"Sorry," She said after a moment to Cooper. "I didn't want you to hurt her." She added after a moment.

The dogs were still staring at her. Lesser dog had padded up to her whining slightly while looking at her arm. She immediately used her good one to run a hand down his head. He whined and lapped slightly at her good hand with his eyes on the wound.

"Don't worry about it. At least the mutts stopped." Lesser dog seemed to glare at him for that a growl rumbling through the tips of her fingers that rested on his head. Cooper ignored the look and walked to Alanna. "Now, I need you. Come with me somewhere private."

"Why should I?" She asked trying to hide her nervousness by petting Lesser Dog.

"Because I need information and I'm not taking no for an answer." He held out his hand. "Let's go."

"No." Alanna turned on heel and moved away from Grillby's noting that Frisk and MK were standing at the door with a living flame person standing directly behind them. The flame adjusted it's glasses. Frisk gave a thumbs up.

"We're going!"

Alanna felt a hand hit her shoulder and suddenly she was stumbling her head reeling as rain spattered over her. When she met a cave wall she felt the world stabilize around her.

"What the fuck is your problem?" She shouted hearing her voice echo back to her. Music too. Gentle and soothing a music box played somewhere nearby.

"All I need is for you to answer a few questions. That is it. Then I'll let you go and I'll leave." He was remarkably calm. Which only made Alanna angrier.

"No. I don't care what you want to know. This isn't right. You can't 'let me go' because you don't have me. You can't keep walking over me and trying to force me into situations." Alanna wasn't sure which direction to walk as she had never been to a part of the underground that rained, but she was sure she'd find her way back eventually. "If you could learn some semblance of being nice people might respond better." She said harshly. Alanna walked away from him but a soft sigh made her pause.

"Please answer my questions and I'll safely take you back to those skeletons' house." He stretched his arms out from the previous fight. "I'm sorry. I haven't had a good week at least. I'm a bit on edge and haven't had the time to reCooperate from my travels."

Alanna let out a startled laugh at the pun. She sighed tilting her face up to let the rain drum against it.

"Fine. And you can rest with us still." She offered. "Just...no more trying to hurt people. Or taking me without permission." She said pointedly looking back at him. "This could be considered kidnapping. You've soaked my clothes and you ripped the only pair of pants that fit me." Alanna lowered herself to the ground groaning. "It took me so long of wandering around in oversized clothing. They never kept the cold away. And now I'm back to wearing his pants. Which are now wet." She sighed.

"I'll pay you back for the clothes so you can get more. As for being wet come this way. The rain stops over here."

He waited till she got back onto her feet and began to lead her.

"What do you know of Chara?" He asked as they approached a statue that had an umbrella wedged in such a way that it kept the rain from falling on or in front of it. The music was louder here and she noticed that wedged in its lap was a music box.

"Not much," Alanna admitted. "Just that whatever Chara is, it was the thing that told Frisk to kill when they fell. And like a normal kid they listened to it. It doesn't help that most monsters lash out in fear." Alanna didn't need any prompting to settle herself under the umbrella. "Frisk killed everyone." Her voice sounded horrified and hollow.

"But as they did….that thing slowly took over their body till...when the underground was dead...they killed everything against Frisk's wishes. Left them in darkness wallowing in what they had done." Alanna shook her head sending droplets scattering. "It came back. And offered them a second chance...at a price. Now they lie dormant in Frisk, and once they fix everything and free the monsters….or if Frisk waits too long…it wakes up and kills everyone. When Frisk wakes back up they….go back. Reset I think. And it happens all over. They think I'll be able to stop it."

"So another dead end," he sighed. "Okay then. What's the current status of king Asgore and queen Toriel?" Alanna found herself staring at him her mouth opening in shock. "Are they alive?"

"Toriel is a queen?" Alanna fished out the necklace Toriel had given her. That same strange symbol that was etched in the doors to the ruins. She ran her fingertips over it thinking. "She's alive. I haven't met Asgore but I think he's alive."

"That's good I…" He trails off for a moment his gaze landing on the necklace. There was a long moment where he looked at her. "I'm happy to hear that." He leaned against the wall across from her and that green spark danced around his hand.

Alanna didn't flinch for once.

"I need a break." Something about the way he said it, made her heart break the smallest bit. He seemed to be in such pain. A million things unsaid dancing around him.

"Cooper?" Alanna asked watching the rain roll down his cloak. He had the human half of his face covered again. He perpetually seemed to be draped in shadow. The green light that served as an eye was downcast in thought.

"Yea?" He glanced up to her.

"Do you like omelets?"

"Omelets?" He looked curious now despite the rain and the sadness that seemed to hang over him.

"Yeah, before we uh….met…." She winced slightly. "I was supposed to be getting ready for a sleepover with Papyrus. I figured we could do that tonight. I was going to make omelets. You seem like you need some fresh food. Not...rations. It won't be magic though. Just my cooking…"

"Sure. I can eat and rest." He leaned back up walking over until he was standing in front of Alanna his hand outstretched. "I'm sure you're ready to go now."

She stared at his hand, which was skeletal, and slowly took it. He had that strange warmth that Sans and Papyrus had, like body heat but not. Their surroundings just suddenly changed. Her mind wanted to reject it but the dizziness she had started to expect wasn't nearly as bad. Alanna realized she was still seated and was now dripping water onto the floor of the house.

"Here we are." He said. "Safe and sound."

"Relatively." Alanna said letting go of his hand to push herself up. She padded into the bathroom and grabbed two towels and walked back out. "Here. You can also just take a shower if you'd like. I don't know what you do normally, but it helps me to rest if I'm clean." She told him holding out the towel to him.

He took the towel letting his hood drop back. She watched him for a moment toweling off her own hair.

"Thank you."