Five Nights of Redemption
Hi guys this is chapter 15 of Five Nights of Redemption, we made it and yet there's still quite a bit of the story left and it will be epic, so enough hype let's continue
Chapter 15: the heartbreaking truth
Alphys really didn't want to do this, the true lab has become a place of fear rather than a place of discovery and solitude, but it was this or to face the wrath of an impatient mother and she was sure that would be much worse especially when it concerns her own biological son, Alphys led everyone/everypony down the stairs to the true lab entrance where there were 3 doors, one door led to a small part of the lab where Determination is extracted from monsters that have died and have quickly been preserved, another door is to the part of the lab where the Determination injections took place, the last door is the gate way to King Asgore's castle and the Judgment Hall.
In the entrance room Mettaton had possessed the prototype body and rejoined everyone/everypony there, from there they went through the door to the left, the door on the right was locked and in order to open it they needed to find the red key and place it in the red slot, the key was in the room with the preserved monsters and so they needed to go in there.
Alphys: "ok guys, here's the rundown of how we need to get through the lab, we need to access the main lab area but to do that we need to find the red key then put it in the slot"
Mike: "well that sounds simple, why are you so scared?"
Alphys: "well the thing is... there are... amalgamated monsters down here and they feel betrayed by me so they may attack us to get revenge"
Freddy: "goddamn it, not the revenge word again"
Toriel: "I'm sorry my child, amalgamated?"
Marionette: "she means that other monsters have somehow fused together in some way"
Alphys: "they melted"
Toriel: "(gasp) oh goodness, please say that didn't happen to my son"
Alphys: "no, no, of course not, you see a monster doesn't have enough physical matter to contain the amount of Determination I injected into them, with your son I only gave him a drop and he was fine... for the most part, let's get that key"
Everyone/everypony moved forward into the preservation chamber, inside they searched everywhere for the key, they looked around the tanks, inside the morchery, which coursed some of the monsters to turn to dust and even the showers, which only Undyne used when ever she'd stay around and listen to Alphys' science babble, the only place they hadn't looked was the sink, Luna remembered when she somehow lost a Sapphire ring that Celestia had given her for her 1000th birthday, it had managed to get trapped in the bend of the tap, she simple turned it on and let the water flush it out, they did the same for the key but instead of the key an amalgamate poured out and engaged in a fight.
The area went greyscale and the amalgamate was combined into a giant head with its eyes popping out of what was left of its sockets and it had what could have been a tail it was using to stand, it seemed to be somewhat transparent also making it super creepy for everyone/everypony as it was like two monsters combined... oh wait it was, that of a ghost and perhaps and anthro Gerbil.
When it attacked it vanished into nothingness and it seemed it was just scared and ran away, but then the battle field lit up with little white dots, the dots got brighter until they became faces and covered the area, the crew tried to avoid them but there were too many, one got Twilight and another got Finn, Finn was fine he just stumbled as all but Twilight seemed to start melting, he mane drooped over her face then her horn flopped over and her wings were malting, she then got stuck to the ground and couldn't move without ripping her limbs.
Twilight: "what's happening to me?"
Applejack: "Twilight! Hold still or you'll melt away, please do something DR. Alphys"
Alphys: "stay calm I can help you, I can reverse the process by extracting the Determination from you"
Luckily Alphys had a syringe with her that can extract the Determination and Twilight slowly regained her normal body structure, it was a frightening experience for Twilight as she could have become an amalgamate if she touched anyone/anypony, but then this got Finn thinking, "why didn't that happen to me, those faces got me good but I was fine, Twilight almost became a puddle of mush, I have to ask".
Finn: "DR. Alphys, don't you find it strange how the same attack affected me differently to Twilight?"
Alphys: "yes indeed, I can see that while we are in this fight, you and the other anthros have human souls but the ponies have their cutie marks, this universe may not understand what a cutie mark is so even though you may see it this universe must treat it like a monster soul"
Celestia: "so what does that mean for us?"
Alphys: "it means if you die here you'll turn to dust and your soul will fade fast despite your true strength and level of magic"
Opal: "wow I guess we are the lucky ones ah?"
Ashe: "hey don't push your luck too much, next thing you know we'll have a fight on our hands that will be way too much for us"
After that they found a way of fending off the amalgamate without killing it and they pressed on, with the red key attained and in the red slot they can now access the main part of the true lab, there is where the other coloured keys are and the secrets behind Flowey, to start with they headed right into a hall where another corridor led to where a bath was and it seemed to have a Dog wagging its tail and only got faster as they got closer, the closer they got the more Alphys got nervous about what could be behind the curtain.
Alphys was about to open the curtain but Undyne did it instead, she could see the sweat running down into her brow and tried to take some of the tension away, but as the curtain opened and Undyne materialised a spire all they saw was the green key, Alphys thought "oh thank god, I don't need him now" Foxy came up and grabbed it and kept it safe for when they find the green slot, on their way back to find the other keys they found a save point, Freddy hasn't seen one of those since leaving the ruins, it seemed like a trap to him but went for it anyway and he was filled with Determination.
But then the save point seemed to transform, it was another amalgamate and it was very angry, this one seemed to be a melted mermaid with an angler fish head, it had sharp teeth ready to bite anyone's brains out, this made Mangle a little ashamed as it reminded her for the Bite of 87, but she had to get past that as it happened years ago, the amalgamate then used the battle field itself to attack, it created teeth on the top and bottom of the field and like jaw they chopped down on them.
It left a tooth or two out so they could find a place to be safe but if the ponies weren't carful they'd be hit with Determination and start to melt, they did their best and got through the onslaught, but then came its next attack, it put 9 teeth and 2 eyes on the field, the teeth surrounded the crew and the eyes just above would shot pulses of energy, it was hard to dodge as they'd have to move left or right away from the teeth then move around to avoid the pulses while the teeth were still on the field.
Then they managed to win the fight by telling the amalgamate that it was pretty and had a great face, it was satisfied and walked away, with that they could carry on into a room that had fridges fill of small Determination vials, problem was the room was shrouded in a dense fog for some reason, so they went to find the air con to blow it away.
It was on the other end of the lab and they had to go back across the giant mask thing, into the room on the right and past the mirrors, Toriel noticed how there were flowers just like the ones that grow under the hole in the ruins, she was reminded of the time Asriel and his friend accidentally used the flower because it was a butter cup, they were making a butterscotch pie for Asgore and the recipe needed cups of butter, an easy mistake for a child to make.
But still this made Toriel worry, could this be a clue to how Flowey came to be, her head was spinning and she was getting curious and had to ask.
Toriel: "Alphys my dear child, these flowers, how did they get here?"
Alphys: "oh um... As... Asgore ask m... me to br... bring them here so I c... could use them for D... Determination injections"
Toriel: "Asgore?"
Alphys: "yes, he wanted me to try and see if I could bring something back to life with just enough Determination, he knew that Asriel's dust went on the flowers so he thought if something could be brought back with Determination then a flower with his dust should have his memories"
Toriel: "ha, that whelp, I bet he couldn't let him go could he"
Bonnie: "what and you did?"
Toriel: "well you have me there my child, I always was over protective even of Asriel, I guess we are both at fault, I just hope that is isn't what it sounds like"
They kept moving to find the air con, when they did the room it was in as also covered in fog but not nearly as dense but this let Alphys see small white particles which meant there would be another amalgamate in the area and another fight, they had to be careful only a few of the test subjects survived and if they get too rough with them they could melt entirely and die.
Freddy went to turn the air con on and the room cleared, now they can go back to the other room and find the last two keys, but then the white particles joined together and formed what looked like a six legged Dog with invisible Cats in between its legs and what can only be described as an arse hole for a face, it got closer to the crew and engaged in a fight, the area went greyscale and the amalgamate Dog got excited.
To start with it just wanted to play and see what everyone/everypony does but then it attacked, it shot arrows out of its hole and the crew did their best at dodging them, at first the amalgamate Dog was a bad aim but with every turn it got more excited and the more it got excited the better it became, dodging after every turn got harder and harder until it was Octavia that got hit this time and she started to melt.
Vinyl: "Tavi! Are you ok"
Octavia: "no, I'm melting, I can't feel my hooves"
Vinyl: "its ok I'll help you"
Octavia: "no don't touch me, you'll melt too"
Vinyl: "then what can we do, Alphys has already used one of her syringes and I don't suppose you have more do you?"
Alphys: "not with me, no"
Vinyl: "then what?"
Freddy: "this"
A second ago Freddy was behind them but suddenly appeared beside them and put his hand on Octavia, she slowly regained her body structure as Freddy absorbed the Determination that was placed inside her, the Determination now inside Freddy will give him more power than before enough to go on even if the others have been beaten down.
Octavia: "Freddy? Thank you but how did you teleport just there"
Freddy: "I didn't teleport, remember I have time powers, after you got hit Vinyl was so upset that she couldn't help that she forced herself on you and started to melt as well, you became a pony amalgamate, I couldn't let that stand so I came back and saved you"
Vinyl: "you must have listened to what Alphys said about you having a human soul"
Freddy: "well at first I was scared that it wouldn't work but I had to try"
Marionette: "well done Freddy, now as for the Dog"
Chica: "let's throw it a bone"
Papyrus: "that's not a pun is it?"
Chica: "no Papyrus"
So Chica threw a bone to the amalgamate Dog and it chased after it, despite it not having eyes it tracked down the bone with great precision and brought it back giving Chica a hug and as much of a nuzzle as it could getting a gooey black liquid on Chica, Mangle was laughing struck with the cuteness and disgust of the scene, Rarity would have found it cute too but couldn't get past the black liquid, Applejack was reminded of Winona and how she can get very dirty at times and just thought "naww, he just wants a fuss, well sometimes ya just got to get ya hooves dirty, come er".
So Chica, Mangle and Applejack all pitched in to hug, fuss and play with the amalgamate Dog and he was loving the attention, in fact he was loving it so much that he coughed something up from all the excitement, it was the yellow key, after that the amalgamate dog ran off to find someone new to play with, Foxy took the key to keep that one safe too, now they can go back to the room with the fridges.
They just had one more key to look for and they will finally know the origins of Flowey, it's been a long trek and a good journey but now is the point of no return, if they fail to find out what the flower really is then the adventure had all been for nothing.
They got to the room and checked every fridge, most of them had the vials of Determination in them but Oscar was curious about this one fridge that was shaking around and looked inside and saw nothing, this was weird to him, if a fridge was empty then why was is shaking like a washing machine with its slab of concrete removed.
Oscar: "hey DR. Why on earth is there an empty fridge shaking around like this?"
Alphys: "oh, I meant to turn that one off, the screws that bolt it to the floor have come lose"
Oscar: "... anyway, one fridge left"
Oscar tried to open the fridge but it wouldn't open like it was locked or had been set to a temperature lower then what it said it was at, Oscar put his talons on the door and tried with all his might to open the door but all that happened was he lost his grip and went flying into the wall.
Toy Bonnie: "comedy and slapstick eh?"
Oscar: "sip it Hare face"
Toy Bonnie: "HARE!"
Mettaton: "oh my, ha, you guys are too much, I love you"
After that the fridge transformed into one of the snow birds from Snowdin and it was only melted it hadn't really fused with any other monster, but as it engaged into a fight and tried to attack it was so weak that it couldn't fight effectively, everyone/everypony was ready to dodge any attack but each time it attacked the moves would either miss completely or not even be on the battle field.
Alphys: "oh god no, I know you, you're Snowy's mum Snow Storm aren't you?"
Snow Storm: "yyyeeesss, tthhaaat'sss mmeeee"
Alphys: "my god I am so sorry for what I've done to you"
Snow Storm: "iittt'ss ooook"
Alphys: "no it's not, I never should have done this to you, I never should have done this, if I didn't then Flowey would never have excised and the damage he's done wouldn't be around"
Sarah: "it's not your fault, they asked for this right?"
Alphys: "yes"
Sarah: "so this is their choice and they have to live with the problems with the experiments, plus Flowey only coursed the damage to feel again"
Alphys: "but what about Snow Storm, just look at her, she melting down"
Snow Storm: "iiittt'ss ooook, juuusssst ttellllll mmmeee a joookeee"
Pete: "ok, what do you get when you put a lot of eggs in a bowl and mix the hell out of them?"
Snow Storm: "wwhhhaaat?"
Pete: "lemons"
Everyone/everypony: "hahahahahahahahahaha!"
Snow Storm: "ha... ha... ha, tthaaannnk yyooouuuu..."
After the joke Snow Storm melted down and turned to dust, her soul had faded also and the only thing left was the Determination she was injected with and the blue key, Foxy took the blue key for safe keeping and Marionette absorbed the Determination, it would boost his powers too and as the truth on Flowey is growing ever closer he felt like a boost of power would be good.
Alphys was upset, she felt like she had condemned Snow Storm to death yet it was her decision to take up the chance of becoming a vassal to break the barrier but it didn't work, never the less Alphys was too ashamed of what she had done, Undyne placed a friendly fin on her shoulder and said.
Undyne: "I know how you feel, you know that I don't like killing humans but have to do it so Asgore can break the barrier, then to see the souls fade because they aren't strong enough to stay, it made me angry to have to do that only for it to mean nothing, at least with you, you did something that was only an experiment which are bound to go wrong but then you got the result you were looking for"
Alphys: "Flowey, Foxy you have the other three keys yes?"
Foxy: "yep, right here, where do they go?"
Alphys: "follow me"
So everyone/everypony followed Alphys to the other slots that needed the keys inserted into them, then the last key was put in the slot and they all heard the door to Asgore's castle open but they headed to a part of the lab that they haven't been to yet, it was the door to the right of the giant mask thing and inside was where the final Determination injection took place.
Inside were different cameras that had captured what had happened on that day, there were a few half full vials of Determination, petals of butter cups, note books and the one thing that Toriel feared the most, monster dust.
Alphys: "I can see you are looking around Toriel, are you alright?"
Toriel: "please, please just tell me, what happened here?"
Alphys: "well I could tell you that Asgore made all this my top priority only a few days after you broke up with him but I think I'll let the video do that for me so I don't faint from pressure"
Alphys then grabbed a remote and searched through the different recordings that took place in the room, there were ones of failed attempts because of not enough dust, not enough determination, too much determination and Alphys watching Bleach.
But then came the one where Flowey was born, Alphys turned the volume up so they could hear and see what was going on.
Asgore: "DR. Alphys, please you must stay Determined, this has to work"
Alphys: "I'm sorry sir but if this doesn't work then I give up, I've tried so many times and hurt so many just to get him back"
Asgore: "I know and I'm sorry too but they were on the edge of death as it was, I just want him back, please just one more try"
Alphys: "alright I'll try, but we don't know what will happen"
In the video Alphys only injected the equivalent of a drop of Determination into a butter cup, apparently it was the first one to ever grow in the underworld which is incredible considering how long the monsters have been there, only a few seconds after the injection the flower started to move and a face appeared on the head of the flower.
Alphys: "sir it worked!"
Asgore: "you did it DR. Hahahahahaha!"
Flowey: "umm... not so loud dad I'm still asleep, wait (gasp) what happened to me?"
Asgore: "it's ok, can you tell me your name?"
Flowey: "it's me, Asriel, howdy"
At that point Toriel's heart was shattered like glass, her son was indeed Flowey, her precious little emotive child had become nothing more than a soulless, heartless killing machine, this broke her and her memories of better times and happy memories where floating in her mind, everything her special little cuddle buddy was is not in Flowey, nothing about Flowey had ever come out as Asriel so now to know they are one in the same was hurting her so much the she sang about trying to hold on to the memories of what he was and holding on to him as he used to be.
(Now play Part That's Holding On by RED, how else)
Toriel: "it all looks different now,
But it was right in front of me,
The memories fall around,
Of everything I used to be,
Can I let it go?
When I still feel your echoes,
I watched you disappear,
But I can't make myself believe,
I gave it all, but you were fading,
Where'd you go, all alone,
I couldn't stay, another fall,
Through the dark of the shadows,
I reached for you, only you,
There's still a part, a part that's holding on,
Can we call it fair, or was it just a dire game?
Who's the winner now? When I can't even speak your name,
Caught inside the dream,
When you were reaching back for me,
Did you get lost inside? Or did you disappear?
I gave it all, but you were fading,
Where'd you go, all alone,
I couldn't stay, another fall,
Through the dark of the shadows,
I reached for you, only you,
There's still a part, a part that's holding on"
After the song Toriel had nothing but a broken heart and an immense hatred the rivalled even that of the Marionette when he was first killed by the Purple Guy, and he could swear that there was actual fire in her eyes, but then given her fire abilities this could just be a side effect of her emotions, but whatever the reason there seems to be only one course of action for the crew now.
Sunset: "so Asriel is Flowey, that really hurts and I barely know the story here"
Moonlight: "what happens now?"
Toriel: "my children, I'll tell you exactly what happens now, we are going to Asgore's castle and he will pay for doing this to Asriel, I will make him suffer my wrath until the world comes to an end"
Toriel was on fire... no literally she was so pissed that her fire powers had flared up and she burned brightly, it seemed this was it, everyone/everypony finally knew about Asriel and his transformation into Flowey and now it's time to take on Asgore, the next part of their adventure is coming and if you think it's anywhere close to being done then you are wrong.
That was chapter 15 of Five Nights of Redemption, I do hope you enjoyed and that you'll come back for more, remember if at all there are any inconsistencies please forgive me but I do forget what I've said sometimes and I try to remember but it's not always so easy but till next time
Venomous Book out
