"Yes. The real show." Mettaton started. "A finally confrontation with the 'malfunctioning' robot!" He said using his robotic fingers to make quotations, his fingers making a creaking noise as he did it.

Chara became suspicious. "Why did you do that?"

"If you'd let me finish, darling." Mettaton snapped. "As I was saying." He said calmer, bringing a microphone out of nowhere. "Malfunctioning? Reprogramming? GET REAL!" Mettaton laughed.

Chara wasn't sure what to say. She didn't have a clue as to what Mettaton meant. Frisk continued to stare at Mettaton, waiting.

Mettaton twirled his mike in his hand. "This was all just a big show. An act. Alphys has been playing you two for fools the entire time. As she watched you on the screen, she became attached to your adventure, she desperately wanted to be apart of it. So she decided to insert herself into it." Mettaton snickered. "She deactivated puzzles, she disabled elevators, she enlisted me to torment you! All so she could SAVE you from dangers that didn't exist."

Chara began to feel betrayed. She always had a bad feeling about Alphys. Recently, she had began to start trusting Alphys, she almost considered Alphys her friend. Now, all she could feel was resentment for her. She betrayed her and Frisk.

Mettaton laughed. "All so you'd think she was a great person... that's she not. And now! It's time for Dr. Alphys' finest hour! At this very moment, she is waiting outside the room." Mettaton said, gesturing towards the door behind him, dramatically. "During our 'battle' she will interrupt. She will pretend to 'deactivate' me. Finally, she'll be the heroine of your adventure." Mettaton began to sound annoyed.

"Why are you telling us this, Mettaton?" Chara asked, squeezing Frisk's hand.

"I'm glad you asked darling!" Mettaton said, twirling his microphone a couple times, then pointing it to his face. "You see, I've grown tired of this predictable charade. I have no desire to harm humans, far from it actually. My only desire is to entertain. After all, the audience deserves a good show, don't they?" He began to giggle softly. "And what's a good show... without a plot twist?"

"H-hey! What's going on?" Alphys' voice could be heard from speakers around the room. "Th-th-the door just locked itself!"

Mettaton gave a hearty, robotic laugh. Raising his hands in the air, dramatically. The floor below him began to glow a deep red. The area around the girls began to glow as well. "Sorry folks!" Mettaton yelled into his mike. "The old program had been cancelled! But we've got a finally that will drive you WILD!" The floor began to shake. Frisk grabbed a hold of Chara's arm to regain her balance. The floor began to rise slowly, and then shot up at a fantastic pace! Stage lights were blaring from all directions, cameras began to follow them, and Mettaton laughed.

"Real drama! Real Action! Real bloodshed!" Mettaton yelled. "On our new show... ATTACK OF THE KILLER ROBOT!"

A battle sequence started.

Frisk brought out her phone, and pressed the ACT button, glowing yellow. Suddenly, the girls' SOULS began to change... They were yellow again! Chara took this opportunity to shoot Mettaton like before, holding out her hand, and shooting little yellow bullets, Frisk did the same.

"Take that!" Chara yelled.

The bullets made little clink sounds as they reflected off of Mettaton's robotic body. "Those worthless pea shooters won't work on me, darlings!"Mettaton chuckled. "Don't you understand what acting is?" He said, rudely.

Chara stared at Mettaton. Not sure what to do. Frisk continued to wait for her opportunity to make a move, she was waiting for a specific moment.

"Look, honey." Mettaton said, looking at Chara. "I've seen you FIGHT, you're weak. If you continue forward, Asgore will take your SOUL."

Those words stung Chara deep. How dare that scrap metal say she was weak. She felt something boil inside her. She could feel a smile spread across her face. She let go of Frisk. She could only focus on one thing right now. The sack of bolts in front of her.

"I'll show you.." Chara said quietly, walking towards Mettaton.

Frisk didn't know what was wrong with Chara. She tried to call her name to get her to stop, but she wouldn't listen.

"Back off, darling. We wouldn't want to see you get hurt!" Mettaton said sarcastically. He launched a few blocks towards Chara, much like the ones in the shooting puzzles.

Chara used her instincts and shot them with her SOUL. They disintegrated.

"I'll show you.." Chara said louder. She started to run towards Mettaton, making quick pace across the heart shaped stage. She started to giggle.

Mettaton began to feel nervous, but composed himself. "How about this?" He threw some bombs at Chara.

Chara began to jump and avoid the bombs, as they detonated around her. She shot one as it got close, and saw it detonated prematurely. She used this to her advantage, and shot them as Mettaton threw them. They detonated in his face, causing him to stagger back. Chara began to laugh.

"I'LL SHOW YOU WHO'S WEAK!" Chara yelled, jumping forward and striking Mettaton with all her might. She kicked him so hard, not even his 999 DEF was able to withstand it. He staggered more, and fell back, his body cracking slightly. He fell over on his face.

"WHY YOU LITTLE!" Mettaton yelled. But he was unable to get up.

Chara began to laugh harder. She couldn't control herself. She rose her foot in the air, and was about to stomp on Mettaton, when she felt something grab her from behind.

"Chara! Stop, please!" Frisk said, squeezing Chara tight. She realized what Chara was going to do too late, and was trying to stop it before it got out of hand.

Chara could hear Frisk's voice barely. She was so focused on hurting the metal garbage lying in front of her. She began to slowly lower her foot back to the ground, and could hear Frisk again.

"I love you! Stop it Chara!" Frisk had tears in her eyes. She wasn't sure what else to say to help Chara.

Chara calmed down when she heard that. Her smile disappeared, and was replaced by a sad face. She released herself from Frisk's grasp, and turned to look at her. Tears were running down her face. She placed her hand on Frisk's face, and wiped her tears, and pulled her in for a hug.

"I'm so sorry, Frisk.." Chara said, sadly. "I couldn't control myself."

Frisk smiled. Her Chara was back, and away from the scary place she was in before. "It's fine, Chara. Please, don't scare me like that anymore."

"Frisk, Chara!" Alphys' voice could be heard from the speakers. "I- I can't see what's going on in there! B-but don't give up! There... is one l-l-last w-way to beat Mettaton! Th-there is a switch on h-his backside, s-so if you can get him to t-turn around, and p-press the switch... H-he'll be... vulnerable."

Chara released Frisk, and looked down at Mettaton, who was beginning to pick himself up. She could see the large switch on his back.

"You brat.." Mettaton said. "But! I am impressed.." He flipped around, and faced the girls before Chara had a chance to hit the switch. "But I hope that little show of yours gets cancelled real soon, darling!" He said, launching more squares at the girls.

"Frisk! Shoot those!" Chara said, already shooting some.

The girls shot all the boxes advancing on them, and Mettaton sighed, robotically. Frisk had to improvise to get Mettaton to turn around. She could let Chara hit him, but she wasn't sure she could get Chara to calm again. She had an idea.

"Hey Mettaton, your body seems a little damaged, you should check it out in the mirror behind you!" Frisk yelled.

Chara didn't know what Frisk was talking about, she didn't see a mirror behind Mettaton, but she didn't say anything.

Mettaton gasped. "Darling, say it isn't so! My perfect body is damaged! I must fix this!" He turned around, and tried looking for the mirror. His back was exposed to the girls, and along with it, the switch!

Chara realized what Frisk was doing, and smiled. "Nice!" Chara said, quietly.

Frisk rushed over to Mettaton.

"Frisk, darling? I don't see the m-" Mettaton gasped as Frisk pressed his switch. "Did you. Just flip. My switch?" He said slowly. At first, nothing happened. Mettaton just stood there, not moving.

The battle sequence ended.

"Um.. Frisk?" Chara said.

Suddenly, Mettaton placed his hand on the sides of his face. He began to make high pitched noises and shake violently. His faced flashed colors. Eventually, he let out a giant blast of energy, and all the stage lights turned off, even the glowing floor.

Chara walked slowly to where Frisk was and felt around, until she felt her. She grabbed Frisk's arm.

"OHHH YESSS!" Mettaton yelled. The floor lights began to glow dimly. The girls could see a figure standing there, but couldn't make out the details. They could only tell the figure standing in front of them was tall, and human like.

Two giant stage lights began to droop from the ceiling slowly, and turned on, showing a giant smoke cloud and a shadow of the figure.

"If you flipped my switch," Mettaton's voice could be heard. Chara wondered if the figure was actually Mettaton. "That can only mean one thing... You are desperate for the premier of my new body. How rude... Lucky for you, I've been aching to show this off for a long time. So... As thanks, I'll give you two a handsome reward!" The smoke faded away, and the lights were shining on Mettaton's shining new body. He posed with a smile on his face.

His new body was black and sleek, from head to his knees. From then on, were giant sparkling reddish-pink heels. Around his waist was a giant heart shaped belt buckle, inside was a giant pink heart. Mettaton's SOUL. He chest plate was adorned with all sorts of patterns and gadgets, with large black shoulder guards. His arms were long, going all the way to his knees. He held his hands, palms out, and had his legs spread in a half split position. His face was half covered by his flowing, somehow not metal, hair, mostly black, with pink tips. He was truly an impressive sight.

"I'll make your last living moments... ABSOLUTELY beautiful!"

Mettaton EX is finally making his premier, as this battle sequence starts, darlings!

Mettaton began to pose randomly. The crowd started to cheer below them.

"What?" Chara said. "There wasn't a crowd here a minute ago!" She looked around and saw monsters in every direction, surrounding the stage they were on, cheering.

A giant screen appeared behind Mettaton with a chart showing the current ratings. They were at 4,000 right now, and slowly rising. The girls' ACT menus opened automatically.

Frisk had selected to strike a pose. She struck a "crane style" pose, and pointed at Mettaton. The ratings increased! Cheers could be heard from the crowd. Chara smiled, and struck a "disco" pose. The crowd was eating it up!

Mettaton smiled, looking at the ratings. "Well, how about this, darlings?" He rose his hand in the air triumphantly as small Metta-bots flew towards them.

Chara and Frisk started to shoot the small robots, making finger pistols. When they were shot at, they released a small blast of energy, which the girls had to evade.

"I'm the idol everyone craves!" Mettaton said, sticking his tongue out, with his hand over his eye.

Chara scoffed and rolled her eyes. The audience is rooting for her destruction now! The ratings started to rise even more, as the stage became more and more crowded.

RATINGS: 4,524

Mettaton laughed, and began to rush the girls, trying to slice them with his ultra sharp MTT Brand Heels.

Mettaton swiped right, as Chara dodged, and then quickly did a back flip to try to strike Frisk behind him. She dodged, barely, and fell over, losing her balance. Frisk got up, but Mettaton took the opportunity to strike. He swiped his leg quickly, but before he could hit Frisk, Chara jumped in the way and took the blow, falling over. The crowd went wild!

Mettaton smiled, and waved to the crowd, blowing kisses. Frisk helped Chara up while Mettaton was distracted. Chara's HP was 18/20. She was fine for now.

"He doesn't hit very hard." Chara said, glaring at the robot in front of her, waving to the crowd.

"Chara. Stick with the show. I know you don't like it, but trust me, playing along will work in our favor." Frisk said.

Chara didn't feel like "playing along", but if Frisk thought it would work, she would do it.

Mettaton turned around and looked back at the girls, swinging his head, his hair flowing. "Oh! You're up, how disappointing!" He chuckled. "Well, smile for the camera!" He launched more squares, and threw bombs at the girls.

Chara rolled over to the right, Frisk going left, as a bomb came for them, exploding on impact. Chara shot some of the bombs coming towards her, as Frisk focused primarily on the squares getting in her and Chara's way. When the sky was clear of objects, the girls looked back at Mettaton who was still paying more attention to the crowd.

"Chara!" Frisk yelled. Chara looked at her.

"Lets pose together!" Frisk yelled, holding out her hand. Chara nodded and ran over to Frisk, taking her hand. They did a small dance together, as Frisk dipped Chara over, a random monster from the crowd threw a rose, and Chara caught it in her mouth, and winked. The crowd ate it up! The ratings were skyrocketing!

RATINGS: 5,603

Mettaton looked at the giant chart above them to see the ratings shoot up. He smiled and looked at the two, hatching an idea. "Beautiful, darlings, but can you match this?" Mettaton began to pose dramatically and quickly, using his robotic speed to his advantage. He did one final pose and stuck his hand in the air, summoning his SOUL from his belt. "I think it's time we have a heart-to-heart, dears!" Mettaton yelled.

His metal SOUL shot lighting and other weird projectiles at the girls that they couldn't shoot.

The girls had to dodge and roll out of the way of the projectiles, as they came for them. They didn't have much room to move around, even on the large heart shaped stage. Frisk rolled out of the way of a lighting bolt, and struck a pose on the ground, sticking her tongue out playfully. The crowd cheered!

Chara, on the other hand, was dodging, trying to find a way to make Mettaton stop. His SOUL didn't seem like it was going to stop shooting at her or Frisk. Chara came up with an idea. "Frisk! Shoot his SOUL, it is metal! It probably won't hurt him!" Chara yelled, shooting the bullets at Mettaton's SOUL.

Frisk snapped out of the lure of the crowd and shot the SOUL. It went back into Mettaton's body, and a popping sound could be heard, and Mettaton gasped, but composed himself. The crowd cheered even louder at the genius plan!

RATINGS: 6,239

"Ready for a pop quiz?" Mettaton said. "What do you love most about me?" Mettaton said, putting his hand over his chest, and his other arm over his forehead.

Chara sighed, "Nothing..." She said quietly.

Frisk smiled and clapped her hands. "Your beautiful new body!"

Hearing Frisk say that caught Mettaton off guard. He didn't think either of the girls liked him... He shook the thought out of his head when he realized, "Of course you do! It IS flawless after all!"

Mettaton saved that to his memory banks.

The crowd didn't hear Chara say anything and assumed she didn't like Mettaton. They are rooting for her destruction again!

Mettaton launched even more bombs at the girls.

Chara struggled to keep up with the bombs and the cheering of the crowd. She couldn't concentrate, and ran straight into a bomb. It detonated, and she flew away.

"CHARA!" Frisk yelled, running over to her. The crowd loved it!

Chara took a direct hit from the blast, her HP now 10/20. She opened her eyes slowly, her ears ringing. She saw Frisk run over to her, and could hear her muffled yelling. As Frisk arrived to her, she could hear better.

"Chara! Are you okay?" Frisk said, tears starting to form.

"I'm fine..." Chara breathed out.

"Here, drink this." Frisk said, pulling a Starfait out of her inventory. The crowd noticed the name-brand item, and cheered.

RATINGS: 6,987

Chara had restored all her HP, and jumped up, blowing a kiss to the audience. The collective cheer was loud!

Mettaton grabbed a microphone. "It's time for our legally required break folks! Enjoy!"

Frisk took the opportunity to explain to Chara exactly how to beat Mettaton. Chara listened, and understood.

"And we're back ladies and gentlemen! Now, I think it's time we have another heart-to-heart you two! The audience ADORED it last time!" Mettaton rose his hand in the air, as his SOUL was summoned. The crowd loved it!

His SOUL was surrounded by the squares as a defense from the girls' shots. It began to shoot the girls again, and Mettaton laughed.

Chara rolled to the right and shot a square, making a gap appear. She began to shoot more squares as Frisk dodged Mettaton's attacks. Chara felt more focused now, channeling the crowd out, and keeping her focus on Mettaton. She shot his SOUL, while Frisk struck poses, making the crowd go wild!

Mettaton's SOUL went back into his body, and they could hear the popping noise again. Mettaton gasped loudly, as his arms fell of his body, the crowd yelled.

"A-arms! Who needs a-arms... with legs like these!" Mettaton yelled, pointing his right leg straight up, the pink sparkling in the light.

RATINGS: 7,578

Mettaton began to get mad, his perfect body was being destroyed, but he stayed strong for his audience. He launched twice as many bombs at the girls as before, and Metta-bots followed behind.

Chara blasted some bombs, destroying a few Metta-bots around them.

Frisk noticed a low flying Metta-bot and had an idea. She jumped on top of it, and rode it's back. She began to shoot bombs and other Metta-bots from up high.

Chara looked up and saw Frisk up there, and smiled from ear to ear. She posed dramatically, and rose her hands in the air, cheering Frisk's name. The crowd loved it, and cheered with her!

Frisk laughed as she heard her lover and the whole crowd cheer her on. She continued to blast the rest of the bombs, and jumped off the Metta-bot, Chara shooting it as she jumped off. She landed in Chara's arms, and Chara swung her in a circle.

"That was amazing, Frisk!" Chara said, pulling her in for a quick kiss.

Frisk blushed when Chara released the kiss, "You really think so?"

Chara laughed. "Of course!"

The crowd adored the romantic kiss of the girls, and the epic-ness of Frisk's performance, and yelled, and cheered, and threw items like G.

RATINGS: 8,452

Mettaton looked at his ratings and the girls in awe. He noticed that they were getting him ratings, and smiled. He needed to get them to do more. "Ha ha! How inspiring! But it is either me, or you two, darlings! And we both know who's going to win!" Mettaton said.

He launched more attacks at the girls, which they expertly dodged. Mettaton stopped launching bombs, and only shot a few Metta-bots at them.

"Enough!" Mettaton yelled. "Witness the power of humanity's TRUE star!" He pointed his leg straight up, as his SOUL came forth again. This time, it was surrounded by a few bombs. His SOUL continued to attack the girls, as they carefully shot it, avoiding the bomb shield.

The girls' grabbed each other's hands and shot Mettaton's SOUL simultaneously. It retreated back, and the popping sound could be heard yet again. Mettaton's legs came off, and his body fell to the ground, standing on his belt.

"Gah!" Mettaton yelled. The crowd cheered. "Then... are you two... the stars? Can you protect humanity?" Mettaton said, sounding defeated.

"Of course Mettaton, we would never want to hurt humanity!" Frisk said.

Chara nodded in agreement, but couldn't help but feel the slight pang of guilt. At one point, she did want to hurt humanity, but she decided now would not be a good time to say so.

Frisk took the opportunity of Mettaton being in his condition, and brought out two Starfaits from her inventory, and passed one to Chara. "Drink up!" Frisk said.

The girls drank the delicious drinks, and all their HP was restored. The crowd cheered!

RATINGS: 9,878

Frisk walked over to Mettaton, and placed her hand on his shoulder guards. "Mettaton, we honestly don't want to hurt you or any of humanity, or monsters. We want everyone to be happy! That's why we are going to SAVE everyone in the Underground, and open the barrier!"

"Y-you mean it, darling?" Mettaton said.

Chara walked over. "Yes. She does."

Mettaton sighed. "Well, perhaps I was wrong about you two. Maybe you are strong enough to face Asgore, and SAVE the Underground."

The girls hugged Mettaton. The crowd cheered.

RATINGS: 10,745

Mettaton looked wide eyed at his graph. The girls let go of him. "OH! Would you look at those ratings! This is the most viewers I've ever had! We've reached the viewer call limit! One lucky viewer will get to talk to me before I leave the Underground to become a star on the surface! Let's see who calls first."

They waited, and heard a phone ring, and a click.

"Hi! You're on TV! What do you have to say, on this, our last show?" Mettaton said, smiling.

"Oh..." A familiar voice could be heard from the line. "Hi... Mettaton. I really liked watching your show..." The voice sounded sad.

Frisk placed the voice as Napstablook. A ghost she and Chara had first met in the RUINS, and again, visiting his house in the Waterfall area.

"My life is pretty boring... but..." Napstablook continued. "Seeing you on the screen... brought excitement to my life... vicariously. I can't tell, but I guess... this is the last episode? ...I'll miss you Mettaton...oh... I didn't mean to talk so long..." He hung up.

Mettaton looked stricken with sadness, as if he had been told the worst news ever. "No!" He yelled. "Wait! Wait, Bl- ... they already hung up.." Mettaton said. "I-I'll talk another caller!" Different voices could be heard on different lines.

"Mettaton, you made us so happy!"

"Mettaton, I don't know what I'll do without you!"

"Mettaton, there is a Mettaton shaped hole, in my Mettaton shaped heart!

Mettaton smiled, and looked down. "Ah... I see.. Thank you everyone!"

He looked up to the girls. "Darlings, perhaps it would be better if I stayed here for awhile. The Underground would lose it's spark if I left, and I wouldn't want to do that to my lovely audience. You two. You are very strong, and I'm truly sorry for all the annoyance and pain I've brought you two, and I do hope you can forgive me. You two are the fate of the Underground now, and I'm rooting for you. Knock em' dead darlings! And everyone, you've been a great audience!"

With that, the spark in Mettaton's eyes faded, as he ran out of power from the battle and the lose of his limbs.

The battle sequence ended.

Chara smiled. She forgave Mettaton. If everyone in the Underground loved him that much, he couldn't be that bad of a guy.

The stage they were on lowered, and the crowd started to leave. When they arrived back on the ground, they heard a door opening.

"I-I managed to open the lock, are you tw-" Alphys could be heard. She stopped mid sentence when she saw Mettaton's body. "M-Mettaton!" She yelled, and rushed over to examine him.

"He fine," Frisk said. "He just powered down is all."

Chara stared at Alphys, remembering what Mettaton said about her tricking them. She decided not to say anything so she wouldn't snap.

On close examination, Alphys confirmed Frisk's statement, and sighed in relief. "Why don't you two go on ahead?" Alphys said.

Frisk took Chara's hand and nodded her head. "We'll catch up with you later Alphys!" She said, as they walked away.

"So.." Chara said. "That was pretty awesome."

"Oh? I thought you didn't like Mettaton?" Frisk teased.

"I didn't when he was putting on that show, but now I see him for who he really is, I don't mind."

Frisk giggled. "Alright... suuuuure." She grabbed Chara's arm, and walked close.

*After a glamorous show, you two are filled with DETERMINATION*

Hey guys! Sorry for the late update again! But this is the longest chapter EVER! 4100+ words! My second longest was chapter 9, with 3000 words! I hope you enjoyed, and I hope it was the show you've been waiting for! Anywho, LOVE YOU GUYS!