), to getting One hit K'O'ed again, to not even meeting with Flowey when they awoke once again and now there were no skeleton brothers to entertain them for a little while. It made them really wish they had their knife back and just go around stabbing things for no reason.
For now they would walk the frozen woods without running into any Skeleton… god they were already starting to feel bored.
...
"BUT DAD-"
"No butt's Papyrus. Besides we're skeletons we don't really have butts anyways."
"DAD!"
"I'm serious though. I don't want either of you to go out and even have the chance of meeting that thing."
"dad's not entirely wrong papyrus."
"BUT HE'S NOT ENTIRELY RIGHT EITHER!"
This was the argument that had been going on for a while. After making sure Sans was alright, and Sans getting over the fact Papyrus was now even just the slightest bit aware of the resets as well… Gaster told them he didn't want either of them to leave the house. Sans was fine with it as for one thing it meant he had an indefinite amount of break time, another thing it was a way to keep his brother safe. Papyrus on the other hand wasn't taking it to well.
Papyrus felt like he should still be out there, doing his job for one thing and also trying to see if he could try to convince the human to change their ways. Gaster greatly disapproved with the notion. Though Papyrus normally doesn't like to fight with people… aside from his brother but that's normal for siblings.
"Papyrus, you are not going out there until that thing leaves Snowdin and that's final."
Papyrus's fists clench tight at this and he turned his gaze away from his father. The tall skeleton then turned to stand his ground against Gaster.
"I'M SORRY DAD, BUT I'M GOING OUT THERE!"
"Pap-"
"YOU CAN'T TELL US WHAT TO DO NOW EITHER… WE'RE NOT KIDS ANYMORE."
Gaster wanted to say something but caught himself and his expression softened with realization. The last, true time he did see both his sons they were in their teens… and he had been missing for quite a few years. A feeling of sadness soon filled his soul as he realized quickly he did miss them growing up. These realizations however vanished from his mind rather quickly as he remembered all the times the human child had killed his youngest and instead of the adult he was now, Gaster only saw the young pre-teen son he had been forced to leave behind all those years ago.
"That maybe true, but I still know what's best for you, and what's best is for both of you to stay here where it's safe."
I refuse to lose either of my sons to that hellspawn again.
Papyrus narrowed his eye sockets at his father, but quickly lightened it up when he felt Sans tap his arm.
"it's fine pap. besides now you can show dad your improved cooking skills."
Immediately Gaster internally cringed as he remembered that during the last reset he had tried the cooking… and nearly felt like he was going to fade out of existence once again… key word being nearly as it was at least edible.
The Ex-Royal Scientist may love his sons to death… but that didn't mean he had to love everything about them… and Papyrus's bad cooking was just one of the things he couldn't wrap it around.
...
Undyne had just left Waterfall, her normal black colored armor covering her whole body from head to toe as she made her way out into the frozen forests of Snowdin at a breakneck pace. If what the strange talking yellow flower said was correct, she had to hurry as fast as possible.
Heavy metal crunching through the snow as she hurried her way through, one hand held onto her spear in an iron grip while the other pulled out her cellphone and checking the time.
9:48 am it read and instantly she pushed herself to go faster despite the cold air starting to get to her lungs and making it just a bit harder to catch her breath in the frozen atmosphere. Undyne was in a race against the clock as the flower's words about how at 9:56 Lesser Dog would be the first of her sentries to be killed within the forest near the old Ruins by human hands.
"Shit, shit, shit shIT SHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHIT!" Undyne began screaming as she knew that she wouldn't be able to make it on time with how god damned slow she was moving. Every minute that passed felt like an eternity, every step felt like it wasn't taking her anywhere.
Her heart pounded heavily in her chest as she continued to push herself. She refused to lose one member of the Royal Guards to a human, she refused to let this human have their way… she refused to accept that this human would be the one to kill her best friend Papyrus.
"After they kill your sentries they will move on to Papyrus. He will just stand there with open arms to the human and-"
"NO!" She screamed as the flower's words echoed in her mind, she didn't want the last part to make itself known once again. After all when she was finished with the human, there will be nothing left of them to even THINK about killing her friends again.
Undyne would be the one to unleash pure JUSTICE on the human who dares kill her fellow monsters.
NEW THINGS! AND I SWEAR THat I'm almost abusing the caps lock with this story more often then other ones.
Eh oh well.
Once again I hope you enjoyed this new chapter
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and I hope to hear from all of you again in the next one (which I will try to have out by the latest on Saturday for sure)
~Ulquihimefan1