Chapter 4: The Rocky Climb
The 5 teams went to their first course. It is a massive wall of rocks and somewhat steep, so steep that you can fall off easily when you try to climb off the cliff.
"Our first event of the scavenger hunt is… Rock Climbing!" The announcer called out, announcing the first field.
He then instructs the 5 teams on what to do in the first event, "In rock climbing, the competitors must simply climb up the cliff by the nearest steps they can find. Two people must climb up at the same time and they may help each other out. Teams can find any places to rest for a little bit before they continue. But there's a catch, once the team grabs hold of the rock, it would disintegrates in a few seconds, therefore, they must climb up to the top as fast as they can or if the team falls off, they have to start again. The teams who had reached the top of the cliff, gets the key from the wooden chest located at the top of the cliff and move on to the next event"
Undyne smirked, with a hint of confidence, "now this would be a piece of cake"
Papyrus stuttered, trembling with fear, "I don't know about that, Undyne, but you know I'm scared of heights-"
Undyne grabs Papyrus's arms and swiftly climbed up, encouraging him "Come on! The sooner we climb, the sooner we'll reach to the top!"
"W-WAA-WAA-WAAAAAIIIIIIIIII-" Papyrus screamed as he was pulled by Undyne. He clutched on the nearby rock, but it quickly broke to pieces, causing him to fall off, but fortunately, Undyne quickly catch him and place his hand on the rock.
"Hurry up, Papyrus" Undyne called out, trying to find the closest rock before the rock she's been clutching on disintegrates to smithereens.
Meanwhile, Dusty and Shisoku looked up at the cliff they were supposed to scale up
"These rocks look so weak, no wonder why Undyne had beat me in that contest" Dusty commented, who realised how Undyne had beaten him
"If Undyne beats you…" Shisoku figures, "then you're gonna beat her!"
Dusty's eyes widen and realised "of course!" He took out Shisoku's wand from his belt slit and added "I can beat her with the wand!"
"And, I have an idea" Shisoku points out and sinisterly snickers
Papyrus and Undyne were making progress climbing up the hill as quickly as they can, all while grabbing onto the nearby rocks as quickly as they possibly could find. They eventually stop at the nearest spot where they rest for a little while.
"Did we reach the top? My arms are killing me!" Papyrus complains,
Undyne looked up, about a second third of the cliff from the top. "Just a few more…" the humanoid fish reminded the skeleton
Papyrus groans in irritation and exhaustion as he is about to climb up, for he had regain his energy when something rumbles, "did you hear that?" Papyrus wonders
"I dunno, some kind of earthquake?" Undyne shrugged, when suddenly...
Stampede of boulders began rolling down the hill, Undyne and Papyrus dodge these boulders and the skeleton screamed "ROCK ALAVANCHE!"
"Ha! Hope you don't get crushed, losers!" called out from a familiar voice.
Papyrus and Undyne looked up and was shocked to see Dusty scaling up the hill with his feet running like a ninja, with Shisoku, clinging on his back
"See ya!" Shisoku sticks her tongue out at the skeleton
"We'll get you for this!" Undyne yelled out. She turns to Papyrus and ordered "Papyrus, grab on to me, we're gonna do some major scalin'! Here we GO!" Papyrus holds on to Undyne and she began to jump up with a surprisingly fast sprint and she dashed up, all the way to the top and passed their arch-nemeses,
"WHAT!?" Dusty and Shisoku cried in shock simultaneously, jaws dropped
"I can't hold it any longer!" Papyrus wailed with his eyes squeezed shut
"Hang on!" Undyne yelled back. With one last grip-and -launch on the rock, they finally reach the top safely.
Papyrus lets go of Undyne and collapsed on his bottom, "Whoa, Undyne, how did you do that?!" Papyrus pants, feeling traumatized
"I've been doing this with Alphys when we went mountain climbing on my date with her" Undyne told him as she made her way to the wooden chest, while a traumatized Papyrus took a peek on the cliff and looked down, "You know what? I am never gonna climb up here again…" Papyrus spoke up
"But I'm sure you'll get over it with your fear of heights…" Undyne reassured the skeleton as she returns with something concealed in her fist, "and on top of that…" the humanoid fish grinned, "We got it"
"We got what?" Papyrus asked, replacing the trauma with confusion
"We got, the key!" Undyne showed him the key and added "now we can go on to the next level!"
"Alright! Let's go!" Papyrus cheered and the two galloped off to the next course
Dusty and Shisoku were the last team to reach the top,
"I can't believe that fishy and her skeleton took us out!" Shisoku cried, "I thought this avalanche you cast with my wand could crush them!"
"Well, like I said, it's no wonder how she beated me in the rock climbing contest" Dusty pants as he walk towards the wooden chest which holds the last key, "but at least we got the key so we can beat them to dust!"
"Yeah! Let's hurry!" Shisoku exclaim and the two rivals of Undyne and Papyrus, respectively, rushed to the next level