SocioTale: Chapter 0

## Act 1

Long ago, two races ruled over earth: Humans and Monsters.

One day, a war broke between the two races, with the humans being the cause of it. They had millions with them, and ended up ambushing the monsters, not giving them the chance to do anything. The monsters were not only outnumbered, but overpowered as well. All the humans learned to accumulate magic due to the help and use it to their own advantage whilst advancing with it, whilst the monsters did not and were clueless of the fact they were helping their own downfall.

Eventually, from the millions of monsters that once were, it was brought down to merely seventy thousand survivors. The King, seeing as they could not win, surrendered. The humans, seeing as they no longer had anything to fear, decided they would trap the monsters underground as an act of pity.

A human can't absorb a human soul to have a more potent output of magic. However, they can mix their magic spells together to attempt a similar affect. With that, the millions of magicians mixed their spells into one potent spell and enforced the monsters underground within Mountain Ebott, never to be seen again.

The King, along with his people, were devastated. Millions of families were killed, all out of pure selfishness. The King stood up, as he then said:

"Worry not, monster-kind! From this day forth, we will plan our way out of here, claim back the land that was taken away from us, and avenge those who were killed!" He shouted with the remaining monsters cheering him on, except the queen who didn't have a good feeling about everything.

"Now, to do such thing, we will have to build our own civilization! It may take a while. Years, decades even, but we will not let out hopes and dreams be crushed by such filthy scums! We will dig that way!" Said the King as he then summoned his Trident and started digging with everyone else following his lead, digging through their underground prison.

Slowly but surely, monster-kind proceeded through the rocks, forming large tunnels. From the stone, as they dug deeper, they found iron, copper, coal, and sometimes even gold. With those, they could use them to craft and build a small foundation to be able to live on temporarily with the help of one of their only scientists and builders at the time. Iron was used to forge more useful tools and small nursing buildings for those in need of it. While magic was more effective, it was certainly draining, so tools could be quite handy when the monsters start running low on magic reserves. The King then decided, a whole group would dig straight whilst he and the rest would dig downwards. The deeper the hole, the better the resources.

The King and the people at the bottom got to digging. The perception and acknowledgement of time became distorted from the isolation. Seconds felt like minutes. Minutes felt like hours, and hours felt like days. Nevertheless, they proceeded, until lava was found.

"This can be useful." Thought the King as he used his magic to move the lava from the area and up in the air and back towards the lava collector they'd built.

"Lava's clear. Mine away." Said the King as the monsters went through the crack and began to mine everything.

"King! I found something that looks important!" Said one of the monsters; Jerry. The King walked over before then laying his eyes and what Jerry had found which Jerry held in his hands. The King leaned over as he then grabbed the small fragment from Jerry: he observed it.

"Hm..." Exclaimed the King with interest as he looked at the shiny fragment. He slightly squeezed on it with his huge fingers, and it didn't break.

"Oh, it's durable. This can come in use. Great job, Jerry, keep it up. Same goes for the rest of you." Said the King.

"Oh, uh, yes sir!" Responded Jerry as he continued mining.

The King went back up to the foundation, with the fragment in his fingers. He walked forward towards Gerson who was drinking some water.

"Oh! Sup, King. By the way, quick request, we need to get some coffee or cocoa bean field going. I need some coffee. Hell, even some hot chocolate would do." Said Gerson.

"You recognise this? It's something that Jerry found." Said the King as he then handed over the fragment gem to Gerson.

"Alright, give it here." Said Gerson as he then extended his arm out and grabbed the fragment whilst reaching for his glasses to get a better inspection of the material he was holding.

"Not sure why you'd hand it to one of your royal guards of all people." Said Gerson as he then started inspecting, flicking and analysing the material.

"You've invested into science and geography in the past, no? You are someone reliable for such thing." Said the King.

"Thanks for the compliment. Also, for this material, it definitely is similar to a Diamond. It's, in fact, quite a bit more tougher than a Diamond would be. I can say one thing, though. It's the most valuable thing we've gotten so far." Said Gerson as he then gave the King the material back.

"I see." Said the King as he looked at the fragment.

"You should get a scientist going." Requested Gerson.

"All of them died in the war, I would've done so already." Said the King.

"Well W.D Gaster's still-"

"No." Said the King.

"Why not? He's capable." Responded Gerson.

"And he takes his experiments too seriously. Last time I checked up on him he created a black hole that was going to destroy the planet. That's probably one of the reasons why the humans attacked. We always made better and more advanced technology than them. He's helped with the foundation we have. That should be enough help." Said the King.

"I could keep my eye on him if you'd like, he is a good choice, even if temporarily. Who knows? Maybe he'll have what it takes to even break the barrier that's been keeping us in here through one of his wonky inventions." Said Gerson. The King then spaced out for a moment, and dived into his thoughts.

"He could be the doom of us all. But then again, if he can create a black hole, he surely could create something potent enough to destroy the barrier or sustain monster-kind for a good while." Thought the King.

"...Hm...you know what? You are right. However, make sure he is on task at all times. No foolish side experiments or anything that could kill us. Go get him in here." Said the King as he then stopped overthinking the situation.

"I can handle that job just fine, champ, I'll go get em." Said Gerson as he then got up and walked out of the facility.

Gerson made his way to W.D Gaster's house. He always had a fascination for over-ally complex and "smart" looking things, so his house stood out the most out of everyone's. His house stood tall. It had an extra floor. The windows were so gloomy that you could barely see anything inside. The outside of the house looked fancy and technologically advanced compared to the other houses, with lights in a rhythm as if his house was a computer. Gerson went to the front door of the house and knocked six times. Footsteps could be heard from the other side, as the door then began opening, revealing Gaster himself wearing his classic and iconic scientist robe and with the room from where he was in giving an ominous and unsettling sensation.

"Greetings, Gerson. How may I be of assistance?" Said Gaster with his usual smile.

"The King wants to see you." Said Gerson.

"Oh...and here I thought he said I was no longer needed. But, very well." Responded Gaster as he then stepped outside and closed the door behind him.

"Aren't you going to lock it?" Asked Gerson.

"It doesn't need to be locked. I made sure to install an auto-lock feature each time the door is closed and it opens only when it senses me." Said Gaster.

"Damn...well, this way." Said Gerson as he then led Gaster to the facility where the King was waiting.

"There you are." Said the King as he stood up from the chair he was sitting on.

"Asgore...been a few weeks, hasn't it? What do you need from me?" Asked Gaster whilst extending his arms beside himself in a friendly manner.

"Before I say anything else, I just want you to tell me what this is." Said Asgore as he then showed the fragment he had been holding to Gaster.

"That is Moissanite. It's more than 50% tougher than any diamonds I've seen before, which can probably be because of their size. Moissanite is quite the good tool for weaponry or fancy things if you will." Said Gaster by simply inspecting it within the span of a second.

"How could you tell so quickly?" Asked Asgore.

"I have got a few myself." Responded Gaster.

"What?! You've been keeping away things?!" Snapped Asgore.

"Yes. As you said, I don't need to help you anymore, so I just kept them for myself and for what I was planning to make." Responded Gaster with a calm smile.

"...Look. I've reconsidered a few things, and with our current situation, I'll have to ask you to become the royal scientist once more." Said Asgore.

"And if I refuse?" Asked Gaster.

"I'll kill you." Responded Asgore in a serious tone.

"Hehe, sure, good enough of a reason. What'd you want me to start with?" Asked Gaster whilst putting his hands in the pockets of his robe.

"Just improve the foundation and weapons so we can dig our way better and hopefully discover an environment we can live more comfortably in." Said Asgore.

"Oh yeah, and could you make some cocoa beans? I need some coffee. I'm tired of just water or whatever juice we have." Said Gerson.

"I can do those. Just get me some soil." Said Gaster.

Gerson then went to one of the plant pots they had, grabbed one of them and placed it on the table in front of Gaster, who then got out a seed and placed it deep within the soil of the pot before then getting out a syringe and injecting its substance into the soil. He then grabbed the pot, placed it on the ground and then took a few steps back.

"So...how long do-" Before Gerson could finish, a large vine had grown out of the soil, and before they knew it, they had a mini cocoa tree within the facility.

"Less than five seconds. There are your cocoa beans, you can get the chiefs to do the rest." Said Gaster.

"You had cocoa seads the whole time?!" Asked Gerson.

"These are artificially made ones. It took about an hour but I managed to do it. I just needed it to be like a natural one which seems to have been a success to me. The other 30 minutes was spent on the ultra growth liquid used to make it grow so fast. You can taste it and tell me what you think, too, of course." Replied Gaster as he then walked towards the King.

"Can I help you?" Said Asgore looking in a rather confused manner as if he was expected to do or say something.

"Yes. The pass to the laboratory." Said Gaster.

"Ah, yes, of course. I'll give it to you when you shift official starts." Said Asgore.

"You're quite smart, you knew I wouldn't be able to take it off you." Said Gaster as he grabbed his passing card.

"Safer than with me, it doesn't get. Now, I'm expecting more food as that seems to be an issue. Not that it's unhealthy, but that people are complaining about not having anything good to eat. The other thing is to expand upon our civilisation. The last thing I want, is for you to develop something to break that barrier. Gerson will be watching you, however, to make sure you stay on task. I'm expecting to see you back here in 15 hours from now to be able to start your shift. Do not let me down." Replied Asgore as he then walked out of the facility and back to the mines.

"That's fine, I'll get them done." Said Gaster as Asgore was walking away. Gaster himself walked out of the facility and made his way back to his home whilst Gerson stayed.

"Well, I'll finally get to have something new to drink now. Thank goodness for that." Said Gerson as he then took the mini cocoa tree and went to another facility where food and drinks were produced.

"Dropping this here, boys. I've got some work to do." Said to the workers

Meanwhile Gaster had reached his house. He gently pressed his hand against his door which caused it to open. He went inside and closed the door behind him with it locking itself. Gaster then walked back towards one of his desks within his gloomy room. Some chemicals, valuable rocks, and blueprints were on the desks.

"I guess I'll be resuming the detonation of the barrier. I'll need more materials and research into it. I don't really have much of a interest to escape. If anything this place has given me more resources than man-kind has in the past half a decade, I could make the best technology by remaining here a bit more. Though, if the guard will be watching me, I'll have to come up with something..." Thought Gaster as he then reached into one of the drawers to his desk, and pulled out a spherical technological-looking device.

"Been a bit since I've used this. Never thought I'd see the day it'd come in use. It's a shame I gave some to a few human spies. Though, not like they can use it against us with where we are." Thought Gaster to himself before then putting the device in his robe and then proceeding to his living room which had the kitchen connected to it.

He went by his drink machine and poured himself some hot chocolate.

"Always thought this was better than coffee." Said Gaster as he then took a sip. He then proceeded to his couch and took a seat before then sipping on his cup of hot chocolate again, and looked at the device in his hands.

"I remember making this a while back. It's a transportation device, it can get you from one place to another in a unique way. Once activated, you're still within the same reality, but everything is stopped, as if you're moving in such a way that no time passes at all, and it allows to go through physical objects. Unfortunately I can't interact with anything other than the device itself whilst it is activated unless I take it with me before I press the button. I've always had the theory that this little thing allowed me to enter some sort of non-temporal realm, very interesting to think of. I could use it to go back to the lab and change the text on the computer in there, and I wouldn't even be framed for it. I was considering the winding text, but I'd be giving myself away with that. Perhaps I can make it with different symbols." Thought Gaster as he looked at the device, but not before taking another sip from his cup.

"Fortunately for me. I know all the wingding fonts that were made, so I can use the most unknown variant, that being the 3rd wingding fond. It's just arrows, it looks nothing like a regular wingding, it'd be practically unrecognisable to them. That way I can do whatever I want without any of the guards knowing, perfect." Said Gaster in his head as he then took his final sip from his cup before finishing it and then placing it on the table in front of himself.

"Alright, I'll just get to it now so that I have the next 2 or so hours to work on my other experiments." Said Gaster as he then pressed the button in the centre of the spherical device, which made the environment around him turn into a slight shade of pink.

"Just like I remember it." Thought Gaster as he then began walking behind himself and into the wall behind his couch which he fazed through like a ghost.

He took a few more steps before then coming to a halt and looking around to see everyone was frozen in place, not moving even in the slightest. Gaster then walked around the small civilisation they had built in the past 12 weeks, and made his way to the laboratory. He came to a halt right in front of its building.

"Ah, the memories of always facing this facility." Said Gaster as he then fazed straight through the entrance. Inside there was a long hallway which Gaster walked across. As he reached the end of it, there was a large, empty room.

"Well I know my way from here." Said Gaster as he then walked to his left, fazing through a few walls before then arriving in a room that had an opening to the barrier itself, and in the centre, the computer was there.

"There she is!" Said Gaster. He then saw from the corner of his eye, someone standing in the corner of the room; Gerson, along with a camera right above him.

"Oh. This is interesting. I guess he was sceptical that I'd try something. Looks like he was correct in that regard. I can, however, cause a diversion." Said Gaster as he then went into one of the empty rooms that lacked any cameras in it. He then pressed the button again which caused the environment to go back to normal. Gaster put the device in his pocket and then cocked both of his hands back before then smacking them together, causing a loud noise. He then reached into his pocket, and pressed the button on the device which made the environment a pink shade yet again, with everything stopping. He walked back to the room with the computer, to see the door were slided open.

"..." Gaster then went towards the door to check if Gerson took the bait. To his surprise, Gerson was right by the door, peeping inside of the computer room and ready to enter it.

"Clever guard. It's no wonder why you were specifically in the corner and near those doors. Hm...alright, I can do something else." Said Gaster as he then made his way outside of the laboratory and back to his house where he then went by one of his drawers. He pressed the button on the device and everything went back to normal. He then opened the draws and took out a small gun.

He closed his drawer and place the gun in his other pocket, and pressed the button on his travelling device with everything becoming a shade of pink and stopping once more. Gaster then made his way out of his house and near the laboratory before then looking up behind him. He spotted another guard looking from above, crouching down with some binoculars.

"Great, just where I wanted to shoot from. I guess I'll have to deal with you." Said Gaster as he then jumped up from rock to rock, up onto where the guard was. He then took his gun out and switched its modes.

"Alright. This mode should be putting you to sleep and paralysing you for about 10 minutes. I can't afford to kill them, as that can raise suspicions on me. So, making it seem like they fell asleep on the job is a lot more reliable." Said Gaster as then then aimed the gun at the guards head whilst ducking to make sure he was out of view.

Before he pushed the button and pulled the trigger, he hesitated.

"Hm...my wingding senses are tingling, someone else is here, another guard, perhaps?" Said Gaster as he then started to look around in the distance, to which he then saw a rock that had an irregular shape.

"Oh?" Exclaimed Gaster as he then stood up and jumped to the other rock. His suspicions were confirmed, as he saw another guard, camouflaged on the ground with a pair of binoculars on its weapon which seemed to be a spear which the guard was going to use as a sniper to shoot from its tip.

Gaster than took this moment to look around and search the area to make sure there were no other guards. Fortunately, there weren't.

"Alright, a small change of plans." Said Gaster as he then crouched down to the second guard and aimed the gun at him. He then pressed the button on the device which caused everything to be normal, and then pulled the trigger, causing the guard to get shot and instantly get paralyzed and put to sleep. Gaster then reactivated the device and did the same for the first guard as well.

"Alright, now for the main execution." Said Gaster as he then switched the mode on his gun and shot the side of the laboratory which caused a huge explosion. He then activated the device once more, causing everything to turn pink and come to a stop.

"I'll have to fix that tomorrow, but it's fine, it won't take more than 10 minutes." Said Gaster as he looked at the damage the gun had done, which was causing a huge hole on the side of the laboratory.

He then went into the computer room of the laboratory and this time, Gerson was truly going to investigate as he was around 40 feet away from the door of the computer room and running towards the entrance of the laboratory itself to see what the explosion was. After an explosion like that, what guard wouldn't?

"Perfectly executed." Said Gaster as he then went into the corner where Gerson was and pressed the button on the device using his rob as to not get any of his finger prints on the button, causing everything to flow normally once again. He then took his gun, switched the mode, and aimed upwards at the camera which was above him, causing it to no longer be able to record the room. He then rushed over to the computer, and pressed the power on button which caused it to open immediately.

Upon it being opened, and was presented with the language he wanted to put up already there. Gaster looked confused as the language he was planning to put was already set there.

"What the...oh...OH...I remember. Before I was fired, I put the language up so that no other scientist, if Asgore was going to get any, could work the computer other than me. Heh, sometimes I amaze myself with my past decisions." Said Gaster as he then turned off the computer and pressed the button on his device. He then turned around, and walked back to his house. As soon as he got into his house in his living room, he pressed the button one last time, causing him to go back to normal.

"Ah...that's enough for today. I can do the experiments tomorrow." Yawned Gaster as he then placed his gun into a drawer which locked itself, but kept the spherical device with him and then proceeded to go upstairs to his bed. As he got up to his room, he heard knocking on the door.

"I wonder who that could be." Said Gaster as he then went back downstairs, and looked through his peephole; it was Gerson.

"Great." Said Gaster as he then proceeded to gently open the door, and met eye to eye with Gerson.

"Ah, Gerson, what can I help you with?" Asked Gaster in a friendly manner.

"Cut the bullshit, you know why I'm here." Said Gerson in a serious tone whilst pointing his spear at Gaster's face.

"Enlighten me, I truly am clueless." Said Gaster.

"You did something to shoot the side of the laboratory and also knocked out the other guards!" Snapped Gerson.

"I was in my house and working on my inventions, I do not have any clue as to why I am being framed here." Said Gaster.

"Really? Then how about I come inside and you show me that invention you worked on." Said Gerson as he made his way inside before then getting stopped mid air by Gaster's blue magic.

"No, you will scrap your boots off that rug before you come walking into my clean house." Said Gaster as he then placed Gerson back outside. Gerson rolled his eyes as he then scrapped his feet across the mat on rug on the floor and then came in with the door closing behind him. Gaster went behind one of his desks and took out a mechanical device.

"Check it out, this is what I've been working on." Said Gaster as he then showed Gerson the device. It was wide, wider than Gaster's own head and looked like it could be used as a handgun.

"And what exactly is that?" Asked Gerson.

"It's a storage device. You simply press a button, point it at the object of choice, and it gets stored. If you want it to be released, you press the other button on top of it and point in the spot of where you want it to be spawned in. It's good for packages. It can't store people, however, which is a little bit of a shame...would've been useful in the war." Said Gaster as he looked at the device, his expression turning into a frowned one.

"And you finished it, right?" Asked Gerson.

"Well, yeah, for the objects storage. Now I'm planning to make it store more than just small objects." Replied Gaster.

"Alright then, test it on my spear." Said Gerson as he then put his spear out towards Gaster.

"Ok." Said Gaster as he then shot the machine towards the spear, causing it to disappear from Gerson's hand. He then pressed the other button and pointed back at Gerson's hand, causing the spear to reappear.

"How long did it take you to finish?" Asked Gerson.

"About an hour. Would've been only like 5-10 minutes tops with better equipment, but I'm sure we'll get there with time." Laughed Gaster nonchalantly.

"Uh huh...oh? What is this?" Said Gerson as he went over to the living room where he saw the cup left over. He then picked it up, felt its warmth, and looked into the cup.

"Hm...doesn't seem to have been drank too long ago." Remarked Gerson.

"Yes, I finished it not even 2 minutes ago. I was on the verge of finishing my project so I just wanted to get it over done with quickly before washing anything. My inventions and experiments always come first before anything." Said Gaster.

"Uh huh, I see...did you by any chance hear anything?" Asked Gerson.

"No, I had my headphones on whilst I was working." Said Gaster as he then pulled out some fluffy headphones from his drawer.

"And what were you listening to?" Asked Gerson.

"Nothing." Replied Gaster, much to Gerson's surprise.

"What do you mean 'nothing'?" Asked Gerson.

"I just use them to cover any noise from my surroundings. I got them off after I finished and I heard knocking at the door, which was you." Said Gaster.

"What about before earlier?" Asked Gerson.

"When you called me to Asgore? I didn't have them, I was on my small 5 minute hot chocolate break. Right after I finished, I went and washed the cup and then you knocked at my door." Responded Gaster.

"I see, any more inventions?" Asked Gerson.

"None that I recall working on." Said Gaster. Gerson then began opening Gaster's drawers.

"Gerson, it isn't nice to go through my things without my permission." Said Gaster.

"Yeah, and then there's this." Said Gerson, holding up the gun Gaster used by its front edge.

"It's my old gun, what about it?" Asked Gaster.

"Well it has a few modes here. One is specifically for paralysis from the looks of it, and the other is for destructive bullets, and to top it all off..." Finished Gerson as he then took out some powder and blew it on the guns handles.

"Your finger prints are on it, and they're resent! There's a bit of sweat on them!" Said Gerson, pointing at the handle of the gun.

"Yeah, I found it in my drawer a little before you came in. It's out of energy, so I can't use it for anything, nor do I have anything to power it up with currently. Fell free to try it on me if you don't believe me." Said Gaster. Gerson then shot Gaster with no hesitation near his leg...nothing happened.

"Huh..." Exclaimed Gerson in surprise.

"See? Told you. I'm innocent. Now, how about you get out of my house." Said Gaster as he then clicked his fingers, which caused a trap door from below Gerson to open and have him fall into a tube which connected to the outside as it spat him out on the front door.

"Tch. I know you're hiding something, W.D Gaster. I can't go to the King without evidence, though. I'll have to keep an eye on you." Thought Gerson as he then walked away.

Gaster heard footsteps on the other side of the door, getting further and further away. He then leaned against the wall next to the door.

"That was a bit close, too bad he wouldn't have found any evidence to frame me with. I have the device responsible for that with me." Thought Gaster as he then pulled out the spherical device from his pocket. He then turned it around and opened it from the back, revealing a battery within it.

"I remembered I used a gravity battery to be able to make it work. The gravitational potential energy is what's used to be able to bend space-time itself to abnormal levels and make me end up in that pink realm. It could also work for the gun...oh! It can even work on the other things I have planned! Definitely a keeper." Thought Gaster as he then put the battery in one of his pockets whilst putting the device in one of the drawers before it then locked itself and he went up the stairs to his room and laid himself on his bed.

"Now I can sleep. The battery could actually come into use for tomorrow, especially since I can use blue magic to power it up. I can use it for something to try and destroy the barrier perhaps. This place is a great resource centre, but the surface has its own things I need such as solar energy, more space, the environment and even the infinite expanse of the Universe." Said Gaster as he then closed his eyes, and soundly drifted off to sleep.

Back with Gerson. He was heading to the mines to help the progression continue. He walked towards the tunnels and went to the one leading downwards. As he would arrive down, he'd see Asgore along with a few other monsters mining their way down.

"Alright, just a few more minutes of mining and then you're all off for the day." Said Asgore to all the monsters with them all turning back and getting to work. He then turned around to notice Gerson had arrived.

"Ah, Gerson, you're here." Remarked Asgore.

"Yeah..." Responded Gerson.

"So...how did it go?" Asked Asgore.

"Well he seemed suspicious, but I couldn't get any evidence that the laboratory mess was him. I even search for finger prints on the computer but there were none. I even checked the computer and nothing seemed different compared to the way he left it a few weeks ago. It's really weird." Said Gerson.

"It's fine, if he truly didn't do it, then that's at least one less thing to worry about. If he did do it, and didn't change anything, then he just has more work to do tomorrow, hhhhh." Wheezed Asgore.

"Hehe, I guess you're right." Said Gerson.

"Yo, boss! I found another one of those gem thingies! This one is different though." Said Jerry as he walked over to Asgore and held up the piece of diamond.

"Oh! Diamond. Very good, Jerry." Said Asgore as he took the diamond and looked at it.

"You know what Jerry? You can go home early due to this." Said Asgore.

"Really?! You're awesome, king!" Said Jerry as he then made his way up the tunnel.

"You really just let him off early?" Asked Gerson.

"Of course. He's been the one that got the most resources out of the rest. A reward was in order." Said Asgore.

"You want me to do anything else?" Asked Gerson.

"No, you may go home and rest up for the day, but make sure to come by the laboratory tomorrow." Responded Asgore.

"Alright, thanks, King." Said Gerson as he then made his way up the tunnel and to his own house. On his way, he went past the hospital where he saw the guards were getting woken up and unparalysed through one of the windows.

"Tch." Growled Gerson as he then looked away. He didn't want to think about the situation, especially when he failed at catching him in the act. As he entered the centre of their small town foundation with multiple houses around, he looked into one of the windows to Jerry's house, seeing he was celebrating the birthday of his son.

"..."

Gerson continued to walk, not commenting and not wanting to look at the celebration at all. After a bit, he had arrived at his own house, unlocked the door, went inside, and locked it again. He took off all of his armour, living him with his regular clothes. He went to his couch, and leaned back onto it, as he contemplated on everything he's done up until now, and everything he will do. As he does so, he gets reminded of the memories of the past; the war. He leaned towards his right and grabbed one of the frame photos from the side of the couch that was on a small table with a vase next to it, and pulled it towards himself before then repositioning onto the couch in a more comfortable position.

"..." Gerson looked at the photo, a picture of his son and wife.

"I...failed you two...and many others." Said Gerson as his eyes narrowed in sadness, the feeling of tears wanting to emerge but not doing so, and the sensation of a burning feeling in his neck all weighed him down, but he gulped it all up and put the frame photo to the side once more.

"Tomorrow...I will not tolerate any failure from myself." Said Gerson as he then walked up to his room and then sat down on his bed.

"Never again." Gerson reaffirmed himself as he then tucked himself into his sheets and closed his eyes, trying to drift off to sleep.

Back with Asgore. He then went up the tunnel before then hearing a monster scream his name.

"BOSS! WE FOUND SOMETHING!" Shouted one of them. Asgore quickly rushed to the tunnel that was going forward. Once he reached the end, he saw the monsters had busted a hole with white solids coming from it.

"Sir, we believe to be snow, mph." Said Aaron as he moved to the side to let Asgore take a closer look. Asgore then unexpectedly shoved his hand into the white solid then zoomed it to his mouth, taking a large bite. Crunching on the cold white solid.

"Yep, that's definitely snow." Remarked Asgore.

"Alright stand back." Said Asgore as he extended his arm forward. The other monsters quickly went behind Asgore. Asgore then let off a burning flame, resulting in the flames being evaporated, as he pushed through the snow, and onto the other side where he would see a forest, covered in large pools of snow.

"B-boss, bzz, I-it's a l-little cold-d." Said Loox whilst rubbing his hands across his body for warmth. Asgore expanded the fire barrier to cover the entrance to keep the rest warm.

"WO! Thanks, King!" Said Migosp, smiling and looking at Asgore who was looking around, inspecting the forest. He then reached out to one of the branches and shook off the snow from it to discover a few apples, still fresh, despite the cold environment.

"Seems there's some food here, too." Said Asgore as he then grabbed one of the apples and took a bite out of it.

"M. Still quite fresh." Said Asgore as he then put the the whole apple in his mouth and finished it within a few bites.

"Now then, let's get this place a little more lit up." Said Asgore before then stepping infront oh himself, causing a wave of flames to go forward and melt all of the snow and ice, causing evapores to rise in the air. Some trees had caught on fire, but with a click of his fingers, Asgore put out the flames and reversed any damage they may have caused to the trees.

He then looked around, seeimg everything a lot more clearly. There were massive trees to his left he hadn't seen before, so big that they'd match a skyscraper in both length, width and height.

"These trees are unnaturally big..." Thought Asgore as he then looked closer, trying to make out the top where he could swear saw a silvery shine coming from one of the leafs.

"...naturally. If apples can remain fresh at below freezing temperatures, then someone is definitely responsible for it. Especially if the tree with what appeared to be a metal was camouflaged by the snow whilst the smaller trees, specifically the ones with food, weren't. " Thought Asgore before than going back to the other monsters.

"What is it, sir? What'd you see? Mph." Said Aaron.

"We may or may not have other people down here." Said Asgore before then placing some rocks on the entrance and then using his fire to melt them into place.

"We'll handle it tomorrow, however, I do have some good news." Said Asgore before then spitting out 6 apple seeds.

"We have some fruits now." Said Asgore.

"Oh FINALLY, I wanted something more healthy! All we could eat was what we could be salvaged and whatever other artificial things were made." Said Vegetoid. Everyone look at him judgementally whilst Vegetoid looked at everyone confused.

"...what? I'm a vegetable! It isn't considered cannibalism!" Said Vegetoid. Everyone then turned around towards the start of the tunnel and walked away.

"W-wh- hey! Wait up!" Yelled Vegetoid as he hopped to the others to catch up.

Asgore reached the end of the tunnel and the cave which connected all the tunnels together before than yelling through it to the rest of the monsters.

"Jobs done for the day everyone! You may go home for the day!" Yelled Asgore. With that, after a few seconds, all the monsters came out of the tunnels with their tools and gave a sigh of relief as they all went home for the day. Asgore himself went to the product making factory, and dropped off the apple seeds.

"You lot can use these." Said Asgore as he left off the seeds, and then went on his way to his home. On his way, he'd see everyone going to their homes, as he made his way to his own. As he reached the front of his home, he gently opened the door and made his way into the living room where he saw the fire already there, with Toriel sitting down on her armchair, reading a book.

"Hi, Asgore, dear, how were the mines?" Asked Toriel.

"Wonderful, we also got a new mineral...something we apparently already had but someone kept it from us. I also discovered a new part of the Underground." Replied Asgore.

"What is it?" Asked Toriel.

"A snowy area, and in one of the trees there seemed to have been some metal, so we'll be checking there tomorrow when everyone is well rested and ready if a fight has to happen, and for when Gaster will be awake to identify anything within it." Replied Asgore once more.

"I see. That's good. I made you some pie." Said Toriel.

"Cinnamon pie?" Asked Asgore.

"Yes, though we don't have much cinnamon left for ourselves, so enjoy these last few pies of them." Said Toriel.

"It's fine." Replied Asgore as he then went over to the table, grabbed the plate, and went to his own armchair near the fire, as he started eating the pie by picking up each piece of pie that was evenly cut into 6 triangular sides, one by one.

"Mh. As good as always, aren't you having any?" Asked Asgore as he continued eating the pie.

"I already ate a bit." Replied Toriel as she flipped the page to her book.

"What book are you reading?" Asked Asgore.

"100-"

"Facts about snails?" Interrupted Asgore.

"Oh, I already finished that one. Now, I'm looking at 100 different food combinations. If we got more food, I'd definitely be able to cook a feast!" Said Toriel as she warmly smiled.

"I hope you do. I am already getting that planned out. We're increasing our food supplies. Now, we should have apples as well." Said Asgore.

"Ah, then I'll be able to make some apple pies." Said Toriel.

"I hope you do, they are amazing the last time I had them, I'll be collecting a few more tomorrow. If all goes right, we should have a brand new area where everyone can settle down and more wood as well." Said Asgore as he took a bite out of his pie.

"I'm glad. Though, I wanted to talk about something." Said Toriel as she left a mark in her book, before then closing it.

"What is it?" Asked Asgore, taking another bite from his pie.

"We can still die, especially due to age." Said Toriel.

"Yes...I am aware, I am working on building the empire to be able to reclaim the land that was taken from us." Said Asgore.

"I was looking at the distant future, perhaps even after we succeed, if it happens." Said Toriel, catching Asgore's interest.

"What are you getting at with this?" Asked Asgore, once again taking another bite out of his pie.

"I was thinking if we should make a prince." Said Toriel. Immediately after she said this, Asgore almost choked on his pie as he coughed whilst tapping his chest.

"**Cough cough.** Wow, I did not expect that. Though, having a prince for the next generation now rather than later would be better. He'd be able to be more aware of humanity and won't be so naïve to fall for any of their tricks." Said Asgore.

"Indeed. It doesn't need to be done now, however. We'll go explore that new area you talked about tomorrow, and after that, we can expand on the kingdom so that our prince has a good environment to live in. Not just an extremely isolated cave with nothing but machinery all around." Replied Toriel.

"Agreed. I am wondering on what we can start on when we discover this new area. I was thinking of using the trees to make some houses for the people to live in, and of course, finding a better mining zone. Not even Jerry seems to be finding anymore valuable resources around, and he can actually smell and differentiate them. I was considering on calling it Snowdin." Said Asgore. Toriel gave a small laugh.

"That's a wonderful idea! I am sure it will turn out all good in the end. We should get another area if possible. One with water if possible, and the other one where all science researches, and another one for a city for everyone else." Said Toriel.

"Sounds like a plan." Replied Asgore as he finished his pie and got up to put it in the kitchen.

"Sorry I came out suddenly with the other request, by the way, it might've not been the right time, I just wanted to get it off my chest." Said Toriel.

"It's fine, it would've needed to happen sooner or later anyway." Said Asgore as he used his fire to burn any molecule of pie on the plate before then putting the plate in the kitchen wardrobe.

"I'll be going to sleep for now." Said Asgore as he passed Toriel and went on the couch.

"On the couch again?" Asked Toriel.

"Yes, I have to get up a little early tomorrow." Said Asgore as he threw himself on the couch.

"Well, then-" Said Toriel as she got up, went to Asgore, and kissed him on the cheek.

"Sleep well." Said Toriel.

"You, too." Replied Asgore as he then closed his eyes, going to sleep. Toriel then walked past and went into her room, and sat on her chair, grabbed a pen, and started writing something within her book. Soon after finishing, she went to her bed, and she, too, drifted off the sleep.

## Act 2

The alarm clock would ring, before then getting pushed down by a hand. Gaster would then rub his eyes, stretch, get up, and then head downstairs where he would enter the kitchen and pour himself a cup of coffee.

"Let's try some coffee for today." Said Gaster as he then took a sip of his coffee.

"Excellent." Said Gaster in remarks to the delightful taste of the coffee. He then looked back at his clock on the wall to see it was 7 AM.

"Just 1 more hour before the job starts." Said Gaster as he then took a few last sips, finishing the coffee, before then heading to the sink, and pressing down on the auto washer, resulting in the cup being cleaned and made as if it was brand new. Moments later, he would hear a knock at the door.

"I wonder who that could be." Thought Gaster as he then went to the door, and opened it, looking forward to see a plated armour. He then slowly looked up, to see a grey beard and red eyes, as he saw Asgore.

"Ah, greetings, King Asgore, what brings you here? My job isn't supposed to start yet." Said Gaster.

"Looks like somethings might need to be changed, I seem to have found a new area of this Underground." Said Asgore to Gaster surprise.

"Oh, is that so? Well, that certainly changes things up, but it does interest me to see what it is." Said Gaster, putting his finger on his chin as he looked at Asgore with interest.

"That is why I came to you. I want you to make some devices that can see through objects, and if we can relocate, then small containers that everyone can carry." Said Asgore in a more demanding tone.

"I have both of those already." Responded Gaster as he clicked his fingers, before a gun and a kit would come floating towards him.

"This is a gun that can scan whatever is in front of it, visible or not, and can identify it, it can also see through objects just like you wanted, the screen it has on top shows the result. The kit also have these little spheres the size of a thumb. Just press the button in the middle, aim it at what you want to store, and it'll get stored." Explained Gaster.

"Marvellous. Take the gun and come with me, leave the kit at your home." Said Asgore as he began walking away. Gaster then clicked his fingers, causing the kit to float back into their place, and then took the gun with him and placed it in his pockets, as he then closed the door, locking it behind himself, before he then followed Asgore.

They walked through the small foundation town they had, the lights were out, implying everyone was still asleep. They went through the cave, and the tunnel leading to the end of the cave which had been marked off from Asgore's fire. Asgore then punched the wall lightly as to not do too much damage, but just enough to walk through, as he then walked through the hole he had created with Gaster following behind shortly. Asgore then used his fire to melt the wall back into place. Meanwhile, Gaster looked to his right, and saw the tree with the fresh apples still there.

"What? With temperatures like this, a tree shouldn't be able to grow fresh apples like this." Said Gaster as he reached up and put his hands on one of the apples, analysing them.

"That's one thing I did notice, the other was that." Said Asgore as he looked up, with Gaster looking at him and then up to where Asgore was looking, to see a tiny silvery shine from one of the leaves, barely visible.

"Ah, I see." Said Gaster as he then stepped next to Asgore, and pointed his gun up as he scanned the leaf, only for it to reveal an entire cube hidden behind it.

"There's definitely something up there alright." Said Gaster as he put his gun down and back in the pocket of his lab coat.

"I did have a feeling. I decided to leave it for now, if there was to be any danger, I didn't want the others to be trapped in their tunnels." Said Asgore.

"It was a good thing you also told me to make sure, too, should make for some very, very interesting research, we should get up there." Said Gaster.

Asgore then clicked his fingers, causing a small fire tornado under himself and Gaster, lifting them up in the air, controlled with precision to not burn Gaster. They landed on one of the large branches of the tree, with the fire tornados disappearing. The two saw the metal cube building with an entrance, they walked towards it, and arrived at the front door which had a keypad.

"I'll handle it." Said Gaster before reaching out to the keypad as he entered a random code. To Asgores surprise, the facility opened.

"What did you do?" Asked Asgore.

"Just entered a code and was hoping to guess it. Looks like it worked, it had the generic 82113114 code, nothing new." Said Gaster. Asgore was a little suspicious, but put it aside, before he and Gaster walked into the building. The inside of it was gloomy, with not much light other than what was shining from the door way, before it then closed as well behind them, leaving them in complete darkness.

"Surely there's a light switch somewhere." Said Gaster as he then began to move his fingers across the wall next to the door, and around, seeing if there was any. Asgore would then summon a fireball to brighten up the room, and Gaster could then see the light switch.

"Thank you, King Asgore." Said Gaster as he then spotted the light switching, turning on the lights of the building. Asgore then put his fireball out. The two of them looked around, it seems to look like a big laboratory with a desk in the middle, seemingly where the experiments would take place. The counters in the back had papers, a sink, some cabinets, and different sorts of devices on them, along with an advanced looking computer.

"What is this?" Asked Asgore as he looked around the facility.

"Seems to be a lab, someone was here." Said Gaster as he walked towards one of the counters in the back and starting to inspect the devices. One of them was a holder for multiple small tubes with different colored liquids in them. He then saw another device next to it, what seemed to be a hand gun, fitting perfectly on Gaster's hand. He saw it had different modes, similar to some of his own inventions, as it could shoot fire, ice, water, electricity and other elements and compounds, but it was missing a few pieces from being complete.

"Looks like someone tried making a machine that is capable of creating different elements and compounds, but they never got to finish it, and it doesn't require a lot to finish either. Either they're still out there trying to get what they need, or they might have bit the dust, meaning we may have a threat on our hands. Whoever was here couldn't have left this all behind, unless it was an absolute emergency, or they were rich on resources and didn't mind letting everything here go, which is highly doubtful unless they've been here for a while, and if they have, they surely would've done much more than what they did with just this laboratory." Said Gaster as he put the device down.

"If we have a threat, that is not issue, I can take care of the matter. What's everything else on here for?" Asked Asgore as he looked at everything else.

"Everything else is other chemicals, some of which were probably used to make those apples, I'll need to do some research on them in our laboratory, same goes for the other devices, which they likely made to try and heat this place up, and even generate some electricity. However, it'd be better if we had a look around to see if everything is safe first, if it is, then we should be able to move everyone here, it's a better environment to live in." Said Gaster.

"Alright, it shall be done. Let us leave." Said Asgore as went towards the door. Gaster shortly followed behind and entered the same code as before. The door opened, and Gaster closed the light switch, before he and Asgore then left the facility. They jumped back down to the ground, and moved ahead, until they reached the cliff side of the ground they were standing on, with another cliff standing about 3 meters away from them. They both jumped across, and ventured off into the woods.

They reached two ways they could go, along with a path making the ways available visible.

"Hm, very much seems that others were here, paths aren't conveniently like this. I'll go forward, you go left, we'll meet up ahead." Said Asgore as he took off forward, leaving Gaster behind, before he, too, made his way to the left. He eventually reached the end of the path, which lead to a dead end. The ground had a small crater in the middle of it which extended for several meters to the sides, and it wasn't deep, it had the deepness perfect for a lake. Gaster then jumped over it, and continued forward.

Gaster then stepped onto another path, and followed it, as he then began looking at his surroundings. Oak trees clothed in white sheets of snow, the ground as white as the clouds above, the wood sturdily made to resist the cold temperatures better, the dark green leaves blooming in the wind, still maintaining their natural color whilst being covered by the thick white snow, and the path marked in convenient patterns, almost as if someone had been here and marked it all, in a straight line, which would be covered by a corner turn to the right. Gaster was disturbed by the scenery, it wasn't at all natural.

"What the hell even is this place? The trees being like this isn't natural, the way they've 'grown', some of the snow beneath the trees not being there, and the trees being in prime conditions as if spring season is always around. These were definitely planted here by someone, or something..." Said Gaster. As he looked back at the corner he needed to take, an instinctive feeling of perturb weighed down on his shoulders, making him reconsider if he should proceed forward or not.

"..." Gaster looked on ahead, a drop of sweat poured down his face before he then wiped it off and looked at it.

"Definitely not a good sign." Said Gaster before the sweat drop on his finger then froze.

"Below freezing temperatures, which also tell me the trees are just all the more unnatural." Said Gaster as he then used his Blue Magic to separate the molecules from the frozen sweat drop, turning it from a solid into a gas, as it evaporated. As he looked down at his hand, he noticed footsteps on the ground.

"Footsteps? And they look like they're from shoes. That does confirm one thing, and that's that whoever was here was likely human, but what happened to them?" Wondered Gaster as he looked at and analysed the footsteps.

"These seem to be leading to around that corner, so...I guess that's how I'll find out." Said Gaster as he then continued walking.

"Besides, even if I do find a predator, I'll get to test something in the meantime, so it works out." Thought Gaster as he turned the corner, which revealed a snowy landscape. His eyes widened, as he saw big marks of blood, along with a skeleton that was ripped apart, the skeleton of a human, along with something near the corpse.

"And that confirms basically everything." Said Gaster nervously as he looked at the predator who was standing just 20 meters away from himself. its body was made of solid snow and was as big as Asgore himself, its teeth being sharp ice, its eyes being pocked in holes, along with a carrot for a nose.

"Ghhhhhhh." The snow creature salivated, as it turned around and noticed Gaster.

"Oh boy..." Said Gaster as he braced himself.

"RAHHHHH!" Shouted the snow creature. Its shout so powerful it sent Gaster and the trees flying back several meters away. Gaster then quickly used his Blue Magic to force himself onto the ground before getting blown away any further. Gaster recovered, stood on his feet, and looked at the beast who was looking at him, ready to attack. Before he could think to do or say anything, the creature dashed out of his sight.

"Huh?" Exclaimed Gaster in confusion, as all he saw in the place of where the snow creature was, was just a bit of snow being thrown away. He then heard more snow getting kicked away, he looked to his right, and saw some snow being launched away, but not the snow creature.

"Isn't this thing a little too fast for the way its built?" Asked Gaster as he continued to look around, trying to spot the snow creature. He then looked to his left, and saw the creature for a split moment before it then disappear again, and appeared in front of him.

"Ah?!" Exclaimed Gaster as he was caught by surprise. The creature charged its ginormous fist back, but Gaster was quick the react this time as he used his Blue Magic to push the creature back. The creature shook off the Blue Magic, and came to a halt, only to see it was pushed back to where it was before it moved.

"GRRR..." Exclaimed the snow creature.

"Well then, I guess I'll have to figjt you. This seems like the perfect chance for me to test my latest battle invention!" Said Gaster as he clicked his fingers. Behind him warped a dragon shaped skull with two sharp pointers near its jaw and its eyes glowing with a power white light.

"I call this the Gaster Blaster, a projectile weapon with a laser beam of concentrated energy that can vaporise the target, and because the energy can project heat as well, this is the perfect counter to a snow monster like you." Said Gaster as he then activated the blaster, making it shoot towards the creature. The creature saw the beam rushing towards itself, and responded by dashing out of the way to its right whilst also moving forward. The beam of the blaster flew into the distance, and vaporised a big rocky cave. Gaster then looked at the creature, as he saw it stood still for a split second before it moved again.

"A 3 meter dash again...oddly specific." Said Gaster as he then shot his Blaster again, this time predicting where the creature would dash at, and using the pointers near the jaw of the Blaster to shoot in the area, which caused ghe creature to dodge again, but this time dodged only 1 meter.

"And now 1 meter..." Said Gaster as he noticed the creature had small bits of vapour radiating from its body, causing it to pause for 2 seconds instead of 1 like before, before it then took its 3 meter dash again. Gaster then raised a bone from the floor, causing the creature to move another meter, the vapour once again being visible.

"Ha...ha-hahahahaha! Oh, I know how to deal with you...!" Said Gaster with a smile, covering one of his eyes with his hand, before uncovering it, revealing it shining blue as he then used his Blue Magic, knocking the creature down slightly, before he then shot his blaster, causing the creature dodge, by dashing to its left. The right pointer from the Gaster Blaster then shot in the area the creature was in, causing it to move another meter, the vapours appeared once again.

"There!" Said Gaster as he then summoned a bone pit front of the creature, causing it to dodge another meter, but this time backwards as it was blocked forward. This time, a bit of its head vaporated off.

"The reason why you keep moving specifically 3 meters and then stop...is because you're moving so fast that your body is slowly burning away, and the only way to get rid of the heat is to stop and cooldown, and due to the below freezing temperatures this place has, you only need to stay still for only around a second. It's quite facinating how you can exert that much energy in temperatures like this, and also have the body structure to remain whole without being blown away from your sheer speed. This issue could be fixed if you simply moved slower, but you don't, and it's clearly not your intelligence if you are aware of the problem, and a alternate way to solve it!" Said Gaster before using his Blue Magic to quickly throw the creature away, but it had already adapted and ended up cancelling the Blue Magic, halting itself, and resulting in getting backed up only a meter.

"The only explanation...is that you are completely incapable of going any slower. However, you can stand still. As long as I keep my distance and force you to go over you 3 meters, I can win." Said Gaster as he then used his Blue Magic to pick up 4 of the many trees that were blown away earlier.

"And I know just how to do that!" Said Gaster before throwing the trees towards the snow creature. The creature shouted at the trees, and blew them far away out of reach. However, it was just a distraction, as Gaster spawned his Blaster right behind the creature, and had it blast off. The creature quickly reacted to the point blank ranged attack by moving out of the way faster than before as to avoid getting hit.

"It looks like your defense skills don't seem to be your best trait." Said Gaster as he looked at the creature whose legs had melted off, along with the snow on the floor that it stepped on, marking a line of burnt grass. After noticing the danger it was in, the creature grabbed some snow from in front of itself, and shaped it into the shape of a leg two times, then cojoined them to itself, making itself a new pair of legs.

"Huh, I might have to capture and study you, you're quite intelligent for what you're supposed to be." Said Gaster before then using his Blue Magic to scoop the creature over 7 meters in the air and then blast it with his Gaster Blaster. The creature had no choice, and was forced to quickly decend the 7 meters, which resulted in half of its body, and its head getting melted off. The creature growled as it was still alive, crawling.

"Ah, and you can live without you head, too! Oh, this will be a very entertaining experiment with you, I'll say that-" before Gaster could finish, a tornado got formed from below the creature, catching both it and Gaster by surprise, as Gaster himself backed off and took cover. It lifted the snow creature up into the air, and with intense winds at extremely high speeds, resulting in the creature melting from it. The tornado then calmed down, leaving a mark of burnt grass, and no snow.

"Who the hell?" Exclaimed Gaster, and looked back, as his eyes widened a bit in surprise at the sight of the individual.

"Oh, Gerson, morning to you." Said Gaster with a neutral expression. Gerson didn't say anything back, but instead narrowed his eyes in distaste and suspession.

"What? Am I not allowed to defend myself from a creature who tried killing me first?" Asked Gaster whilst raising an eye.

"No, I was more concerned about that last part." Said Gerson while still maintaining the same face as before.

"Oh, c'mon, Gerson. Isn't a man allowed to-"

"No." Interrupted Gerson, not allowing Gaster to finish his sentence.

"You didn't-"

"I don't need to know, I already know you're going to say. Any experiments from you on anything or anyone is a horrible idea." Said Gerson.

"And yet those 'horrible ideas' built our civilisation, and got rid of a snow monster that was made fast enough to travel and react to things moving faster than the speed of sound, you can't lie about them not being helpful." Said Gaster while raising his hand our in a assuring gesture.

"You're naming only the good your inventions have done, remember the black hole?" Asked Gerson while putting his hands on his sides in a dissapointed manner.

"Is that ever going to be let go? There was a meteor that would've striked earth, what did you want me to do?" Asked Gaster.

"Oh, I don't know, build a fucking laser? That would've been better, you almost killed literay everyone." Asked Gerson whilst raising his hands up.

"Gerson, that meteor was the size of earth itself, if I had built a laser, that laser, due to its potency and heat, would've incenerated literally everything beneath it within a 2 mile radius. The black hole was more efficient in my opinion." Said Gaster whilst shrugging.

"Yeah, about as efficient as sucking in the first 100 meters of ground when it was first made." Said Gerson.

"Black Holes don't 'suck' Gerson." Responded Gaster.

"Who the hell cares?! You literally destroyed a part of the city!" Said Gerson as he threw his hands up in the air.

"And would you have preferred that or leave it to Dr Philips, or as I ca him, the human snail." Said Gaster.

"Honestly, yes, he is known for doing things safely!" Exclaimed Gerson, as he put his hands down and clutched his fists.

"Yeah, and you want to know what he didn't do safely? Had secure requirements." Said Gaster.

"What is the dangerous requirement in that?" Asked Gerson as he raised his hands near his head in confusion.

"A huge amount of heat which causes a heavy Gravitational pull." Said Gaster as he narrowed his eyes.

"Oh..." Exclaimed Gerson whilst having his hands by his side again.

"Yes, why do you thinm scientists say if our sun was a few dozen times hotter it'd turn into a black hole?" Asked Gaster.

"Wouldn't the heat of the sun have worked then?" Asked Gerson.

"That's not the issue, Gerson, the issue is its starting point. The way that bastard built it was as if it was a car but a reverse version, which is ironic because he's as slow. Imagine you're driving car, and then as soon as you push down to drive, it speeds at its maximum speed and only then it eventually goes back down to the speed you want it to go to. That's how that bastard's laser worked, and for whatever reason, it was set to go at specifically 100,000x the heat of the sun, why? Because in case of any 'emergencies'. If I had given it 100,000x more heat than our sun, our 20,000°C sun, it would've turned into a even bigger black hole than the one I made. For christ sake, he's the same guy who constantly prepares for alien invansions with advanced nuclear weapons that have the potency of a fucking supernova, and that's the only safe invention he's had was dangerous. But, oh, wait! That ended up getting stolen and by a literal psychopath who wanted to nuke the earth because he forgot about putting it somewhere safe enough because he has dementia. You want to know what I did? I built a forcefield around the core of the earth that allows anything to get out, and nothing can get in other than anything the core needs. Then he tried shooting the sun, and that failed wonderfully because Phillips didn't know how to increase it's range beyond half way through the moon, so that psycho couldn't nuke the sun, earth, or moon, and then you ended up taking care of the matter, you were there. So next time you scold me for being a liability for everyone, take a look at the whole picture and maybe you'll see all the times I've helped you." Said Gaster with a serious tone, as he took his hand out his pockets, pointing at Gerson in minor frustration.

"Well...I never considered that. Sorry, Gaster, I just...it's kinda to move past that war, you know? Jist bad stuff comes to mind with a lot of people." Said Gerson as he guiltly scratched his head.

"It's fine, sometime in the future when you're old, you'll look back at this and then remember the bad times, whilst you're living in good ones, even if they're still trapped in this Underground." Said Gaster as he put his hand on Gerson's shoulder, making Gerson give off a faint smile.

"Thanks..." Said Gerson as he relocated his perception around the place before then looking back at Gaster.

"What do you say we go to the King?" Asked Gerson.

"Me and him split up, I'm sure you know, I want to investigate here a bit more, especially those fools who got themselves killed with that snow monster. Clearly that thing wasn't normal, and was likely artificially created by these humans." Said Gaster as he went up to the skeleton on the ground that had blood and flesh still around. He reached out and grabbed a few of the severed ribs, and begin inspecting them before then pulling his scan gun out and switched its modes.

"Does everything you create has a mode to it?" Asked Gerson as he walked up behind Gaster.

"I'd rather have multiple modes on one gun than have to make multiple, it's more efficient." Responded Gaster as he then scanned the ribs.

"Yep, human ribs. Though, I wonder, where are their souls? Every human soul, regardless of the traits, is able to live after the death of the body." Said Gaster, putting the ribs in his pockets.

"Why'd you put the ribs in your pocket?" Asked Gerson.

"Further research into the matter because this isn't normal. Either they used up their Determination, and remained with so little that their soul simply shattered into nothing and they didn't come back, or..." Said Gaster.

"...or...?" Continued Gerson, waving the wrist of his hand around in a circle, curious to know the other possibility.

"Or that monster simply consumed their Determination. As stupid and illogical as it sounds, I'd say it's the former, if that monster had their Determination it wouldn't have been that easy to take care of it." Said Gaster whilst looking back at where the snow monster had died with Gerson doing the same.

"Probably. It probably had something in its cave, though." Said Gerson.

"Cave?" Asked Gaster as he then looked to where he had shot the blaster earlier, before then he and Gerson walked towards it. The vapour still rising up from the beam before.

"Huh, you know, you'd think that due to these below freezing temperatures the vapour would solidify by now." Said Gaster while looking at Gerson with narrowed eyes.

"Maybe it's some sort of illusion or fake, we could try looking around." Suggested Gerson.

"Sure, not like I left much to discover anyway." Said Gaster as both of them made their way through the destoryed cave.

"You know, it's unsual for you to help me with anything Gerson, what's the change of heart?" Asked Gaster.

"I guess I just wanted to a little nicer, I kinda blamed you for a lot, the least I could do is help you." Said Gerson.

"Uh huh...oh, Gerson, you know I forgot to show you a feature of the gun that could help this situation." Said Gaster.

"Really? What is it?" Asked Gerson as he then walked up to Gaster.

"This." Responded Gaster as he then switched to attack mode, before then pointing the gun at Gerson and shooting him in the head, instantly killing him. Gaster then turned the gun on himself, and shot himself in the head, dying instantly as well.

Gaster opened his eyes quickly, only to reveal he was in a pod with a green liquid surrounding him. He looked around to see a similar laboratory to what he saw in the tree before, and like previously, there was no one there. Gaster took this opportunity to tap his wrist, resulting in a extremely sharp small blade to come from his wrist which he used to make a hole in the glass window of the pod. He then pushed the glass out and immediately caught it to avoid making any noise, and crawled out of the pod, with some of the liquid gushing out. He then placed the glass back, and pressed a button on the small blade he had, making its tip turn hot and with that he glued the glass he tore off back onto the pod. He then took the time he had to look around the room.

The desk from before was still in the middle, however a lot more things were in it this time. Multiple documents scattered around, cylinders with different fluids within them all and computers all around with wires connected to multiple pods, including the one he was in. He then looked around the walls.

"No cameras?" Thought Gaster as he continued inspecting the room he was in.

"And not to mention I also still have my clothes." Thought Gaster again as he reached for all his pockets to find out they were empty.

"That's why..." Exclaimed Gaster, before he then moved around and looked at anything he could use to get out of the situation he was in. The other pods were empty, however, the desk had something on it that stood out from the rest. Gaster went up to the desk and picked up the glass flask.

"Huh, concentrated acid." Said Gaster as he then went through some of the drawers to then find a Ph paper. He then inserted the paper into the glass flask and after a few seconds took it out. The edge of the paper that was inserted had been turned into nothing.

"Very acidic...works well enough." Said Gaster.

===More Coming Soon.===