Chapter 14: Angels To Us
Kayla and Frisk opened their eyes and gasped in surprise. Beyond where the barrier had been was a cavern and it was sparkling with all sorts of colors. Looking at each other, the girls cautiously moved forward before the colors grew brighter and filled the cavern with a dazzling display. "Guys! You've got to see this!" Kayla called out.
Napstablook came up to her and his expression perked up. "Wow," he said in surprise before noticing the colors were reflecting around them and his girlfriend looked dazzling as the colors reflected around them.
Papyrus gasped in surprise. "Wowie!" He said. "It's like buried treasure!"
"Yeah, it is," Sans agreed, also amazed.
Toriel gasped in surprise. "It's so beautiful," she said.
They all cautiously stepped deeper into the cavern before seeing a light up ahead. Here, Kayla and Frisk hung back, something that the monsters noticed. "Kayla? What is it, little one?" River Person asked his daughter.
The seventeen-year-old looked pensive. "What if you all aren't accepted by everyone?" She asked.
"Kayla's right," Frisk said softly, looking down.
Grillby came up to them. "I'm sure there's other humans like you girls," he said. "Angels among those who are unsure."
"He's right," Toriel said assuringly. "You two accepted us because we proved to you that we wouldn't hurt you and you two gave us that chance to prove it."
"The only way we'll know if they'll accept us is if both sides are given a chance," Undyne said with a nod.
"And if both sides are willing to work together too," Gaster said gently.
Taking a deep breath, Kayla looked up to see something dark coming towards them, but before it reached them, it vanished, though she thought she felt a light touch on her shoulder.
"Thank you,"an unfamiliar voice said in her ear.
She blinked and turned to look, but no one was there. Napstablook gasped slightly though. "Blooky? What is it?" Mettaton asked in concern.
"I...I thought I heard Prince Asriel's voice," he said.
Kayla looked at her boyfriend. "Is that who I heard too?" She asked.
"What did you hear?" Sans asked.
"I heard someone say 'thank you' and felt a light touch on my shoulder, but only after a dark mass vanished as it was coming towards us," the older girl replied.
Asgore and Toriel were surprised. "You...heard our son speak?" Asgore asked.
"I guess we did," Napstablook said. "His spirit must have been trapped down here with us after Chara's death."
"Which means...he's now free too," Frisk said in surprise.
Toriel had tears in her eyes, but smiled gently. "My babies can finally rest in peace," she said softly.
Movement at the entrance caught their attention and and Kayla jumped in front of everyone, her protective magic making her hands glow. "Who's there?" She called out.
A face looked into the cave and it was a policeman's face. He blinked in astonishment before looking at Kayla and Frisk. "Wait, I know you two," he said. "You two are the missing girls."
Frisk blinked. "Missing girls?" She asked.
He nodded. "Your teachers filed missing persons reports on you two," he said. "We thought you had died when we couldn't find you, Kayla."
Kayla was surprised to learn that her teacher had done that. "I didn't realize anybody cared after my foster family threw me down the hole into Mt. Ebbot," she said.
"And after I escaped my foster family," Frisk said. "They were upset they didn't get a boy to adopt as they wanted."
The older girl gasped and looked at Frisk. "Wait, did the couple have two older sons?" She asked.
The younger girl looked surprised. "Yeah, they did," she said.
Kayla couldn't believe it. "Your foster parents...were my foster parents too!" She said in shock.
The monsters were shocked too, remembering how Kayla had told them about being thrown into Mt. Ebbot and left for dead. "If Frisk hadn't gotten away from them," Sans started to say.
"They may have done what they did to Kayla five years ago," Grillby finished, his voice filled with horror.
River Person pulled Kayla into a hug and hugged Frisk as well. "If those people even dare come near you two, I'll give them something to think about," he growled.
The policeman felt the same way before looking at the gathered monsters. "So the stories my grandfather told me about monsters under Mt. Ebbot were true," he said. "But...it sounds like you monsters are heroes."
"Why do you say that, Officer?" Papyrus asked.
"Because you all saved Kayla and Frisk's lives," he said, smiling. "I was worried their cases would go cold and we'd never find out what happened to them, but now...those foster people can be arrested and charged. They face life in prison now."
He looked at the girls. "Would you two be willing to testify?" He asked.
Kayla grew thoughtful and looked at the monsters that had been her family for five years. "On one condition," she said.
"Yes?" He asked.
"Help our family?"
The policeman nodded and when word got out that the two girls that had been presumed dead were alive, everyone was surprised, especially the foster parents, who were arrested and put in jail for life. The police department, keeping true to their word, helped the monsters settle into the town and helped ease any tensions that arose.
Thankfully, there wasn't that much tension and as the days became weeks, things started to really look up for everyone.
River Person was granted permission to adopt Kayla officially, something that made them both happy, and Frisk was officially adopted by Toriel and Asgore, something that made the little girl ecstatic.
Grillby opened a new restaurant and quickly became world-renowned for his delicious food, the Royal Guard Dogs officially became part of the police force as did Undyne, who was proud to help train new recruits and catch criminals. Papyrus became a policeman too and often worked with Undyne to bring down criminals.
Toriel, who was working on getting her teaching license, homeschooled both Kayla and Frisk as part of her training while Sans, Gaster, and Alphys accepted scientist jobs and quickly became top scientists in their chosen fields.
River Person, having always worked with boats and giving rides to those who needed it, found a job that allowed him to continue giving boat rides to people. At first, many were unsure about the monsters being part of the community and there were a few incidents of haters protesting, but the situations were handled peacefully, even though there was still a ways to go before tensions were fully settled.
One day, Kayla was helping her father at his job and many of the people thought it was sweet that the father and daughter were working together and that River Person obviously loved his daughter very much.
The seventeen-year-old smiled at her father. "Dad, I'm proud to have you as my dad," she said honestly.
"And I'm equally proud to have you as my daughter, my little river," he said, hugging her.
Kayla smiled. She was indeed her father's little river, something she was proud to be.
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