OHHHH YESSSS! You know what time it is!
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Frisk stepped into the dark room and walked forward a bit. As she was expecting, Mettaton was sitting there in the center. 'Well this is odd...' The room held nothing except for her and Mettaton. It didn't look like anything could possibly happen, nothing Jurassic, at least. "OH YES. THERE YOU ARE, DARLING. IT'S TIME TO HAVE OUR LITTLE SHOWDOWN. IT'S TIME TO FINALLY SHUT DOWN THE 'MALFUNCTIONING' ROBOT. ...NOT! MALFUNCTION? REPROGRAMMING? GET REAL. THIS WAS ALL JUST A BIG SHOW. AN ACT. ALPHYS HAS BEEN PLAYING YOU FOR A FOOL THIS WHOLE TIME." '...same... it's always. the same. thing.' "AS SHE WATCHED YOU ON THE SCREEN, SHE GREW ATTACHED TO YOUR ADVENTURE. SHE DESPERATELY WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT. SO SHE DECIDED TO INSERT HERSELF INTO YOUR STORY. SHE REACTIVATED PUZZLES. SHE DISABLED THE ELEVATORS. SHE ENLISTED ME TO TORMENT SO SHE COULD SAVE YOU FROM DANGERS THAT DIDN'T EXIST. ALL SO YOU WOULD THINK SHE'S THE GREAT PERSON... THAT SHE'S NOT. AND NOW, IT'S TIME FOR HER FINEST HOUR. AT THIS VERY MOMENT, ALPHYS IS WAITING OUTSIDE THIS ROOM. DURING OUR 'BATTLE' SHE WILL INTERRUPT. SHE WILL PRETEND TO 'DEACTIVATE' ME, 'SAVING' YOU ONE FINAL TIME. FINALLY. SHE'LL BE THE HEROINE OF YOUR ADVENTURE. YOU'LL REGARD HER SO HIGHLY SHE'LL EVEN BE ABLE TO CONVINCE YOU NOT TO LEAVE. ...OR NOT. YOU SEE, I'VE HAD ENOUGH 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? AND WHAT'S A GOOD SHOW... WITHOUT A PLOT TWIST?" The sound of a door being locked and slammed on could be heard behind Mettaton. "H-hey! Wh-wh-what's going on!? Th-th-the door just locked itself!" Stage lights turned on around Mettaton. "SORRY, FOLKS! THE OLD PROGRAMS BEEN CANCELLED! BUT WE'VE GOT A FINALE THAT WILL DRIVE YOU WILD!" The floor raised a bit and Frisk lost her balance. Then the floor started to shoot straight up, knocking Frisk to the ground. "REAL DRAMA! REAL ACTION! REAL BLOODSHED! ON OUR NEW SHOW... ATTACK OF THE KILLER ROBOT!" Frisk got her balance back as soon as the room faded to black.
*Mettaton attacks!* 'Okay... now what?' "YES, I WAS THE ONE WHO RE-ARRANGED THE CORE!" 'How do you rearrange a building without destroying it and building it up again?' "I WAS THE ONE WHO HIRED EVERYONE TO KILL YOU!" 'Then... you were the one to get Muffet to attack me? Wait, wait, wait... You can change form?!' "THAT HOWEVER WAS A SHORT-SIGHTED PLAN. YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE A HUNDRED TIMES BETTER?" 'Killing me yourself?' "KILLING YOU MYSELF!" 'Of course.' Frisk's soul faded to yellow and turned upside down. She tried to shoot Mettaton but nothing happened. "THAT WORTHLESS PEA-SHOOTER WON'T AFFECT ME, DARLING. DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT ACTING IS?" 'You pretend to be something you're not...' Frisk tried to spare Mettaton. "LISTEN, DARLING. I'VE SEEN YOU FIGHT. YOU'RE WEAK." That hurt. "IF YOU CONTINUE, ASGORE WILL TAKE YOUR SOUL. AND WITH YOUR SOUL, ASGORE WILL DESTROY HUMANITY." 'Well... if what you say is true...' Boxes started to fall from above, very slowly. Frisk moved out of the way came down and disappeared. Frisk looked at her options. 'Burn? How do I burn a robot?' She went along with it anyway, since it was the only option other than check. "BUT IF I GET YOUR SOUL, I CAN STOP ASGORE'S PLAN. I CAN SAVE HUMANITY FROM DESTRUCTION." The attack was a wall with two blocks on the end coming down from what seemed to be an endless void. Frisk had to shoot the boxes to get through until the last one of which she had to shoot a little, yellow light moving from one side of the wall to the other. Once she shot it, the wall moved out of the way. 'You're kind of easy compared to Muffet.' Frisk tried sparing Mettaton again. "THEN, USING YOUR SOUL, I'LL CROSS THROUGH THE BARRIER... AND THEN BECOME THE STAR I'VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF BEING! HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS... NO! MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WILL WATCH ME!" The attach was more walls with yellow lights, Frisk shot them out of the way. The last wall was blocks. Frisk tried to spare again, although, she was beginning to wonder why she continued to try and not just let herself die. "GLITZ, GLAMOUR! I'LL FINALLY HAVE IT ALL! SO WHAT IF A FEW PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE? THAT'S SHOW BUSINESS, BABY!" Before the attack could happen, Alphys's voice came onto the phone speaker. "U...uh... I can't see what's going on in there, but..." 'Oh great... It's Alphys' "D-d-don't give up, okay!?" 'Why do you care?' "Th...There's one last way to beat Mettaton... it's... um... 'it's... This is a work in progress so don't judge too hard... But, you know how Mettaton always faces f-f-forward? That's because there's a switch on his backside. S-s-so if y-y-you c-c-can turn him around... um... And, um, press the switch... He'll be... um... He'll be... Vulnerable. Well, g-g-gotta go!" 'Why are you telling me this? Or is it something that will make Mettaton stronger so he can just kill me already!' *Looks like you need to turn Mettaton around* 'Even the voice in my head wants me dead...' Frisk pointed behind Mettaton, doing her best to symbolize a mirror. "OH? A MIRROR? RIGHT, I HAVE TO LOOK PERFECT FOR THE GRAND FINALE!" Mettaton turned around, revealing his switch. "HMMM... I DON'T SEE IT... WHERE IS IT...?" Frisk hurried and flipped the switch. "DID YOU. JUST FLIP. MY SWITCH?" Mettaton's face started to go crazy and began to jerk around. 'Oh god. It's a bomb.' A flash of white blinded Frisk for a few moments. When her vision came back, everything was dark. Two spot-lights came down and turned on, revealing a bunch of fog where Mettaton was standing. A shadow formed in the fog, looking like a person. "Ohhhhhh my. If you flipped my switch, that can only mean one thing. You're desperate for the premiere of my new body. How rude... Lucky for you, I've been aching to show this off for a long time. So... as a thanks, I'll give you this handsome reward..." 'Death?' "I'll make your last living moments..." 'Horrible? Regrettable? painful?' The fog disappeared and fully revealed Mettaton. 'Um... wow?' "ABSOLUTELY beautiful!" Funky music started playing from around them as the next part of the fight begun.
*Mettaton EX makes his premiere!* 'What is a... premiere?' Frisk looked at her new options. *Check | Boast | Heel turn | Pose* Frisk went along with pose. *You pose dramatically. The audience nods.* Frisk looked around. 'Wait. What audience?' "Lights. Camera. Action." The voice of Mettaton seems to have changed as well. The attacks were... legs. The first one was still so Frisk tried to shoot it. It started to move back and fourth, barely giving time to allow Frisk pass. The second one was already moving, and then she had to hit the third one. The last two had two legs and Frisk had to fir through the small window they gave. Frisk posed again. "Drama! Romance! Blood-shed!" The attack was bombs and little Mettaton shaped robots falling from above. It was hard to avoid all the bombs and hearts the smaller Mettatons threw at the same time. 15/20. 'Ow... he's stronger than most...' Frisk posed again. "I'm the idol everyone craves!" The attack was three legs in a row, then a moving wall with a small gap inside. 10/20. '...' Frisk boasted. "Smile for the camera!" The attack was the walls with the little, moving, yellow light, which she had to hit for the wall to move out of the way and some little Mettatons. Frisk continued to Boast. "Oooh, time for a pop quiz! I hope you brought a keyboard..." 'A what?' "This one's an easy question!" *What do you love most about Mettaton? No x or z.* 'That's... specific...' Frisk thought for a bit. 'Legs... Mettaton... little Mettatons... walls...' She went with legs. *Mettaton is saving your essay for future use.* 'Is it good then? He didn't say anything!' Frisk continued to boast. "Your essay really showed everyone your heart. Why don't I show you mine?" Mettaton's soul came out from it's metal casing, then it shot three layers of bolts everywhere. Frisk somehow managed to dodge the bolt and the two Mettatons coming down. The end of the attack came, bringing slight relief for Frisk. She continued to boast still. "Ooooh, I'm just getting warmed up!" 'groan' The attack was just a bunch of little Mettatons. The attack was like the Froggits in the Ruins. Frisk tried "heel turn" this time. "But how are you on the dance floor?" 'Please don't tell me I have to dance... ' A disco ball appeared and shot out blue beams of light. Frisk stayed still and let them pass. Then some white ones came. Frisk panicked and accidentally shot the disco ball, but it turned the white lines blue. 'Oh... well at least now I know what to do with that?' Frisk went into her items and ate the Glamburger that she had bought earlier. Frisk's HP was fully restored and gained rating from the audience because of the brand. "Can you keep up the pace!?" 'No.' The attack was the disco ball again. Knowing what to do, Frisk wasn't almost hurt by the white line again. Frisk boasted again. "Lights. Camera. Bombs." Ironically, the attack was bombs. Frisk had to shoot at the bomb, then move out of the way so the blast wouldn't hit her. Frisk boasted. "Things are blowing up!" The attack was the same but the bombs were closer together, making it harder. Frisk continued to boast. "Time for union-regulated break!" 'FINALLY!' Frisk relaxed as much as she could during the break, knowing that the fight was far from over still.
Mettaton started to pose faster till it was at the point where no one could see how he posed before moving onto the next one. 'How can you move that fast without making any mistakes?' Frisk boasted. "We've grown so distant, darling... How about another heart-to-heart?" Mettaton's soul came out from it's case again. 'shoot...' The attack was three layers of bolts being shot everywhere, then boxes being threw and brought back, over and over and over again. Finally the attack was over. As the attack finished, Mettaton's arms fell off. 'Wait, what just happened?' Frisk boasted. "A... arms? Wh... Who needs arms when you have legs like these? I'm still going to win!" 'But... But both your arms are gone!' The attack was more bombs falling faster. Then all of a sudden the direction they were going reversed. 10/20. 'OW!' Frisk boasted. "Come on...!" The same attack. 1/20. "OWWW! WHY IS THIS SO HARD! AND PAINFUL!' Frisk ate the other glamburger. 'Hopefully I won't need to heal again...' "The show... Must go on!" Bombs and boxes fell from above. Several bombs and boxes fell from above. So many bombs and boxes fell from above there was barely any room to get threw. But somehow, Frisk managed to get through without getting hurt. Frisk posed. "Dr... Drama. A... Action." 'Are you okay?' Same attack. Frisk wasn't as lucky this time. 15/20. 'Ow!' Frisk posed. "L... Lights... C... Camera..." 'Seriously... Are you okay?' "Enough of this! Do you really want humanity to perish?" 'Yeah, kind of.' "...or do you believe in yourself that much?" 'Both really.' It was the simple "shoot bomb then move out of the way" attack. Frisk boasted. "Haha, how inspiring!" Well, darling! It's either me or you! But I think we both already know who's going to win. Witness the true power of humanity's star!" Mettaton's soul appeared again. 'Oh boy... here we go again. Bolts shot out from the heart and legs appeared from the left or right after there was some sort of lighting making an "!". The attack seemed to have lasted forever, but alas it came to an end. Frisk fell onto her hand and knees from exhaustion and Mettaton's legs fell off. 'Please tell me your done? How can you keep going?' Frisk looked up to one of the walls and saw some sort of graph with the word "ratings" over it. 'Oh... that's what that was... okay.' It was at 10267 ratings. "OOH, LOOK AT THESE RATINGS! THIS IS THE MOST VIEWERS I'VE EVER HAD! WE'VE REACHED THE VIEWER CALL-IN MILESTONE! ONE LUCKY VIEWER WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO ME... BEFORE I LEAVE THE UNDERGROUND FOREVER! LET'S SEE WHO CALLS IN FIRST!" Some time passed before ringing could be heard. "HI, YOU'RE ON TV! WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ON THIS, OUR LAST SHOW?" "oh..." 'Wait... Napstablook!?' "hi... mettaton... i really liked watching your show... my life is pretty boring... but... seeing you on the screen brought some excitement to my life... vicariously... i can't tell, but... is this the last episode...? i'll miss you... mettaton... oh... i din't mean to talk so long... " Napstablook hung up. "NO, WAIT! WAIT, BL... H... THEY ALREADY HUNG UP. ...I'LL TAKE ANOTHER CALLER!" The phone rang again. "Mettaton, your show made us so happy!" Then another. "Mettaton, I'll miss watching your show!" Another. "Mettaton, there's a Mettaton shaped hole in my Mettaton shaped heart." The more calls, the more Mettaton seemed to be less happy. "AH... I... I SEE... EVERYONE... THANK YOU SO MUCH... DARLING. PERHAPS IT MIGHT BE BETTER IF I STAY HERE A WHILE. HUMANS ALREADY HAVE THEIR STARS AND IDOLS. BUT MONSTER... THEY ONLY HAVE ME. IF I LEFT... THE UNDERGROUND WOULD LOSE IT'S SPARK. I'D LEAVE AN ACHING VOID THAT COULD NEVER BE FILLED. SO... I THINK I'LL HAVE TO LAY MY BIG DEBUT. BESIDES. YOU'VE PROVEN TO BE VERY STRONG. PERHAPS... EVEN STRONG ENOUGH TO GET PAST ASGORE. I'M SURE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PROTECT HUMANITY. HA, HA... IT'S ALL FOR THE BEST, ANYWAY... THE TRUTH IS, THIS FORM'S ENERGY CONSUMPTION IS... INEFFICIENT. IN A FEW MOMENTS, I'LL RUN OUT OF BATTERY POWER. AND... WELL. I'LL BE ALRIGHT. KNOCK 'EM DEAD, DARLING. AND EVERYONE... THANK YOU. YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT AUDIENCE!" *Mettaton... has run out of battery.* '...' "I... I managed to open the lock! Are you two... Oh My God. Mettaton! Mettaton, are you..." Alphys turned slightly towards Frisk. "...thank GOD. It's just batteries. Mettaton, if you were gone, i would have... would have... I m-mean, h-hey, it's n-no problem, you know? He's just a robot, if you messed it up, I c-could always..." Frisk looked at Alphys. "W-why are you looking at me like that...?" 'You were trying to kill me... you lied to me about most things... why would I want to trust anything you say now?' "Why don't you go on ahead?" Frisk didn't make any gestures, just walked outside of the room and started down the corridor.
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Sorry for the wait, I should've gotten this out a lot sooner. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and as I always say, I'll get the next one out whenever I can! If anyone is still reading this, that is.