Hide and Seek

"Why did you spare me?"

"Because I need help." Chara answered sternly. "Your help, prince."

"What do you think I can do?" Flowey asked, squinting at them.

"Something's come up. Monsters are playing hide and seek... My no-mercy speedrun was ruined." Chara gritted her teeth. "So far, I've found a ghost that does nothing but taunt me—"

*A ghostly laughter sends chills down your spine.

Chara waved the box away, "Useless boxes have been plaguing me. You're the only monster I've found so far, and I can't kill you this early. I know you have powers and probably the ability to sense other monsters, so can you please do me a solid and help me kill them? We're still bros, don't forget."

"Why don't you just reset?" Flowey inquired.

"I can't," her eyes darkened, "looks like someone's got more determination than me."

"Oh boy. I wonder who that can be." Flowey stated sarcastically, "Pssh. Yeah right. Don't play with me, Chara. You've been reseting the universe over a thousand times. What's different this time? Another human? Another entity that transcends your determination?"

"It's just like what happened with you. You were a god. Now, I had my time as god. But that power has been stripped from me and taken by someone, who luckily hasn't reset the universe yet." Chara replied.

"What, you want me to help?" Flowey chuckled as he said it. "Oh, I was god. And then you took that from me. And now you're asking me to get that back for you?" He shook his head. "No can do, bro. Just let the new player have their fun, like you and Frisk did. Monster, human, demon, what's next?"

"During hide and seek? Monsters are waiting for me to find them. And they're damn good at this." Chara remarked.

"Yeah, we take it seriously."

"But not you, prince."

"Shut up about that, will you?"

"You are the worst monster in the history of monsters." She shook her head disappointingly, "Can't even hide from a human."

"You taunted me."

"Couldn't keep yourself quiet, could you?"

A box nailed Chara in the face.

*You feel a bad stirring in your stomach.

*The air feels ominous.

Chara's eyes darkened. They clenched their fists hard. Flowey noticed the distress in Chara's situation.

"Something's come up." she said. "Someone's coming after me."

"so, undyne, you made this puzzle?" Sans asked.

"Yeah, I did." Undyne shrugged, her arms crossed. "It took me a while."

"WOWEY! THIS SURE IS A HARD PUZZLE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START!" Papyrus leaned closer to the piano, inspecting it closely. He pointed at the crack beside it. "IS THAT WHERE IT STARTS?"

"Yes..." Undyne glanced at what he's talking about, the sighed. "...No. It's a musical tune that you have to play in order to open the door." she informed, leaning against the wall. She shrugged, "I don't know what it is. Or how we're going to crack it. So go have a shot."

Sans went over to the piano and swiped his bony fingers across the keyboard, letting a rainbow of sound through their heads.

"ah, thats always satisfying to hear." Sans remarked.

"I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE PUZZLE, SANS." Papyrus advised. He pointed at the crack in the wall again. "I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH THAT SMALL TEAR IN THE WALL."

"Papyrus, I just said the solution lies in the piano." Undyne cut in.

"no no no. i think papyrus has a point." Sans got off the piano and crouched in front of the wall crack. "this may be a clue to figuring out the puzzle."

Undyne groaned. "Idiots."

"the wall crack shows how old this place must be. so, since its ancient civilization era, it couldnt be from the piano that would help us enter the room. i think its something else." Sans rose from sitting on the floor and went over to the other side of the room. He placed a hand on the wall, stepping around and sliding his fingers against the rough exterior. "i think it has some kind of material added. this wall isnt natural. it feels... off."

Papyrus knocked on the wall. "YES. IT DOESN'T GIVE THAT CLICK SOUND WHEN YOU KNOCK ON IT."

"i think its supposed to give a cruck sound." Sans informed.

"NO NO, SANS." Papyrus rubbed his chin. "I THINK IT SHOULD GIVE THE CLICK SOUND. NATURAL WALLS WOULD DO THAT. BUT THIS WALL SOUNDS HOLLOW. IT HAS A QUICK ECHO TO IT."

"which means..."

"WHICH MEANS..."

"Gah, for the love of god!" Undyne cried, "Will you two stop being stupid and do the piano—"

"THIS WALL ISN'T THICK!" Papyrus exclaimed.

"and the wall is aged." Sans added. "it looks thick, but i bet its just a hollow wall."

"IT'S WEAK! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS—" Papyrus was gonna demonstrate by punching it, but he tore the wall off like paper and didn't expect it. So he fell right through.

"by diddly gosh darn, papyrus! you made our way into the room!" Sans applauded.

"ALWAYS A PLEASURE." Papyrus's muffled voice replied as he lay on the debris.

Undyne smacked the side of her head with her hand. "You idiots... are still ingenious enough to figure that out... you really do think out of the box."

Sans grinned at the warrior fish. "tibia honest, i didnt think it would work. i just wanted to infuriate you with our stupidity. but it looks like we're sooo good at this game of life that we still got the job done."

"Yeah yeah, whatever. Get the artifact, and we can restore Gaster's soul in his body." Undyne kicked some rocks away, feeling a little defeated by the skele-bros' stupidity.

"alright. just dont let that dog near us." Sans warned.

"What's wrong with the dog?" Undyne asked. She felt like smashing her head against the boulder when saying that. "Except for... phasing through the walls... and snatching Papyrus' leg... and being with you when you uncovered Gaster's body."

"exactly." Sans said.

The short skeleton went in the room, careful not to step on his brother, and got to the artifact without trouble. He placed his hand against the jewel, which gleamed like plastic. He grabbed the spherical artifact which suddenly started to adapt to his fingers. It was like it was made of plastic material.

He got out of the room and just confusedly stated:

"its a plastic ball." he said.

"Yeah. What of it?" Undyne asked, seeing nothing wrong with it.

"was it always a plastic ball?" Sans asked.

"Yes." Undyne nodded. "Why?"

"thats... kinda disappointing." Sans remarked, "its a mosquitto repellant. a soul restorer. and a ball... fit for a dog."

"It's a powerful artifact." Undyne said.

Sans skeptically looked away. "yeah. right."

Papyrus stood up and dusted his battle body. "HEY, WE GOT THE ARTIFACT. NOW WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?"

A/N: We're gonna go revive Gaster, Papyrus. And you guys will stop Chara. Maybe.

I hope you like the new addition.