The humans stepped onto the wooden dock and began to walk across it. There was nothing but the eerie silence around them, and Nemo found it just a touch unsettling. Suddenly a glowing, cyan circle appeared on the floor in front of them. Nemo stuck out his arm to halt Frisk as the pair watched the circle. Suddenly a second circle appeared behind them, then a third to their right. Then a bunch showed up around them. "This looks bad." Said Nemo. Suddenly magic spears jutted from the circles. They had to hold perfectly still to avoid being skewered. "Geez!" Shouted Nemo. Then the spears vanished. Nemo's head whipped around as he tried to find the source of the spears.

"Nemo!" Shouted Frisk, Nemo turned to see them at the edge of the dock. He quickly avoided some more spears before going to them. He looked over to see Undyne on a second dock that was beneath them.

"Crud." Said Nemo. He looked around to see more circles appear beneath them. "Crud crud crud crud crud crud!" He grabbed Frisk's hand and ran. They continued to sidestep spears upon more spears as the weaved through the absurdly shaped path the dock made. After running for a few seconds, Nemo had to stop as a row of circles blocked the path. He quickly backpedaled only for a spear to jut from the ground behind him, tearing the back of his shirt and cutting a long line in his back, which quickly became soaked with blood. He hissed in pain.

"Nemo!" Exclaimed Frisk.

"Don't worry about me! Just keep running!" Said Nemo. Frisk said nothing but instead continued to run as the spears vanished. They ran more but found themselves at one of the dock's many dead ends. "Crud, now what!?" Said Nemo as they avoided more spears.

Frisk didn't say anything for a few moments before looking in a direction. "Follow me Nemo!" They said as they took off running.

'He- Frisk!" Exclaimed Nemo as he followed them. They continued to run, Nemo groaned as a spear sliced through his side, but he didn't stop, and instead put a hand over the blood soaked fabric of his shirt and continued to run. They continued to make their way through the dock that was basically a labyrinth. Nemo groaned as a spear pierced his shoulder, and didn't get far before his right leg was run through before they reached the super wide area of the dock. The pair crossed to the opposite end and continued down the once again thinned dock. They continued to run until they were at the end of the dock. Nemo was on the verge of panicking when he realized that the spears had stopped. He was panting as he held his shoulder, and Frisk wasn't looking much better. "What now?" He asked.

Frisk looked around. "This looks like a dead end, I think we need to head back." They said.

"Great." Groaned Nemo as his hand moved to the side of his stomach, which was also bleeding. "Well, nothing we can do I guess. Let's go."

"RIght." Said Frisk as they made their way back the way they came. They didn't get very far when they heard the clunking of Undyne's metal footprints. She walked until there was only a gap of about seven feet between them.

Nemo put his hands up into a fighting stance. "Bring it on lady, I can do this all day." He said. Undyne said nothing as three spears came flying from above and tore through the dock separating them. "What the? Why would you- woah." Said Nemo, confused by her actions until he was cut off by the ground beneath them shifting. He looked and saw cracks appearing in the floor around the holes that Undyne had created, and Nemo could guess what was coming next. He turned on his heel as he reached out for his human compatriot. "Frisk!" He shouted as the dock they stood on broke off, causing the pair to fall into the chasm below.

"Nemo!" Cried Frisk as the pair fell. Nemo pushed off the falling part of the dock to grab onto Frisk and put himself between them and the ground before everything around them was drowned in black.


Nemo stared upwards as he tried to get his bearings on the current situation. He looked to see Frisk laying on his stomach, unconscious. His head then turned to the side and he saw that he was lying in a bed of sunflowers. "Heh. Deja vu, huh kiddo?" He asked weakly.

"Mmm…" Groaned Frisk as they regained consciousness. They looked to see that they were on Nemo. "Oh, morning Nemo." They said quietly.

"Is it?" I can't tell down here." Said Nemo drily. They apologized before getting off of him, Nemo followed suit by standing up. "Where are we?" He asked.

"Some sort of garbage dump?" Suggested Frisk as they looked at all the nearby trash.

"I guess." Said Nemo. He then groaned as he felt the aches of his wounds. His gaze wandered to see that a large number of the flowers were dyed red from his blood. "Ow… I think we need a star." He said.

"Right." Said Frisk. The pair continued onward, albeit at a much slower pace due to their injured conditions, combined with the fact that they were making their way through some very nasty water.

"Urgh…" Groaned Nemo with a disgusted expression. Fortunately they didn't have to travel far before finding a glowing star. Frisk placed their hand on it, and Nemo couldn't help but sigh as his wounds closed. Though much to his unhappiness, he noticed the numerous holes in his clothes. "Aw man." He said in annoyance. He then hung his head and sighed. "Whatever, lets keep going."

"K…" Said Frisk. The pair continued to trudge through the garbage filled water. After taking a bendy turn to the left they passed by another garbage pile, Nemo noticed an old bike. He stopped to examine it, placing a hand on the rusted bike, causing its horn to wheeze a honk of despair. Nemo made a face, before continuing ahead they passed some more trash and noticed a brandless cooler. Nemo opens it up and takes a peek inside, noticing a space food bar. He stood there for a moment, contemplating whether or not these are safe to eat. Ultimately Nemo simply shook his head before closing the cooler.

"Moving on…" He said as his attention turned to the path ahead and speed walked to catch up with Frisk, passing by another one of those dummies like the one in the ruins. Just as he reached them, they stopped and turned to look at something behind him. Nemo looked at Frisk questioningly before looking over his shoulder.

Suddenly the dummy turned orange and glared at the pair. It then vanished under the water before reappearing between them and the exit. "Hahaha… It's just like you to run away." It said.

"That thing can talk?" Asked Nemo in surprise.

""I am a ghost that lives inside a dummy. My cousin used to live inside a dummy, too. Until… YOU CAME ALONG!" It shouted at them. "When you talked to them, they thought they were in for a nice chat… but the things you said…! Horrible. Shocking! UNBELIEVABLE! It spooked them right out of their dummy! HUMANS! I'll scare your souls out of your bodies!" The dummy then turned red as it's midsection split in half and the two halves began to violently shake as it floated.

Then the humans' souls manifested as the fight began. "Fine, be like that." Said Nemo as he punched the dummy, causing it to break apart on impact. Nemo looked down in shock, not thinking it'd be that easy. "Uh…" He looked at Frisk for advice, who simply shrugged.

"Foolish. Foolish! FOOLISH!" Shouted Mad dummy, making Nemo jump a little as he looked down at it.

"Even if you attack my vessel, you'll never hurt me! I'm still incorporeal, you DUMMY!" Shouted Mad Dummy.

Nemo looked down at the dummy before making a face. "Crud." He thought. The dummy then reassembled itself before looking to the side and mumbling something. Suddenly Dummies started appearing in front of them and started firing magic fuzzball attacks at them. "Dodge them Frisk!" Nemo shouted as he and Frisk scrambled out of the way. Once the attacks from the front ended, Nemo heard splashing as dummies appeared behind them in a much larger quantity and fired. They managed to dodge most of the attacks, though one did graze his arm, before an attack got past and struck the Mad Dummy.

"OWWWW, you DUMMIES! Watch where you;re firing your magic attacks!" Shouted the dummy. A shocked look appeared on its face. "Hey! You! Forget I said anything about magic!" Said the dummy with a nervous expression. Nemo smirked as he connected the dots.

"Frisk! Magic hurts him, lead the attacks to him!" Shouted Nemo.

"OK!" Said Frisk.

"Futile. Futile! FUTILE!" Shouted the dummy. Some dummies appeared in front of them and fired, which the humans dodged, then dummies fired from the front left corner and fired, which were also dodged. Then dummies came from the back right corner, and this time the humans were able to lead their attacks to the Mad Dummy. Dummies appeared from the back, and fired off three shots, the second of which managed to hit the dummy because of the humans. Nemo then turned and kicked the dummy, just because he could.

As soon as it reassembled itself after breaking apart, it said, "I'll defeat you and take your soul!" Dummies appeared behind them and fired. Some of the attacks were dodged, some hit their mark on the humans, and others wound up hitting the Mad Dummy. "I'll use your soul to cross the barrier!" Dummies came from the top, right, and left, and fired their attacks. The humans managed to dodge the attacks, before the dummies in the back appeared and fired. The humans lead these attacks to the Mad Dummy, and after being hit, it decided to start flying around. It glared into a mirror before turning to them with the same expression. "I'll stand in the window of a fancy store!" It shouted.

Dummies came from the back of the left and right, and attacked, and were mostly avoided, then some more from the front of the left and right appeared, some of their attacks struck the humans, mainly Nemo. Then they appeared from behind and fired. Some of their attacks managed to strike the dummy courtesy of the humans, though others missed because of the dummies flying. Nemo punched the dummy and it disassembled. After reassembling, it shouted, "THEN EVERYTHING I WANT WILL BE MINE!" Dummies appeared in the back and attacked, but were avoided, some of their attacks striking their leader. "Huh? Yeah I guess that'll avenge my cousin." It said.

"It's not even really upset about his cousin is he?" Questioned Nemo with a flat expression. Dummies appeared above them and glowed red before falling at them. They quickly jumped out of the way before dummies appeared in the back and fired. Nemo was quick to act and lead the attack to Mad Dummy.

"What was their name again…? It wondered. Dummies appeared at their lefts and rights and charged, but the humans dodged with ease before more appeared in the back, and fired their attack. Fortunately Nemo managed to lead their cotton to the dummy who'd forgotten to dodge, and while he was at it, Nemo kicked the dummy again, causing it to break apart. After pulling itself together, it shouted, "Whatever. WHatever! WHATEVER!" More dummies rained from the top before some dummies in the back fired their attacks at their boss by accident. "Foolish. Foolish! FOOLISH!" Shouted the dummy. Dummies came flying from the left and right, before more fired from the back. The humans dodged and the cotton struck the Mad Dummy instead.

This time the Mad Dummy couldn't help but get angrier as it shouted for its allies. "HEY GUYS!" Suddenly dummies appeared at every corner. "Dummies. Dummies! DUMMIES!" It shouted. "Remember how I said not to shoot at me? Well… FAILURES! YOU'RE FIRED! YOU"RE ALL BEING REPLACED!" The dummies then slowly floated away. It then started to laugh. "Now you'll see my true power: Relying on people that aren't garbage!"
"Idiot." Thought Nemo as he face palmed. Suddenly the sound of whirring gears filled the room.

"DUMMY BOTS!" Commanded the dummy. "MAGIC MISSILE!"

"Magic what?" Asked Nemo. Suddenly mechanical dummies appeared and fired missiles at the pair. "Woah!" They then moved out of the way, only for the attacks to change trajectory to follow them. "What!?" Exclaimed Nemo, all he could do was groan as he was struck in the side and sent flying. He slowly stood up and wiped the water off his face with the back of his wrist.

"DUMMY BOTS! TRY AGAIN!" Ordered the Mad Dummy. Dummies appeared at every side except the front and fired more tracking missiles. The humans ran and Nemo noticed that after a second or two, the missiles would stop tracking and continue going the direction they were facing. As the Mad Dummy did an armless ska dance, which Nemo couldn't help but watch in confusion, he was able to come up with his next plan of counter attack. "DUMMY BOTS! YOU'RE AWFUL?" Said the Mad Dummy uncertainly. Dummies started appearing in a circle around them, firing their missiles one by one before leaving. Nemo and Frisk ran in a circle of their own and caused the missiles to strike the dummy instead when it ran out of time. "DUMMY BOTS! FINAL ATTACK!" Shouted the Dummy as it continued it's weird dance. An attack that was a combination of normal dummies flying at them from the sides while single missiles were fired was the first stage, before mechanical dummies appeared on every side except the front and fired all at once. The humans booked it out of the way and managed to make them fly straight into Mad Dummy. The dummy mumbled something under its breath before shouting, "Who cares? Who cares!? WHO CARES!? I DON'T NEED FRIENDS! I'VE GOT KNIVES!" Suddenly it, somehow, pulled out a knife, from somewhere, and magically threw it at them, but it was slow and easily dodged. All Nemo had to do was side step. The Mad Dummy froze in place. "I'm… out of knives."

"Idiot." Thought Nemo.

"BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER! YOU CAN'T HURT ME AND I CAN'T HURT YOU!" Shouted the dummy as it violently flailed about. "YOU'LL BE STUCK FIGHTING ME… forever. Forever! FOREVER!" It then maniacally laughed for a bit before some familiar tears fell down on it, which actually hurt it. "Wh… What the heck is this!? Ergh! Acid rain!? Oh, FORGET IT! I'm outta here!" The Mad Dummy made its leave and Napstablook came floating in.

"...Sorry, I interrupted you, didn't I?" They asked. "As soon as I came over, your friend immediately left…" Nemo was too tired to say anything. "Oh no… you guys looked like you were having fun… oh no… I just wanted to say hi… oh no…." Suddenly the humans' souls vanished. "Well… I'm going to head home now… oh… umm… feel free to 'come with' if you want… but no pressure… I understand if you're busy it's fine… no worries… just thought I'd offer…" With that, the ghost flew away. Nemo sighed as the pair continued onwards, exhausted from the day they'd been having. After passing through the doorway, they saw Napstablook floating near another save point. "Hey… my house is up here… in case you want to see… or in case… you don't…" The ghost then flew up the middle pathway. Frisk made their way to the glowing save file and placed their hand on it. The feeling of warmth was relaxing considering that they were covered in cold water.

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