Chapter 11: Rage
Copi hurried out of the lab and continued walking as briskly as possible. "I can't worry about something like all this right now...I just have to get to where I was last time, then I can go back to the Pacifist timeline...I HAVE to!"
As they continued walking, a familiar fog began to gather around them. "This is far too familiar...but at least it shows that I'm nearly there!"
They started into a run through the fog, but quickly came to a stop as something in the snow grabbed their attention. "...No...no, oh no!"
Copi ran over and knelt into the snow, as a tattered red scarf lay before them. "Papyrus...no! NO! Arrrrggghhh!" They punched the ground in frustration. "In the exact same place we met...did you really try to talk with the human who's been killing everyone!? That's stupid! Idiotic! That's...that's just like you..."
Copi shook their head and sobbed. "It...it doesn't make any sense! Toriel, the dog squad, now Papyrus...why does this human have to kill everybody!? They're all so amazing and nice and...and...it's not FAIR!"
They knelt down in the snow covered scarf for a while, the cold once again attacking them.
"Howdy! Never seen you before!"
The papery monsters eyes snapped open wide and they immediately stood up and spun around, looking down to see a familiar smiling flower in front of them.
"Flowey..." Copi remembered.
"Wait...you know me?" Flowey's face distorted into a confused glare. "That doesn't make any sense...I have memories of RESETS. If we met before, I should know!"
"'RESETS?'" Copi echoed in confusion.
"What? You seriously don't know about those either?" Flowey sneered. "This just gets more weird...what the hell are you supposed to be, anyway?"
"Copi." They replied.
"Copi? What a dumb name." The flower spat.
"Do you hear yours?" Copi replied.
"Oh, VERY clever." Flowey muttered sarcastically. "At least I'M not out here crying over a dead skeleton in the frikkin' cold!"
The monsters face crumpled into a glare. "You wouldn't know anything. Shouldn't you be somewhere else?"
"Yeah, actually. All I wanted was to see what the heck you are." Flowey grumbled. "But you ARE quite interesting...you know me, but don't know about RESETS...you must be from another timeline, then."
Copi froze. 'Even the maniacal flower knows about timelines!? And why does he keep mentioning RESETS? What are they?'
"Really though, your quite boring." Flowey huffed. "The human is far more interesting."
"What!?" Copi clenched their fists. "You're FOLLOWING the human that's been killing everybody!?"
"Yeah, obviously." Flowey smirked. "They've been doing a great job so far."
"Tell me who that human is. NOW." Copi demanded forcefully.
"Touchy, touchy. A bit hurt that your precious friends are dead?" Flowey grinned. "Okay then, seeing as you'll probably die as well. It really started when they fell into the Ruins like all the others...but this one was clearly different, and became more evident as we went along. Seriously though, you'd never think they were a psychotic killer at first glance with how dumb they look. Short. Brown hair. Dumb blue jumper-"
"Stop." Flowey did indeed stop. Copi's voice had taken a sudden dark tone, dripping with venom. "The hell are you talking about, flower? Are you trying to mess with me or something!?"
"Eh? What's wrong with you?" Flowey thought aloud.
"Don't play dumb you evil weed!" Copi shouted. "Saying stuff like that...saying that, Frisk, would kill all the monsters here!? How dare you!?"
"Frisk?" Flowey started, then stopped as a thought flickered through his mind, and he gained an evil grin. "Yeeeeeaaaah, Frisk...that's what they said their name was. Definitely Frisk! They're the human going around killing everybody you care about sooooooo much!"
"Shut up!" The monster was glaring at the flower with pure hatred in their eyes. "Frisk would NEVER do something so horrible! Frisk is...the kindest person I know! Stop saying such terrible things about them!"
"Geez, awfully rude, when I'm telling the truth!" Flowey's grin widened at seeing Copi squirm. "Besides, how would you know, never seeing them? You're just an IDIOT. They will kill everybody with a smile on their face, your precious, friend, Frisk!"
"I said SHUT UP!" Copi's fingers stretched out towards Flowey, as if to grab him.
Suddenly, two thorned vines burst out of the ground, blocking the way. The vines lashed out towards Copi, forcing them to jump back before they got hit.
"Heh heh...are you really picking a fight?" Flowey asked with an evil face. "You have no idea what you're up against, moron!"
"Don't underestimate me!" Copi jumped into the air above the flower.
"Here then, have some FRIENDLINESS PELLETS!" White seeds appeared around Flowey before shooting up towards Copi. They spun and flattened their body around to avoid them, but the seeds did a U-turn and hit them in the back, making them smash into the ground. "Awwww, is that really all you can do? Pathetic!" More vines appeared and flew towards the monster.
"I told you..." Copi jumped into the air and formed both of their hands into daggers. "To not underestimate me!" Launching back towards the ground, they cleanly sliced all of the vines in two.
"What!?" Flowey gasped.
"You idiotic flower!" Copi threw a launched punch forward, smashing into the ground on top of Flowey, snow rolling away from the force of the impact.
"Too baaaad!" Copi's eyes widened and they turned to see Flowey pop out of the ground behind them. "You were close with that one, too!" Without warning, the flower launched more pellets at them.
Copi spun out of the way of a few, but had to cross their arms in front of themselves as a shield as the pellets pelted into them, making them skid back from the surprising amount of force the seeds had.
"You-!" The amnesiac formed their right hand into a dagger and charged the flower.
"Too confident!" Flowey laughed as more vines burst out of the snow, but Copi quickly sliced through them and jumped forward, throwing a powerful downward slash that carved into the snow where the flower once was, only for him to pop up behind them yet again. "Told you so!" Vines then erupted all around the monster, threatening to crush them.
"Screw you!" Copi formed their other hand into a dagger and twisted their midsection around before untwisting and jumping very fast, acting like a corkscrew, that sliced the vines into pieces. However, they were unprepared for the friendliness pellets that suddenly assaulted them, hitting at every angle and making them crash to the ground.
"I'll admit, you have some handy tricks..." Flowey snickered, more friendliness pellets floating above him. "But that doesn't mean a thing against sheer brutality!" The pellets shot forward.
"Aaaahhh!" Copi ran forward, batting the pellets away with their daggers.
"Cheap shot!" Flowey stuck their tongue out mockingly as a vine whipped Copi in the back, making them flinch in pain, vulnerable to the barrage of friendliness pellets that hit their body, throwing them back into the snow.
"Poor little paper scrap." Flowey giggled menacingly. "Don't you know? In this world, it's KILL or BE KILLED!" Loads of vines appeared around the flower. "So go DIE!" The vines descended on Copi.
"...Fine." Copi suddenly jumped, avoiding the attack. "Let's play by YOUR rules, Flowey!" As more and more vines were launched at them, the monster effortlessly dodged the attacks by twisting and distorting their flat body.
'Wait...what!?" Flowey thought as he threw more vines. 'They seem...different now.'
Copi threw a punch, which Flowey once again dodged. "I'll get you!" Copi's fingers extended and clashed with the vines, the appendages whipping and crashing into each other in a furious frenzy, but Copi's fingers overpowered the vines and stabbed the ground Flowey was previously, as the flower again resurfaced behind them.
"You...IDIOT!" Vines and friendliness pellets exploded into life around the flower. "This time, for sure!"
Copi spun and formed their hand into a dagger, jumping on one of the vines and running along it whilst effortlessly jumping from vine to vine and slicing through the friendliness pellets, before jumping above Flowey.
'Why did they change so drastically!?' Flowey burrowed underground again.
"You can't hide from me!" Copi shot their leg forcefully into the ground, unleashing a large impact ripple that broke apart the white ground, forcing the evil flower to the surface.
"Huh!?" Flowey gasped.
"Kill or be killed, Flowey!" Copi screamed as they descended towards him.
"I won't let you!" More vines emerged around Flowey, as Copi drew closer and closer. And as Copi was near, Flowey could clearly see...
Copi's eyes had turned blood red.
The monster slashed through the vines with their dagger, and Flowey screamed in pain as his stalk was cut dangerously close to the point of being severed, and two of his petals fell off.
"Y..you...hit...me..." Flowey gasped, keeping as still as possible so as not to cut off his stalk completely.
"...You're not dead?" Was Copi's response. "I was aiming for the stalk."
Flowey looked up at Copi's red eyes. "I'm gonna tell you again, flower. Don't say terrible things...about Frisk!"
Flowey cough, before giving a pained laugh. "S...sorry...but it's...the truth...you can kill me...but this fact won't change..." He grinned darkly. "I don't know what timeline your from, but in this world...your precious Frisk killed everyone!"
"Ahhhhhhh!" Copi sliced down in a rage, but Flowey already retreated into the snow. "Get back here! You damn flower! I'll kill you!"
In a blind rage, Copi sliced through the nearest tree, sending it toppling over and crashing into the snow. "Stupid weed! STUPID!" They continued slicing through trees, destroying everything in a fit of anger.
When a large majority of forest had been chopped down, Copi stood there panting heavily. Their eyes slowly returned to their original colour, and their dagger unfolded into a hand again.
"Hah...hah..." They breathed. "...Stupid...flower...I know you're right..." Their head crumpled forward sadly. "I just didn't want it to be true...the Frisk in this timeline is obviously different from the one I know..."
Copi took a deep breath. "Time to test if my theory is right..."
Copi continued walking through the snow, passing in through the two cliffs, waiting for a ray of light and...
"Kopi?"
They looked to their left, to see Frisk standing there. "You spaced out again...I was just a bit worried."
Kopi stared at Frisk, and for a horrible second they thought they might still be in the Genocide timeline, and they should kill them as quickly as possible. Thankfully, the thought passed quickly. "Just thinking, Frisk. No need to worry about me."
"If you say so." Frisk beamed. "Anyway, come on! This place looks really pretty!"
"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming." Kopi began taking slow, cautious steps. "It's okay...I'm back now...now everything's okay...everything is...okay..."
But they knew deep down, that it was far from okay.
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