Mettaton leaned against the kitchen worktop, filing his nails as he waited for Frisk to wake up, her Seizure had stopped after a couple of minutes but now she was laying on the floor, Unconscious. After a few more minutes, she began to come round and once she did, the child slowly sat up and realized that she was still in the kitchen set that Mettaton had set up for his cooking show.
"Are you awake now darling?" he questioned as he watched the human girl sit up and look around in confusion "well I hope you're feeling better now because we've got a cooking show to do but if you need five minutes to recover then please go ahead but we'll need to get on with the show." Frisk was about to say something but her phone began to ring before Alphy's voice could be heard on the other end.
"Mettaton, can't you just cancel your cookery show for the moment" she implied "can't you see that the human is in no condition to participate in whatever you've got planned."
"But you can't have a great show without an assistant, you know that Alphys darling" Mettaton replied as he looked over at Frisk who was slowly coming back to her senses "but I can't have an assistant who is too unwell to take part so maybe I should cancel the cookery show for now but I'll soon return for more Drama, action, you name it, but for now, toodles all you wonderful people." After he had left, Alphys began speaking to Frisk through the phone as she slowly got to her feet and leaned against the counter.
"Well, I guess that was a close call" she said "are you okay though, I saw you having another seizure on my computer screen."
"I'm fine, just got a headache" Frisk replied, rubbing her head.
"Well that's good but still, I think you should take one of the pills I gave you" Alphys suggested "although they won't make your seizures go away completely, they'll just keep them under control and stop you having them quite so often, I know Mettaton all to well and I know he isn't going to just give up easily, he'll probably show up again and have you take part in some other TV show related thing so take one of the pills and they should keep you from having more seizures whilst I figure out a way to stop him from bothering us and get you out of this place."
"Okay" the child replied as she popped one of the anti-seizure pills in her mouth "are you sure they'll work, I've been down here for days without any medication and my condition may be getting slightly worse, I mean, I've been having more seizures than I normally have, I don't have them every so often if I take my medication."
"Don't worry I checked them before I gave them to you and they should be fine" Alphys reassured her "now I hate to hurry you but you should get going, the quicker you reach the core, the quicker you can get home." After she recovered a little more, Frisk continued on her journey, making sure that her Seizure alarm was safetly tucked in her pocket, it was quite a useful thing for her to have in a place such as this and if it was to ever go off again, it could give her some time to get to a place of safety so that she could have a seizure without the risk of being hurt or in danger. The little girl had just made it half way along the trail before the phone began to ring again.
"Hello?" she replied.
"Hi it's Alphys again, now, can you see a huge metallic looking building in the distance?" Alphys asked and Frisk looked around until she saw a huge metallic like structure looming in the distance "that's the core, that's the thing that provides magical electricity within the underground, in order to reach the capital you must first pass through the core."
"Okay got it" Frisk replied as she continued on walking "but how long will it take to get there?"
"Well if you continue on forward without any delays then you should be there in no time" Alphys replied "so keep going okay."
"Sure" Frisk replied before the phone went off and she continued onward, hoping that there would be no delays throughout her journey, she had made it this far now and there was no way she was going to quit now even if she had a medical condition or not, the ten year old was determined to get out of this place and return to the surface, return to her parents who must be so worried sick about her but she just reassured herself that she would be reunited with them both soon. Frisk continued on walking onward until she heard a familiar voice speaking to her.
"Hey kid" the girl looked around to see Sans standing beside a small stall "good to see you again, how you holding up?"
"I'm okay I guess" Frisk replied as she walked over to him "what are you doing all the way out here?"
"Oh I'm just starting up my new hot dog business, well actually, some of them are hot cats because I didn't have enough dogs" he replied as the girl couldn't help but smile a little "so anyway how you doing kiddo, you're condition hasn't been bothering you much has it?"
"Well I did have quite a few seizures since the last time I saw you but hopefully these will help keep them under control, just until I get out of this place" Frisk replied, showing sans the anti-seizure medication that Alphys had given her "do you know a DR. Alphys?"
"Who, the royal scientist?" Sans asked and Frisk nodded "oh yeah, I do know her."
"Well she was the one who gave me the medication and she also gave me this" she showed him her seizure alarm "it's an alarm that can detect when I'm about to have a seizure and when ever it goes off I can just find a place of safety so I can have a seizure without being hurt or in danger."
"Well I guess that's a handy thing to have" he replied as Frisk nodded before sniffling and quickly wiping her eyes "hey, is something bothering you kiddo?" the girl said nothing "come on, you can tell old Sans, I'm like your dad and your uncle mixed in one, I'm your dunkle sans" this caused her to giggle a little before she looked up at him and he noticed that her eyes were watery, possibly with tears.
"I'm not sure, I don't know why I started crying" she replied, wiping her eyes again "I just started thinking about my parents and it just sort of happened."
"Well you know what I think" Sans replied "you're feeling homesick, it's not a thing to be ashamed off, you're a little kid lost in some strange world so of course you're gonna miss home and I think having a medical condition also isn't helping much either" Frisk shook her head, after all, this adventure was pretty tough on her Epilepsy and the amount of seizures she had been having was beginning to take it's toll on her small body and she was beginning to fear that it could get worse and make her really sick "well I know what'll cheer you up, here" he handed the child a hot dog "on the house kid."
"Thanks" she shyly replied before she began to make her way up the path "well I'd better get going, Alphys told me I need to head for the core so I can get to the capital and cross through the barrier."
"Good luck kid, I'm rooting for you" he reassured which made the girl feel a little better "I know you can do it."
"Thanks I guess" she replied before giving him a small wave and heading on whilst she ate the hot dog he had given her but she still felt a little homesick and more tears began falling down her cheeks but she quickly brushed them away.
"Come on stop it now" she told herself "you're a big girl, you're almost Eleven, stop being a baby." After pulling herself together, Frisk continued on through this volcano like landscape and it was really hot that sweat was beginning to drip from her forehead and into her eyes that she had to stop a couple of times to wipe it away plus the heat was beginning to make her mouth feel like sandpaper.
"It's so hot in this place, I wish I brought a bottle of water with me" she muttered as she continued forward when all of a sudden she heard what sounded like robotic humming and she looked to see Mettaton further on ahead but instead of continuing forward, Frisk decided to hide as she didn't want to take part in another one of his TV shows he was planning on setting up, she wasn't in the right condition to do so and she made sure she was well out of sight as he came by her hiding place.
"I wonder where my cute little assistant may be" he wondered as he dramatically searched the area "I need someone to assist me in my brand new news report show and my little assistant is around then I guess I cannot go ahead with it, oh well, I guess I'll have to just hoping that she'll turn up eventually." He then rolled away and after making sure that he was completely out of sight, Frisk slowly crawled out of her hiding place just as the phone rang again.
"Well, that was a close one" Alphys said "that was a pretty smart thing you did hiding, I don't want to see you get caught up in any of Mettaton's shenanigans so good job for hiding."
"I don't want to be involved in them either" Frisk replied "that's why I hid."
"Well hopefully he might get the hint and give up this whole thing and you can get to the core as soon as possible, also, I noticed you seemed a little, well, not like yourself, what's wrong, don't you feel too good or are you nervous, you know, about meeting the King of all monsters because he'll be at the barrier, he's always there, well, you needn't me, he's a nice guy and I'm sure he'll let you pass through the barrier if you ask nicely" Alphys rambled "oh listen to me I'm rambling again when you're wanting to continue on with your journey, well I'll let you get going and don't worry, I'll be here supporting you every step of the way."
"Thanks Alphys" Frisk replied as she carried on walking and beginning to feel a little light headed from the heat but she knew she had to keep going no matter what, she wasn't going to give up now. By the time she reached the Elevator, she almost passed out from heat exhaustion but she grabbed onto the Elevator doors and took a few deep breaths as the doors slid open and she staggered in before taking a little rest on the floor as the elevator took her to her next destination whilst she hoped that she would make it out of hotland soon. The elevator ride seemed to go on forever until it reached the third floor and Frisk slowly used all her strength to pull herself to her feet as the intense heat was beginning to make her feel weak plus it wasn't going to be good for her Epilepsy as the scorching heat could possibly trigger off another seizure.
"Hello there dearie" a high pitched girl voice spoke snapping Frisk out her daze and she looked to see what appeared to be a spider girl in a red dress and pig tails standing behind a table which had donuts and cups of a purple liquid substance "welcome to my parlour, would you be interested in making a purchase this fine day."
"Wha?" a confused and dazed Frisk asked, blinking and shaking her head "who are you?"
"Oh I'm sorry how terribly rude of me, after all, it wouldn't be polite of me if I didn't introduce myself now would it" the spider girl replied with a giggle "the name is Muffet my little dearie, now what can I interest you in."
"Well I don't mean to be rude but I'm not really looking to buy anything right now, I'm just passing through" Frisk replied as she began licking her dry lips as Muffet stared at the child with a raised eyebrow.
"Are you sure I can't interested you in one of my famous spider ciders" Muffet suggested "I mean, you look like you could do with something nice a cold to drink, you look a little thirsty to me." She did have a point, the intense heat of hotland was making Frisk feel weak, dizzy and possibly dehydrated so she thought it wouldn't be such a bad idea to buy one of these Spider ciders after all.
"Okay how much is it for one of those spider juice things or whatever" she inquired.
"That is a total of 9999 Gold for one cup of Spider cider" Muffet replied with a smirk.
"You're kidding?" Frisk asked in disbelieve "9999 gold for a small cup of spider cider, that's day light robbery and besides, I don't have that kind of money on me, good day." The child went to leave but she was beginning to feel more dizzier and she collapsed to her knees, shaking as she heard an amused chuckle from behind her before several tiny spiders began tying her feet together with what looked like some strange purple cobweb.
"You know, I was told that a human child wearing a striped shirt would be coming through here" Muffet stated as she stood over Frisk who was pretty much close to passing out from heat exhaustion "I was told that they like to hurt poor innocent little spiders, like to pull their legs off and flush them down the toilet."
"N-no, I" Frisk whimpered but she was too weak to even speak, the heat was becoming too much for her small body to handle. Muffet giggled as she leaned closer to the little girl and began stroking her sweat covered hair in an almost patronizing manner.
"I was also told that they are awfully stingy with their money" she mused before she began stroking the child's cheek with one of her eight hands as she struggled to keep her eyes open "so, you think you're taste is too refined for our products do you dearie, well, I think your taste will be exactly what my next batch of products need." That was the last thing Frisk heard before she finally lost consciousness from intense heat exhaustion and it wasn't long before she started having another one of her Seizures.
