Tyrantale
Chapter 6.
In this chapter, Frisk will learn the ways of combat and rescues will ensue, let's see how far they can go before Chara strikes.
And now, back to the revolt.
Frisk was taken out to the ruins' entry point, near the area where he had landed upon falling from the mountain, to begin his fighting lessons.
"Frisk, the first you gotta know about going into combat," Undyne voiced, "is that everybody, everybody, is born with natural fighting instincts, whether you tap into them and utilize them is totally up to you."
"Is that true?" the Human boy responded, looking to the other Monsters with him.
"As far as we figure." Sans stated.
Undyne helped Frisk position himself at one end of the room, while Maddy stood at the other end.
"Here, Frisk," Papyrus said, handing the Human child a two foot long bone, "you can't go into battle without a weapon."
The Human boy waved the bone around tentatively.
"All right, kid," Maddy called, letting his cloak drop to the ground, "now, try and strike me, as hard as you can!"
"Really?" Frisk replied, "I won't hurt you, will I?"
"Are you kidding?" the orange mannequin responded, "This body was made for taking beatings, now let's go, come at me with all you got!"
Frisk gripped the bone he was given tightly, thinking about how he had never actually been in a fight before, though he really wanted to get good if he was going to help his new friends. So, he started running towards the Mad Dummy, raising his bone as he did, and as he ran, his mind was flooded with thoughts.
"I'm not a fighter," he thought, "but, I will have to be, I'm not strong, but I have to become so, I'm so little, but, if I'm going to help, I have to try, I will be strong!"
Just as he realized it was happening, he brought the bone down on Maddy, who was knocked several feet back, but, just barely managed to stay on his feet.
"Sweet Jesus!" Maddy uttered, his eyes spinning.
"Are you okay?" Frisk asked tensely.
"Of course I am," the orange mannequin responded, "but, wow, nice shot kid."
Frisk smiled happily.
"That was amazing for his first try." Papyrus quietly said to Sans.
"Of course it was," Sans replied, "after all, the kid is Determined."
They looked again as they heard Frisk grunting as he banged his weapon against the wall repeatedly, definitely psyched for battle.
Sometime later, back in the castle, while Mettaton was talking to the other prisoners, Alphys was talking to Sans on the phone.
"So, how are things looking from your end?" Alphys asked, "You still think we'll be able to do this?"
"I wouldn't have suggested it if I didn't think we could." Sans replied.
"How is the human doing?" the lizard woman wondered quietly.
"Better than we expected," Sans affirmed, watching Frisk knock Maddy around, "I guess we shouldn't be too surprised if he really was surviving by himself on the surface."
"You think he stands a chance against Chara?" Alphys inquired.
"He's definitely eager to try," the short skeleton responded, "he's certainly not afraid, he just...really wants to help."
"I guess that counts for something," the lizard scientist said, "just make sure he's prepared, everything is riding on this."
"I know." Sans stated.
"Seriously, I don't think I need to stress this any further," Alphy voiced, "this is probably the last chance we've got at freedom, from Chara and the underground, if we fail here, forget about freedom, the world as everyone, down here and up there, know it will come to an end. Chara is a child, but, he's not a joke."
"You're right, he's not a joke," Sans attested, "he's an evil, vicious, savage child, but, he is still, definitively, a child. Brutality aside, the mindset of a child is still in there, if we don't cause his downfall, he'll do it to himself."
Silence, as Alphys mulled it over.
"I know where you're coming from," Alphys said, "but, I certainly hope you have an escape plan to fall back on if something goes wrong."
"Of course I thought of that," the short skeleton scoffed, "I always have an escape plan when it comes to palace break-ins."
"Do you have an escape plan that applies to everyone else?" the lizard woman pressed.
"...I'm not going to let anything happen to anyone," Sans affirmed, "you know that."
Alphys sighed in response to the skeleton's unwavering credence.
"Well, if you're sure you're ready," she said, "then, let's get to it, Chara has been quiet for a while and it's kinda freaking us out."
"Right," Sans replied, "if you're ready, I'll rally the troops, you do the same on your end, and I'll tell you when we're on our way."
"Got it," Alphys responded, "good luck and be careful."
They then ended their phone call and Alphys called for Mettaton.
"What did Sans say?" Mettaton questioned, "Are they ready?"
"It sounds like it," Alphys affirmed, "he said we should get everyone ready and he'll tell me when they're coming."
Mettaton nodded in response and left the lab.
"Ooh, boy," she said anxiously to herself, "we're really doing this, this is really happening, we're defying Chara to the tenth degree, God give us strength...please, let this work."
Chara was outside the castle, standing in front of the barrier, tapping it with fixation; he never told anyone, but, he could feel that it would come down very soon.
"Soon," the corrupt child mumbled, "it will come down."
He pressed his hands and face against the translucent wall, eyeing the dark horizon that had been tantalizing the Monsters for centuries.
"And then," Chara sighed, "the surface will be mine as well, everything will be mine."
After nearly an hour of smacking the orange mannequin around, Frisk was taking a break from training, Toriel gently removing dirt from his face, while Napstablook put Maddy's stuffing back in place.
"Are you sure I didn't hurt you?" Frisk asked the mad dummy.
"Kid, I assure you, I've been thrown around much harder than that," Maddy replied, "it's all part of the job."
Toriel finished cleaning Frisk up.
"There you go, My child," the goat woman voiced, "all better, though, I'm still surprised that you got so dirty, yet, sustained hardly any scratches."
They were approached by Sans.
"That's probably thanks to all that Determination." he said.
"You keep saying that," Frisk responded, "Determination, am I supposed to know what that is?"
"It's a special power that exists in souls," Toriel affirmed, "however, it seems to be more prominent in Human Souls."
"A special power." the human boy mused.
"Frisk, let me ask you something," Sans voiced, "when you fell off the Mountain, what was going through your mind?"
Frisk thought about it.
"Well, at first, I thought I was going to die," he explained, "but, then I decided that I didn't want to die and that I wasn't going to die, I wasn't going to die, and just like that, I landed. I didn't know what to expect or what was around me, so, I just laid there until Asriel found me, I was surprised, because, I hurt way less than I thought should."
"And you know why you weren't badly hurt?" Toriel asked.
"Because of the flowers?" Frisk replied.
"Well, that was part of it," the goat woman attested, "but, more so, it was because you were filled with Determination, the Determination to survive, that's why you came out of it as good as you did. That's also Chara wants another Human Soul, it's the Determination that makes your soul so powerful."
"Determination." the human child mumbled, patting his chest curiously.
"So, you get why we're training you like this, right?" Undyne offered, "Because we're sure that if you're filled with enough Determination, you can stand against Chara."
Frisk looked at himself, then at the Monsters around him, then at himself again.
"I will be Determined," the human boy asserted, "I am Determined, let's go get your friends."
There's the new chapter.
I have a confession to make, the reason why Chara was so quiet in the previous chapter was due to an oversight I made, I got so caught up in the Monster shenanigans that I completely forgot to include Chara. That's why I added that scene of Chara hanging around the barrier, to show why he does not seem to be noticing what is going on, to show that "mind of child" thing that Sans and Alphys were talking about. Yes, Chara is ultra-powerful, but, he still has the mindset of a child, so caught up on the idea that Monsters are afraid of him that he does not consider the possibility that they would plot anything in his absence.
So that is why that scene may feel a bit awkward, it is basically filler and an attempt to add a tad bit more to "King Chara's" character.
