-The best laid plans-

-Enjoy-

She made a grand entrance.

It was really cool.

It was only when Flowey snapped at me to pay attention that I realized I was gapping. I couldn't help it though, the eye patch, the red hair, and fearless grin? No wonder the monster kid had been so excited to see Undyne, she was awesome personified as a spear wildling hero.

"So you've come, human," Undyne said as she stood on a peak high above me.

According to Flowey, Hotland was just on the other side of the mountain. A cave led directly through the mountain, so it wouldn't even be long journey. I just had to make it through without dying.

That was the real goal. No dying. Flowey didn't think it was possible, and he had said so several times after Sans had revealed the plan. I agreed, I honestly couldn't imagine getting passed Undyne in one try, but I was going to try.

I was filled with DETER***TION.

"No more running," Undyne snarled. "Stand your ground."

"Umm…okay?" I said.

That was right…right?

Sans and Papyrus had told me what to say. Or rather, Sans had told me what to say, and Papyrus had made sure there weren't any puns included. That was probably for the best if I wanted to get out of this alive.

"Don't even think- what?" Undyne began to shout again, but as soon as she registered my words, she faltered.

"Um, I won't run?" I said.

"This idea is so stupid," Flowey muttered from beneath the ground at my feet.

I made a sound I could only describe as squeamish agreement. It wasn't loud enough for Undyne to hear though.

"You won't run?" Undyne asked.

Her shoulders slumped, and I could see a scowl on her face. She leapt off the mountain peak and landed on the ground in front of me with a casual grace that was more terrifying than even the weapon in her hand.

I shook my head, holding my ground, even though I really wanted nothing more to do than run. Sans had been explicit though. Don't run. Don't even turn your back on her.

"Oh, I see," Undyne said, at a loss. "Well, that's…awfully brave of you, human. I didn't expect…"

Undyne looked around, and the butt of the spear in her hand rested against the ground.

"King Asgore said you were a coward," she said in a soft voice.

She looked back at me, her single golden eye met mine. Her mouth twisted into a bitter frown.

"I'm sorry," she said. "you're just a kid. A brave one too. But you know, I have to kill you."

Undyne leveled her spear in my direction. Her hands trembled as they grasped the shaft. Wow, I really, really didn't want to fight her.

"Why does he want me to die?" I asked.

It wasn't in the script, but I had to know.

"He said killing you will mean the hope that once filled the Underground will return," Undyne said. "I don't know what that means. And how is killing you supposed to bring back 'hope?"

Undyne sighed, and then the corners of her mouth turned down.

"King Asgore knows best," she said. "He'll set us free. And I'm going to help him."

Her voice was weak, lacking the conviction she had once had. The plan was working.

Undyne raised her spear, aiming it towards my heart, towards my soul. She began to pull back her arm.

"Halt!"

Papyrus's cry tore through the air. In whirl of silver, white, and red, he leapt from his hiding spot, a pile of rocks nearby, and landed in front of me. He placed one hand on his hip and stretched the other out, palm facing toward Undyne to stop her.

Undyne lowered her spear, her mouth slack and eyebrows raised. Her confusion passed, and she snarled at Papyrus.

"What are you doing?" she snapped. "Get out of the way."

"Please, Do Not Do This Undyne," Papyrus said.

"Papyrus," Undyne growled.

I kept silent, but I didn't move. Her attention was locked on Papyrus, and it needed to stay that way.

"Please," Papyrus said.

Undyne pointed her spear at Papyrus. Papyrus looked at the spear, his jaw set in defiance.

"You don't think you can defeat me, do you?" she asked.

"I Think I Have To Try," Papyrus said.

My breath caught in my throat. His words filled me with DETERM***TION. I shuddered, I could almost…almost remember something. I shook my head, now was really not the time to get lost in memories.

Undyne snarled and leapt forward, but Papyrus met her attack with a long bone summoned into his hand. They soon began a delicate dance of back and forth between bone and spear, but even as inexperienced at fighting as I was, I could tell Papyrus was being forced to defend.

That was okay though, his goal wasn't to defeat Undyne. He slowly moved in a circle, until her back was to me. Now was the time to sneak around her.

I began to sneak to the side of the path leading into the mountain, staying well away from the deadly fighting only a few feet away. Papyrus had no time to protect me if something happened, I had to be careful on my own.

I reached the mouth of the cave and stepped through. Sans was waiting just inside, and he grabbed my hand.

"Let's go kiddo," he said.

His voice was calm, but I didn't miss the worried look he gave Papyrus. I glanced back and then froze. Papyrus was on the ground, rubbing his head, but he didn't look badly hurt. More important was Undyne, who had turned around and was glaring at me.

"Run, we need to get to Hotland," Flowey shrieked as he sprung up out of the ground beside me.

"Like hell I'll let you go," Undyne snarled.

She threw her spear. It blazed blue under the half-light of the Underground, and it was flying straight for towards me.

-IT LIVES *cough* I really don't have an excuse, other than just general life business. And oh yeah, Windows 10 deleting literally every program on my computer when I upgraded. (Not an exaggeration. By literally I do mean every single program. It was ridiculous.) But I'm back! And I promise another update soon. -