Papyrus gestured to the empty seat between him and Sans. You sat down and didn't acknowledge Sans who just snickered as you deliberately ignored him. Flower grabbed onto the table and pulled itself up and sat upon the ledge.
"Now, believe it or not, we don't really want you dead. Regardless of what my brother may of said." Sans disregarded his brother. "We know your not the one who killed our people and enslaved our loved ones. But we still don't trust you, and only our leader should decide your fate here in the underground."
"Whoa there pal," you held up your hands and made the letter T, "time out. I don't see how that's fair, I should be the one to decide what becomes of my life. I don't even belong here."
"Which is why we didn't kill you immediately. Our leader and my bother Sans seem to think you may be of use to us." You didn't look at Sans for an explanation but felt the situation slipping out of your hands.
"Dammit your all crazy!" The chair was pushed back as you jolted up. "Jesus, I just fell into a fucking hole guys." You stomped away from the table.
"Do you even know how're your going to get back?" That comment made you stop in your tracks, Papyrus knew what to say. You turned back and noticed the three silently judging you.
"There's only one way out sweetheart," Sans joined in.
"And it ain't pretty either," Undyne felt the need to chime in.
"So in other words...your not giving me a choice either way." You clinched your hand into a fist. "Do you have any idea how that makes me feel?" You went back to the table and slammed your fist into it. "I wasn't in the underground for two hours and you were already on my ass and threatened my life!" Flower held it's leaf hand over your fist and then you gently held it's hand in yours. The others were looking away from you in guilt except for Papyrus who kept a serious face the entire time.
"I know, but we've been through a lot of shit since that kid became king. You would understand our actions if you were in our shoes." He got up from the table and grabbed a pot from a cabinet. "Just think about it, if you don't want to take your chances with us, the door's behind you." He turned on the faucet and started to boil a pot of water on the stove. Undyne and Sans exited to the living room. You meditated by breathing in slow intervals and rubbed your temples to concentrate. Maybe Papyrus had every right to be stern with me. I haven't exactly been a grateful guest. You looked up and noticed that Papyrus was wearing normal clothes, just black slacks and a nice dress shirt and it made your remember vomiting on him earlier.
"I'm sorry about your costume." He shot you a glare.
"It's not a costume, it's my armor. And it'll be fine once I wash it." There was a pause between you two. "You humans have shit for stomachs." You let out a low chuckle.
"Yeah, we kinda do." You needed to rethink the steps to get home but these guys seemed to be the only ones who knew how. So far they meant no harm, but could you really trust them? Papyrus broke some pasta sticks into the water and stirred it occasionally and then grabbed a cooking book out of one of the cabinets and studied it carefully. You saw Undyne and Sans on the couch, watching some obnoxious television show. Flower was on top of the couch observing the television. That flower was the only real friend you had here.
Papyrus started to drain the noodles and threw them back in the pot along with some sauce. He was trying to make sure it was evenly blended before adding shredded cheese. He didn't mind you observing him. You were only paying attention to Papyrus until you noticed your mouth was watering. Crap, how long has it been since I've eaten?
He separated the final product onto five differently designed plates and was taking his time setting the table. You observed him from just outside the kitchen and saw how he really enjoyed cooking and setting the room for a gathering. There was was a moment of peace in his eyes as he finished the final touchings. You were starving and made your slow approach to the table in apprehension. Papyrus pointed to the seat closest to the living room and you smiled back at him gratefully before sitting down.
"Dig in," he actually cracked a smile.
You lifted the fork to your face but was interrupted by a loud knocking on the front door. Papyrus jumped and the other two fell off the couch. Nobody moved a muscle and waited.
"Pap, did anyone follow you two here?" Sans looked a little terrified after hearing no response from his brother, and Undyne looked intense. You had a bad feeling in your stomach so you grabbed Flower and ran into Sans's room. You looked around and couldn't find anywhere to hide. Another loud knock was heard on the door but it sound like someone was slamming their fist against it. You panicked and ran into the kitchen and gave Papyrus a scared look. He nervously looked around then opened one of the bottom cabinet doors closest to the fridge and pushed both of you in. It was pitch black in there but you could care less in this situation. You cracked the cabinet door open a little to see. Sans got up and walked to the door and looked through the peep hole. He mouthed a word to Papyrus who suddenly looked more upset. Papyrus bent down and open your cabinet and whispered.
"No matter what happens, don't make a sound." You both nodded but you didn't plan on making noise anyway. He closed the door but you cracked it very slightly so you could see what was going on. Papyrus nodded to Undyne and then Sans who nodded back. Sans opened the front door.
"Hey, guys, how's it going?" He spoke in a carefree but friendly tone. A large black fist punched Sans right in the skull, knocking him almost to the other side of the room and into a bookcase. Undyne jumped back and Papyrus held his footing in the kitchen but looked cautiously at his brother. Sans gave a thumbs up but you could almost see what looked like a grin on his face. Two monsters stepped through the door way in thick metal armor. They looked like knights in black metallic armor and you assumed the weird shape of their armor matched their real bodies. They both easily stood eight feet tall and weighed a ton with all that armor. They didn't speak but the tallest one looked at Papyrus and Undyne who didn't budge. One of the knights appeared to be the leader in charge judging from his stance and he pointed at Undyne.
"We heard rumors that a human was spotted outside of town near here," the leader then grabbed the nearby television and threw it on the floor, shattering the screen. The other knight proceeded to check under the couch by lifting it and tossing it against the back wall. No one moved, Sans didn't even bother getting up from the rubble but had a smug look on his face. You noticed his hands glowing slightly. The leader stepped into the kitchen while the other started to raid the other bedrooms. You could hear glass shattering and knew one of them was in the bathroom. The leader's feet clanked he moved towards Papyrus. Papyrus face made that same scowl at their intruder. "Listen, don't make this awkward. Were just here trying to protect our beloved Snowdin," he chuckled.
"You don't belong here knight," Papyrus responded. The knight bashed Papyrus hard across the face and it unhinged his jaw. Pap fell onto his knees and tried to hold his jaw in place. Sans face wasn't smiling anymore and you feared of what might be fixing to go down. Undyne was right behind that knight but didn't then didn't lift a finger unless Pap gave her the go. Pap held his hand up to protest her from doing anything and slowly stood. The other knight returned from searching the bedrooms.
"I didn't find a human, but I found these." He lifted up soaked clothes that were laying on the bathroom floor. Oh crap, I fucked up. Papyrus eye's widened and he glared at Sans who then focused on the clothes.
"Those are mine," sans stood up from the rubble and pointed at his silly shirt, but the pants didn't match anyone's attire. Pap almost looked relieved. The leader walked around the island in the kitchen and looked at the upper cabinets one by one.
"Hey Papyrus...," the leader was sliding his finger across the upper cabinets, "how many people are in here, excluding me and my friend."
"If your here to question my intelligence-,"
"Answer the question!" The knight slammed his fist into a lower counter top and smashed it into pieces.
"Three, there are three of us excluding you and your friend, knight." The leader then turned his attention to the table where the food was set.
"Then why dear friend...," he gestured to the plates, "have you made food for five?" Undyne hands were twitching and Sans was creeping up on the smaller guy. Pap didn't respond. "I just want to know where you hid that lovely human around here, this city doesn't want her, and you could care less right?" The knight paused for Pap to respond. "No? Nothing to say?" He grabbed the door to one of the upper cabinets and opened the door, then the next one, and the next. He almost acted like it was a game of cat and mouse peeking into the doors and possibly finding a surprise inside. Fear made your heart burst so loud you were scared they would hear. The knight then turned his attention to the lower cabinets.
"We didn't made the plates for a human, they're for you since we saw you two coming."
"No...no...I don't buy that Papyrus." The knight continued checking the lower cabinets and he just opened the one next to yours. Thankfully there was a wall separating the individual cabinets on the inside.
He grabbed your cabinet door and then Pap grabbed his shoulder. The leader tried to turn around but then was lifted by Papyrus who threw him down onto the floor. Seconds later Pap was pinning one arm and Undyne held down the other. They tried to keep him pinned down on the floor. The leader grappled Undyne with one hand and threw her across the kitchen into the living room. Undyne tumbled onto her feet and then formed a long pulsing blue spear in her hands. The knight got back up and held Papyrus's neck in his hands squeezing tightly. She hesitated with the spear and looked at Pap who gave her a serious nod. Undyne then lunged towards the knight while his attention was focused on crushing Papyrus's spine. After the spear punctured the knights torso, he fell to his knees and yelled for his partner. But the other knight was being pinned down by Sans who refused to let go of his grip. Everyone heard the leader gurgled through the helmet and could only assume he was choking on his own blood before he eventually fell back onto the kitchen floor twitching.
You opened the cabinet door and stood up carefully. The other knight saw you appear from the last cabinet and he started laughing in a way that made everyone in the house uncomfortable.
"Hahahaha...you guys fucked up. The King will burn down your house with you inside it and listen to your screams." Sans had heard enough and twisted the knights helmet until you heard a loud crack and then saw a lifeless body drop on the floor. His face didn't show any emotion after taking a life. Flower was turned away the whole time and was appearing to cover what could be it's ears. Sans stood up and looked at your dirty pants on the floor and then at you.
"Next time clean up after your self you dumb shit." That actually hurt since you couldn't argue against the accusation.
"This wasn't her fault Sans!" Pap shouted back. Sans punched the wall next to him.
"How the hell is it not her fault! She the only reason the King's goons were looking so close to home. They saw the different clothes in the bathroom, that shirt may of been mine but those pants didn't belong to us and that fucker knew it!" He was clearly upset about something else and aggressively paced back and forth. "You!" He was glaring at Papyrus. "You almost lost your life to a fucking human Pap..." He was almost tearing up but then stormed outside.
You tapped Pap on the back who flinched but turned to see it was you. His jaw was partially cracked but he was able to pop it back in place after that last hit.
"I'm sorry, I just hid in that cabinet. I could...I could of-," you were almost crying. Pap admiringly patted you on the back and could only smile halfway due to the crack in his face.
"You did good human, you listen to my orders and you saved us some time to figure out how to approach them."
"But it was a close call." He smiled at Undyne who was just relieved it was over.
"Nah, we got ourselves a genuine royal guard over here," and pointed at Undyne.
"What?" Undyne burst out laughing, "Me? I quit ages ago, ever since King took over. As a matter of fact I'm a bit rusty and was pretty pissed off I let him throw me across the room like that. But years of training would never allow me to be defeated by those goons." Pap looked back at you.
"See, we had it in the bag." He was trying to smile more but then realized it was futile with the cracked jaw. The scowling face was now easier to make then smiling was. "What we need to do now is get you to the leader of our group and fast before more goons show up." You turned to the front door.
"What about Sans?"
"Don't worry about him, he's just a sap, he'll bounce back." Papyrus was scavenging the cabinets for canned food and poured fresh water into plastic bottles.
"Heads up Humie." Undyne threw a backpack your way. It was already packed with camping supplies and warm clothes. "Go get dressed in those winter clothes, they should fit. It's going to take 2 days to hike where we need to go, and it's freezing outside as I'm sure you know." You nodded and then headed back to the bathroom in Sans's room to change. You stopped at the door way because Sans was in his room still trying to wipe the mustard stains on his coat before wearing it snugly around his torso again. What could I possibly say?
"Hey," Sans looked up at you with a frustrated face waiting to hear some stupid remark about his jacket, "thank you, for saving me back there, I mean it. Your guys are lifesavers." Your face was very earnest, but he just shook his head and walked through the door way. He stopped just behind you so you could clearly hear him.
"Tell that to those monsters we killed."