Previously: The barrier is finally shattered and just as the Order of Seven is about to leave, they're reminded that the other six human children who was once dead are now alive again, once they woke up, they were first greeted by Frisk and then met Asriel and Chara, fully aware of who they are, who then proceeded to be petted by those humans, although they stopped what they were doing when they saw Asgore and Toriel...meanwhile Dr. Alphys and Cali are working on a way of curing the Amalgamates' condition and (after an outburst on Cali's part) Dr. Alphys and Undyne finally kiss.
(True Lab)
Asgore and Toriel look at the six human children (who are now alive and conscious) who are looking at them, both in silence, with Frisk, Asriel and Chara in the middle, their parents walking in stopped their "petting" session, then both Asgore and Toriel then collapsed to their knees.
"I gave the order that led to your deaths, I might as well have done the deed myself!" Asgore shouted with deep regret in his voice.
"I could've stopped this, yet I let all of you go and...how can you forgive either of us?!" Toriel shouted with the same regret that was in Asgore's voice.
The six human children then ran towards them and hugged them both, which surprised both of them.
"You're...forgiving us? Even thought we were both responsible for your deaths", asked Asgore
"You're not evil, you just made a decision that you regretted and couldn't take back." Said the Yellow Soul Child.
"Some of us did some bad things ourselves..." The Dark Blue Soul Child said with a look of shame on her face.
"Some of us were less grateful of you..." The Orange Soul Child said, he's still thinking of the monsters that he affected, Snowdrake's Mom being one of them, who suffered a fate worse than death.
"You were a welcome presence in my life, there was not any others whom I could talk to in the ruins" Toriel said, slightly more cheerfully.
"Yeah, you didn't care where we came from, you accepted us for who we were." The Purple Soul Child said
"We don't hold against you, what happened in the past...it shouldn't be allowed to decide what happens next." The Green Soul child said
"Besides, we got to cuddle with your fuzzy sons!" The Light Blue Soul child said gleefully, which made the other children groan.
"Well, the barrier is gone now, so you could leave at anytime, but...I would rather that you didn't leave unaccompanied, although I would prefer that you were escorted by humans as..." Toriel said, unable to complete that sentence.
"Those humans were mean, Asriel is too cute to hurt anyone!" The Light Blue Child said.
"He was rapidly aged by absorbing Chara's soul, so he didn't look like he is." Deos said, alarming the six human children. "Yes, I know, you know what I've done and that I have a major part in you being alive again, Dr Alphys...that reptilian otaku and Mettaton, a flamboyant ghost in a robot body are working on a sign that will attract human attention and get them to come here. Although before you leave, Dr Alphys wants to monitor you to make sure that you don't kneel over dead suddenly."
"I feel fine" Said the Purple Soul child, the others agreed "In fact...I feel better than ever"
"Why is that?" Asgore asked, feeling more comfortable around the other human children.
"I don't tire out like I used to." Said the Purple Soul Child.
"So your death and resurrection had an unintended side-effect?" Deos asked.
"Yeah!" Said the Purple Soul Child.
"Hey...I'm guessing that they've forgiven you two?" Cali asked, upon seeing Asgore and Toriel with the six human children hugging them.
"Yes, is there a reason why you are here?" Toriel asked back.
"Yeah, Dr. Alphys wanted to talk to you about something that could reverse the amalgamates condition." Cali replied.
"Did she?..." Toriel said, with a look of suspicion "Excuse me." she started to walk off to talk to Dr. Alphys.
"Mom..." Asriel said, which made her turn around to look in his direction "please don't be too hard on her, she wants to make up for what she did." this reminded her that she was on that same journey herself, along with Asgore.
"I will try, Asriel." Toriel said, understanding what he meant by that, she then went off to talk with Dr. Alphys, not long after that, Cali dragged Deos away from sight into the power room, where she proceeded to take their masks off and then pinned him to the wall with an annoyed expression on her face.
"I'm guessing that I haven't been paying enough attention to you?..." Deos said, a little nervously, Cali patiently nodded with a more neutral expression on her face "you think that we should make us as boyfriend and girlfriend official?" this made her patiently nod with a big smile on her face. "What you're thinking of doing...you're not going to take no for an answer, are you?" this made her patiently shake her head, while not breaking the smile. "Well, I guess we should..." he was then interrupted by her lips locking onto his with her tongue entering his mouth, he was wide-eyed with shock, he wasn't expecting this so soon and as she continued, he thought "why am I fighting this?!" and had his tongue enter her mouth and held her as tightly as she was holding onto him, both making pleasurable noises as they do so...they are in no hurry to leave...
(Lab)
Dr. Alphys was working on her research, when she heard a familiar voice, which terrified her "Dr. Alphys...I hear that you wish to speak to me about something." Toriel said in a serious tone.
"W-What d-do you w-want to k-know about?" Dr. Alphys asked, Toriel then noticed how terrified she was to the reptilian scientist, she sighed at this and kneeled to as close to her height as she possibly could.
"I know that you are terrified of me and that you want to make up for your mistakes, much as I want to do so with mine, can you tell me how you intend to deal with these...amalgamates?" Toriel asked, patiently, Dr. Alphys becoming somewhat calmer as a result.
"W-well, I intend to apply the D-T Regulator technology with a chamber and a few modifications to s-separate the amalgamates into their individual parts, I'm going to t-try it on them directly, not to b-begin with, we know what happened last time I took things too fast..." Dr. Alphys said with regret in her voice, Toriel understood that she had learned her lesson. "I'll test it smaller scale and waiting to see the results before testing it on the amalgamates, unless you think t-that I'm too r-reckless and dangerous, in that case...you s-should just..."
"...Fire you?" Toriel asked, in a serious tone. "No, even if I wanted to, I could not do that right now and do not think that you can get out of this by handing in your resignation, you have work to do, I have spent...quite some time running away from my responsibilities and being angry with Asgore, which at least is partially anger at myself for not stopping him, you do not have the luxury of having your aging halted by the death of your child, do not make the same mistake that I did!" Dr. Alphys was surprised by this comforting tone, she was unsure how to react.
"O-Okay..." Dr. Alphys said nervously.
"Keep me informed of your progress, Dr. Alphys." Toriel said, she walked towards the elevator to the True Lab, but she stopped and turned around before she went in. "Could you watch over my children, I want to spend some time with Asgore...I think you can guess what I mean..."
"Understood, of course I'll watch over them!" Dr. Alphys said, she was thinking that she'd have someone to watch Anime with, other than Undyne, of course...that was when Undyne burst into the Lab, she saw Toriel and Dr. Alphys and she assumed the worst.
"Hey! Leave her alone! She regrets what she did and she's trying to fix what she did, cut her a..." Undyne shouted in anger.
"It's okay, Undyne, she's actually being quite nice." Dr. Alphys said, she did not want them to fight.
"Oh...sorry" Undyne said, subdued.
"If you will excuse me, I need to get back to Asgore..." Toriel said, implying that she was thinking about Asgore in a less than pure way, she then entered the elevator.
"She's letting me watch over her kids." Dr. Alphys said with a smile on her face.
"You've got some Anime ready, haven't you?" Undyne said.
"Yeah! But before that..." Dr. Alphys said, as she was picked up and carried upstairs by Undyne, she turned red with embarrassment, but she didn't struggle as this was where she wanted to be and she wouldn't have it any other way...
How have the monsters of the underground reacted to the barrier being broken? What more is there to do to establish peaceful relations with the humans? What else is going to happen? Find out in Chapter 33: Among the Monsters...