This chapter has a little bit of language, don't flip out.
After an hour of explaining Doctor Who, the two arrived at the entrance of Waterfall. Jay let her mouth fall open as the multi-colored crystals glittered and the ceiling wriggled with the reflections of the water. The bright water illuminated the room somehow. It felt as if Jay was in an aquarium.
"I know, nothing fantastic." Sans said, tightening his hand around Jay's and pulling her along. His steps were slow and cautious.
"But it is! This is so cool!" Jay exclaimed loudly.
"Not as cool as the stars I bet. It gets boring looking at these rocks after a while." Sans pointed out.
"And it is the same with stars when you are on the surface." Jay countered. "Per-speckle-tive. We see them every night."
"Perspective." Sans corrected her with a laugh. "You were close though."
"Right. So, what are these blue flowers?" She asked, pushing her hand close to it. The flower repeated what she had just said, causing Jay to leap back.
"Echo flowers. They just do what they did there." He explained, the flower repeating his words. "You can learn some of the strangest things by actually listening to them. Give 'em a poke and they just blurt out what they have heard." Sans grunted something foul, the flower repeating it loudly. Jay gasped at his choice of words, which made Sans blush a pale blue.
"T-that was the big swear word!" Jay exclaimed. "The 'f' one!"
"D-d-don't repeat that!" Sans said, pulling Jay away from the flower. "That's a grown up word."
"That's a bad word. Not a grown up word." She snapped back.
"Grown ups say what ever they want." Sans countered calmly, but he let his eyes dart around nervously.
"Oh, right." Jay said, thinking back to how many times the Orphanage lady said the bad word. "Well, do I get to say it? Because you did?"
"Not that one. Pick something else to say." He said, pupils trained on Jay.
"Damn." Jay said proudly. The skeleton gave out a breath, then laughed loudly.
"That's it kiddo? I expected worse." Sans thought for a moment. "Let's get it out of your system now. Say something worse."
"Um... Shit."
"Better." Sans was grinning widely. "Now, let's see here. Undyne normally-"
A few paces away, Undyne and Frisk were in battle. Frisk was blocking spears and panting slightly. Their concentration didn't falter. Spear after spear after spear, they blocked and dodged. Frisk had been hit very little, while Undyne was bleeding and gasping. However, the fish woman didn't give.
Jay peered up to Sans, who was growling. His head snapped up and his left eye shined. Frisk's soul was bathed in a blue light, and they were angry about it. Frisk turned her head to Sans and was ready to shout something or another, but when Sans swiped his hand left, Frisk followed. Undyne took the moment to attack, snagging Frisk was at least ten if the spears. Frisk took a blind swipe and hit Undyne. The warrior fell forward and dropped to the ground.
"I'll deal with you later..." Frisk hissed. Jay called for Frisk as they ran off, but they either didn't hear or chose not to care. Sans dragged Jay over to Undyne and began to fuss.
"So, uh, where is..." Sans was digging through Jay's bag frantically. Jay walked over to Undyne and flinched when she attempted to grab her. Undyne tried to grab Jay once again, but the child let her. Sans gazed up and reached for Jay. Undyne was nearly strangling the child. Jay squirmed and dug her hand in her bag. In the very front pocket, she always kept witch hazel and bandages, along with cloth, just in case. Sans pried Undyne from Jay which was too easy for his liking.
Jay poured the clear liquid onto the cotton padding and stuck it on a small cut on the fish woman's face. A small box appeared : +1 hp.
Jay pealed out the cloth and covered it in the medicine. While it wouldn't do a whole lot with big cuts, it would at least do some good. Once Sans managed to wrestle her arms up, Jay wrapped it around Undyne carefully. Another box appeared: +25 hp.
Undyne froze for a moment. With only 26 hp, she stood and wheezed.
"Why are you helping me? Did you? No that was some one else." She gave a sad laugh. "I almost died. Saved by a human and Sans..."
"I saved two." Jay said to herself. "I still can't help Papyrus though."
"Two?" Undyne asked. "Who was the first one?"
"Toriel." Jay said, sniffing slightly. "I didn't want to go. That's why Papyrus is dead..."
"Toriel? The ex-queen?" Undyne gasped.
"Kiddo, Papyrus you didn't save. But you saved Undyne and Tori. You pretty much saved me. I think you're okay." Sans said softly. "I miss him, but if we can prevent more deaths, let's."
"I can't believe the goober is gone." Undyne whispered. "It's too quiet around here without him."
"I thought he was a dragon." Jay said suddenly. "Goobers are candy, candy is sweet, sweets are good, and dragons are good if they sounded like him."
Undyne stared at Jay blankly, while Sans laughed at the nostalgia of it all.
"This isn't a time to joke about him you know!" Undyne snapped suddenly. "He died because of you humans!"
"I... I know!" Jay hiccuped and sobbed immediately. Sans shot Undyne a sour look, and picked up Jay.
"This human just saved you, Tori, me, and is trying to stop Frisk. She could have stayed and let us all die. Be grateful Undyne. If we were any later, you would have been dust by now!" Sans was rattling, but his voice was steady. "I would be a bit kinder."
"Why do you care?" She snapped back. "Asgore needs one more human soul anyway! We can give her soul to him before Frisk gets there, and save all of us!"
"He doesn't need seven!" Sans snapped. Undyne paused and thought.
"Yes he does. He wouldn't lie-"
"He did." Sans sighed. "I've been through it before, he only needs one. He is just reluctant."
"Well... Well..." Undyne seemed stumped.
"Let's just go Sans. She doesn't like us." Jay murmured.
"Seems that way." Sans started to walk off, ignoring the sounds of Undyne's boots hitting the floor.
"With the way you treat her, she might as well call you Dad." Undyne grunted. Sans stiffened but kept walking. Jay buried her face in his hood and sighed silently.
He really would hate that wouldn't he. Jay pondered to herself. I shouldn't be so hurt inside. Why am I?
The walk was quiet and uncomfortable. Undyne seemed to calm down and Sans was no longer tense though. However, Jay felt sore inside. She just wanted to nap. Maybe she would. Jay was warm and comfortable, and Sans didn't seem to mind carrying her. Jay gripped onto Sans's shoulders slightly and let herself doze off. At least she wouldn't have to worry about the awkwardness anymore.
"Hey kiddo, time to wake now." Sans was poking her carefully, his smile wide. That wasn't any different than his normal grin however. Jay rubbed her eyes and sighed. Undyne was to her left, and an old turtle to her right.
"Can't believe ya lost Undyne." The turtle cooed. "These humans are hard ta understand though."
Undyne grunted, but didn't make any attempt to lash back. Sans had a half amused grin on his face. Jay crawled off of Sans but winced when she landed on the cold stone. How a skeleton managed to be warmer than the floor was beyond her. The turtle snickered at Jay.
"Right! I have a few apples left. Some tea too. Not good on the tongue but food is food." He said. He attempted to stand but Undyne beat him to it. She handed out the apples and then the tea.
Jay took a sip and shivered. It was disgusting. She sort of wished Grillby would appear out of nowhere with real food. She noticed the turtle watching her, so she took another sip.
"You like it?" He asked with a grin.
"I-it's really g-great." She hissed. He barked out a laugh.
"I don't like it too much either. Sells well though, for some reason." The old man replied. "Ain't nothing ta my taste. Too salty."
"It's like a salt lick!" Jay exclaimed finally, confident in her opinion.
"A what?" Undyne asked.
"Salt licks? They are put in barns. Big block of salt for horses. Or was it cows? I don't really know why they exist. Kinda pointless in my opinion." Jay explained.
"Why do cows need salt blocks?" Sans asked.
"I don't know. I thought horses and cows liked sugar. Sometimes you could feed them little sugar cubes. Then they might lick your hand. It's not as slimy as people describe it as." Jay sighed. "They always judge it. They have never done it, so why people say they know is stupid. They just wanna look cool."
"Huh." Undyne huffed. "Well, it's nice to know they still do pointless stuff too."
"Pointless?"
"Yeah. I mean, there are these things, Temmies. Pretty pointless." Undyne said. "They just sort of loiter, and they don't really help anyone. They're sorta stupid."
"We should go say hi!" Jay exclaimed.
"Why?" Sans asked.
"I don't know. Why not?" Jay shrugged. Sans stood and brushed off his shorts.
"Alright then. To Temmie Village." Sans stretched and took Jay's hand, leaving the two behind.
"Wait a minute!" Undyne snapped, rushing to catch up.
The old turtle laughed and waddled behind the store counter. "We'll be okay." He said. "Maybe King Fluffybuns will be saved too. Then we can go free."