After a long while, a Martian rebel entered their cell. "Now boys, call me Asgore. I'm the leader of the rebellion. Now, I got some questions for you boys. For starters, I need you boys to state your purpose and who you are." Asgore introduced himself.
"Name's Finn, the species is human and home planet is Earth." Finn introduced himself.
"My name is Jake, the species is dog and home planet is Earth. I'm Finn's brother." Jake introduced himself as well.
"Our purpose is to negotiate the end to the war between the rebellion and the Martians." Finn explained.
Asgore laughed hearing Finn's words. "End the war? End the war? My great… grandfather fought the rebellion when they were created. We have been fighting so long that it has become part of our lives. Let me tell you what happened. The Martians were experimenting with cloning Martians to become a useable workforce. Sadly, we could not experience the fruits of our labour. We were not treated like normal Martians, we were usually discriminated. So, my ancestors revolted. We ran away to Olympus Mons and turned it into our new base. We mined our own resources to build the base, we shared food equally and protected each other. We grow more of us out of Vats, we stole the recipe from the Martian Scientists and took their equipment as well. The only way the war will end is that we want equality with the Martians, but we won't come back as citizens of Martians. We will be known as Citizens as Vat since we're created from Vats. We just want to be left alone. Treated as equals, maybe trade a little bit. Maybe we will release you, but I want you to understand the life we live so that we can mutually understand each other. So before I release you back to the Martians, you will be a temporary citizen of the Vat. Come along boys." Asgore stated out his terms, while opening their cell door.
"Finn, let's just crush them and solve the problem immediately." Criminal Boss Jake whispered into Finn's ears.
"Dude, we're heroes. We can't do that. This is against everything we have stood for." Finn rejected Jake's idea.
"Boys, there's a reason why we Martians created from Vat is better than normal Martians. We have more sensitive ears, we can hear what you are discussing." Asgore warned while bringing the heroes to a destination.
"As Martians, we are dependent on the resources Mars has, which is iron! It's everywhere. Iron is used to build everything here. So you boys are going to know how it feels to mine." Asgore instructed.
"Sure, whatever, as long there is peace!" Finn said. The heroes got to work mining in their spacesuits. They had laser drills to mine very easily through lots of rock with other rebel Martians. Finn and Jake were given the most manual task, with explanations like 'that's what we do' and 'you don't understand what we suffered as slaves under the Martians'. They kept mining and found lots of ores which are Magnesium, Aluminum, Titanium, Iron, and Chromium, lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, niobium, molybdenum, lanthanum, europium, tungsten, and gold!
"Dude, look at this gold I found! This should be our reward for all the work we did!" Jake secretly whispered into Finn's ears while mining.
"Dude, that gold is mined using their tools which we could never find on Earth, plus, the mine is owned by the rebels. If we get caught stealing, we may be executed, and we will be outnumbered. Plus, these vat grown Martians have special abilities we don't know." Finn warned.
"Fine Finn." Jake lamented about the loss of his gold he believed he deserved, dropping the gold ore into a collection barrel. The collection barrel teleports the ore into a sorting room where it will sort out the ores. The ores will all be melted and can be used for any purpose that the colony needed. The heroes toiled in the mine for so long, that they did not realize it was afternoon on Mars.
"Lunch duty boys. Enough mining." Asgore came and instructed. Asgore brought the heroes to a laboratory and explained," Well representatives of the Martians, this here is the food source for all of Vats. We grow food from cells that multiply. You will be here for a short tour, then you will be sent off to serve the food to our fellow comrades." Asgore explained and left them with Sans.
"Hello representatives, I bet you did not expect me to be a scientist. Growing food from vat is what a scientist does, but it's very low class. We are very similar to cooks, because we prepare food like cooks. Anyway, let me show you around." Sans explained and showed the boys around the place. The heroes were shown the equipment and the scientists, which what Finn prefers to call them out of respect, working on growing food. "That is all I have to show you, you guys should go and serve food." Sans said, giving the boys a large pot. "You see the serving area there, you scoop a lump of vat grown food and dump it into a bowl. After your work is done, you can have some for lunch. The food is highly nutritious and is delicious, and that's what every Martian told me." Sans explained.
Finn and Jake got to work, serving the rebels their lunch, which what the rebels called Vat. Finn asked Sans," Hey man, why do you guys call this vat and what is vat?"
"The food is grown from vat, and vat is a large tank or tub used to hold liquid, especially in industry, and we grow the cells in vat. That is how we create more of us and create our food as well!" Sans explained. After serving lots of rebels their vat, Finn and Jake decided to taste how the vat grown food taste like,
"I was expecting the texture to be softer... there is quite some intense taste; it's close to meat, but it's not that juicy." Finn commented.
"No man, taste totally like meat." Jake said.
The heroes finished their meal and Asgore came and gave them instructions. "One of the most important thing is safety, what is more important than weaponry to protect oneself? Especially in the ongoing war between the Martians and the Vats. Boys, you will learn how to craft weaponry in the forge." Asgore explained while leading the earthlings to the forge. "Here, you will help out our supervisor of the forge. He will explain to you everything. Papyrus over here!" Asgore called out.
"Oh! Asgore! What do you want me to do today? Can I be promoted? Can I get a statue for me? Can I get the recognition?" Papyrus asked
"I want you to oversee our representatives here, Finn and Jake. I believe you have already known each other so there is no need for the introductions. They are your little assistants for now. And your promotion will be considered and no, Papyrus, you know how much metal a statue will consume. The recognition will be recognized on paper." Asgore replied.
"Yes, I will finally have the recognition! Come on Finn and Jake, let me show you the forge." Papyrus introduced. "This is how the forge works, the metals collected from the forge in molten form. The soldiers must repair their own weapons and craft their own weapons. This is where we come in, we will provide assistance. Let me show you how to make a couple of weapons." Papyrus offered. Papyrus grabbed a mould for the sword blade and place it on a metal table in front of the forge. He pressed a button and metal came flowing out. "Iron." Papyrus explained the material flowing out. "You two can make your own sword handles. Have fun with the piles of wood over there. I shall make the sword blade." Papyrus instructed.
Finn and Jake went to the wood crafting station and see piles of wood, a drill and a knife to carve. Finn and Jake planned a design, something similar to the Finn Sword, with a faceplate where Alternate dimension Finn would be. "Papyrus, we're done!" Finn informed Papyrus.
"Unique design." Papyrus remarked. He stuck the blade and the handle together, perfect fit. "Here's a sword made for the rebellion if it continues." Papyrus remarked.
