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Part 23 of 22: Determined

There was a beat of silence. Shock crossed both Papyrus and Fell's faces. Then, Papyrus blushed bright red while Fell looked like he was going to be sick. "Wh-What?" Fell stammered. "Y-You.. You can't be serious.."

Alphys looked back at him, her eyes now taking on a tinge of sadness. "But that's not all of it."

She paused, staring down at Lust's flushed face. "I d-don't know how he was.. a-able to get um.." She cleared her throat. "But, whatever it is, i-it's not natural. He.. He's not going to live through this."

Papyrus and Fell's shocked faces turned into ones of horror. "Wh-What do you mean?" Papyrus asked.

Alphys turned to face Papyrus. "He's supposed to be male. Whatever made him change his gender was unnatural. The um.. pregnancy.. was the last straw. His body can't take it. He's going to die."

Papyrus swallowed. "Can't you, I don't know, abort or something? Perform a C-section?"

Alphys looked at him with a pitying expression. "It's already too late. He's four months pregnant. You can only abort if it's three months or less. And he only has 1 HP. If I try to perform a C-section, he'll die straight away. There's no way around this."

Papyrus looked like he was about to collapse in anguish. Fell also looked devastated. But Lust, though his face was still flushed purple from the knowledge that he was pregnant, seemed almost calm, accepting his fate.

"Wait." Lust's quiet voice cut through the devastating silence. "What about the baby?" Alphys turned to look at Lust. "I-I don't know.. Most likely, you'll die before the baby's born." Lust paled, a new aspect occurring to him.

Lust was fine with the prospect of himself dying. He had wanted to die for a long time. His time in UnderFell was too much for him. He had already known that he wouldn't be able to survive here.

But if he died, he would also be taking an innocent life with him. He couldn't do that, especially since it was his baby. Yes, it was also his sadistic tormentor's baby, but it was his too.

He felt the top of his stomach, which, until Alphys had revealed that Lust was pregnant, neither he nor the skeleton brothers had realised was a slight baby bump. He could feel it as he rubbed his stomach softly. He loved his child, and he didn't want it to die.  

Swallowing, Lust looked up at the three figures standing over him. They all had masks of trepidation. "I won't die." All three heads snapped up to look at him, faces ranging from surprise to confusion. "I'm going to keep going, keep myself alive. For the baby."

"I'm sorry but.. I don't think that'll be possible.. I predict that you'll die within the next three months." Alphys looked down, remorseful. "I-I'm sorry.."

Lust's face hardened into determination. "No. I'll keep myself going." Alphys took in that determined face, noting how that somehow made him even more beautiful. She found herself looking back at him, wistful. "I.. I hope you do."

Alphys walked past Papyrus and Fell, stopping to give them a look of pity before walking out the front door.