Undyne's spears were coming closer to your soul. Your mind went blank for a moment from panic. 'What am I supposed to do?!' you thought, scared. Then you remember that Undyne gave you half of a spear. Not thinking twice, you stood your ground and put the spear up to defend yourself. You deflected the spears used to attack you and they magically disappear. 'If this is how the fight is going to go, this will be easy.' And it was. You had taken damage once in a while, but you had more than half of your HP by the end of the fight. Or at least, what you thought was the end of the fight. Undyne wasn't done with you yet. She was set on getting your soul to Asgore. You tried to spare her, but it would never work. You were set on leaving the fight with Undyne unharmed, so you tried MERCY for the fifth time. Two sub-choices came up: *Spare *Flee
You were so busy sparing her, that you hadn't noticed the flee option until now. 'Hope this works.' you thought as you chose flee. It actually worked. You ran as fast as your legs could carry you. But, despite what she was wearing, (suit and all), Undyne caught up to you. You didn't want to fight her, so you went and chose Flee right away. It worked again. You ran even faster this time, a burst of energy resonating from within your soul. You were filled with determination. Undyne had caught up to you for a second time. But before initiating a fight, your phone starts ringing. 'Toriel gets enough service to call me from outside the Ruins?' you thought questioningly. Then you remember that you and Papyrus had swapped numbers. 'Maybe he's calling me. But for what reason?' You stood there thinking about the possible reasons of why Papyrus would call at a time like this. Your thoughts were halted by Undyne rudely yelling at you. "Pick up the phone already!" You looked at her blankly until remembering. "Oh yeah...right." You took your phone outand spoke into it not bothering to look at the caller ID. "Hello?" you say, sounding bored. "HELLO HUMAN!" Papyrus yelled from the other end. You had to keep your phone at a safe distance from your ears each time he spoke. You valued your ears and to have them bleed would be unfortunate. "Is there something you need, Papyrus?" you ask politely. "I HAVE NO BUISNESS TO SPEAK OF WITH YOU, BUT MY BROTHER DOES!" Sans had something he wanted to talk to you about. But you don't remember him telling you anything important. After a few shouts of "SANS!" coming from the receiver, a familiar voice starts to speak. "Hey (Y/N). Remember back in Snowdin when I told Gaster 'bout you?" The memory starts to resurface and it occurs to you that Sans did tell you something important: a spot in the Monster mafia. "Yeah, I remember that. Am I in?" you ask quietly, hoping that Undyne wouldn't hear. "You're in. But we agreed to some things." You took a moment to process this thought, thinking about what Sans meant by "we". After a while, you answer back, offended. "Hey! Where's my say in this?!" Sans had also thought about this. "Don't worry. We made sure that our decisions helped you in one way or another." You made grumbling noises before letting out a long "fine". Sans continues. "Okay. Gaster decided that we would give you an outfit to wear that would conceal who you are. This is to keep you hidden from monsters like Undyne. But you don't know who I'm talking about." You nervously laugh to yourself and think, 'You should have given me the costume earlier because I'm not on good terms with Undyne at the moment.' You didn't really catch what Papyrus' decision was, but it had something to do with keeping you safe when inside their house. "What about you? What are you going to do that's helpful to me?" Sans lets out an awkward cough and clears his "throat" as if to ease some of the non-existing tension. "I'm going to, uh, bring you along with me on missions. S-so you're safe and stuff. Yeah. Heh, heh...ugh." Then you hear the sound of bone against bone and imagine Sans face-palming himself. You reply, adding some puns here and there just for the heck of it. "Why do you want me to come with you? I doubt you'll protect me, lazybones. I'll just end up protecting myself." You hear a chuckle at the other end. "Are you letting me tag along because you'll feel bone-ly without me?" You can hear Undyne groaning in the background. "Y/N, stop. You know I'm the Sansational pun master. I will never be defeated." You can hear Papyrus groan. You giggle at Sans' pun. "Well, that's all for now. See you around, Y/N." You say goodbye to Sans and hang up. To stall for time, you pretend to do something on your phone. Undyne lets out a sigh of annoyance. "Hurry up already! I was nice enough to let you take a phone call. Put it away so I can finish what I started." Wanting to take Undyne by surprise, You slowly put your phone away, letting her patience run thin. Once it's secure in your pocket, you start bolting in the direction you were running in earlier. Undyne wasn't as ready as you were, so it took her a little longer to pick up speed. "That's not fair, you punk!" Undyne yells as she runs after you. "It is fair! I get a 5-second head start!" You wished your mind would work faster than your mouth sometimes. Knowing that you probably blew a fuse, you ran even faster. Undyne followed suit.
After a short while, you reached a bridge. You noticed that Undyne wasn't following you as fast as before. The air got hotter and the water was replaced with lava. When you crossed the bridge, Undyne had taken slow steps before collapsing to the ground before you. You quickly walked up to her and asked if she was alright. "Undyne! Are you okay? Do you need anything?" It was hard to hear Undyne, but you caught on to some words. "Hot...Water...Burning." You looked around to see if there was any water around. You found a conveniently placed water cooler. You quickly walked up to it, filled a cup, and brought it to Undyne. Since Undyne's tongue was already sticking out, you decided to pour the water there. You stood back and watched Undyne twitch. 'I didn't know fish could get seizures' you thought jokingly. After a few seconds, Undyne was back on her feet. She looked at you with the empty cup in hand, then looked all around and simply walked away. "Not even a thanks." you sighed. You went back across the bridge and saw a sentry post. Looking back on your run, you remember seeing Sans sleeping peacefully. Now it was vacant. "Weird. Where does he go off to so quickly?" you question aloud. You walked back to the neon sign you passed when being chased. You read the welcoming aloud. "Welcome to Hotland." You start to think that the person who named these areas was really bad at naming things. With nothing else to do, you call Papyrus. "HELLO HUMAN! IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, CAN DO FOR YOU?" You almost forgot to keep your phone at a safe distance. After your ears stopped ringing, you answered. "Hey Papyrus. Are you doing anything? I want to tag along since I have nothing to do." As much as you hated stopping your journey, you needed something better to do than walking around Hotland trying not to die from the heat. "ACTUALLY, I WAS GOING TO MEET UP WITH UNDYNE RIGHT NOW! JUST MEET ME AT SNOWDIN BY MY HOUSE. SEE YOU THEN." You let out a long sigh and started to back track.
