DISCLAIMER: I do not own Undertale or InFAMOUS, never will.
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Empire City. It was a beautiful sight before the explosion of the Ray Sphere. It's even more beautiful now that the evenments of New Marais stopped: Cole McGrath protected the world from the massive plague unleashed during the explosion of the Ray Sphere, all this while killing MOST conduits.
Now, conduits aren't all bad, Cole McGrath proved this to us. The DUP didn't help. Much. Especially when you know what they did to us conduits, all those experiments... Like we were lab rats. Yes, US. My name is Rudy Grant, and I am a conduit.
I managed to keep my sanity during those experiments, those 'lessons' where they taught me to kill everything that would hinder me: Humans and Conduits alike. Yes, conduits too, because sometimes, you have to fight fire with fire. That's what I do. I got fire powers: flame bullets, fire rockets, a sword of fire, wings of fire, drain fire, eat fire, fire resistance... You name it, I am Fire.
Three Conduits and I were to be relocated, Hank and I saw a 'Golden Opportunity', so we took it. He was free from his shackles, and freed the rest of us. When the truck went down, Hank was helped up by a kid who got his powers, even if a bit downplayed. I hightailed out of here, leaving orange embers to dissipate behind me while I flew.
I didn't go to Seattle like I think Hank and the other kids who were with me did, unlike other conduits, I just need my own temperature to ignite flames, so I went where it was hot: Texas. And I found a Mountain, green with trees. There was a Town not far, they named it after the mountain. Ebott Town. There, it's said that whoever goes to Mt. Ebott never comes back. Since I needed to go under the radar, that's what I did.
"Damn vines, I ain't in a damn jungle! So why are there so many!?" complained Rudy
Damn, took a bit after Hank, maybe... Huh? A cave? He thought, surprised by the entrance.
"Hello? Anyone there?" He shouted in the opening, only to hear it echo. Well, I don't think I'll get a better place to set up camp. He thought while entering the cave.
He saw a huge hole in the ground, it was a hole so perfect, it couldn't have been natural. What did humanity hide in there? Nothing can surprise me any more. If it's those monsters they were talking about... Well, let's say I ain't exactly human anymore. He thought with a hint of sadness Well, since it won't kill me, let's jump. And jump he did, but he was knocked out mid-fall by some sort of barrier.
Ugh. Something tells me this shouldn't have hurt.. He thought, sitting up to see a bed of golden flowers, which probably cushioned his fall. Huh, flowers saving the incarnation of Fire, damn irony. He dryly thought, looking around to see the exit of the room. Might as well explore.
He ended up in another room with another bed of flowers, with a bigger flower in the middle, staring right at him. The moment it started talking, he swore he could hear a REALLY dumb music start playing.
"Howdy! I'm Flowey! Flowey the Flower!" it said as if it had rehearsed it.
"Yo, I'm Rudy Grant. But seriously... Flowey!? I think the one who named you either had a good sense of humor or just sucked with names." he deadpanned. Its brow(?) twitched and it scowled.
"You have no idea how true that is!" Flowey said, the scowl still on his face, but he quickly reverted to normal. " Anyway, you must be confused, right?" Rudy nod. "Welcome to the Underground, I'll show you how things work here. Ready?" he nodded again slowly, the room got darker and he put the urge to ignite his arms away, he didn't want to reveal anything right now. He saw a strange glow coming from my chest.
"You see that heart? That's your soul, the very culmination of your being." Flowey explained, it was like he was in two parts, the heart was in four colors: light blue was half, and the other half was blue and yellow, the two colors mixed just a little bit in green. Small whisps of blue-orange flames erupted from the heart from time to time. Rudy could see wonder and excitement in Flowey's eyes.
"It starts off weak, but it can get stronger if you gain LV. That stands for LOVE." Rudy raised an eyebrow questioningly, but he just continues to smile, "You want some LOVE, don't you? Each monster has a different way to give you LOVE, I do it through little white 'friendliness pellets'" Flowey continued, looking to the side, where white seeds appeared. Rudy knew it was lying, he'd gotten quite good at reading people in Curdon Cay.
"That ain't gonna work on me, bud, so leaf me alone so I can get the hell outta here." he said with narrowed eyes.
"So you know what's going on, don't you...?" it asked, its smile turning creepy, its voice much darker. Its brow(?) was twitching from the puns.
Rudy shook his head "No, I don't, but I DO know that you've been lying. I won't hurt you if you let me go." he said, his left eye burnt an orange flame with blue whisps while his arms ignited. He sensed another person coming so he stopped the flames.
A bipedal goat monster came into the room, saw Flowey and proceeded to chuck a fireball at it, batting it away.
"Are you okay?" asks the monster in a calm and caring voice.
"I am, thank you for dealing with him." I thank the monster. A small smile on my face.
"It is no problem, I already had to deal with this flower a day ago, when another child fell down here." the goat explains, "I am Toriel, caretaker of the ruins of the Underground" she introduces herself.
"A child fell down? Are they okay?" I ask with a frown. Wait, another child? So she thinks I am one? Meh, whatever.
"Yes, the child is fine. Follow me, I will lead you to her. The catacombs are riddled with puzzles, a combination of traps and doorkeys." she explained as I follow her throughout the catacombs.
We arrive twenty minutes later to a cozy looking house that just screams 'Home'. On the way, Toriel explained that Frisk, (the 14 year old child) fell down and was harassed by Flowey, so she helped her and kind of... adopted her.
"I'm home, my child!" exclaimed Toriel.
(2 minutes earlier, Home)
I wonder where Goat Mom is. Thought a now awake Frisk.
She probably went to check if anybody has fallen down. I still don't know why she does it, it's impossible for two humans to fall in such intervalls. Answered another voice in her head.
It's just her showing kindness to everybody that might need it, Chara. Explained Frisk.
She did it for you too, and look what you've done to her kindness... That's why I won't ever give you back control over the timeline. She continued while making her way out of the bedroom and taking the slice of Butterscotch-cinnamon Pie with her.
Oh, puh-lease, like you're any better, you're the one who awoke me, you're the one who started the genocides AND you're the one who sold me your soul. You yourself are one of the exemples why I hate humanity so much. At least I know that I'm a demon, but you, you lie to the others and yourself. Chara said with a sadistic smirk and a red glint in her eyes.
(Actual time, Home)
Frisk frowned and tuned out Chara as she heard Toriel
"I'm home, my child!" Exclaimed the goat monster. She saw Frisk getting out of the bedroom "And someone else has fallen down today. Frisk, meet..."
"Rudy, Rudy Grant" said the teen as he looked at the younger teen. Said teen widened her eyes and muttered her answer just above a whisper. "M-my name is Frisk, nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too, hey, Toriel told me you got attacked by that buddy Flowey, right?" asked Rudy, he received a shy nod "I almost fried the poor guy."he finished while igniting his left eye and his arms, just for a brief second, but it was enough to get Frisk to shiver and widen the eyes of Toriel.
"Y-you can manipulate fire!?" asked an awed Toriel, but everyone could see the worry in her eyes as she slowly shielded Frisk.
"Precisely, but don't worry, I never used this power for evil and I still don't want to. 'Guess I'll have to explain why to you, huh?" he asked, frowning with an apologetic smile, he received a firm nod from Toriel.
"Indeed, you will. But you seem exhausted, as if you hadn't slept for days." the monster said with a concerned frown
"Heh, is it this much noticeable? How much time has it been? Three days? Four days? 'Guess i'm too tired to care." he answered, bags now appearing under his eyes. This made both females gasp, both worried.
"Oh my, you should rest. It isn't good for you to stay awake for so long." As soon as Toriel finished that sentence, Rudy collapsed, but the monster scooped him up and went to the children's room (Frisk's) and tucked him in. She returned to the corridor where Frisk was waiting.
"My child, let him sleep for now, if you want to sleep, go to my room, or~ you can sleep with him, he's out cold anyway." This made Frisk blush and sputter gibberish until Toriel's giggles cut her off.
She then glared mildly at the monster. "What, the only reason he didn't feel you staring or caught you oggling him was because he was tired, you know?" Toriel said with an amused and teasing smile, Frisk blushed deeply and grumble quietly about 'Goat Moms spouting nonsense'.
"My child, after that fiery display, it was clear you had the hots for him." The goat finished with a new fit of giggles, making Frisk snort as her blush deepened.
2 Days later
Rudy grunted as he opened his eyes for the first time in two days. He found himself staring at a foreign ceiling, lying in a comfortable bed. He got up and noticed a slice of pie on a plate, he took it with him and got out of the bedroom.
When he arrived in the living room, he saw Frisk and Toriel talking about a book the latter was reading, he vaguely heard something about snails...
"Hello..." he greeted, still a bit groggy, both ladies turned to him, one with a small smile and the other with a concerned frown.
"Good day Rudy, did you sleep well?" asked a frowning Toriel.
"Like a rock, haven't slept that well for years." he said with a grateful smile. "How much time did I sleep?" he asked.
"You slept about two days straight." answered Toriel, still frowning a bit, Frisk merely looked on with a shy smile.
"Two days? Haven't slept that long for years either." he said, genuinely surprised.
"Now, I guess you would like some explanations, right?" he asked, getting two nods.
"Well, I guess I'll start with a question. Actually, make that two. Frisk, you live in that village not far from, right?" she frowned but nodded.
"Do you know about the disaster that struck Empire City then?" he continued. Frisk shook her head and he sighed while thinking This is going to take a while.
"Some time ago, in Empire City, a man named Cole McGrath was delivering something, but when he arrived at the rendez-vous point, someone told him to open the package, so he did." he started, eyeing both women for reactions.
"A gigantic explosion occurred, thousands were killed and in the middle of the crater, there was Cole." he explained, still looking at the girls.
"He escaped the burned district not knowing what happened, but upon waking up in the hospital, sparks started to fly off from his arms. He obtained Powers over electricity." he continued to explain while making gestures, this seemed to amuse them.
"The Ray Sphere, that's the package, converted the neuro-electric power inside people's brains and put them into one, making them a walking battery, except every other person with their electricity stolen died." he continued, he saw them gasp at that.
"The Ray Sphere also activates a gene inside people, they call it the 'Conduit Gene'." he explained, seeing both women confused, he continued.
"Someone who has it awakened can completely control anything: like glass, stone, poison, smoke etc... But the Ray Sphere also unleashed a plague with it, a plague that killed everyone who didn't have their gene awakened." This caused another gasp to erupt from the ladies.
"A beast appeared not much time after Cole helped save the City from anarchy, it destroyed Empire City and followed Cole as he went to New Marais to get more powerful to stop The Beast."
"When Cole used the Ray Field Inhibitor, or RFI, It destroyed the plague and killed nearly all the conduits, saving the world. But not all conduits died, and we were treated as monsters, or 'Bio-Terrorists' as they called us, we were sent to a special prison called Curdun Cay." he took a bit of the pie. This is SO good.
"In Curdun Cay, we were experimented on, tested, tortured and even trained to kill everything that stood in our way, whether Humans or Conduits." This caused another gasp, he ignored it.
"One day, there was supposed to be a transfer, me and three others were supposed to be transferred. Another conduit called Hank saw it like me: a 'Golden Opportunity', we took our chance and saved ourselves with the two other kids my age, we each went our separate ways."
"Three days and nights I flew with my fire wings to where it's the hottest nearby, because I produce my flames from body heat or absorb it around me, when I drain from a source, it regenerates my body, as if I am fire itself." he explained.
"In the end, I ended up in Ebott Town where I heard rumors of: if you go there, you never come back and as I needed to go under the radar, that's what I did." he finished his tale and looked at the two women, Toriel had a sad smile and Frisk was on the verge of tears. He had finished the pie.
"Well, that's my story." he said nonchalantly. Toriel sighed.
"It seems humanity still fears what it does not understand. They haven't changed from a thousand years ago." she said dejectedly, shaking her head.
"You are right Toriel, and Humanity's worse enemy is still itself. That will never change, humanity will always be that way, that's a disgusting truth and it's also why I don't care about dying, one less or not isn't what matters." he said somberly but sincerely while frowning slightly.
"You know, it's like Karma keeps the balance. There is a lot of good, meaning to distinguish it from what's not, there has to be a lot of bad." he said dejectedly. But then perked up.
"Whatever, I'm fired up! Thanks for the pie Toriel, it's probably the best I've ever eaten." he said with a large goofy smile. Both females smiled back, although they wore sad smiles instead of carefree one like Rudy.
"What are you going to do now Rudy?" asked Toriel.
"Well... To be honest, I don't know, sometimes I don't think life has any meaning if you don't have a goal." he answered with a thoughtful frown.
"I want to know, what happened to you monsters to be under the mountain instead of at the surface?" he asked with a raised brow, this also seemed to interest Frisk, but they didn't know it was false interest and that she already knew everything. Toriel wore a sad frown.
"Well, you told us your story, I guess it's my turn then."she sighed.
"Long ago, the world was ruled by two species who lived in peace, Humans and Monsters. Monsters, unlike Humans are mostly made of magic, the same that composes their souls. Thus, Monsters can innately use magic, whereas Humans have to be taught how to use it. A Human's soul is very much stronger than a Monster's, so much so that the soul of a single Human equals most Monster's souls. Thus, their soul takes time to dissipate after death, whereas monster souls dissipate mostly with the body, the only exception are Boss Monsters." she paused a bit, a forlorn expression on her face as she continued.
"The fact that a Human's soul rests for some time after death means a Monster can absorb it and become one of the strongest beings on the planet. Humans didn't like that fact and out of fear, they attacked us, the war was quickly over, not even one Human died when only a couple thousand Monsters survived and were sealed away under the mountain with all the magic of the planet by seven Human wizards, each with a different soul trait." she sighed, her expression turning sad.
"Centuries later, the Prince of Monsterkind found a Human that had fallen, the royal family cared for the child. One day, the Human child fell extremely sick and died. The Prince, wanting to grant the child's last wish, took his soul and transformed into a being with unimaginable power, took the child's body in his arms and went through the barrier. He went to the human village and went to a patch of golden flowers, unfortunately, they were recognized by the humans and were attacked, having been mistaken for the child's murderer. The Prince did not fight back and when he returned to the barrier, he entered his family's garden and died just after entering and having been seen by his parents. His dust coated the garden. Since that day, the king called war on humans, any human to be seen is to be killed so that one day, Monsterkind will be free." she finished with tears threatening to fall from her eyes.
"The Monsters already killed six children, there misses only one soul. Every child before you didn't listen to me and went to their death." she said with a sad frown
No one said anything for some time before Rudy spoke up.
"You talked about different soul traits, what did you mean?" he asked, tilting his head with a confused expression.
"A Human's soul can be of seven different colors, each for a different trait: red is DETERMINATION, green is KINDNESS, orange is BRAVERY, light blue is PATIENCE, blue is INTEGRITY, yellow is JUSTICE and finally, purple is PERSEVERENCE. Why do you ask?" she asked with a tilt of her head.
"Well, when I saw Flowey, my soul came out and it was four different colors." when he said that, both of the females' jaw dropped.
It took some time, but when Toriel got her bearings back, she told him to concentrate and imagine his soul came out. He did and they were awed: One half light blue while the other was blue and yellow that mixed a little bit into green. Wisps of orange and blue flames emanated from the soul from time to time.
A/N: As you can see, this is not finished and is not yet for adoption. I just have too many ideas that I HAVE to write and they get piled up, some I just lost interest and will be up for adoption, others are Ideas I had but didn't manage to further and so are obviously up for adoption. The last ones are not for adoption as I have not lost interest and simply don't have much time on my hands. Just to give you guys an idea, I've got 30 stories/ideas and one of them has an AU.