"NaNa, I'm back with your phone! We can get some food...NaNa? Where are you?"

Sans just took a shortcut back into his and Eijirou's room. He was gone for maybe ten, fifteen minutes max. Where would she go?

"Sans?!"

Natsumi burst into the room with her gun on her hip. Sans tensed up as she checked him over for injuries. Something happened.

"Natsumi where the tall lady with ears go?"

"Who cares! I thought she kidnapped you!"

"Natsumi! That was my older sister! What happened?!"

Natsumi had a look of horror wash over her face.

"I-I pointed my gun at her demanding to know why she was here. She panicked and jumped out the window. Sans, 'm so sorry -"

"Not now Natsumi! I'll be right back."

Sans took a shortcut outside and looked at the grass twelve feet below his bedroom window, where Nova would have dropped. Sure enough, the grass was flattened and claw marks showed her scrambling to get away from the house. Sans had no way to actually track her.

"Heh...I knew it was too good to be true. The minute we reunite the next we're separated once again. I need a drink."

Sans trudged back into the house and saw Natsumi nervously pacing the living room. She looked to be having a mild panic attack. She was close to hyperventilating, crying, and pulling her hair. Sans pulled her to the couch and wrestled her arms so that she was holding him. Can't pull her hair if she's holding her kid.

Sans felt bad for snapping at her. It wasn't her fault that Nova ran off. Well, it was, but Natsumi had no idea who she was and assumed it was a burglar or kidnapper.

"Sans, I'm so sorry!"

Natsumi held him tighter and buried her face into his shoulder.

"Don't worry about it. You didn't know. It's not your fault."

<~>

Grillby watched from the kitchen. He was proud that Sans was being the bigger person, but he was also denying himself his right to be angry. He knew Natsumi would never use tear and faux panic attacks as a type of manipulation on purpose, but even so. She indirectly manipulated Sans into forgoing his right to be upset.

Grilling dug out the first bottle of raspberry vodka he made in the new world. Sure it only fermented for twelve days, but after sampling it, he quickly came up with a recipe. His soon-to-be-patented raspberry vodka, soda water, a spritz of lemon juice, and to garnish, a skewered raspberry and a small lemon twist. He made a few glasses of the specialty cocktail and brought it out to the two of them.

Grillby was extremely hesitant to let Sans drink alcohol since he was technically a child in this world, but the pain he had to have been going through made him concede his point. The two of them were crying to each other about their problems while Grillby sent notes to Ichika and Eijirou to escort the two drunks to their rooms. Grillby was a great bartender.

<~<~>~>

"Alley, something is definitely wrong."

"I-I know Un-Undyne. But we c-can't use No-Nova's magic yet. We have to w-wait for her c-call!"

"UGH! I'm sick of waiting! Hold onto me Al!"

Undyne slammed a button of the counsel and picked up Alphys bridle style.

"AlPhys! DOn'T LeavE mE HeRE!"

The blocky robot and Underground celebrity and Alphys's closest friend Mettaton wrapped it's arms around her and Undyne as they were sucked through the swirly portal.

<~>

"Geez, everything hurts. Alphys, Mettaton, you two alright?"

"I-I'm alright. Just real-really sore."

"I feel taller and lighter. And cold."

Mettaton's new humanoid look left him with metallic gray skin, stark naked, hot pink hair, eyes, and nails. He was roughly six foot two. Undyne looked almost exactly the same but her red hair covered her whole head and she was a little less buff looking. She also had more human looking facial features. Alphys retained her beautiful body but her skin took on a paler yellow tint with more human features. She had wild messy gold hair, scales covering most of her forehead and varying over her arms and legs, and her tail was more proportionally sized to her smaller humanoid body. She and Undyne kept their clothes, although they hung on their bodies loosely, Mettaton was poking around his new body, fascinated with the new sensations.

Undyne made sure her magic still worked by summoning one of her spears. She allowed the spear to vanish into nothingness as she helped Mettaton stand. She may be in a new world, but she was still Captain of the Royal Guard; she was bound by her pride and honor to kept her people safe. They needed her protection now more than ever. They were in foreign territory.

"Al, what should we do first?"

"G-getting me-me to a com-computer. We ne-eed to learn all we can about this w-world if we want to be a-able to help Nov-va, Sans, and Pa-pyrus."

Mettaton smiled and patted Alphys on her new straw-like golden hair.

"My bestie's mind is already at work! Leave it the the brilliant Doctor Alphys to think of a plan!"

<~<~>~>

"Come now, 001. Surely you've had enough? I'm more than eager to try out new gadgets I created."

Nova spat a wad of blood from her mouth. Gaster wiped the nasty fluids from his clipboard with a low chuckle.

"Your spirit is wonderfully fierce and incomprehensibly strong. I do wonder how long it will take until your spirit is shattered beyond repair."

Gaster's phone buzzed.

"Apologies for cutting our time short 001. I must be going. You, clean this mess and bring 001 a plate of plain noodle and water."

A young man with heavy scars and piercing blue eyes came forward. Nova relaxed some and allowed him to wipe her face with a damp cloth. He was the only person in the damn place who showed her sympathy and compassion. Though he couldn't set her free or he would be dusted.

"Dabi."

"Nova. He's a real asshole."

"Don't I know it. Hey, think you can slip some kind of meat into those plain noodles?"

"For you? Anything."

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