Undyne was looking for a new dummy to punch in the garbage dump after the last one was torn apart, when suddenly something small and blue ran by her, followed by three more figures.
-Catch theeeeeeeem!-
She made out a voice shouting.
-Chase? Who is breaking the law?-
The head of the Royal Guards caught up with the chase in a moment, but stumbled upon one of the running. The unfortunate was Asriel, and Chara with Mike ran into Undyne after him, and all four flew into the water. Mike backed away, scared by the view of Undyne. Chara was already familiar with her and Asriel wasn't afraid of other monsters.
-Wow! Your Highness... Highnesses? You should watch out more!-
The fish monster noticed.
-You were the one to run us over, not the opposite!-
Asriel said angrily. Undyne shrugged awkwardly while rubbing her neck before coming back to the main topic:
-So, who is the lawbreaker you decided to chase? Should I arrest them?-
-No, hell no! They aren't a law breaker, they are a human!-
LITERALLY THREE SECONDS LATER
The entire underground was put on ears the moment the news about a human that was hiding somewhere in Waterfall spread. The actual Royal Family got the news when Cameron was trying to understand what Alex had to explain about his homework.
-Cameron, are you listening?-
The older brother snapped.
-Yes, I am trying to! I can barely concentrate!-
Cameron shouted back and put his head in his hands. Alex sighed and massaged temples, hoping not to overreact.
-Come on, it isn't even hard! If you didn't understand the assignment itself...-
And then Cameron's phone rang. Both groaned in annoyance.
-Are you kidding me or what?!-
Cameron shouted stressfully. Alex sighed deeply, hitting the chair he sat on to get out the anger before calming down and messing Cameron's hair.
-Take a break. It's from Asriel, answer.-
The moment he answered he heard Asriel screaming:
-THERE IS A HUMAN THAT'S HIDING FROM PEOPLE IN WATERFALL!-
Shock. The action was back into the lives of the Royal Family members.
Meanwhile Undyne put on feet all the Royal Guards that existed. Waterfall guards had to look for the human while Snowdiners and Hotlanders had to prevent them from leaving the area and getting lost in another one. Chara, Asriel and Mike joined the mission. They were guarding the river that was going around the underground from three different spots of Waterfall. Mike, who wasn't usual to the Waterfall monsters, was fascinated and scared. There a turtle - at least he though it was a turtle - with a duckling on its back was circling him, and he was getting nervous.
-E-excuse me... Who are you?-
He muttered.
-Woshua! You are unwashed!-
-I'm... What?-
What the hell was this turtle? And why was there a piece of soap hovering above it? And why was this soap flying up to him now!?
The phantom soap didn't even have time to reach him when he spotted the lost human running at him. The turtle dived into the river and Mike found himself one on one with the short figure. The face was oddly familiar to him... And then it hit him- this kid was living a few houses away from him and was rumored to be mute. By now he was supposed to be around seven years old, but Mike had no clue what his name was.
-H-hey... C-can you stop hiding? We want to... Help you...-
He said carefully. The boy looked directly into his eyes and drew his toy knife, which he had time to sharpen against something while hiding. He was waiting patiently for Mike to do something to strike him. The green eyed boy sincerely regretted that he didn't own a phone, he knew that he needed Chara to solve the situation now, if she indeed was good with knives like Alex said.
-You won't do anything with this knife, will you?-
He asked, taking a step ahead. The other boy, piercing him with cyan eyes, looked behind him as someone had approached.
-There! I see them!-
It was Undyne. She sprinted towards them and the cyan-eyed kid took off and began running away.
-Someone catch them!-
She shouted. Mike didn't leave the place he was already standing on and watched Undyne and the boy disappearing in the fog. Mike bit on his fingers. He wished for Cameron to be here. Cameron was braver than him, he'd find a way to catch this kid right away... If it'd be physically possible for him. Or talk him calm, he could do it well. Mike knew the best. Unlike the red-eyed Chara, angry Alex or Asriel who wasn't even a human, Cameron looked harmless, wasn't aggressive and his orange eyes appeared brown enough for him to look like a regular person. Yes, he'd handle this kid without a problem.
Mike didn't know how long he was standing there, but when the crystals began to dim, Chara ran up to him.
-Mike! Are you alright?-
She asked, looking over him. He got confused at first before noticing a deep cut on her cheek, and a few tearing her wide pants.
-Did the kid do this to you?-
He asked. Chara nodded quickly, wiping the blood off her cheek
-Asriel isn't where he was before! Let's go now!-
She grabbed him by the sleeve and began running. The hearts of both humans were pounding insanely from the run and the worry.
Suddenly Chara stopped edgily and Mike rammed into her.
-Sorry about that.-
He said when she stumbled forward sharply.
-No problem-
She waved him away and went a bit forward. They were at a turn, and Chara picked to the right over a rock.
-What is it?-
Mike asked quietly. Chara waited for a second before answering:
-Nothing, I though I saw...-
She stopped when something ran into her. It was Asriel. He had a cut on his forearm.
-Chara! This human is so quick, I couldn't catch them!-
He huffed. Chara was in condition of total shock from his leap on her and couldn't answer. Asriel noticed the deep cut on her cheek and gasped.
-Did this kid do this to you?-
He asked, wiping the blood off her cheek and turning the soft fur on his paw red. Chara shook her head to clear her mind and finally came to realization that it was Asriel who was pointing her to the floor.
-Azzy! Are you okay? Do you know where the human is? Did they hurt you?-
She asked concerned.
-Just one small scratch... They ran away and Undyne chased them... Oh uh, Mike? I see you met a Temmie?-
Asriel looked over Chara's shoulder at Mike, who was concentrated on a small half-cat half-dog monster that was hanging on his trouser-leg.
-I... Guess I did.-
He muttered. What an awkward situation in the middle of a serious one.
-TemMie Luv hOOman!-
Mike made out the monster saying. He barely managed to tear it apart from his pants, ending up covered in fur.
-Let's go home. I doubt we can get this human.-
He offered. Neither Chara or Asriel argued and they, all three, headed home. Mike offered to heal Chara's cut, even though he knew he had to touch the bloody cut and he was getting shaken every time he even saw blood, not just touched it. Chara knew it and refused, saying that a plaster will fix it uno momento.
When they entered the house, they found themselves in Toriel's arms.
-My children! It's so late, we were about to go look for you! We almost went crazy together!-
The moment she let go of them, she paid attention to Chara's cheek and torn apart pants
-Chara, dear... Did you fall?-
-Uh-huh, yeah. I'll patch the pants later.-
Chara bluffed. Well, not about the pants, she was patching her torn clothes as often as she could.
The kids went to their room to tell Alex and Cameron about the kid, and didn't expect two pairs of judgemental, confused, concerned eyes locked on them.
-How long does it take to convince a human that Chara's eyes aren't creepy?-
Cameron asked in full seriousness.
-They didn't listen. And it has nothing to do with Chara's eyes.-
Asriel answered. Cameron vented sharply and looked down. Meanwhile Mike began cleaning off his pants from Temmie's fur.
-Mike? Is this... Cat fur?-
Alex asked, backing away. Mike looked up as he didn't hear the question.
-What?-
-The fur! Is it cat fur?-
Alex's eyes turned red, like they were after the smoke. He sniffed loudly and wiped his nose.
-Yes, but... I don't know if it was entirely a cat...-
-It was a Temmie!-
Asriel said. Meanwhile Alex turned to look exactly like after the smoke, plus his nose got red.
-Oh ou...-
Cameron bit on his fingers.
-What? What's wrong?-
Mike asked, not exactly paying attention to Alex's current look.
-Alex? Alex, are you okay?-
Chara asked, as the yellow-eyed boy had tearing eyes and running nose by now.
-He's allergic to cat fur!-
Cameron exclaimed loudly, searched for a box of tissues in the chiffonier, crutching over to his brother and passing the box to him. Alex's face was wet from tears and red like a tomato, and he was trying to wipe his nose before it had time to run again. The tissues actually helped with this.
"At least it isn't one of those allergies where he would puff like a puffer wish or sop breathing..."
Chara thought.
-Is there a medicine?-
She asked.
-Well, not that we have it here. Do you see me?-
Cameron wave his hand I'm front of Alex's face. Alex lowed something in response, and, all sneezing and tearing, left the room.
-And now we will have to get rid of any traces of fur.-
Chara deducted.
-Yes. Well, congrats, you've seen Alex's weakness. Cat fur. Which is unfortunate, I love cats.-
Cameron was mumbling.
-I brought the fur, I'm to clean it.-
Mike decided.
-I'm with you. I don't want Alex to pass out after all. He still has to teach me math.-
-He can pass out from this?!-
Chara, Mike and Asriel asked.
-Yes. It happened multiple times. Someone who isn't covered in fur can go watch over him?-
-I go!-
Chara volunteered. The boys looked at her with smirks.
-Whaaaaaaat?-
She huffed and exited the room. Alex was washing his face with cold water, blowing his nose sometimes and looking into the mirror to see if his eyes got less red. Toriel was watching over him.
-Oh, hello Chara. Did you get rid of the fur?-
She asked.
-The boys are cleaning it, I came to see how Alex is.-
-I'm... Fine.-
Alex sighed in response and wiped his nose before checking that it was empty and breathing again
-I'm okay. Just don't let anything that has any trace of cat fur near me. I should have warned you much earlier but with all the action we've been through, it got out of my mind.-
-It just happened that we haven't ran into Temmies until now. Are you sure everything is good?-
Chara approached him closer. His face was no longer red, but the eyes still teared up a bit.
-Yes, I'm good.-
He said and exited the bathroom. Toriel looked closer at him, ensured that he was indeed fine and got back to her business, by chance her phone rang at the same moment.
-Poor Mike will be apologizing for that for days.-
Chara chuckled, but Alex wasn't paying attention. The yellow eyes were locked on the cut on her cheek.
-Did this new human do it, Chara?-
He asked and wiped the very little blood still dripped from her cheek. Her heart almost stopped from surprise when his hand touched her face.
-Yes, but it's nothing, really.-
-It looks like a knife wound.-
Alex pressed.
-They have a plastic toy knife, it is just kind of sharp. I got too close to them...-
-Chara. Your entire pants are cut through. Did they attack you?-
-Relax Alex, I just scared them by accident. They were afraid. They are something like seven years old. You too were scared of me and you are twice their age, remember?-
The last phrase made Alex freeze and he dropped the guilty look to the floor, biting down his lips. Chara hated reminding him of that, but right now it was the best argument she had. Alex hissed slightly when his headache got back and he shut his eyes.
-Can I ask you for a favor?-
He asked quietly. Chara frowned deeply.
-Yes, of course.-
-I hid my gun under the chiffonier in our room. Can you take it and get rid of?-
Chara's brain glitched for a moment.
-Get rid of it? How am I supposed to do it?-
-I don't know, hide it, cut it, break it, explode it! I fear that this new human will have to go through the same as you and Mike. I shot both of you at least once, and I suspect that Cameron is... Intimidated by the knowledge that I possess a fire weapon.-
Alex crossed arms and looked Chara directly in the eyes.
-I want you to get rid of it so I won't know what have you done and where is it. I'll close my eyes and ears and you do it. Now. Before we find this kid and I do anything to them.-
-I can put it in the freezer and it'll become cold weapon! Nobody is intimidated by a full drawer of knives!-
Chara joked, but her smile faded when Alex's grin in response appeared sad.
-Couldn't you say it later, when I'd be sure that I ain't dangerous any longer?-
-You aren't dangerous!-
Chara protested, but Alex just shut his eyes and ears and whispered:
-Please, do it.-
No choice, the girl went to look for the gun. The boys were still cleaning the fur, not paying attention to her existence. She found the gun right where Alex said and took it, slowly slipping to the bathroom. Alex was standing right by it's door, still with shut eyes and ears. Chara tiptoed to the bathroom and got down to the shower, lifting a tile from the floor. Only she and Cameron knew about this, since it was them who first got it out of place - With Cameron's crutch! - and then dug a hole under it out of boredom. Chara promised him to cover the hole, and he believed she did. Now she had her personal cache in there. She fit the gun in the hole and put the tile back in place.
"Maybe he'll need it. Who knows what kind of crap we are going to get into next time?"
She thought. Then, she got up and patted Alex on his shoulder.
-There. It's gone now.-
She assured him when he put his hands off his ears. She could see a slight but meaningful relief on his always tensed, serious face.
-Thank you.-
He mumbled. Suddenly, both had to turn around. Asgore called them and everybody. The other three boys peeked from the room. Asgore and Toriel looked very concerned. Asgore was holding his phone in his huge paw. The kids couldn't breath from tension, but they already knew that they were about to hear about the lost human.
-The kid was just caught... Not sure if alive.-
