Chapter 3: Déjà Vu

Papyrus looked in the fridge, but for once today, he didn't really feel like eating pasta, which was his favorite food. "What's up, Pap?" Sans asked. "You love spaghetti."

"Yes, but…I guess I'm craving something else," the tall skeleton admitted. "Are you and Frisk heading to Grillby's later?"

"Yeah," his brother said. "You want to join us?"

"If you don't mind," Papyrus said hopefully.

"You know I don't mind, bro," Sans said with a smile. Frisk, hearing that Papyrus was going with them to Grillby's, squealed in delight, making both skeletons smile.

It wasn't too long after that they were walking down the path from their home to the fire monster's restaurant when a chill hit the air, making Frisk shiver a little. "Guess that's a sign that Fall is nearly here," the tall skeleton said, removing his scarf and gently wrapping it around the little girl's shoulders and neck. "I'll make sure to find your cold-weather jackets when we get back home, Frisk."

She nodded, giving him a grateful look while cuddling the scarf to herself, making Sans smile as he gently ruffled her hair in affection, which made her smile at him. Grillby was at the door when they arrived and he greeted them warmly. "How are you all doing?" He asked.

"Good, thank you, Grillby," Papyrus said politely.

Frisk hugged the fire monster. "Did those things come back?" She asked.

"No, thankfully, they haven't," he answered.

But just then, they heard a strange sound, one that sounded familiar to Grillby, Sans, and Frisk and they turned to look and now saw three shapeless masses glaring at them with red eyes. The few customers in the restaurant were stunned as well and looked worried. Grillby, fearing a repeat of last time, cleared his throat. "Everyone, outside. Quickly," he said in a firm voice.

The monsters quickly obeyed while Papyrus ushered them to the door and closed it, locking it as well before turning to them. "This is exactly what happened before, isn't it, Sans?" He asked.

"Yeah, bro, only there were just two last time," the shorter skeleton said.

"Now there are three," Grillby said. "And three of us."

"And me," Frisk said. "I'll help too."

"Kiddo," Sans began, but she shook her head.

"Not fighting," she said. "But maybe I can get Undyne or the Royal Guard dogs."

Suddenly, the four of them jumped as two familiar figures and one unfamiliar figure appeared between them and the shapeless masses. "Looks like you came on board just in time, my sister," the dark-haired dancer from before said to the strawberry-blonde headed newcomer.

"Let's break a leg, my sister," the shorter girl answered. "Brother? You ready?"

"Ready," the boy answered, pressing the play button on his IPod while he held up the camera, ready to record.

The familiar tune of the song "Bye Bye" by Jo Dee Messina began playing and the two girls started moving, the taller girl once again wearing her rainbow outfit and the girl she called her sister was wearing a dress that was varying shades of blue. The boy moved gracefully as he recorded, this time wearing a black t-shirt, dark blue jeans, and white sneakers.

The blobs charged forward and the girls moved swiftly with incorporating kicks, punches, and leaps into their dance routine. In fact, the moves were so smooth it was hard to tell if the girls were fighting the shapeless masses or simply dancing to confuse them.

The three blobs suddenly surged forward to attack, but the two girls gracefully did a leaping spin, both of them unpinning the skirt parts of their dresses and swishing them around like capes and the new girl's leotard was a sky blue and she too wore white sneakers as her siblings did. As they spun back into the fight, one blob surged forward and knocked into the blonde-haired girl, knocking her back and out of rhythm with the song. She let out a surprised grunt and tried to gracefully correct herself, but lost her balance. Papyrus, seeing this, took two long running strides and caught her just as the blob came forward to attack again, but ran right into the girl's foot as she used the momentum of Papyrus catching her to deliver a sharp kick and knock it back. She glanced up at the tall skeleton. "Thank you," she said before sliding out of his arms and sweeping out her leg to try and catch the blobs off guard.

One blob suddenly charged towards Frisk, but the young man was in front of her, kicking out to stun the blob before stomping his right foot twice. The ghostly floating hands appeared around him and took hold of the camera, which the boy relinquished as he wrestled the blob to the floor, keeping it pinned and away from Frisk.

The dark-haired girl threw her skirt into the air and saw it got caught by the ghostly hands, but the blob she had been battling moved a bit faster than she had anticipated and she leaned back, her back hitting the bar and forcing her to lean back more to avoid more attacks. Grillby, seeing that she was running out of room to maneuver, quickly turned to the two skeletons and the child behind him. "Quick! Behind the bar!" He said urgently.

Papyrus scooped up Frisk and Sans and followed the fire monster to behind the bar and crouched down, releasing his brother and niece, but they didn't move much except for hugging each other and holding on as they peered over the counter to watch the battle. Meanwhile, the dark-haired girl did run out of room to maneuver with her back to the bar and the blob reached forward to grab her. Grillby, however, was two seconds faster and grabbed the dancer's arms, pulling her over the bar and to him. She didn't struggle, but grabbed onto his shoulders. "Quick! Lift me up!" She said urgently.

Without hesitation, he did so and they watched as she kicked up at the same time, effectively doing a handstand on Grillby's shoulders and holding it for a few seconds before her lower body swung down sharply, her feet coming down in an attempt to plow into the shapeless mass, but it moved too fast and reared up, about to strike her. "Sister, look out!" The boy cried out as he was suddenly thrown off the blob he had been holding down.

The blonde-haired girl fighting the third blob got knocked back a bit too. "We need more help!" She cried out.

Just as Sans was considering calling up Spotlight to help out, another Gaster Blaster appeared on the scene and grabbed the blob about to hit the dark-haired girl. "Hurricane!" She called out in relief before she jumped up and landed on the bar in a crouch, her eyes glowing yellow and purple like before and Hurricane's eyes matched hers.

The boy moved up beside her, his eyes glowing green and orange. "Let's finish this," he said.

The blonde-haired girl's eyes began glowing blue and indigo. "I agree," she said.

The three dancers each held out their right hands, which each began glowing the same colors at their eyes and Hurricane moved quickly, grabbing the three shapeless masses and biting down hard on them, defeating them. The tall figure that Sans, Frisk, and Grillby had seen last time appeared again and the three dancers wasted no time as the song started to come to its closing lines in running to him. He held his arms open, catching the new girl and the boy, who both disappeared instantly as did Hurricane as the song hit the last few words and on the very last note, the dark-haired girl made it to the figure's arms and he caught her just before the disappeared with the last word of the song.

The bar was now completely silent and the four looked at each other wondering what was going on. "Something's wrong," Sans said, his voice dead serious.


The three dancers and tall figure who appeared back in their home in their dimension felt this too. "Father, those shapeless masses…something wasn't right," the dark-haired girl said.

"I sensed that too, Laura," the tall figure said. "They moved as if they knew your moves."

"You mean, like they had brains?" The blonde-haired girl asked.

"Yes, Amber," he answered.

The boy checked the video. "Gaster, this means…we're going against something more than just shapeless masses that are just appearing. What if…someone is sending them?"

"It is possible, Dylan," he said. "Either way, the battle has just reached a new point."

Laura and Amber looked at each other worriedly and looked at Dylan, who looked equally worried. "This means that…no matter how hard we train…we could easily lose the battle," he said.

"Yes," Gaster said, looking worried and a bit weary. "Go rest now, children. We will seek more information after we rest."

"Father," Laura said as she went up to him, her expression worried. "What if…What if we do lose?"

He gave her a saddened look. "Then lives will be changed," he answered. "Permanently and…forever."


Uh-oh. Sounds like things are going to get more intense. Hopefully Laura, Amber, and Dylan can handle it. And yes, Gaster is the one Laura calls 'father'. The reason she does will be revealed later.

Next chapter: Amber and Laura seek out someone who might be able to help them and Gaster finds a clue that leads to a horrific conclusion. Stay tuned! :)

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