New chapter warping-in

Reading…

Translating Protoss machine language into English

Complete!

Chapter 25 Nightmare and Police Action

Slowly, the summer break is coming.

They have one more big event before it, MTT's grand re-opening.

It should be happy, everyone got their most desired life, but what is this feeling? This horror growing in the background? A problem that might ruin everything and plunge everything back to its initial state.

—Nightmare—

It was dark.

At first, Asriel's eyes couldn't recognize the environment around him, but as time passed. He finally could see a little. It was the underground yet in a different manner. He didn't remember the space here was this small. He tried to stand up and look around.

It was then that he found there were rocks everywhere, and after close observation, he noticed the room was actually the underground MTT resort, judging that the signature fountain was there. Yet it's not functioning and leaking water everywhere. He walked forward but ended up bumping into all kinds of things he couldn't recognize, and stepped on something then landed on his butt.

"Golly! What on earth is this?" Asriel yelled, his voice resonated in the hollow place, making the prince to cover his ears the stop the sound from pounding his eardrums.

He called up some fire magic for lumination.

It was a bad idea, but he didn't know it yet.

The substance he stepped on was red. But not bright red like the SOUL of DETERMINATION, in a darker color than that. He gave it a touch, the texture was icky and dense.

Asriel stood in shock on realizing what was the liquid.

He only saw it once, it was back then Chara tried to suicide after she ate all the buttercup he found. This was she coughed out after a few hours. The exact same color and texture.

It was blood, lots of it.

All that blood seemed to come from the same place. Then slowly, his line of sight followed the stream of red. When almost reaching the source of it, all his senses were screaming, begging for not looking further. But it was too late, he had seen it.

The worst scene he could see.

It was a dozen pile of dust scattered in the space. And a human lying on the wall.

One first sight, he knew all those dust, were his friends and parents.

And the human…was Frisk.

It seemed that she was crushed by something heavy, perhaps the boulder nearby, but it didn't matter.

Asriel ran to the place where Frisk was lying and took up her hand. Upon holding it, Frisk slightly gripped on Asriel's paw and talked in a feeble voice. "Azzy… I'm sorry. I should…" The sentence wasn't finished, Frisk passed out of hemorrhage shock.

It's the same again. Alone, cold, and dark. Nothing else.

He cried for help.

BUT NO ONE CAME.

For some reason, perhaps lacking fresh air, the fire in his paw started to dim. Smaller and smaller it goes, until it went out, leaving Asriel in endless darkness.

At First, he waited. Waiting for the LOAD to happen because Frisk died.

"Frisk died…" The thought grabbed the prince. "How can I let her die? What did I do wrong?"

But after a while, nothing happened, the darkness around him didn't disappear and show him another scene.

This was the point that Asriel started to panic. "What's going on?" He tried to stand up but bumped into a hard object. He touched left and right. Then he made the conclusion that he is trapped in a box.

"Alone…" A deep sound came from nowhere. "You are alone now."

"No…no…NOOOOO!" Asriel screamed and covered his ears to stop the sound. But it keeps appearing in his mind.

—back—

Asriel hopped out of bed. "What was that?" He touched his chest. Feeling his SOUL pounding heavily on the aftermath of the nightmare. It was vivid and horrible. His surrounding was familiar to him, it's obvious he was in his room. "I'm in my room? What time is it?" Asriel looked at the clock, 3:00 in the morning, the sun wasn't out yet. "What a nightmare. Well, let's go back to slee…" He paused because the door was opening. Frisk, Tempest, Asgore, and Toriel stepped inside one by one, all of them looked sleepy, and they seemed to get out of bed rapidly. Frisk's hair was a mess, Asriel doubted a yellow bird could build a nest on it, Toriel's and Asgore's fur were also not in good condition, they look like a messy cotton candy now…with horns. Tempest got a t-shirt worn backward, and the size was clearly not his size, some of the cloth were dragging the ground with the whole shirt being ready to fall off.

"My child, are you having bad dreams?" Toriel sat on the bed and checked Asriel for any possible injuries. "I'm quite concerned what was it, by hearing how did you scream."

"You screamed like it was doom's day. Asriel." Asgore looked at him with worries.

"It was…too real." Asriel raised his head, placing one paw on his left eye. It was then that he found he was sweating out of fear. "All of it." He made an account of the dream.

Toriel covered her snout, Asgore widen his eyes in surprise, Frisk looked at Asriel not believing what he said, but Tempest…he didn't make any shocked response nor did he ask him questions, only Asriel noticed that.

"How did you have such a dream?" Frisk grasped Asriel's paw. "I don't remember you watched any horror movies recently. Or what happened?"

"I don't know…" Asriel shooked his head, his floppy ears flapping with his shake. "Sorry to wake all of you up."

"Well, my child," Toriel observed Asriel for a while, making sure he was fine. "I hope you can have a good dream. And there's some tea you can use here." Toriel offered it to Asriel. "Sleep tight, my child."

"Good night." The rest of the folks said, then left the room.

Asriel drank the tea and felt dizzy. The tea was quite strong to him. Then, he found his bed was calling him to lie down, so he followed, lay back in his bed and continued his sleep.

The rest of the night was a dreamless one, leaving Asriel in good rest.

—The Next Day—

MTT resort's grand reopening is coming soon, about two weeks.

The Dreemurrs are talking about the issue that which should they wear in the opening.

Toriel and Asgore gave the kids two options, formally wearing like a royal or a human.

And they sat on the couch and started the conversation.

"I think we should wear how the royals wear." Asriel said. "MTT resort wasn't a human business, and the owner of it is a monster."

"But Azzy, don't you think if we wear like that will be called monarch?" Frisk asked. "We are under a democracy system now. I think we just need to dress up in human's formal clothing."

Toriel and Asgore remained silence, watching their kids talking. It's not they don't have any ideas. They wanted to help kids practice discussing and make conclusions on their own. They are slowly shifting some trivial family decisions on to their kids.

"We can call it a family practice, and it's our freedom to wear what we want. I don't think that will be a problem. Besides, I think Mettaton wanted the royal family to come. Not the mayor's family."

"You had your point, Azzy. So be it!" Frisk couldn't find another reason to attack the idea. "So, what do you want?"

And this was another reason Toriel and Asgore wanted to stay. From someday, Frisk and Asriel made a promise, if they had different opinions. They will try to convince one another if someone was convinced or couldn't find a good reason to support his or her own idea or attack the opponent's idea. The loser must do something for the winner.

Last time, Frisk won the issue of who should they call in to help Toriel to cook dinner. She asked Asriel to bleat and recorded it. It's now her MSM alarm. Asriel would become embarrassed every time Frisk got a text. Now, It was time for payback. Asriel had a perfect idea.

"Say 'I love you, Azzy. You're mine.' Please." Asriel snickered a bit.

Frisk glared at Asriel. "OK!" She rapidly spoke in the phone. "Done! This is what you wanted!"

"Frisk~~" Asriel was smiling. "Please make a more emotional one!"

"This is retribution, right?" Frisk complained. While she took the phone, an idea flashed in her mind. She walked to Asriel, took up the phone, and whispered the sentence into his ear while recording. The tone she was speaking, the breath scratching his floppy ears, and the warmth he felt. If he could have goose bumps, he would become a fur ball now. A cold shiver rushed up his body to his head and making him dizzy. Time wasn't reliable in conditions like this. Thought the whole act was only ten seconds, in Asriel's mind, it was ten minutes, or ten hours, perhaps. Whatever how long it is, it's been some time. Frisk backed up and placed the phone in Asriel's paw; then said, "did you see this coming?" with a satisfied smile on her face. Leaving the prince in shock.

In the background, Toriel and Asgore were smiling. It always a pleasure for them to watch their children interact with each other, it was something they thought they would never experience again. After Chara and Asriel passed away.

"Chara…" Toriel thought. Out of some kind of motherly instinct, she was convinced that her lost child was somewhere in the world. And she and Asgore also noticed Asriel and Frisk acted strangely when mentioning this, she believed her children must know something, yet she didn't ask them directly. Toriel gave a hint by looking at her husband, asking him whether this was the right timing. Asgore shook his head. He knew Toriel missed Chara a lot, and so did he. But, their kids must have a reason good enough to hide this information from them. So, they don't ask them, until they tell them.

—MTPD—

The first time, the alarm in Undyne's office rang. It means code red.

Situations that regular police couldn't handle, and it's about magic.

"All right! Ya all! Move your butts for some work!" Undyne shouted. "We going to arrest a bunch of magical armed humans…, and MONSTERS?!" She shouted on the last word, while receiving information from the officer on the other side of the phone. "Whatever! Guys! Are you ready?"

No one responded, but everyone in the team changed their outfit and waited for their leader to make the next order. "Good! Let's roll!".

And they left the station.

—Late—A building in town—

"What's the situation?" Undyne asked when she hopped off the vehicle.

"They are guarding a package taken out from an armored van for some reason." One of the officer outside the keep-out line said. "They are not willing to give up, and they have magic strong enough to ward us off."

"Are there any hostages?" Undyne asked, but to her surprise, there wasn't any taken. Plus, the people inside didn't want to have contact with the outside. It wasn't she didn't like it, in fact, that makes the job easier to be done.

"But if they want to defend without hostages…" Undyne made the theory that inside in group, there must be a protection magic expert. Since the person had to shield the doors, and the protection must be strong enough to stop bullets at the same time.

The area was evacuated. So, it's OK to start a fight with the humans and monsters inside without worrying about civilian problems.

Undyne could feel the humans and monsters inside were quite strong, not weaker than some of her unit members, but she confident that they will win in the end. She's also sure these people won't give up without a fight. Going in straight might cause injured crew members.

"What should I do?" Undyne thought. "Should I make the order to start an assault?" And eventually, her eyes laid on Tempest, who was looking at the building. She remembered Darkness mentioned Tempest was an assassin some time ago, could he help them? "Tempest, I have a quest for you, you can deny it if you don't want to do it. I want you to go it quietly and help us to weaken their defenses."

Tempest thought over it for a while and nodded.

"I'll go in, and if you heard 'bone' in barks. Whatever you saw, rush in. OK?"

Undyne nodded. "Look out."

"I will." Tempest vanished in the air. "I've done this several times, can't find what makes this time harder."

At first, the green shield that was on the outer of the building disappeared. Undyne strained all her units to stay put. And they waited for the bark.

"Bark(bone)!"

And the unit rushed in.

The guards were out of watch post for some reason, they seemed to be checking on something.

Since Undyne and her unit had the element of surprise, they took out some people out cold.

But the rest came back to their nerves and fought back.

—music: Stronger Monsters—

Undyne led the head charge and knock two humans by a crescent swing of the spear. "Thum!" The sound of the spear having a direct hit on flesh was audible. And the two humans knelt because of the stomach pain. A monster who a little bit far away shot a pillar of ice at Undyne, only to be blocked off by a battle ax. It was Dogamy and Dogressa, and after the magic was stopped. They went to attack the said monster. They fought with unbelievable cooperation. While the monster was trying to deal with one dog's attack, the other dog would attack another exposed weak spot. They never attack the same point. Making the monster to be overwhelmed with attacks from two sides. And when he wanted to make an attack on one dog, the other will stop him by striking from behind. Eventually, the monster was KO by an upper swing of the ax handle delivered by Dogamy.

Doggo ran in the place, seeking for moving objects(everything is moving, actually) and if he found a lone enemy, he juggles his light-blue daggers at them, but not directly hitting them, he used the blue daggers to interrupt the target's movements. Making another teammate easy to strike them down. Tempest was usually the one who respond Doggo's actions.

He quietly ran around and searched for targets who were off balance. If he did, he would perform a knockdown and break their arms and legs. Making his victims scream in absolute pain. There are some points that bone snapping sounds were loud enough for everyone to hear, and the screams were disturbing.

If this was training, Undyne WILL call Tempest over here and give him a lecture, since she knew Tempest had some non-violence takedowns moves, although these monster and humans were using lethal force on them, which meant they could use lethal force to defend. She was damn sure Tempest had the power use a more peaceful method, but he didn't use them. "I'll take care of that after this is over." Undyne thought. "I still couldn't relate this 'monster' to Tempest. Is this how a pro assassin looks like?"

Greater Dog guarded the exit, preventing anyone come in or go out. Greater Dog growled, knocked all the people who were trying to get out back in with his lance, and blocked they way out using his large armor as a wall. If someone heard Greater Dog's bark, they will deal with the escaper first.

The fight ceased after a short while. All the monster and humans were either KO or incapable of doing anything.

—music end—

"OK. That should be all." Undyne said. She looked around, no one was severely hurt. Doggo got a sprained ankle because he stepped into a magical trap and flip over. Greater Dog had some scratches on his armor and face, during the last 10 seconds of the brawl, while the rest standing people were trying to make a desperate escape. The rest was quite in good shape.

"Bark!~~~Bark!" Lesser Dog barked in their com links, it means roof escape!

It was then that Undyne realized she made a tactical error. She didn't secure the package which the opponent cared most first! And now it's going be shipped out by air. The building was 40 stories high, and the elevator was powered off deliberately. There was no way they could make it up to roof without climbing 400 staircases rapidly if not using teleporting. And it happened that no one in the group knew how to do it.

Even this, Undyne still gave the order to chase.

About ascending 20 floors without resting, most in the unit was worn out. The brawl didn't cause much physical damage to anyone, but it drained a considerable amount of stamina. Only Undyne and Tempest weren't tired. Undyne didn't use many resources in the fight, and Tempest always runs up and down in stairs in daily life, since he didn't know how to use an elevator. Watching the worn-out she knew she had to make the call, chasing without much back-up or give up. She, of course, chose the former one.

—Roof Top—

As they arrived, like Undyne expected. A helicopter was waiting and being loaded. Once the folks spotted the duo. Except the pilot and shipping men, everyone started to fight them in order to let the package leave the place.

—music: Spear of Justice—

Undyne met a stronger human that the others downstairs. She assumed that this is the leader of the action. "So, what the hell are you carrying?" Undyne asked. "There was a lot of men sacrificed down there to get this out safely."

As she expected, the man didn't answer.

Undyne strike fist, throwing her spear at the human, and the human blocked it by a green shield.

"Protection magic?" Undyne thought. "That's not a good sign. My regular spears couldn't get through that." She tried some yellow turning spears, but the human blocked it one by one. "Is he going to fight me?" It was then she remembered her purpose here, the package! This human here was obviously trying to waste her time. With this, she left the human and went toward the helicopter.

But out of her expectations, the human got a trick in his sleeves.

She felt hostile magic gathering in front of her, out of battle instinct, she rolled away with quick reflexes.

After a split second, several long and thin cone shape shields which were lined up horizontally appeared from the void and lengthen with quick speed. Penetrating where Undyne was going to run to.

This made Undyne sweated if she ignored that magic, she was probably going to be fish stake. She also realized if she didn't defeat this guy, there was no way she could get to the chopper safely. And she had to keep him occupied, or Tempest might get ambushed by this.

She constantly attacked the human in close range trying to find a mistake, but her opponent was a well-skilled fighter. There are even some fake mistakes he made that he wished Undyne to attack. But Undyne didn't fell for it. She was defeated by Asgore a lot of times because of attacking fake exploits and being counter-attacked right away.

One mistake, just one, and the winner of the fight would be decided. This is what mostly happens when two high-tier fighters are fighting.

And the error was created.

Undyne swung her spear vertically, and the human was ready to block it with glowing green hands, but before it hit the target, Undyne moved backwards without warning, making the spear to hit the floor, the spear deeply stabbed into the floor out of the sheer force, creating a pole in the middle of Undyne and the human. Undyne used the said spear as a handle to lift her up and launched her in a flying kick. The human stopped the kick by using his hands, but after another second, Undyne pulled out the spear which was stuck in the ground and swept it from the left side. Still not recovered from the surprise attack, the human received a direct hit in the ribs.

—music end—

And that hit determined the winner. All the human can do is just stopping the error to get worse. Eventually, Undyne knocked down the human and cuffed him.

"Hey, Temp!" Undyne shouted. "Ya got it? Don't tell me we went through all of this and we let them off!"

"Errr… Yeah? I don't know? I don't dare to touch it. Come over to take a look. You'll be surprised." Tempest said.

Undyne went over to take a look. It was a square box with some packages inside, all of the packages had an electronic device which she couldn't recognize. But that was not the end, in such a close range, she could feel all the packages had a high density of magic power.

"Do you know what is this?" Undyne asked, she didn't like what was inside. "It seems odd."

Tempest stared at the content in the box. "I don't know what's in the pack. But I know the electronic device was a remote bomb control, mostly used on C4. For safe detonation."

"Bomb? Why do they need bombs?" Undyne crossed her arms. "This amount could blow up a whole building!"

"You tell me." Tempest split his tongue, making a naughty face. "Let's ask your wife instead. And call in an explosive team."

"Sure, I will. See ya later."

Tempest salute and left.

Author note's

OK. This one was a long one, mostly because of the fight, originally, I want to add more in. But I have to control the chapter length, sorry if it looks weird. But don't worry, the plot will continue. And everything will become clear soon. I',m planning to close this arc and move to the next in about 2 to 4 chapter, not very sure though. (p.s. There's a reason why I put Asriel's nightmare with the police ops and WHAT THEY FOUND in the same chapter. It's part of the plot. You are welcome to guess. I won't confirm, anyway. It's going to reveal soon.)

That is all!

You can check out my Tumblr blog. Ask questions about the story or ask the characters a question!

The blog name is selfieprobe(my main blog). It will be OK if you search The Final Ending on Tumblr.

Sorry for poor language and making you all having a hard time to read.

Please remember to leave a favorite or follow if you like this story! And give me some reviews or PMs if you want to tell me something!

See ya all in the next chapter!

eliteprobe warp-out.

Stay determined!