The child stirred to the feeling of something tapping them. They could hear a faint sound. It became an echo, the shaking was more violent now, the voice frantic. Then they opened their eyes, jolting awake with a gasp and nearly shoving the flower over the edge of the bed. Thankfully he managed to pull himself up right with some extra help from his vines.

"H-hey! Watch where you use those things damn it! You nearly knocked me over," a familiar voice whispered loudly in annoyance.

They rubbed their eyes, blinking twice before seeing the flower, grinning sheepishly, their face coated a rosy red from embarrassment as they gently pulled the plant pot Flowey was sitting in towards them.

"Thank you. Let's not mention anything about the fact that I nearly fell off the bed and soiled myself in fright to Smiley trashbag please."

The child smirked then laughed a little too loudly at the flower's sour reaction, but was hushed by him with a quick wrap of a vine around their mouth. "We have to stay quiet. I don't want to wake him up," they nodded, having the flower unbind them from silence.

"Come on, I need to… talk to you. Outside"

Carefully slipping out of bed, the child cradled the flower into their arms, quietly sneaking out of their room after seeing a snoring skeleton in deep sleep. It didn't seem like he was going to wake up any time soon. That made them smile, knowing their dunkle was having a nap for the first time in a while without having to worry about anything.

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It was fairly quiet down in the living room. Only the whispers and crackling of amber flames dancing in the blackness of the fireplace's jaw filled the empty space with sound.

Sitting comfortably in a giant plush arm chair was a large goat dressed in a purple robe. Though she might have looked comfortable, her face wore the expression of someone who was very worried, her fingers drumming on the arm of the couch while she waited for responses from the monster she was calling.

No avail. Seemed like she was going to have to take matters into her own hands, or rather paws now; given the fact that her husband could be in trouble, she was concerned about him too. Though she knew Sans was strong and could often handle messy situations pretty well. She had a lot of faith in the skeleton.

She was more worried about, them. Though she knew that Chara would often come by alone, she felt that something… was different this time… they didn't come, and it was very worrying. She realized by this point that it was up to her as the mother to find out what had happened.

My child… wherever you may be, I hope you're safe. I'm coming

N/A aaaaaaand here we go, just a simple sneak preview into chapter 5 for now. Sorry for not really making any author notes on previous chapters, but yeah as stated, Virustale takes 5 years after the events of Frisk's journey through the underground. Now uh... I know not a lot has been explained about the said bad guys in the story, or even Aurora Nebulem, but all I'll say is this: Aurora fell down before Frisk but she was never captured/killed due to reasons that will be explained in later chapters. And as for the villains, more background will be bought on them in the later chapters too.

Well anyho, hope you guys enjoy this little preview at least.