Nemo walked through the path full of deathly silent echo flowers, which were making chills run down his spine as he stopped at another glowing star. "Was that here last time?" He asked himself. He went right and made his way across the bridge. He remembered that it was the bridge he decided to save that kid on. But something felt wrong. The wind was especially strong here. Nemo continued to walk, but stopped when he heard the sound of something squishy under his feet. "Ew, what…?" He asked as he looked down. It was a puddle of greenish blue sludge. A large one, some of it was dripping over the edge. "What is this?" He asked as he bent down to examine it. Then he noticed the pieces of metal scattered throughout the puddle, all mostly covered in goo and unrecognizable. Nemo blinked in concern before reaching over and picking one of the pieces up. He then realized that it was a glove. There was a heart emblem engraved into it. Nemo was growing concerned as he started to examine the other pieces of metal.

Soon enough he gathered enough pieces to determine that this was a set of armor. And there was only one person in Waterfall that wore armor. "Undyne…" He thought. Then he looked back at what he was standing in and had a realization. "Oh my god…" He put a hand over his mouth as he started to gag. He moved to the edge of the bridge and put his hands on his knees before emptying the contents of his stomach into the void below. Or he would have anyway, but since he hadn't eaten in… any time he could remember, now that he thought about it, all he could do was dry heave. Eventually he collected himself and continued forward.

He tried to run, but found that he lacked both the mental and physical strength to do so. That's when he also realized that he was absolutely starving. "Been a little preoccupied to eat." He thought tiredly. He started walking. After a while, he eventually found himself in Hotland, passing one of Sans's sentry stations. He crossed the bridge over the lava pool of death and stopped at the water cooler. "Well, it's better than nothing." He thought as he got himself some water. He downed the cup in one shot before continuing ahead. He reached the glowing star. He then realized he had three options. Go south to see if the Riverperson was here, go north to the elevator, or west to the lab.

His first choice was to go north… but as soon as he reached the path, an electrical barrier formed, preventing his passage. He grimaced at the blockade before sighing and going into the lab. The lights were turned on, which made Nemo certain that Frisk had already been here. He walked and stopped in front of that large computer of Alphys's. Which had Alphys herself in front of it. "Alphys?" He asked.

Alphys leapt into the air and let out a scream of terror. "Woah, woah, chill! It's just me!" He said, trying to reassure her. It didn't help.

"P-p-please don't k-ki-kill me…" She whimpered.

Nemo sighed. "I'm not going to kill you. I'm… a friendly human." He said calmly.

Alphys looked more than a bit unsure, but considering that he hadn't tried to kill her yet, despite her being defenseless, probably meant something. "A-alright…" She said.

Nemo's eyes drifted back up to the screen, which showed Frisk. They were riding an elevator at the moment, but they were staring at the floor, making it so Nemo couldn't see their face. "Where are they going?" Asked Nemo.

"Floor L3." Said Alphys softly. "Muffet and M-Mettaton are going to try and h-hold them off while I complete the evacuations."

"I have to stop them before more people die." Said Nemo as he stood up straight. "Can you drop that barrier so I can get to the elevator?"

"W-what? Why? Aren't you a human, why are you trying to stop them? We're m-monsters after all." Asked Alphys.

"Monsters or not, this is genocide, and it needs to stop." Said Nemo as he gripped Papyrus's cape. "Besides, I've learned that there's more to you that I originally thought."

"...H-how do I know that y-you're not lying?" She asked.

"C'mon Alpyhs, I thought liars were supposed to be able to recognize their own kind?" Asked Nemo with a smirk. Alphys looked away for a moment and didn't say anything. "Perhaps the liar jab was a bit much." Thought Nemo.

"Alright." Said Alphys. "I'll-." Alphys didn't finish her sentence as she put her hands over her mouth and gasped. Nemo looked over at the screen to see Muffet's body turn to dust. Nemo watched silently as one of her spiders dropped a flower over her remains. Frisk paid it no mind and continued walking, frying pan in hand.

"Geez…" Said Nemo. "They really are killing everyone." He couldn't believe it. He didn't want to believe it. What had happened to that promise they made to Flowey? They had been so close to a happy ending, why was Frisk doing this. "Is this what they wanted all along?" He didn't have the strength to voice that question.

"It's done." Said Alphys as she turned away from her monitor. "Y-you can go straight to the elevator n-now."

"Thanks…" Said Nemo softly. "He then looked down at her. "Hey… Alphys?"

"W-what i-is it?" Asked Alphys nervously.

He knelt down and hugged her, much to her surprise. "Thank you, I'm sorry about that punch, but I was rightfully angry about you tricking us." He said.

"W-what are you talking about!?" She asked as she pulled away from him.

"It doesn't really matter." Said Nemo as he scratched the back of his head. "You forgot that, and once this is all over you'll forget this."

"H-huh?" Asked Alphys in confusion.

"Thanks Alphys!" Shouted Nemo as he ran back out the front door.

Nemo ran all the way to the elevator and entered it. He looked down at the buttons, and was reminded of the fact that it was still written in a language he couldn't read. "Ugh…" He groaned. "Alright… eenie, meenie, miney…" He thought as his fingers hovered over the buttons.

After a few trips up and down, Nemo finally found himself at floor L3. After clearing those annoying jumping arrows and passing Muffet's overpriced bake sale, he entered the area Muffet died in. What he saw made him stop in his tracks. Now, he was ok with spiders, he thought he was cool. He did not however, like the sight of an ungodly amount of spiders clamoring all over the place. He found it mildly unsettling. He then heard a thud as something landed behind him. He turned to see Muffet's giant pet standing behind him, giving him a death glare. "Hi." Said Nemo weakly. Then it started to growl. "Aaand BYE!" He shouted as he booked it for the exit, the large beast roaring and chasing him. He crossed the webs and dove through the opening doorway, which the pet was too large to fit through. Nemo let out a wheeze as the creature attempted to force its way through the doorway to get to him. "Well." He groaned. "That wasn't fun."

He then continued forward. He passed the area where he had to watch Mettaton prance around in that dress before being dropped down a trapdoor. Looks like at least that was one thing he'd get to avoid today. He reached another four way crossroad, and after looking around, he went north and found himself in front of the resort. He looked around and saw no Sans. "Did he evacuate with everyone else?" Nemo wondered as he held onto Papyrus's cape. He sighed as he entered the resort. He passed the stupid water fountain and entered the core. He then proceeded to get himself lost. At some point he managed to come across a Glamburger, and at this point his stomach was too empty for him to be picky so he ate it. He sighed as he continued his way through the Core.

"This was so much easier when Frisk was here." Thought Nemo sourly as he found himself at another dead end. He was starting to get a headache from all of this. Then he remembered something. "Hey, if Alphys unlocked the elevators, maybe I can use that one in the Lobby."

He then proceeded to try and find his way back to the start. But that only ended with him at the bridge that led to the door where Mettaton was. He started running across. But he wasn't even halfway across when the world abruptly went white.

He suddenly found himself back at the start of the bridge. He looked at his hands, and then at the end of the bridge. "Ah geez, here we go again." He thought sourly. "But who are they fighting? Mettaton? Did I really catch up that much?" Everything went white again.

He found that he was in the same spot. "No… that can't be it, if it was Mettaton, then the fight would have started earlier than this. There's no way I would have caught up with them that fast." He thought. "Asgore maybe? It's a bit of a walk, but given how much time it took me to get he-" Cue white out.

"-re, I wouldn't be surprised if they had got that far." Nemo sighed dejectedly. "This is gonna take a while, isn't it?"

Twelve resets later

Nemo sprinted down the gray corridors and into the gray house. He stopped for a moment to catch his breath. "New… record…" He thought tiredly. He decided he should use the time he had to find any clues.

Or not…

Twenty resets later

Refusing to give up, Nemo continued to run. Into the gray house he went, vaulting over the stair rails and into the lower floor. Once in the gray hallway, he started sprinting. "There's not much time left, they're going to die any moment now." He thought as he took a left, then a right. And just as soon as he stepped out of the hallway, the world reset once more.

Nemo groaned as he leaned his back against one of the walls in the core and sat down. "Thirty seven…" He muttered.

Thirty two resets later

Nemo was losing his mind. He was just sitting there hitting his head against a wall. "What's the point?" He asked himself. "It'll all just reset anyway." He eventually just stopped and sat there, his forehead pressed against the wall. That's when his exhaustion caught up with him. His vision became blurred as his eyes closed. "Yeah… it doesn't matter..."

Nemo blinked tiredly as he looked around. He was awake again, but he was sure he fell asleep. "Oh… I guess since I was awake at the start of the loop, I'll just wake up every time they reset." He thought as he looked around. He sighed. "Whatever, I'll just snooze for a few timelines…" He then dropped like a sack of potatoes.

Twenty eight resets later

Nemo met the latest reset with a serious expression. "This is the one hundreth. No doubt Frisk is close to winning against Asgore, better get moving." He thought before taking off. He passed by the scrap heap of Mettaton's remains, something he'd grieved over numerous times, but no longer had the time to feel sad about. Through the elevator, the gray area, the gray house, and he made his way through the last gray area, passing that elevator. He was halfway down when suddenly-

Nemo found himself back at the end of that hallway. "This is new." He thought as he looked around. He started moving again and found himself back at the end of the hall. He kept moving, trying to reach the end, and he was sent back probably a dozen times. Then, all of a sudden, the resets just stopped. He was confused, but he figured he'd figure out what happened soon enough. He was about to take a right into the Judgement Hall, when he walked into someone. They were about to fall, so he quickly reached out and grabbed them. His eyes widened in shock at who it was. "...Sans?" He asked in a soft, shocked voice.

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