Happy Flowers Fall Up

Chapter 11

AN: I know this chapter has a very short fight scene in it so if enough people want me to I can make it longer and more detailed later. But until then, here's this and I hope you enjoy.

We got to the save point and Alice grabbed it. I could see the determination growing in her eyes. I put her down and looked at her smiling face. I sighed and said, "You have to understand that this is the only way."

She continued to smile as she took my hand and placed it gently on her slightly blushing cheek. She replied, "I trust you."

That made me smile. "Good. I don't want him to hurt you. I haven't let him know yet that I could beat him without even moving, but I would have to kill him. He can't know I'm helping you or there is no way either of us will escape. So here is my plan: I act like you are my prisoner and then just try to stay alive. That way we can all get out of this situation without any possible repercussions. I'll be with you the whole time."

Alice suddenly had a sad look on her face and said, "You lost everything for me. Your wonderful creations, your life, your home, and now your family. Why? I'm just another human."

I was shocked that she didn't know so I answered with, "You are so different from any human or monster I have ever met. You deserve to have a happy life at your own home and I want to help you get there."

I could see the tears building up in her eyes and thought that I had said something wrong. That is, until she threw her arms around my neck and said, "Thank you so much. I don't care what happens. I will always be grateful."

I was surprised at first. I wasn't sure I would ever get used to this positive physical contact thing. Then I hugged her back. I buried my face in her hair and whispered, "You are worth it all, Sweetheart."

After a few more seconds of Flowey's incessant grumbling, we hid the blaster, equipped Alice's armor, and then advanced to where Papyrus was waiting. I started to explain our agreed upon situation. "Hey, boss. Look what I found. It's the human that got past me yesterday. She's been hiding out in the woods. But you're the expert here so I'll leave you to it." I looked back and winked at Alice before teleporting a short distance away where I could watch the fight without being seen by Papyrus. Then the battle began.

Papyrus yelled, "HUMAN, PREPARE TO DIE AND SURRENDER YOUR SOUL TO ME! YOU CANNOT DEFEAT THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE PAPYRUS!"

Alice wielded her weapon, which just so happened to be a small stick, and put on a brave face and retorted, "Come at me, bro." Papyrus screamed a battle cry and sent a bunch of bones at her. She dodged a few of them, but then she started to feel weak. She died twice before she finally got a grip on his fighting style.

The fight went on like this for a while until Alice got close enough to Papyrus to use her small, and mostly useless, weapon on him. That was a mistake. She was too weak at that point to even use it. I was so sick of watching her die that I almost intervened. But then, out of nowhere she jumped into the air and kicked Papyrus right in the face, knocking him out cold. Then she collapsed to the ground.

I ran over to see if she was okay. She just seemed worn out so I left Flowey with her and went to check on Papyrus. I pulled him over to the save point and made him as comfortable as possible. When I got back to Alice, she was sitting up and talking to Flowey. I said, "Hey, that was some great fighting, Sweetheart. I didn't know you could do that. I shouldn't have been so protective."

She tried to stand and failed, but I caught her. She smiled at me and used me for support as she said, "I almost didn't make it this last time. I was so tired. It was hard to breathe. It felt like my legs were going to give out. And I thought you helped me do that last kick with your magic. I sure didn't do that."

I thought for a minute before saying, "It must be the flowers that are keeping you from staying strong. Have you ever tried getting rid of them?"

She sighed, rubbed her neck where two lilies grew, and said, "Yeah, but it really hurt and two more grew back in its place. I feel like a hydra."

I felt so bad for her but her last statement made me laugh. I loved her sense of humor so I joked, "You know how to kill a hydra?" She shook her head to say no so I continued, "Take out its heart." Alice gasped. She looked terrified. I guess I took that one a little too far so I tried again. I laughed again and put my arm around her to help her walk and said, "Relax. I just mean that we should rip them out by the roots… when we get to the surface where there are hospitals to take care of this sort of thing." She breathed out a sigh of relief and giggled.

I started to think out loud, "I didn't make you kick Papyrus. Maybe it was the flowers."

Flowey butted in as usual and said, "Yeah. Flowers can fight. Maybe they are taking control of her from the inside. I've done that before… in some survival situations."

Alice shuddered and said, "That is terrifying and awesome at the same time." I laughed again. I just couldn't help myself. This was the girl of my dreams. I insisted that Alice take the save point one last time before we got the blaster and started walking over the ice bridge to waterfall.