*Frisk's POV*

Dr. Alphys, was quite beautiful if you stared at her long enough.

She was a stout, reptile like monster with yellow scales and a swishing tail behind her back. On her long snout, rested thin glasses that seemed similar to the ones Grillby had let me borrow at the hotel. Wrapped around her body fittingly, was a pure white lab coat that littered with some brownish stains, something that seemed too deep too wash out.

There were her eyes, which were a light shimmering blue, brighter then even the flowers on the outside walls. They sparkled in the lights that filled the lab with a familiar feel of electricity. 

What made me curious about her, was the nervous crooked smile that showed her two buck teeth (Which were kinda cute in a way) and her shaking lips. 

The smile reminded me of Bella, and I tried not to imagine Dr. Alphys with sharp teeth and green skin.

I tried to forget about Bella, and I walked with G and the doctor as she lead us through.

All this time with G, all this time of terribly and frightening thoughts, sick and worrisome regret, we had been trying to find the great Dr. Alphys. 

So so long.

It took too long, and during that time, I remember thinking that it would never end.

Yet here she was, and time seemed to never exist.

I almost didn't want it to end, after all those moments of wishing it over.

Time seemed to move so fast, everything had turned into a memory, something that had never happened, something I would never feel.

Though, I didn't know exactly how to feel in Dr. Alphys' lab.

Along the walls were shelves of bottles, full of colored liquids that snapped at the eyes like neon. A large table was against the left wall, and it was supporting a giant screen that seemed cracked and unused for some time. Dust scattered the table, along with crumbled letters and tissues.

Stained tears were very noticeable on the table, and I could see some half eaten raman noodles as well.

What had this woman been through?

Remembering G telling me about her girlfriend, I felt a sudden pity for the nervous monster that waddled clumsy and trembling through the large white lab.

Her tail swished behind her, yet my eyes were more interested in the escalator that lead up and another that lead down.

Curiosity pinched.

Ignoring it, I listened to the doctor as she began speaking.

"I-I never expected t-to see you again G..." She stuttered, her voice weak with anxiety and worry, "T-Though I never thought y-you'd bring a human as well... w-wow..."

Poor girl.

"Heh, never knew ya still had that weak stutter," G said, a smirk crossing his lips as his eyes pulled from the room and to Dr. Alphys.

"G!" I said, slapping his arm with anger and defense for the poor monster.

Pity had taken over me, and I almost felt like this girl needed so much love, needed so much caring that it would never be enough, no matter how much I gave her.

How much could I give her?

G just chuckled, and I caught the doctor hesitate and sweat a bit from being so nervous.

Why was she shaking so much?

When she stopped, I walked over to her, and took my chance to make a first good impression.

Especially for the woman who was going to save my life.

And innocence.

"Hello..." I said sweetly, my voice gentle and calming, like the time I had first met Bella, "I'm Frisk."

Holding out my hand to her seemed too formal, yet a hug or pat on the back seemed like I was only doing this for pity.

Yet wasn't I?

Gladly, and a little startled, Dr. Alphys took my hand and shook it, her hand already vibrating with nerve.

"A-Alphys," She said, smiling wider then before.

G eyed her cautiously, and I wanted to smack him.

Then I realized, he was glaring at me too.

What was his deal with this?

Was he mad that I was trying to make friends?

Did he know something about Alphys that I didn't?

His mood suddenly quickly changed, and I noticed his smirk as an idea smirk.

"Heh, ya know Alphys... This is a human with a soul of determination," G smiled, making me blush from the personal information he had just shared.

When I had thought that it wasn't that big of a deal, I turned back to Dr. Alphys to see her shaking even worse from before, her knees together and her hands up to her face as she stared at me in shock.

"O-Oh my god! Y-You mean this is-"

Her words suddenly stopped, and so did her shaking.

G's eyes shot open and he looked at her cautiously, his eyes narrowed like a judge glaring at a criminal.

I couldn't understand his behavior with her, and I wished to know more about it later on.

Yet I knew now wasn't the time, because G suddenly said sharply, "This is... What?" 

Alphys gulped and looked in even worse shape as she pulled at her collar, letting out air to calm herself.

"I-I mean the last determination soul... R-Right? I-I studied souls my w-whole life I knew there was o-only one left..." She said as her eyes darted from side to side, nerve raking at her insides.

Poor poor girl.

Smiling, I looked at her, and decided to bug G even worse if he was going to strange around Alphys.

"Well... You seem very excited to meet me... I'm excited to meet you to, you see we-"

"W-Wait! B-Before you continue, I n-need to show you around my lab!" She said, a little urgent and quick, her pretty blue eyes wide with interest of me.

Noticing the tears on the table, and her wide smile that seemed too bright to ignore; I looked at the little reptile and her clenched hands, as if they were holding all her excitement, then decided that the Peace Plan could wait a little more.

We had all the time in the world, anyway.

G grumbled as I nodded to the doctors offer, and she gasped, "R-Really? You would w-want to? This is wonderful! I-I mean, important too."

Growling, G followed Alphys and I while I giggled and watched her waddle off quickly, her tail still swishing softly.

As she walked, I noticed we were going to the escalators, and my heart skipped a beat as curiosity screamed, 'YES! FINALLY! YES!'

Dr. Alphys stepped onto the escalator and glanced back at us with a smile, "J-Just hop on!"

So, G and I stepped on, and I felt myself be pulled off the ground and into a independent rise.

Electricity isn't all bad I suppose...

The ride was slow, yet it felt better then my aching legs walking up all the steps that seemed to go up forever.

While my mind was distracted, I hadn't noticed G move close to me, and put his hand on my wrist to gain my attention.

Blush spread to my cheeks, and I got the wrong message as he leaned close to my ear.

My pathetic and weak mind had almost expected a kiss, then I remembered G didn't like me at all, and my thought was confirmed when G said in a gruff mumble, "Something's wrong with Alphys..."

Not looking at him, in fear Alphys would turn around and see us gossiping about her, I just stared forward, but kept my ears open.

Taking the opportunity, G continued, "I remember her being nervous, except when her girlfriend died, she spoke perfectly, she stood confidently, and ordered everyone to never come near her again..."

This shocked me, and I realized my expectations for Dr. Alphys were similar in a way, I had expected her to be a bold scientist who stood for her knowledge, knew how smart she was, and wasn't afraid to show it.

But instead she was a flinty nervous monster that stuttered on her words, and had food stains on her lab coat.

Yet she made me feel comforted, and made me feel happy... more comfortable then the fake "Dr. Alphys" I had made in my head during the journey.

"She wouldn't have been so easy to letting us come inside, or even helping us at all..." G said, shocking me from my thoughts as his eyes narrowed at the doctor.

I felt the terrible urge to defend her, and I said, "It's been eleven years since you've seen her. People change, G."

"Not always for the better goodie-goodie..." 

His head pulled away from my ear as Alphys glanced back at us, her eyes laced with worry and nerve, her lips still curled in a shaky smile.

"S-So this is the first floor!" She announced, walking off the escalator and into a room at the right side.

It was also on the left side, and you could get to the left by going around the escalator like in old malls I used to go too.

The rooms were big, and quite dark beside the lights that hung from the ceiling, and the lamps on some of the tables that covered the walls along with bookshelves and supply desks.

Mimicking her, G and I stepped off and felt off balance at the steady ground beneath us.

"I-I use this room for my experiments and notes! T-The next level is for long term experiments, and t-the last floor..." She looked away bashfully as she walked through the large room, "Well that's my bedroom... I go up there to watch a show I like sometimes..."

"You mean those nerdy and fake anime shows?" G asked, his eyebrow raised.

Though he didn't smirk this time.

"T-They are not nerdy!!!" Alphys shouted, whipping around to face G with her face red, her hands clenched, and her body still trembling.

"Pfft," G chuckled and shook his head, "Yeah they are."

"T-They are educational s-sometimes! A-And they make y-you think a lot!"

"About who you're gonna ship together? Uh-huh. Very educational."

Alphys stopped her foot in anger and she struggled even more with her words, making me feel even worse and worse about how G was treating her.

Yet it was almost like a friendly sight.

But more like two awkward friends trying to make inside jokes.

They were terrible, and Alphys gave up and turned back to one of the tables.

Chuckling to himself, G smirked, and he began walking through the room, examining notes and projects.

Me, I went to the bookshelves, finally able to grab one, and read it.

Informational was very good, I decided.

Once, I actually tried learning from one, and I did!

So, taking out a book about, Biology, I began to read.

To my surprise, It showed soul information.

What caught my eye, was the ranks.

Determination - Red. (Most powerful soul)
Integrity - Dark Blue (Second most powerful)
Patience - Light Blue (Third most Powerful)
Justice - Yellow (Incredibly powerful)
Kindness - Green (Powerful)
Bravery - Orange (Strong)
....

I stared at the last one, and read under my breath:

"Perseverance - Purple (Weak)"

... Weak...

Asriel was living his whole life believing he was weak, and he was trying to find some way to be powerful.

Finding some way to gain control.

Shutting the book quickly and shoving it back into the bookcase, I turned away, not in the mood to think of Asriel unless necessary.

Yet to my surprise, Dr. Alphys was right there, reading over my shoulder.

I yelped and jumped back from shock, hitting myself into the books that jabbed into my back as I gasped.

Alphys jolted too, and suddenly I felt bad and tried to shove off the pain as I rubbed my back and forced a smile.

"O-Oh I'm so sorry! I didn't m-mean to startle you!" Alphys said, absolutely terrified, as if I would hurt her.

Speaking in a soothing voice, I said, "No no, don't feel bad it was just a small mistake, nothing bad."

Noticing her relax made me relax as well and stand up straight with my hands clasped before me.

Her eyes flicked to the chains on my wrist, then back at my face.

"T-The chapter you were reading... O-On souls... right?"

I nodded.

"W-Well... I heard you whisper about perseverance... D-Does it catch your interest?"

Tilting my head to the side, a bit confused, I asked, "... I'm not sure what you mean..."

Blushing a bit, Alphys looked away and said again, "C-Catch your interest... D-Do you like it I-I mean..."

"NO!" I shouted without even thinking, my words suddenly controlled with anger and fear of the damn Prince.

Silence filled the room as Alphys jumped back, and G's head shot in my direction.

The awful silence, that haunted my dreams, that tickled my skin, that filled my head with thoughts.

So many thoughts.

So much to think about.

So much I didn't want to think about.

Finally, I took the choice to destroy the silence with my own voice and I said, "S-Sorry... Alphys..."

Rubbing my arm, I looked away with shame and explained, "The soul makes me... Uncomfortable... And we're here to tell you why, actually-"

"Alphys," G said, as if my whole interruption never happened, "Whats this?"

Making Alphys jolt again and turn around, G pointed his bony finger to a potted blue flower.

Except this flower wasn't pulsing with light, and it looked like an old shut off lamp that tried turning on so many times, it just decided to give up in the end.

Alphys went back to normal, and walked away from me to G, making me feel even worse about my outburst.

Following with guilt and of course, regret, stinging my heart, I listened to Dr. Alphys speak.

"T-That's an echoflower, I-I'm sure you know what they are. They are all over the Underground, and started off in only the Waterfall eleven years ago before monsters left. Then they choose to grow all over and-"

"Yeah yeah," G interrupted blankly as he waved his hand in the air, "Background information doesn't matter, I mean why isn't it glowing? What's the experiment?"

When I looked at G's eyes, I could see curiosity shining through, and I realized that he enjoyed science.

That was something I would have never guessed about him.

I added it to the little facts I knew about G.

"O-Oh," Alphys hesitated and looked away with her fingers twiddling from embarrassment, "Well... I was trying t-to see if i-it was possible, to force a flower i-into blooming..."

G froze.

Alphys stared back at him with a confused and nervous look, one that made me melt with pity and guilt.

G's stare wasn't something kind, and I knew from personal experience.

Who could know how hard it was on poor poor Alphys.

"... That's impossible. It can't be done," G snapped.

"A-Actually," Alphys stuttered, shrinking a bit by the fear of G, (which is something I knew too well) "I-It can be done... A-And I did it w-with a few tests and tries... T-The only side effect it that the flower looses some color, and all of its light."

I'll admit, I was fascinated with the flower, I was fascinated with the information that Alphys gave so easily, yet I felt uncomfortable around the flower, everything about it felt so... unnatural...

G seemed to be fighting with himself, and I felt the sudden urge to calm him down.

Though I didn't know exactly how to do that, so I just watched him and begged silently, "Don't blow up, don't blow up, why are you so angry anyway?"

Not only was I nervous, but I noticed Dr. Alphys shaking with her eyes flicking all around the room, as if she was trying to find some place of safety.

Poor, poor, Alphys.

"G," I said softly, taking a step to him as I reached forward, a little afraid myself, "What's the matter?"

"Nothing," He snarled, turning his head away from me as if he couldn't bare look me in the eyes.

I could hardly stare at his conflict anyway, and I understood what he was feeling.

Realizing this was a better time then any, I brought up the reason we were here in the first place as I turned back to the doctor.

"Alphys..." I said, keeping my voice soft and level like I did this my whole life, "We really need your help... We need you to help us with Asriel..."

Her eyes widened at the name, and she trembled more, as if G wasn't enough fear for her.

Oh... I wanted to just hug her and tell her it was alright...

Yet I also needed a hug, and I needed to look strong, so I held myself back and looked her in the blue eyes with a serious, calm, look.

"He is... Planning something... Something horrible that we need your help stopping..." I continued.

When I knew she was listening, even with her trembles and flickering eyes, I told her all about the Peace Plan.

She listened quite well, and by the end, she was sweating terribly and glancing around sharply, as if Asriel would jump out from any corner.

I felt the same way sometimes, so I didn't judge her on it.

G was silent, and I could feel his Prince Fury without looking at him.

"W-w-What do you want me t-to do?" She stuttered, shaking terribly.

"We needed you to prove it wrong... Prove that the plan isn't right..."

Suddenly Alphys shook her head quickly and ran off to the escalator, getting on as fast as she could, and running up to her room without even waiting.

"Wait!" I yelled, rushing after her with worry in my heart, and confusion in my head, "Where are you going?!"

She didn't answer, and I could hear her footsteps getting further away from me.

G growled, "Bah... She always does this when she gets emotional... Same old Alphys..." 

He continued to walk in the room, and his eyes glanced at the flower almost furiously.

Me...?

I stared at where Alphys stood.

I continued to wonder why she had acted that way.

And I was beginning to wonder if it was more then just her emotions.

*****

A/N: THE BOOK IS NOT CLOSE TO BEING OVER LET ME TELL YA THAT DAHLINGS!!!!

I hope that doesn't make you sad...

If you wanted it to end...

I'm sorry.

BUT IT AIN'T.

NOPE.

BUDDY.

AHD ADFAHSLKDFJASDKFHADFAD

SPOILERS:

'There is a Cuckoo in the nest...'

'Poor... poor... Alphys...'

THAT'S ALL!

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NEXT CHAPPIE WILL BE BIG!

Also I realized missing some days gives some people time to catch up but I won't be missing anymore days probably.

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