Soul of a Broken [Rewriting]

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Sans' slippered feet padded soundlessly down the hallway of the true labs, with a shaking Alphys in tow. The skeleton knew something was odd with that "human's" soul, how had he not piece it together before?

"what were you even thinking." It was a statement, an angry statement, made toward the scientist.

"I-I don't k-know. I just w-wanted to create a s-soul to p-prove m-myself..." The scientist tried to reason with the skeleton, but instead earned two black sockets shot in her direction, effectively shutting her mouth.

The rest of the walk was uneventful as Alphys scanned her hand allowing the door to be opened and the sound of humming began to get closer. They entered the experimenting room to find Asgore evaluating an empty red vat, the acrylic busted and glass scattered the area around it. Alphys had never gotten to cleaning that up.

"Ah, Sans. I trust you found everything in order, correct?" The King's voice boomed throughout the room, rumbling the test tubes slightly.

"actually, that's what i came to talk about," Sans stuffed his hands in his pockets and threw another glance at the scientist before continuing. "seems our alphys here has indeed broken a safety protocol."

"But Y-Your Majesty, I-I swear I didn't-"

"Dr. Alphys," Asgore rose a hand to silence to reptile with a stern expression. "Do tell me which protocol has been broken."

"I e-experimented using l-liquid DT, sir," Taking a deep breath, the scientist fidgeted and wrung her hands. "I-I didn't k-know!"

Asgore gently rubbed his temples and sighed. "Alphys, I cannot just let this matter go without consequences, but first we must find out the severity of the situation. Where is this experiment in question?"

"i'll go get em." The skeleton blipped out of existence before returning with a disorientated figure, dropping them on the floor without a care. You made a small choked noise before shakily getting onto your feet and rubbing the arm you were dropped on.

"Ow! What the heck did you just do? How did I even get here?" You turned to see the King staring at you curiously.

"Very interesting, Dr. Alphys."

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After Alphys had disappeared from view, you decided to get some work out the way for tomorrow; you weren't going to sleep until she returned. You unlocked the huge computer and opened the monster souls' database. Pulling up the information for Vat #308, you typed in the specific concentration of determination it needed. You updated the records and glanced at the other improving souls to find nothing else out of order.

'Great. Less work to do tomorrow' you thought and stretched. You strolled over to Alphys' desk to see the stack of records slightly disheveled and scowled. You spent all that time straightening it up for this? You gently picked up the beige folders to organize them once again until you were alerted to the distinct smell of something...electrical?

Suddenly you were grabbed from behind by someone and thrown into complete darkness. It felt like you were falling and your voice was caught in your throat, preventing you from screaming. You shut your eyes tightly as your stomach did flips until you were roughly dropped onto the floor.

The "trip" hardly lasted a second and your brain struggled to catch up, with your stomach threatening to discard dinner's contents. Your voice came out choked and your arm was throbbing slightly.

You rose to your feet slowly to attempt to give your "attacker" a piece of your mind.

"Ow! What the heck did you just do? How did I even get here?" You turned to see the King staring at you curiously and Sans with a giant smile plastered onto his face, to the King's left.