Chapter 50: Don't give up
All the monsters had no time to react at all as they were all captured and entangled by the thorny vines. Flowey cackled at his sneak attack.
Caleb went to reach for his gun but stopped when he heard Flowey speak. "Ah ah ah, don't want to send your precious friends even more six feet under." He giggled as he coiled the vines tighter around them. Caleb had no choice but to put his gun down.
"HI FLOWEY!" Papyrus said happily.
"Hi Papyrus." Flowey said with sinister glee.
"UM, THESE VINES KINDA HURT! DO YOU MIND AND JUST LO-" Papyrus's mouth was covered by another vine.
"No, I do mind."
John growled as his eyes glowed cyan with power. "Damn it Flowey! We were so close to having an actual happy end!"
"Aw, is the big crybaby upset? Gonna go running to your boyfriend?" Flowey teased.
"Leave him alone!" Jerod said, stepping in front of his best friend.
"Why are you even doing this?" Delilah asked.
Flowey gave a sinister grin. "Why else would I do this, to gain ultimate power."
"Well that's too bad, it's seven against one. you can't beat us!" Iris said.
"Don't press your luck kid, because I got a little surprise for you." a bulb rose out of the ground and it opened up like a flower. And inside was Souls! Six Souls in total, Cyan, Orange, Blue, Purple, Green, and Yellow.
The group was stunned to see these Souls in front of them.
"I... I don't understand! How did you get those! I thought we were the only humans that fell down here." Delilah said.
"Exactly! They are your's."
The group felt their blood run cold. Their Souls...
"No, that can't be." Chara said.
"Speechless? Well It's a good thing that I already absorbed these so I can explain my 'evil' plan to you an-"
While Flowey was doing his monologue, Frisk was busy trying to reset to fix this. He concentrated and-
Reload Failed
Frisk clutched his chest as he felt a stinging pain in his Soul.
"...Really? Can you not do that while I'm telling my story?" Flowey smiled irritated.
"H-how, I can't use my power..." Frisk groaned.
"I'll get to that if you would STOP INTERRUPTING ME!" Flowey's face grew monstrous for a second but then turn back to normal.
Frisk scowled at him and decided to listen to Flowey's story.
"Anyway, so of course my original plan was to absorb seven human Souls to become all powerful. Every human that fell I would steal their Soul one at a time before they could get accustomed to this place. I didn't expect that all seven would end up here at once. So that made a dent in my plan. I was just stalking you guys and thinking of how I can take your Souls. Then one day I found this..."
Flowey tossed out a large piece of machinery that they recognize.
"The Spacial/quantum distorter!" Iris said.
"Where did you get that!" Gaster growled.
"Apparently some smiley trashbag left it where it was and forgot to put it back..."
Everyone turned to Sans who had a nervous grin. "oops."
"When I heard Iris and Sans have their little chat about the machine and what it can do, I had a theory. When me or Frisk reset, what happens to that timeline we resetted from? It must still exist somewhere. So after you guys left with old G-man over there I took the machine and gave it a whirl. A little disorienting to be in the Void that you kept talking about but I felt... I felt the immense power it gives, what it could give me. I put that thought aside for the moment and used the Void as a crossroad from this timeline to other timelines, more specifically the timelines where each of you died!"
The group knew what he was talking about. The times when they died was when Frisk turned back the clock. John getting melted by acidic tears, Jerod getting eviscerated by his stomach, Delilah getting stabbed by a spear, Iris getting eaten alive, Diego getting burnt by lava, and Caleb getting shot in the head.
"Those timelines are pretty useless, time has stopped due to a paradox in the reset so it's pretty much dead. But I still got what I needed, each of your dead Souls just standing there to be taken. It took a bit but I finally got them all. All except you..." Flowey sneered at Frisk.
Frisk backed away a bit as the group huddled closer to him.
"You haven't died yet. And your determination is a threat to me. We both lost control of the reset until one of us dies. That's why you can't reset and neither can I. No matter, I'll just take your Soul and I'll regain my true form! And then I'll absorb your monster friend's Souls, next I'll take the surface and kill everyone you love. And finally, I'll use the Void to invade other worlds, other timelines, and become the god of all the timelines!" Flowey cackled.
"That's what you think!" The group got defensive as they formed a protective circle around Frisk.
"We aren't gonna let you take Frisk's Soul!" John said.
"Nor let you take over the timelines!" Jerod said.
"You are too insane to have all this power." Delilah said.
"You are messing with the laws of nature!" Iris said.
"If we don't stop you then everyone will be doomed." Diego said.
"And we won't let that happen." Caleb said.
Flower scoffed at the humans. "Your not worth playing around with." He said as he unleashed his power at them. It was insanity as countless friendliness pellets flew at them as well as many large vines. The group attacked with all they got, protecting Frisk from the attacks. They knew that if Frisk dies then it's over.
Knives, fists, kicks, electric bolts, fire, and gunshots were unleashed over and over. But it was proving too much for the group who were still weakened from fighting Asgore. Bit by bit they got hit and their health slowly dwindled.
And then they all collapsed from exhaustion. A ring of pellets circled them.
"Good try but it looks like I win." Flowey cackled. "DIE!"
The group huddled close together as the pellets closed in on them. It was the end!
Then two rings of fireballs blocked them all.
"Huh." The group and Flowey said.
"Don't worry children." Toriel said despite being stuck from the vines. "No matter what happens, we will always be there to protect you."
"Humans." Asgore said. "For the future of humans and monsters, you have to stay determined."
Flowey wasn't having any of it as he tried summoning waves of pellets and sent them at them. Sans and Papyrus put up bones to protect them.
"MMMPH MPH MPHH MMMMHHH!" Papyrus finally got his mouth free from the vine so he could speak. "THAT'S RIGHT HUMANS! YOU CAN WIN! JUST DO WHAT I WOULD DO, BELIEVE IN YOU!" Papyrus proclaimed
"huh, you still haven't beaten this guy yet? c'mon, this weirdo got nothin on you." Sans winked.
Using Mk's speed boost, Undyne summoned her spears to block the next attack.
"Hey, humans! If you could get past me then you can do anything! So don't worry, we're with you all the way!" Undyne smiled brightly.
"Yo, Undyne's right! I know you can beat this jerk, dude! You can't tell but I'm giving you a thumbs up." Mk said.
Alphys blocked the pellets with electricity while Gaster used a Gaster Blaster on them.
"Technically, it's impossible for you to beat him... B-but somehow I know you can do it!"
"Even though it seems unlikely I know you can accomplish anything. Don't underestimate your power." Gaster said.
Mettaton used his Mettabots as a shield while Muffet did the same for her spiders.
"This truly is a turn of events but this is your moment humans! This is the final act, now give everyone a grand finale!" Mettaton praised.
"Oh my, so this is what it's like to be trapped in a web. But I don't need to worry about you, you've been through worse." Muffet giggled.
Toby pushed the pellets away with a sonic bark while Temmie blocked them with her outstretched arm.
"HUMAns CAn wiN! teM wiLL Build a bIg staTUE In ur hoNR!" Temmie cheered.
"Remember when I said that the Artifact is best used for really big situations, well it looks like this is one of those times. With it I know you can save everyone." Toby said.
Then the rest of the monsters of the Underground each said their words. Froggit, Greater Dog, Burgerpant's, the amalgamates, (sigh) Jerry, Napstablook, all the monsters of the Underground told them to not give up. Their speeches tugged at the group's heartstrings and they felt their strength return. They got up feeling revitalized and looked at each other. They gave a single nod, knowing what to do.
"You are all idiots. All of your Souls are mine!" Flowey cackled as he started absorbing the Souls from the other timeline as well as the Souls of every monster in the Underground.
Toby noticed this and looked at the group in panic. "Guys, its Undertale! The word is Unde-" The last part was cut off because his Soul was absorbed by that point.
The group all put their hands on the Artifact, even Chara. They felt reality around them shift as they held on to the ball.
"Und-"
"Finally. I was so tired of being a flower..."
The group turned and saw themselves in the Void. Just them and a small goat monster with it's back turned from them.
"Asriel..." Chara gasped.
The monster that was once Flowey slowly turned around. "Howdy everyone. I a-" He stopped when he spotted a boy among the group that he didn't see before. A boy with rosy cheeks and a striped sweater. He couldn't believe it, he had some suspicions when he overheard them talking at nothing but he didn't think that...
"Chara?" Asriel said.
They started at each other frozen. Frisk used this opportunity to act.
"Undertale!"
Then the group was engulfed by the power that exploded out of the Artifact.
In case you were wondering, Asriel can see Chara because the rules of physics don't really apply to the Void, so ghosts and people are more or less the same.
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