"They reached Hotland," Asgore said.
"Duh, What did you expect?" Flowey said, rolling his eyes, "Did you seriously think that Frisk would just go back to the Ruins after defeating Undyne?"
Asgore stayed silent.
"That's what I thought." Flowey said. I stared at Flowey in dumbfounded silence.
"What are you looking at me like that for?!" Flowey shouted angrily.
I rolled my eyes, "No reason…" Chara snorted at Flowey's lack of tact.
[Chorus]
Run
Our days are done
Now the human has come
Flee
Insanity
We need to
Find safety
[ALPHYS]
Please don't look back
"O-oh jeez…" Alphys turned bright red upon hearing her voice.
Undyne patted Alphys on her shoulder, "Hey! You're evacuating everyone. That's pretty damn heroic."
"Language." Toriel said with a glare.
"Ah, sorry." Undyne said sheepishly. Alphys looked lost in thought.
Leave it behind
Run away
We won't be spared
We have to beware
The human's hate
We have to evacuate
[Chorus]
This is the end
Family and friends
They've killed them all
I winced. I felt Chara's glare pierce through my soul. I want to get out of here… Who is forcing us to watch this anyway!? What type of sick person would want to subject others to their demise in a musical form!?
I bit my lip. I wonder how much longer we will be held in this strange place.
Never would dream
This is how it ends
When angels fall
Away we have to crawl
[ALPHYS AND Chorus]
And those still alive
Have to survive
We have to go
Flee genocide
Leaving behind
The world we know
And leave the firelight's glow
[Chorus]
We
Might not all be free
But we try
To believe
When
Our day is done
In death we
Might see the sun
Toriel gasped at the morbid line, "Oh dear…"
"This is… not glamorous at all." Mettaton said, looking pale despite being a robot, "Why isn't Asgore doing anything? He has the human souls, right? Like the fish said?" he asked.
Undyne looked annoyed at the insult, but decided to ignore it, "You're right, Where is King Asgore?"
Asgore looked worried, "I don't know… Did the souls not work?"
"Wowie! I didn't know the souls could 'Not work'." Papyrus said with his usual enthusiasm. The atmosphere was so bleak that the sudden contrast was shocking.
"T-they should work… the- the s-s-souls have no reasoning to rebel…" Alphys said, "I, um, researched the subject s-so…"
"I see! So the souls not, not work!" Papyrus said, a little confused. Sans patted Papyrus on the shoulder, obviously humoring him.
"Then why isn't King Asgore here?!" Undyne asked Alphys.
"U-uhm… I don't-" Alphys stuttered.
"Isn't it obvious?" Flowey interrupted, "Mr Fluffy Buns chickened out!"
"So the souls don't not not work?" Papyrus asked, "Chicken?"
Toriel's expression darkened, "He didn't use them?"
"Tori! That-" Asgore said, scrambling to defend himself.
"That's just a theory anyway." Chara interrupted, not wanting her parents to argue, "Maybe the souls just rejected his body, like what happened to Azzy…" Flowey cringed at that name, obviously not used to being called that. "Or" Chara continued, "Maybe he's just running late… The souls are probably hard to manage." That defused the conversation quickly.
"So they didn't not not not work?" Papyrus asked, rubbing his head.
Sans chuckled, "Exactly right, bro."
[ALPHYS]
Please don't look back
Leave it behind
Run away
We won't be spared
We have to beware
The human's hate
We have to evacuate
[ALPHYS AND Chorus]
And those still alive
Have to survive
We have to go
Flee genocide
Leaving behind
The world we know
And all we have to show
Undyne smiled "That's good."
"W-what's good? S-s-so m-many m-monsters are-" Alphys said.
"Dead. I know, but you saved some monsters, and that's good. And you managed to get over your fear." Undyne explained.
"M-my fear?" Alphys asked.
"You hid everyone in your True Lab! Where all of those, uh, 'Amalgamates' are."
Alphys' face turned pale, "Oh gosh! I-I didn't realize that!" She gasped.
"You evacuated everyone! You're a hero." Undyne assured.
"Th-th-thanks Undyne, but I-i'm not a hero…" Alphys said, looking sad, "I-I.."
"Shut up!" Undyne said.
"What?!" Alphys gasped, surprised.
"Don't sell yourself short. You are great!" Undyne shouted.
"B-but…" Alphys tried to argue.
"Nope!" Undyne interrupted, "You aren't allowed to talk bad about yourself any more! I'm gonna teach you self-confidence."
"Again?" Alphys asked.
"Of course! It seems like Papyrus' lessons aren't enough. So i'm gonna teach ya myself!" Undyne shouted with passion.
"Y-you a-are-?" Alphys questioned.
"100 Push-ups while shouting about how great we are! Right now!" Undyne shouted. They both started doing push ups, one more reluctant than the other.
"Wowie! Let me join!" Papyrus said with enthusiasm.
"This is… odd." Toriel said, confused at the three's antics.
San's yawned, "Just watching 'em is making me tired."
"Idiots…" Flowey muttered.
Chara snorted, "We could use some idiocy, Azzy."
Flowey looked surprised at the use of that name, obviously not used to being called his real name. "What?" Flowey asked.
Chara rolled her eyes, "Forget it." Flowey looked annoyed, muttering something I couldn't make out under his breath.
We only have a couple more songs to go! Thank you all for sticking with this story for so long. Look forward to Power of NEO (Coming next chapter) ! Thank you for reading :).