Alphys sighed, she felt so useless, she's made so many mistakes. Undyne... Mettaton... Asgore...all three of them died, along with many others. She looked at Sans, he and his brother have been through so much... Sans and Papyrus were separated as kids, mostly because Sans was taken away from his brother. Alphys didn't know why, but it must've been for a good reason. Later they found each other again, being happy and naive brothers. Then the human came and ruined it for them, once again Sans and Papyrus were separated by reality. Papyrus became the king, Sans was still a sentry.
Then there was an odd shock wave, it caused a change in monsters and in the underground. It was odd, before it happened the surviving monsters said that right before the shock wave they heard bells ringing. Alphys did look into it, and she found nothing related to what happened. She looked at Sans again, he seemed to know more than what he said. His parents were unknown... Alphys still wanted to know who they are, but she might never know. She walked over and pulled Sans's data out. Sans, Age: Unknown, Gender: Male, Data: Doesn't like talking to strangers, seems to know more than he lets on, taken away from his brother for an unknown reason, his past is a mystery to us, for he never talks about his parents or his childhood. Alphys sighed, who would know about his past, Alphys doesn't know much about Papyrus either.
"Maybe I should try to figure things out by myself..." Alphys said to herself. She walked back to the door and went inside. They looked at her, then continued to lay down and rest. Alphys walked past, looking for her research books. The creature got up and followed her, she didn't mind. She knew the creature was lonely only being able to stay here.
They suddenly ran in front of her and started pawing at something. Alphys was confused but walked over, they were pawing at a wall. Alphys touched it, only to find a door open. It seemed to be a house within the lab. It was obvious that it hasn't been touched for years... Looking around, Alphys saw a smashed picture, the glass was scattered on the floor and on the floor. She picked it up carefully brushing the glass off. She saw three skeletons, she realized it was Papyrus, Sans, and... Gaster? The creature walked over to her, they studied the picture. Alphys was shocked, "Sans and Papyrus's father was Gaster? Why would they keep that to themselves?" Alphys shivered, she put the picture back down. And looked at the creature, who looked back at her. Alphys nodded and they scampered away. She sighed, then walked back into the lab, she walked toward a small area with books.
She picked out a few and started flipping through them. Alphys didn't know how she'd figure anything out. She turned the page and found some information on how to collect memories of monsters and humans and see them yourself. Reading more, it said it may affect the memories and the condition of the monster or human. I have I'll have to take that risk, without it, I'll never be able to help him. Alphys read on, it only needed to scan him with some sort of radiation, take a copy of the memories, and a machine to form those stored memories. She closed the book, picking it up. Alphys walked past the creature who now was trying to fall asleep. Alphys quietly shut the door and walked over to Sans. Hopefully, he's in a fair condition, I don't want to hurt him. Alphys quickly built the machine, putting the needed parts together. Then she walked over to Sans, praying this would work and nothing would go wrong. She scanned Sans's memories for a few minutes, getting the data she wanted. Sans seemed to stir slightly, but he didn't wake up.
Alphys started to put the machine together in the lab, every once in awhile she heard a dripping sound that broke through the unsteady silence. She looked at the instructions, the structure was simple on the outside. But it would be many days and nights before she finished, specific wires had to be placed in the correct area and connected to the right things. A device would be connected to it that would turn the collected memories into an orb that would activate the memories to play inside her head every time she touched it. Alphys knew that this was a fatal decision. Then she realized it's been hours since she checked on Sans. She quickly ran to him, his heart rate was dangerously low. "NONONONO I MESSED UP AGAIN!"
"But I wonder how you'll react..."
Sans felt like he couldn't breathe, he could feel life slipping away from him. "My life has come to an end, hasn't it... Papyrus... Alphys... my friends... I might leave you soon..." He felt his heartbeat, it was slow, he could feel a tingling feeling. "Am I starting to turn to dust yet?..." He knew that this process would be slow and painful. Sans felt the pain, it was if his whole body was rejecting itself. "I'm so close to the end... I never even thought twice about my life ending early. I guess I was wrong..." His entire body was in severe pain, at this point Sans knew that it was impossible to breathe. He tried to get his body back to normal over and over. But over-working his body only made himself fatigued and the pain worse. "It can't end! What about Papyrus?! After I left him for so long with HIM! I CAN'T DIE YET! PLEASE DON'T LET ME DIE! I CAN'T GIVE UP! I can't... I just can't... I... Can't... I... C A N ' T . . ." Suddenly he felt a wave of warmth, the pain faded slightly. He felt a weirdly familiar feeling, then Sans heard a voice. "You're filled with...
. . ."
"To what I am now..."
She had no choice, she was running out of time. Nothing else could've been done, it was her only option. Alphys had just injected DETERMINATION into Sans. What have I done?! He'll end up like the others! This was a horrible idea! She backed into a wall and slowly slid down. Alphys felt tears forming, I'm so stupid! I made the same mistake... I should've never become the royal scientist... Oh god, what have I done? She started shaking, she looked at her hands. I've only made mistakes... I'm a horrible monster... Alphys felt the tears start to stream down her face. She got up wiping her tears she walked back over to Sans. Alphys sighed, "G-god I'm sorry Sans, I messed up again. I hate myself, I hate my mistakes, I hate t-the fact I-I p-probably just r-ruined your l-life... I-it w-was a s-stupid de-decision to m-make..." She looked down, the tears blurring her vision. "I-I've made a-a huge m-mistake..." Then she heard coughing, she looked up to see Sans coughing up blood in his sleep. "Oh god, what do I do?!" She starting shaking, even more, her mind was blank, she could barely stand.
Alphys let her legs collapse, she didn't want to see her friend turn into one of THEM. She couldn't bear to see another one turn into THAT. It would be worse since she used a larger dose. GET UP! YOU CAN'T JUST SIT THERE FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF JUST BECAUSE YOU MADE ANOTHER MISTAKE! HE NEEDS HELP! AND YOU CAN DO SOMETHING, BE THERE FOR HIM! Alphys forced herself to get up and used the bed to support herself. The tears were still slightly blurring her vision. She saw Sans, he was obviously unstable and in pain. He was still coughing up blood, but his body seemed to be changing. Is it adjusting to the DETERMINATION? She asked herself, Sans started to stir, he was taller and the fur on his hood was flaring out. The determination it was radiating off must've changed him and things around him... He finally woke up, but he didn't sit up, all he did was look around. Alphys's throat was dry, but she still spoke. "S-Sans?" She asked quietly.