Undyne splashed hard in the water. She had finally gotten time off from the navy when the news of Metro City being caught in what was called a terrorist attack. She planted the trackers in the stones, the exact place that Alphys told her to. Her lovely monster girlfriend was experimenting on anomalies in the sea. Two weeks before, Undyne was in a bar with her fellow officers when an anti-monster activist began trying to heckle her. Being on the surface was different than in the underground. Here, decking someone through a bar meant a serious reprimand from her superiors, and possibly murdering the assailant. She had to work hard to become Lieutenant Commander, and she wasn't letting some gutless pun take that away from her. First, were the jokes about the smell of fish that permeated the air, and then came the comments on how she cheated her way up the military ranks. Her fellow officers knew it wasn't true. Sure, at first, everybody seemed put off by her appearance, but she worked hard, showing that she wasn't some brainless freak. About an hour or so into drinking, the anti-monster heckler challenged her to arm wrestling. She broke his arm in three places before he was kicked out. Marty was a good bartender, getting to know Undyne over time, and that if she hurt you, you probably deserved it.

Coming up to the surface, she climbed up the yacht and grabbed the towel waiting for her. Her hair clung to her face as she used the towel to wring the excess water out. Alphys wasn't in her regular spot. Looking into the cabin, she wasn't behind the wheel, but the software she was using to scan the ocean floor was working. Hearing laughter, she walked further down, finding her girlfriend using skype. Jackie looked tired as she pulled the last of her braided extensions out.

"Frisk's been freaking out all night. They only released us after finding more critically injured children in the rubble."

"It's still strange that magic would only target adult humans and not children."

"I try not to think too much about it. Did you get that upload I sent to you?"

"Yeah...Undyne can look more into because I don't want to look at the rest of it."

"I know...disgusting. I was lucky that I could hide it from the police. Not very nurse-like of me, but I don't think even they knew what was going on."

"Police aren't equipped to handle incidents on this large of a scale." said Undyne

"Luckily that talking flower was there."

"Talking flower? Wait...Flowey?! I thought wasn't leaving the underground!"

"He left just for Frisk. It's weird, though, him being Toriel's son. I mean, that was explained to me how it happened but it still is weird. About as weird as it was that I could spark yellow zaps at that...thing."

"Hmmm..." started Alphys, "It could be because of your body emerging justice, a different type of soul. Though, it's strange that you acquired this ability when never been in the underground."

"It may have something to do with the spell that was made. It happened when I was fighting that thing, she tried to kill Frisk. I guess seeing all our dead classmates must've brought something out in me."

Neither said anything for a bit before Undyne cleared her throat. "Have you checked on Frisk?"

"Flowey's up with her. He's been a big help. I can take my medicine in peace without worrying that if I'll fall asleep and Frisk will suffer one of her panic attacks. I just wish her so-called friend Sans would pick up his phone and talk to her."

"What do you mean?"

"Undyne, it's been two weeks since we've been out the hospital and she hasn't heard from him. I mean, I guess it's ok because she can't use him as a crutch all the time, but to not pick up in two whole weeks?"

"That little..."

Undyne bit her lip to keep from cursing out loud. Knowing Toriel, she had ears like a bat and would be reprimanding her over the internet. She stomped away from the computer to go straight for her phone. "Should I be worried?" asked Jackie

"No. Undyne's going to go outside. I just hope she's not going to kill any animals in the water."
"By the way, has there been any progress with the adults?"
"No, still in a comatose state. If it weren't for the teleporting technology I created, I wouldn't be able to get away once in a while. The whole damn place is a madhouse."
"Don't you run the place?"
"Asgore told me to give them as much space as possible. I don't blame them for taking over. They know more about humans than I do."
"Still, if it weren't for the suspended time magic you know about, there would be a bunch of smelly corpses hanging around."
"Ew."
"Hey, just think about The Walking Dead. You don't want that many corpses in one place. "
"Technically, they're still alive but, I get what you're saying."
A loud scream alerted Jackie that something was wrong. "Frisky?!"
She ran from the screen ignoring the steering pain her side and Alphys calling out for her.

Toriel heard nothing from her cell phone and sighed. Even though Frisk was an adult, she still worried. She trusted Jackie to do her duties as a nurse, but she still had a motherly touch to everything. She sighed and looked up at her ex-husband. Asgore had a pained expression his face as she looked at his garden. "Are you sure it's that serious?"

"I went into her tomb, Tori. She's gone."
Toriel said nothing for a moment and then sighed, running a hand through her fur. "So what do we do?"
"We could seal her again...but she'll see us coming."
"I've seen both of you coming from a mile away."
Both of them turned in shock to look at a teenage goat monster that looked like Toriel, except she had black streaks in her ears. Her staff glistened as she smiled evilly. "Sister, it's been way too long."

Toriel said nothing but summoned fire to surround the younger doppelganger. Lip curling, Asgore summoned his spear. "Is that any way to treat family?" she cackled

"You stopped being my sister after you started the war!" said Toriel

She fired a fireball that was bounced back to her by the younger monster's staff. The impact brought a stinging pain and she felt her fur on fire. Patting her arms, she realized that this fire was different, it was blue instead of red. Asgore used his spear to attack, but she grabbed a tip of it, letting black blood pool from her hand. The king looked in surprise. "You've gotten weaker in your old age." she said

She threw him back with his own spear and she began cackling. "You've both gotten so weak with complacency."

Toriel raised to feet and summoned more fire. "It won't work, sister. But, by all means, go ahead."

The former queen growled and created a massive fireball. She was about to fire when Asgore to grab the doppelganger, she looked surprised for a moment, then smirked. She used her hand to grab at Asgore's chest. A brightly colored SOUL stood out from the body. She smirked at Asgore. "Don't worry, I won't kill you. After all, we're the royal family."

She laughed as began encasing the SOUL in solid crystal before shoving it back In Asgore's body. He staggered for a moment began turning to solid crystal himself. "NO!" cried out Toriel

She raced for her sister before she disappeared. Laughing in the room, Toriel found it cold and dark. Pausing, she could only stare at her ex-husband's body. "Asgore..." she whispered

Turning to face her sister she knew something was off, a glint in her eye. "I was hoping we could talk without that buffoon in the way."

"What do you want?"

"The same thing I wanted before, sister. I wanted to remake the world in favor of monster-kind, just like father would've wanted. "

"It won't work. Please sister, stop this now."

"Now you beg...before it was your demanding tone, making me try and step down as military leader. Was it before we coudl've won this war? You're the one who retreated! We could've stayed and fight!"

"We woud've all died! Please Ashra, think of the future genenerations."

She disappeared and reappeared behind Toriel, stabbing her through her chest to her heart, taking her SOUL out. "I am thinking about future generations. My future generations. The two of you can stay here as a monument to all monster-kind, to find out what weakness is. The plague will not kill us sister, it'll make us stronger."

Toriel thought about the children back home. Frisk's sad eyes, Asriel stuck as Flowey, and she began to crystallize. She then thought that was given to both of them. She she sent out one last mental thought. "Please...look after each other while I'm gone..."

Frisk felt something sting in her heart and she gripped her chest. Jackie picked up a bottle of her medication. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine...I don't want any of the medicine right now."
"Ok, but tell me if you do. Remember, I'm still a nurse."
"Hard to believe that one..." grumbled a voice

She glared over at a human-looking Sans. When Frisk screamed, she ran up the stairs, despite the burning pain she was in, and she was staring at the monster, who stared at her in surprise. He was touching Frisk's shoulders and she immediately grabbed the first heavy thing she could, a lamp. He dodged the lamp and then she went for her clothing iron, that she whacked him straight in the head with. Flowey mentioned that it was Sans, and she gave a weak smile. He groaned and just stared at her as blood trickled from his head. Frisk immediately smiled and grabbed him into a hug.

"I said I was sorry about that." said Jackie, "In my defense, there is a fire escape near Frisk's window. I thought you were trying to break in."
"I said a thousand times it was Sans." said Flowey

"I couldn't hear you over the other screams in the room. How are you guys absolutely sure this is Sans?"
"I could give a Bone-fied performance for you." grinned Sans
"Ugh, stop. It's you. Wait, I thought you were a skeleton monster."
"I am sort of. Well, what about you two? I a skela-ton of messages on my phone."
"I can't take this. I'm gonna get my medical bag. You stay there Sans, I gotta fix that gash in your head."

Jackie's padded feet led to soft carpet as she left and Sans went back to looking at Frisk. They hadn't seen each other for so long, he was used to seeing the small girl she used to be. She wasn't as small anymore, face filled out, hair growing to her shoulder, brown eyes and full lips. The bags under her eyes signified that she was tired, and he felt bad about scaring her. He ever knew he was so worried about her until now. "What happened to you?"

"Gaster happened. Kiddo, I really don't feel like talking about it."

Frisk had a saddened look on her face and Sans sighed. He always hated talking about his problems. On their phone calls, it was always about Frisk. He gave one of his grins and sat up. "I'm sorry kiddo. Listen, I'll tell you all about Gaster in the morning. Acutally, I'm very tired."

"I know a bit about Gaster." said Flowey, "My...father used to talk about him."

"OK, so I Toriel put my medical bag in the closet." said Jackie, "Strange place to put it."

Opening the kit, she got close to Sans, and paused. He was staring straight ahead with his grin at her sports bra. Blushing, she went to his side. "Keep your head straight. This may sting a bit."

She parted his hair to find out the origin of blood. Taking some alcohol, she cleaned the wound, making Sans hiss. Frisk looked at him strangely and looked at him closer. "Sorry. I told you it would sting."

"Wait...that actually stings?" asked Frisk

"Frisky, it's skin and nerves. The human body has a lot of painful nerve endings. Sans, I'm guessing this is the first time you've felt a sting."

"I used to be nothing but bone. If you haven't noticed, a lot of monsters used magic to heal."

"Well Sans, welcome to the human race."

Jackie closed the medical bag and looked at him with a half-smile. "I don't think you have a concussion. I just nicked the skin a bit. I think we should get a CAT-Scan though."

"I'm fine. I'm only half-human."

"It's also late." said Frisk, "And you hate the ER."

"True. Well, I'm going to bed. Don't forget to take that antibiotic on the counter."

As Jackie left and went up the stairs, Flowey followed after her. "I didn't know that nurses had medical bags." said Sans

"She's always prepared." said Frisk, "I remember ever since High School she would carry a first-aid kit around."

A loud thump made them look up at the ceiling. "Jackie?" called out Frisk

Hearing nothing she got worried. "Flowey?" she asked

Hearing silence Frisk got up, yelping in pain at her ankle. Sans immediately was at her side, using his shoulder to lean on. "You rest, I'll find out what's going on."

Running up the stairs, he saw an unconscious Flowey, and a medical bag strewn on the floor with its contents spilled out. Glowing his blue eye, he noticed a residue of shadows. "Dammit Gaster." he growled