Chapter 16: The Undying Soldier
Papyrus finally puts you down after you two enter another part of Underground, he says it is called Waterfall. There's no snow, it appears you are in a cave and you can hear the sound of water echoing off the walls, to be honest this place is the most normal thing you have seen since you came here. Caves are always found underground, the concept of having weather underground is still bothering you but that is a puzzle for another day. You give him his scarf back although he protested, he said it looks good on you, but after some stern looks and pleading eyes you wrap the scarf around his neck. His face turned flush at how close you are but you didn't notice.
Papyrus is walking close beside you, telling you about how lazy his brother is and how he wants to join the Royal Guard so badly, Sans started a sock collection apparently. He needs to get one soul, a human soul, to join but doesn't want to give up yours, he knows what the Captain of the Royal Guard would do to you and he wants to keep you safe for as long as he can. He is determined!
"HUMAN, I'VE BEEN WONDERING," he says, breaking you away from your sinful thoughts of his hips again, "ARE YOU. . .STILL UPSET ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT?" His tone's low and glum although he is still shouting, "I'M SORRY I MADE YOU CRY, I DIDN'T KNOW-"
*You tell him it's alright, you tell him you had a bad time before you fell and it was still bothering, you tell him that it isn't now and that he doesn't have to worry anymore.
He smiles softly and hugs you tight, it catches you by surprise but you hug him back just as tight, he lets go shortly after and gives you the biggest, cutest blushing smile he could manifest and you can feel your cheeks grow hot too. He takes your hand and starts walking again with you in tow, passing luminous pools, glowing mushrooms, and a rather enthusiastic monster kid who wore a sweater with stripes of two different shades of brown and appeared to have no arms you reach a bridge like structure, the wooden boards creaking beneath your every step. It's desolate and eery, no one is around and it's almost pitch black, Papyrus seems a bit uneasy like he knows something would happen.
You feel like you've been here before and that you know something will happen but the details are fuzzy. He keeps glancing behind him in fear of something jumping out from the darkness, you know something or someone is but you squeeze his hand to reassure him. He looks to you with a worried look at first but seeing your smile makes him smile back and he relaxes a bit, but that ends all too quickly.
"Papyrus!" Says a female voice, "human!"
You both turn around in surprise and see a knight, bulky grey armor, black gloves and a red material hanging from the helmet, you can see two beady eyes behind the face guard staring at you with malicious intent.
"I finally found you." she growls.
"U-UNDYNE!! W-WHAT A SURPRISE T-TO SEE YOU HERE!" Papyrus gulps.
"Papyrus, you are supposed to capture the human not help them! What the hell are you doing here?" Papyrus cringes slightly.
"I-I'M ACCOMPANYING THEM TO THE BARRIER SO THEY CAN BREAK IT. THEY'RE GOING TO-"
"Set us free?" She interrupts, "how many times have I told you that humans are the enemy? They only want to make us suffer!"
"BUT THIS HUMAN HASN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG!" He raises his voice higher than normal and in an angered tone, even though you can't see it behind her mask but you can tell she's surprised, "THIS HUMAN IS STILL AT 0 EXP WHICH MEANS HE HASN'T HURT A SINGLE MONSTER SINCE HIS ARRIVAL, HUMANS MAY HAVE BEEN THE REASON WE ARE TRAPPED DOWN HERE BUT HE WILL FIND THE ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION TO OUR FREEDOM. I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO TAKE HIS SOUL!"
You are equally shocked, Papyrus' voice sounds so weird angry, so menacing, it makes your heart want to jump out your chest and run away to a safe place. Grey Knight- Undyne sighs heavily, a neon blue-green (magic?) spear appearing beside her, she grabs the spear and gets into a fighting stance. Papyrus sighs as well and summons bones around you and him, a rather large one appearing in his hand.
"Sorry Papyrus but I can't let that human live, I will get his soul whether you're with or against it, and since your against me. . .LET'S SEE HOW MUCH YOU'VE LEARNED FROM YOUR TRAINING!!"
She lunges at him and Papyrus does the same, sparks fly as their magic connect with each other, spears are thrown, bones are dodged, it's a heated battle. Chaos even, but even so they look so graceful, especially Papyrus. He was like one of those majestic beings that are beautiful but deadly. Undyne starts to use another attack, blue panels appear in the floor and more spears would shoot out from those panels, it's even more mayhem.
The bridge starts creak a little from their battle, it feels really shaky under your feet but you can't move, they block your path to sturdier ground and it's only more bridge behind you. Undyne notices this and a scoff can be heard from her, Papyrus knows something is up but just doesn't know what, the battle gets more erratic and the bridge shakes more until some boards start to fall loose. Now you feel really scared, this isn't the place for fighting! One more blow and the bridge will break!
Undyne knows this, she knows!!
While she has Papyrus distracted, six panels appear right in front of you, you step back as the spears are released. . .but that's the last straw. Your half of the bridge gives way, breaking and collapsing, you fall once again, Papyrus realizes it too late. A staticy scream comes from you, you reach up but grab nothing. You are consumed by the darkness below.
"Y/N!!!!!!!!"
Time Skip!
You wake up with a groan, your back aches as you hold your head, you are on your back and on something soft and grainy. You sit up slowly and look around you, the same flowers from in the ruins but the ones immediately surrounding you are burnt to ash where you lay. Did something happen to them?
"Yo!!" A small voice pipes.
You look up and see Monster Kid from before, smiling wide and running to you at full speed, but he trips when he's almost to you. You catch him before he could faceplant the ground like he did before.
"Yo!! Dude that was so awesome!!!!"
You give him a confused look and ask what he means.
"You don't remember???? You fell!! But you weren't just falling, you were burning!!! And some fire exploded below you and you fell in it, you burned the flowers and the fire was blue instead of orange but it was so cool!!!!" His brown pupils gleaming stars.
Fire? You? You made. . .fire? You had magic??
Yaaaaaassss!!
What's wrong dear?
My son has my flames!!!
Of course he does. . .but they're blue.
I don't care!!! I'm so happy right now!!!
You're parents sound elated. Especially your mom.
"But yo! What happened??? Why were you falling???? Did something happen??? Where's the skeleman you were with???"
He jumps up and down with each question, his enthusiasm is a but suffocating but you know it's for good reason. Plus he's a kid so nothing can be done about that.
*You lie and tell him you slipped on the bridge and fell down, the 'skeleman' couldn't catch you in time.
"Oooohhhh! So you're going to find him????" You nod, "awesome!!!!! Can I come? I wanna come!! Please please please pleeeeeeeeeaasse??!?!" He starts to give you the cute pleading eyes, your greatest weakness! You nod in defeat, "YAAAYY!!!
He stands up first, you following after and dusting off your clothes of the ash, you take a well needed look at your surroundings. You're surrounded by water and the feint smell of something foul drifts to your nose, Monster Kid pulls on your sleeve with his teeth, ushering you to follow. You giggle at him and comply.
The water sloshes against your feet, the smell getting stronger, you notice giant piles of garbage lying around, that's where the smell was coming from. . .gross.
*The water crashes down in the desolate area, loneliness and despair fills the place, the need for change wafts in the air only to be doused by the fog of unfair reality. . .it all fills you with determination.
You meet an Mad Dummy who doesn't want to depend on 'people who are trash', although the situation is a bit tense you and Monster Kid can't help but laugh at the way he spazzes during the battle.
Napstablook's tears saves you two this time, you don't know why he was crying but you are glad to see him. He feels bad about making Dummy run away so he invites you two to his house to hang out, he's really shy about asking and is surprised when you actually show up, and with Kid. His house is right by another that looks exactly like his only pink, he says it belongs to his cousin but he hasn't been home in a while. You hope to see this cousin of his. He's into DJ'ing but doesn't think he's ready to let people hear him yet, you listened to some of his works and tell him he sounds great and that he would do great in the public world, he blushes again and smiles softly. So cute. He feeds you two ghost sandwiches and then you both lie down on the floor with him to feel like trash. Kid has a hard time keeping still but he falls asleep after rolling about a bit. You feel sorry for him, his depression is hurting your soul, but lying down was a bit. . .trippy. . .when you are ready go leave, Kid jumps up and down asking him if he can visit, Blooky blushes and says he can. You hug him again, making him blush even more when you nuzzle his cheek. Man is he adorable. You leave and say your goodbyes soon after.
You meet more monsters, one in particular, Aaron (who probably had the most normal name so far), keeps flexing at you making you cringe at how hard he flexes. Especially when he is sweating. Ew. And the suggestive winking is creeping you out. . .
There was monster named Shyren, she seems to have the same music problems Blooky has with her singing, somehow you manage to have a small concert and all the monsters in Waterfall came, Kid helped Sans sell tickets made of toilet paper to the monsters (you're not sure when or how he got there) and there were socks everywhere. She's happy you hummed with her and you two hope to see each other again.
You meet a turtle monster too, he was mining jewels and also a merchant.
There was also a grey door just after the merchant's place, it's out of place and in the wall, Kid doesn't seem to notice it and you are kind of pressed for time so you decide to see where it leads to later.
You meet another monster called Temmie, she is rather. . .enthusiastic about your presence, but then you find out you are allergic to her! You aren't sure if she is a cat or a dog due to her two pairs of ears but it doesn't bother you that much. . .she's a special monster. She has white fur, dark grey hair and is wearing a light blue sweater with stripes of yellow but the sweater only reached barely below her waist, you have to cover Kid's eyes when she jumps too high. . .
Along the way, Kid keeps talking about how cool and strong and awesome Undyne is, from your encounter you don't think so but he tells you different stories about her and you understand why she acts that way. She just wants to protect the people she loves and keep them safe, hopefully you can show her you don't mean any harm.
You meet another bridge, this one shadier and thinner than the last, completely unsafe but you had to cross it, you pick up Kid and put him on your shoulders, holding his legs tight since he couldn't hold on to you. He doesn't protest, just squeals happily since he is higher up. You walk tenderly on the wavy boards, trying desperately to keep your balance and to keep your hold on Kid, you are half way to the other side when you hear a familiar voice behind you and a multiple vibrations on the bridge.
"Human! I finally found you, Punk!" Undyne was back, Kid squeals seeing her, oblivious to her murderous aura.
She's running on the bridge, making it rock more under you, you speed up your walking in an attempt to get away from her but also to get Kid off the bridge too. A spear grazes your leg, making you trip and fall.
-6HP
Kid is launched out of your grasp, he tumbles and almost falls off the bridge, biting the edge of the bridge to keep himself from falling and letting out a muffled 'HELP!'. Undyne gasps and tries to run to him but that only makes the bridge shake again and his grasp weaken so she stops. You scurry to him, gripping his sweater and pulling him up and into your arms.
Undyne almost killed Monster Kid.
Kid then looks to her, fear and anger in his eyes, he jumps out of your arms and stands up to her.
"Y-Yo!! Leave my friend alone! Y-You big bully!" He yells.
Undyne is in shock, at a loss of words, she steps back slowly until she's off the bridge and walks back the way she came. Kid huffs and looks back to you with a sad smile.
"She's trying to. . .get your soul cause you're a human, right?" You gave him a sad smile, "Undyne keeps telling me that humans are bad but. . .you've been nothing but nice to me, she hates humans, they're the reason we're stuck down here but. . ." he looks up to you with a cheerful smile, "I like you yo, you're a good person and my friend!" You smile at him and he hugs you, well to the best he can since he didn't have arms (but you swore you felt something moving under his sweater) and you hug back, you both let go after a while, "yo, I should go back home, my parents must be worried sick. I'll see you around!" He carefully jogs off the bridge and gives one last smile before running home.
You can't help but smile at how cute he is.
You continue your path until you you reach a cave opening (or exit) and on top of the opening was none other than Undyne, standing on the highest point (literally) and facing the other way.
How she got in front of you was unclear but she surely made her point that she wants to kill you.
"Seven human souls," she starts, "that's how many we have. One, that's how many we need," she turns sideways, "you are the last soul we need. Do you know what you're people did to us? Of course you do, humans don't care about anything else besides destruction and death, thousands of us died during the war, banishing the rest of us underground, never to see daylight (or the stars) again. You think you're so different just because you're hugging people and not killing them? Bullshit!!" She turns fully to you, clenching her fist in front of her, "you may have the others fooled but I will have your soul, either you give it to me or I'll pry it from your cold dead body! AAGGHHHH!"
A bright light flashes as she yanks off her helmet, when it is off the light dies down and you can see her face. She's a fish person! She has deep blue scales, an eye patch over her left eye, long and thick red hair tied in a ponytail, yellow orbs with black pupils slits, and a murderous smile that shows extremely pointy yellow teeth that would put the Joker to shame.
"The only way you're gonna get past me is if you beat me in battle WHICH WILL NEVER HAPPEN AND I WILL GET YOUR SOUL!! COME FORWARD AND LET ME BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU!!" You realize her language gets more foul when no one's around.
*The battle up ahead is a dangerous one, and the opponent vicious and deadly, but knowing you're going to show her you're not like those humans fills you with determination.
You can feel your determination bring your health back up to full capacity, how doesn't matter, what you are going to do with it does.
You step forward and she smiles, jumping down with a spear in hand and engaging you in battle.
You dodge her attacks, spears and yellow darts aiming for you and your soul, during the fight she keeps ranting about humans and how they've damned monsters, the things a person named Alphys told her about human history (which oddly sounded like it came from a show), and somehow finds the time and energy to suplex boulders while FIGHTing you. . .just how much strength does she have?
Another flashback occurrs.
Undyne was in a magnificent black armor with a bright green heart in the middle, much slimmer than the armor she wore before, but something was wrong (not like you cared). She was. . .melting, like legit melting, her feet oozed into a pile of goop as she slowly melted alive, yet again there was no sound and you had the same sharp knife in your hand, she flashed you a big smile before turning to dust. You laughed manically as you turned around, seeing Monster Kid wobbling at the knees and scared to death. You killed his Heroine right in front of his eyes, with a smile too. He ran away before you could catch him, you breathed hard and briefly through your nose and walked through her remains to the next part of the Underground.
Where are all these memories coming from?
Eventually her attacks start to get repetitive and her concentration starts to waver, maybe you can get away from her since you can't SPARE her. What's the other option Toriel told you about? FLEEing? You try it.
You escape. . .
She looks around in shock, the battle ended but she wants to continue FIGHTing you. She throws her spear at you and you NOPE to the side, she runs at you, spear in hand, and you NOPE to the other side, since she's now behind you NOPE into the opening to wherever that leads to.
"GET BACK HERE, YOU PUNK!!" She says running after you.
But you refuse.
You continue NOPEing at full speed, her following you close behind, but then you hear another set of feet behind you and a loud scream.
"Y/N!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Papyrus?
You look behind you, a frantic skeleton running towards you two at full speed, faster than Usain Bolt (wait. . .who's that?), he easily overtakes her and comes after you. You know he's trying to catch you but the determined look on his face looks scary, at the speed he's going at he looks like he would rather body slam you than catch you, so you did what any scared as hell person would do.
You NOPEd like there was no tomorrow!
Now the three of you are running at full speed, one after the other, trying to catch you. You didn't even notice you're in another part of the Underground until you see Sans sleeping hard as hell at a sentry point, not even the commotion you three are making wakes him up. Just as you pass his stall, Papyrus tackles you to the ground, you fall on your back and he pins you down, huffing and struggling to keep you down as you fight back.
"WAIT *huff* Y/N IT'S ME *huff*STOP *huff*FIGHTING!!!" His words finally get through to you, you gradually stop and he huffs in frustration as he folds his arms.
"HONESTLY, ITS ALMOST AS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE GREAT PAPYRUS' PRESENCE ANYMORE." He complains but you can see the smirk on his face.
You chuckle nervously and rub your cheek, the position you two were in gets to you and you blush madly, Papyrus is straddling you. Fucking straddling you!! And his waist is a lot broader than yours. Papyrus doesn't seem to notice the awkwardness of the situation but stands up when he sees how red you are and helps you up as well, then both your attention turns back to Undyne.
"Too. . .hot," she can barely walk, the heat is getting to her and the metal suit only made it worse, "need. . .water. . ." she collapses.
"UNDYNE!!" Papyrus runs to her, he's still upset that she wants to kill you but that doesn't mean he wants her to die instead.
She needs water, she's literally a fish out of water, you look around for something to help her, you spot a water dispenser that wasn't there before (water ex machina). You take one of the cups and fill it with water, going back to her and Papyrus and dousing her head. After a while her eyes open again, she sees you have the water cup in your hand and you smile, Papyrus smiles as well.
"SEE UNDYNE?? THIS HUMAN ISN'T BAD!"
She has this look of shock on her face, like when a parent tells their kid that the Tooth Fairy or Santa clause doesn't exist. She isn't sure what to believe now.
She stands up on wobbly legs, Papyrus helping her up when she almost fell again, she looks at him then you then him again. She tch's then walks off the way you three came, mumbling something under her breath.
"DON'T WORRY ABOUT HER Y/N, SHE'LL COME AROUND!" He smiles once again and effectively making you blush.
But you can't help but think you have to make things right with her, not now but soon, you have to give her time to cool off. You two head down the path, continuing your journey in yet another part of Underground, and you see a giant white building smack dab in the middle of your path so you have no choice but to go through it, you can't help but wonder what's inside.
*The mysterious white building in the distance blocks your path, expecting something new and exciting to happen gills you with determination.
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