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_GLITCHED_TALE_

"To Lack Faith"

Hushed voices echoed from behind a metal door. The cracks between it and the door frame were the only sources of light in the dark room. Inside this dark room was a lone white dot that shimmered occasionally. The owner of this light was straining to hear the conversation behind the door. To no avail, the door was good at muffling the sound outside the room, so they were stuck hearing the own breathing and muffled voices. Slowly the voices died down until only breathing remained.

The sound of metal slamming and scraping against other metal filled the room before the door slid open. Light flooded the room illuminating one person strapped to a chair, it was Sans. His ankles and wrists were strapped down by metal cuffs, leaving to look a little dishelved. The sound of footsteps echoed before two silhouettes formed in the doorway. One was average height for a human and seemed to be fairly muscular. The other was of a dwarf, around four feet tall. Niether of the two had any details to pick out.

The shorter one seemed to bend down to all fours and rush into the darker area of the room while the taller one slowly stepped towards him. The sound of switches flipping to his left pulled his attention away and, in the brief moment he looked for the creator of the sound, the lights flickered on. He winced when light blinded him briefly and blinked rapidly to try and make things out. Before he could properly examine his surroundings, his head was jerked to the right and he was forced to stare into two black abysses. The taller one held his head in place for nearly a minute before backing off and glaring at him.

"How long until it's ready?" They had growled. Not too far behind Sans was another voice that was mildly nervous.

"Not to long... Um, it's only going to take a few minutes..."

"Good." The one in front of him had a raspy and gravely voice at the same time. Sans focused his attention on them, seeing as they were clearly the one in charge. He had actually guessed this from their body language, but he'd been wrong before. He focused back on the one in front of him, they were a skeleton and wore black armor of sorts, it had reminded him of his brother Papyrus. The also had a black scare going down their left eye along with spikes along the knuckles of their metal gloves. They also wore a tattered red cape which clung to their back. It all made for an intimidating figure.

"... however, it will take a few hours for it to complete." They spoke quickly and seemed squeamish about even mentioning it, something wasn't right.

"What?!" The skeleton in front of him snapped their head to squeamish one and glared. "And why, pray tell, would it take hours?"

"Well, um, i-it's just that I haven't used this in a long time. I-"

"Yes, yes. That's what happens when you spend all of your time watching pornography and watching cartoons than doing your damn job." They growled before turning around. Their cape to a dramatic twist into the air before settling down against his back. "I want this ready and started by the time I get back, do you understand me?" Barely peeking over their shoulder, they seemed to have the one behind him terrified.

"Y-Yes... Where are you going?" They had already begun to walk out of the room, they didn't skip a beat as they answered.

"That is none of your concern, focus on your job. I have something I need to do." They didn't give a chance for anymore questions as the door slammed shut behind them.

Sans was now left in a room with some one he couldn't see, that was presumably going to do something bad to him. He didn't like where this was going, not at all...

"H-Hello? Is someone there?" Peeking around a corner, they tried to see if someone really was there. To their dismay and relief, there was no one. They became really worried again that this was a big trick to hurt them. "T-There is no one..."

"What? He should be right there!" The voice panicked as she new this would lead to another argument.

"You lied! I shouldn't have even trusted you!" They turned around to run away.

"Wait! Hold-"

"Howdy!" They stopped dead in their tracks as a flower blocked the path back. It wasn't a normal flower though, for in fact it was far from normal because it was a buttercup flower with a white center. On this white center was a smile and a pair of eyes. It was almost as if someone had just drawn a smiley face on it. It leaned closer to them before speaking. "I'm Flowey the Flower." Leaning left almost as if to peek behind them, the frowned every slightly. "Hey buddy. Who were you talking to?"

"No one!" The went stiff as if they'd been caught doing something wrong. They quickly fixed this by relaxing. "I, um, I mean no one... I, uh, sometimes talk to myself." Cracking a sheepish smile, they shrugged their shoulders at the flower. They still felt uneasy about the flower and would bolt the second he'd prove to be evil.

"Uh, okay." Giving a fake smile the resumed talking. "Well, golly. You look like a human which means you must be from the surface!" The Flower looked them up and down with uncertainty. "Unfortunately, this isn't a good place to be, especially if you're a human." His face adopted a frown with mild somberness added. "This place is ruled by monsters and they are currently trapped here. They're gathering human souls, which isn't good for you." They added a sad smile before continuing. "I guess your lucky though. I'm not really up for taking human souls, so I'm going to do you a favor." They winked their left eye and stuck their tongue out in a smile. "I'm going to help you escape The Underground."

"See, I told you."

"Um, how do I know you're not like the rest?" They spoke, pushing their fingers together awkwardly.

"Oh geeze, not this again..." Following an exacerbated sigh, the flower spoke again.

"Well... heh, heh..." Their face drooped somberly for a moment before adopting a smile. Even with the smile, anyone could tell their heart wasn't in it. "Let's just say I was very close friends with a human once..." After a brief moment it all washed away as it returned to a chipper tune. "So, if we're gonna get you outta here then we better get moving." It turned around towards the cave exit; however, they paused and returned to looking at them. "By the way, I'm going to reappear over there, so don't wonder off if I'm not immediately back, okay?" After a brief nod, the flower resumed turning around before sinking into the Earth.

"S-So there real name is Flowey the flower?" They said, practically giggling at the idea. It took a second or two for the response to come.

"Wait, were you talking to me?"

"Um, yeah." Scratching the back of their head, they looked down at the ground and shifted the dirt beneath their feet.

"Oh... Um, yeah. That's what he goes by..." A dead silence the air as they waited for the flower to reappear. It was awkward for both of them, but thankfully it didn't last as the flower creature reappeared neared a bend not too far away/

"Hey! Over here!" Flower extended its stem allowing it to reach a little bit higher and thus imitate the way humans jump up and down. It was enough to draw a giggle from Frisk, something that didn't go unnoticed by the spirit around the two.

"See it's not so bad."

"Um, I guess you're right..." They mumbled as they thought about it.

"What?" The flower stared at them with an inquisitive look. "I don't think I heard you correctly. Can you repeat it?"

"Nothing!" There they went again, as smooth as sand paper against shark skin. "I mean... It was nothing, just me talking... to myself, again." She really was a jittery, nervous, wreck when caught off guard. The flower eyed them again before shaking its head and turning right.

"Okay, so the first thing you need to know is that monsters, aside from me, are not your friend. They'll play nice and such, but don't let them fool you. It's just a trick to lower your guard, they aren't your friend." The flower watched them for a moment before looking around and whispering. "Look, we have to get past a boss monster if we even want to start our journey." His face became serious just before continuing. "Boss monsters aren't like normal monsters because they're powerful, extremely powerful, and mean. They're a lot deadlier than any other kind of monster." The flower checked their surroundings again before continuing. "The fact that we have to get past one so earlier is troubling; however, with a little finesse we can bypass it all together. Understood?" It hoped they had understood everything it had just said; otherwise, things were going to get messy.

Luckily, they had and nodded to show their understanding. They smiled, something that was a little worrying to the flower. "Would they even be able to kill if they had to? They seem... too innocent..." Checking around one last time, the flower took a deep breath.

"Alright, get against this wall and follow my lead and remember. No matter what happens don't make a sound." Their face became concerned, yet they complied none the less. Leaning against the cave wall, they discovered something magical. The shadows seemed to grow around their body and hide them. At the same time, they knew that they could break out at anytime. The pitter patter of footsteps caught the duos attention.

Soon the pitter patter became thumbs as they approached incredibly quickly. With in seconds of the change a massive figure passed by. They could honestly say they thought the shadows moved from such force. They stopped in front of the flower bed and looked around. The sound of sniffing could be heard before the figure bent down and smelled the flowers. They seemed to hesitate for a moment before rushing off to the left, outside of their vision. The flower reappeared in the door way and whispered to the human.

"Alright, let's get going. We don't have much time before she comes back. We can't let her catch us." A nod from the human was the only signal they needed to proceed...

"Listen, please... I need to get free. We're all in terrible danger." Sans said as he tried to look over his shoulder at the fellow monster in the room.

"I-I'm sorry but I can't let you go human... He might kill me if I did..." The sound of a few switches worried him and his heart beat picked up. It was an interesting thing hearing his heart beat rapidly, considering he was usually a skeleton an all.

"Look, I'm not a human. Please let me out of here, there's a threat coming that could kill us all. You got to believe me!" He struggled against his restraints; however, they were too strong for him to break. He began breathing heavily before giving it a break. He would try to get free again later.

"Human... save your strength for when he gets back. You'll need it." He couldn't believe what he was hearing, no matter how hard he tried to convince them he wasn't human, they wouldn't listen.

"Do you really still think I'm human? Have you seen me?! I have silver hair, greyish skin, and black 'n white eyes!" He pulled against his bindings again with the same results as last time.

"Well, it has been a very long time since a human was seen in The Underground, so the common looks may have changed..." The sounded sheepish at the defence.

"I can even do magic! What can I do to prove I'm not human?" He was irritated and uncomfortable and it was beginning to show on him.

"Lot's of humans can do magic to, it's not exclusive to monsters y'know." They stated matter of fact-ly.

"Geeze! You're just like Alphys. I darn know it all who refused to take steps forward..." His eyes dropped to his knees as he rested and tried to calm down. He sat there in silence, not even the sound of buttons being pushed or switches being flipped permiated the room.

"How do you know that name?" Came the voice from behind him, they were closer and their breath sounded shallow.

"They were a friend of mine once... but they're no longer with us..." Releasing a sigh, he composed himself before jerking up to yank on his restraints. "... and if we don't do something, the same thing that got her is going to get all of us too!" He growled as he pulled harder against the metal clamps. One could even see the sleeves of his jacket expanding slightly from his muscles flexing. After a few seconds he dropped back into his chair. "That is something I can't afford to let happen."

As he stared at is feet while hunched over in his chair he heard the soft padding of feet echo around him. Suddenly a hand rested on his shoulder, except it didn't come from behind. Instead, standing in front of him was none other than a yellow anthropomorphic dinosaur. His eyes widened drastically when he noticed how much they resembled Alphys, the major difference being the multiple scars across this one's snout and the black trim the lab coat had. "It can't be..."

"My name is Alphys and I think you might be telling the truth..." That lone sentence alone filled him with so much joy, he could barely stop it from reaching his face. "Quickly, I need to get you out of these restraints before Undyne arrives." The spoke as the went to work on the chair he was stuck in.

"Undyne? Why would she be coming here?" Sans questioned as he waited patiently for them to finish.

"I had called them over hear after he left... Well more like texted them, but that's besides the point." The grunted as one lock gave them extra trouble.

"You really don't like him huh?" He asked.

"He's the bane of my existence, truly. Alphys do this! Alphys make this and repair that!" The imitated the spitting sound as the changed positions once more. "He treats my like a personal slave and treats his brother even worse than that!" They growled. At least he was getting some traction with someone there. "Listen the moment I set you free we're going to have to book it out of here!" They seemed worried as some sweat formed across the forehead.

"What? Why's that?" He was a concerned and decided to inquire.

"You don't have much time, tell me who are you and why are you here?" The questioned him before beginning on the last lock.

"Well better late than never..." He sighed before beginning.

"To make it short, my name is Sans." Her eyes widened ever slightly. "I don't know what's happened here to Snowdin, but I know something's wrong. I've lived in Snowdin for all of my life, but I don't know what happened here to make it all so different. Before waking up here, I had fought... some thing and lost. Now I'm hear and look like this." He breathed deeply before releasing several pants. The dinosaur monster had sat looking dumbfounded for the majority of the recap. "You okay? You look like you just saw a ghost..."

"Oh, um yeah." They returned from their stupor and quickly managed to deactivate the last lock. "Come on, we need to leave now-"

"Who the hell are you talking to and what the hell is going on here." Freezing in their tracks, the dinosaur slowly turned around and saw a figure standing in the door way, this one wearing a helmet. Their armor looked both amazing and terrifying, but they were never really worried until they pointed a spear in their direction. Staring at them as they stood there, they looked terrifying...

Looking around the room, they could see their friend was no where to be found. The gulped before turning back to the intimidating figure. "This is the last time I will ask you, who were you talking to? Do not lie to me!" Their voice was deep and booming which terrified the dinosaur monster.

"I, uh, I." Taking a step back, beads of sweat began to roll down their forehead. They were scared stiff and their eyes as big as saucers. After a moment of nothing but the two staring at each other, the newcomer began to laugh. Their laugh was deep and hearty, and their shoulders bounced with each chortle.

"Calm down, I'm only kidding." They shook their head side to side before stepping into the room.

It was a large suit of metal armor with a color scheme of black, silver, and red. The massive chest plate was black and only covered the actual rip cage of the wearer. Underneath was black fabric with small strips of silver plates covering it down to the waist piece. The arms were covered with standard chain mail over the same black fabric. The shoulders each had one black guard protecting them with two spikes adorning them. The hands were covered by metal gauntlets and the feet had large plated metal boots providing a dangerous look. Their legs were covered with more black fabric, except they had red patterns going up and down the thighs and shins with plated thigh guards.

Alphys sighed in relief, it was only Undyne. "Hey, you scared me." The walking suit of armor walked over and patted them on the shoulder before chuckling.

"Yeah, I know. You should have seen the look on your face." The gave a sigh before looking around the super advanced room with a chair in the center. "So, what is it you needed?"

"Oh, yes. Well there was another person here just a moment ago..." Doing a quick 360, they tried to see where they moved to in such a hurry. "Where'd they go?" Undyne looked around for a brief moment before responding.

"Hell if I know, you're the one who called me over." Taking a step forward, the froze before swinging their arm in a massive arc behind them. As they turned with the swipe, they saw someone else ducking under. They wore a blue hooded sweater and what appeared to be white pants. Undyne readied her self as she stared at the creeper. "It's rude to eaves drop y'know." The growled out. "Y'know any discussion between the royal scientist and their partner is strictly confidential and that violating it means the death penalty." The figure, still kneeling down on one hand and knee chuckled, something that she didn't take to kindly to. "Why you little..." They stopped before clapping their hands together and slowly separating them. Between them was a massive blue spear of what looked like energy.

"Wait, don't-"

"Why don't you laugh at this!" Throwing their arm back, they chucked the spear forward with all their might and watched it sail to its target. Suddenly with no warning, the person jumped up, higher than Undyne was tall and let the spear crash into the ground wear it almost immediately dissipated. "What the?!" So shocked was she that all she could choke out wasn't even a full sentence.

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The landed with a soft thud before standing up straight and twirling around to face them. Their eyes were pitch black with glowing white pupils. A large grin was plastered across their face as they stood in front of them. "C'mon now, is that anyway to greet a friend?"

Stepping through the door at the end of a hallway, the lone human found their selves in a room with a monstrously large frog. It sat at three feet tall and was a ghostly pure white. This creature was called a "Froggit" due to its resemblance to actual frogs. Fortunately for the human, the monster was sitting in a corner sound asleep.

"Better not wake them..." The human whispered to themselves as they peeked around the corner.

The human managed to sneak past the monster with a surprisingly effective tippy toe. They found their self in a narrow room with a painting of a palace with the silhouettes of buildings in the background. Aside from this, the room was almost bare. To their left was small object glistening on the floor. Upon approaching it, they learned it was actually a small to knife made of hard plastic. Staring down at it, they thought it'd be a good idea to pick it up. Besides, it could come in handy if they got into a life or death situation, storing it in their pocket for safe keeping.

They carefully made their way back through the room the froggit was inhabiting and found themselves at a crossroad they had passed by earlier. There a flower was waiting impatiently with a frown. When the human stepped in front of them, the flower sighed.

"Are you done with you little adventure?" The human nodded and the flower cracked a smile. "Then we can get moving, now head through there. Inside you'll find a house that I unlocked during the time you've been dilly dallying. I can't go with you into the house for obvious reasons, but I'll meet you on the other side. Head into the exit tunnel quickly, we can't afford for you to be caught without any help." The flower looked behind its self and waited, listening for sound before looking at the human it had been escorting. "Let's go." It burrowed into the ground, leaving the human there.

They looked to the pathway Flowey had told them to follow and hesitated. This brought an annoyed sigh to mind.

"Come on, we need to hurry, he wasn't kidding y'know." The human frowned before walking down the path.

"Yes, but I need to be careful. What if there's a trap set up? I could be walking right into it..." The paused at a point where the walls narrowed allowing only a view of the dead oak tree on the other side. Surrounding it where blood orange leaves that unnerved the human.

"Look, we need to hurry if you want to get through here. Just trust me this once when I say there are no traps inside!" The voice was panicked.

"O-Okay." They were unsure of this plan; however, if they didn't hurry then they would be caught anyways. Deciding to take the risk, the proceeded into the next room.

The room was plain with the exception of the tree and two windows at the opposite end. For some reason, the blood orange leaves had gathered around the tree and the window seals. The path they followed stopped just short of the door. They walked over and gripped the doorknob; however, just before the began twisting it they were interrupted. A loud thump echoed from back at the start of the room.

"We need to move now! We don't have any time!" Their pleas fell on deaf ears as the human turned around and away from the door knob to see what caused the thumps. There was nothing there, only a shadowed corridor and a dead tree.

"I guess there wasn't anything there..." Turning back around, they grabbed the handle and began to twist.

"Who are you and what the hell do you think you're doing here?" The voice growled from behind, scaring the living daylights out of them...

Next Time...

"Please, stop! We don't have time for this!"

"You're a traitor, a damn traitor!"

"Ugh, why don't you ever listen to me?!"

"You will rule the day you decided to cross me..."