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Second time's a charm

"Stay still." growled Gaster, trying to hold S-2 in place as he made sure the leather straps we're secured in place. "Are you listening to me!?" S-2 yelled into Gasters face. "You broke his eye! You broke my brothers eye! He needed that to glow!" Gaster sighed at S-2's persistence. "Yes, that was unfortunate. He's weaker than I thought." S-2 glared at him. "How could you??" How could you, he needed that eye!!" Gaster stood and walked away towards a control panel on the far side of the room. "He'll just have to deal with it. The damage is already done, it's too late now."  he said, reaching the panel and flicking a few switches. "Why?? What did you do to him???" S-2 yelled, straining against the strap around his neck to follow Gaster around the room. "The same thing i'm going to do to you. Stop squirming, you do not want to be out of alignment when the emitter is on." Gaster growled, looking up at S-2. "What- No!! No, no!! Stop!! What if you break my eye too???" Gaster shrugged. "Then we'll have three between us all, I suppose." He said, pausing before continuing. "But I don't intend to make the same mistake again. I've adjusted the output and you're much stronger than Subject 1. I think this time, i'm going to make a breakthrough." S-2 started shaking violently, tears forming in his sockets. "NO! NO, DON'T!! DON'T!! PLEASE, STOP!!" He yelled struggling against the straps binding his wrists and hands. "What did I say about squirming?" asked Gaster calmly, ignoring the little skeletons pleas for him to stop. "PLEASE, DON'T!! I NEED MY EYES! I NEED BOTH OF THEM, I NEED THEM SO I CAN GLOW FOR HIM! PLEASE!! PLEASE I HAVE TO!! I HAVE TO!!" S-2 screamed, arching his back in his struggling. "I already told you, I have no intention of blinding you. I fact, quite the opposite. But if you don't follow my directions very carefully, you may blind yourself regardless. Do you understand?" Asked Gaster, waiting for a response. "Please..." S-2 responded, lowering his head in defeat, tears running down his skull and dripping off his cheekbones. "Please, don't, he needs me to... He needs me..." He trailed off. "Now, eye sockets forward. Don't move." Gaster commanded, adjusting a few knobs on the panel before reaching for a button. "And no matter what you do," Gaster said as S-2 looked up, eyes widening in fear as the machine in front of him that looked like a big skull of some monster with a weird contraption spilling from its mouth whirred to life in front of him, emitting a bright white light. "Don't blink." Gaster finished, pressing the button.