A/N: Sorry this took a while, guys. Lately the real world's been kicking my butt...especially given recent political events. And I wasn't happy with this chapter the first time I wrote it, so I ended up deleting the original ending and merging two chapters together. And I'm going to take a shift in the latter half of this chapter-switching from Pacifica's POV to someone else's...you'll see what I mean.

XXPay4XtraShippingsXX-Glad you liked it. NOT a good idea to bring Flowey! Bill up around Chara! Gideon...also, good to know SOMEONE knows my pain...

Disclaimer: A haiku=Broke, down on her luck-Alex Hirsch and Toby Fox-They're the true owners (Lame, I know. But you get the point)

"Stanley! Did you hear that?!"

"Over here!"

"AUGH! WHO ARE YOU?! OR WHAT ARE YOU?!"

"Ford! A human!"

"Easy, Stanley. He's just a boy. Don't worry. We're not going to hurt you. What's your name, son?"

"G-Gideon."

"Gideon, huh? Well don't you worry. We're going to take care of you."

"Ford, are you crazy?! He's…!"

"Dood! Dood, are you okay?!" Pacifica's eyes snapped open.

"Gideon!"

"Huh?" Soos, who had been floating in front of her, blinked in surprise. "No, it's me, Soos! You know, Mr. Pines' assistant."

"Oh yeah-the ghost…"

It was all Pacifica could say. She felt really light-headed after her dream…and the dream within a dream.

"I was coming back from work, and saw you lying unconscious outside." Soos told her, a worried look on his face. "Are you okay, dood?"

"Pacifica." Pacifica corrected him. "And…I don't know." She lay back-and suddenly realized that she was in a bed. "Huh?" She looked around the room, the fact that she was inside slowly sinking in.

"Oh yeah, I took you back to my place." Soos said, smiling at her. "It's just me and my abuelita here, so we have plenty of space. Are you hungry? I can get you some food if you like." Pacifica could only nod mutely.

Second time she'd woken up in a bed in a strange monster's house, and had them offer her food. Not to mention, both times the first thing she saw was Soos floating in front of her.

Not the first sight she wanted to be greeted with, but at this point she was getting desensitized to the weirdness. Soos disappeared, and Pacifica surveyed his room again.

The place was, in a word, a dump. Empty food wrappers and bags, video games, anime posters…

Wait a second. They had that junk here in the Underground?

A minute or two later, Soos came back with a bowl of soup on a tray, with a napkin and spoon (which he was somehow able to hold without hands).

"Sorry doo…Pacifica." He apologized. "Haven't been to the grocery store in a little while, so this was all I found." Pacifica looked down into the bowl of soup. Chicken noodle-like one of those cheap kinds that came in a can.

But she was so hungry she didn't care. Taking the tray from Soos, she took a spoonful of soup and blew on it before taking a gulp.

"Oh, and don't worry." Soos said. "Your clothes should be done soon." Pacifica stopped slurping her soup halfway, her eyes wide.

"What?"

"Your clothes were all dirty." Soos told her. "So my abuelita offered to wash them for you." Pacifica moved the soup aside and pulled the sheets off herself. She was wearing a huge white t-shirt that went down to her knees.

"How does a ghost…never mind." She shook her head and looked up at Soos. "Why?"

"Why what?" Soos asked, confused.

"Why are you helping me like this?" Pacifica asked. "We met like once. Plus, I'm human. Shouldn't you be like, trying to take my soul?"

"Nah, I'd rather stick around here and keep working for Mr. Pines." Soos answered simply. "I don't really care about going to the surface…except maybe for some of those 'onion rings' I heard about. And laser tag. I don't know what that is, but it sounds fun!" He gave her a big, goofy smile, and that was when Pacifica understood right away.

Soos was just a big old goof. He couldn't, or wouldn't, hurt anyone even if he wanted to. What was WRONG with him? Was he stupid? Lazy? Did he really like being stuck down in this gross place?! Pacifica started to ask him that…but then another thought came to her mind.

"Who's 'Ford'?"

"Huh? King Ford?" Soos looked at her, and Pacifica nodded.

"Stan and Dipper told me about him and…"

"Well um…that's a good question." Soos looked off to the side, and Pacifica guessed that he'd be scratching his head if he had hands. "Well, I've never met the guy myself, but I heard he does all these experiments with the help of the royal scientist. Writes down all this stuff in like, this journal thing. King Ford keeps to himself a lot, but he cares about us." He smiled again. "That's why he's trying to make create DETERMINATION so we can get out."

"'DETERMINATION'?" Pacifica blinked. "But didn't everyone say you can only get that from human souls?"

"Yeah well, like I said, I don't really know what's going on in there myself." Soos told her, shaking his head. "The kingdom's in a pretty desperate situation. Did you know Wendy was only your age when she joined the Royal Guard?"

Pacifica's soup suddenly tasted very cold.

"What?!"

"Yeah, but she fought her way to the top, and now she's the youngest monster ever to be the Head of the Royal Guard!" Soos let out a laugh. "It's no wonder Dipper has a huge crush on her! Pity there's that whole thing between her and…"

"Soos, are you bothering our guest?" An elderly woman's voice was heard saying from outside.

"Uh…no, abuelita!"

"Dad!" Twelve-year-old Wendy ran into the house she shared with her father and three brothers, a happy smile on her face. "Dad, I did it! I joined the Royal Guard!"

"HA HA! I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT!"

Manly Dan looked nothing like his daughter. Along with being huge, they were also different species, with Manly Dan being made of fire, unlike his fish girl daughter. The fire man picked his daughter up in a hug, somehow not burning her alive.

"Aw, Dad! Stop!" Manly Dan squeezed Pacifica a second or two longer before putting her down, still smiling big.

"Look at you! Gonna train real hard to kick human butt?! That's my girl!" Wendy smiled a little sadly, rubbing the back of her head.

"I just wish Mom was here to see this." A sad look crossed Manly Dan's face, and he pulled his daughter close to ruffle her hair.

"She would've been proud of you." He tried to smile. "That CURSED human who did her in is probably long gone by now, but you can still honor her memory by making sure that no humans ever hurt any monsters ever again!"

This time, Wendy gave him a genuine smile and hug.

"I'll beat up any humans who come down here! Don't you worry Dad, I'll make you proud."

"You already did."

Wendy clutched her halberd tightly in her hand, letting out a sigh. It had been three years now, and she'd been through more than her share of scrapes. The whole Underground saw her as an inspiration, a heroine. Even adults much older than her looked up to her.

They all conveniently seemed to forget that she was fifteen years old. The fate of the Underground rested on her shoulders, and it weighed heavily on her. Wendy didn't have time to be a teenager-protecting other monsters and serving the king came before everything else. It was a drag, but it's not like she could just quit and go hang out with her friends whenever she wanted.

I just hope I find this human soon. Wendy growled to herself. Next time she shows her face I'll…

She didn't have to look far. There in front of her was Pacifica, her blonde head bobbing in the distance, blissfully unaware of the older girl. Wendy had her where she wanted her.

"Hey!" Pacifica whipped around to face Wendy, her eyes wide with shock and terror. For the first time, Wendy noticed how young she was, and her eyes widened behind her helmet.

She's…just a kid. She's the same age I was when…

She shook her head, snapping out of those thoughts.

Come on, Wendy. She's still a human. No telling what she could do.

She walked over to Pacifica, each step she took making a heavy 'clang'.

"Here's a riddle-how many human souls does it take to break the barrier keeping us monsters trapped?"

"Um…"

"Seven." Wendy answered, stepping even closer. "Right now, King Ford has six. Yours is the last one he needs."

"N-no. Stop!" Pacifica backed away.

Finally Wendy stopped and pulled off her helmet, showing herself to the girl for the first time.

Blue scales covered her face, and long red hair fell past her shoulders. Being a fish, Wendy had fins for ears, and dangerous yellow eyes. She gripped her halberd and sneered and Pacifica, showing a mouth full of pointed teeth.

"No more running, kid. Your soul is MINE."

A/N: Finally, Wendy reveals herself! Now Pacifica's going to have to fight her. Bye, Pacifica... And yeah-I decided to have Wendy have both eyes, so she wouldn't be too similar to Undyne. And for those of you wondering how Wendy and Manly Dan could be related-let's say Wendy takes after her mother. Or if you like, you could imagine that she's adopted, like how Stan adopted the skeletwins.

Now, review please!