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---Sci's POV----

I held the ice pack to my skull, muttering to myself as I attempted to get rid of the annoying virus in my computer.

Whoever had knocked me out the other day when the power cut happened had hacked into my computer somehow, stollen all my info, and infected my computer. Every time I log in the whole screen just fills with hundreds of notifications about systems failing and warnings that the computer should be shut down. I don't think it'll ever work again...

I growled, looking around warily. He should have been back by now.

Boss isn't going to like this...

I winced at the thought, shutting my eyes for a moment as my fingers traced along the wound on my arm covered by a bandage soaked in blood.

Last time something went wrong he blamed it on me, seeing as it was a problem with the electrics in this lab. Stuff like that is what I take care of, so he showed me the consequences of what happens when I don't do my job properly.

I tried one last desperate attempt to log into my computer and hope the virus wasn't there.

Of course it was.

The only way to get rid of it now is by resetting my computer completely. And then we'd loose all of our info. Yeah, my boss will probably kill me when he gets back.

A sudden crash from outside my office caused me to have a heart attack and screech, jumping off my chair and a few foot in the air before landing and stumbling back.

Groaning could be heard from outside along with a glitched mess of words.

I gulped harshly and stepped towards the door, shutting down my computer quickly before gripping onto the door handle and pressing my non-existent ear against the cold wood.

Heavy breathing could be heard on the other side. It was harsh and laboured, mixed with a bunch of random glitching sounds.

"S...Sci..."

I froze, inhaling sharply before tugging the door open.

My boss stumbled through before collapsing on the floor, hissing and choking as blood seeped from multiple deep wounds on his body.

My eyes widened and I rushed forwards, helping him to his...feet? "G-Gaster? What happened?!"

He hissed weakly, his claw-like fingers digging into my arm sharply, making me cry out weakly in pain. "The...people you suggested that I go to...put up a fight..."

"N-Nightmare and Cross?" I gulped. Picking any place with Nightmare near is never a good choice. He's unstoppable. And I knew that when I sent Gaster there, I should know. I'm the one that made him, turned him into the monster he is today. The only reason I suggested Gaster to go there is because he supposedly has the most kids.

Gaster nodded, growling as blood dropped off of him and down to the floor. "That creation of yours really put up a fight...and then people came to rescue them."

I stiffened. "P-People rescued them?"

"Yes! Are you not listening to me!?" He yelled, his claws cracking my bone.

I let out a scream and fell to my knees, shaking. "I-IM SORRY!"

He grunted, letting go of me. "Were going to the basement."

I stiffened. The basement...

Gaster dragged himself down the corridors, not getting any help from me now. He hates seeming weak, so he'll do everything alone. Even if his condition is like now, covered in horrible stab wounds, cuts and rips in his already decaying flesh.

That's the problem with Gaster. You can't heal him. He has a machine down in the basement that stabilises his soul, but nothing can actually heal his wounds. He can stop them hurting yes. But if they get irritated again that's a whole different story.

At first he abused me when I couldn't heal a mark on his arm. He said I was weak. But he later discovered that nothing worked. The mark stayed there, unable to heal or get better.

That's one of the reasons we had been using holographic messages for the others like Dust and Blue, Horror and Lust, and Geno and Reaper. We'd taken a huge risk sending him physically to Nightmare and Cross. It looks like we've paid the price.

Gaster paused at the bottom of our current flight of stairs, staring at the giant double doors that lead to the basement.

I stepped forwards and unlocked the door, wincing at how much my hands were shaking as they fumbled with the keys.

After about a minute of embarrassment I pushed the doors open, standing to the side so that Gaster could get through.

He looked around, his mouth breaking into a rotting smile as he stumbled over to our board of names.

It's kind of like those boards you have in criminal movies. With the pictures and info and then some string pointing at somewhere on a map to show where we thought they could be hiding out.

Gaster looked up at it and ran his finger over the picture of Cross before he suddenly grabbed onto the dagger next to him on a desk. He let out a yell of frustration before stabbing the knife into the picture of Cross, hissing as he looked back at me. "Isn't it just so annoying when your creations don't obey their masters~?"

I gulped, stepping back slightly. "I-I don't know what you--"

"You made Nightmare." He hissed. "Surely you have some control over him?"

I shook my head, shaking. "I-I didn't think it would work! A-And if it did we were hoping to get some c-controls in! B-But he was stronger than we thought and escaped, slaughtering everyone!"

Gaster laughed, throwing the dagger at me. "Pathetic."

I yelped, only just ducking out of the way in time.

Gaster glared at the split picture of Cross. "Chara is inside that skeleton for my use. He's my property. I made him."

I gulped, glancing around to see if there was anything else sharp he could suddenly throw at me. "W-With all do respect, sir...he kind of belongs to Nightmare now..."

Gaster hissed, glaring at me. "One more word and you won't get to see your precious boyfriend."

I stiffened, now completely silent.

Gaster grinned before walking over to a different set of double doors. He unlocked them and walked through, with me quickly following behind.

In the centre of the room was what Gaster calls his revival pod. It's the thing that stabilises his soul.

And behind that is the cage. The large thick cage rigged with magic blockers. And inside of that cage...

Fell...

As soon as he saw me he sat up straight, pressing against the bars as I ran over, not caring if Gaster wanted me to or not.

"S-Sci!" He called, grabbing onto my hands as I collapsed to my knees in front of the cage.

I squeezed his hands tightly, whimpering as I tried to get closer to him.

This is why I work for X. For Gaster.

He came suddenly one night to our home and tried to kidnap me for his work. Fell had attacked him and fought back so Gaster simply dragged him along with us.

All I need you to do is get me one child from your old friends and I'll let you and him go free. He had said. But, fail me or try to run away and I'll kill him.

It's been two years now and this is the closest we've come to success.

Gaster knows how much we mean to each other, and he uses that to his advantage. Often I'm told that if I don't get something right he'll torture Fell instead of me. I can't bare that happening to him so I do everything he says now.

I whimpered, pressing against the bars as we looked into each other's eyes. "W-We came close today Fell. J-Just a bit more and w-we'll be free!"

Fell cupped my face in his hands, wiping off the tears I hadn't even realised were there. "Sh-Shh... it's okay Sci..."

I could hear Gaster setting up his machine behind us and I leaned forwards kissing Fell through the bars softly. "W-We're gonna get through this, I promise. I-Its you and me..."

"You and me..." He whispered, rubbing my cheekbone softly with his thumb. "You and me against the world..."

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-Jess-