Five Nights of Redemption
Hi guys this is chapter 14 of Five Nights of Redemption, I think we'll get past 15 chapters like I said at the start, there's still a lot to go so let's keep it going
Chapter 14: differing opinions
Everyone/everypony walked into the lab's front room, it looked quite empty with only a few spaces to conduct any experiments and only the smallest amount of chemicals to boot, though one thing did stand out, there was an over abundance of empty Determination vials, test tubes and tumblers everywhere within the room, in the centre of the room was a 3 piece sofa and a TV, around the sofa where things Alphys had managed to import from the surface like cans of Coke and Doritos, the crew thought she could have been and gamer but then they saw a DVD for the latest Naruto Shippuden.
Monster Kid: "wow, this doctor is a nerd, she watches anime and drinks Coke, what the hell"
Undyne: "whoa kid, where did you hear that word?"
Monster kid: "you, and the fact that we kind of are in hell right now"
Undyne: "ok I get your point, so anyway, where's this robot, I bet I know who it is as well"
Alphys: "you do, don't worry I have cameras all over so I can see you and hear you, I can talk via this intercom so I can help"
Toriel: "thank you my child, now the robot, where is he?"
Alphys: "he's just further ahead, you need to go through the second door on your left, be careful if he knows you're there then he will make a grand enterance"
Rarity: "hum, grand entrance, he wouldn't know grand if it bit him on the butt"
Mangle: "I'm not biting any butts thanks"
Foxy: "me neither"
Pamela: "I get the feeling that you don't like this robot Rarity"
Rarity: "I don't he sounds like an obnoxious fool"
Applejack: "then stop your horse play and let's get him"
The crew walked past the main room and into the hall, the doors in the hall were spread very wide to accommodate the large rooms inside, each room was filled with different experiments that Alphys had done, the rooms were for different types of projects so for side projects like for the robots there would be one room and for Determination injection experiments there would be another room.
Alphys said the room they were looking for was the second on the left so as they got there they saw a label on the door that read: Mettaton room as if to say this room contains Mettaton and is not Mettaton's room, they entered as Alphys used a hacking device from her room to open the door, inside were 3 robots, one looked like a box of some kind another looked like a stylised singer or hair dresser and did look male but with feminine under tones and the third was the same box again but it had a switch on the back and didn't have the words "prototype" etched in the body anywhere.
Everyone/everypony crowed round the full version and gave it a look, it didn't look like much just a box, the Monster Kid messed around with the prototype version and found out it had a wheel to act as legs, arms and a small rocket so it could fly around, then he found the on switch and ran to the full version and turned him on.
Toriel: "my dear child what have you done?"
Monster Kid: "I'm sorry I just thought we should turn him if we're going to fight"
Undyne: "learns from the best don't you kid"
Alphys: "what he was turned off this whole time, nugh (Japanese gibberish)"
Mettaton: "oh my an audience, well hi there I'm Mettaton the underworld's greatest show host, you know it's been a long time since I've put on a show, I think it's time we got back on the air"
Rarity: "so you're the one who likes fashion and game shows?"
Mettaton: "that's me, and who are you darling?"
Rarity: "don't you darling me darling, I'm Rarity ponyville's best fashion designer and one of the elements of harmony, you can't out fashion me"
Mettaton: "elements of harmony, ha that sounds like crap, what you need is more action, drama, suspense, romance, here I give the viewers a chance to feel true and pure emotion, all you do is give ponies some clothes, oh and last time I checked ponies don't wear clothes unless you want to be the dregs of your equine society like those dogs I see wearing cardigans and riding in hand bags, that's just stupid"
Rarity: "how dare you say that, you know nothing of good fashion, what next you'll call me a Shetland Pony?"
Mettaton: "well you all ready are one darling, just look at you"
Everyone and everypony else: "ohhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Twilight: "oh no you did not just say that?"
Rarity had now just lost her mind, Mettaton to her was just some show boater who thinks that giving a good show is enough to put his name out there but to Rarity physical works is more meaningful then that, both have differing opinions and see the world in different ways but they don't go together too well, Rarity was outraged by the comment that she was going to enter into Mettaton's little show and show him how emotive she really is.
Rarity: "all right you oversized toaster what exactly is this show all about?"
Mettaton: "well since Alphys isn't here to play I'll have to skip the quiz, I love making fun of her and Undyne"
Undyne: "hey you shut up or you'll be my next can of Plaice"
Mettaton: "oh come on darling, it's obvious you two love each other, just get a room all ready"
Vinyl: "hey jack ass, are you making fun of certain people, not cool bro"
Mettaton: "what are you in love with that Cello player over there, ha, how boring"
Octavia: "I may not have the most popular of instruments, but with our music combined we make the world's hearts ignite with emotion"
Mettaton: "well then maybe I should bring you on with my show as well, you know what, what about these guys as well"
Mangle: "who me?"
Mettaton: "yes you, just look at you those ears are so pointy and that tail so soft, so long, so immaculate, you're perfect darling"
Bonnie: "did you point to me too?"
Mettaton: "oh yes darling, you have brilliant red eyes and those ears so long you could hide your face in them and your legs oh so powerful, if you had a tail as long as pink fox over there you'd be a Kangaroo"
Cyril: "we don't have one of those"
Mettaton: "oh and a WW2 Squirrel now that is inspired you can save the damsel in distress"
Rarity: "excuse me but I think your forgetting me"
Mettaton: "oh right, you again, ok let's start the show"
So with the cast of Mettaton's show ready they got into position and started to act out the scene, it's World War two, 1940, The Battle of Briton, Cyril and Bonnie are in their Super Marine Spitfires, they have been called out to the cliffs of Dover to patrol the area as signs of enemy movement has been spotted, they stick around for only a few moments as fuel is very limited, they see nothing and head back to base but as they do others see Bf 109s and Bf 110s coming close and they must engage.
With the fuel almost gone they are very light and can pull high manoeuvres and get behind the Bf 110s, they try to get away but even with two engines they are too slow to get away and too big to pull away using their own manoeuvres they have no chance of escape and fall to the 20mm cannons, they only need to destroy a few more planes but their fuel runs dry and their engines cut out, Bonnie and Cyril now try to make their way back to the air base.
They land as safe as it can be, without engine power there's nothing to pump the hydraulic fluid around the plane so they had no flaps and no landing gear, they had to belly flop it, they got out of the planes and saw in the sky that some of the Bf 109s and Bf 110s had got through the defences and headed for London, they had to get there and quick, but how they had nothing but their legs to get them there.
They thought for a moment and had a bright idea, who is fastest on their legs, why Stuart of course, he came to their aid and grabbed their arms, hopefully not rip them off and sped all the way to London, but as they were coming all the way from Dover by the time they got there it was already too late, houses turned to rubble, parts of planes smashed on the ground, people shocked covered in dust on the verge of tears but having that British resilience to stay calm and Determined to never let the enemy win, they know it's going to be a long war but if they stay level headed they know they can win.
Bonnie, Cyril and Stuart were relieved but then they heard air raid sirens blaring in the distance, they knew it meant that some planes were still in the air and moving towards the next city, Stuart took their arms again and ran fast to get ahead of the planes but as they got there they were blown off their feet, the bombs had just landed and destroyed that part of the city, but Bonnie didn't let them go any further, he powered up so he could use telekinesis to grab the planes at such a huge distance it was hard but he got them all and with such distance he moved the planes over the sea, the move itself was enough the throw the pilots into the side of the plane and kill them but just to make sure he slammed them into the North Sea.
Only problem is that the city they were in had housed their "beloved wives" and now the area was nothing but bricks and dust, they had to dig to find them and they dug until their hands were sore and bloody, when they finally found them it seemed all was lost.
Cyril: "Rarity, Rarity are you alright?"
Rarity: "Cyril, you came back, (cough) why, why is the world trying to destroy itself?"
Cyril: "I don't know, it must be a case of differing opinions but I know this, is long as I have air in my lungs I know I will fight for freedom, I will fight until I'm forced to lay down my arms in a cease fire"
Rarity: "then (cough) you fight till those bastard Germans feel the tip of your bayonet"
Then Rarity died and Cyril held her in his arms and cried softly, Bonnie had the same trouble, Mangle had a meat cleaver stuck in her side and she was bleeding out, she was more conscious the Rarity was and she felt the pain all through her body, Bonnie was there to try and calm her down.
Mangle: "no please I don't want to die, I have so much I want to do in life please don't let me go like this"
Bonnie: "it's ok sweet heart I'm here and I'm never letting go"
Mangle: "Bonnie tell me why, why do we have to fight, why do people and countries go to war"
Bonnie: "because they do things that others consider a crime, they don't believe that when someone does that it's the right thing to do and if they threaten other countries they have to fight back to, in the end, keep the peace"
Mangle: "then why am I the victim?"
Bonnie: "because... I don't know, I love you"
Mangle: "I lo..."
Then Mangle died mid sentence, she was too young and died not really knowing what the grand scope of the second World War was all about... or at least that was the character she was playing, Mettaton aired the show and his ratings had never been higher, callers from all over the underworld and phoned in and Mettaton's team had clocked in record number of callers saying that the new show was amazing and where did he find such talented actors, even Rarity got some praise and she enjoyed it, but this still wasn't her thing.
Rarity: "well that was fun but, I don't think I'd do it for a living, I love making cloves for other ponies so thanks for the opportunity but I must decline darling"
Mettaton: "oh that's alright this next part usually ends in tears... for you anyway"
Alphys: "oh, I was afraid of this"
Papyrus: "why, what comes next?"
Mettaton: "this is the part all my viewers come for, I "pretend" to kill them then they all wonder why the new characters never come back"
Toy Bonnie: "why did you just use air quotations on the word pretend?"
Mettaton: "because it's for real, you're all going to die"
Foxy: "bring it on I can take a tin can"
So Foxy went in on Mettaton only using his fists to try and dent his metal shell but as he punched the robot the only sound that was heard was Foxy breaking his paw.
Foxy: "... ow damn, what are you made of Titanium?"
Mettaton: "actually I'm a Carbon fibre, Steel composite alloy, this makes me strong and rigid, here use this sword, it's not even a prop"
After Twilight used her healing magic on Foxy's paw he took the sword and felt it's weight and power, as a Pirate Foxy was used to swords of any type, you could give him a Katana and he would know how best to use it, the sword in question was a European long sword, he tried to stab to the blade right into Mettaton and it simply snapped, this made everyone/everypony very surprised and there seemed to be nothing that could stop Mettaton and yet just as ironically he had nothing to attack with either apart from a small static charge which was no more powerful then getting one from nylon cloves.
But then the Monster Kid remembered something.
Monster Kid: "hey umm... look behind you there's a mirror"
Mettaton: "oh a mirror, vanity mode activate"
Monster Kid: "take this"
Mettaton: "... did you... just flip... my switch?"
Toriel: "what does that do?"
Alphys: "well like what you saw in the room I kept him in, he has a more... stylised form, that switch activates it"
Celestia: "well as long as we can hurt him now"
Freddy: "then we can move on"
Mettaton: "oh yes"
A cloud of smoke covered over Mettaton and with three lights coming on over head they could a silhouette of Mettaton's new form, the smoke cleared and they saw what looked like well... a game show host, singer or hair dresser, the area went greyscale and he started making weird moves to attack, everyone/everypony had to dodge and weave through blocks bombs and legs... ok.
All the viewers where still watching expecting it to be a part of the show, which it was, but the crew were fighting to stay alive and perhaps make another friend to help them with Flowey, but Mettaton was hard to get through and every time one of them got hit and the ratings went up, because of that Mettaton would just throw more at them.
At one point there was a break in the action so Mettaton could add in a small pop quiz.
Mettaton: "what makes a good show?"
Freddy: "action and good story"
Bonnie: "something to get the brain going"
Chica: "drama and romance"
Foxy: "adventure"
Toy Bonnie: "diversity and imagination"
Mangle: "creativity"
Toy Freddy: "character and world building"
Toy Chica: "friendship and team work"
Pete: "anti heroes"
Sarah: "love and loss, mystery and loneliness"
Lenny: "crime and thriller"
Oscar: "comedy and slapstick"
Mettaton: "wow great chooses, the viewers love them, well you showed your hearts now let me show you mine"
Mettaton then opened a case in his stomach and a pink soul was revealed to them using the same power as Chica, it shot bolts of lightning at them and they all had to avoid them, they dodged and dodged but they just kept coming until Foxy had enough of it all and shot the soul using his yellow soul power, Mettaton was shocked at Foxy for that and put his soul back in the case.
Mettaton: "you little vulpine, I'll make you into my next scarf for that"
Rarity: "oh hang on, I though you didn't like clothes darling"
Mettaton: "oh shut it you or your tail will be my next hair style"
Mettaton then started to use small robots to drop down on them and they dropped little hearts of their own but if they were to touch them they would explode and course massive damage, then after that Mettaton used the blocks and bombs in a line, Foxy had to use his soul power to shoot the bomb then move out the way then go through the gap, what made it worse is that Mettaton then used a remote on Alphys' TV and the blocks came back and everyone/everypony had to remember the pattern in reverse.
The ratings were going through the roof so Mettaton was ready to show some more heart and try again the electrocute them but they had him down to a T now and could easily avoid his attacks and this time he was going down, Foxy bided his time he knew if he could avoid the lightning for long enough he could just take one shot while also using his own power and destroy the soul, just one more turn, one more dodge and he shot.
Mettaton: "ugh, my arms, my legs, you... have beaten me, oh how I've wanted someone to finally put me in my place, you see, I do have a nasty habit of killing, any time someone wants to be on my show I give them the time of their life, then I kill them only to be sad because I want to make it big, but I don't quite know how"
Rarity: "well stop killing may be a start, and believe in yourself, I get a sense of jealousy from you like the monsters that come on to your show are better then you"
Mettaton: "oh you have no idea darling, just look back at what you put on, such raw and pure emotion, I could never do that, I may be a ghost inside of a robot but I haven't the talent I boast"
Tina: "you need to work on that but for now I want you to promise to Alphys to never kill again and maybe she will fix you"
Mettaton: "my dear Tigress you're right, Alphys honey can you hear me?"
Alphys: "yes, I can hear you"
Mettaton: "I want to say I am sincerely sorry for killing everyone, I've become a genocidal maniac and I want to stop, it's not getting me anywhere and I have decided to change my show to fully emphasize pure emotion, can you ever forgive me"
Moonlight: "I think the question here is, can you forgive yourself?"
Mettaton: "oh I don't know"
Twilight: "you have to try"
Alphys: "its ok I forgive him, bring him up to my room and I'll fix him and tell you about Flowey"
So Bonnie picked up Mettaton's body with telekinesis and they went farther into the hall where a flight of stairs led to the second floor, Alphys popped her head out of her room and saw the crew coming to see her, she saw Toriel and braced herself for the reaction she might have for the news that she was going to receive, but then she remembered the experiments she had to do in order to come to her final result.
The crew where at her door and she took a look at Mettaton, the damage was extensive but she knew what to do.
Alphys: "wow, you guys really beat him up didn't you?"
Freddy: "hey if anyone threatens us then we fight back"
Alphys: "well I'm glad you beat some sense into him, he's had that terrible blood lust for far too long"
Mettaton: "I'm sorry Alphys dear but, I had to show I was the best, I was a... how do you say it, Baka?"
Alphys: "yes that's the one, well if you don't want to wait you can take the prototype body in the room, it may take a while for me to make a new one that's as good and this one, plus didn't you say you wanted to know more about Flowey?"
Toriel: "yes my child, I have to know everything"
Alphys: "(gulp) everything?"
Toriel: "yes, everything, I have to know if my son is indeed connected to Flowey, I need closure"
Alphys: "alright but to see how I did it we'll need to go down stairs, Mettaton meet us at the true lad in 15 minutes then I'll show you all what happened to Asriel"
So as Mettaton changed bodies Alphys took everyone/everypony down 2 floors to the true lab, this is where all the Determination injection experiments went to live monster trials, the farther down they went the darker and eerier it got, the anthros were getting scared as it reminded them of their dark past, soon the truth about Flowey will finally be revealed but can they handle what is in store for them, they'll soon find out.
That was chapter 14 of Five Nights of Redemption, for any German readers please excuse me for using ww2 depictions but as I'm sure you know something as big as that will always be good for stories and I hope you all enjoyed this chapter but till next time.
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