Previously: Chara discovers that they've been brought back to life as a boss monster, along with developing some of their father's crybaby tendencies, their mother's craving for snails and an understanding of how some humans act around small boss monsters, then Deos has Mettaton head to the barrier for the next part of the plan that the Order of Seven have only now been able to carry out.
(The Barrier)
They all met at the edge of the barrier, the device is ready, Toriel told Asgore what Deos and the others were planning, that with the power the six human souls, the barrier can be shattered without using them up and that it might also bring them back to life (as humans) and that Dr. Alphys, the Order of Seven stood ready for this part of their performance (including those who took a break from boss monster petting) they stood in anticipation of this great moment, the moment that is finally going to happen. "Monsters of the Underground! The time of your liberation is upon you, know this about the humans above, to most...you are a half-forgotten legend! The reason why the first war started in the first place outside of living memory, Fear from the humans was what triggered that war, a fear that is not that well founded as even though you COULD absorb human souls, you wouldn't want to, they were just afraid of this. The second war declared was triggered by rage gained from personal loss, the personal loss of King Asgore "Fluffybuns" Dreemurr..." this made most of the audience chuckle "a war that he didn't want in the first place and now is no longer needed. I'm sure that a more peaceful existence will be more likely than it was since your imprisonment, an imprisonment that shall end right now!" Deos said, as he and the others activated the device, which was now loaded with the other six human souls, it was made to ensure that they were all there and that no one could use it on their own, it then focused a white beam similar to that which exorcised the demon earlier onto the barrier, which struck the barrier and made it crack, a crack which spread quickly and then it shattered, the barrier was shattered.
"IS THE BARRIER SHATTERED?" Mettaton said, with unusual restraint.
"Yeah, around this time, either Asgore would've fought Frisk and died, either due to Flowey or by his own hand." Deos said, both Asgore and Asriel were pained by this thought. "...or Toriel would've interrupted the fight by fireballing Asgore..." Toriel was pained by that thought, she was quite ignorant of the situation and she wouldn't have known any better. "Then Flowey would've absorbed the other six souls and all the souls of the underground...except Napstablook" Mettaton reacted to this "he didn't feel like it...then Flowey turned into an insane version of Asriel, whom Frisk had to fight when he changed into an adult form...just wait until grow a pair, Asriel"
"What did you mean by that?..." Toriel said, with some restrained anger and her arms crossed.
"Horns..." Deos said, this silenced Toriel with embarrassment, she was obviously thinking of something else "I'm trying to keep this family friendly...Frisk eventually brought him back to sanity and back to his child form, then he broke the barrier by releasing all those souls and then went back to the ruins before he changed back to Flowey...thankfully in part to our intervention, things have been improved in this chain of events...let's see what's outside." Deos said, as they walked outside.
(Mt. Ebott)
They could see that they were pretty high up on the mountain, there was a castle nearby and a city further in the distance. Most of the monsters were amazed by the setting sun, something that they had never seen before, Asgore, Toriel and Chara certainly have seen this before...as the reunited couple had seen it before they were sealed underground with the others who weren't killed in the war, Chara had seen it before, because they used to be human and was born on the surface, yet they didn't appreciate it in the way that they did now.
"Oh my..." Toriel said.
"Isn't it beautiful, everyone?" Asgore asked.
"Wow...it's e-even better than on TV..." Dr. Alphys said.
"It'll give you a reason to get out of the lab during daylight hours, won't it?" Deos said.
"Speaking of daylight hours..." Cali said, while hugging Deos, he let that happen.
"It's WAY better than I ever imagined!" Dr Alphys continued.
"You LIVE with this!?" Undyne asked
"Yeah, pretty much." Frisk replied
"It's not so stuffy and the heat isn't Hotland strong, isn't it?" Deos asked.
"Yeah! I really feel alive!" Undyne replied.
"Oh and Papyrus, that giant ball is the sun" Deos said.
"WOWIE! I FINALLY GET TO MEET THE SUN!" Papyrus said, with excitement.
"I know that you could stand here and watch that for hours or however long it would take, Asgore, there's nothing stopping you from doing so now, but we need to work out what to do next..." Deos said, then he noticed Chara crying as they were hugging his legs "Ah, Chara...Is something wrong?"
"Thank you for making turning me into a boss monster, it's made me better than I was and thank you from bringing my family back together..." Chara said, they have a tone of gratitude towards Deos for turning them fuzzy.
"There's also a bonus that you won't have to worry about demonic possession ever again as demons don't like monsters, your souls taste disgusting to them." Deos said.
"Why do our souls taste disgusting to them?" Asriel asked.
"You have too much hope, compassion and love for them to handle, something that they can't handle, it burns them up." Deos said.
"Anyway...how are we gonna re-introduce ourselves to the humans? They're probably not gonna feel bonely without us" Sans asked, Toriel laughed at that, Papyrus groaned at that.
"Well, walking into a large human population is a bad idea, last time that happened...it's more than dust that had fallen..." Deos said, chosing his words carefully, while getting the point across."
"Yeah..." Said Asriel and Chara, they both speak from personal experience.
"I've been discussing that with the others non-verbally and it might be better, if we get them to come here, possibly using a sign that's designed to attract maximum attention, that might be where you can come in, Dr. Alphys with Mettaton's assistance, he's the one that you talk to, when attracting attention is concerned." Deos said.
"That would be safer...we also need time to remove the anti-human sentiment that I helped to encourage..." Asgore said, with regret.
"Gorey, STOP IT!" Toriel said, with a look of anger "If we are to move on from that troubled time, we must not dwell on that!"
"Forgive, but don't forget." Paula said
"Yes, you are right." Asgore said, they then nuzzled each other.
"You're definitely in charge, Toriel" Cali said.
"Although Asgore doesn't seem to mind it." Deos said.
"This 'war' was a mistake from the start, all we can do now is to work on a peaceful existence between humans and monsters, Dr. Alphys, work with Mettaton on the sign to attract the human's attention."
"Right, come on Mettaton!" Dr. Alphys said, with more confidence than she's had in a while.
"COMING, DR. ALPHYS!" Mettaton said, as they both heading back to the Lab in Hotland, the Order of Seven then turns to the monsters facing them.
"We'll head back to Ebott City, the nearest human settlement, to resume the lives that we want the other humans are concerned to see us as, I'll be paying you all a visit periodically to check up on you..." Deos said, as Dr. Alphys and Mettaton came back.
"A-ASGORE! The coffins in the basement, they've got some live humans in them!" Dr. Alphys shouted in a panic.
"So, they are alive again..." Toriel said.
"What?! It worked?" Undyne asked.
"What worked?" Sans asked
"This will take some explaining..." Deos said, knowing that there are still some loose ends to tie up...
(True Lab)
The Dreemurrs, Dr. Alphys and Undyne are just outside the ward, which was now occupied by the six human children that was killed by various monsters on Asgore's order, on the way, they saw the Amalgamates, which Toriel wasn't pleased about, the six human children are out cold.
"So, the other humans that got killed are now alive again?!" Undyne said
"Why did we move them down here?" Toriel asked
"The b-beds were v-vacant and they c-can be monitored..." Dr. Alphys said, scared of Toriel
"As long as you do not do anything to them without our say so..." Toriel said, with a tone of caution.
"U-Understood" Dr. Alphys said.
"Hey, Dr. Alphys...I've looked through the data you have on the Determination experiments with some help from Lara, she's the medic, not me and we might be able to separate the amalgamates into their separate parts without killing them." Cali said.
"W-WHAT?! Excuse me, I need to talk with Cali and Lara about this." Dr. Alphys said, looking at Asgore and Toriel before she rushed out of sight with Cali following her.
"I should probably be suspicious of her, but she wanted to repair the damage that she caused, I understand that much." Toriel said.
Frisk then appeared around the corner, running into view "one of the kids is awake".
"What'll we do?!" Chara said in a panic, they and humans didn't have a good history and that was when they WERE human.
Deos walked up from behind, startling the Dreemurrs when he spoke "It might be best for Frisk to introduce themselves to that child, they're human, so they're less likely to provoke a bad reaction."
"Yeah, imagine how they'd react to us..." Asriel said.
"...or Sans and Papyrus." Chara said.
"I'd go and introduce yourself, Frisk, we'll deal with the situation as it progresses" Deos said.
"Okay" Frisk said, with a smile on their face. they then walked into the ward and found that it wasn't just one that was awake, it was ALL of them, they weren't expecting this, but they approached them.
"H-Hi Frisk, this must be strange for you, seeing us alive" The Purple Soul child said, he looked socially awkward, Dr. Alphys could relate to him.
"You know who I am?..." Frisk asked, confused.
"Yeah, we've been aware of what has been happening down here, since we've...well, we're not dead anymore." The Orange Soul child said, he's trying to keep it together and doing so better than the others.
"Where's Asriel and Chara?" The Yellow Soul child said, she was looking around for them.
"Yeah, I wanna cuddle those talking goats!" The Light Blue Soul child said, cheerfully.
"I'm thinking that I deserved death, I killed some of them..." The Blue Soul child said, with a tone of regret, she's not as selfish as she used to be.
"Don't be too hard on yourself, they killed all of us, neither side knew better." The Green Soul child said, he either had a larger vocabulary than the others or he gained one through his time as a soul.
"Anyway...where are they?" The Blue Soul child said, a bit more cheerfully than last time.
They then saw Asriel and Chara walk into the ward nervously, even though they appeared to have overheard their conversation.
"Howdy..." Asriel said, there was a long pause after this, neither side sure as to how to react to this.
(Lab)
"So, you're sure this could work? by putting the D-T Regulator here, adding more parts and then using it with this chamber, you'll be able to turn the amalgamates into what they were before your experiment went wrong?" Undyne asked.
"A greatly simplified way of putting it, but yeah, that's what I'm hoping it is, I'll have to do some small-scale testing to make sure that it doesn't turn them to dust or make things worse...I don't wanna make Toriel mad..." Dr. Alphys said with a tone of terror in her voice, grabbing into Undyne's hand for comfort.
"I don't blame you, you're not alone in this anymore, you've got me now..." Undyne said, with some desire in her voice, this made Dr. Alphys blush, especially when she looked at her in her eye...Cali rolled her eyes at this and surprised them with what followed.
"WILL YOU TWO JUST KISS ALREADY?! There are no children here, human or monster!" this made Undyne pick Dr. Alphys up in shock at this sudden outburst, Dr. Alphys then had a sly look to her, she was right where she wanted to be and surprised Undyne by kissing her, she knew what she was doing, but she didn't care! She wanted to show Cali and Undyne that she could overcome her anxiety, that she could keep it together! Undyne looked shocked at this odd behaviour from her yellow reptilian friend...no, she was more than just a friend to her.
"You know what, I'll come back when you two are done..." Cali said, while smiling that they're finally kissing, Dr. Alphys gave a thumbs up to show her appreciation, Cali then headed down to the True Lab via the elevator.
(True Lab)
Asgore, Toriel and Deos were waiting patiently for their children and seeing as none of them were running back quickly, they can assume that things were going well.
"Should we go and check on them?..." Toriel asked, then she noticed Asgore was sad at the thought "Fluffybuns, I know that you are holding it against yourself for them being killed, even though it was not by your hands, but we both need to face our fears and the failures of both of us" Toriel said.
"I think that both of you are in for a surprise..." Deos said.
"Why is that?" Toriel asked, worryingly.
"Let's go and see..." Deos said, they all then walked to the ward and were confronted by the sight of Frisk smiling at what they were seeing: the six human children was all petting Asriel and Chara, both with embarrassed looks on their faces, this was the LAST thing that they were expecting from the six human children who were killed by monsters, they stopped when they saw Asgore and Toriel, two monsters which had some part in what happened in the underground, time seemed to stand still for all of them...
How will the six human children react to Asgore and Toriel? One gave the order that led to them being killed and the other didn't do anything to prevent that, also...what about Dr. Alphys' latest project? Find out in Chapter 32: Fixing Ruin.