CHAPTER 4

"heh." Sans said. "looks like they're here."

The skeleton went to the door and opened it. Papyrus, Undyne, and Dr. Alphys all stood outside the door, waiting to come in.

"BROTHER. I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, MANAGED TO FIND THESE TWO AND BRING THEM HERE LIKE YOU REQUESTED!" Papyrus said, as he took a heroic stance.

"thanks bro." Sans said back. "glad you all could come here, there's something that i need to show you guys."

"What is it?" Undyne asked. "Is it Frisk? Did you find him!?"

"i did." Sans said.

"R-really? That's good..." Alphys said. "But... there has to be something else, or you wouldn't have asked us to come here."

"yes, about that..." Sans replied. "... i think you guys should come see..."

Sans stepped out of the doorway and ushered the other three in. They were puzzled as they saw that Frisk was nowhere to be seen, just a small furry monster with tears in his eyes.

"H-Howdy..." Asriel waved his hand. "I'm-"

"SANS, YOU SAID THAT YOU FOUND FRISK!" Papyrus cried. "YET I DON'T SEE A HUMAN ANYWHERE!"

"NGAHH!" Unyne exclaimed. "YEAH, WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS?"

"Th-that voice..." Alphys said quietly.

"buddies." Sans said. "your looking right at him."

"NO, SANS, I'M LOOKING AT YOU." Papyrus commented.

Undyne shoved her elbow into Papyrus' side.

"Don't be a smart-ass, Papyrus!" Undyne scolded him.

"WHAT?" Papyrus said after giving a small cry of pain. "I WAS BEING TRUTHFUL!"

"He's talking about the damn monster, Papyrus!" Undyne said.

"OH..." Papyrus said, with a look of shame on his face.

"Even though that doesn't make sense!" Undyne continued, looking at Sans. "What the hell do you mean by that?"

"Y-yeah... This is very strange..." Alphys said. "Can you, um... explain, for us?"

"guys..." Sans said as he walked to Asriel's side, and lifted him to his feet. "this is asriel. asriel, this is guys."

"H-howdy, guys..." Asriel said, waving his hand again.

"DIDN'T YOU JUST SAY THIS WAS FRISK?" Papyrus said, looking confused.

"W-w-wait!" Alphys exclaimed. "Did you just say that he's Asriel?"

"YEAH!" Undyne shouted. "THIS CAN'T BE ASRIEL, HE'S BEEN DEAD FOR A LONG TIME!"

"heh..." Sans said. "well, that's true... but this monster right here..." Sans rubbed Asriel on the head. "... is both asriel and frisk."

"WHAT?" Is all that the three of them could say.

"... well..." Sans continued. "maybe it would be better if one of them explained..."

Go on, Asriel, you can do it! Frisk reassured the monster.

I'll try...

"W-well... I-it all started after Chara and I died..." Asriel started. "I... woke up in my father's garden, but I couldn't feel my arms or legs... It turned out that I woke up as a flower, and not a monster." Alphys realized something here, and her face started to get red. "... I may have still been alive, but I didn't have a soul, and therefore I couldn't feel emotions. I tried very hard... but no matter how much time I spent with either my father or my mother, I just couldn't feel love for them... I ended up doing horrible things... out of curiosity... to other people. I had the ability to SAVE, I could go back to the garden after I died, and reset everything I did in the life before. T-Then Frisk showed up, and I no longer had that ability. One thing led to another, I had Papyrus bring you all to the barrier, and-"

"Wait." Undyne interrupted. "That Flower... THAT WAS YOU?"

"Well... yes..." Asriel said.

"YES, I REMEMBER." Papyrus said. "YOU WERE VERY NICE, I'M GLAD TO HAVE KNOWN YOU."

"You IDIOT!" Undyne slapped Papyrus on the back of the head. "He was the flower at the barrier!"

"OWWWWW" Papyrus cried.

"Tell me what happened to Frisk, NOW!" Undyne demanded.

Asriel was very frightened, and hastily said "I-I took his soul!"

"WHAT?" Undyne shouted, summoning a magical spear into her hands.

"I-I mean-"

"NGAHHH!" Undyne exclaimed as she started to bound towards the poor monster.

A giant bone smashed through the wall and stretched across the room suddenly, blocking Undyne's path.

"W-What's this all about!" Undyne cried.

"no one's hurting anyone." Sans said as his eyesockets became empty.

"PLEASE GUYS!" Papyrus pleaded. "YOU'RE GOING TO DESTROY THE FURNITURE IF YOU KEEP THIS UP!"

"That's all you're worried about?" Alphys asked him.

Undyne just struggled to get past the obstacle that found itself between her and Asriel, and didn't take notice.

"you're going to let asriel explain himself, and i'm not going to let you hurt them." Sans declared.

"please, buddo, continue."

Asriel backed off to the other side of the room, and nodded his head.

"W-well... after I absorbed your souls, I was able to change back into my real form. I wanted to gain the power to control the timeline again." Aslriel said. "... And Frisk was able to convince me that what I was doing was wrong... I felt so bad... So I decided to destroy the barrier with all of the soul power I had... I expected to spend the rest of eternity as a flower again. I left for the ruins so you all can return to the surface in peace..." Then Asriel began to tear up. "I was prepared to live like that, until Frisk came back to the ruins... He told me that he was going to give me his soul... I tried to refuse, but he just wouldn't let me go... So... Here I am, with Frisk's soul inside of me..."

Good job, Asriel. Frisk congratulated him.

Th-Thank you...

"W-Wow..." Alphys said, tearing up... "Y-You broke the barrier..."

Papyrus was sitting on the ground sobbing.

"NGAHH!" Undyne exclaimed. "I DON'T BELIEVE YOU! I WOULDN'T HAVE LET FRISK GO IF I KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN! FOR ALL I KNOW, YOU SAW HIM COME INTO THE RUINS AND KILLED HIM!" Undyne cried. "YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY WITH THIS!" Undyne still had not been able to get past the giant bone.

"i think he will." Sans said. "i believe them, and i'm not gonna let ANYONE hurt them."

"Y-Yeah, Undyne..." Alphys said, coming up behind the enraged fish monster. "Please, don't do anything brash."

Papyrus still sat there sobbing.

Undyne ignored them, and continued to struggle against the giant bone.

"i guess we'll just have to wait until she tires of trying." Sans sad shrugging.

Ugh, that'll never happen! Frisk told Asriel. Please, let me take control!

Um... Okay, Frisk.

Frisk gained control of the body again, and the others noticed the change in his eyes. Undyne didn't seem to care though, and continued to struggle.

"Hey, Undyne!" Frisk said, walking up to the bone.

"WHAT?" Undyne replied.

"It's me, Frisk!" He said back. "Please, stop this."

"WHY WOULD I BELIEVE THAT?" Undyne asked.

"Because I challenge you to a duel." Frisk said.

Wh-what are you doing, Frisk? Asriel asked.

Don't worry, I've got this.

"So you've decided to answer for your sins!" Undyne said. "All right then! Face me!"

"i'm not going to let you two fight" Sans told them.

"Please Sans." Frisk said. "Don't worry, I can handle this."

"..." Sans closed his eyes for a second, then the bone left the room, out the way it came it. "i hope you know what you're doing..."

Frisk turned towards Undyne, taking his stance. Undyne took hers as well. Alphys backed off slowly to get out of the way. She slumped down next to Papyrus and hid her face in her arms.

"All right then, Asriel..." Undyne said. "I'll let you make the first move. Make it count."

"Here I come!" Frisk declared as he rushed towards Undyne, swinging at her with all of his might.

His attack hit. There was something strange about the attack to Undyne, though. The attack didn't leave a single scratch in her armor, and she didn't feel any pain. Almost as if the monster was holding back.

Then she remembered.


End of Chapter 4