Chapter 5: A Change
Sans was resting on the couch while Papyrus made dinner and Frisk was in her room getting ready for bed. The hoodie-wearing skeleton just couldn't shake the thoughts of what had happened earlier at Grillby's from his head. The three shapeless masses, the two strangers returning with a third dancer, again protecting them and battling the blobs, but almost getting hurt and forcing Grillby and Papyrus to intervene and help.
"What is going on?" He asked himself and then thought back to the tall black-cloaked person that appeared twice now and the dancers had gone to him willingly. "How did he escape the Void? He's trapped there."
Sans now knew it was Gaster who had appeared and teleported the dancers away when he had arrived. Gaster had been his and Papyrus' older brother, but doing work in the lab had changed him to be a bit cold towards others. Then the horrible accident in the lab that made the tall skeleton disappear into the Void. Frisk had seen him here and there in the Underground before she had broken the barrier and freed the monsters, but she hadn't seen Gaster since she had last seen him in Alphys' lab. The joke-loving skeleton now remembered how the dancers had run to Gaster willingly, even though they made the move part of their dance, they still ran to him. "It was like they knew him," he said softly to himself. "And their eyes. They glowed. I've never seen human eyes do that before."
All of a sudden, he heard a now-familiar noise and turned his head to see a shapeless mass had appeared up near the bedrooms and seemed to be headed for Frisk's room. Sans was on his feet in an instant, his left eye lighting up along with his hands. "Pap! We've got an intruder!" He called to his brother.
Papyrus rushed out of the kitchen and was horrified to see the shapeless mass was trying to get to Frisk's room. "Frisk! Stay in your room!" He called to his niece, who had peeked the door open a little to see what was going on, but quickly shut it fast and locked it when she saw the shapeless mass and heard her uncle's warning. The tall skeleton now held out a hand, a long bone appearing in his hand as his eyes lit up orange, ready to fight and defend not only the house, but also his family, something Sans was also ready to do.
Just like before, the shapeless mass had red eyes and turned to them, moving a bit faster than the previous ones, but still slow enough to where the brothers could block the attacks and stun it with their attacks. They managed to get it down to the first floor where it seemed to get more desperate and began attacking with a bit more frenzy that the skeletons managed to defend themselves against until the same blaster that had appeared in Grillby's restaurant now appeared and chomped down on the shapeless mass, making it squirm before the blaster bit down harder.
A portal then appeared and the dark-haired girl they had seen earlier jumped out of the portal and glanced around, spotting the blaster and the shapeless mass quickly and she blinked, her eyes again glowing yellow and purple before she let out a whistle and held out her hands. Just as the blaster flung the shapeless mass toward her, a portal opened in front of her hands and closed just as the mass disappeared inside it. The portal she had jumped out of closed behind her as well and she glanced around before looking at the blaster. "Hurricane, search the house," she said. "Make sure there are no more of those things here."
With a nod, the Gaster Blaster did as he was told, searching the house all over before floating down to her and giving a small growl, to which she nodded but also looked gravely worried. "It shouldn't have been here," she said. "We need to tell Father."
Just as she was about to call another portal, a blue glow surrounded her and made her turn around to face the two skeletons and Frisk, who was clinging to Papyrus. "Not so fast," Sans said, his hand glowing blue. "You better explain yourself and explain what's going on. This is the third time we've seen those things. What are they? And why do you and the others appear when they do? And who are you?"
Laura shook her head sadly. "I can't tell you," she answered. "I've already endangered you three."
"If those things are after something or one of us, we deserve to know what's going on," Sans said sternly.
"I'm sorry," she said, remorse in her voice.
Hurricane snuck up on Sans and gently grabbed him in his jaws, surprising the skeleton into releasing Laura, who looked at the blaster. "Hurricane," she said and it floated up to her. "Stay here and guard Sans, Frisk, and Papyrus until I send for you."
He gave a soft growl of agreement and floated closer, gently nuzzling his snout into her shoulder and she gently petted his nose. "I have to let Father know about this incident," she said gently to him.
Nodding, Hurricane went over to the other three and Frisk backed away, hiding a little behind Papyrus in fear, something Laura noticed and smiled gently. "Don't be afraid. He won't hurt you," she reassured them before opening a new portal and disappearing into it, searching for Gaster as soon as she arrived at their home.
The tall skeleton was looking over some papers when she arrived. "Father, you were right," she said. "One of those shapeless masses appeared in Sans and Papyrus' home. It was after Frisk."
Gaster stood up abruptly, worry on his face. "It entered my brothers' home?" He asked, his voice tight with worry. "Did it get to the child?"
"No," Laura answered. "Sans and Papyrus were holding it at bay while Frisk was hiding in her room when Hurricane and I arrived. He's with them now as I told him to stay and guard them."
The tall skeleton sighed in relief. "Good," he said. "But…why the change? And so soon? You, Dylan, and Amber just battled three of them not a few hours ago."
Amber suddenly came running in, a look of fear on her face. "I found a break in the wall that keeps us safe from outside," she said.
"A break in the wall?" Laura asked in horror. Gaster had managed to create safe areas in the voice, but if there were breaks in the walls, that meant something was either trying to break down the safe areas or break into them.
"Yes," Amber said. "But nothing was stolen, which I found odd."
"That would explain why the papers you and your siblings had brought me had been on the floor when we arrived after battling those three masses at Grillby's," Gaster said.
"Were any of the papers stolen, Father?" Laura asked.
"No, they're all here," he said. "But…it means that someone broke in and found where Sans and Papyrus were to get to Frisk."
Dylan, who had just come up behind the two girls, caught that last sentence and looked worried. "Was there another attack?" He asked, worry in his voice as he quickly calculated the probability on his computer. "But…that's never happened before."
"It did this time," Amber said. "Laura and Hurricane just battled one that made its way into Sans and Papyrus' house."
"That means there's more masses coming," Laura said. "And they're losing less and less of themselves in crossing the void to reach their goal."
It was quiet a moment before Gaster stood up again. "If that is true, then we've been betrayed," he said, his voice solemn.
"But no one but us knew about our mission or what those masses are after," Dylan said in worry.
"Then who broke in?" Amber asked.
Unfortunately, no one had an answer to her question or the other questions running through their heads.
The mystery gets deeper. Next chapter: A desperate measure is taken, but is it the right one? Stay tuned to see. :)
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