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Zane was protecting Frisk throughout this stupid flower's monologue. He was having flashbacks to his battle with the overlord.
"Frisk, the odds are slim but not impossible," said Zane
His outfit flashed, changing into a white ninja gi that dust fell off of. He had his naginata and his shurikens. He threw the physical ones at Flowey, barely doing any damage.
"You really think those pathetic little things can harm me? I am the god of this world foolish ninja," cackled Flowey
The bullet rain was near impossible to doge, Zane blasted the attacks with ice as suddenly the TV screen flashed light blue. Frisk was transported somewhere as the music changed. Zane was left to blast nukes and toothy plant balls with his ice or hack apart flies with his naginata.
"You may be determined to kill Frisk, but I am part of Frisk's save file, every time you reload, I exist again, you may be made of LOVE but I am made of HOPE!" he shouted at the demon as Frisk entered the battlefield again, looking less hurt than before.
"HOPE? My my I've never heard that acronym," taunted Flowey
"HOPE, Healer Of Peace, and I will protect Frisk and the Underground with my very soul, which YOU. Can't. Take, " said Zane
Flowey was pissed again. How dare this stupid robot interfere even more. Flowey focused his attacks on the nindroid.
Zane blasted the bullets apart with his ice. Frisk was trying to do damage to Flowey but he was just too strong.
The screen flashed orange.
Zane suddenly realized what was going on. The kids were fighting back.
Zane could almost hear little Lily shouting at Flowey. A beam of light erupted from Flowey's pincer's and Zane sent up an ice wall to shield Frisk, He would not let Frisk die.
"Give up already, you know you can't win!" cackled Flowey
"I am a nindroid and ninja never quit!" shouted Zane
Lily had heard that line before, it was something Zane always said when he told the story of how he came to the underground.
"LISTEN HERE YOU STUPID WEED I HAVE BEEN PATIENT WITH YOU! WAITING FOR YOU TO SEE REASON BUT NOW YOU'VE EXHAUSTED THE SOUL OF PATIENCE AND I WILL GIVE MY FRIEND THE STRENGTH TO DESTROY YOU!" came Lily's shout.
Feathered wings, cyan in color, burst from Zane's back.
"Be brave, both of you, dodge swift and sure," came James's voice, the wings glowed orange at the tips.
"Win this honestly," came Valarie's voice, the wings glowed blue at the base.
"Persevere, you both can win this,"
Purple bands appeared in the middle.
"When all is done, be kind,"
Green bands now.
"Justice for every soul, human and monster, and nindroid,"
The wings completed with a yellow glow. Zane grabbed Frisk and flew them through the bullet rain and the nukes, using his new wings to shield them from the flame throwers and flies.
Each time the screen flashed Zane was left alone to fight the massive thing. He hacked at the vines, he froze the bouncing balls of plants and teeth. Flowey was taunting Frisk about dying so many times and their save file, Zane's only conclusion was that Frisk had been dying but coming back through the powers of video game mechanics.
It only made him harden his stance, he needed to try harder.
He attacked the flower regardless of whatever game mechanics were keeping Frisk from doing the same.
Flowey saw the determination in Zane's eyes and actually felt afraid. This wasn't a kid he was taunting, this was the side of the hero he had never seen, this was a being sent by a cosmic force specifically to stop Flowey.
Zane saw Frisk healing from green things being dropped from the beast, he recognized them as magical representations of the other children's effects.
Zane also noticed that Frisk was attacking more frequently and was doing more damage to Flowey. He blocked the beam with his wings and then used the same attack he had on the Overlord, on Flowey.
Frisk dealt the final blow and the souls of the six surrounded Zane and Frisk.
Flowey was screaming at them to obey him.
"NEVER!" shouted all the kids at once.
The world went dark and the souls were in their ice bodies once more, clinging to Zane in fear.
Frisk's pacifist nature was put to its limit as they chose to spare Flowey.
But it seemed like now they were all trapped outside of time as Frisk received a phone call.
The children were shaking so Zane wrapped them all in his cape, the moment the battle had ended his royal attire was back on. Frisk got off the phone and looked at Zane who beckoned them over. Frisk fell into his arms, tears wracking their body. Zane sat there with seven scared children in his arms as he reflected on how much he had changed over the last few years.
He leaned against what he thought was a wall. He got out his cell phone.
"Do you kids want to talk to my friends from my world?" he asked
"The ones in your stories?" asked Lily
"Yes," said Zane softly
"Sure," said James
"Ok," said Zane
Frisk had fallen asleep.
…
This time it was Cole's phone that rang, he and little Wu were constructing the dragon replica
"Hello?" he asked
"Hey Cole," came Zane's voice, it sounded weary from battle.
"Zane?" asked Cole
"Yeah, listen I've got some scared kids here who would really like to meet one of my friends, can I put you on video call?" asked Zane
Cole quickly hit the video button.
He saw his brother, battle-worn, wearing a circlet and robes with seven kids made of ice desperately clinging to him.
"Hey kids, I'm Cole, looks like you all had quite a fight. Is Zane taking good care of you?"
"Yeah, Zane's the best, he's like a big brother to us," said Andrew, he seemed to be the most composed out of the kids but even he was sitting down clutching Zane's sleeve.
Zane smiled at Andrew.
Suddenly little Wu came into view of the camera.
"Is that?.." asked Zane
"Yeah, long story that I don't think I have time to tell, we're busy trying to rescue the others from dragon hunters," said Cole
"Then I won't keep you, one day we'll see each other again," said Zane
"Bye buddy, love you," said Cole
Zane hung up.
"Do you kids want to see an ice dragon?" he asked
"R02 is a dragon, let's just relax for a bit in the quiet," said Andrew
Zane nodded. But deep inside he knew that this wasn't over yet.