UnderVanquish

Chapter 2 - The Journey home, Broken hearts and a Traitor! - Page 13.

Gaster looks and it says on the screen of the machine. **Stabilization ends in 40 minutes.**

Gaster thinks to himself. *That was unnecessary time wasted. Horror needs to control himself!*

He walks over to the chair nearby and decides to read something while waiting. Knowing Temmie and Dust will do something to pass the time as well.

He proceeds to his book. **39 Minutes later.** Gaster,Temmie,Dust and Horror are at the Machine. It says. "Finishing Stabilization in **3...2...1!**"

Nearby lights flicker on and off. The light within the machine glows even brighter.

Gaster said. "This is unusual...."

Temmie spoke to him. "What is it?"

Gaster replied to him. "The savestar is not only stable now and still strongly attached to her soul. But it gave her a small amount of Determination! The machine detects it! HOW IS SHE NOT MELTING!?"

Horror laughed. "your machine is broken, a monster cannot have determination..."

Dust spoke out of curiosity and with what sounds like strong interest. "show me!"

Gaster gets out of the way and Dust eye-sockets are black. He said in a shocked tone. "this is impossible! h-how!?" He looks at Gaster with a sad look and shocked expression. "we cannot lose her....a monster with determination, that would change everything. no more problems for us! no more resets!"

He closed his eye-sockets tightening his fists.

Horror spoke to them. "how could she really help with my starving problem?"

Gaster spoke to him with his right bonebrow raised. "why did you join me?"

Horror did not speak for a moment. "i believed you, now it just looks hard to believe..."

Gaster speaks to him. "It's happening isn't it? This right now, means for a fact, her future is certain. She'll become my child."

Dust spoke out of curiosity. "why do you want that again? she has a life already of her own. she has determination now, maybe we could give her more."

Gaster responded immediately. "It might be temporary, she is a old friend of mine and from my history. I lost more family and friends than I can count. She and Asgore were my only friends left. The remaining monsters was their responsibility to protect, mine as well. I served them as the royal scientist. I became such when nobody else could. I was one of the last remaining skeletons. I never knew the sans and papyrus from the universe me,Toriel and Temmie from. I talked to them a few times. That was it and I heard a few things about those two."

Horror speaks to him with his arms crossed. "were your friends? so they are no longer?"

Gaster replied. "They still mean something to me, yes on a remaining level from what remains of my emotions. Loyalty and memory of our friendship."

Horror speaks to him. "did you know them from childhood?"

Gaster raises a bonebrow. "what is that to you?"

Horror replied. "curious."

Gaster replied. "yes."

Dust speak out. "do you still feel any compassion?"

Gaster changing the subject says. "let's wake her. She is healed body and soul now. We can return Toriel back home!"

Temmie pushes the red button. the lights start blinking, with each blink is a strange beeping noise, mixed with forms of background ticks and clockworks. Like a grinding noise. 10 minutes later the water is gone. The machine dries her off with an automatic inside dryer.