~ ~ ~ Jeksai POV

"Alright, I hope everyone is ready, because the moment you step in . . . there's no turning back." I turned around and took a quick glance at them to make sure they were ready.

"Alright then, follow me." Turning back to face the door in front of me, I reached out for the door handle and twisted it before pushing the door open. Taking a step in, I stand to a side and hold the door to allow the rest of the group to enter before closing the door behind them and watching it disappear into nothing, as if it had never been there in the first place.

But before we continue, let's rewind the clock back to when we were still in the clearing on Mt. Ebbot that Sans brought us to. Right when I told them that we were going into the void, all of them looked at me as if I was losing my mind. Well of course they would think that. To them, what I said was basically the same as telling them to do something that was impossible. To tell you the truth, I was expecting Sans to be the first to speak up as well as the first to question my words. However, he exceeded my expectations and stayed calm and collected. He didn't speak up nor did he question me.. No, he simply stood there and accepted everything I said.

When he finally did speak though, he simply asked me "How do we get there?"

To which I replied "I have my ways."

This was done on purpose. I had to see how Sans would react. I needed to see if he would blow his top or lose control. If he did, then I would not have allowed him to follow us and enter the void to save Frisk. But looking at him then, I could tell that he was ready. I just knew that he wouldn't be a burden to us, but rather, an asset to the team. That was what I was looking for from him.

"Now then, I'll open the path to the void. When we go in, make sure to stay in a single file line. Also, I suggest that you should get yourself ready while you have the chance, since you won't be getting one once we've entered the void." Concentrating on the space in front of me, I visualise a door a tall, brown door with a name plate on it. Only, the name plate is left empty.

One moment there nothing, the next moment, the exact same door that I had visualised materialised out of thin air in front of me at the spot I was visualising the door would be.

"Let's go." I say as I walk in through the door and hold it open for the monsters to walk in before closing it and watching it disappear. "Follow me closely, or you'll get lost and never leave." Walking to the front of the line, I started walking forward, making sure to keep track of all the monsters at all times. I couldn't afford to slip up, I couldn't let anything happen to any of them. Thankfully, all of them made sure to stay perfectly in line and kept up with me. Though Alphys had to be carried on Undyne's shoulder or else she would've fallen behind. After walking for approximately half an hour, I stopped the group in front of a grey door the sat out of place in this black, empty void. This leads back to our current situation.

"Everyone, we are now in Gaster's lab. In here, Frisk is being held against her will somewhere in this labotory. We'll need to split up and search every room. It's best that we go in teams, we don't know what we might come across in here."

~ ~ ~ Asriel POV

When Jeskai told us to split into groups, all of us did so immediately. Mom, dad and I formed a team. The team next to us consisted of Undyne, Alphys, Mettaton and Napstablook. After looking at the members of the first and second team, it was obvious who would be in the third team, or at least that's what I thought. Looking over to the last team, there was 1 last person missing from the team. Both Sans and Papyrus were present, however Jeskai was missing.

While I was taking a look around in an attempt to find her, I noticed a small, yellow piece of paper on the floor that stood out of place in this colorless hallway made up of only white and grey. Picking it up, I notice a weird symbol on the bottom left of the paper with the name 'Jeskai' next to it. The paper said 'Sorry, but I can't follow you any further than this.'

"Guys! Look over here." I called the other 8 and gathered them together before showing them the piece of paper Jeskai left here. "What does she mean she can't go further!? That wuss! She must've chickened out! We don't need her, come on, let's go find Frisk." I pocketed the paper before joining up with mom and dad. The 3 teams split up to cover more ground.

'Hold on Frisk, we're coming for you!'

~ ~ ~ Frisk POV

". . . isk . . . risk . . . frisk . . . FRISK!" Upon hearing Chara's voice, I immediately looked up and saw Chara's SOUL floating in front of me. "C-Chara? Where'd you go!? And, and what about Gaster?"

"Frisk, there's no time, right now, you've been kidnapped by the evil version of Gaster. He plans to use you in his attempt to recreate his own SOUL by using your Determination. You've been cbrought to his lab in the void and right now you're just unconscious. Quickly Frisk, you need to wake up. We have to get out of here!"

"Y-you're right. We need to get out of here. Everyone must be worried sick about us." Wiping away my tears with my sleeve, I stand up, close my eyes and take a few deep breaths . "Alright Chara, I'm ready."

"Alright. Just remember, when you wake up, be careful of your surroundings. We don't know what's in here."

Pulling Chara's SOUL close, I give her a hug before nodding my head and releasing her SOUL before closing my eyes once more.

Opening my eyes, I find myself in a white and grey laboratory filled with all kinds of machines of different shapes and sizes placed everywhere in the room. 1 machine held a giant glass tube that was big enough for someone of Asgore's size to fit. There was a door built into the glass tube, presumably to allow someone or something to enter the glass tube. There was another machine that resembled a operating table that was used by doctors. It had a big, flat surface with lights attached to the table that hung over the table. Another machine was tall and wide and had a rectangular shape to it. It didn't have a glass tube or a table, it was a machine littered with lights and what I presumed were screens. There was also another machine that had a design resembling that of the machine with the huge glass tube, the difference being that instead of a huge glass tube big enough to fit Asgore, there was only a small glass tube big enough to fit an american football.

Standing up, I carefully made my way to the door that stood at the opposite end of where I had been left, all the while making sure to move as quietly as possible. I couldn't risk making unnecessary noise and alerting evil Gaster to my escape. After manoeuvring around the many machines strewn across the room, I finally reached the door. Walking up to it, I noticed that there was no door handle and looked like one of those sliding doors that you would find in a shopping mall, only, this door wasn't transparent but was white in color. I tried pushing it open, waving in front of it, even looking for some sort of sensor or keyhole, but to no avail.

I tried looking around the room for something that might be of use to me in my endeavour of getting this door open and that was when I noticed it. Above me, was the grill of a vent. I just needed something to stand on to reach it. 'That's right! I can use the table looking machine!'

Walking over to it, I use every ounce of strength I could muster and pushed it, slowly but surely, towards the vent. Once it was finally under the vent, I climbed onto it and reached for the vent grill. I grasped onto the grill and pulled on it, managing to remove it and placing it down on the machine I was standing on. Next, I placed both my hands into the vent and jumped up into the vent while using my hands to pull me forward so that my body landed inside the vent. I wasn't able to pull my whole body through the vent in the single jump, so my legs were left dangling there. Reaching my hands forward, I pulled myself further inside the vent, allowing my legs to enter the vent as well.

I was expected that the vent would be small, tight and cramped, but in actuality, it had more room than I expected. Then, I started crawling forward. I didn't know where I was going, but at least I wouldn't be confined in that room any longer. It was tough to crawl through the vent. Since it was hollow, it was easy for any noise I made to be heard. So I had to crawl slowly to ensure that I wouldn't be found out.

After crawling for close to ten minutes, I finally found another vent grill. Looking out, I saw that it lead to some sort of hall way that had a similar design to the room I woke up in. The hallway was filled with grey walls and had many of the same white door. Once I was sure that there was no one there, I carefully removed the vent grill and placed it inside of the vent. Once that was done, I crawled over the vent opening while moving the vent grill further in. Once my feet were above the vent opening, I slowly lowered myself out of the vent, feet first. Jumping down, I landed gracefully, barely making a sound.

'Alright, now to find a way out of here.'

~ ~ ~ Jeskai POV

After leaving the note for the monsters, I stealthily made my escape and left them. I couldn't follow them, they had to do this themselves. Rounding a corner, I look back to check if any of them had followed me or noticed my disappearance but thankfully, none of them did.

"Now all that's left is to watch how this plays out. Why don't you join me, dear reader."

---

A/N

Thanks to all of you for all the encouraging words that you gave me, even after everything that I did. It really comforts me that you guys care so much. It really gives me encouragement to continue the story. I just want to say how grateful I am for all of you.

But moving on, yes, Jeskai can break the fourth wall. Why you ask? Well, she's my OC so that's one reason. Another is because her nature. You see, she isn't a normal person I this story. Her existence is a special one. But that's all I can say for now. :p

I hope to see you all again at the next chapter! ^_^

~Until our dreams fade to dust