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Now then-
Flowey: Get on with it! NOW!
Chapter 5: Not My Best Friend
"PK Pulse!"
Action movies never told you that saving people in the nick of time was terrifying. Because if you were a second slower, slightly less powerful- Then you'd fail. Fortunately, you didn't.
You push Toriel and Frisk out of the vines path at the same time you blow up the ground with a PK Pulse. For your troubles, you got an angry scream in return as a slightly ruffled flower erupts from the ground.
"How-?!"
"PK Flash!"
"Gragh-!"
You jump between the writhing flower and Toriel and Frisk.
"Run!"
Toriel looks at you in surprise.
"But-!"
"Look, just run!"
"I cannot allow you to face this thing by yourself!" Toriel argues.
"Look at Frisk!"
Frisk shook like a leaf, clinging to Toriel like a drowning man clung to a life preserver.
"I can take care of myself. Just get Frisk outta here!" you yell.
Toriel looks back and forth between Frisk and you, expression torn.
Then she makes up her mind.
Toriel stood up, cradling Frisk, and gives you a stern look.
"Be careful."
You give her a thumbs up.
"Relax, I've fought worse than a couple of weeds!"
Toriel didn't smile, but she did start to run back towards the house.
"Oh no you don't-!"
You launch another PK Pulse. The corridor shakes and dust flew into the air, clouding his vision. Fortunately, vision wasn't something you need. Just open your mind and-
You avoid the vine at the last second, pushing it violently with a psychic shove. The vine collides with the wall and it starts to crumble. Toriel turns her head to look back at you.
"Run!" you yell. And Toriel does.
And to the tenuous mental connection with Frisk you still had-
'I'm counting on you, Frisk! I'll be back in a moment!'
The connection breaks as you dodge a thorny vine.
The dust clears and reveals Flowey's face.
"You…" Flowey snarled, vines thrashing in the air.
"Me," you agree, waiting for Flowey to attack.
But the flower didn't. Instead, he slowly smiles. It wasn't a pleasant smile.
"Heheheheh….." Flowey starts to giggle, grinning.
You watch Flowey as he laughs.
"Something funny?" you ask carefully. Dirt starts to part and crumble as Flowey rises above you, circling you like a shark.
"Yes~ You!" Flowy stops circling and stares at you straight in the eyes. His black beady eyes gave nothing away and you didn't want to attempt even a bit of Telepathy.
"I beg your pardon?" you ask carefully.
"You! You're the funny one!" Flowey cackles. You raise an eyebrow and wait. Flowey's laughter slowly fades to giggles and then a sigh.
"Why are you here?"
You think for a moment.
"Well, it's one of life's greatest mysterious, isn't i-"
"I mean here in the Underground, idiot."
You watch Flowey and Flowey waits patiently.
"Is there a reason I shouldn't be here?" you ask thoughtfully.
"Cause you don't belong here!" Flowey hisses.
And then Flowey's face was inches from your own, fangs bared and eyes gleaming. You don't react. Flowey chuckles again.
"You aren't like other kids, are you? And especially nothing like that damn brat!"
"For a brat, you sure got angry when they spared Toriel," you say evenly.
Flowey looks surprised for a moment, before grinning.
"Now how would you know that? Did you read the brat's mind? Naughty~!" Flowey laughed and backed away.
"Golly! That's kinda an invasion of privacy, y'know? Still, I see why you do it. It must be tempting to read everyone's mind. To know what they're thinking. To twist them around your finger."
Flowey smiles.
"You and I are more alike than I thought!"
"Please. We're nothing alike, weed."
Flowey gives an annoyed grin.
"Weed? Hehehe! Nice joke. But seriously-" You tensed as Flowey suddenly appeared inches from your ear.
"-I can see your SOUL. And I can see the blood you've spilled."
You freeze and Flowey continues.
"That SOUL of yours isn't squeaky clean. You've killed before, haven't you? Just. Like. Me."
Flowey prods your SOUL with a smile and that was enough.
"I'm nothing like you," you said, unleashing a gentle push. Flowey grunted as he was pushed by an unseen force, and the flower glares at you. Before smiling.
"Really? Do tell me. What excuses do you have? What do you tell yourself at night to live with the blood you spilled?"
Everything was silent.
"I did it to save the Earth."
…
"I wonder if the Earth asked to be saved?" Flowey says conversationally.
"Enough."
You realize your hands are shaking and you quickly clamp down on them. But Flowey grins in a way that tells you that he saw. You take a breath.
"At least I have a reason."
"You mean at least you have an excuse."
You want to wipe the smirk off of the flower's face. Badly. Anger bubbles beneath your skin and you breathe deeply.
"Oh, did I make you angry? I'm soo sorry!"
"What do you want, weed?"
Flowey places a leaf over his mouth.
"Now now. There's no need to be so angry. You and I have a lot in common, y'know? In fact…"
Flowey starts to come closer.
"I hear you need a way to escape the Underground. Save the world and all that. And I'm just the guy for the job. I know everything about the Underground! Each nook and cranny. All the secrets and cheats!"
Flowey gives an earnest smile.
"I can be your friend. I want to be your friend! And I can get you through the Barrier easy peasy!"
You stare at Flowey.
"What's the catch?"
Flowey gave a bright smile.
"All ya gotta do is kill Frisk!"
…
"Are we done here? If so, I shall be on my way," you say, turning around. As you did, Flowey whirled in front of you.
"Not so fast!" the flower hisses with a terrible grin.
You back up as Flowey creeps closer to you. You almost trip over a root.
"Look at you! Acting like your so high and mighty. Look at the blood on your hands! You have no right to act so goody-two-shoes!"
"I'm not agoody-two-shoess. Just someone who's doing the right thing."
Flowey gives you a twisted grin.
"Oh, so you're allowed to read minds and kill just cause you're doing the right thing? That'll definitley hold up in a court!"
Flowey stood up and adopted a stern expression.
" 'Ninten, you have been charged with murder and invasion of privacy. What do you have to say?'"
And in a whiny voice-
" 'Oh, I was doing the right thing!'"
Flowey snorted.
"A load of poop, that's what that is."
"It's not as easy as you think, reading minds," you say.
Flowey lowered his face to meet yours.
"Really? Do tell," the flower said derisively.
"Reading a mind is nearly impossible. Or at least pretty hard. People minds are too messy. Too chaotic. It's like trying to pick out every kind of nut in a jar of trail mix just by eyeballing it. Heck, most people don't know what their thinking. Why should I? The matrix of the mind for sentient species is to diff-"
Flowey interrupts you with a bored expression.
"Nerd."
You glare at the flower. Flowey doesn't appear to care.
"Anyway, blah blah blah. You still do it," Flowey whispred with a grin.
"I don't read minds without permission," you say evenly.
Flowey rushes towards you until he's an inch from your face. The flowers fangs are bared in a sick smile and his beady eyes gleam with glee.
"Oh, so you got permission from Chara when you read their minds? How else would you have known about what I did in the previous SAVE?"
"...SAVE?"
Flowey starts to laugh.
"They still haven't told you? Well duh, why would they? Psychic powers are cool, sure. But it's nothing compared to controlling space and time!"
Flowey looks at you with a smug smile.
"Gosh, I guess it's up to little ol me to tell you about the Undergrounds greatest power."
You don't say anything.
"When a SOUL has enough DETERMINATION, they can warp the world around them," Flowey began, "They can create SAVE points , and whenever they want, they can go back to their most recent SAVE. And they can do this over and over and over. They can even reset the world!"
Flowey's body starts to constrict closer and closer to you.
"So that little angelic act that Human has? Nothing but a lie. They can do whatever they want, without consequence. Heck, they probably killed you too, just because they could!"
And Flowey's face twisted into a hideous facade as he sneered.
"I wonder, now that you know, if you'll be so eager to talk to them again…"
You consider Flowy's words. And then you speak.
"Who's Chara?"
Flowey freezes and you continue.
"Either way, I guess Frisk's power is kinda cool. Still say PSI is better. Besides, you're wrong. Frisk's too much of a good guy to do stuff like that. Unlike you, or me, or this Chara guy you're talking about-"
"Shut up…"
"-I mean, Frisk killing someone? They probably couldn't hurt a fly. Heck, they'd probably cry over a fly, so killing one? Psh-"
"Shut up…!"
"-I dunno about this Chara though. Maybe they're differen-"
"SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!"
You narrowly avoid a vine as Flowey thrashes around, and you realize that egging the flower while surrounded by vines was not the best idea you had ever had.
"DON'T YOU DARE TALK ABOUT THEM! DIE, DIE, DIE!"
Dodging the vines was becoming harder. So you unleash your secret weapon.
"PK Fire!"
A PK Fire Alpha formed around you and traveled outwards, red hot flames expanding. Alpha was the strongest you could manage so far. You wince as you hands burn.
Flowey screams as he catches a flame and you quickly move, ducking and sliding under a throny vine. You get to your feet and whirl around-
A very singed Flowey launches a barrage of bullets towards you.
You cross your arms and try to stop them with Telekinesis.
It doesn't quite work.
HP: 25
You grunt as the bullets hit you, drawing blood, and Flowey stops thrashing around and stares at you with dead eyes.
"...heh…"
You grit your teeth as Flowey's face twists into a grin.
"Hehehehehe~! You don't have that badge with you anymore, do you?"
A vine comes out of nowhere and hits you straight in the face. You fall to the ground, blood oozing from the gash.
HP: 20
"You're dumber than you look…" You get off the ground a second before thorns erupt from it.
You stand to your feet and look at the monster that is Flowey.
"Hehehe...I'm going to enjoy ripping you limb from limb," Flowey smiled, the ground buckling and fissuring as more and more of him appeared, blocking the entire corridor.
You adjust your cap and take out the baseball bat.
"Let's see you try, weed!"
"Rragh!"
"PSI Offense Up! Defense Up! Life Up! Quick Up!"
HP: 50
PP: 42
ATK: 25
DEF:30
You're faster now!
"Die!"
"PK Fire!"
"Ninten's HP:50!
I gasped and looked around, expecting to see Flowey's looming over me.
Instead, I see Toriel looking down at me in concern, the world in color once more.
"M-Mom…?"
Toriel smiles.
"There you are, Frisk."
I become aware of the wetness on my face and my death grip on Toriel.
I don't let go. Not yet.
"Are you okay, Frisk?" Toriel asked carefully.
I nod and try to swallow. My throat is uncomfortable dry.
"N-Ninten…?" I ask.
Toriel's face falls.
"He's still there with that vile creature."
"Die! DIE!"
I tug on Toriel's sleeve immediately.
"Go back…!" I plead.
Toriel shakes her head.
"I'm not letting you near that thing! Not again!"
Part of me is glad that I'm safe in Toriel's arms, far away from Flowey.
Most of me is worried sick about Ninten.
I couldn't let him face Flowey by himself! He'd d…
I didn't want to think about it.
'Frisk! I'm counting on you!'
Ninten's thought rises unbidden and I'm confused for a moment. And then I realize what he was talking about.
I tug on Toriel's sleeve again.
"Frisk?"
"Garden, now…!"
Toriel doesn't say anything. Instead, she just scoops me up and runs towards the front door.
I hang on for dear life and hope that Ninten will be okay.
Ninten's HP: 25...20...15…
You fall to the ground, lip bleeding. Most of your face was bleeding really. You propel yourself using a blast of PSI, and not a second too late as Flowy's vines thrash the ground where you were.
You stand to your feet shakily. Your legs are scrapped to heck and back, and your right arm hangs uselessly by your side, mangled. The broken baseball bat is held in your other hand.
HP: 10
That's not to say that you were completely beaten down, or that you were the only one hurt.
Flowey oozes towards you, trying to climb over the charred and smashed vines and roots in his way. Only five petals remain on their smashed face. But they still grin, and more and more vines erupt from the ground.
PP: 8
You'd try another Life Up if it wasn't for the fact that it'd probably make your brain leak out of your ears.
Flowey lunges towards you, and you don't bother moving out of the way. Instead, you propel the broken bat as hard as you can with the last of your strength.
The vines hit your stomach and the only thing that's keeping your guts inside it a Defense Up. You still taste copper.
HP:5
The bat flies true and hit's Flowey straight in the face. The fifth petal fell slowly.
You fall to your knees and you vaguely hear Flowey's muffled laughter.
A moment later you bite back a cry as vines ensnare you, pulling you into the air. Flowey's mulched face is inches from yours.
"Y...You look like squash that's been run over…" you spit out.
"Cute," Flowy says before squeezing you.
HP:4
"Y'know, I've been wondering," Flowy begins nonchalantly as you take wet breaths.
"For a guy whose fought 'aliens', you don't seem to be that strong. So either your lying...Or that psychic block of yours is more than just a little song."
Cucumbers.
Flowey starts to laugh again, coughing.
"I gotta say, if that's the case, I should thank that Giygas. Without him, I'd never be able to get a nice, human SOUL...Even if yours looks a little strange."
You can't help it. You laugh. It hurts, but you laugh.
Flowey grins at you.
"What's so funny?"
You give a short wheeze.
"Weed...You have no idea the horror that is Giygas."
"Oh? Try me."
"He is a monster beyond comprehension. Beyond reason. Beyond sanity and morality. He and his army will come back to this world. And the sky's will be choked with ash and the air filled with screams as the world burns in Giygas's rage. Humans...Monsters...Everyone else. Giygas will use them to paint his canvas of war."
At this point, Flowey's face has been replaced with a vision of something much worse.
A little squeeze on your SOUL brings you back to the present.
"That's kinda poetic, in a dark way," Flowey mused.
The flower gives a horrible grin.
"Still, I don't think I have to worry about it."
You glare at the flower.
"And...Why's that?"
Flowey's eyes bulged as he gave a toothy grin.
"Cause I am the future of this world! It's god!"
Flowey starts to crush you again and bullets form around your heart.
"But enough talking. I'm going to kill you and steal your SOUL. And that little plan of yours? One teensy problem with it. You can't come back if Frisk SAVES over your death!"
...Piss.
Toriel lets me onto the ground gently. I wobble for a moment, before stumbling towards the SAVE point amidst the leaves. I fall to my knees right in front of the bright point of light, before closing my eyes and clasping my hands.
Ninten's HP: 3
Please...SAVE…
Ninten's HP:2
SAVE…!
Ninten's HP:1
...You don't have enough DETERMINATION…
Ninten's HP:0
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