"What the HELL, Asriel!?" The human snapped, advances towards her brother. The monster child recoiled at her abruptness.
"I-I don't know-" he said meekly, toying with his claws. "I-I just couldn't-"
"Just couldn't make yourself hurt him." She finished his sentence for him. Snorting indignantly, she turned away from him. "So I guess the Smiley Trashbag won't let you hurt anyone?"
Asriel shook his head frantically "No, Chara! Just Papyrus, I think. I don't think he'll be able to stop me from hurting anyone else, though!"
Chara returned her focus to him, red eyes gleaming in the shadow of her bangs. After muttering a quick something under her breath, her smile returned.
"All right then." She said in a sing-song voice "You'll just have to kill everyone else, okay?" She rose her knife to side of her face, doubling her sinister smile. "I'll get Papyrus."
Asriel nodded. Eager to regain his sister's favor, he began to chase after Papyrus. Chara was left alone. Her smile faltered. Eyes narrowing and teeth baring, the corners of her lip tugged downward. Red flushed her stolen face blood-red.
*You're jealous?
"SHUT UP!" She roared, turning to slice futility at nothing.
*You ARE jealous!
"I never asked you." she growled.
*Is that why you're targeting Sans and Papyrus?
*You're just jealous?
…
"Whatever." Chara muttered, marching after her brother. She took in deep, slow breathes to rid herself of her red coloring. Trembling hands tightened their grip on her knife. Her smile returned. Jealousy? Maybe. Whatever it was, it wasn't going to stop her.
Alphys was completely absorbed in her work. On occasion, she'd bark out an order. 'Get this', 'Hold this', 'Give me this'. Most of which Undyne did quickly and without question. Now the warrior leaned against the wall, arms crossed over her chest as she awaited her next task. A part of her was wondering what it was the small scientist was working on. When asked, Alphys would began to ramble incomprehensibly. Not purposely, but she spoke so quickly and with so much intention of not straying from her task that Undyne was quickly lost.
From what the fish woman could gather, it had something to so with Sans and DETERMINATION and timelines. But aside from that, zilch.
Someone pounded on the door. Undyne looked at Alphys for any indication of direction. Upon finding her attention not even remotely on the visitors, Undyne took it upon herself to open the door. As soon as she did, Papyrus and Toriel darted in. Toriel quickly slammed the door shut behind them as Papyrus blurted out:
"THE HUMAN WAS POSSESSED BY THE MEAN HUMAN AND KILLED SANS AND GAVE HIS SOUL TO FLOWEY WHO TURNS OUT IS ASRIEL AND NOW THEY'RE GOING AROUND TRYING TO KILL EVERYONE!"
Undyne blinked, taking a moment to process that. Upon her understanding, she clawed at her scalp. "HOLY SHIT!? REALLY!?"
"Yes." Toriel nodded. She looked tired "Chara and Asriel are currently in the process of killing anyone they come across. We barely got away."
"What about Asgore?" Undyne demanded.
Toriel looked to the side, not offering an answer. Papyrus sweated nervously, shrugging "WE-UH… DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO CHECK ON HIM."
Undyne snorted. "Seriously?" She muttered angrily to herself "Fine, I'll give him a call." A quick search in her pants pocket brought her phone to the surface. She quickly dialed Asgore, making a note to get in contact with the Dogs in Snowdin and the two in Hotland as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, Papyrus made his way over to Alphys and nudged her "UM… DOCTOR ALPHYS, DID YOU HEAR THAT?"
Alphys blinked a few times then looked up at him "S-sorry. W-what's going on?"
Toriel repeated Papyrus's explanation in a more tactful manner. Alphys's eyes widen.
"O-oh my g-goodness…" She stared at them, then back to her papers, then at her claws. Fidgeting, she quickly returned to her work "I-I was working on something f-for this, b-but n-now I-I-I need to m-make a f-f-few adjustm-ments and uh…." She chew on her pen, wincing "T-this escalated q-quickly-…." She stared up at the pair of them "I-I think I k-know of a way to f-fix this. B-but it'll take some t-time…."
Toriel nodded "Understood." She straightened herself and turned to Undyne "You are captain of the Royal Guard, correct?"
"Yeah." Undyne said, holding her phone to her…ear-fin. "Already getting in contact with the others. Telling them to prepare for a fight-"
"An e-evacuation, Undyne." Alphys said curtly "I-if possible. T-this is going to get m-messy."
Toriel stared her down a moment. Then she nodded "Undyne, what is the state Asgore is in?" She dragged the named out through her teeth but her question held sincerity in its tone.
"Alive." Undyne reported "I filled him in on the situation as much as I could. He's working on keeping the citizens in the Capital safe."
Toriel nodded "Good." She addressed Papyrus "I need you to contact the schools. Tell them there is a situation at hand that can be considered incredibly dangerous. Do not waste time explaining."
Papyrus blinked "B-BUT WHY WOULD THEY LISTEN TO ME?"
"Valid point." Toriel nodded. She looked at Undyne and stated as a fact "He is the newest member of the Royal Guard."
Undyne nodded curtly, giving Papyrus a thumbs up before barking orders over her phone. Papyrus blinked the tears out of his eyes and nodded.
"UNDERSTOOD!" He immediately dived into the task given to him. Toriel sighed and rubbed at her snout. She turned to Alphys.
"To my understanding, you have quite a thorough camera system rigged about the underground?" she said. Alphys nodded.
"Y-yes?"
"Bring it up for me." She stated as an order "I shall keep record of their movements."
"G-got it." She hustled over to the large monitor and pulled up the cameras. After a quick explanation of how they work and the reassurance that Toriel understood, she ran back over to her work. A quick glance at Papyrus and Undyne and she felt a lump of regret sitting in her stomach like a stone. Papyrus just reached his dream of joining the Royal Guard. She finally had come clean to Undyne about almost everything. Toriel was back and taking charge.
The only way she could think of to fix this mess would require all of that to be undone.
A/N
Late update! ….Sorry.
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