Nails, screeched as a tiny bony hand, clawed at the metal door, echoing into a human-skeleton child's head. Maybe if she keeps at it, she could wear the door down and make a hole for her to crawl out to freedom. Overhead she could see the light staring to get dimmer as the laboratory was slowly losing power. She wasn't scared of the dark; it was the fact that she was alone. The only person who cared for her and knew her whereabouts, disappear from this world. In her heart, she was sure he was alive just not in this space of time. The only thing she had left of him was the dirty old lab coat which was lying next to her feet. It was hopeless. No one was coming to save her. What was the point? She tried banging on the door until her human knuckles turned bloody red. She also tried screaming at the top of her lungs, causing discomfort sore throat. Now her distal phalanges were brittle from grinding into the metal over and over, she wondered if they would crack. Tears streamed down the side of her cheek while wiping her bloody hand, onto her hospital gown. Looking at the fresh bloody hand prints over dry ones on the door, saddened her soul. Escape was never possible. Why did her creator have to make a exit door that required a secret code to open?
The lights flicker a few more times before the last of the backup generator, died. Leaving the girl in a pitch black hallway of silence. Sighing, as she carefully kneeled down onto the cold tile floor, with her back to the metal door. The laboratory was in the pitch black now. She started skimming the floor until the feel of cotton fabric, brushed against her human hand. Pulling the lab coat over her lap, she hugged it tightly. Gently pressed it into her face while breathing in the deep scent of cigarettes mixed with her creator's own smell, which reminded her of ketchup. The silence was broken when her stomach started to growl, after imagining ketchup. When was the last time she had eaten, a few days go…..week ago? When did the food run out? The time and days were starting to blend together, so she couldn't remember.
Her eyes where heavy and her inside were hungry. Previously trying to heal the blister on her skin drained all the magic from inside. Trying to walk to the kitchen in the dark would be dangerous and she could end up lost. Wondering which she would die from first a wound or starvation. Her mind was pulled away from the question as a mysterious smooth-lump object, tapped her human foot. She leaned over and reached blindly to find it. Trying to figure out what it was, she picked up the object while inspected it with her hand. Carefully biting into the object, sweet juices dripped down the side of her lip, an apple? She tried to focus her eye to the darkness, in attempt to figure out where it came from.
"Howdy….Do you LOVE…my gift...?" a creepy childlike voice spoke happily to her. "If you promise to be good…..I will show you a way out" She threw the apple in the direction of the voice "OUCH!" it hissed, "That's no way to treat your friend after bringing you…. A Gift!" it hissed in anger.
The human-skeleton gasped as she felt smooth rope like object wrap around her left leg. She started to scream as the thing wrap tighter and tighter around her leg. It dragged her across the floor as if she were a rag doll, being mistreated by its owner.
"I will teach you a lesson….What's wrong? cat got your tongue….Subject Two!"
She bit her lip trying to block the pain while using her free leg to kick at the thing grasping onto her. She had to get away. Closing her eye, she collected all the magic she had. Suddenly, purple lights formed in her skeleton hand and transformed into a bone staff with a curved sharpened end. "You're not my friend" her voice cracked as she raised her hand up and swiped her captor off her leg, causing it to lose grip of her.
"YOU BITch!" The voice cried with a mix of pain as it slowly vanished from ear shot.
The girl clawed and brushed her hand on the floor, in frenzy, trying to find the lab coat that was dropped during the attack. It was all she had left of him. Tears streamed down her cheeks as the feel of familiar fabric at her fingertips, filled her with relief. Pulling it into her chest, she rolled into a ball. Letting sleep take her while thinking of being in her creators paternal arms.
The light of Hotland shined on Arial's eye lid causing her to slowly open them. She sighed in relief that was all a dream. It was strange, this was the second time in a row, she dreamt of the past. Was this a sign that something unexpected was going to happen soon?
A knock on the door pulled Arial, out of her thoughts. She flipped her Mew Mew Kiss bed sheets off before getting out of bed. "I will be out in a minute" her voice muffled as a black nightgown was pulled over her face, and then tossed on the floor. Casually, she walked over to a mirror hanging from sliding metal doors that lead to the closet. She ransacked through her closet until coming across the blouse, skirt, and tights which all matched her raven black hair. Looking into the mirror, she braided her long hair. The final touch was dark gray robe that was hanging on the door that lead to the hallway. "Ready" she called, while opening the door to find a worried Alphys.
"Are you going out?" Alphys asked, noticing that her child resembled The River Person, but with a slimmer body.
"After yesterday, I need bit of fresh air...A greasy Hamburger and fries sound good." Arial said leaving out the part that she really wanted to get drunk. "Is Miss Undyne…."Arial was cut off as they heard a crashing sound, coming from the main area of the laboratory. "I'm guessing that's her?" placing her hands over the fabric area that covered her left ear.
"Y…es…..She insisted … fixing it on her own." Alphys replied in a scared-saddened voice as she had regret letting her friend help fixing the lab. Undye was as strong as an ox, but was not a handyman. Alphys tried telling her no, but the thought of the hot red head's muscles glistening from sweat and wearing only a sports bra, made dino monster's inside tingle. The longer the image dwelled in her mind, the more her flushed pink color spread across her yellow scaly face. The sound of breaking glass and hearing her name called over and over brought her back to reality. It sounded like her lab was under attack and Undyne was the wrecking ball.
"Um…Should I stay? Sounds like she needs help." Arial asked walking beside Alphys as they head towards the loud noises. Whatever that sounds was it was not good. She really didn't want to come home later to a pile of rubble on fire. She laughed bit when noticing Undyne trying to use a fire extinguisher to put out the main computer. The poor water monster was covered in more wet foam than the fire.
"No it's alright….I'm calling a contractor now." Alphys replied waving her hands before pulling her pink phone out of her lab coat. Biting the bottom of her lip, she tried to not laugh at the blazing display going on beside them. "Be careful" she said with her hands covering her mocking face from view. Alphys watched her daughter as she walk out through the laboratory door and out in the Hotlands heat.
"Are you sure it's alright….After what you told me last night?" Undyne asked Alphys in a low voice only for her to hear, while looking toward the door as well. She reached around her back and took a towel that was hanging from her back pocket. "What if she blanks out again?" She asked while rubbing her face clean.
"I'm sure….it will…..be alright." Alphys spoke in a nervous voice, not sure of her own words. "If she does get out of hand, I will….." her eyes sadden at the thought of what she would do if it came to that.
"Don't worry you're not alone." Undyne said standing behind Alphys as she pulled her crush into a messy foamy embrace. Alphys then finally burst into the laughter she had held back while Undyne wasn't sure what she was laughing about.