Soul of a Broken [Rewriting]

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After Alphys' departure, you took it upon yourself to spruce up a bit around the laboratory. You started by organizing the current monster soul records that were on the doctor's desk, then swept the floors, and finally organizing her ever growing stash of manga. You checked the time up on the wall and saw it was getting pretty late, though you weren't very tired as you thought about Alphys dashing out to avoid your question.

'Maybe I could take a walk through Waterfall' you mused. You always loved the calming aura  and the "stars" on the ceiling. The scientist told you that they would never compare to the real stars, and you couldn't bare the wait until you could see them for yourself. The scientist even mentioned the warmth of the Sun and the fresh air on the surface, adding more to your longing.

You quickly hung your lab coat onto the coat rack and used the opposite exit as the scientist. You were practically dying in the heat of Hotland and quickened your pace, briefly waving at the few monsters you saw along the way. Now that you thought about it, you've only seen a handful of your kind. Humans. Or at least that's what Dr. Alphys called them when you asked about the differences between you both. Dr. Alphys had always been with you, and was practically your guardian ever since you.. woke up? You couldn't remember much about that day, except for the fact that you were completely nude, the scientist was sprawled on the floor and was a ghostly white.

You glanced up and saw you were already in Waterfall, over a rocky bridge with a small flowing river beneath you. The cool air was already soothing your burning skin and you took a seat with your feet dangling off the edge of the bridge. You closed your eyes to treasure the time to yourself and your thoughts, while straining your ears to see if you could hear the music box from the statue room.

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"I-I don't understand w-why this has to b-be now." The scientist irritatedly stated. "This i-is the second time I've had to call o-off a date with Undyne!"

The King sighed and looked at the scientist without stopping. "I understand, Dr. Alphys, and I'm terribly sorry for the inconveniences this has caused. But I am quite positive you know how strict the rules regulating this Underground laboratory are becoming. Unless you would like to see it shut down by the human officials, please allow us to inspect the lab, and we will be along our way."

"it should only be around ten to fifteen minutes. we check around both labs for any unusual projects and if you're all good, we can put this behind us. right, al?" The skeleton was walking to the right of the scientist, hands in his pockets per usual.

"I-I suppose y-you're right." The reptile admitted and wringed her hands. Unusual projects. They wouldn't think you were an unusual project, right? "E-er, just to m-make sure, w-what is considered a-an 'u-unusual project'?"

"Hm, reviving the dead, experiments using radioactive or nuclear materials without correct documentation, injecting souls or humans with liquid determination due to previous events," Asgore eyed Alphys from the corner of his eye before resuming,"torture, etcetera. Shall I go on?"

Liquid determination experiments were definitely not banned 2 months ago—were they? Was that how long had she been devoting her life, to give you your own? On the process of doing so, she only placed a burden onto you, without your knowledge. Some Royal Scientist she thought.

At this rate, she would have another panic attack.

'Get a hold of yourself, Alphys. Words, form them. Breathe in, breathe out.'

"U-um, n-no. But, I-I have t-to m-make a c-call. I-I'll catch u-up!" The scientist quickly stopped in place, grabbed her phone and hastily punched in a number. She pressed the call button and raised the phone to her ear, while the King and the skeleton shared a curious glance at her over their shoulders before continuing into Hotland.