Just One Night

Assessment

After the tearful reunion, the skeleton moved away, wiping his eye sockets. He gave a small smile and gently patted the top of her head. "I'll go let the others know you're awake. They've all been so worried about you." He gave her hand a slight squeeze before slipping out of the room.

Frisk looked around dazedly. Her thoughts scattered. She absently raised her hand, brushing the back of her head lightly, noting how her head had a large bald spot. The only guess she had was that they shaved her head to monitor the wound. A slight twinge of pain stilled her movements and she quickly withdrew her hand. Thankfully there wasn't any blood leaking from the healing wound, but she still would rather not touch it.

She heard the sound of excited chatter and knew it would only be a matter of time before the group burst in. Smiling softly, she rubbed her belly and marveled at the newfound bump. It wasn't very surprising since Alphys had told her about monster births. The whole birthing process for monsters seemed a whole lot nicer than human births since a monster child typically came around four months. She could only guess they were closing in on the first month judging by the little bump, but she had to wonder how long it would really take for their child to arrive. After all, she was a hybrid, and their child would be too.

The sound of a door clicking and running feet snapped her out of her thoughts. She barely had time to react before Chara tackled her onto the bed. Frisk winced slightly under the bone crushing hug, but held her sister back just as tightly.

"Frisk, I'm so sorry! I should have been there." She whispered quietly.

Frisk gave a warm smile, "Don't worry about it Chara. Neither of us knew, and you had things to do."

"That's not the point! I'm your body guard for crying out loud! I wasn't there.." she started off yelling, but quickly changed to a low whisper, "I promise I won't leave your side. When we get back to the surface, you'll just have to put up with me. Apparently humans can't be trusted."

A somber voice interrupted their chat, "Well, the thing is, that's just not gonna happen." The two of them pulled away long enough to look up into the eyes of their father. The goat monster wore a tight expression, his lips drawn into a thin line and his brow furrowed. His eyes blazed with barely contained anger, "You are not to leave the Underground for the time being. After what has just happened, you should remain here where you will be safe."

"Dad, I can't stay. I have to do my job as the royal ambassador, we can't afford to let this set us back!" She looked absolutely terrified.

San teleported behind her and gently guided her to recline against his bony body. He gently stroked her arm while the conversation played out. A bit surprisingly, the little plant on Chara's wrist, which she hadn't noticed before, started to lay into her.

"Are you kidding me, sis? After all the humans have done, you still want to go back? That's insane! They have proven just how much they despise us, and this isn't even something to be considering what with your health!" He huffed.

Toriel walked over to the bed, gently sitting beside the little group. She had remained silent, weighing the options, but they had to act now, before Frisk put herself into anymore danger. She grabbed the hybrid's hand and gave a sad smile, "Frisk, do you know the severity of your injuries?"

She nodded but the goat mother continued on, "Then you must understand why we are hesitant to allow you to return. My child, you almost died. Had you gotten here any later, you'd be dead where you rest." Their daughter held back tears and she gave another nod, "I understand, momma. I really do, but the lives of our people-"

She was cut off yet again, but this time by the voice of a very angry dinosaur, "Would you knock it off! Are you really that stupid?"

Frisk gaped at her in confusion and shock, the sweet and clumsy scientist was much harsher than she ever was. Undyne was desperately trying to soothe her lover, but it seemed to be having the opposite effect. The dinosaur grunted, flames billowing from her nose, before she began to shout.

"No, Undyne! I'm not going to just sit here while she risks everything!" The monster turned blazing eyes back to the girl in question, "What you are trying to do is absolutely foolish. Do you think that they will welcome you with open arms? That they will readily accept you now that you are part monster? You've seen it for yourself haven't you, the way us monsters are treated.."

Frisk glared at her friend, who was now acting like a complete ass, "That's why I need to fight! To make it easy for us to live in peace-"

"Is now the time for that? Can you honestly say that you wouldn't care if you had the same experience, or even worse? Do you have any idea how selfish you are being?" Alphys advanced forward, but Undyne held her in place, silently thanking the gods that she could hold back her lover's raging emotions.

"Honey, lay off.." the fish tried to reason, but her lover was having none of it.

"NO! Damn it all, Frisk. Even I know this isn't anime, where the protagonist will sit there and fight crime and everything will miraculously work out in the end! You almost died, and if you died a part of us all would've died with you! Could you honestly expect us to forgive the humans had you passed? No we would wage war. We almost fucking did. You're lucky to be sitting there in the arms of the people who love you!"

Undyne picked her up while Asgore stood, "That is enough, Alphys!"

Oh, but she wasn't done. "No, it's not. Frisk, if you want to go back to the surface, then you're the biggest idiot I know. You will not only risk your life, but the life of your child! Could you live with yourself if one of these days they kill the life growing inside you?" She howled, words laced with venomous rage.

Undyne managed to haul out the dinosaur after she finally stopped struggling. Her piece had been said, and now it was time for Frisk to learn the consequences of her actions.