This one has minor feels, but nothing like the last two chapters...I'm saving that for the next two. :)
1. "Missing Pieces" Manic Pixel
2. "It's Raining Somewhere Else" Undertale OST
3. "Premonition" Undertale OST
*NOTE* CAPS does not mean that the character is shouting. Paps speaks in all caps, Gaster does too.
"Bold Italic" would be the wingding font that Gaster speaks in. All skeletons can speak it though Gaster is the only one who can't speak any other language, so he uses magically conjured hands to speak with other monsters.
I do not own Undertale, all I own are Kristen (the brothers' mother), Lucida and Boli (the brothers' aunt and uncle) Triton and Sedna (Undyne's parents), Drake and Serran (Alphys parents) and Betus and Gammet (Alphys' siblings).
Chapter 5
"first papyrus, now undyne…is the whole underground gonna die?" Sans thought as he sat in a chair in his and Papyrus' home, "is that dumb prophecy gonna come true? that angel…dad always said that it had two meaning. people wanted to believe that the line 'bout the underground going empty would mean we'd get back on the surface…but i'm startin' to think that the 'angel' is a demon that's gonna empty the underground…by puttin' us six feet even deeper in the ground,"
He put a hand to his sternum, feeling the warmth of his soul and the other he carried with him.
"what would you do, pap? i mean, you're the more forgivin' out of us both but…"
He got up, walking towards his room and grabbing the silver key from inside his dresser. Well…there was one thing he could try…
Sans went downstairs and out into the cold Snowdin air. It was eerie how quiet things were, the whole town had evacuated, he was the only one left. If the human came back, she'd find nothing but empty houses and him. And God help that human if he got his hands on her. Her LOVE had to be pretty high after killing Undyne.
He looked at his hand as teal light flickered around it, tinged with a faint sheen of violet. He didn't like taking a life, no one did…but this one, he'd be glad to end it. Someone that sadistic needed to be put down. It wasn't that she was just going and killing monsters…it was the fact that she would give them hope before stabbing them in the back…like what happened with Shyren.
The comedian shook his skull before walking around the side of his home, putting the key in the lock and opening the door. His good eye flared teal to give him enough light to get down the rickety old stairs leading to the basement. He didn't replace them mainly because he didn't want Papyrus to mess around with anything down there and Papyrus didn't like rickety old stairs, he thought that they were up to something.
Oh how Sans had laughed when Papyrus told him that!
He made it to the bottom of the stairwell and flicked on the light, revealing a clean, white-walled lab of sorts. It was small, so as to not drain too much power from the city system and raise suspicions. People already were curious about the brothers…how they just showed up and acted as if they were there for years…
He didn't like all the attention, just another way he and Papyrus differed.
Sans walked over to one of the drawers and opened it, revealing a photo of Kristen, Gaster, Boli, Lucida, a four year old Sans and a little baby Papyrus. He gently took the picture out and gave a sad smile. The only survivor.
He replaced the picture and shut the drawer, that wasn't what he was looking for. He opened the next one, just to have a nametag slide to the front.
DR. W.D. GASTER
ROYAL SCIENTIST
Sans' good eye sputtered, sparking teal for a brief instant before fading again. He still didn't know why he kept that…maybe to remember the good old days when his father wasn't using him and his brother for experiments and such…maybe to actually remember his father, seeing as how everyone but Asgore, Papyrus and himself have somehow forgotten his name. Even Alphys, and she had taken over his position.
He shut that drawer too…still not finding what he was looking for.
"c'mon, sans, this is your lab…y' should know where everything is!" he grumbled to himself.
Then again, Gaster was horrible at keeping track of where things were. And, after all, Sans was his son.
Gaster watched as Sans opened the final drawers at the same time, giving a sigh a relief as he pulled out two blueprints.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" he wondered as Sans scanned over the blueprints before walking over to a blanket-covered object and ripping off the cloth, revealing a smaller version of a familiar machine.
Gaster's eyes flashed as Sans took out a small jar filled with silver powder and unscrewed the lid, laying the jar and its contents in the machine. He watched as Sans shrugged out of his jacket and took off his shirt, putting a hand to his sternum and speaking softly, quietly urging something…right as a small, orange spade pulled away from his ribcage, burning like an ember in the night. Sans knelt down and gently placed the soul in the machine before shutting the door and stepping back, hope lighting up his good eye as he turned it on.
"ARE YOU ACTUALLY GOING TO MAKE IT WORK?" Gaster breathed, watching in interest, "PLEASE…LET IT WORK! OH GOD, LET IT WORK…"
Minutes passed and the hopeful look on Sans' face dissolved into one of pure rage. He slammed his foot into the machine, only to jump back, hopping on his uninjured one and cursing bitterly before falling down on his knees as the machine went dark and the orange soul came back to him.
"SO CLOSE…" Gaster whispered, "YOU WERE SO CLOSE…YOUR DETERMINATION WASN'T ENOUGH…I AM SO SORRY…"
"still watchin' 'im, 'dings?" a familiar voice asked, making Gaster whip around…only to see nothing, "keep an eyesocket on him…he might go lookin' for trouble. after all…heheh…he is our son,"
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!?" Alphys' voice shrieked as Sans teleported into the lab, making her jump pretty high for someone her size and spilling instant noodles all over the floor.
Sans thought that Alphys was the one who teleported with how fast she came over to him, grabbing him and nearly breaking his spine as she hugged him, tears spilling down her cheeks.
"I-I-I thought that she…" Alphys sobbed, "sh-sh-she…"
"nah, 'm fine, al," Sans soothed, gently patting her back, "just…had a few things i wanted to take care of before i came back. shoulda told you…'m sorry,"
She slugged him in the arm, getting a yelp from him as the bone nearly fractured.
"ow! al! what the heck! 1hp remember?" he growled.
"Don't you ever scare me like that again!" she snapped, "First Papyrus, then…then U-Undyne...I can't lose anyone else Sans! Please!"
Sans gave a sad smile, gently patting her on the shoulder.
"don't worry, al, 'm not goin' any…" he stopped as the door began to slide open, "you expectin' anyone?"
Alphys' eyes widened in fear as she shook her head.
"N-N-No…" she stammered.
"hang on," Sans told her, gripping her shoulder a bit harder as his good eye flamed teal and the two of them teleported onto the rafters of the lab.
Alphys gave a light yelp as she nearly fell, only for Sans to catch her and hold her steady. He put a finger to his mouth right as a figure in blue and violet shuffled in, hands still coated in silver-white powder…and speckled with what looked like red and blue paint.
"It's her!" Alphys squeaked, getting shushed by Sans as the human child seemed to limp through the lab, looking around to see if anyone was there…only to freeze as a gleam of metal caught her eye, "Oh my God…Mettaton!"
"al, shush," Sans hissed as the human came to a stop, looking curiously at the robot.
"OH, THERE YOU ARE," Mettaton stated as Alphys nearly fell off the rafter from her fear, "YOU UGLY LITTLE CREATURE,"
"al, did you program him with that amount of sass?"
"No!" Alphys squeaked.
"YOU'VE MADE QUITE A NAME FOR YOURSELF," the proud robot continued, "SUCH INFAMY! I'M IMPRESSED. OH. YES. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ALPHYS, SHE'S NOT HERE! WHILE YOU WERE BUSY DOING YOUR, AHEM, THING…SHE WAS RUNNING AROUND EVACUATING PEOPLE TO SAFETY!"
"ya did what undyne wanted ya to do," Sans praised, patting her on the back.
Alphys didn't reply, still watching her creation with wide eyes as she shook horribly.
"NOW THEY'RE IN A PLACE WHERE YOU'LL NEVER GET TO THEM!" Mettaton sneered.
"where exactly?"
"T-The Lab in the basement," Alphys stammered, "I-It was set up from before I got here…the p-p-previous owner must have left it there…i-i-it connects straight to the c-c-c-core,"
Sans' bones rattled as she shook, bad memories rising up before him. Cold metal tables, dark hallways, steel bars and forcefields, saws, leather straps, needles, so much pain and suffering…
"S-Sans!" Alphys stammered, tapping his shoulder, "Sh-Sh-She's gone. Mettaton left her there,"
Sans gave a nod and teleported them both back to the ground.
"you ok, al?" he asked.
"Y-Y-Yeah," she nodded, "Just…just a bit scared still,"
"don't blame ya there,"
She grabbed her arm before sighing.
"I-I-I need to finish Mettaton…I'm almost done but…" she gave a shudder, "I d-d-didn't think I'd need to do this,"
"none of us did," Sans told her right as her phone rang.
She juggled the phone for a few seconds before finally catching it and answering.
"H-H-Hello?" she asked only to freeze, "Y-Y-Yes your majesty…um…y-y-yes he's here…now?...alright I-I-I-I'll tell him,"
She hung up and looked at Sans.
"The King…he…he wants to see you,"
"now?"
"Mhmm," she nodded.
Sans gave a sigh and turned away to go, his eye flamed teal and his world started fracturing…
"S-Sans!" Alphys called, making the world reform back into the lab as he turned around, "Can…can I see? O-One last time?"
Sans gave a sad smile, coming closer as he lifted his shirt up, letting the light of the souls in his ribcage burn brightly, painting Alphys' face with their pale hues. She gently lay a hand on his ribcage, getting a shudder from Sans as the souls seemed to gravitate towards her.
"I-I'm sorry," she whispered, tears streaming as she took her hand away and walked back to the lab, "Sans…g-good luck,"
A loud crack filled the air and Asgore turned around to see a small form in blue behind him.
"y' wanted to see me sir?" Sans asked, walking towards the king with his hands in his pockets.
"The human is getting closer and closer," Asgore told him, "the guards…they've all fallen,"
"alphys' family…"
"Just fell," Asgore sighed, "I…haven't had the heart to tell Alphys yet,"
"you want me to tell her?" Sans asked, "is that why i'm here?"
"No, Sans, there is another reason," Asgore murmured, "Come with me,"
The two walked down the Judgement Hall, finally coming to a concealed doorway. Sans stopped as Asgore opened the door and waited for him to come inside.
"why are we going in there?" he asked slowly, "y've already given me the karmic retribution ability…"
"Just come,"
Sans gave a sigh and followed his king into the room, the souls in his chest burning brightly as he stood before six brilliantly glowing human souls. He felt Papyrus' soul shift back and forth and he put a hand on his sternum.
"paps, it's ok, just calm down," he whispered softly before turning to the king, "i thought alphys called you and told you to absorb them,"
"She did, but I chose not to listen," Asgore replied, breaking the six containers and gathering the souls in his arms.
"are you gonna absorb them now?"
"No," Asgore said, turning to look at the Judge, "You are,"
Sans' good eye flashed brightly as he took a step back.
"i-i can't do that," he stammered.
"Sans, we cannot let the human get the six souls, who knows what they will be able to do if they manage to obtain them. I am a Boss Monster, my soul will persist and be able to be absorbed after death. You, forgive me or saying this, but your soul will not and if you take these souls into you, they will not survive your death, that is for sure,"
Sans looked up at the king, still not convinced.
"If the human gets past you, there is no hope for me. I will die," Asgore told him, "I do not know everything you are capable of…but I know you must be very powerful indeed. The son of two of the greatest mages of our time…I would say you are quite talented. Take the souls, Sans, use them to fight. Avenge your brother, avenge Undyne, avenge the others that are more than likely dying now,"
Sans gave a sigh, but he reached out his hand, touching the first soul. Immediately, all six swarmed him, bleeding into his body and making him drop to his hands and knees, shaking in pain. Fire seemed to burn through his marrow, the souls already in his ribcage bouncing around, trying to avoid the invasive souls.
"Why are you doing this?!"
"What did we do to you!?"
"I want to go home!"
"You won't stop me!"
"Stay away! Stay away!"
"I'm sorry! I was scared!"
"THEY HURT! SANS! MAKE THEM STOP!"
Sans clutched his chest, his good eye blazing as teal fire blazed around in him a blazing halo…and then it stopped.
"Sans…?" Asgore asked, putting a hand on the skeleton's shoulder, "Are you alright?"
"…that wasn't very humane, your majesty," Sans groaned, shuddering as he got up to his feet only to nearly fall, "no kidding…"
Asgore caught him and held onto him until Sans got his balance back.
"Do you feel any different?"
"…it's…" Sans shook his head as his eye flickered, "i dunno how to describe it. It's…strange. i can hear them…"
He shook his skull as he took a step back.
"ugh, prob'ly need a nap after this…or not…" Sans stated, "i better go check on al, though…she was kinda worried,"
"Of course," Asgore told him, "Sans, I wish you luck and I hope that we will never have to use your full strength,"
"same here, sir,"
I always wondered what happened to the six souls, you never see them on the Genocide Run. Asgore doesn't use them, so I figured...why not Sans? Also, Sans is keeping secrets...you'll find out what it is in a little bit. As for next chapter...well...let's just say...it features my favorite song on the soundtrack...
Anyway, hope you liked it. If you did, please let me know!
Qui vállë tóquetë, ván tecë (If no review comes from y'all; no story comes from me)
Máriessë ar mára tecië
Farewell and fair writing
Elhini Prime signing off.
