Undertale 2: Forgiven
Chapter Eighteen
The elevator doors opened up, revealing a dull gray hallway. Everyone stepped out and looked around. The whole corridor was almost completely silent. Only light gusts of wind echoed off the walls. Alex swallowed and looked to his left.
He could see light. He walked towards it, and everyone followed him.
There was a shift amongst the group. Alex had felt it in the elevator. They'd all felt it. It was as if the higher the elevator had gone up, the more heavy their chests felt, and the more weight their mission seemed to really carry.
The fate of an entire race fell on their shoulders.
The six were now walking past an open view of the kingdom and the city below it. It was beautiful, and they all turned their heads in order to admire the grand sight...
But they didn't stop walking.
A silent dread and a solemn seriousness filled the corridor as the six went up the stairs. Each of their steps echoed around the giant hall. The wind blew insistently and yet softly, urging them along.
It was really beginning to sink in how close they all were to escaping...
They entered Asgore's throne room to find the Royal Guard spread all across the floor. Papyrus' gasp was the loudest.
"Oh no!" Papyrus exclaimed, running straight to Undyne. He knelt by her. She seemed okay, just knocked out.
"Mettaton, stay close to Jasmine." Alex instructed, kneeling by Undyne as well.
Papyrus and Alex gently sat Undyne up, holding her head and supporting her back. She slowly regained consciousness, and coughed.
"Where...where were you guys?" She coughed again.
"We hit a detour." Alex answered.
"Yeah, no kidding. So did we." Undyne's hand went across her stomach.
"What do you mean?" Papyrus asked. He and Alex helped Undyne get up to her feet.
"We were blindsided from behind. Flowey never showed up. It was Asgore who attacked us."
"Asgore?!" Everyone exclaimed in disbelief.
"Yeah. He snuck up and went crazy. He still hits hard for his older age." Undyne favored her shoulder.
"Oh, don't give him all the credit. I did help." Everyone turned to the back of the room, where the voice had come from.
It was Flowey, staring at them from in front of Asgore's throne.
"I'm getting sick of this." Alex grumbled, stepping in front of Flowey.
"Well well well, this is it, huh? End of the road." Flowey smiled.
"What is it that you want, Flowey?" Alex questioned. Flowey made a pretense of shrugging.
"Same as always."
"Why don't you just leave us alone if you don't wanna help us escape?" Jasmine asked, folding her arms. Flowey giggled.
"Isn't it obvious? I'm the villain of this story. Does it look like I need a reason? I'm sick of you humans coming down here, acting like you're the most important beings in the world.
"You all are disgusting idiots. It's repulsive how self-centered you all are. How dare you act like a kind individual? Ya'll are aggravating. Liars. I hate it!
"I hate how you think you can fool people. I've no SOUL, and even I'm not as ugly as you on the inside." Flowey rambled.
Alex shut his eyes and shook his head. He let out a long sigh of genuine disappointment.
"What? What is that?" Flowey demanded with furrowed eyebrows and narrowed eyes.
Alex did not respond. His lips tugged to one side of his mouth. He glanced back to Jasmine and the others.
"Stop that! Answer me!" Flowey shouted. Alex turned to him.
"I pity you, Flowey. Here I thought you just hated me because I'm a human, or that it was your birth that made you corrupt. Now I see it's because you can't feel or love.
"You've no SOUL. All you have is SIN. It's...it's sad, really." Alex said, shaking his head again.
Flowey gritted his teeth, seething with hot anger. "Come into the barrier room. Your little shtick of holines comes to an end now!" Flowey disappeared.
"Watch out guys." Alex said, starting to make his way into the room.
"Wait." Jasmine said, rushing to him. They shared a sweet kiss before Alex entered the barrier room.
The door closed behind him. He found himself in a zero-space room flashing black and white. Asgore stood between him and the barrier, his back to him.
Alex could see moonlight shining through the barrier. Indeed, now he could clearly see just how close he was to the end of his journey...
...but something felt wrong...
Asgore turned around. His face was completely blank. It had been replaced by a Faulted box.
"A-Asgore?" Alex stuttered in shock. Asgore was silent for a moment.
"It was nice to meet you."
Seven canisters rose from the ground. Six of them had SOULs floating in them. The final one was empty.
"Goodbye, AlFrlskaChaMosHaeLagh." Asgore's final words melted into a bunch of different names, none of which Alex made out.
Asgore pushed his cape back, revealing a large trident that he had been concealing. Alex's SOUL appeared and his options appeared, but this time he wasn't the one making the first move.
Asgore's trident turned red. He thrust it towards Alex, striking Alex's Mercy option and nearly stabbing Alex in the stomach. The Mercy option shattered and disappeared. Now it was Alex's move.
Alex looked through his options carefully. He could Fight. He could Check. He could Plead. He didn't need his Items yet. He chose to Check.
Asgore: Attack - 80. Defense - 80. Can't Escape. Memories?
Alex raised an eyebrow. What did that mean? How could that help him? Alex didn't have much time to think about it.
Asgore was attacking now.
Asgore lifted his trident. It turned blue in his hand. Alex jumped back to dodge his swing. He stepped in for a punch. Using the blunt of the trident, Asgore struck Alex in the chest and knocked him back. Alex fell onto his back.
Undyne was right. Asgore does hit hard. Very hard.
Asgore raised up his trident, aiming the sharpened side of it at Alex. The trident shifted to orange. Alex turned his body to dodge the trident completely. The sharpened ends of the trident sank into the ground.
Alex turned his body again, kicking his foot into the staff of the trident to knock it out of Asgore's hands. His foot fazed straight through it. Alex got back to his feet.
Asgore's trident turned blue. He swung it at Alex again. Alex froze, and it fazed through his neck. Alex threw a hard downward right fist into Asgore's neck, making him stumble. Alex managed to kick him onto his back, and the trident slipped from his hands.
Alex made a run for the weapon, scooping his hands under hit and wrapping his fingers around the staff of the red trident.
Alex stumbled, his arms straining to hold up the heavy trident. "Stay back, your majesty." Alex commanded, pointing the trident at him. Asgore continued to approach him without hesitation.
"It only takes one human SOUL and one monster SOUL to pass through the barrier. To pass, you must take mine. Take it!" Asgore dared.
Alex swung the blunt side of the trident into Asgore's head, knocking him back down to the ground. He threw the spear as far away as he could.
"One human and monster SOUL? Why didn't anyone say that before?" Alex asked.
"It was my secret to keep; a lie I covered to feed monsters, that we could all be free."
"We can all be free, Asgore, but I need you to trust me."
Asgore's STATS appeared:
Asgore is hesitating...
The Faulted box sank deeper into Alex's face, making him groan in pain. Alex looked through his options again. Fight and Act hadn't changed, and Mercy was still gone.
Alex looked through his Items. It was full of Temmie Flakes, and other foods...
...and one piece of Butterscotch pie.
Alex selected the pie. It appeared in his hand, still warm and fresh. The smell of it made Alex's mouth water a bit. Asgore's head lifted. The Fault box began to shift. Alex held the pie out to him.
"It's a gift from Toriel. I want you to have it. Consider it my peace offering." Alex said. The Fault box began to fade away.
A shockwave went through Alex's body.
"Hey, Jasmine?"
"Yeah, hun?"
"Can I be honest about something?"
"Of course."
"If it ever came down to it, I would take a bullet for you."
"Don't talk like that, honey. That'll never happen."
"But if it ever has to, I will."
Asgore caught Alex and the pie.
"Sweet. Oh, how sweet! How touching!" Flowey cackled.
"Eat up, my child." Asgore said softly, feeding Alex the pie. He bit it, feeling his strength bleeding out of his chest. His legs wobbled, and he fell to the floor.
He swallowed.
Alex's eyes opened up fully. He suddenly felt fine. He stood up. The bullet hole in his chest was gone. He turned around.
Asgore was in the viney clutches of a giant hybrid plant monset with a head like that of an octopus with a TV screen face displaying Flowey.
All of a sudden, Alex felt very, very afraid...
Flowey cackled, his voice warping. "The human SOULs. They're all mine! Oh it feels so good! I feel... I feel... hee hee... like GOD!"
Flowey tossed Asgore through the door and out the room. The door shattered into pieces, and Asgore was unconscious.
Vines grabbed Alex and lifted him into the air. He struggled to no avail. He couldn't get free. Flowey grinned.
"Keheheh. I have to hand it to you, Alex. You've made all of this possible. Your morality made all of this possible. If only you'd been like Frisk or the others. But no, you had the desire to be different.
"Now look at you. Maybe if you'd focused harder on your love for Jasmine, you wouldn't be here now."
SAVE FILE 1
A series of vines appeared and pierced through Alex's torso in several places, ripping through flesh and bone. Alex shook violently from the impacts. Blood exploded from his mouth. His head fell forward.
He was dead.
SAVE LOADED
Flowey tore Alex apart.
SAVE LOADED
Bullets riddled Alex.
SAVE LOADED
Alex was blown to bits.
SAVE LOADED
Vines went in for Alex. This time they were blocked by bones, fire, and shields.
"Stop it! Stop it, you sick freak!" Jasmine screamed in absolute fury.
Flowey dropped Alex's limp body, and he fell to the floor. Flowey turned around in time to get blasted in the face by Sans' blasters. Everyone attacked him mercilessly, using full force.
Flowey fell to the floor after taking much damage. Alex's body laid by Flowey's face. They all continued to bombard Flowey. Jasmine was the most ferocious, the sheer hatred in her SOUL making her every strike and blow deadly, detrimental to Flowey.
Flowey's vines grabbed hold of all of them. Only Jasmine was able to break free.
"Stupid. Stupid. You're all. So! Stupid! You! You are. All! Mine!" Flowey's vines broke through the floor and quickly spread throughout the Underground. The kingdom was only so big, and now, Flowey had control of every monster.
"And...heheh... Here I thought that Alex was the only real threat I had to deal with. Seems you've been...holding out on me, Jasmine. You and him, him and you; ya'll strengthen each other. How sweet. Me hurting him finally drew you out when all else failed. How dramatic." Flowey slowly rose.
"Shut up, Flowey! You know, I'm a very forgiving person. I'm always giving people second chances, even when they don't deserve it. But you mess with Alex, I get pissed off. What you did...ugh! You deserve to die!" Jasmine spat angrily at him.
Everything suddenly went white...
Suddenly, in front of Jasmine, standing by Alex's body, stood a goat whose back was to her. He wore a green and yellow striped collared shirt and black pants. He looked tall enough to be in his early teens.
He shrugged his shoulders and cracked his knuckles before casting a glance backwards, his eyes glaring at Jasmine.
"Finally... I was so tired of being a flower."
The goat shifted into a much taller, much more sinister looking, much more powerful, much more intimidating figure. His clothes resembled Toriel's, baring the same symbol. He lifted his hands to his shoulders, and fire burst from his hands. He confidently shook his head.
"You don't scare me." Jasmine said firmly, filled with Determination.
"That's fine, Jasmine. I'll fix that. You'll beg for Mercy once you've really felt the wrath of Asriel Dremurr."