"Undyne, I can explain!" Papyrus said, standing in front of Mettaton in hopes to block him from Undyne's dangerous gaze.
"No." She said, fists clenched at her sides, "I know exactly what's going on here. That… THING has somehow brainwashed you!"
"Well! Excuse me, missy, but I am no 'thing' I am the fabulous Mettaton!" The robot said, stepping in front of Papyrus and glaring daggers right back at the fish.
Undyne pulled out her concealed handgun and pointed it right at Met's soul. "Step away from the skeleton, and no one has to get hurt." There was no shakiness to her voice, Undyne was ready and willing to shoot the robot at any given time. Screw borders and screw treaties, nobody messes with her friends.
"Undyne, listen, please. I'm not brainwashed, I just… like Mettaton." Papyrus tried to explain. During his short explanation, Undyne had crossed the small street and was about to grab the skeleton's arm but stopped short after the last part of his sentence.
"What?" Undyne was shocked, but shock quickly turned to anger and she grabbed his arm. "Pap, come with me now. You've been around them for too long, you've forgotten who you work for. Love… is not part of the job unless it's family."
"No." Papyrus said, tearing his arm away from Undyne.
"What?" Undyne and Met said at the same time. Neither of them had ever seen him disregard orders or stand his own so strongly. "I love Mettaton. I will go back with you now, but that won't stop me from coming back to him." He stared at Undyne, who had her head down, only when she let a low chuckle did he falter.
"Really?" She asked and he nodded. She looked up with a wild glint in her eyes, "Then I'll make sure you have nothing to come back to." Undyne pushed Papyrus away and aimed her cocked gun at the robot. "I'll make you pay you damn bucket of bolts for tearing Papyrus away from his family."
Mettaton was shocked and couldn't react fast enough to use his built-in guns. Undyne pulled the trigger.
Tok looked around. She had woken up in a dark room. Turning on her night-vision, she saw various broken furniture decorating the floor. Looking around further, she saw a slightly ajar door. Carefully standing up she made her way over to it, listening for any other movement. Memories of the dark alley and dreadful noise flooded her mechanical mind. She had to be careful of whoever brought her here, she had no idea what they looked like or if she could even fight them if they could make her pass out in just a few seconds. She slowly opened the door, readying to hopefully punch whatever might be on the other side. Stepping inside the room, a small light greeted her. It was a lit candle, freshly lit with only a few drops of wax collecting at the bottom.
"Interesting place for a candle." Tok said aloud, momentarily distracted by the source of light. She quickly snapped out of it though when she heard a growling. Swiftly turning 360 degrees, she scoped out any signs of life. Nothing, and the growling stopped. The robot turned back to the candle, only to find it was gone and now replaced with a opaque, white substance. Tok shivered at the thought of what it might be and decided it to just avoid it and continue on in the building. Walking for about ten minutes, Tok came across two hallways and a door in between them. A sign on the door read; 'To open, must complete puzzles on either side. Do not open for anything less than emergencies.'
"Well, getting out of here counts as an emergency to me, so that's good enough." She read over the sign again. "Puzzles? Weird way to unlock a door, but I'm pretty good at 'em." Starting on the left, Tok went and mentally prepared herself for anything. Arriving at a slightly ajar, sliding steel door Tok pondered how she would get in. "Wait a minute, I'm a fucking robot." She gripped the open end of the door and pulled it open. At first it didn't budge, but with a few yanks it slid wide enough for Tok to step inside. Getting used to the new room, Tok looked around. The only notable thing was a console across from her. Stepping towards the machine, she placed her hands on it, trying to feel for any motors. While doing this, her hand brushed a switch of some kind and she pushed it up. A whirring rung through the room as a screen in front of Tok lit up. The 'puzzle' was to try and move some cubes so a rocket could get through. "Simple enough I guess." It took Tok about ten minutes to figure out the solution, and when she did a green light lit over the screen. "One down, one to go I guess." The other puzzle was just like the last, Tok finished it in five minutes. She was about to congratulate herself when a shuffling sounded behind her. Turning, with her fists raised, Tok prepared to punch something. There was nothing there. "This place must be falling apart. Either that, or I'm going insane." Deciding to just get out of the old building, Tok left the puzzle room and went to the main door. Walking back, Tok noticed lots of panels on the walls. They looked deactivated. Tok decided trying to turn them on would waste time, so she continued on.
Tok walked around for a good half-hour, with no indication if she was getting closer to an exit or further away. Every few minutes something shuffled either behind or in front of her. She never saw anything and she was scared if she didn't get out of here she would go insane. Finally, a red light shone a few meters ahead. Tok sprinted towards it, praying to the stars it was an exit. As she neared the glow, a whimpering came from her right. Slowing turning her head, she noticed a small hallway leading off into a pitch nothingness. She looked back to the light, there were no words, only a simple red light. Tok thought for a moment.
"It could be an exit, and that whimpering sounds an awful lot like the whimpers from the alley. But, then again, it could just be a light and the whimpering might be another monster trapped down here. GAH! I wish I could be two places at once!" The whimpering seemed to subside after Tok's outburst. But then heavy footsteps began towards her, "Guess I have no choice then, they know I'm here now." Tok went for her gun holster only to realize it was taken, with a quick curse she raised her hands ready for an attack. As it got closer, it got louder; the whimpering turned to panting and the footsteps became quicker. Tok noticed her back was now against the wall opposite the hallway, she had backed up without even realizing it. The creature was almost to her. With a deep, mechanical breath, Tok closed her eyes and prepared for whatever was running at her. But then the running stopped, almost immediately. She could still hear a panting, coming from above her. Slowly opening her eyes, it was her turn to give out a small whimper. A giant white blob stood in front and over her. A light static was coming off it. Trying to see around it, Tok noticed five black silhouettes on the side and one hole looking down at her. She tried scanning the creature, but nothing came up. Hesitantly, Tok inched away with her back to the wall. But the creature let out a very loud bark, freezing her in her place.
"Heh, nice doggy," she whispered out. "you wanna a pat?" Reaching out her hand, she rubbed the gooey body. It seemed to pant more, rubbing against her hand. "N-nice dog, good dog. I bet you haven't been pet in a while, huh?" The large monster lay down at Tok's feet, even then it was just a bit taller. "I don't got any treats on me, sorry pal." It let out a small whimper, but then began to pant again. Something clicked in Tok's scanner. "Hey, I think I know what you are know. Care to know?" The monster nodded it's head, and waited as Tok finished the scan. "Huh, it says here, you're… an Endogeny? What the hell is that?" The Endogeny whimpered and Tok softened, "I guess it's just… you. Would you help me get out of here? I'll give you more pats," The creature jumped up with excitement and began down the hall it came. "Well okay. Wait for me!" Tok ran after it, and was swallowed by the darkness. The hallway went on for a while, the only sounds were between the Endogeny's heavy panting and Tok's footsteps. She could barely make out the giant dog-like creature in front of her, but she could see the walls forming to the sides of her as they seemed to get closer and closer. They got so close at a point Tok was afraid the Endogeny couldn't fit anymore, but luckily it's slick body passes by easily. Finally, they made it to a door way. The Endogeny swiftly went inside, Tok had to side-step into the gap. Tok's scan indicated the room to be at least three times the size of the puzzle room, and that there were a lot more creatures. Though she couldn't quite place any as being the same as the Endogeny. She began to feel around for a light switch near the door and to her surprise there was one. Flipping it up she was completely caught of guard by what she saw. At least a dozen more, things, were staring at her. The Endogeny had went to far wall and sat, completely ignoring the others. Tok gathered her courage and raised a hand, "Hi."
The sound of a gun shot echoed throughout the almost empty street. Mettaton let out a scream, but it was a scream of surprise rather than pain. The bullet had not hit him, instead it was now trapped inside a small spider web and on the ground. Undyne was simply awestruck, but she quickly recovered and went to load another round. Papyrus used this time to disarm Undyne and throw her gun into the street.
"Papyrus!" She yelled, "Why did you do that?"
"You tried to shoot Mettaton!" He yelled back.
"You're not thinking straight," Undyne tried to reason, "Mettaton doesn't really love you, he's trying to use you to get to us."
Papyrus refused to listen. "I know that's not true. He would never do that to me, right Met?"
"Met?!" Undyne screeched.
Mettaton nodded his head, still a bit shaken from the literal dodged bullet. "Of course darling, I would never try something like that. But you need to go."
Papyrus tilted his head, now he faltered. "Wh-why? If I leave now, Undyne will surely kill you!"
"No, she won't," A new voice cut in. The three on the street looked up to the voice and saw the owner sitting on a fire escape with her feet hanging on off the railing. Two hands grabbed the bars above her to keep her steady, another was holding the railing, one held a specialized gun that shot webs instead. A sneer decorated her face, along with five eyes filled with rage.
"M-Muffet," Mettaton started, but Muffet cut him off with a raise of her hand and jumped down from her perch.
"Don't try and explain yourself Mettaton. I understand you like Papyrus. And I was fine with it." She looked to Undyne. "That was until… this one here decided to take matters much bigger than herself into her own hands."
"You're okay with this?! But the mobs," Undyne tried to explain herself, but Muffet wouldn't have it.
"Why would this be a bad thing? The two mobs working together would do more good than bad," Mettaton said, trying to work it out in his head.
"Mettaton, I respect you trying to help. But, well it's hard to explain, just because you two like each other doesn't necessarily mean it will be that easy for both mobs to suddenly get along," Muffet explained.
"As much as I hate to agree with this bug, she's right Pap," Undyne added, grabbing for Papyrus' arm again.
"Excuse me?" Muffet turned her head to look at Undyne, "What did you call me?"
"A bug." Undyne smiled a toothy grin. "A loathsome, greedy, bug."
"Why you-you trout!" Muffet aimed her gun at Undyne.
Undyne matched Muffet with her own gun, but Papyrus and Mettaton got in the way. "Stop it guys!" Papyrus screamed.
"We don't need another turf war so soon!" Mettaton's voice matched the skeleton's in urgency.
Muffet and Undyne lowered their respective guns. "Fine!" They exclaimed together.
"Pap, you're coming with me. Now!" Undyne left no room for arguing as she grabbed the skeleton's arm and wrapped her fingers around his radius bone.
"Ah! Un-Undyne! B-bye Met. I promise I will see you later," Papyrus said, no longer fighting against Undyne's grip.
"Oh, you'll see him again. Don't worry." Undyne marched away with Papyrus in tow.
"Mettaton let's go," Muffet said, waving her gun in a follow gesture.
"Bye, Papy." Mettaton waved at his lover and sulked away after Muffet.
"She did what?!" Grillby was on the verge of exploding. His flames were just barely licking the ceiling.
Undyne barely flinched, "Muffet tried to shoot me. Papyrus could vouch for me, but as you know, the experience was so much for him he decided to lock himself away." Everyone in the room: Grillby, Undyne, Frisk, Sans, and the dog guard looked towards the shared skele-bros room. A light sobbing could be heard from inside.
Frisk tapped Grillby's elbow, it was as far as they could reach, and signed, "I don't think Muffet would shoot Undyne without a reason. She'd never done it before."
Grillby sighed, his flames lowering, "Frisk is right. If Muffet wanted to kill us, she would've done it by now. Undyne, are you telling the whole truth?"
"Mettaton was there too!" Undyne burst out, the sobbing grew louder for just a few seconds before dying down again.
"That singer? The cross-dresser?" Sans spoke up for the first during the meeting. "What did he do to Pap?" His hand started twitching.
"The bucket of bolts threatened to steal Pap away from us!" Undyne exclaimed.
"Why I outta-" Sans started but was cut off by Grillby's hand.
"Calm down, Bones. This is a predicament."
"What should we do, boss?" Doggo asked, ears perked up from Grillby's quick movement.
Grillby looked at Frisk, to Undyne, to the door Papyrus hid behind, and then to the window staring out onto their street. "If it was under different circumstances, I wouldn't do this, but this is serious and in clear violation of our deal." Grillby grabbed his hat and pulled down over his face. "I'm ending this cease-fire, and I'm ending this war once and for all." Everyone cheered, everyone except Frisk and Sans.