Hey, got it in before August ended. Ya proud of me? ;)

P.S I apologize for any mistakes I make in advance.

"NO."

"Excuse me," growled one of the humans in the white coats, "what did you say?"

Papyrus drew in a shaky breath. "I SAID NO."

This time, Papyrus was prepared for the pain of the electrical shock that traveled across his body. He let out a cry and felt the nerves in his body tighten up. (Even though skeletons technically didn't have nerves…he wasn't entirely sure how that worked. Sans was always better at the science stuff between the two of them.)

After what seemed like an eternity, the pain stopped and Papyrus unclenched his fisted hands. He looked down. The restraints that were keeping him in his chair had left small dents in his bones. He didn't even know he was straining against them that hard.

The human with long purple hair smiled at him. However, Papyrus had a feeling that it wasn't very genuine. She walked up to him and bent down to be at eye level with him.

She whispered in his ear. "Would you like to reconsider you answer sweetie? I promise, it will make all the pain stop."

It wasn't the first time the humans made the offer, and each time it sounded more and more convincing. But, Papyrus couldn't do what they asked him, no matter what they said.

"NO! I WON'T HURT IT! EVEN IF IT IS ANNOYING…" Papyrus's voice trailed off into a grumble at the end.

The white dog in front of him let out a small but joyful bark; it was oblivious to the predicament it was currently in.

The scientists gathered in the front of the room exchanged words among themselves. They hadn't expected Subject 2-P to offer so much resistance. After all, the master had promised they would break easily.

One of the scientists had enough. He angrily marched up to the monster and shook him by the shoulders.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU MONSTER? ALL WE WANT IS YOUR COOPERATION! IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?" he shouted angrily, the shaking getting more violent as he talked.

"Hey! Knock it off!" another scientist scolded the man. "If we show weakness, then it'll just encourage 2-P to resist us even more!"

The man stopped shaking Papyrus and glared at him. "Fine." he spat out angrily, releasing his grip. He thrust a finger in Papyrus's chest. "You will get what's coming to you, and let me tell you this; if you don't cooperate, you won't like what's going to happen to you next."

Then, with one final shove, the man angrily turned on his heel and walked out of the room. Papyrus stared at the man's retreating form. He didn't understand. The man was mad at him because he refused to hurt an innocent dog. In fact, there seemed to be more pain every time he refused to use his magic. He frowned to himself; why did these people want to cause pain? There had to be a reason.

Maybe it was because something bad had happened to them. Papyrus felt a growing resolve in his chest. He would help these humans walk the right path; he would do it, no matter what. He looked around the room and saw the scientists huddled in the corner, whispering to themselves; it would definitely be a challenge.

He sighed and glanced at his restraints. He wished Sans was here. He always seemed to know how to make everything better. In fact, he probably would know how to convince these humans to let him go. Papyrus really hoped that they weren't doing these same things to Sans. He knew how much HP he had; he wouldn't last long against them.

Suddenly, a horrible thought occurred to Papyrus; what if Sans was actually in danger? He gulped. He had tried getting out, but they always used their own magic against him. He also didn't want to hurt them. But, if Sans was in possible danger…

Papyrus grew more worried by the second. The voices of the scientists in the room were not helping his desperate thoughts.

What would Sans do? What would Undyne do?

What can I do?

In hindsight, Sans should've better thought out his plan.

Though he knew how to finally defeat the human, their newly gained magic made it harder; much, much harder.

Sans teleported a few feet away from the large red blast which had hit the spot where he was standing on a few moments ago. Sweat trickled down his skull and his movements were getting slower. His attacks were starting to come in shorter bursts and there were longer intervals of rest in between. By the grin on the human's face, Sans knew that they knew that were tiring him out.

Sans thanked the stars for the natural magic in this universe. He knew he would've dead long ago without it. However, he was definitely not happy about the fact now that the demon had new abilities. They already ruined so many lives with their determination; magic would only make it easier for them.

And, ever since Sans found out they had revived Papyrus, Sans knew they could be holding so many more of his friends and family. He couldn't let anything happen to them; he wouldn't.

Sans let out a growl of frustration and anger as he unleashed his own attacks on the human; they dodged them all, only a stray gaster blaster beam clipped them on the side of their ribs. Even with his karma retribution, the attack did minimal damage, and the human still had over half of their HP.

Now, it was the human's turn. With a vicious grin, they shouted out, "Blades: Flurry Strikes!"

Suddenly, hundreds of blades coated with red appeared in the air. The human thrust their hand forwards and the blades flew towards Sans at speeds that even he had trouble keeping up with. His socket flashed cyan as he teleported and conjured up bones to keep the knives from hitting him.

Sans breathed heavily as he dodged the last of the blades. But, the human wasn't done yet. In a blur of speed, the human rushed forwards with their knife, coated with red magic. They sliced upwards, hoping to hit Sans. Sans stepped off to the side to avoid their attack. Then he quickly rose up his left hand and summoned a mound of bones beneath the human. As usual, they dodged the attacks. However, they didn't account for the gaster blasters which hit them after they leaped up into the air. They landed on the ground with a painful grunt.

The human quickly checked how much HP they had left; it seemed they had about half. They grinned and gazed at the comedian. He was going down.

The human closed their eyes and focused. Suddenly, a clone made of red magic appeared next to them. The clone and the human looked at each other and nodded. Twin evil grins split across both of their faces as they each drew their knives and attacked.

The two rushed towards Sans, knives pointed towards him. The real human struck and Sans countered with a bone. The clone swiped at his legs. Sans managed to jump up into the air to avoid the attack. However, the real human suddenly appeared behind him and slashed at his neck. Sans eye sockets widened as he instantly changed the direction of his jump. He quickly thrust his hand out and turned the human's soul blue. Then, he moved his hand in an upwards motion as the human flew into the ceiling of the room.

Sans turned his attention to the clone. He had hoped it would dissipate if the real human had lost concentration, but then again, when had things ever been easy? His eye flared cyan as he snapped his fingers. But…

Nothing happened.

Sans would've frowned in confusion if he could. Instead, he snapped his fingers a few more times before dodging the knife that came hurling towards his face.

Why wasn't his gravity magic working?

Sans barely managed to dodge the few other knives sent towards him. In the corner of his eye socket, he could see the real human starting to get up. He started to panic. What was going on?

Instinctively, Sans pulled off a check on the clone. His eye sockets immediately widened at what he saw. The clone had no soul. Sans nearly sighed in relief; no wonder his gravity magic wasn't working. However, that led to one other question…

How did the human pull this off? Even clones made of magic had some sort of soul. Without a soul, or at least, a pseudo-soul, the clone shouldn't be able to move or act on its own without orders from its creator. Sans knew his attack before should've done something to the human's concentration. Either, the human was a lot stronger than Sans remembered, or something else was at play…

Sans narrowed his eye sockets in suspicion. Something was wrong. Using the reserves of his magic, he summoned a wall of bones and sent them hurling towards the pair of humans. Almost immediately after, he summoned a few gaster blasters and surrounded the humans with them and let loose. The humans dodged as best they could however, they still ended up with a couple of scratches. But, it wasn't enough to do too much damage to either of their HP's. However, that was enough to confirm his suspicions.

The bone pattern he had sent out was one of the most intricate and complex ones he had made, ever. The human and the clone each dodged the bone patterns with minimal damage. That meant the clone had some sort of individual thought. However, it had no soul and the human definitely wasn't controlling it, so…

What's going on?

The human noticed the change in Sans's expression and gave him a devilish grin. "Ah, so you've finally noticed Sansy."

"what's going on?" Sans demanded heatedly. "what are you doing?"

The human gave a small chuckle. "You're smart Sansy, I know you can put the pieces together."

Sans desperately tried to figure out what was going on. He knew the human could perform magic that should be impossible. Not only that, Sans could feel his magic reserve almost back up to full again. Thanks to experience, he knew it shouldn't have filled up that quickly. Things were happening that should've been impossible. Was it some kind of spell? Sans was pretty sure none like that existed in this universe.

So what else can there be?

Suddenly, a memory of him speaking surfaced. However, it wasn't one that he remembered.

"this is all in my head, isn't it?"

Sans's eye sockets widened as he repeated the words out loud.

"this is all in my head, isn't it?"

"Ding, ding, ding! Ten points for the comedian! I'll have to say, you figured that out much more quickly than last time."

Sans's eye sockets narrowed once more. "what do you mean last time?"

On the outside, Sans seemed like he was keeping a calm exterior. But, he knew that he was starting to panic. They did somehow reset without him knowing? But he should've remembered…

Sensing his panic, the human started to laugh. "Haha, don't worry. I haven't gone back if that's what you're worried about."

Sans felt the edges of his smile tighten. "answer the question kiddo."

The human leaned back against the wall and started to speak. "As you know this-"they said as they spread their arms out in a grand gesture. "- is all in your head."

"get to the point." Sans growled out.

"Have some patience Sansy," they said as they waved their hand in a calm-down gesture. "I'm getting there. Now, where was I…"

"you were explaining how this was all in my head?" Sans stated flatly.

"Oh yes! Now, do you remember what happened at the beginning of the fight?"

Sans didn't know where this was going, and he had a feeling that he wouldn't like where it would go. But, he knew it was the only way to get the answers he needed.

"i threw you against the wall after taking the button away," he responded tersely.

"And what happened next?" the child prompted.

"i…." Sans trailed off. He didn't know what happened next. He couldn't remember.

Why couldn't he remember?

The human sensed his realization. "There you go Sansy. You're in a dream." Then, they frowned. "Well, more like a simulation, but it's practically the same thing."

"…what?" Sans managed to choke out, too stunned to formulate a response. "what do you mean?"

"After I told you about your brother, I performed a spell called 'Terre de Rêve'. Ever heard of it?" they asked with a challenging grin.

"terre de rêve…"" Sans mumbled to himself, recalling what he'd read on that spell before. "also known as 'dreamland' a spell that puts someone into a deep sleep but allows the caster to manipulate their dreams. however, it's rarely performed because of the high magic usage it takes." He narrowed his eye sockets at the demon. "when did you use this spell and how did you have enough magic power to use it?"

The human waved a hand and scoffed. "That was easy. Right after I told you about your brother you got…well, the angriest I've ever seen you. Monsters are made up of hope and magic; that means your emotions are connected to your magic as well. For the most part, people have the most magic power when they're angry. You basically caused the magic in the air around you to charge up. Combining my own magic power with the charged up magic in the air…well it didn't take me too long to knock you out."

"then why aren't i dead yet?" questioned Sans suspiciously. He looked closely at the human. "unless….you need me for something."

"Bravo, ten points to the comedian." The human said while doing a slow clap. "I do need you for something, and it's for the very thing that started this all…your machine."

"my….machine…" Sans trailed off, remembering Lucy's words.

"Sans is their real goal."

Sans also recalled that Lucy theorized that his machine was just bait. Based on the human's expression, it looked like she was wrong. That was definitely not good.

The human continued their rant. "With your machine, I can go to other dimensions. I could wipe out everything. When Daku first retrieved your machine but not you, I thought we'd be able to figure out how to use it eventually. But," Suddenly, the human's gaze turned angry as they glared at Sans. "Not only did you make the whole thing in some unreadable language, you also made it coded! You just had to make things harder, just like you always do."

The human suddenly paused as their expression turned serene. A chill went up Sans's spine; he had a feeling he wasn't going to like what he was about to hear. "But now, as we speak, some of my most trusted guild members are downloading the information on how to operate the machine from that skull of yours. Soon enough, I'll finally get what I wanted."

Sans eye sockets widened in horror as he stumbled back a few steps. "no….you can't do this."

"But I can, and I will."

Sans's mind raced as he thought back to what he read about the spell. He knew there was something on how to get out of the spell...what was it?

The human looked at an imaginary watch on their wrist. "Oh well, now would be a good time as any for me to reset this dream."

"you know," Sans said, trying to stall for time. "you never did tell me what that meant."

The human raised a brow. "Hmm? Oh, I thought you would've been smart enough to figure that on your own. Guess I was wrong."

Truthfully, Sans did have no idea what they were talking about. He probably could have figured it out, but he needed to concentrate.

Why can't I remember how to get out of this thing?!

"As you know, I can manipulate your dreams. So, each time you figure out what's going on, I reset the dream back to the beginning, wiping away your memories as well. You know, it takes a long time to get things out of your skull comedian."

"so…how many times have we gone through this?" Sans asked, already dreading the answer he was going to hear.

The human looked up and rubbed their hand on their chin. "I think it's our…third time? Yep, sounds about right. Though you get faster at figuring this thing out each time…." The last sentence was mumbled, mostly to themselves.

It was their third time? If Sans were to be honest with himself, he would've expected a lot worse. Still, three times was three times too many. He needed to get out of here, and fast.

However, before Sans could do anything else, the human gave him a sinister smile and said, "Welp, guess I'll have to cut this conversation short. See you in the next dream Sansy. Not that you'll remember this of course."

Then, with a snap of their fingers, Sans's world began to dissolve into blackness. However, the human's last words struck a chord in Sans's mind.

A dream…stars, please let me remember this. I need to get out and free Papyrus.

That was his last thought before Sans let unconsciousness take over.

"So…determination isn't just a trait in your universe?"

Alphys looked away while speaking, "N-no…not really. Determination is a substance. A dangerous one. All humans in our universe possess it naturally. If a monster were to have determination in high quantities…w-well," Alphys said gesturing to the tank behind her. "t-this is w-what h-happens."

The fairy tail wizards stared at the amalgamate with horrified silence. They couldn't believe what Midnight Barrem was doing to these monsters.

However, Lucy recalled a few words that Alphys had said before. "Then…" Lucy began hesitantly, "what did you mean by 'it's all my fault'?"

Alphys paled and glanced nervously at her shaking claws. "W-well…" she began to say, before trailing off. She looked at everyone's expectant faces. Sweat started pouring down her face. A few seconds later, Alphys couldn't take it anymore. She blurted out, "I experimented on monsters using determination!" Then, with a small whimper, she said quietly, "Please don't hate me…"

Erza gazed down at Alphys with an unreadable expression. "You experimented on these monsters as well?"

"Erza, give Alphys a chance to explain!" Lucy said.

Natsu raised an eyebrow. "Man, you don't look like an evil scientist at all!"

Lucy turned and shot a glare at Natsu. "That was uncalled for!"

"And to be fair, Wendy doesn't look like much, and she can still beat up guys twice her size." Gray commented.

"Not helping!"

Alphys gazed down at the floor. "L-look…I was trying to help! I asked the king for monsters that were close to falling down and-"

"What does 'falling down' mean?" Natsu discreetly whispered to Lucy.

"I think it's their equivalent to dying." she responded back.

"- tried to extend the longevity of their souls so they would live longer. I-I had researched determination and I thought it would work. A-and it did! B-but after a bit…well you know what happened." Alphys glanced away from the group of wizards and whispered, "Please don't hate me…"

A moment of silence fell over the group as they waited for Erza's reaction. After what seemed like an eternity, she spoke up.

"Alphys, what you did was wrong, cruel, and inhumane-"

If possible, Alphys's expression turned even guiltier before.

"-but however, you did it for the right reasons. You wanted to help your race, like anybody should. And unlike these people, you didn't know what would happen. That being said, none of hate you. You're still the same Alphys that you were a few minutes ago."

As Erza talked, Alphys's face morphed into a shocked expression. All she managed to stutter out was, "S-so you d-don't h-hate me?"

Natsu scoffed. "Of course not! Why would we hate you? You're still our friend!"

"Plus," Lucy added with a grin, "You helped us escape. How could we hate you after that?"

Alphys stared at the group with wide eyes. She was speechless. How could they not hate her after everything she did?

"I…I…don't know what to say."

"Then there's nothing else that's needed to be said on this matter." Erza stated with a hint of a smile.

"You know," Gray said, interrupting the group. "One thing you said earlier does bother me. You said determination was a powerful substance and would basically kill you monsters. But, you never did say what humans from your universe could do with it."

"Well…" Alphys said, "Most humans that have determination in them, but it acts more like a trait for them more than anything else. But…there's….there's something you should know. I thought you knew but….it looked like Sans didn't tell you guys."

"Tell us what?" Lucy asked with a curious expression on her face.

"Well…" Alphys said quietly, looking away from the group, "Sans told you how we monsters were sealed away underground right?" Five nods came from the group of wizards. "Did he ever tell you about the way the break the barrier that was sealing us?"

"Wait," Lucy said, thinking back to a conversation she had with Sans. "I thought Sans said there was no way to get out of the underground."

Alphys frowned, a quizzical look appearing on her face. "Are you sure he said that?"

"Yeah…but now that I think about it, it seemed like he was hiding something."

Alphys looked away and bit her tongue. "So I guess his theory was true after all…" she muttered to herself.

"Did you say something?"

"Oh no…it was nothing." Alphys quickly said, dismissing Erza's question. "Anyways…"

"…the spell to seal us underground was cast by seven human wizards," said Alphys, beginning to explain. "After a while, we figured out in order to break the barrier, we needed seven human souls, and well…actually, the other ingredient isn't as important right now. But, at that time, we didn't have any."

"Seven human souls…..?" whispered Lucy, stunned that something like that was needed to undo a spell. "You guys… didn't actually kill any humans did you?"

"Well," Alphys began, looking away with a bit a shame on her face. "At first, we didn't. A human by the name of Chara fell down into the underground. The king and queen adopted them as their own child. But, one day, they got mysteriously ill and…they died. Their last request was to see the flowers from their village again, but it wasn't possible. If you wanted to cross the barrier, well, the other ingredient that was needed? It was a monster soul."

"So, what happened next?"

"Asriel, the king and queen's son, was filled with grief. He loved his sibling. When mourning for them, he absorbed their soul and crossed the barrier with their body. He wanted to grant their last wish."

"But something happened, right?" Gray questioned, already sensing a bad ending to the story.

Alphys nodded in confirmation. "When Asriel got to their village, the only thing the humans saw was a monster carrying the body of a dead child. Without any explanation, they attacked. When, a monster absorbs a human soul, they become immensely powerful. Yet, Asriel didn't fight back."

Alphys looked down in sadness for a moment before resuming, "He just made it back to the underground before he fell down because of his injuries. After that, the king ordered that all humans that fell underground were to be killed, and their souls be used to break the barrier."

The fairy tail wizards listened to the story attentively, all with varying degrees of shock. There was a brief pause before Lucy broke the silence.

"I guess I understand why the king declared war on humans. They killed his only son."

"Man," Natsu said, "the humans in your universe are so cruel!"

"Yeah," Gray began, "but if you saw a monster carrying a dead body, would you stop to ask questions?"

"I wo-!"

Lucy cut him off. "He's got a point there Natsu. You do tend to punch first, ask questions later."

"Yeah but-!"

"It's true Natsu."

"Wait, you too Happy?! I thought you were-"

"Quiet!" Erza commanded with a stern tone. Everyone immediately shut up. Erza then turned to Alphys and frowned. "Forgive me for interrupting, but what does this have to do with humans and their power over determination?"

"Erm, before all of this," Alphys responded, "we had six human souls, and another human had just fallen underground. But, they were slaughtering us, left and right. They even…" Alphys paused for a moment as tears sprung to the corners of her eyes. She quickly wiped them away and drew in a shaky breath before saying, "T-they k-killed U-Undyne, the captain of the royal guard. I was helping with evacuations when Sans approached me. He told me about his theory about the human. I didn't believe it then, but now? I can see he was right."

"What was the theory that Sans told you about?" Lucy asked curiously.

"….when a human with enough determination falls underground, they have the power to go back in time."

The words struck a chord in Lucy's mind. She gasped as the dots connected in her head. "So does that mean…?"

Alphys nodded in confirmation. "The Midnight Barrem guild master was the most recent human to fall underground."

"What?!" Natsu yelled, surprised. "How did they even get here in our universe then? How did you guys even get here?"

Alphys shrugged helplessly. "I'm not too sure of that myself. When the human fell underground, they began slaughtering everybody. I managed to get part of the monster population evacuated, but they found us somehow and killed us all…that was the last thing I remembered before waking up in some weird laboratory."

"Wait, you died? But, the only way to revive someone is to use black magic, and even then it's extremely hard to do so!" Lucy exclaimed in shock. "But then again, you guys are monsters…" she mused to herself.

"But…I think…." Alphys said as she scanned the laboratory. "I know how we were revived."

Alphys's eyes fell on a clipboard with a bunch of writing on it. She scooped it up and gave it a quick scan. As she scanned through, Alphys saw that her theory was quickly growing incorrect. But then, she saw the writing at the bottom in small, but bright red letters.

Subject 2-P: DT trials successful

She let out a small gasp. They actually did it. They figured out what she couldn't. They managed to do the impossible.

She let out a small, but awed whisper, "I can't believe they actually did it…."

"Did what?" Erza questioned.

"They…." Alphys started to say breathlessly, "they figured out how to use determination to revive fallen monsters!"

"What?! But how?!" Lucy exclaimed in shock. "Even if their guild master told them about your research, the chances of them actual completing your work is close to zero!"

Alphys shook her head. "It doesn't matter how they figured it out. But, if we're going to stop Midnight Barrem, then we'll need more than just us."

"Huh?" Natsu asked, puzzled, while scratching his head. "Whaddya mean?"

Alphys pushed up her glasses, a glint appearing in her eyes. "I'm going to fix my wrongdoings, starting by reviving all of these monsters."

It was a normal day at Fairy Tail as Makarov was performing his daily tasks. Unfortunately, one of the tasks was reading through the daily complaints the council sent him every day.

However, another even more unfortunate thing was today, the pile seemed twice as large than it normally was. Makarov loved his guild and all its members, but did they really have to cause this much destruction every time they went out?

"Ah, Team Shadow Gear…." He said with a bit of surprise. They were usually one of the less destructive teams at Fairy Tail. "Huh, a tornado swept through the area? Wendy is young but she's definitely a dragon-slayer." he said to himself with a small chuckle. That explained why the council wrote to him.

Suddenly, a knock came from the door. Before Makarov even got a chance to open his mouth, the door opened, revealing a worried-looking Mirajane.

Markarov stopped mid-yell. When Mirajane looked worried, something was up.

"What happened?" he asked worryingly.

"I…I think you should come see for yourself master."

Without a word, the pair headed downstairs. As he got closer to ground level, Makarov heard dead silence from down below.

The guild was never this silent, ever.

Oh boy, this is bad.

When Makarov finally made it downstairs, he saw the whole guild crowded behind Cana. She was holding a piece of paper in her hands. Everyone had shocked looks on their faces as well as…fear.

"What's going on?!" Makarov demanded.

Cana wordlessly handed him the paper.

Makarov scanned the paper, making sure to get every single detail.

"Job…went well….dimension traveling machine?! Time travel?! MIDNIGHT BARREM IS BACK?!" The last part was cried so loud that the whole town of Magnolia could hear it.

Makarov whirled to face towards Mirajane. "When'd you get this letter!?" he demanded.

"Just now sir. We need to warn the magic council."

Makarov nodded in agreement. Normally, he would stop to think about it. The council wasn't exactly known for their friendliness towards Fairy Tail. But, if Midnight Barrem was truly back, (And they were; he would never doubt Team Natsu's word.) then they needed to get the council informed as soon as possible.

Makarov scanned the room around him while asking, "Does anybody know if Team Shadow Gear is back yet?"

The whole guild hall shook their heads in unison.

Makarov drew in a breath. "Jet's the fastest out of all of us. He'll be able to deliver the message in no time…if he were here. Does anybody know when they'll be back?"

Cana raised her hand. "I was talking to Wendy before they left. She said that they would be back today. We just need to wait a bit."

"Why don't we just use a communication lacrima?" suggested Max. "It'll be even quicker than Jet."

Bisca scoffed. "Do you really think the magic council will ever listen to us? We'll be lucky if they even pick up."

"Point taken."

"Look," Makarov said, drawing everyone's attention. "We don't have time to wait a bit. Everyone get ready, fast."

"Get ready for what Gramps?" asked Gajeel, arching an eyebrow.

"To storm Midnight Barrem; Team Natsu's going to need our help."

Author's Note:

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail or Undertale

Ahh, chapter fourteen is finally up. You're welcome. It looks like the rest of the Fairy Tail guild is about to come storming. And Sans and Papyrus...guess you'll just have to find out what happens to them in the next chapter.

As I said before, I'll try my best to update at least once a month, but no guarantees!

However, in between updates, I'd like to do some Q&A chapters. It gives you guys something to read (in case I don't update in time), and it's easy for me to write. But I can only do it if I get some questions, so please, ask away!

Till next time!