Walking ahead through the heat of the lava-infested part of the underground, Jasper found himself at a cross way. Scratching the back of his head, he tried to focus his vision as far as he was able to see of any hints that might lead him to advancing on ahead. Having no luck, he let out a long sigh.

"Guys, any chance any of you two know which way leads the way out?"

{Why should we hel-}

It's a puzzle.》

"A puzzle?"

You have to solve a puzzle from the right and left room to open the door up ahead. The right one was always a good one to try first.》

"Hmm, I see. So basically the road straight ahead is the way out then."

Yes, but its locked

"Locked doors never stopped me before, and besides..." Jasper ran towards the steam ventilation, jumping across the gap and safely landing on the other side. "I'm kinda pressed for time to be messing around with puzzles at the moment." Running through the northernmost path, Jasper came across a large pair of steal doors that radiated power that sealed him from going any further. Placing his right hand on the cold steal, his eyes lit up with magic. Magic ran through his body, giving off a small pulse that went through the sealed doors. The young child closed his eyes as the magic continued to pulse.

What are you doing?》 You curiously asked after a few seconds of silence.

{Why don't you just shortcut your way through since you're in such a hurry?} Chara said in a teasing manner.

"I'm not an idiot. Obviously, I've never been through the other side of it so I have no clue what's there. So if you can be so kind as to shush, so that I won't accidentally step into something dangerous and or get stuck in something that I might not get myself out of." Concentrating once again, a shimmering glow began to spread around his touch. Smiling to himself, he walked through the shimmer and successfully walked through the door.

Impressed by his trick, you applauded which caused the tiny human to puff out his chest proudly. Chara scoffed at him which did nothing to damper his good mood. Jumping across through the air vents, Jasper soon reached a blue colored tiled floor. "Weird, why would there be tile floors out in the open like this?" Cautiously, he made his way through, taking note of how the room darkened around him. Lighting up the way with his eyes, he noticed the peculiar set up he found himself in. "A kitchen?"

Feeling uneasy, he turned off his eyes and leaned back near a wall before rushing through the obvious trap. He didn't have to wait long before he heard the not so subtle ring of a cellphone. "Alphys darling, did you find where that ill-mannered human went?... what? Both the lasers and door puzzle have yet to be touched? My my my, I wonder where the tiny human went, it is quiet unusual for the human to have not arrived to those puzzles yet. Hmm?... Darling don't worry, I'll wait right here..."

Heh, Oh I see....

Becoming tired from hearing the metal cube talk on the phone, Jasper quickly started to think of a way out before they catch him off guard.

Can't really sneak pass him without him noticing my eyes and walking in the dark is never a good idea.

Not really liking his option, he decide to confront the problem head on. Jasper sauntered towards the middle of the room in which the lights turned on, revealing Mettaton still on his phone. "Oh no- I mean-"

"Heh, what's wrong? Did I catch you at a bad time? Maybe I should leave a message after the beep! Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha!"

Mettaton straighten himself out before facing his cameras. "Of course not darling, but I do want to welcome you to the Underground's Premier Cook-"

"Sorry, not interested."

"W-what? Don't be silly," Mettaton extended his arms to catch the small human as he started to pass by him, "Not only will you be my assistant for today's show, but you will also win this new cellphone, beautifully modified by the great doctor Alphys!" Jasper's eye brow started to twitch in irritation before his magic flared up causing him to shift away from the egocentric robot.

That's the dodge I told you about earlier.》

Jasper wasn't listening while he jumped away from Mettaton's grasp. "Like I said before, I'm not interested and winning a phone isn't going to convince me otherwise to attend your hazardous cooking show. So, goodbye!" Watching Jasper dashing away, Mettaton steadily raised his chainsaw.

"M-M-Mettaton, c-calm down..." Alphys voice could be heard through the phone's speaker.

"Alphys darling," he seethed, "I'm... ALWAYS CALM!!" He shouted as his chainsaw crashed through the stage kitchen counter. Having cut it in half, left Mettaton in a tired mess. Tossing away the chainsaw, Mettaton made his way towards the next sight. "Dear doctor Alphys, I'll make sure the insufferable little human see how truly glamorous we are."

Having escaped Mettaton's grasp, he came into the view of the core. "The core... so close, yet so far." Running through, he made his way towards the elevator. Entering inside, he checked his monster food rations before heading towards the R2 floor. "Any chance that'll be the last time well see him?"

Uh...》

"Guess not." He sighed. Reaching his floor, he was greeted by a small flame monster. Briefly waving at it, he continued on.

Back in Snowdin, Undyne out of her armor, walked back and forth across the skeleton brothers' living room. She tried to make sense of everything Papyrus had told her. But no matter how much she tried, she couldn't. "Papyrus, what are you going to do? You can't go after him in your current state! It's way too soon, your soul is still-"

"I-I KNOW..." Undyne had helped Papyrus sit onto the couch and wrapped him with a warm blanket with a cup of golden flower tea, to help him regain his strength.

"You're not just going to let him leave, are you?" He didn't respond. "Papyrus?" The weakened skeleton gripped his cup tighter, keeping him from sobbing once more. Undyne's hand tightened to a fist at her side, she couldn't bare to see him reduce to...this. "What about Sans..." Hearing his brother's name, his eyesocket widen as he looked up at his worried friend. "You have to tell him."

"I-I CANT-" Papyrus started to panic.

"YOU HAVE TO! PAPYRUS-" Undyne stopped midway when she heard his bones start to rattle once more. Letting out a tired sigh, she gently placed her hand on top of his armored shoulder. "Papyrus, he... he has the right to know."

"I...I KNOW. BUT I CAN'T...I ..."

"Why can't you!?" Undyne griped tightened on her best friend's shoulder.

"BECAUSE WE'LL LOSE HIM!" Undyne loosen her hold, searching the tall skeleton's face to understand what he just said.

"What?"

"WE...WILL LOSE HIM...I..." Papyrus looked down at his lukewarm cup of tea, but instead of his reflection, all he could see was the small human's smile. "I TRIED CONFRONTING HIM. B-BUT ONCE I SAW HIS SOUL...I SAW WHO HE WAS TO ME. I COULDN'T STOP. I..." His shoulder started to shake as his mind wondered towardsthe fight, beating himself up on how he lost control. He always pride himself on hisability to handle any situation life could through at him. As far as he could remember, no matter how scary or hard life stared down at him and his brother, he could always find the strength in him to be brave. But...once he saw the young boy's fragil soul, all he wanted to do was save him, to protect and hold him in his arms. He couldn't control himself as Jasper's soul pulled him in. The soul kept screaming in pain which nearly broke his into pieces. "IF I TELL MY BROTHER WHO THE YOUNG BOY REALLY IS, THEN HE TOO WILL NOT HESITATE TO MAKE ANY KIND OF CONTACT WITH JASPER'S SOUL."

"Papyrus, isn't that what the kid needs right now? If his soul is as unstable as you claim it to be then you have to do something befor-"

"NO! THAT IS NOT WHAT HE NEEDS RIGHT NOW, WHAT HE NEEDS IS SOMEONE TO LOOK AFTER HIM, TO BEFRIEND HIM AND GAIN HIS TRUST." Undyne gently removed the tea cup from Papyrus hands as his bones continued to rattle. Taking a seat beside him on the couch, she wrapped her arms around his quaking shoulders. "I...I TRIED TO HELP HIM BUT ALL I DID WAS SCARE HIM OFF! YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HOW FRIGHTEN AND CONFUSED HE WAS WHEN HE PULLED HIMSELF AWAY FROM ME...I-I DON'T WANT TO SCARE HIM...I D-DON'T WANT HIM TO FEAR ME..." Papyrus pulled his legs close to his body, burying his face in his folded arms. "I...I Don't Want Him To Hate Me..."

"Wha!" Undyne could feel her body getting heavier, so much so that it was getting harder for her to stand. "This is-"

"A very handy skill from the one and only Great Papyrus! Ah-ha-ha-ha!!..."

Undyne patted Papyrus head, trying her best to comfort him, "I don't think he could ever hate you. Heck, I think he admires you. I mean who wouldn't, you are one of the most bravest, cleverest monster I know." Most of all, the bestest friend I ever had. At that moment, Undyne's phone let out another ping.

"UNDYNE, I'M FINE. YOU SHOULD CHECK YOUR PHONE, IT'S BEEN MAKING NOISES SINCE YOU GOT HERE."

"Pff, you mean this?" She said as she pulled out her phone. Papyrus shifted slightly to glance at her. "It's probably just Alphys updating away in the UnderNet." Taking a quick glance, she slowly started to smile. "And by the looks of it, your little human already meet her."

"WHAT?!"

"Don't worry, all she says is that he's quite a charmer and..." ,she scrolled down towards the most recent updates, " the kid should be heading towards Sans any minute now. Well, that is if he's at his sentry station like he's supposed to."

"HE IS!? THEN I MUST-"

"Already ahead of you." Before Papyrus could start to panic, Undyne shoved her shoulder at him. "Don't worry, I won't tell him anything he doesn't need to know right now, I'll just text him to keep a watch over him, okay? You just rest up and soon you'll be back in top form and on your way to reconcile with the kid." Papyrus gave her a slight nod before nodding off to sleep. Papyrus, what am I going to do with you...sigh.

Jasper could feel the cold sweat running down his back as he stared at the scene in front of him. Try as he must, he could only figure out two ways of getting himself out of this current situation. Either he risk an attempt on a shortcut to bypass the blue jacket wearing skeleton, or he turns back in the hopes of finding another way out. Which didn't sit well for him seeing how much closer he was to leaving the area.

It's not like he saw me yet...so...

He thought as the only thing he could see was Sans' arm sticking out from a sentry post as it handed out hotdogs to various monsters nearby. Feeling the magic building up around his finger tips, he readied to risk a chance of being seen in the off chance he could over run the skeleton. But his plan was disintegrating rapidly before his eyes. For a small Vulcan that was currently accepting a hotdog had spotted him.

Gah!

Deciding to turn back before Sans could see him, he found himself smacking his face against a hard surface.

Uh-oh

"heya squirt. where ya heading off to?" Jasper quickly jumped back as far as he could from the towering body of bones. Carefully not to look at the skeleton's face, he nervously greeted him.

"W-what do you mean? I'm just uh...you know...taking a nice stroll through the underground, nothing else...heh..heh..."

"well that's nice. but you know, i've had this idea in my head that you could help me with a little problem i'm having at the moment."

"I-is that so, I wonder what that could be..." Jasper slowly began inching himself away from the agitated skeleton.

"comon' squirt, don't you want to face this small problem of mine?"

"Well would you look at the time! I'm quite late to attend to some business I have all the way over there, so bye!" Jasper quickly dashed away from the colorfully drag make-uped faced Sans.

"hey squirt!" The lights in Sans' eye sockets went out as blue magic coiled around him. "you forgot to get a hotdog! it's on the house!" He shouted as numerous hotdogs floated around him. "no wait, it's on you!" With one swipe of his hand, dozens of hot animals were launched towards the tiny running human.

"Oh fudge nuggets..." were the last words the young boy said as theshadows of the consumable items grew ever larger.

A sign that said "out for lunch" was placed on top of the counter of the sentry station. Leaving the area with only the sound of molten lava slowly flowing and a distinct sound of a wet cloth scrubbing against a solid surface. "seriously squirt, why do you carry all this junk with you." Sans question as he added more hydrogen peroxideanddish soapsolution to the soft rag in his hands.

"I like being prepared for anything. Something wrong with that?" Jasper said between bites of the ketchup covered hot-cat he was currently chewing on. Both Sans and Jasper sat near the ledge with their legs dangling above the pit of lava. Sans meticulously scrubbing the make-up from his face while Jasper was covered in hot-dog residue.

"how's having a dre-" Jasper snatched his backpack from Sans wondering hands.

"I don't go roaming around your stuff and you don't go searching through mine, deal?" Sans raised both his hands as to surrender to the small agitated child. Having a couple of skeletons in the closet of his own, he knew how it felt to have someone wondering through things that wasn't any of their business.

"fair enough." Even though he was currently covered in make-up, he didn't mind the small moment he was having with the kid. Looking at the child, he noticed something different with him. "kid, what happened to your eyes? they're...duller than I remembered."

"It's nothing!" Jasper looked away, before mumbling an excuse. "I don't say anything when the lights in your eyes change form so don't talk about mine."

"okay, squirt. i'll drop the subject."

"You know, I was going to say how a pair of brothers could be so different but I guess I'm in the same boat."

"what do you mean?"

"My sister," Jasper placed his hot-cat down, looking anywhere but Sans. "She can be pretty lazy about a lot of things, even finding the most strangest of places to sleep. But at least she's doesn'thave a cynical attitude. She's always looking on the bright side out of everything."

"heh, sounds like my bro, besides the lazy part."

"Papyrus? Yeah he's great! Almost like a small town hero, kinda feel bad for him though. You know, having a brother like you." Sans eyebone twitched at the suggestion that he might be a burden.

"heh, well you know. I feel bad for your sis. Ya know, having a brother who's full of himself andyou're quite a cynic as well, squirt." Both Jasper and Sans glared at each other before turning their heads to opposite directions.

Finished with the defacing and Jasper finishing with his lunch, Sans decided that they should start over. Let bygones be bygones as the saying goes. Besides having a pessimistic outlook and not asking for help when he clearly looks like he needed it, he really did seem like a good kid. Even though that's what he kept telling himself, in truth, his soul couldn't bare the fact that that tiny human might despise him even just a little bit. Facing Jasper, he stuck out his hand "truce?"

Jasper eyed the boney fingers as they wiggled infront of him before looking back at the owner's face."Truce." He said with a smile, grabbing Sans' hand with his ketchup covered one. Instantly Sans magic sparked once again. His magic crawling it's way towards their joined hand, "Do skeleton monsters always spark like that when touched?"

"no... not really..." Sans mumbled as he covered his glowing eyesocket with his free hand.

"Hmm..." Mumbled Jasper as if quietly trying to figure out some unsaid puzzle that laid before him. Letting go of the boy, Sans stared down at his now ketchup stained hand as he forced his magic to settle down.

"Well since we're done here,"

huh?

"I'm going to go now."

w-wait-

"Thanks for the free meal."

Sans' body jerked by the strange pang in his soul. Almost as if the very thought of their time being cut short had physically hurt his soul.

"w-wait, i mean, maybe we should get you cleaned up first." Sans suggested as he got up from his spot.

"How?"

"i'll show ya if you care to take a shortcut that is."

"I'm not going back to Snowdin if that's what you're suggesting. I've made too much progress to just go back that far." Sans winked at the kid as he lifted Jasper by his jacket.

"don't worry, i know a guy." Was all Sans said with that wide grin of his before shortcutting away.

"W-wha-a-at ar-r-re yo-o-ou cra-a-azy!" Shouted Jasper while Sans belowed in laughter as he watched a Woshua blast the kid with water until he was fully clean. Drenched, Jasper glared at the perpetrator of the whole circumstance. "Thanks for getting me all soaked but can I go now?"

"heh, don't wanna leave ya all out to dry, now would we?" Grabbing the kid quickly before he could protest, Sans arrived back at his sentry station in Hotland, where a Pyrope was casually waiting for him. Sans set the squirmy child down near the fire monster, all too happy to see the irritated look on Jasper's face.

"Having a truce with you stinks."

"come on kid, i gotcha cleaned up in recored time and all without much work on my end. i'd call that a win win in my book."

"Hnnn...you really are a lazybone." Shaking off his now dried clothes, Jasper gave a slide glance towards Sans. "Thanks..." Sans phone gave off a ping sound, which gave Jasper an excuse to leave. While Sans took his eyes off of the child, Jasper ran away.

"jasp- damn it..." Taking out his phone, he saw that it was only a message from Undyne to keep watch on the kid.

"what do ya think I was doing..." slumping down to the ground, he rested his head against his station. He gripped onto his jacket above his soul, feeling it pulse waves of magic in attempt to be closer to the kid. Nothing of this was making any sense to him. On any other run, he wouldn'thave hesitated to reach his brother when he heard he wasn't feeling well. But now all he wanted to do was keep watch over this new human child that appeared out of no where.

"squirt...just who are you? why...why can't I get a clear read on your soul?"

Belly full and energy up, Jasper continued running through Hotland. Passing quickly the puzzles that laid before him by a quick snap of his fingers, he could feel the excitement of finally making up of lost time. "Hey you! Stop!"

Great, now what?

Oh! It's RG1 and RG2!》

The two large armored clad monster where making their way towards Jasper. Not really looking for more confrontation then needed, Jasper snapped his fingers creating a larger distance between him and his confronters. "Like I said, stop! We like totally need to speak with you." Not wasting anytime, Jasper rushed away. But as he ran, he noticed the room around him getting darker.

"Great..." He mumbled. Jasper had a sneaking suspicion on what's about to happen. Turning on his eyes,he found out he was right. It was another of Mettaton's little traps. "I don't have time for this. Ramping his magic up, his eyes darkened leaving only glowing eye lights in its place. Rushing through the room, the lights from the surrounding area turned on.

"Good evening beauties and gentlebeauties! This is Mettaton, re-" Jasper raised his hand towards the main mtt bot, pulling it towards him with his magic.

"And this is Jasper Daniels signing off!" Flinging the bot towards the shocked Mettaton, he snapped his fingers and shortcuted through the other side of the magic forcefield that closed the area around him. Mettaton's scream and the sound of pages being ripped could be heard as Jasper fled the scene.

Sparing a couple of monsters, Jasper was able to reach floor L3 in which the rooms felt a bit cooler. Which Jasper appreciated because he didn't think he could handle another floor so close to the river of lava. Giving his limbs a good stretching, he walked through the new floor until he spotted a female looking spider selling treats.

"A female spider in pigtails?"

Something wrong? Are you afraid of spiders? She's nice, so don't be afraid, okay?

Jasper stared for a few moments before reaching for his backpack.

《Jasper?》

"It's something mommy told me once," Jasper rummage through his bag until he found the item he was looking for. "Something about a spider lady and money. At the time I thought she just ment how women called black widows would kill their husbands usually for money."

{How the hell wOuld a kid like you know thAt!}

"When there was nothing else to watch on tv, my sister and I resorted to watching Spanish soap operas." Taking out a small black bag with a spider drawing itched on it, he placed it in his pocket and slung his bag on his back.

"Welcome to our parlor, dearie~ "

"What's a pretty spider like you doing in a web like this?"

"Ahuhuhu~ What a sweet little creature you are" The melodious voice carried slowly through the space between them, sending shivers down Jasper's back. "Are you interested in some spider pastries? All proceeds go to real spiders~" Jasper flirtatious smile dropped as the spider lady drew closer, licking her lips almost as if she's imagining how sweet Jasper actually tasted.

"Heh...uh... o-okay." Jasper shrunk back and went straight towards one of the web where a fluffy spider awaited for his payment. He placed the small black silk bag onto the small spiderlings hand and waited until it returned with his purchase. Pocketing the delivered spider donut, he scurried away as the spider lady continued to watch him ever so tentatively.

You snickered when Jasper stumbled around as he tried his best to leave the area without setting off Muffet.

Are you...hahaha...okay?

"I'm fine..." The child's lips pouted as he ignored the uproar laughter of his companying disembodied voices. Passing through another room filled with puzzles that lead to a sealed door, Jasper made it to an area that smells of cobwebs. "Great just...great."

"Did you hear what they said?" The melodious voice returned, echoing through the spider web filled walkway. "They said a human wearing an olive green trench coat will come through." Jasper's magic danced around his fingers, "I heard that they hate spiders." The more he walked through the web covered floor, the more his feet began to tangle in it. "I heard that they love to stomp on them. I heard that they like to tear their legs off." His magic pulsed beneath his skin, itching its way out as he stood in the middle of the room "However... that can't be true, can it?"

Muffet appeared from the shadow, perched on her web like throne. "Ahuhuhu, you donated so much money to us that..." dozens of spiderlings came down from their web, all looking at the nervous little child, "... all the spiders want you to know how thankful they are! We're in your debt, dearie~" with a sly smile, Muffet slowly retreated back into the shadows, lifting the tangled web that withheld Jasper in place. Having been freed from her hold, Jasper ran as fast as he could.

What was in that bag?

"Don't know, but I'm glad I took it when I did." Entering what looked like the back end of a building, Jasper took the time to settle his nervous heart. "Well that was... something." Wiping away his cold sweat, he looked around his new surrounding. "What's this?" He questioned as he stared at a poster on the wall. "Mettaton stage performance?" Taking a minute, he studied the poster, "Does that mean that we are currently at the theater?"

《I guess so, never thought much of the different rooms when I went through them.

{Who gives a CrAp, all that really matters is how many monsters are in the area.}

"Well actually the shows that Mettaton has performed so far kinda helps me get a read on what time it actually is." Both you and Chara remained silent as having no clue on what he's getting at. "If you think about it, as soon as I landed in the underground, there was no signs of any of the buildings having clocks to tell the time. Neither the computer in Dr. Alphys' lab, which is strange. Now tell me, when you wake up in the middle of the night and decide to turn on the television, what's usually the types of shows that are airing at the time?"

I wasn't allowed to touch it let alone watch t.v.

{Didn't have one at the sHit place I stayed at.}

"...okay. The answer is game shows. In the morning and through the early afternoon it's cooking shows and the news. The news, if it's not on a news channel, might even stretch towards the late afternoon and near that time, some people usually go out out their homes to enjoy the cinema, operas, plays and even live concerts."

{Get oN with it!}

"I'm just saying that it's probably close to dinner time. I've been basically awake close to 24 hours counting the time spent from getting through the Ruins, Snowdin and Waterfall which is not a good thing. My body isn't used to staying awake for a long period of time, with Mettaton interrupting me at every turn, it's taking me longer to pass through. I haven't really noticed since I've never been in a place with a lot of magic buzzing around. I believe if I even think of taking a rest, my body will just give out and Chara will possess my body, right?."

{I think I like the sound of that}

Chara...sigh. So, what are you going to do? Your nearing the end of Hotland, but you still have the core to deal with before you even reach the New Home.

"The answer is easy," Jasper removed his backpack to search it's content again, "all I have to do is keep going over the top with my awesome self, that way I keep myself alert." He said with a devious smile as he pulled a couple of items you had no idea why he had it with him. "Time to kick the star out of his spotlight."

Mettaton rapidly dressed himself in the blue gown, quite vexed that he had to do the performance a couple hours earlier then he wanted. Just imagining all the monsters who would not be able to attend for the sudden change of schedule, broke his metaphorical heart.

"Mettaton, d-do you think this will work?"

"Don't worry Alphys darling, this time I'll make sure he gets your phone before the show is over. Even if that means I have to glue the dang thing to his chubby hands." Hearing the small footsteps on stage, and the few monsters in audience silent shushing, he started the scene. "Oh, that human...Could it be?" He then stepped out from behind the cardboard castle, "My one true love?" The stage song started to play, queuing him to go down the stairs. But before he could even sing, the spotlight was pulled away from him. Pointing towards the small figure, the song's tune changed. What!?

"There was a time

When we were alone

Nowhere to go

And no one else to see"

Standing under the spot light was no oneother but Jasper dressed in a beautiful pink dress. Filled with ribbons and laces, his wig's golden locks sparkled along with the gown under the lights from above.

"My only friend was

My kinfolks at home

And even sometimes

She would go away too

Then one day

I followed my sis

Though the dark shadow light

Then he came to me with

The greatest smile

Told me he wanted

to play for a while

He said, Papyrus,

That's what they call me

I promise that you'll

never be lonely"

Mettaton silently simmered with rage as he looked upon the stage. For every single monster watched the human, ignoring his presence.

"And ever since that day

I am a lost boy from underground

Usually hanging out with Monster kid

And when we're bored

We play in the grass

Always on the run

From Undyne, too.

Run, run

Lost Boy,

Sans' after me

From all the pranks I did to him"

Unable to take it much longer, Mettaton ripped his dress away and flipped the switch. The audience let out a gasp as they watch the small human fall down the pit. Alone in the dungeon, he started the puzzle without telling the human, seeing how it didn't matter if he knew what to do. The walls of fire turned and the conveyor belt started to draw the child closer towards the color title maze. The tiny human looked back at him with a determined smile before snickering at him.

Jasper snapped his fingers and landed on the other side of the puzzle. Having bested Mettaton once again, the large oversized calculator let out a robotic scream. The robot rushed forward and pulled the young boy's soul. "Small human, it's not over yet!" But before he could begin his attack, he received a called from Alphys. As much as he wished to out stage the small human at that very moment, he could not cause Alphys' last chance to prove how special she really was. Swallowing his ego, he pulled out the phone and through it at the child. "Take this if you have any hopes of defeating me."

Jasper picked up the phone from the ground. He lifted his brow questionably at the metal entertainer before him. Hearing it ring, he answered it. Alphys nervously advised him of the yellow button that would help him defeat Mettaton once and for all. "What yellow button? It's all in black and white."

"W-what!? B-but I...I mean" Jasper looked through the phone again. Besides the large jetpack button on the back, there was one other that stuck out. Taking his chances, he turned it on. "Y-yes! It's that one! N-now you could use your soul-" But Jasper didn't see anything. Tired by the whole act, the small child charged his magic and pulled out his bone sword. Weapon in hand, he dropped the phone and leaped towards Mettaton. The sword tumbled the robot back giving Jasper a quick opening to escape. Running quickly out of the dungeon, he found himself at the bottom of the stairs that led him out of Hotlands.

Packing the dress and wig away, he stared at the small cylinder case that rested inside. His grip tighten around the case and let out a sigh of defeat. "Guess I don't have a choice."

Jasper? What do you mean you have a choice?》

{What's with that silly case of yours?}

"I thought I could get though without using this. But I'm tired of people talking about my soul this and my soul that. Besides, my eyes are starting to fail me again. Guess color is a big thing down here."

Wait, does that mean you haven't been able to see your own soul this whole time?》

{Fail? What, are your eyes just going to fall out of your stupid head or something? Ha! That would be hilarious!}

"Yes and no." Jasper opened the container, "I just didn't want to wear them, of the off chance that I might break them. The last thing mommy needs right now, is to worry about paying them off if I damaged them."

Putting on the item, Jasper readied himself as he walked up the stairs. His coat flowing behind him, his soul pulsing with hope, the small child's face luminated by the small glow of his glasses was filled with determination.

"Bonbon, I'm one step closer to finding you. Wait for me."