~~~BATTLE START~~~

[FIGHT]      [<3 ACT]      [ITEM]      [MERCY]

RG 01   RG 02*

RG 02: Check  Whisper  Clean Armor*

I choose to clean the fish's armor because, from the looks of it, there was a layer of dirt on their armor to help protect ageist the heat. And I pick the fish because, he'll be the most effected by the heat. But something tells me it's gonna take a few turns to get it all off. They start to dance and doing combined combos like Dogami and Dogerissa. (Continuity) But on steroids. [HP 17/20]

[FIGHT]      [<3 ACT]      [ITEM]      [MERCY]

RG 01   RG 02*

RG 02: Check  Whisper  Clean Armor*

I continue to try to clean this guys armor and I'm starting to see him worming up. He is sweating so I'm guessing my hunch was right. [HP 13/20]

[FIGHT]      [<3 ACT]      [ITEM]      [MERCY]

RG 01   RG 02*

RG 02: Check  Whisper  Clean Armor*

I finished cleaning the armor and the fish guy got so hot that he took off his chest piece. I... I don't know what to think about this... I look over at RG 01 and see him kinda sweating. But he still has that magic cooling dirt on his armor. Why would he be.......OMG he like RG 02! I think and come up with a new plan. I don't know if it'll help me win this fight but... it'll be fun. [HP 9/20]

[FIGHT]      [<3 ACT]      [ITEM]      [MERCY]

RG 01*   RG 02

RG 01: Check  Whisper*  Clean Armor

I walk over to RG 01 and whisper into his ear. He blushes even more. They go to do a combo attack but RG 01 is... very off. I think it's working. I smile. [HP 6/20]

Then the battle stops as RG 01 starts talking.

(WARNING- MAJOR CRINGE IS AHEAD! Well IDK if you would consider it cringe. It's cringe for me to write and watch it but whatever)   

"D-dude... I can't... I can't take this anymore! Not like this!! Like, 02! I like..... I like, LIKE you, bro! The way you fight... The way you talk... I love doing team attack with you. I love standing here with you, bouncing and dancing here in sync... 02... I, like, what to stay like this forever..." 01 says

Wow... Should I leave or continue standing here awkwardly?

"......."

"Uh....I mean, uh.... Psyche! Gotcha bro!!! Hahaha..." 01 tried to play it off. I glance at 02... He know it's not a joke.

"...01."

"Yeah, bro?" 01 responds immediately

"......Do you want to...... get some ice cream......After this?" He asks painstakingly slowly.

" Sure, dude! Hahaha!" 01 says, replacing that nervous laugh with a real one.

[FIGHT]      [ACT]      [ITEM]      [<3 MERCY]

Run  Spare*

~~~BATTLE END~~~

I smile and check my phone. Alphys updated status *oopswait hows the human doing? And Top 10 Shows That Make You Forget How To Do Your Fricken Job  I giggle and continue walking. I head into this dark room. Why do I feel like this is staged? Then I get a call. 

"Okay, I'm back! A-another dark room, huh? Don't worry! M-my hacking skills have got this covered!" She says into the phone and once the lights turn on. Mettaton is sitting at a desk in a news reporter outfit and there's a set that does look like a news show was on. I sigh a little at Mettaton's antics and let him speak.

"Are you serious?" Alphys said though the phone

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YESSS!! GOOD EVENING BEAUTIES AND GENTALBEAUTIES! THIS IS METTATON REPORTING LIVE FROM MTT NEWS! AN INTERESTING SITUATION HAS ARISEN IN EASTERN HOTLAND! LUCKILY, OUR CORRESPONDENT IS OUT THERE, REPORTING LIVE! BRAVE CORESPONDENT, PLEASE FIND SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY TO REPORT! OUR TEN WONDERFUL VIEWERS ARE WAITING FOR YOU!" He says. I giggle at the thought of 10 monsters watching this. I look around. There was a basket ball, a dog, a present, a book, a movie script, and a.... a glass of water. I walk over to it and pick it up.

"A glass of water... in Hotland?" I wonder out-loud," IT'S A TRAP!" I shout randomly and through it into the lava. I think for a second and then face the camera," Breaking News! Everything in this room is a bomb!" I shout/say.

"IT SEEMS LIKE YOU SAW STRAIGHT THROUGH MY PLANS. BUT YES, EVERYTHING IN THIS ROOM IS A BOMB. THAT DOG IS A BOMB, THIS BASKET BALL IS A BOMB, EVEN MY WORDS ARE-." he cut himself off and his words legit fell to the ground and exploded,"BRAVE CORRESPONDENT... IF YOU DON'T DEFUSE ALL OF THESE BOMBS... THIS BIG BOMB WILL BLOW YOU TO SMITHEREENS IN TWO MINUTES! THEN YOU WONT BE REPORTING 'LIVE' ANY LONGER! HOW TERRIBLE! HOW DISTURBING! OUR NINE VIEWERS ARE GOING TO LOVE WATCHING THIS! GOOD LUCK DARLING!" He said and left.

Then Alphys spoke up," D-don't worry! I installed a bomb-defusing program on your phone! Use the 'defuse' option when the bomb is in the DEFUSE ZONE! N-now, go get 'em!" She said before  hanging up. I smile and start defusing. It was like a video game!

Defuse the dog! Dog defused![100 seconds left] Defuse the ball! Ball defused![83 seconds left] Defuse the game! Game defused![64 seconds left] Defuse the script! Script defused![48 seconds left] Defuse the present! Present defused! [25 seconds left] All bombs defused! (You threw the glass of water in the lava) 

"WELL DONE DARLING! YOU'VE DEACTIVATED ALL THE BOMBS! IF YOU DIDN'T DEACTIVATE THEM, THE BIG BOMB WOULD'VE EXPLODED IN TWO MINUTES. NOW, IT WONT EXPLODE IN TWO MINUTES!"

"It's gonna explode now." I say under my breath.

"INSTEAD, IT'S IT'LL EXPLODE IN TWO SECONDS! GOODBYE, DARLING!" He says. But...nothing happened,"AH. IT SEEMS THE BOMB ISN'T GOING OFF."

Then Alphys called and asked me to put her on speaker.

"That's because!!!!!! While you were monologuing... I...!!! I f... fix... um... I ch-change" She starts to stutter.

"OH NO. YOU DEACTIVATED THE BOMB WITH YOUR HACKING SKILLS." Mettaton interfered. How did he get that out of what Alphys said? 

"Yeah! That's what I did!"

"CURSES! IT SEEMS I'VE BEEN FOILED AGAIN! CURSE YOU, HUMAN! CURSE YOU, DR. ALPHYS FOR HELPING SO MUCH! BUT I DON'T CURSE MY EIGHT WONDERFUL VIEWERS FOR TUNING IN!!! UNTIL NEXT TIME, DARLING." Mettaton said and left.

"W-wow... W-we really showed him, huh?... Hey, I know I was pretty weird at first... But I really think I'm getting more... uh, more... More confident about guiding you! S-so don't worry about that b-big d-dumb robot! I-i'll protect you from him! A-and if it really c-came down to it, we could just t-turn... um, never mind. Later!" She said and hung up.

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Here, have a longer chapter to make up for the fact that I didn't update on Christmas. Welp, see ya in the next one!