Jasper couldn't think of a better situation for his battle with another hero than by both of them suffering a disadvantage. What could be more epic than having to overcome not only your enemy but also struggling through some kind of obstacle; with his inability to leave his spot and Undyne having to labor through the weight of his magic.
Turn after turn, Undyne summoned numerous spears at the small human. Using the side of his bone sword, he was able to deflected them all thanks to the fact that Undyne was unable to summon them as fast as she would have liked. During his turn, seeing how he was unable to move, Jasper resorted to launching bones at her by digging the tip of his sword into the ground. Barely doing any damage, it was enough to give him a chance to see that, unlike Papyrus, Undyne's magic doesn't hold on for too long. Finding his chance, as soon as Undyne's magic gave, he launched forward with his sword.
Undyne having to deal with the overwhelming pressure from the blue magic could barely block his attacks, let alone dodge them. Undyne had to fend him off until her magic came back and was able to keep him still. The two would-be hero's clashed, neither giving any hint of giving up.
Jasper was impressed to find Undyne's strong will to continue, along with the strength to withstand his attacks for so long. Unfortunately, he didn't have the same liberty to take on her attacks withought suffering for it. Which limited his chances for attacks in favor of recovering his defense that she managed to chisel away. Alas his supplies of monster food was getting low. He had to find some way to distract her if he had any chance of getting out of this any time soon.
"Come on my breathtaking aquatic warrior, don't you think we've been at this for a bit too long?" He said with a quick wink. Undyne stopped in her tracks as her face twitched.
"Are...are you flirting with me!!?"
"Uhh...? No?" He squeaked. He wasn't used to having such anegative response towards his flirting, that he didn't know how to respond.
"GOOD, cause I'm not finished yet! GyaAHHHHH!!" With her movement slowed by Jasper's magic, the small human blocked her spear attack as she charged forward. "Stop being so damn resilient!!" She screamed as she pushed her spear harder against his bone sword.
"Sorry sweet fishy lips, but I'm built as a tank!" Sidestepping against Undyne's might, Jasper caused his attacker to stumble to the ground.
"Are you STILL FLIRTING WITH ME!!?" She question as she picked up her heavy body from the ground.
"N..no? I... I can't help it!!" After what seemed like a long time both heroes' found themselves struggling to stand. "I...won't... die! Fight me!" Jasper muffled as his face layed flat on the ground along with his tired small body.
"Says the loser who can't even face me!!" Undyne huffed with her knees on the ground as she held her weight up by her spear. "How are you still able to keep going!? You can barely get up."
"You can barely lift your weapon." He mumbled.
"What did you say, twerp!! Face me if you have something to say!" Jasper lifted his head, giving her a flirty smile.
"Aww did you miss my face that much~"
"Stop flirting!"
"I can't, it's a condition!" He wimpered. Undyne having had enough of the small human that she gathered what little energy she had to walk towards Jasper and picked him high off the ground.
"NGHAAHHH!!! Why won't you give up!?"
"As much...as... I would like...to do... as a pretty lady as yourself say...I can't!" Undyne wanted nothing more to throw the tiny human hard in the ground for his excessive flirting, she was afraid she might not have enough strength to gather his soul before it would shatter from the impact. Before he could throw another cheesy pick up line at her, Undyne's phone began to ring.
"Who is it! I'm currently in the middle of something!"
"U-UNDYNE..."
"Papyrus!?" Undyne gripped her phone as relief washed over her. This whole time she was so worried about him that something tragic might have happened to him. "You're...you're okay? Why didn't you come to the meeting or at least call or... something!!"
"I..I AM SORRY BUT I ...I WASN'T FEELING TOO WELL. B-BUT I'M OKAY NOW... I'M JUST CALLING TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE HEARD ANYTHING IN THE WHERE ABOUTS ON THE TINY HUMAN?" As much as Papyrus might have wanted to make his voice sound well, it didn't fool Undyne. She noticed how his voice wavered in pain. Something must be really wrong with him,which worried her. Even when sick, he still found the strength to contact her.
"Don't worry about the human, I got him. I was just about to-"
"LET HIM GO!"
"Papyrus?"
"DON'T YOU DARE HURT HIM! DO YOU HEAR ME UNDYNE! IF I FIND OUT THAT YOU-"
"Papyrus! What's with you! You know how much we need this human's soul!"
"You...Can't...Have...This One, Undyne..." Never had she ever felt such fear in her soul, especially the cause of it coming from someone as sweet as Papyrus.
"P-Papyrus...what's going..."
"UNDYNE...PLEASE...PLEASE LISTEN TO ME! LET HIM GO!! DON'T HURT HIM, I BEG YOU PLEASE! I'LL TELL YOU WHY IF YOU JUST LET HIM GO...PLEASE..." Undyne hated the way his voice sounds so desperate that it left her with no other option. She didn't like the thought of letting the human twerp leave. The whole thing left a bad taste in her mouth, knowing that they are so close to getting out. The whole underground can finally be free and the key to it was literally in her hands. Looking down at the worn out human, she could still feel the raw determination coming from him as his little hands gripped onto her hold on his shirt. She got to say that the kid had spunk, he didn't know when to quit, he never ran from her and faced her head on. She admired him for that.
"Are you a mermaid, because you just captured my hear-"
"FINE! I was tired anyway!! This human isn't even worth my time!!" And her admiration was gone. She aggressively flung Jasper away from her before marching her way towards Snowdin. The human child showed no signs of doing any actual harm to the monsters unless you count flirting them all to death was a thing. His soul was werid anyway and it would probably tainted the other souls and ruin all the progress they had so far. Walking out of Waterfall, she never would have thought that walking away from the only thing that could bring the dreams of all monsters who were trapped underground would make her feel so...light. She guessed it was probably with the fact that the blue magic was gone or...maybe the thought that she didn't have to snuff the life out of someone like him. That his death wouldn't be weighed on her shoulder. It would really be a shame no to have another round with him. Besides his countless flirting, the fight with him was ...fun.
Arriving at the brothers house, she noticed that the door was slightly opened. "Papyrus?" She called out as she entered. The lights of the house was off and she couldn't hear any sign that the tall skeleton was inside. Closing the door behind her, she walked into the living room and noticed a faint orange glow. "PAPYRUS!!" The tall skeleton was sitting on the floor, his body leaned against the sofa. Undyne rushed over towards her dear friend, face filled with fear at the state he was found. She placed her hand against his face, noticing how bad he was sweating in pain. "Papyrus what hap-"
Papyrus closed socket opened with a piercing orange magic glowing brightly from them. Undyne stayed frozen in shock at the fierce anger that played across his face. "NYHEEEE!!!!" Papyrus screamed as he enveloped Undyne's body with his magic, throwing her across the room until her back crashed against the wall.
"Gha!" She coughed out as her body rattled by the force before she slumped to the ground. "P-papyr-" she struggled to sit up before her eyes widen at the numerous bones that came flying towards her, pinning her body against the wall. Papyrus summoned a large bone and propped his body against it, giving him a chance to stand. Seeing the menacing fury in him, Undyne couldn't say anything let alone try to find a way out of the situation she was in.
"Undyne... You Are ...A Great Friend Of Mine. One Who I Cherish Greatly...But...If You Had Killed The Human..." His eyesockets glew brighter, filling the room with a bright orange glow. "You Would Not be Able To Talk At This Very Moment."
"Papyrus...what happened to you?...WHY IS THE HUMAN SO IMPORTANT TO YOU!" Undyne couldn't understand why he was behaving in such a manner. But whatever the reason was, it caused her body to grow cold at the menacing view of the once gentle monster. Undyne found herself digging her back closer to the wall as Papyrus walked closer to her. The raw anger that poured out of him was enough to keep her frozen withought the help of the bones that pinned her. Once Papyrus loomed over her all the magic in the room diminished as hedropped to the ground. Orange tears gathered in his eyes as he held his body as it shook.
"He's...He's..."
Jasper brushed himself off before digging into a crabapple. Instantly feeling his defense going back to full health, he walked through the opening of the mountainous rock structure. He couldn't help but feel grateful for that phone call Undyne had. He didn't mind continuing his fight with her, just that his defense was getting dangerously low. Any more blows from her and he would be left with fighting with only his current health. Which was not a good thing in his part. Both him and his sister have relatively low health, unfortunately for him, his was too low for comfort.
{If it's so low, then you must have a death wish to not run from her.}
《I tried seeing how long I could go against her, but I just ended up running from her at the end》
"A hero never runs away from a battle. No matter how hard it is. Ah-ha-ha-ha!" Passing the Hotland sign, he immediately saw why it was called that from the heat wave that washed over him. "Sans?" Jasper questioned as he found the shorter skeleton brother was sleeping at a sentry post.
What's he doing here?
《This is one of his sentry posts.》
He's not really good at his job is he?
《W-well...heh..》
"Hotland, filled with lava, unknown danger and..." Jasper mouth formed into a sly smile, "...opportunities~"
While Jasper removed his backpack reveling what new jape he had in store for the unsuspecting skeleton, you couldn't help but laugh along with Chara. For a kid who says he doesn't have enough time to have fun he sure did found some time to mess with Sans.
{Hahaha! He's going to be so fuckin mad when he wakes up!}
《Chara, language.》
"Eh?" Jasper scrunched his face as he walked across the bridge that hunged over a river of lava.
{Ha! Like you care, you know this shit is going to be funny. I can practically hear you struggling not to laugh.}
《I didn't say anything about it not being funny. Just wished you didn't swear so much. Chara you know he's just a small boy, you shouldn't be swearing so much infront of him.》
"C...Chara?"
{Yeah that's my name. WHy? Do yOu haVe a proBlem witH it?!}
《It's not really a common name. It is quite...unique.》
{As if you can say anything about it! Your's just as strange as mine-}
"Chara?"
{WhAT!?}
"Chara."
{WhaT do you want you pint sized little shit?!}
"Seriously...is that who I have in my head." Jasper let out a dry laugh, "I can't believe it." He whispered. "Oh man, I only know one person who calls me that. Heh, maybe I really am losing my mind to have-" Jasper's train of thought disappeared as he looked upon the large white building that stood infront of him. "Wow..." he whispered in amusement. Heart pounding in glee, he rushed into the building without any caution whatsoever.
Entering the lab, he found himself unable to see anything when the doors behind him closed which left him in the dark. Blinking a couple of times, his eyes flickered before giving off a light glow. "Much better." Having his own light source, he began exploring the area. The first thing he encountered was a large computer that monitored his movements. "Guess I found who my admirer is. Now..." With stars glimmering in his eyes, "let's get to know a little bit of the person behind the cameras."
Studying the screen, he found his way through all the different camera locations the owner had. Numerous surveillance were hidden in Snowdin, Waterfall, Hotland and a place called the Core. A large structure created by the Royal scientists that produce the energy of the whole underground by the use of the lava around it. There was numerous diagrams of the building in case of something were to malfunction. According to the diagram, the building followed something called a standard puzzle protocol. "Heh, fun..." The more he clicked around, the more Jasper found that the current royal scientist was not the only one that worked on building it. After an unknown disappearance of the original royal scientist, their assistant became the new royal scientist.
No matter how much he tried to look through all the files on the large computer, he couldn't find any information on the previous scientist. But he did notice that the scientist by the name of Alphys was also chosen to hold the title of their missing boss for their accomplishments on robotics. "Human killing robot, hmmm. Mettaton...? Why does that sound familiar to me..." Continuing with his search, he found a strange picture of what looked like a dinosaur standing next to what appeared to be a younger Sans wearing a lab coat. But there didn't seem to be anything else attached to the old photo. There were other files but unfortunately, they were locked. As much as he would like to take his time to hack into them, he was weary of setting off any alarm they might have. Leaving the computer, he went towards a table near by that was littered with various papers and blueprints.
"Puzzles of the underground? Did they mess with Papyrus' puzzles?" Rummaging around, he noticed various scribbles of Undyne's name on most of the margins of different assortment of pages on the table. "Hmmm...passwords? Sigh, it's best not to try." Ignoring the numerous documents of fanfiction littered on the table, he spotted a faded blueprint that contained the layouts of the lab he was in. Apparently there's a bottom floor what could be the true lab, making the floor he was currently in only a ruse. Studying the page, he located what seems like the elevator that led straight to it. But the page was so badly damaged that he couldn't make out most of the rooms displayed on it.
Jasper placed the pages down before going back to what looked like an escalator. Going to the second floor, he found a table littered with unopened letters from various monsters. Looking around for any sign of anyone, he carefully opened one of the letters. Scanning through the letters as quickly as possible, he was able to pick up that it was a concerned monster asking about one of their family members who has fallen. "Fallen... as in dying?" Putting the letter back he soon found a strange machine that leaked pink goop. Placing his hand on the machine for closer inspection, he noticed that it was filled with sea grass. "Why would grass make pink goop?" Curiosity getting the better of him, he stuck his finger into the batter and took a small lick. Doing so, his body sparked violently that slid his body across the ground.
Massaging his head, he went back to the machine. Looking near the bottom, he only found two small letters. "DT" He noticed a couple of locked files under the category DT and scattered pictures of Undyne enjoying what seems to be the pink goop as if it was some sort of ice cream. "I wonder if they are related in some ways." Walking away from the unknown concoction, he began searching through the small selection of human history books at a nearby bookshelf. "Mangas? Yeah...I think someone labeled these wrong. Interesting selections though, never read these before..." Putting the books away, the lights in the lab came on.
"I-I'm so glad I was able to g-get the power back on." Hearing a stuttering nasally voice, Jasper quickly backed his back against the wall.
"You and me both darling." Jasper furrowed his brow as he tried to hear the muffled mechanical voice.
"S-sorry to leave you t-trapped in there, b-but the human should be here any moment...I-I think."
"You should regularly check on your hidden roommates darling. It'll cause less trouble for you."
"I-I know..."
"Question Alphys dear, but was that you rummaging in the second floor?"
"S-second floor?" On que, Jasper stepped onto the down escalator, making himself known. Alphys let out a surprised shriek as she saw Jasper slowly entering the scene with his hands inside his pocket. "Y-you're h-h-here early!" As the lab coat wearing dinosaur started to freak out about not being ready, Jasper took a quick scan of the room. But he couldn't find the owner of the second voice.
The voice was very mechanic, maybe she was talking on the phone?
{Ha!}
《Shh...》
Hmm...
Hearing both you and Chara's reaction to his question, made him wonder. Putting on his charming facade on, he walked towards the stuttering monster before taking her hand into his own.
"Do not worry my adorable enthusiast, do you know why?" Alphys face began to heat up as she stared at the small human holding her hand. "It's must be because you're made of beryllium, gold and titanium for you are Be-Au-Ti-ful as you are." With a small wink he placed his lips onto her shaking hand before releasing his hold on it. Alphys' face went full on red as she took a step back from the small human.
"O-oh my...N-no, just m-magic. I-I'm Dr. Alphys, Royal Scientist."
"So you're Dr. Alphys, the genius and by the looks of it the beauty who I've heard so much about. You know, I find your works on robotics to be most fascinating."
"I-it's not a b-big deal r-really."
"Hmm...I guess your right." A faint agitated noise came from behind the wall of the lab that left Jasper smirking. "With your brains, I bet you could make something even more interesting then a moving pile of metal. But the stress and daily worries of a Royal Scientist must be such a burden on your delicate shoulders." The agitated noise become more pronounced as Jasper continued.
"W-well...I-It can be hard sometimes...a-and you're right, there's so many things I would like to work on!!" Alphys rapidly started listing all her dream creation while Jasper sly smile widen as he watched the wall vibrate with anger.
"Heh..." he chuckled as the wall burst wide open.
"Well fellow human! Your world must be very small to not appreciate the grander of not only a real robot, but a robot with a soul. Yes fellow viewers, it is I , Mettaton!!" Numerous MTT bots swarmed out of the whole on the wall and pointed their lens camera at the three people standing in the middle of the room. "And I welcome you all to tonight's Quiz Show!!!" Confetti and blaring colorful lights filled the room. "Everyone give a big hand for our skeptical contes-"
"Jasper Daniels is here, the human hero of the underground!!" Jasper had used his magic to pull down one of Mettaton's MTT Bots. "And as much as I hate to disappoint any upcoming fans, I don't have time to stay and play with your little robot in his attempt to kill me." While Alphys was still day dreaming of the possibility of things she wished she could create, Mettaton was silently fuming as Jasper continued to steal the spotlight. "I have a very important mission to finish, so if you wish you can all follow me as I 'foil' this robot's plan! Ah-ha-ha-ha!!" Letting go of the MTT Bot, Jasper gave a two finger salute before rushing out of the lab (barely missing the outraged outburst of Mettaton).
Running through the scalding lands of Hotland, I, Jasper Daniels with my heart set in reaching the end quicker. I rushed through the moving conveyor belt, speeding up my chances to reach the end.
《You're really determined to get to the end quickly huh?》
"Of course I am! Didn't you see the camera footages? There's not that many places left to go through! I can practically feel Bonbon waiting for me!" As Jasper rushed through the the end of the long conveyor belt, he spotted a small volcano like monster. Summoning his bone sword, he waited until the small monster pulled him into a confrontation. Looking closely at the new monster, Jasper let out an annoyed sound. The last thing he wanted was to battle a cute baby-like volcano. "I don't fight babies!" He screamed before rushing away.
《I don't think it is...》
"Jasper Daniels saves them!! Ah-ha-ha-ha!"
Having heroically refused to battle the small child-like volcano, Jasper Daniels was thrown into a dangerous encounter with a sentient airplane. But the battle was not any easy one to overcome for the small child-like volcano had return!
{Will you shut it with your StUpiD narration!}
Jasper Daniels sighed heavily before grabbing the small volcano. His hands covered with his magic, Jasper easily lifted Volcan over his head and rushed out of the battle, with a very angry Tsunderplane bombing him from above. Having safetly escaped the angry plane and 'rescuing' Volcan, he took his time to finish the last of the bisicle he had. While he replenished his stats, he started rubbing his eyes.
{Getting sleepy? Why don't you take-}
"I'm not sleepy, my eyes are just irritating me again."
《Again? Is there something wro-"》
"No! I mean..." Jasper voice quited to a low whisper as he shook his head, closing his eyes as to relieve the small ache. After a few seconds he reopenedthem. You stared closely at him as he stared at his hands for you could clearly see panic in his eyes. Jasper grabbed for his backpack and started rumagging through it. Finding a small cylinder case, he pondered for a bit before angrily stuffing it away and reaching for a box of sea-tea.
《What are you looking for?》
Jasper ignored you before putting back on his backpack. Downing down the drink quickly, he blinked his eyes and continued walking.
《Jasper?》
"Don't worry, I'm fine now. See, no more itch." Something about his statement sounded fake but you didn't have it in you to push the small human into answering you. "So... You two are not really in my head are you? If you were, then you wouldn't ask me such questions...right?"
《No...we're not. We're just... tethered to your soul, I think.》
Jasper nodded in acknowledgement before continuing on. Jasper then abruptly stopped when he saw a row of lasers infront of him. "Hmm...how am I supposed to get through here?" Wanting to help him, you told him of what the colors ment. "Color? Just great..." he mumbled. Something seemed a little off, but before you could ask what it was, Jasper cut you off again. "I was able to use the same gravitational magic Papyrus was using right? So seeing how Sans is also a skeleton, I might be able to figure out his little space dimensional trick he used when he took me to Grillby's."
《What are you talking about? Do you mean his shortcuts?》
Jasper's eyes illuminated with magic as he started to snap his fingers. Remembering the feeling he felt when he desired to reach whatever place his sister had disappeared to, his fingers started to give off small sparks of magic. Eyeing his desired destination, he channeled his magic and gave one final snap. Magic shifted around him before plunging him in a momentary darkness. Never shifting his mind from where he wanted to land, his body ended up falling untill he found himself on the other side of the lasers. "Oof!" Standing up from the ground he cheered on having made it. "Seeing how I did not fall into lava, I call it a success! Whoo! Just gotta figure out how to not use so much magic for such a small distance."
《Sans uses something similar to help him dodge quickly.》
"To dodge huh..." With determination and magic coursing through his body, Jasper viewed the overwhelming possibility that waited him with his new acquired trick. "Bonbon... I might just found my ticket to getting to you quickly."