Woshua and Aaron's dust sprawled over the dark, cold ground and scattered across the air. A single drop of dusty blood slid down the knife and a grin carved Frisk's face. The reactions of the two monsters had been delightful. Woshua's terrified expression as the eerie creature watched his friend being slaughtered in front of his little eyes was perfect. Such terror and sadness made Chara feel like she was unable to wait until the next monster decided to throw itself into the pit of death.

"Be wary now." Chara said rather calmly. "Undyne will attack you soon. Remember how it happened. It will be better if we kill that persistent kid first, don't you think?" Frisk merely nodded, and kept walking, willing to kill more innocent creatures. Along with that ghost, Monster Kid had been the only one who survived. Neither Frisk nor Chara would allow that.

"And keep you eyes open." Chara continued in a menacing whisper. "I have a feeling that at least one of those skeletons is around here. I want to enjoy their death."

"Don't let Papyrus get into trouble." Undyne almost growled as she ran off, disappearing into the shadows with apparent hurry. If it was true that there was a relentless murderer around, that'd mean the human would try to kill someone as vulnerable as Monster Kid - if she could do something about it, Undyne would not let it happen. She felt horrible realizing that no matter how much she wanted to, she would never be able to save everyone in Waterfall. The human would fight her, and according to Sans, she would die. Undyne was well aware that the remaining monsters needed her more than ever.

Sans watched until her blurry shadow dissipated, and looked at the direction of the Echo Flower field with a clear hint of worry on his glowing eyes. He had a strange feeling, like a strange presence was telling him that danger was way too close. That demon would definitely kill the weak first; the skeleton would never forgive himself if he lost sight of Papyrus.

Just as he thought, his brother cheerfully wandered around the field, listening to the blue flowers' echoing whispers and once in a while stopping to admire his surroundings. Waterfall was one of the most peaceful places in the entire Underground, no one could deny that. Except for, of course, a couple of merciless humans who would see a sea of blood and dust as a way more beautiful place.

"so how's it going, bro?"

Papyrus turned to look at him with that big, joyful smile. "I LOVE BEING HERE! I ACTUALLY SAW THAT LITTLE FLOWER AGAIN AND HE TOLD ME A LOT OF SECRETS ABOUT THE ECHO FLOWERS." If there was one thing Sans did not appreciate, it was Flowey messing around with his brother. He didn't know what happened to that flower after he died. It was a possibility that he joined the human. They could be working together. It was a possibility that Flowey was trying to trick Papyrus. He could tell him to go wherever that human could be.

And he knew that such thing would not happen while he was alive.

Sans faked one of his light, careless chuckles so his brother wouldn't notice the crushing preoccupation he was holding. "i told you echo flowers don't talk by themselves."

"I ALREADY TOLD YOU THIS! THAT IS NOT AN ECHO FLOWER! IT'S YELLOW AND HE DOES SPEAK BY HIMSELF!"

"well, as long as you're fine with it..." Sans didn't feel the need to cut his brother's happiness short by telling him the flower he befriended was a soulless maniac willing to murder anyone who mistook him as a joke. It wasn't like Flowey was too much of a threat, anyways; he and Sans had several encounters, and the skeleton knew that treacherous flower would never think on challenging monsters like him or Undyne. Not only was it worthless, but also dangerous. Sans knew he could kill him easily. Flowey wouldn't attack Papyrus either. He overheard him saying he was fun to play around with, and did not feel any desire to break a toy.

The yellow creature watched hidden in the bushes. Frisk walked through, waiting for something to appear. Her hair and clothes were covered in dust, thing that made Monster Kid tilt his head with a frown. Why would that strange monster be covered in dust? He needed to ask. She looked almost expressionless, which was creepy, and she walked slowly, holding a reddened blade tightly. Monster Kid knew there was something off about that creature.

Everything was strangely quiet, and the atmosphere sent a slight shiver down the child's spine. Something was telling him not to go near, but he really did want to ask. A simple question about whar kind of monster she was would not hurt anybody, right? Just as Monster Kid was about to come out, a hand quickly grabbed him and pulled him into the taller, thicker bushes behind him. He let out a brief, startled shriek before a sharp hush silenced him.

He looked at his side once covered in the shade of the tall leaves and grass, and tried not to gasp at seeing his heroine right next to him. Eyes sparkling, he yelled, "Und-!" before she glared at him and hissed a nervous, "Quiet!"

Frisk immediately looked toward the bushes, only to see an unmoving pile of green there. Monster Kid understood immediately, and became still as a statue as the piercing, reddish eyes looked at their direction. Chara had taken control; she could handle a surprise attack better than Frisk, and was not going to let Undyne kill both if them in a second if the source if the noise had been her.

The gaze kept itself locked into the waving leaves before Chara let her companion retake control of her body, and kept walking warily. Undyne waited until the human was out if sight to come out, with apparent rage on her eyes. She could have killed that menace right there, and she darned that ability to reset after death. Even though she had done it for everyone's best, she would always remember that moment. Undyne, the relentless warrior, let go a murderer. Without a fight.

Monster Kid tried to contain his joy as he looked at his savior and at the direction Frisk took quickly and repeatedly. "Man! That was- that was!- That was so cool! But why didn't you beat that bad guy up?"

The warrior stood speechless for a moment, watching the empty way the human took. No matter how much she tried to convince herself into believing letting that thing go was the right choice, she didn't see it as such. "You can't stay here. Come with me." was all Undyne said before taking a different path so she didn't stumble righ into that murderer, and waited for an understandably shocked Monster Kid to follow her.

Sans watched his brother from afar, attentively. He could not let his guard down. He just hoped Undyne was alright, she was stubborn enough to fight that little brat. But even she knew when to take things seriously, and the skeleton was sure she just went to rescue that kid before it was too late.

"Babysitting your brother?" an innocent, but malicious voice said behind him, and Sans merely looked over his shoulder, recognizing it immediately.

"what do you want, flowey."

The golden flower let out a light giggle. "It's hilarious how you are trying to stop the unstoppable. Golly, you really MUST be desperate to 'save' everyone. Hee hee... There's no stopping Chara."

Flowey knew he had all of Sans' attention.

His glowing eyes stared at the flower for a moment. "you know her?"

"More than anyone else in this pathetic world does."