"So.. not to be ungrateful for you, ya know...trekking me all the way up here, but where exactly are we going?" Melody finally asked as they treaded towards the end of the core. The steel walls reflected their actions as they walked along. Lights blinking and each step they took echoing eerily, she was beginning to tire of this awkward silence her and Jack were having.
Shuffling his hands into his pocket, he gave a nonchalant gesture and replied "Well, I'm taking you to some friends of mine. They might know more ya know?"
She crumpled her eyebrows together as if she was confused "What do you mean know more? I don't understand, do you mean about how I don't know how I got to that cavern place?" Their steps on the metal floor continued to echo because Jack, well, did not know what to say. How do you tell someone that they have been dead for god knows how long? That they should be inside a wooden box in the dungeons of the monster king? He looked at the ground, and simply contemplated on whether to tell her the truth, or omit some things until he can find the answers to all the unknowns.
Exhaling, Jack looked up at Melody. Her braid fallen out long ago, her blonde curls wildly surrounded her face and body. Her eyes sparkling along with all the bright and blinking lights… there was no way that she could have been rotting in a box somewhere. Just remembering the way she danced, he couldn't help but think that he has never met someone more alive.
"Yeah, Alphys might understand a bit better why you are having some trouble remembering how you got there." Jack smiled as he assured her. Melody smiled widely back, her face lighting up. "Who's Aphys? A friend of yours?" She inquired curiously. Jack's whole body released some tension due to the subject change. This is something he was comfortable with, a nice chat about his lovable geeky friend.
"Definitely. She is shy once you get to know her, probably from spending too much time in the lab, but once Aphys warms up to you, she talks up a real storm." He said as he recalled all of her tirades about her favorite animes.
Melody giggled "She sounds cute. I bet she has had a lot of practice socializing now though right?"
Cocking an eyebrow and replying without thinking he laughed " I mean I guess, she still spends majority of her time still in the lab, nothing will ever change how much of a workaholic she is."
Melody stopped abruptly. Jack turned around confused, and suddenly there was complete silence. No hollowing steps, no laughter, and there was barely any breath to be heard. Just the forever blue walls, metal floors, and their blinking lights. The blonde girl's face was a mask of uncertainty. Her brain seemingly attempting to understand something, but not being able too. Jack slowly reached a hand out "Hey… Mel, what's wrong? Why'd you stop all of a sudden?"
She just kept staring at him, as if he had said the beginnings of a riddle that never had a reasonable answer. Her voice reverberated against the walls "What do you mean she still goes to her lab…? How could she possibly go to her lab if she has fallen, Jack?"
Oh. Jesus. Fuck. That was all Jack's brain could process as he realized that he never properly explained who exactly he was taking her too. Melody saw the desperation in Jack's face "Listen, they aren't bad. You just need to meet them and you'll understand…"
"Don't. Don't you fucking dare say it Jacksepticeye." She cut him off. Her nose scrunched up in disgust and her eyes full of anger. The green haired man's eyes were wide as he pleaded "No puh-puh-please understand. Monsters aren't what you think! They aren't um well…" At a loss for words in this important moment, Melody took a step back away as he reached for her. "Monsters. You're telling me that the monsters aren't monsters." Her entire body began to shake, and Jack was unsure if it was with fear, or she was just monumentally pissed.
She continued "You lied to me and I need to understand? They attacked me. Hurt me even, multiple times. I was so scared and there was nothing I could even do about it." She paused for a moment, looking down, and by the time she looked him straight in the eye again, there were tears. "And I trusted you." Jack's heart broke as he looked at her, and it reminded him of how they first met. She looked like a wilted flower. It was if she had no more fight left in her, and she was ready to lay down and give up.
He couldn't let her do that. She was beginning to walk away and he couldn't let her do that either. Without thinking his soul began to burn bright red and everything began to slow down. The room blackened and Melody was suddenly pulled away from where she was previously, to standing right in front of Jack. Frightened, she looked down at her own soul which burned brightly with a familiar color and gawked.
"What did you do?" She shakily whispered. Also unsure of what he has done, there was only what was obvious to be said.
"You're green now"