"Darlings I am so sorry," Mettaton exclaimed as he opened the door. He walked up to the group that was mourning. "I just now got the news and just had to come over."
"H-Hey Mettaton," Alphys stuttered. "Yeah… I just found out about it myself," she muttered.
"Dr. G-Gaster and Chara are trying t-to track down the murderer," Asriel explained.
"Ah, so there are people searching for this horrible creature!" Mettaton sighed and walked towards Toriel and Papyrus. "You two have certainly had a rough day, haven't you?"
Toriel and Papyrus nodded. "J-Just this afternoon, he w-was helping the children with math. He w-was incredibly smart… a-and kind," Toriel recalled through her sobs.
"He loved to make jokes, a-and although I d-don't like them, now that he's gone…" Papyrus buried his face in his arms. "I want to hear another joke! I want my brother back!" Papyrus turned to Frisk. "Can't you reset," he asked in a low voice. "Please, can't you bring him back?"
Frisk frowned and shook her head. "Something's preventing me from doing that. Besides, wouldn't Dr. Gaster and Asriel be lost again?"
Papyrus sniffled. "I just... " He covered his face again. "I want t-to see him again."
"Once I find this monster, there will be no mercy," Gaster growled. "I will kill them five-hundred times if it means that they get the justice they deserve."
Chara's eyes widened at Gaster's bloodthirsty comments. She held the knife in her hands and passed it back and forth.
"Uh… Dr. Gaster, isn't that a bit violent," the cat questioned timidly. "You're uh… you're kinda being a little scary."
"I just got out of a time loop where I couldn't do anything to help anyone. I finally got to the surface and suddenly I hear word that my son was murdered? The same son who I typically paid extra close attention to, just so that he would live a long life." Gaster shook his head. "No. This creature will suffer greatly for this. Never mess with a scientist, or a scientist's family."
Verdana shrank back. "O-Okay. Got it. Lesson learned."
"We've been walking for about an hour, and this monster still hasn't," Chara began.
A bullet in the shape of a finger pointing up launched itself at Chara. She quickly slashed the bullet and looked towards the place it was fired from.
"Well well, looks like the cat's come again. This time, she's brought the adopted daughter of the queen and the former Royal Scientist." The figure stepped out into the light. Said figure was wearing a long black cloak with a delta rune symbol in the center. Strange lettering lined the bottom, the sleeves, and the hood of the cloak. Yellow eyes peered at the group from the darkness of the hood.
Gaster summoned bones in the air. His entire body was now wrapped in a white aura. "You will pay for killing my son," he growled.
The figure chuckled. "Well, he was trying to protect that stupid cat of yours. That cat's had it out for me for a while now, even when she wasn't in that form."
"So you do know who I was," Verdana exclaimed. "That's why you decided to kill him!"
The figure scoffed. "Well yeah. What? Does the soulless doll not remember her past? Oh brother!" She chuckled. "I killed him, not only because he was in my way of killing you, but he was just in my way in general!"
"What do you mean," Verdana asked.
Gaster's aura grew in intensity. Black specks began to fill the aura. "You hurt him, just because he was in your way in general? What does that even mean?!"
"It doesn't matter. All I have to do is kill the cat and the brat. Perhaps I'll have to do something with those pesky memories of yours. Then, we'll be all square!"
Chara clutched her knife tightly. "No. You won't win. I've got more Determination to succeed than you think!"
The figure's toothy grin was seen from under the hood. "If you've got so much determination, why haven't you reset to before this even happened?" Chara's eyes widened. "Caught your bluff, didn't I?" The figure sighed and summoned the same set of bullets. "Well, I suppose I can let each of you have a dying wish, aside from Dr. Gaster of course."
Chara scoffed. "Dying wish? HAH! Yeah right!"
"Tch. Figured as much. How about you, Verdana," they mocked.
The cat hissed at the figure. "You know my name. You know my life. You probably even know who I'm related to! You're the one who killed me afterall!"
"So are you asking for me to tell your life story?" They waved their hand dismissively. "No thanks. I can tell you the events of that day though, since you were so close with your guesses." Verdana frowned, but didn't say anything.
The figure hopped down to ground level and chuckled. "My day began with planning and plotting, while yours began with a kiss from a loving husband and children. When your husband left you to watch over the house, the power went out. Gasp! Whatever could that be," they mocked. They made a sweeping motion over their head. "So you got up to investigate. That's when I struck. While I fired six bullets, only one was needed to kill you. One hp isn't very useful in fights," they added.
Gaster's eyes widened. "But the only ones with that low of health were Sans and…" The aura around him vanished. "Calibri," he questioned in a small voice.
The cat furrowed her brow. "Is that my name?"
The figure laughed. "Yes Dr. Gaster. That is your wife in the body of a cat, much like the prince was a flower before."
"C-Cali? Y-You're Cali," he questioned.
"Yes," the yellow-eyed monster deadpanned. "That is Calibri. Your wife. Your dead wife. Anyway, now that dying wishes have been fulfilled…" The yellow eyes became wild in nature. "It's showtime!"
Well you all saw this coming. Now it's the monster's turns, who didn't listen to the tapes at the same time you read them.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Bye guys!