Just a fair bit of warning, This is a longer chapter. I couldn't fine a way to segment what I wanted to write into multiple chapters, so... consider this a 'special' chapter. Primarily because it contains a fight scene, but for other reasons you'll see later. Be sure to let me know how well I did for the fight scene though, please?

"So what was it that made you leave without telling us?" Selendis asked a re-flustered Tenebris when he met up with her and Frisk.

The shadow-eyed human still couldn't get over how cute she looked with the glasses and ribbon combo. "W-well... I went back and double checked something with Napstablook. I had hoped to make it a very quick trip, but it took longer than I anticipated."

"Uh huh..." Selendis didn't look convinced, but knew Tenebris would just keep dodging her questions, so she let it lay where it fell. She didn't even bother wondering why he was acting so flustered. Come to think, he's been acting more flustered down here than ever before. I wonder if it's because the volume of magic down here is getting to him.

Tenebris sighed in relief, but froze when he saw Frisk giving him a knowing smirk. "No..."

"Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm..." She hummed in a cheeky tone before skipping past him. Tenebris knew he was going to have a bad time if Frisk knew of his now massive crush on her sister. He had to keep her quiet somehow... in a non-violent way, of course.

It didn't take long for something to change the mood to appear. Unfortunately for Tenebris, he was still on the spot, but this time it's over Frisk's nickname for him. The reason? They ran into a monster called a Temmi.

The irony wasn't lost on Selendis, who smirked. "Tenny meet Temmi." Frisk let out a loud snort of laughter.

Tenebris facepalmed. "Why am I getting dunked on everywhere all of a sudden? Also, why are you doing this to me, Selendis?"

"Revenge for all those bad jokes you put me through!"

"Urgh... touche. A-anyways, did you two read those glyphs on the way here? I wanted to catch up to you, so I didn't get to view them."

Frisk nodded. "Yeah. Turns out that seven human magicians were the ones who sealed the monsters down here, confirming that magic DID exist in humans long ago. Also, if a power equal to seven human souls attacks the barrier, it will be destroyed."

Tenebris frowned as he tapped a mushroom to light the path more. "Why do I get a bad feeling from that alone..."

Selendis shook her head. "I have to agree with you there. Looks like there's more to the whole barrier situation than how Papyrus made it sound. Guess it's a reason why monsters would be gunning for all three of us; that's three out of seven souls right there."

"Somehow, I doubt it's that simple with my soul. Remember how my soul was flat-out immune to Papyrus' blue attack? I never touched on it with Sans while we were training, but I think that, because my soul has special properties from being infused with so much magic of darkness, it might not work the way the monsters want it to..."

Frisk hummed thoughtfully as she tapped another mushroom. "I would think that it would make your soul even more powerful; maybe equivalent to two human souls?"

Tenebris let out a loud laugh. "Doubt it. Sans would of stated it if that's the case. I think it's just a case of a soul saturated with magic."

Selendis nodded. "Plus, what makes up a human soul is very different from what makes up a monster soul. Then again, human souls were barely studied by humans in general, so I'm just theory crafting here."

Frisk sighed. "I suppose we'll have to run on what we know for now. Also, why is this next room so dark?"

They had entered a room with light-absorbing crystals present. Tenebris could see just fine thanks to his magic, but he didn't want the sisters stumbling around. "I think we just have to light lanterns as we go here. I'll hit the first one." Sure enough, the path brightened.

The next room wasn't so kind. It got darker as they walked deeper into it. Tenebris saw an echo flower at the end and brought the sisters in to listen.

The voice none of them wanted to hear played.

"Behind you."

The room suddenly got brighter and when the humans looked behind them, they saw Undyne right there. Tenebris managed to get both Frisk ans Selendis behind him as he flared his eye up, ready for anything the guard threw at them.

What surprised them was when she suddenly spoke. "Seven... seven human souls. With the power of seven human souls, our king... King Asgore Dreemurr... will become a god. With that power, Asgore can finally shatter the barrier. He will finally take the surface back from humanity and give them back the pain and suffering we have endured." All she got was a determined, yet somewhat fearful look from Tenebris and horrified looks from the sisters. What somewhat broke Tenebris' facade was when she continued, "Understand, humans. This is your only chance at redemption. Give up your souls... or I'll tear them from your bodies!"

Frisk whimpered as Selendis held her tighter. Tenebris merely gave her a narrow look as Undyne summoned a spear. She suddenly dashed at the humans with no warning, which caught Tenebris off guard and got a scream out of Selendis.

What stopped the guard was the monster kid from earlier popping out of the bushes shouting, "Undyne! I'll help you fight!"

This got a horrified look out of Tenebris. Oh no... Please no...

The kid looked between the guard and the humans suddenly confused. "... Wait. Who's she fighting?" Undyne suddenly grabbed the kid by the cheek and started dragging him away. "H-hey! You aren't gonna tell my parents, are you?"

When the two monsters were out of sight, Tenebris fell over. "Oh my god... I thought Undyne was going to attack the kid right there..."

Selendis huffed a bit as Frisk slowly found her legs again. "I-I doubt it. She's considered a hero by most monsters, and I doubt she got that title by being ruthless."

Tenebris looked over the sisters, who were still shaking from the encounter. He knew that Undyne would never give up the chase for their souls and will likely chase them all the way to the capital. Seeing the fearful looks on their faces filled him with resolve; he knew what he had to do and he was going to go through with it.

After recovering from a near-messy situation, they continued up a path that was now illuminated. They saw another set of glyphs that read of a prophecy about an angel who's seen the surface. Tenebris shook his head. "Just like I said in the Ruins. If there is a legend of prophecy, it's bound to be true. The only question is who this angel actually is."

Frisk started at the writing a bit longer. "'The one who has seen the surface.' The only way that could be true is if it was a human, because no monster has ever set foot outside of the Underground. But then... why try and kill any humans that come down here?"

Selendis sighed. "Perhaps because they lost faith in those words." Tenebris nodded. Too much time can do that.

Just before they completely crossed another bridge, they were stopped by a "yo!" When they looked, it was the monster kid. "I... know I'm not supposed to be here, but... I wanna.. no, need to know." He hesitated. "Man, I've never asked this before. You... you three are humans, right?"

Tenebris sighed before nodding. "That we are, kid. Even by monster standards, I bet we stick out."

The kid laughed a bit. "Man, I knew it... or at least I know it now. Undyne told me to "stay away from those humans." D-does that make us enemies?" His uncertainty and sad tone of voice was breaking the trio's hearts. "I... guess that makes us enemies or something. To be honest... I kinda stink at that... haha. So, uh... could one of you, any of you, say something mean to me so that I can hate you?"

All he got was silence and shaken heads. None of the humans wanted to be mean to the kid. This apparently dismayed him on the surface, but he almost was relieved by it as well. "So I have to do it? Well, here goes nothing. Um... I-I hate you a-all..." He didn't even put any enmity behind it, something he laughed at. "Man, I'm such a turd. Guess I should go home now."

Selendis nodded. "You parents must be worried sick about you. Don't let them think you've... well..."

The kid nodded. "Heh... In all honesty, how could I hate you three? You've been so kind to me throughout Waterfall. Hope you come back to Snowdin for a visit some time!" The kid turned to run, but tripped and fell off the bridge, barely holding on by the nape of his shirt, which got horrified looks from the humans. "Yo, w-w-wait! Help!"

Frisk shot forward just as Undyne stepped onto the bridge. Selendis and Tenebris shot after her as well, not only to help the poor kid, but also to make sure Undyne didn't pull anything funny. What surprised everyone, including Undyne, was when the kid actually stood up to her to defend the humans after being saved, making the guard back off and leave.

Frisk breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you for defending us."

The kid chuckled. "You think I would just let her through to you guys after saving my neck? Anyways, for real this time, see you around Snowdin!" With that, he left for real.

Tenebris smiled. "He, admittedly, is a cute kid."

Selendis rolled her eyes. "Tenebris, don't lie to yourself. You always had a soft-spot for most kids."

"True, very true. My favorite will always be Frisk, though." This got a giggle out of the child.

They knew Undyne had to be further behind them thanks to the monster kid, so they hastened their way out of the area. What caught them off guard was when they saw her standing on a mountain-like entrance to the rest of the cave, which baffled Selendis. "How did she get in front of us?"

Frisk whimpered. "P-perhaps the same way the monster kid managed to catch up with us?"

Tenebris said nothing and silently prepared for the confrontation. As he expected, Undyne started talking when they approached the entrance of the cave. "Seven... seven human souls, and King Asgore will become a god. Six... that's how many we have collected thus far."

This horrified the humans. Six others had already came before them... and they all died. Selendis came to yet another horrible realization: the clothes that were seemingly made for human belonged to those that had died down in the Underground.

Undyne turned to them and glared. "Understand? Through one of your souls, this world will be transformed. First, however, as is customary for those who make it this far, I shall tell you the tragic tale of our people." Ignoring their now flat looks- they already knew of the monster's history from the glyphs -she turned to the side. "It all started, long ago..."

She fell silent for a few minutes, with nobody daring to move an inch. "No, you know what? SCREW IT! WHY SHOULD I TELL THAT STORY WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT TO DIE!?"

She let out a battle cry as the humans were inexplicably blinded. Tenebris grunted. "What is this, a too-awesome-to-see epic moment in an anime?"

"Stop implanting crap like that onto real life, Tenebris!" Selendis groaned/growled.

Frisk shook her head as the light receded. "How else can you explain that? Also, I thought Undyne was a deadly serious person. Just from this alone, I can now tell she's not."

"Later Frisk!"

When they looked back up, they saw Undyne had removed her helmet and was now staring intensely down at the trio. "YOU! ALL OF YOU! You're standing in the way of everyone's hopes and dreams! Alphys's history books made me think humans were cool with their giant robots and flowery swordswomen. BUT YOU THREE? Even though one of you can use magic, you're just cowards in the end, hiding behind that kid so you could run away from me again!" Frisk wanted to say something, but was cut off by Undyne, which made Tenebris growl. "And let's not forget your wimpy goody-two-shoes-schtick!"

Tenebris returned the favor by cutting her off this time. "Oh, like YOU'RE doing any better! Who was the one who rushed to save that kid? Certainly not YOU!"

Undyne snarled at him. "You punk! You know what would be the most valuable to everyone? IF YOU WERE DEAD!" Tenebris winced when he recognized one of the lines that was constantly torturing him while he slept, ever since his parents died. He didn't let it falter his resolve. "That's right, humans! Your continued existence is a crime! Your lives are all that stands between us and our freedom!" She points at them. "Now, let's end this right here, right now. I'll show you how determined monsters can be! Step forward... only if you're ready! Fuhuhuhu!"

Selendis and Frisk fell back a bit, but Tenebris stayed put. "Girls, we've came this far without letting anything else get in our way. We're not about to let this stop us here."

Frisk got back her determination. "He's right. We can't give up now. We'll show her our resolve to get through this, to get through everything anyone throws at us!"

Selendis looked between the two before sighing. "Both of you are crazy... guess that's why I care about you so much. And... I'll admit, you're both right." The humans nodded at each other, though there was a bit of reluctance on Tenebris' part, before stepping forward.

Undyne looked at them with a grin. "That's it, then! No more running away! HERE I-"

"Sorry, gonna disagree with you there." Just as Undyne came down with her spear pointed downwards, Tenebris morphed his shadow claws and hit her behind the humans, which caught her off guard. "Selendis! Frisk! Go, now!"

There was clear hesitation on both parts. "B-but Tenny, what about-"

"This is the only way to do it! She's made it pretty clear that she won't leave us alone. You go on ahead while I deal with her here." Ignoring a now very pissed off guard, he gives them a glare with his shadow eye. "I SAID GO!"

Selendis looked at him for a few seconds longer with clear reluctance, and now fear, before grabbing Frisk's hand and running into the cave with her. When he turned his attention back on Undyne, she had a quizzing look on her face. "So... you don't intend on running, huh? And those two..."

Noticing she was looking past him, Tenebris quickly spawned a deflection barrier to cover the cave mouth. "Sorry, those two are off limits. You'll have to deal with me, now!"

Undyne stared for a bit longer before grinning. "You do intend on fighting. How much do you think this will solve for you? If anything, you gave me an advantage!"

"Truthfully... I'm only fighting to force you back; to make you give up the chase here and now."

She laughs and he stiffens because of it. "That's it? I'll give you some credit, human. Staying behind to give you companions time to flee? That's brave... if not very foolish. I'll admit, I was curious about your ability to use magic for a while. At the end of the day, though, you may have saved them entirely. I only need one soul and yours will do just fine!"

Tenebris get's into a battle position and shouts, "You will not find me easy prey!" before launching himself at her with his shadow claws at ready.

She summoned a spear to block his attack and forced him back before forcing his soul to appear, slightly caught off guard by it's unnatural color. Before he could react, she launched an unavoidable energy wave at it, but was shocked when the soul merely pulsed in response. "WHAT?! You should be green right now!"

Tenebris chuckles as he creates a shadow orb full of scatter-shots. "Sorry to disappoint. Papyrus tried the same thing as you earlier and also failed."

Undyne hums a bit. "So you're immune to soul mode changes, huh? I'll admit, it caught me off guard, but now I think this is more interesting!" She launched herself at him this time and, in his panic, he threw the orb right at her, which she batted away with her spear. When she went in to strike, she found herself in something of a blade-lock with the human's claws before he tried to strike her with his other claw. It connected and, despite the armor negating most of the damage, he managed to slash her a few times before she launched him with a kick.

Tenebris managed to land just fine, enhanced his own jumping ability, and created another shadow orb, though this time he set it in the air and had it fire scatter-shots at the guard. She was able to deflect and dodge all of the bolts before summoning a bunch of spears to send at him, which made him panic again and use deflection barriers to stop them. When she tried rushing him again, she managed to jump back before she got hit with shadowy spikes that rapidly spawned around the human. He tried rushing her in return, but tripped on one of the ground spikes she summoned and wound up getting comboed. He gave her a swift counter and hit her a few times with his own spikes before she jumped away.

It continued like that for a little while until Tenebris huffed. He was starting to feel a bit out of it and removed the barrier that was blocking the cave; it was just becoming an unnecessary drain and he figured the sisters had gotten far enough away. What dismayed the shadow-eyed human was when Undyne laughed. "Okay, I have to hand it to you, punk! I didn't expect such a workout from a human like yourself. Don't get cocky, though. Up until now, I've been testing to see how well you handle yourself. Now... I get serious!"

Tenebris saw an energy fluctuation around her right before she dashed at him again. He barely got a deflection barrier up to block her, but she circumvented the shield and struck him in the side. He didn't fall for it a second time and managed to counter her when she did it again. He started spawning shadow orbs full of shadow bolt shots whenever he had a chance and soon, the battlefield was swamped with bolts flying everywhere. That didn't stop Undyne from constantly being on top of him and they clashed blow for blow many times. Tenebris could barely get a hit in now and the hits he did connect barely phased the determined monster. It was starting to wear on his nerves. After a few more clashes and an attempt at slowing her down with the dark pool, he got hit many times before slamming a fist into the ground out of rage, the flame and mist from his eye becoming very intense along with suddenly gaining some murderous intent. "Now you're pissing me OFF!"

Undyne was about to retort when she stopped dead in her tracks. Hovering behind and above the now pissed human was a massive pitch-black dragon skull with purple eyes. "Wait a minute, is that-" She didn't get to finish when she heard a familiar sound from the skull before it fired a shadowy beam at her with another familiar blasting sound. She managed to barely dodge it, but got singed by the energy radiating off the beam. Tenebris staggered after firing the beam, losing his brief amount of murderous intent and all of his rage in one fell swoop as the mist and flame in his eye died back down. Now he felt uneasy on his legs and resorted to scarfing down a nice cream. It healed some of his wounds and stopped his legs from shaking. He sighed, but was cut off when Undyne elbowed him in the head. He regained some of his aggression and reformed his claws before rushing her again.

They clashed a few times before Tenebris summoned something that caught Undyne off guard again: a shadowy scythe that looked way bigger than him. He jumped at her and clashed with her spear, resulting in proper weapon fights and locks. As he kept trying to catch her off guard with his sweeping motions with his scythe, she noted a change in his facial expression. The human no longer had looks of determination or rage. He was beginning to look desperate, like he wanted to buy as much time as he could. She had just started breaking out into a sweat from the intense combat, but she could tell he was starting to stand on his last legs. Tenebris kept summoning shadowy orbs in futile attempts at catching her off guard and was beginning to feel his magic reserves run dry. No! I... need to last! To give those two... the best chance at escaping with their lives!

He no longer cared that his magic reserves were running dry. Recalling how he summoned that dragon head, he managed to start summoning up smaller ones to fire on Undyne, who once again got singed by the energy coming off the beams. It was at this point that his left eye started bleeding from over-exerting his magic and said eye started burning AND stinging. Undyne frowned when she noticed that every attack coming from the human now had a desperate feel to them, like he knew he was going to lose but kept on fighting anyways. At this point she didn't bother attacking, only dodging everything he threw at her. What saddened her was when the attacks slowly became pitiful and the bleeding from his eye, more intense. He looked like he was struggling to keep it open.

When Tenebris just stood there breathing heavily, attempting and failing at magic attacks, and barely able to stand, Undyne shook her head. "That'll be quite enough, human. Admit you lost." She let out a sigh. "It's... unfortunate, really. Your potential with that magic looks limitless and... for someone who's weak and inexperienced, you actually made me break a sweat. If you had been born a monster, you would of been a shoe-in for the title of captain of the royal guard, no questions asked. You... fought with a valor I haven't seen for a long time, ever since I started training Papyrus." She shook her head again as she summoned one spear into her hand. "For your efforts, I'll make this as painless as possible. Forgive me, I'll make sure your soul and body get the proper respect they deserve. Farewell..." She tossed the spear at his head to make it a clean kill and to preserve his soul.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Something shoved Tenebris to the ground, narrowly saving him from the spear. When Undyne did a double-take, she saw what pushed him out of her spear's path: the blond human who had run ahead earlier. The brown haired kid quickly joined them, standing defensively in front of them with what looked like dried tears running down her face.

Tenebris grunted when he saw Selendis scramble to check on him. "What are you doing? I thought I told you to get out of here!"

She gasped at his bleeding eye, barely able to hold back sobs. "Are you stupid?! We're not leaving you behind when we agreed that we're in this together! I refuse to leave you behind, not like this!" He was about to retort when she stuffed her last cinnamon bunny into his mouth, forcing him to chew as she tried to get him off the ground.

Frisk gave Undyne a stubborn look, but was caught off guard when she smiled. "So neither of you truly left him behind, huh? Guess I was wrong about you being cowardly... and, in a way, am glad to be proven such." She suddenly grinned at the humans. "But don't think I'm just going to let you go! I'll chase you until I get at least ONE of your souls! PREPARE YOURSELVES!" She forced the other two humans' souls to appear and managed to successfully make them green, or in Selendis' case, give it a green aura, giving them both shields. "As long as you're green, you can't escape! Unless you learn to face danger head-on, you won't last nowhere near as long as your companion did!"

The sisters realized that their soul was stuck in one place and that they can only pivot around it, with their shield always in front of them. Selendis knew that she wasn't guarding just herself but Tenebris as well, since he was in no condition to be going anywhere. To her relief, Frisk seemed to keep the focus primarily on her, with only an occasional projectile going her way.

They managed to block all of her projectile waves, but Undyne suddenly changed their souls back to normal to fire a normal spear at them. As soon as that happened, they fled with Selendis leading Tenebris by hand, which enraged the guard. "I TAKE BACK WHAT I SAID EARLIER! YOU REALLY ARE COWARDS!"

As Undyne chased them through the caves, Frisk remembered why they came back.

Selendis and Frisk kept running away from Tenebris and Undyne, not knowing what else to do and hoping Tenebris followed them. Frisk saw the barrier, which told her Tenebris meant to fight her, but Selendis kept running, almost blindly. After a few corners, they stopped in a hall way that had an electronic boards saying "welcome to Hotland!" Selendis collapsed, not from exhaustion but from fear and desperation, and began sobbing. "O-oh... F-Frisk. W-what should I... what should of I done? I... I just left him... just left him behind... behind to die..."

Frisk tried her best to comfort her sister, but was breaking down crying herself. Despite everything they went through with him, they felt like they abandoned him to die at Undyne's hands. They didn't know what to do, only to weep and occasionally hear a distant explosion. They knew they couldn't do anything because of the barrier; they were lost to the thought that Tenebris was lost to them.

They stayed like that for a while until the phone started ringing. When Selendis reluctantly answered it, Papyrus was on the other end. "HEY! WHAT'S U-"

"Pa...Papyrus... what... what should I do..?"

"SELENDIS?! WHAT'S WRONG, WHY ARE YOU CRYING?"

At the skeleton brother's home, Sans' interest was caught when Papyrus suddenly sounded worried. He knew he should of been at the entrance to Hotland, but felt it was not yet necessary. "pap, what's up?"

He heard Selendis speaking on the other side. "T-Tenebris... Undyne was chasing us... challenged us to a battle and... and... he-he told us to continue on, t-to run away while h-he dealt with Undyne! I just... I just abandoned him!"

Sans' look suddenly grew dark. "What is that kid thinking? He knows he doesn't have the training to take on someone like her head on."

Papyrus shot Sans a worried look before asking Selendis, "ARE YOU TWO OKAY AT THE VERY LEAST?!"

Selendis had completely broken down."N-no we're not! We... I just... abandoned him! I-I didn't even t-try to d-dissuade him! I... I'm a horrible person! I'm a coward! A-"

"SELENDIS, LISTEN CLOSELY." Sans gave Papyrus a surprised look. It was the first time he ever heard his brother talk so seriously. "TELL ME, IS THAT HOW YOU TRULY FEEL? THAT YOU JUST ABANDONED HIM?"

"W-well, YES! I-I-"

"OKAY, DO YOU KNOW IF HE IS STILL ALIVE?"

Back at the sister's location, there was brief silence before she sobbed, "I... I don't know!"

"THEN DON'T JUST ASSUME HE'S GONE. IF THERE IS A CHANCE HE'S STILL ALIVE, THEN YOU SHOULD GO FOR IT. YOU SAY YOU'RE A HORRIBLE PERSON? I DON'T THINK SO, BUT IF YOU'RE SO CERTAIN, GO BACK TO HIM. IF YOU CARE THAT DEEPLY FOR HIM, YOU WON'T JUST KEEP GOING WITHOUT HIM. GO BACK FOR HIM, FOR IF THERE IS A CHANCE HE WILL STILL BE ALIVE, YOU SHOULD TRY AND SAVE HIM, NO MATTER HOW SMALL THE CHANCES ARE. FRIENDS DON'T ABANDON FRIENDS JUST SPONTANEOUSLY LIKE THAT, AND I KNOW YOU AND FRISK ARE NOT THAT KIND OF PERSON." When all he was met with sobs, Papyrus sighs. "SELENDIS, BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN STILL SAVE HIM, THAT THERE IS STILL TIME.

There was silence when Frisk, cracked by her own crying, nodded to her sister. "H-he's right, S-Selly! We... we can't just leave him! W-we need to go back, back for him!"

Selendis sniffled for a bit before responding, "Y-yeah. You're right, both of you. Papayrus... thank you. I... need to go now." She hung up. Looking at Frisk, she nodded. "We need to go back... back for Tenebris!"

Frisk shook her head as she continued to run. They needed Papyrus to convince them to go back for Tenebris, but the skeleton was right. True friends never truly left friends behind.

As they ran, with Tenebris occasionally stumbling from extreme fatigue, they re-found the entrance to Hotland and, upon entry, found Sans sleeping at a sentry station. Undyne stopped to stare at Sans, mad he wasn't even awake, before continuing her chase. When the humans reached a water cooler, they heard her start to pant and turned to see her struggling. "Armor... so... hot... but I can't... give up..." She walked a few more steps before collapsing on the ground, beginning to suffer from heat exhaustion.

Tenebris, left eye now closed from the pain, grunted. "It really is very hot here..."

Frisk gave Undyne a look of pity. Despite what she did to them, leaving her here like this would be beyond cruel. Taking a cup from the water cooler, she poured it into Undyne's mouth. Thanks to that, Undyne got back up, looking better but still overheated. She gave the humans a surprised look before giving a resigned sigh and walking away, no longer wanting to pursue those who, truly, didn't deserve to die.

After ascertaining that the danger is no longer present, Selendis started fussing over Tenebris. "You idiot! Why did you tell us to leave you like that?!"

He grunted. "Because I thought I could hold her off or force her into giving up the chase."

"You and I both know full well that you're not ready for that kind of challenge. Oh, no no no, your eye is bleeding badly! You over-exerted yourself!"

Frisk spoke up before Tenebris could retort. "We should head back to Snowdin! Papyrus will know what to do!"

The now-drained human reluctantly agreed, the battle he had with Undyne seemingly made pointless. He was the one who was supposed to be protecting them. Once again, he was the one who had to be protected.

He felt worthless