A Different Kind of LOVE

Chapter 2

Sans couldn't have arrived at a worse time. Teleporting had taken whatever magic he had left and caused a huge crack in his soul. Stumbling when he arrived, he quickly stood up and hid in the shadows, hearing talking. Of course the one night he needed Alphys was the one night Undyne decided to hang out with her girlfriend. He saw them from where he stood, kissing ferociously on Alphys' excuse for a couch, an anime playing in the background. Alphys was underneath, flat on her back, and opened her eyes for only a moment, long enough to see Sans. From their days as assistants under Dr. Gaster, the previous Royal Scientist, she knew what would happen to her if she tipped Undyne off that he was here. So, instead, she quickly broke off the kiss.

"Aw, c'mon, that was getting hot!" Undyne whined. Alphys sat up, pretending to yawn and rub her eyes.

"I'm t-too t-tired. D-don't you h-have to t-train the n-new r-recruits in the m-morning?" Alphys tried not to sound to desperate. Undyne growled and nodded, giving Alphys a quick peck on the head before standing to leave.

"Good night then." Undyne huffed before stomping to the door and slamming it behind her. Once Alphys had checked her cameras to make sure Undyne actually left, she turned to Sans, who had stepped forward from the corner he was in.

"What do you need now, Sans?" Alphys was tried of doing favors for Sans, but she really did owe him. He had kept her alive for many years, keeping Gaster from doing anything to hurt her when he was too drunk to tell the difference between his assistants and his experiments. Shuddering, Alphys crossed her arms.

"Ever notice I'm the only one you don't stutter with?" Sans said quietly, a smirk on his face. Alphys huffed. It was true, the only person she felt truly safe with was Sans. Not that she didn't hate him for it.

"You can't say much. You don't stutter around me either. Now, did you just come to ruin my fun or do you actually have something worth my time." Sans laughed at that, a true laugh. Stepping forward into the light of the room they were in, Sans lifted his hands, showing two passed out, tiny skeletons. Alphys gasped, wanting to touch them, but Sans had a dark look on his face.

"No experiments. The taller one's hurt. The other one just passed out when I ported here." Suddenly remembering why he had been in the woods in the first place, Sans nearly stumbled and fell. Alphys caught him, taking the two skeletons and depositing Sans on the couch.

"Sans, whats wrong? I.." checking him over quickly, she gulped when she saw his soul. Sans' eyes blinked shut, his breathing becoming incredibly shallow.

"Please take care of 'em for me, yeah?" Sans whispered, his breathing nearly stopping. Alphys stared at him for a moment before her face grew hard and she was determined. Running to one of her labs, Alphys deposited the tiny skeletons into a plastic holding box with a lock, one that had holes so they could breath. Then, grabbing a few items and putting it all on an equipment cart, she pushed it hurriedly into the room Sans was now nearly gone in. Taking off his jacket and shirt, Alphys paused only a second before reaching up into Sans chest in order to retrieve his soul. Please don't kill me later for this... she thought before attaching a few tubes into it, trying so carefully to not break what remained of the nearly shattered soul. Sans gasped a bit at the pain, but didn't wake up. Alphys then placed the soul, several tubes sticking out of it, into a magic solution she had created. It was green magic, healing and strong, and had only been used so far to keep strong leaders from falling down. If the King ever found out she had wasted some on Sans...he wouldn't find out. Watching Sans' soul repair under the new source of magic, Alphys sighed, going to work on the smaller skeleton. She would have loved to have her way with the tiny monsters, but if Sans last wish would have been for her to take care of them, she wasn't about to hurt them now.

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Red woke up slowly, before jerking awake when he couldn't feel his brother's body beside him. Jumping up, Red ran to the edge of the box he was in and began banging on the glass. He could see his brother on the metal table he was on, his clothes removed and little tubes sticking out of his chest. 

"BRO!" Red screamed. Alphys looked over at him from her position over the taller skeleton, laughing quietly.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt him. He's just going to get healed up, I promise." Alphys tried to sound comforting, the smaller skeleton was obviously very concerned.

"Where's papa?" Red blurted before he could stop himself, his hands clamping over his mouth as soon as he said it. Bitties connect with potential parents very quickly, which was what had happened when Sans had answered Red's pun with his own. Alphys, who didn't know this, looked confused for a moment.

"Papa? Who? You don't mean...Sans?" Red's dark blush told her all and she laughed. It was too cute!

"He is getting healed himself. He was in a very bad place. I'm surprised he even had enough magic to bring you two here, to be honest..." Alphys said quietly, taking a few tubes out of the taller skeletons soul. Satisfied that the little monster's HP was now completely up, she put his clothes back on. Turning to Red, she paused a moment before staring at him intently.

"If I let you out of there, are you going to run?" she asked carefully. Red shook his head quickly; he couldn't just leave their papa behind. And he really wanted to check on Fell. Alphys sighed, then opened the magic resistant box. Red teleported to Fell's side immediately, holding him carefully. Looking at them, Alphys had to admit that they looked scarily similar to the Sans and Papyrus she knew and hated.

"So...uh...what are your names?" she asked quietly. Red sighed with relief that he saw Fell was much better, then looked up at her.

"My name's Red. My brother is Fell."