After a few minutes of crying in Mettaton's arms Frisk slowly started taking some slow breaths before looking up. "Thank you, I think I'll be ok now."
"Are you sure, we don't have to work on the pie anymore if it brings up painful memories for you." Mettaton offered.
"I… I want to finish making the pie, it was Chara's favorite and I really like chocolate pies too." Frisk replied. "Um… where were we?"
Mettaton looked at Frisk before slowly nodding as the lights and cameras turned back on. "Apologies for that small interruption darlings, as you can see, we're back and ready to continue. If you remember we had just placed the pie dough in the tin and were about to get started on the chocolate custard."
Frisk nodded as the two of them got back to work and started working on the chocolate custard before pouring it into a pie tin only to pause. "Oh, I… can't use fire magic."
"That's quite alright Frisk, not everyone can and that's ok." Mettaton told her as he turned on an oven and carefully placed the pie in it. "It'll take a little while to bake but then we'll have a delicious chocolate pie."
Soon enough, the pie had finished baking and was on the counter.
"It looks perfect." Frisk smiled seeing the pie.
"Would you like to taste the pie?" Mettaton inquired holding a small knife.
Frisk's eyes widened before she slowly nodded as Mettaton cut her a small slice and she took a bite only to gasp and tear up slightly. "It's… delicious."
"Glad to hear that, you were a great help darling." Mettaton mentioned before turning to the camera and nodding as they turned off again. "After your pie would you like someone to help you through Hotland?"
"Oh, you don't have to do that." Frisk whispered as she took another small bite of the pie. "I… I'm going to King Asgore's castle to find out what happened to Chara, and then… I'm going to give him my SOUL."
"I remember. Though having someone go with you even for just a little bit might make the journey easier." Mettaton pointed out as he offered a hand.
Seeing that Frisk's eyes widened as she teared up more and took it. "Thank you."
"You're welcome Frisk." Mettaton smiled softly.
A few minutes later Frisk had finished her slice of pie and put the rest of it in a refrigerator on the set as she and Mettaton walked farther into Hotland only to almost immediately notice a huge machine sitting in the lava.
"That… what is that?" Frisk asked in awe.
Mettaton glanced over before smiling. "That's the Core. It provides power to the entire Underground, though I'm not entirely sure how it works but it converts geothermal energy into magical electricity."
Frisk's eyes widened hearing that as she looked at the building. "Wow, did Dr. Alphys build it?"
"Actually no, it was there before Dr. Alphys became the royal scientist." Mettaton explained. "Though, I can't remember who built it. Whoever they are must have been a genius though."
Frisk could only nod in agreement as the two of them turned to continue walking through Hotland as they reached an elevator and rode it up a floor only for a small flame monster to approach them.
"Heh. My name's Heats Flamesman. Remember my name!" the flame monster told Frisk causing her to blink before slowly nodding.
"Heats Flamesman, I'll try to remember your name." Frisk promised.
Heats Flamesman only grinned confidently at that as Frisk and Mettaton continued walking through Hotland and they noticed what looked like a sentry station from Snowdin that still had snow on it despite all the lava around.
"I still don't know how he does that; Sans somehow still has snow on that thing." Mettaton sighed.
Frisk just nodded in agreement. "I don't know either, but it's definitely something he would do."
Mettaton nodded as they continued only to eventually reach two moving walkways, one that would take them farther into Hotland and the other to go back towards the lab and the rest of the Underground.
As they got on the walkway Mettaton turned to Frisk. "Do you mind if I ask you something Frisk? You seemed comfortable in the kitchen, have you ever cooked before?"
Hearing that Frisk looked down. "I… I helped my sister cook a few times, but it didn't usually end up right. We made ourselves sick trying to cook pasta and then got yelled at for making a mess."
"Oh, I'm sorry if I brought up some painful memories." Mettaton apologized.
"It's ok." Frisk mentioned. "We were yelled out, but it was a lot of fun cooking with Chara… I wonder if she got to cook while she was here in the Underground with all of you."
"I'm sure she was able to help cook." Mettaton mentioned as they reached another room full of the vents Frisk had seen earlier. "Oh, this puzzle is kind of interesting. Every time you jump from one vent to another there's a small pressure switch that changes which way the vent will blow you. The trick is figuring out how to get to the other side."
"That sounds like it might be kind of fun." Frisk admitted looking at the numerous vents as she tried to figure out how to get across them as Mettaton watched calmly before eventually she smiled. "Oh, I think I see how to do this you have to go back so it switches again."
Smiling she got on the vents and went along the path only to pause and double back at one point before she got across the room and waved to Mettaton as he flew over.
"That was very clever darling, you're quite the smart girl." Mettaton mentioned as the two of them continued traveling through Hotland together.
(Mettaton managed to try and cheer Frisk up after making a chocolate pie reminded her of her sister and the two of them are making their way through Hotland and towards King Asgore's castle. Next chapter Mettaton will suggest another show to try and take Frisk's mind off of things for a while. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated)