The Red Knight scoffed. " You underestimate me, fool! I was trained as a soldier in the Gamer Army before it was abolished by oppressive male gamers! I know all of the tricks and traps, and I'm not afraid to show off my skill!" Before any of them could react, she pulled out her phone featuring an "Epic Gamer" phone case. The phone case is one of the rarest objects on the entire planet; so rare that even John Wick was impressed.
"Where did you get that?" asked John Wick. He began to feel his ego threatened by that phone case. "No way such a libtard like you could ever get ahold of that!"
"Pff… Whatever, you lamer gamer. Stop hating just cuz I'm extra epic. Now back off before I make you take the L." said the Red Knight nonchalantly as she proceeded to perform a Mini Dab. "Y'all haters better back off 'fore I send ya down the L-evator!11!1"
"WATCH OUT, YOU SOGGY WAFFLE!" Papyrus alerted. He then acted out the epic Pop Lock emote with flamboyance. "YOUR TOTES GOOFY DEFAULT DANCES WILL NEVER OUTMATCH THAT OF MY OWN DANKNESS!"
"Who you talking to, cuh? Lemme tell you that this litness is above your level, noob!" The Red Knight and Papyrus continued performing different emotes to the point that they were oblivious to the world around them.
As the two fired up more and more, Sans and John Wick were building a fort along with an easy exit towards the next circle. Sans was put to work with putting the materials together while John Wick worked hard on chopping down wood and cutting stone bricks. Their building took a long time but even that didn't pass enough time for the dance battle to be finished. After a while, Sans decided to rest at the top of the structure, satisfied with their work.
"Any signs of the other player around here?" asked Sans.
"No. At this point we should just wait for those two to be done with their dances." replied John Wick.
"And when would that be?" said Sans jokingly.
"No clue… I'm tempted to just snipe her right now. Haha…"
"Johnny is so cute when he laughs. ^w^" thought Sans. "We might actually have to!" he replied laughing. Their small talk was suddenly interrupted by the rustling of grass and then creaking from the wooden planks.
"Are those footsteps?" John Wick got out his shotty and motioned Sans to stay behind him. The two of them stayed quiet anticipating some other noise from below. They made their way down the stairs in silence. They could still overhear the remarks made by Papyrus and the Red Knight along with the rap music being played by the streaming drone. The leaves on the bushes and trees swayed fiercely from the sudden winds making it impossible for any movement to be detected.
John Wick put his guard down and declared it a false alarm. "If we are going to take this Black Knight on, we'll need to disperse our power." he suggested. "Sans, use these extra materials and build us a second tower. I already calculated the storm's pattern so we'll definitely be safe from it for the rest of the match.
"Wick, you sure about that?" asked Sans nervously. He was at the point of blushing from having John Wick place so much trust in him.
"Of course. I'll keep an eye out in case you need any help," said John Wick. He followed that up with a wink to make sure he kept a chill exterior. In reality, he was anxious to catch whoever is stalking near their tower. There's no way those noises were a false alarm but he didn't want to worry Sans. He decided to occupy Sans so he wouldn't be around while he frantically searched around. It was a way of making sure his teammates weren't stressed out.
"You better not hit my fricking drone with those clumsy moves you call dancing, boi." mocked the Red Knight. "How do you feel to be looking so rarted in front of my millions of viewers? Mch, I'm 'bout to drop dat Boogey Bomb like ooh!"
"BACK OFF BEFORE YOU GET DEVASTATINGLY ROASTED, HECKER!" Papyrus snapped back. Both of them were getting more and more tired as the dance battle went on. The difference between the two is that the Red Knight could stop at any time but Papyrus was still being actively forced to continue by the boogey bomb. In fact, the effects of the boogey bomb seemed to have amplified since it was activated.
"You be looking as dead as a skeleton, Poppyrus. Why so tired, yo?"
"BRUH, I CAN FLOSS FOR ANOTHER WEEK! WHAT ARE YOU *gasp* SEEING?"
John Wick was utterly stumped. He couldn't find any hints of the hidden gamer. He had nothing else to do rather than watch Papyrus' battle, which wasn't much of a spectacle. Sans was almost finished with his near-identical tower. And the storm had another 20 minutes to go before it would shrink. Not that it would be a problem for any of them.
"Get a load of this no-skin!" exclaimed the Red Knight as she looked back at the drone. "Remember you guys that if you want to see more idiots like him, you just have to tune in every day, Monday through Friday, at 7 AM PDT. Be sure y'all are following me the_red_boombastic_knight_official!" She continued talking to her audience while doing fast and intricate dance moves.
As she said that, John Wick immediately got an idea. He got out his phone and began logging in to Twitch. He typed in the channel name and got an immediate hit. "Sheesh, 7 million people watching this mess?" he reacted. He began to rewind back, skimming through the footage. "Huh!" There he was! The Black Knight himself.
"Skeleton dude, lemme be real with you. You ain't that bad of a dancer. Hell, you gettin' real close to beating me. But, I know you can't hold out for much longer." the Red Knight was acting strangely. More methodical. "Listen, I deactivate that disco ball that's making you dance and you help me fight John Wick."
"OF COURSE NOT!" said Papyrus while trying to maintain his breathing. It was then he realized what the boogey bomb actually did to him.
"I'm sure you can tell by now that this modified boogey bomb lasts for an indefinite amount of time. The victim is forced to dance and dance no matter how restless they get. Heh, I can see you are already losing consciousness. When I said to the death, I meant it." Papyrus knew she knew exactly what she was doing. "Help me out here and I'll deactivate the disco ball." said the Red Knight as she extended her hand.
Despite the seemingly random dance moves, Papyrus was still keeping some control over his actions. Given his near death circumstances, he began to use some survival instincts and was able to use his head. He noticed he was able to break out of the dance moves every now and then. The drone started to circulate around them and got close to their level. Papyrus just had to wait for the right moment. He decided to edge closer pretending to go for the handshake.
"All done, John!" shouted Sans from his tower.
"Sans! Can you see a bunker hatch from your side?"
"Yeah. Do you want me to get something from there?" replied Sans ready to service.
"Start shooting at it. The Black Knight is in there!" he commanded.
"What do you mean? The hatch is open and there's nothing inside." Sans reported.
"What?" asked John Wick in confusion. He began shooting at the tree blocking his view to see for himself. Just as Sans said, there was nothing inside. Where could he be?
Papyrus kept on getting closer. He cycled through so many dances that he already knew which one followed after the other. Waiting for the correct emote and the correct positioning of the drone was like making stars align. Soon enough, he began to perform the majestic "Jubilation" making his arms reach high enough to catch the drone as it was on its path towards a close-up.
"I'LL BE DENYING THAT DEAL!" declared Paps. He groped the drone by the handles and slammed it against the Red Knight's helmet. The blades were able to cut through her cheap plastic. The automatic drone began moving around trying to shake off Papyrus. While trying to fly higher, the drone cut through the disco ball freeing Papyrus from the obnoxious dances. It seems that the Red Knight opted for a more effective boogey bomb instead of a sturdier one. Papyrus pulled down the drone and threatened the Red Knight with it.
"What the frick is wrong with youuuuuu?!" screeched the Red Knight. She began to scream and wail from the pain inflicted upon her eye. "DAMN ? ﾸﾏRAT! GIVE ME MY DRONE BACK! I NEED TO SHOW THIS ON CAMERA!"
The Red Knight had seemingly lost the battle as she was terribly injured. Her inventory was mostly full of traps and healing items all of which would not help her at the moment. She had subtly sent an SOS message hoping her brother would be able to save her just in time. She decided her only other option left was to draw out her only firearm. She wasn't good at shooting as she mostly took care of building and support while her brother did the offense. She aimed her hand cannon and immediately fired without hesitation. "DIE, FOOL!" she yelled. Papyrus reacted quickly and threw the drone at the firing gun at the last second.
"What was that?" asked Sans after hearing the explosion.
"Look! It's Papyrus from the Underground!" John Wick pointed out. Papyrus emerged from the smoke unscathed and John Wick received a notification. The Red Knight was dead and only left the Black Knight on the battlefield.
"I DID IT! I GOT MY FIRST KILL, YO!" Papyrus cheered.
"Nice job, gamer!" replied John Wick from the tower.
"Yeah, good job…" added Sans. Sans felt slightly envious of John Wick praising his brother. But they had more important things to deal with. Another drone flew in to teleport her remains back to base for healing. She definitely would need some time to recover and a new drone.
As Papyrus came closer to the two towers, the trio suddenly heard the humming of an aircraft. The sound was getting louder as an X-4 Stormwing was headed their way. A remote bomb was detonated at the base of John Wick's tower and the plane began firing at them. They were under attack!