There was a depressing mood to the room, not that you could blame the group.

Sans of course, hid what he was feeling the easiest, but he was also feeling everything the deepest.

Seeing everyone's reactions to what was happening on the screen, it almost made him thankful that he was the only one to truly remember what happened. Before, he would have done anything for someone to actually remember with him, but now he saw what it was doing to his friends… Maybe if he could spare them this pain it would have been for the best.

Instead he couldn't hide what he felt inside, so now they were forced to watch it with him.

Clearly everyone would have just been happier if he'd been able to keep a better control on his emotions and acted normal.

Now everyone was starting to realize what happened and it was horrifying.

None of them actually put two and two together to make four yet. They would though. Before long they would start to wonder again, 'How does this help u Sans?' either that or it would come up when they saw his battle and he spoke of how he could remember to the little demon.

It just… Would have been better for them to not now.

They were practically all being tortured with this information.

" R, come on man… isn't this enough? look at them all, we are all emotionally worn. never mind the fact that this isn't getting any closer to having the me, nor will it." Sans spoke, hiding the desperation.

But no one came.

Everyone else had watched and hoped that they would get to go home, that perhaps th would let them out.

Their hopes were dashed once again, getting them yet another step closer t Sans.

"JUST WHO IS THAT GUY HUH?! WHERE DOES HE GET OFF ON MAKING EVERYONE UPSET LIKE THIS?!" Undyne practically roared again, but it was clearly mostly out of frustration.

Everyone was feeling that way.

The screen started up again, without another moment's notice.

Chara made their way through Hotland with brutal efficiency. However it was clear to see that there was a problem. The population of the area was nowhere near as large as it should have been. This meant of course, that Undyne's plan had come to pass.

Doctour Alphys huh…

That shy little nerd that no one really cared about was the cause of this. The cause of Chara's current inability to do anything, the cause of Chara being unable to get more power, more LOVE.

Nothing would stand in their way of ripping that tail off the scientist's ass.

"I'm glad that the plan that we put into motion seems to be working Alph, you have clearly done a really good job." Undyne said, praising her girlfriend, even though it wasn't actually Alphys in the flesh to have done it. A weird compliment to be sure, but Undyne's girlfriend blushed brightly just the same.

It didn't take too long to get to the happy lab version, considering there were few to no interruptions. Everything looked the same, even the lights were on. Chara hadn't thought that Alphys would be stupid enough to actually stay there considering the situation – but hey, they'd been wrong before.

"Oh thank god… I don't know what I would do if I had to watch Alphys die." Undyne muttered to herself, pulling her girlfriend in close.

They made a cute picture.

Toriel actually managed to pull a faint smile to her lips with the image before her, and smoothed her child's hair out as she watched. Toriel had always thought that the fish and dinosaur monster made an adorable couple, and seeing their bond strengthen was one of the most amazing things that they would probably get out of his horrible situation.

A silver lining that would have remained otherwise unseen.

There were also other, darker things to think about.

Soon enough she would have to talk to her child about what they were doing to themselves. Toriel watched whenever they got overly emotional, and saw what they were doing. Digging their nails into themselves, almost to the point of drawing blood, in fact, Toriel thought she saw her child pull their own blood at least once.

It wasn't something that could be allowed to continue. Toriel cared too much for Frisk to allow something like that.

Despite what Undyne said, they would probably have another break, and once they did, Toriel would pull Frisk to the side, along with Sans and Asgore most likely, and deal with the issue.

Until then, watching the horrible screen and maybe a few more cute moments between Undyne and Alphys would have to do.

"OH THERE YOU ARE~" A voice erupted with a mechanical whirl to it, never mind the over abundance of overdramatic flair, "YOU UGLY LITTLE CREATURE, YOU'VE MADE QUITE A NAME FOR YOURSELF. SUCH INFAMY, I WOULD BE IMPRESSED!"

"OH METTATON HAS FINALLY MADE AN APPEARANCE! DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE THERE WILL BE ABOTHER GAME SHOW? I LOVED THE ONE WE SAW WHEN WE WERE IN THE UNDERGROUND." Papyrus said, his skeletal hand motioning toward the screen.

Mettaton however, was absolutely sure on one thing, "Sorry darling, but there is no way I would do that in this current situation. Most likely I have some sort of plan or reason to be there, but it's not for a TV show. I now that I can be horrible… But in this screen world my cousin just died, never mind the whole Underground facing a horrible threat. I'm almost absolutely sure that in this case I would not be doing anything to gain views."

Mettaton felt sick to himself, that Papyrus would even think that of him.

Still, he knew that Papyrus was innocent, probably didn't even think about the consequences of such an action.

Somehow it still hurt, even with that logic applied.

There was a dramatic pause; Chara lifted an eyebrow toward the robot before them, wondering if they would get to the punch line, or if they would have to attack the calculatour first.

"Instead I just get to face you knowing that you killed my cousin, Doctour Alphys told me everything. I wouldn't worry about finding her, she's long gone by now. Well you were busy killing everyone that you came across, she evacuated everyone in the Hotland area that she could…" The whole time Mettaton spoke, his voice was venomous, almost restraining himself from attacking the demon before him physically.

There was a hidden pain in their as well.

But the rage that was practically wafting off of him was making such pain nearly impossible to see.

Sans almost felt happy that there was such expression on the Calculatour spirit, something so powerful that you didn't even need to be there to feel it.

Sans knew that Papyrus liked that hunk of metal. It was something that both the Calculatour and Papyrus both felt actually, which meant that Sans needed to think of his brothers feelings first. Seeing that the Calculatour was so angry, it meant that Sans could at least somewhat trust that he wouldn't hurt Papyrus on purpose.

He'd seen it when they watched Glad Dummy get killed, but seeing it on the screen was somehow much more reassuring.

"That Alphys… she really is the only smart one isn't she." Mettaton spat out, internally chastising his own rage for what it was making him do here. Still, not only was it stalling for time to get more people evacuated, but it was also he just wasn't able to bring himself to stop wishing to kill the demon before him.

It was as if he was taken over by something, nearly unable to stop himself from attacking at every waking moment that the demon was staring at him with such empty curiosity.

"Clearly smarter than you, Calculatour." Chara practically purred out, their eyes still watching the robot curiosity and with full attention, fingering their weapon.

"Oh how sassy! You're just itching to get your hands on me, aren't you? Maybe that's similar to how you dealt with my darling cousin. I saw the whole thing you know. I wanted to see how it went down… You are a sick person. You don't deserve to live. Someone is going to kill you, and I will watch and laugh with glee that you, as empty as you are, would never be able to understand."

"I don't think truer words have ever been spoken." Mettaton spat out, agreeing with himself. Seeing his cousin get killed like that left him impacted, and as horrible as it was, Mettaton didn't want to risk looking at Frisk.

"Honestly Mettaton I'm a bit surprised that you care so much. You've always seemed like a self centered dweb." Undyne mentioned, in her typically brutally honest character.

Mettaton stood up and got in front of Undyne, actually glaring at the fish monster.

"I've done everything I've done not only for myself, which I won't deny, but mostly for Blooky and my other cousins. You don't know a damn thing about me sardine, and don't pretend you do darling. Making assumptions like that, just makes a bitch out of you."

Undyne stood up and faced down Mettaton with a glare of her own, "EXCUSE ME?! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!"

Mettaton was about to snarl something back, probably something deservingly rude, when they both saw a motion out of the corner of their eye, down below their wastes.

Frisk seemed to be frantically waving their hands for attention, once having it, signing quickly and roughly, 'No fighting! We have to see enough horrible stuff right now, we need to stick together!'

Their stubborn expression made it impossible to refuse.

Mettaton and Undyne shared one last glare before going back to where they were sitting, Undyne pulling her girlfriend back up against her, and Mettaton still practically shaking in rage at the monsters allegations.

"You know that wasn't nice U-undyne… He is doing everything for his c-cousins…." Alphys confirmed in a low voice to her girlfriend, so that they weren't overheard.

She had always known that Mettaton was actually surprisingly selfless when it came to his family. It was part of the reason that she agreed to help make him a body in the first place.

It was impossible for Mettaton's current form to glare, but that didn't stop him from doing so incorporeally.

"Oh, you sound like you want to go Calculatour~ I can certainly send you to wherever your cousin is right now. I have no issues, I like doing charity work!"

Chara got into a position to lunge, manic grin spreading across their face.

"Oh no darling, not just yet. We'll meet again though, I promise you that."

Mettaton got out of their quickly, knowing that he wasn't any match for the demon in his current form. Once he got his ungraded though, he would come back and kill that thing once and for all. For his cousin.

"Would you look at that, the dweb did just run away… Like expected." Undyne said, the words echoing around the room.

Sans was actually pretty outraged, knowing damn well what it seemed Mettaton was going through, he couldn't believe that one of his friends would act like this. Mettaton himself looked like he was going to get up and rip Undyne a new one. Something that at this point, Sans would have liked to watch. The Fish Monster would have deserved it.

Instead someone surprising stepped up to the plate, "UNDYNE! THAT WAS NOT A NICE THING TO SAY. I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, BELIEVE YOU SHOULD APOLOGIZE. METTATON IS MOST LIKELY WORKING ON A PLAN, AND HE SHOULDN'T WASTE HIS LIFE AGAINST THE THOUGHT WHISPERER WITHOUT A PLAN. YOU ARE CAPTAIN OF THE ROYAL GUARD… I… I DON'T WANT TO ADMIT THIS BUT, SHOULDN'T YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT? BESIDES, EVERYONE IS MEANT TO BE EVACUATING ANYWAY, AND THAT WAS YOUR OWN PLAN!"

Papyrus stood up for Mettaton, before he could even think about it.

As soon as he had, Papyrus' face flushed completely orange, and he ducked down to put his face into his brother's hoodie, hiding the taint that was upon his whole face.

Mettaton stared at Papyrus with stars in his eyes. That cute little cinnamon roll was probably one of the most amazing people he'd ever met.

Undyne was in shock. Considering what Mettaton had said to her the robot deserved it right? Thinking back on it though… Wasn't it her that caused this? Urgh, "I'm sorry Mettaton."

The robot didn't deserve an apology for his cowardice on screen, but if it made Papyrus happier, who was she to refuse.

Chara was left staring after him, finding the situation mildly interesting. The Calculatour had always seemed like the type of person that wouldn't think twice about crossing someone to get what they wanted, yet here the robot seemed to actually care about his family. The robot had practically sworn revenge for what happened. Of course, there was no way that the robot could actually go through with it, being practically the weakest of the majour fights in the Underground, but it was interesting seeing him get so worked up.

Ah well, time to kill more monsters before they get off their ass and into hiding.

After all, they were soooo close to a LOVE increase.

A few Vulcan were around, which was a nice little EXP catch. They didn't even try to fight back! It was hilarious!

There were also some Tsundere Planes, but they were simple enough to kill. It was weird though, they didn't turn to dust immediately when they died, and instead they flew into the ground and crashed, shattering themselves into a million pieces.

It was quite the show. ~

Eventually though, something much more difficult caught Chara's eye, and they rushed over.

Two armoured figures stood there, and Chara remembered them becoming lovers when Frisk was the one that controlled the timeline.

Maybe killing one of them in front of the other would get them to realize their feelings? Chara was feeling particularly helpful today.

"You're here… So that means that Undyne… That Captain Undyne is dead… We will avenge her!" With that, the two armoured figures attacked.

"Shouldn't they have evacuated?!" Undyne frantically questioned, worried about her underlings, but was not only impressed, but also touched that they had stayed and where now attempting to avenge her.

"T-they probably a-are b-buying time to g-get everyone to s-safety." Alphys theorized.

Chara didn't waste any time.

Quickly grabbing the first one that lunged at her, RG 01, Chara stabbed him right through the armour that should have at least blocked one blow; he was dust before he even hit the ground.

RG 02 was too shocked to move.

"… 01…?" RG 02 gasped, just staring at the dust that was once his friend.

It was a horrible sight, but it was sickening to notice that they were actually kind of getting used to it. They were almost numb at watching the death of such an honourable Royal Guardsman.

What was happening to them?

"I truly have some amazing people working for me." Asgore said, humbled and saddened as he watched the screen.

No one spoke afterwards, too caught up in their own numbness.

"You didn't get the chance to tell him how you felt, did you~ It's okay, now that he's dead you can let go of that anxiety, didn't I do you such a nice favour?" Chara looked up at the man in mock innocence. Somehow though, they were feeling particularly cruel today.

"Anyway, I'll be on my way now. You stay here okay~ Just thinking about what could have been… If you had the strength to stop me."

Chara walked away, but of course they couldn't just do it without any flair. It would be a crime not to cause the biggest impact as possible on the armoured man. So, they kicked the dust filled armour of the man's potential lover into the lava below, even as the man who was still alive attempted to stop them.

Maybe a little bit too hard.

Chara watched as both the armour, and the man that had lunged to protect his crushes remains, both fell into the fiery depths below.

"Oh… I guess that's what that type of love gets you. Nothing but pain, I'm so glad that I don't have to deal with feelings like that." Chara just tisked the fallen warriors mockingly, before continuing on their way.

"God, Asgore, where did we go wrong…?" Toriel enquired, watching with a continued mute horror, reaching a hand over toward him almost begging for the comfort that her husband could provide.

The past didn't matter anymore, the current did, and the current Toriel needed comfort as she watched her child murder an entire race.

Asgore took Toriel's hand in his own with a sense of remorse. Just the smallest taste of something that because of his actions he would forever miss out on. Considering the fact that on the screen he clearly wasn't doing anything, he didn't deserve Toriel in any world.

A daunting and heavy fact to face.

"Toriel…. Do not worry. We might have made mistakes with our other children. With Frisk though… We will protect them, care for them the right way."

Frisk climbed onto Asgore's lap for the first time, cuddling up to him.

Sans watched with a deep sort of jealously. He wanted that closeness, but he did have an adorable little brother who was still hiding his embarrassed face in Sans neck, so what could you do?

Leaving behind hopes and dreams that were falling to the depths of fiery despair.

A thought struck.

If there was one species in the whole underground that was arrogant enough to stay, but intelligent enough to provide an amusing and entertaining battle, what species would it be? The answer was simple really.

The spiders.

Chara gave a long hard laugh, and made her way toward where they knew the spiders to be.

Muffet's voice rang out across the whole area, mocking humans as killers who hated spiders, "I hear that they even tear the legs of spiders off."

"You're right. I do like to tear spider's legs off! One leg at a time, watching as they squirm around to escape, but are unable to because guess what?! They don't have legs anymore~ Sometimes I like to leave them just one leg, you know, just to see if they can use to hop to safety. I haven't actually seen it yet, but hey, it could happen! I just need to continue trying."

Everyone was watching and listening with a sense of disgust. Wondering if perhaps that was something that the demon actually did, or just something that they made up.

It was impossible to tell.

Chara made pulling motions with their hand, as if to illustrate the idea of pulling the legs off the spider.

Muffet stared at the human with a growing sense of horrour.

Quickly, Muffet engaged the human in battle, not wanting to risk all of her underlings getting caught under the boot of this clearly psychotic human.

"Ohh~ You want to fight me? I'm all for it." Chara however, didn't reach for their knife, instead they just slowly walked closer to Muffet, not even bothering to lunge. They knew after all, that such a weak willed creature wouldn't be able to move.

The battle rules wouldn't allow it.

"Why isn't that retard moving?!" Undyne expressed with a sense of anger and worry.

"It's the rules that I discussed with everyone a little while ago. She is unable to actually do anything until he's her turn, and the human always gets the first turn. It's horribly unfair of the human to have such an edge, but not even the strongest willed monsters can really escape the consequences of that contract the higher powers so to speak, made.

"Everyone needs to know about this."

Surprisingly, it was Toriel who spoke those words.

"Asgore…. You have been an idiot lately, but this isn't something that could, or should be kept from the rest of the monsters back were we come from. What if they get in a fight with a human? Everyone needs to know about the possible situation that they may find themselves in. They need to know that they need to run from humans before they start an actual battle."

Asgore looked almost offended by these words, but didn't really act or raise his voice, not with his child on his lap, taking in his comfort, "It wasn't something that anyone needed to know until now. Besides, monsters have a large and unfair advantage over humans. You see, humans rarely if ever get over 100 HP, whereas monsters typically have HP in the thousands."

"That doesn't make it right to keep this from them." Toriel said her voice stern.

Asgore practically jumped and immediately folded to the stern manner of his wife, "I will of course, tell everyone as soon as we get home."

Sans could feel the jealously boiling up again.

Chara grabbed one of Muffet's arms and pulled, it took a lot of force to get the arm to dethatch, but Chara was nothing it not determined! It separated with a ploff of dust erupting, the arm quickly disintegrating into nothing but slightly purple coloured remains.

"This is just sick…. Somehow I know what this demon is planning…" Undyne said, practically gagging, most of the others looking on the bad end of the sick spectrum as well.

Muffet quickly backed up once it was her turn, utter horror covering each of her features and all of her eyes wide open in blaring pain.

Muffet through everything that she had at the monster before her, trying with all her might to kill it.

Chara dodged everything.

"THIS HUMAN IS AMAZING, HORRIBLE, BUT AMAZING. THEY BARELY IF EVER GET HIT BY AN ATTACK. HOW DO THEY DO IT SANS?" Papyrus asked, having finally gotten over his embarrassment and going back to watching.

"Practice." Was all that Sans said.

It wasn't long before Muffet was frozen again, unable to move herself.

This continued on, each time Muffet lost another arm. Another, and another, and another, until all of them were gone. Of course, Chara didn't just leave it like that.

They had a theory that they had been talking about earlier.

Another turn gone by, and Muffet was thrown to the floor, Chara pulling one of her legs off, and Muffet could no longer contain the scream of utter terrour that passed her lips. It echoed throughout the whole Underground, sending a chill down the remaining monsters backs.

It was Muffet's turn.

'Gotta get away I have… I have to… get away…' Muffet through, somehow making her way onto her single foot and trying to get away, but she stumbled and feel after a few hops. The demon just laughed hysterically.

"I knew it! There was a spider that could do it. Of course, you didn't get very far… Oh well! I couldn't let free EXP walk out anyway. I'm going to kill you now. Don't worry though, all these children of yours, I won't do them like I did you. I don't have the time, sadly. Instead I'll just step on them one by one, right in front of their siblings. It won't traumatize them for long though, as they'll be dead and with you soon after!"

With that, Chara dusted Muffet and made her way through all the other little spiders.

They never stood a chance.

"Even the children…" Toriel said, emotions in her voice utterly closed off, "Regardless, I now that most of us agreed what we would be no longer having any breaks. However, I would like to request one, as Asgore, Sans, Frisk, and I have some important things that we need to talk about."

Her tone of voice wasn't very indicative for a request however; it seemed a lot more like it was a demand.

Everyone just nodded along, Sans and Asgore quicker than all the others. They knew how snappy Toriel could sometimes get if she wasn't listened to right away. With that decided, the four left the room and the screen went black, giving them a small break.