"You're both done? Finally! Took you long enough!" Undyne seemed to have dented the ground below her in her impatience.

"S-Sorry! Sorry!"

Undyne laughed Alphys' apologies off. "It's fine. This is where things actually get tricky, anyway. I needed some time to get my energy up before this." Undyne glanced down at Alphys, a large smile crept up her face, making her fangs more than visible "You ready for this nerd?"

"W-Wh-What? R-Ready for what? Wh-What do you?"

"Sans! Don't pretend you don't have your shortcuts! I don't want any excuses! You know what to do."

"huh?"

Undyne swiftly wrapped an arm around Alphys and lifted her over her own shoulder.

"W-Wh-Wha-"

The fish warrior chuckled. "Hang on, punk. I don't know that we'll make it if I have to come back for you."

Alphys fumbled around until she could adjust her glasses. "Y-You're just joking, right?"

The warrior of course didn't bother to answer and sped forward at a rate just under Papyrus' speeds.

She darted the doctor straight down the mountainside and into the forest, instantly leaving the trail and eagerly hopping around outcrops of plants and rock. The doctor tried to swallow any sharp exclamation in fear that what Undyne had commented on was true. The fish monster seemed to be enjoying herself plenty. "Wanna go up?"

"U-Up?"

"Like this!" She shouted, throwing a spear straight at a tree and jumping atop it. She propelled herself into a branch parkour, that probably caused the trees to lose a few years of work. This time that doctor did yelp.

"And one more!" Undyne threw a spear straight on top of a two story apartment building, grabbing it as she leapt from a cracking branch. She shook the foundation as soon as she landed. Alphys instantly let go, panting despite her lack of actually physical activity.

"Aw yeah! That was AWESOME! What a workout!" Undyne dramatically raised her fist to the sky. "Th-That was… something… alright." Alphys laughed through her uncommonly high-pitched voice. She spoke again after an inhale. "A-Are we safe here?"

"Yup! Us monsters have taken this town! Pretty impressive right?"

"S-Sure… I guess so…"

Sans eventually found the roof the two of them were perched on.

"really? did you have to do that?"

"Of course we did!"

Sans shook his head, not bothering to respond further.

"Anyway, we should go and see Asgore about those materials if we can. He's been pretty busy, lately, but with luck-"

Sans shrugged and let Undyne try to figure out her way down off the roof. She ended up just smashing it and jumping down to a lower floor. "Asgore's using this old office building in the middle of town. He's basically like the main force of the entire war, since you need a human soul to even stand a chance. He's trying to make policies twenty-four seven, despite being our best bet."

"D-Do y-you k-know why?"

"I dunno. Recently he's been all. 'Don't do this to any of the humans. Don't take souls from people who aren't soldiers. No attacking villagers.' It's getting annoying."

"annoying? that just seems like good policy to me."

"I mean yeah but he's clearly got a few screws loose; I mean, he won't even let my absorb a soul! I'm the captain of the Royal Guard! I'm like…our second best bet! I know he's like… invincible, but he's hardly doing anything! He's even trying for peace accords! I mean, gees! Can't you use your godly powers for something? People are dying out there!" Undyne got progressively more fired up as she spoke. "You can like… destroy entire battlefields and you're just trying for peace! We've been imprisoned forever!"

"R-Really? I-Is that wh-what's happening?"
"And it gets worse, he's splitting monsters apart like this, we don't need a civil war ontop of this! It's ridiculous, just use your god powers already! Why is he refusing to be totally awesome!"

"Y-Yeah, y-you've um… d-definitely got a p-point there."

"SEE! I KNEW YOU'D AGREE WITH ME!"

Undyne's shouting had caught the attention of one of the royal guard. "Undyne." A royal guardsmen in full armor saluted her. "Oh, 02! Heh." Undyne shook her head. "I'm here to see Asgore."

"Again?"

"Yes again! You have a problem with that, punk!" He flinched briefly, putting a hand to his chest. "Of course not. I'll show you there." The guardsman turned around and led the trio further into the city, Undyne rushed up and stood beside him. "Has anything even happened these past few days?"

"No." He informed. "The humans are probably still trying to get help from others."

Undyne nodded. "They still aren't convinced where even here, huh?"
"Yes…"

"Well, disadvantage to them then! We've got initiative because of it!" Undyne narrowed her visible eye. "You and 01 still a thing?"

"... Maybe."

Sans got a good chuckle out of this. "welp, there's no need for you to dragon like this. you don't need to be coy about what you're going through." Alphys swore she could see an eyebrow raise from the skeletons blank face, it seemed like he'd been acquainted with the royal guard's antics,.

"Sans! St-Stop it!"

"ya sure about that? I have plenty more i could claw from my brain."

"Y-You said you would-" Undyne glanced back at the two of them.

"Why of all people did you let him tag along?"

"Asgore." Undyne knocked on the door of the building briefly, her voice was bit more toned down than normal. "Are you busy?"

"Of course not Undye. You can come in." The warrior slowly opened the door, eying Asgore, who was sitting in his throne he had moved to the small room. "Would you like a chair, Undyne?"
"No, it's cool. I can stand."

"What about your guests? They surely would like to relax, wouldn't they?"

Undyne did the answering for them "Eh, I guess so."

"I have found some of those foldable chairs that humans are most fond of. They are not the most comfortable but-"

"It'll do. I'll go get them." Undye paced over towards a storage closet and stepped inside the room, there was a series of clangs, she returned with two chairs before anyone could worry about potential damage..

"So, what is it that you want today Undyne?"

"It's not me this time Asgore It's these two, they're working on an invention. We need to see if you can spare some parts; most everything from the underground was brought up here for the war effort."

"Take whatever you need, I do not mind." The king shook his head, briefly holding a hand to his chest, exhaling.

"Yeah, you probably don't need half the stuff we provide to you,you know with your powers and all." Undyne seemed to be attempting encouragement.
"I believe there is a warehouse down the street. That is where we keep what we aren't using."
"Alright! Thanks!" Alphys was beginning to wonder why they had even bothered getting out chairs.

"Undyne, one more thing if you don't mind."

"Yeah?"
"Do be careful, I hear some monsters have been particularly on edge recently."

"Yeah, alright. I get it."

"O-On edge?" Alphys prodded as soon as the pair stepped out the door. "Yeah on edge. There's a huge divide over the war and all. Some monsters want to seek vengeance on all of humanity, others are more er... merciful." Undyne clicked her tongue against the roof of her mouth. "The humans are less of a threat than we are to each other honestly." She planted her palm lightly in her face. "It's ridiculous. All these years of waiting only for us to get to the surface and split into pieces."

"the humans are less of a threat? have their been battles between you guys?"

"Well the humans are insanely wimpy for one! I mean sure, they've got advanced technology but Asgore can stand up to anything. You just need a soul to stand a chance. According to our data though they're trying to get help from all the other human factions 'n stuff, but they won't believe in us. How pathetic!" Both of her escortee instantly reminded her she was dodging the question.

"Y-Yeah… I guess there have been a few battles…" Undyne shook her head. "It hasn't helped Asgore, much." She broke into shouting before anyone could press further. "BUT EVERYTHING FROM HERE ON OUT IS GONNA BE EASY! WE'RE GOING TO WIN THIS STUPID WAR AND TAKE BACK THE SURFACE WORLD! WE'VE GOT THIS, AND NO STUPID HUMANS CAN STAND IN OUR WAY! NGAAAAAAH!"

Undyne brought herself back into focus."Oh… looks like we're at the warehouse." They'd actually being standing in front of it for a few moments. "Okay, we're just gonna take back everything even remotely time travel related! I'm sure that's enough." Undyne refused to bother with the lock and speared down the door. "So... just tell me what you think we need... and maybe what we don't, too."

The two nodded briefly and slid inside with Undyne close behind. The two were confronted with a half organized warehouse. Each item separated by category. Some were separated into shelves and basins, while other had been left in an unorganized pile. Sans seemed to be amused by this. "it looks like what happens when papyrus tries to clean my room. naturally, all the more recent stuff would be left in a pile somewhere, that's probably where the better supplies are." Alphys had slidebetween a few cabinets to get to the machinery section. She decided to take Sans' advice and began climbing up the pile of scrap metal. She began to reach for a particularly useful looking human device, something that looked like part of a larger structure, when the parts her feet were placed on began to vibrate.

"S-Sans? Un-Undyne?" The shaking slowly speed up with time. Undyne had already climbed up next to her and was summoning a spear, she was about to fork through the metal when a few pieces began to crumble from place. The steel beneath the warriors feet began to give. "Ha! You think you're clever, huh? TRY THIS!" Shards of machinery lurched upward and at Alphys' face, the supplies quickly become to topple into a wave of parts. Alphys felt herself being flung backwards with the fall. Several discard fragments forced her down to the ground. She would of fell further into the mess if she hadn't been jolted upward by Sans' magic.

The pile of supplies had flooded into a carpeting of metal, a single hill was left where the mountain was. The doctor was standing on one of the sturdier shelves next to the skeleton, who was eyeing the mess.

"there."

he gestured to a rustling below the mess. Two cat ears peeped out from below, followed by a whole Undyne, breaking several parts in the process. "I've got you you punk! Now tell me what exactly do you think you're-"

"No! Tem kNOw yOus will regret dIs! very bAAAD, yOus shud lEet go O tem Or- oR u wiLL-"

Another feminine voice cut off Temmie's attempted threats.

"That is quite enough Temmie. You need not concern yourself any further. I will handle this myself."