Undertale 3: Redemption
Chapter 18: Perspectives
"Are you sure you should go, Alex? I mean, for all you know, Papyrus could be right. Maybe he just went and got something from their old house and he's making his way back now." Jasmine suggested, trying to reason with Alex even as they were approaching the airport.
"No, Jasmine, I checked on him again and again at different times. He's still wandering around the base of the mountain. He's looking for Frisk, I'm positive." Alex said with absolute certainty.
"What makes you so sure that Sans would do something like that?" Jasmine asked.
"Because he never forgot what Frisk did. He still brings it up; he talked about it when we went for Flowey. He wants revenge, and he probably realizes now that he can finally get it." Alex explained.
"But…Sans is a good person, how do you know he isn't just trying to find peace like you did?" Jasmine brought up another point. Alex shook his head again.
"No, I wanna believe that, but Sans even told me that he wouldn't be able to do something like that on his own. Frisk killed his brother, Jasmine. Do you know how hard it would be to let something go like that?" Alex argued. Jasmine sighed and shook her head.
"No, I wouldn't…but you would, wouldn't you?"
"Yeah… That's why I have to go." Alex said softly.
"Yeah, you're right. Just be careful. Bring him back safely or Papyrus will never live it down. And you better get back safely too, you hear me?" Jasmine stipulated. Alex chuckled a bit.
"Yes, ma'am," He said, giving her a kiss before getting out of the car. "I love you. And I will come back with Sans."
"I love you too…and I know." Jasmine said with a nod.
"So Sans, Alex, and Jasmine are all gone?" Flowey asked Undyne, who was carrying him with her on her way to get some water.
"For now, yeah. What about it?" She asked.
"Well, you don't find it the least bit odd that so soon after Sans disappearing the both of them leave in such a hurry?" Flowey pointed out. Undyne just shrugged.
"I'm not in charge of watching them." She said simply.
"I'm just saying is all…" Flowey grumbled in annoyance, rolling his eyes.
"Undyne!" Papyrus called to her as he hurried over to where she was.
"Oh brother, here we go. What's up, Papyrus?" Undyne asked as Papyrus joined her. He spoke frantically as Undyne sipped her water.
"I am very worried! I cannot help but continue to think about Sans! I fear for him, all alone and helpless over by the mountain! And now Alex has gone to make sure that he's alright! What if he's been hurt?!" Papyrus loudly expressed his concerns.
"Look, Papyrus…" Undyne began, rubbing her ear a bit. "You've got every reason to be worried, but shouting about it is not going to do anyone any favors. So pipe down!" Undyne shouted suddenly, making Flowey jump in surprise.
"Yes, yes… You're quite right, and yet, my bones still rattle with anxiety… I need to wind down. Undyne, fight me!" Papyrus challenged her suddenly, getting into a fighting stance.
"What?!" Undyne exclaimed.
"A good spar would undoubtedly soothe my worries. So, let's fight!" Papyrus demanded.
"I am not fighting you right now, Papyrus. I have building work to do. Can't you let that soothe your rattling whatever?" Undyne refused, beginning to walk away.
"Never expose your backside to an enemy!" Papyrus suddenly shouted, grabbing her by the arms and pulling her into a Nelson lock.
The sudden jolt caused Undyne to lose her grip on Flowey. As she was pulled into a lock, Flowey went up into the air suddenly, flipping forward and crashing into the ground. The pot broke against the ground, leaving Flowey's soil and roots spread across the ground.
"Papyrus, you idiot! Look what you did!" Undyne yelled at him, breaking his hold and suplexing him into the ground. She quickly turned to pick up Flowey, but then froze.
Flowey lifted his head a bit, groaning in mild pain. He turned his body, looking down at his roots and the soil. His roots began to extend, and he dug them into the ground. As they sank in, Flowey shivered a bit at the feeling of being connected with the ground again.
"Ohh." Flowey hummed a bit.
Flowey's sudden new feeling was interrupted by a spear sinking into the ground just by him. He shrieked in surprise, and realized that Undyne was trying to pin him to the ground.
"You're not going anywhere, flower!" Undyne shouted, readying her spear again.
"Hold on!" Flowey exclaimed, but it was already too late. Undyne threw her spear directly at him this time.
Flowey reacted the only way he knew how; he dove down into the ground and disappeared into it all together. The spear sank into the ground where it had been. Flowey popped up again a small distance away, and it was then that he realized that he had the same abilities as before.
"Get back here now!" Undyne demanded, grabbing her spear once more and chasing after him.
"Wait, stop!" Flowey shouted back, but again he was not heard. He disappeared into the ground again and popped up down the road some.
"Whew…" Flowey sighed in relief. However, his relief was short-lived, as he now found himself in Asgore's garden with the king standing over him.
"The flower…? How did you get free?!" Asgore asked immediately, grabbing the nearest shovel. Flowey disappeared again and reappeared.
"Are you kidding me? Come on…" Flowey growled. He looked around and saw no one around him. He took a moment to take a breather.
Being connected to the ground on the surface was quite different than in the Underground. Many elements of it were the same, but the ground was less consistent; it was damp and full of nutrients in some areas, and dry and dead in others.
It was quite odd.
Suddenly, spiders began to crawl all over him from seemingly out of nowhere. He yelped in shock, trying to shake them off. He realized that he had been found by Muffet, who had reacted about the same as Undyne and Asgore.
Once more, Flowey popped into the ground, moving as far away as he could manage with his fading energy. He popped up in a wet area on the ground, absorbing nutrients from the ground beneath him. He sighed in relief.
"If you people would just take a moment instead of thinking with your weapons…!" Flowey grumbled out loud. He felt a surge of heat behind him and turned around.
"Alex leaves for one moment, and you've already betrayed the chance he gave you." Toriel said in a low tone conveying her anger and disappointment. Flowey gasped, ducking down before Toriel could even attack.
With a new energy, Flowey appeared at the edge of the city, now out of the way for anyone to find him and try to attack him. Now he truly had a moment to think and process what was happening here.
Only for a moment had he been in the ground, and right away everyone was assuming that he was going to double-cross them. He couldn't even get a word out because they were all too busy trying to kill him…
Was this what the fallen humans in the Underground felt like?
Suddenly, Flowey found himself in a new perspective, and he did not like what it made him feel. It was as if now, simply because of this accident, he had lost all hope of his second chance.
And yet, how was that fair? All this time he'd done as he was supposed to. He stayed in his pot, he never tried to escape, he'd even made efforts to try and do the things that those with SOULs do, and yet, all in a moment everything he'd done up until now had been uprooted.
It became clear to Flowey in that moment. He was never going to be truly forgiven. Perhaps it was because of how the others perceived him, perhaps it was because the weight of his own past misdeeds were too great to be tossed aside.
Either way, he saw that he no longer belonged here. With that now clear in his mind, Flowey disappeared into the ground…