I landed in Hotland within a few minutes and was in front of the hotel. I walked through the doors into a main lobby, a very flashy main lobby. I chuckled a little at the mettaton fountain in the center and went towards the back door. It wasn't too far of a walk into, in all honesty, I didn't even know where I was, it looked like some big machine. Suddenly I saw an elevator and decided to call Alphys for advice.

"*yawn* H-hello?"

"Yo Alph, it's Stryker. Listen, i need some help here, I'm at the resort and need to know if the elevator goes anywhere."

"Hold on, let me check." I heard her shuffling through papers and then some footsteps and eventually some keyboard clacking. "Alright, I have the schematics for the core and for the hotel and it seems the elevator will take you to where you want to go, but it seems like it's out of order."

"Any way to get the door open?"

"Yeah, but what's the point if it doesn't work."

"I can fly remember? I just need to get into the elevator shaft."

"Oh. Right. Give me a second here." I heard more clacking and suddenly the door opened.

"Thanks, I'll call again when I need more help." I hung up, walked into the elevator, opened the emergency exit door on top and flew all the way up. At the top I pried open the door myself and went through, I saw another room directly next to it with a symbol on top and I assumed that's where I needed to go. Before I entered, I made a save point, then progressed. I walked down a long corridor before arriving at a large empty room, well, empty besides mettaton.

"Well well, so you finally arrived; and right on time too, our show is about to begin. Now it's time for you to stop the rampaging "killer" robot... NOT! I mean get real! This was all just an act darling, an act by Dr. Alphys herself. Although, seeing you progress through the underground seems to have shot down her plan faster than before. You see, as the good doctor was watching you, she grew attatched to your adventure and desperately wanted to be a part of it. All of those puzzles you faced in hotland, the out of order elevator, that you cleverly got by, and even yours truly were all just parts in Alphys's plan to make you think you were a great person, but your abilities far surpassed her ability to help." I was kind of in awe by this.

"So Alphys decided to put half a million obstacles in my way just so that she could be more involved?"

"Correct!"

"Huh, that's actually kinda clever, if a little annoying. Either way, it seems like you're willing to tear away from the path Alphys paved and take me on yourself."

"You're on a roll today darling! Yes! I, Mettaton, have grown tired of this predictable charade. I actually have no desire to harm humans, the exact opposite actually. My one and only desire is to entertain and give people at home an amazing show! Now then, let's cancel the previous program." I heard blast doors shutting behind me and could faintly hear Alphys's voice.

"Hey, what's happening? The door's locked."

"Now then, let's give you all a show that will really drive you wild!" The floor illuminated with red lights and began rising upwards. "Let's give the audience what they want, real drama, real action, real bloodshed!" The stage stopped and we were revealed to, what looked like an ampitheatre, surrounded by rows and rows of seats and dozens of other monsters as well as cameras. "Let's see what you've got darling!" I fired a few weak ki blasts at him that connected, but didn't seem to do a lot of damage.

"The hell?"

"I'm much tougher than I look, and those little pellets won't work on me, besides, that's no way to get the ratings up." He pointed up and behind him to a large electronic screen that showed a bar graph with ratings fluctuating up and down, but at the moment, there was a gradual decline. There was something else though, something I knew that he was hiding, so, I decided to afterimage and quickly go beind him, bingo, there was a switch on his back. Before he even realized I left, I went back to my original position and put on an act.

"Hey Mettaton, you said you wanted ratings right? You're not gonna get them looking like that, why don't you fix yourself up a bit? There's a mirror behind you."

"My word, you are absolutely correct, give me one moment." He turned around and I flipped the switch.

"Did you. Just flip. My switch?" His face began flashing every color and he began shaking violently, I thought that was some sort of self destruct sequence I accidentally activated, but suddenly, I heard his voice in a very seductive.

"Oh, yesssss." I looked up and saw a sillouhette covered by fog and stage lights, but I knew it was Mettaton. "Ohhh myyy." Yep. "If you flipped my switch, that can only mean one thing. You're desperate for the premiere of my new body."

"Uh, yeah, sure, whatever makes you happy. I guess?" I felt very uncomfortable at the moment.

"How rude. But luckly for you, I've been aching to show this off for a long time. So, as thanks, I'll give you a handsom reward. I'll make these last few moments." The fog cleared and I saw what was actually a pretty damn good looking robot, and I'm not gay, but wow. "Absolutely beautiful!"

My soul hovered out again and I got ready for battle, while Mettaton began posing and dancing. I suddenly had an Idea.

"Well, if we're showing off transformations, might as well join the party." I blasted multiple ki spheres into the air and let them hover for a bit, I then backflipped and concentrated my energy, becoming giant, once I reached full hight, wich was still smaller than the ampitheatre, I flared my ki and detonated the ki spheres in brilliant fireworks. I saw Mettaton below me gape in awe and I saw the ratings skyrocket from 4000 to 7000. I powered down and did multiple frontflips to stand in front of the star himself. "So, how was that?" He snapped out of shock and grinned at me.

"Wonderful darling, absolutely fabulous. Now then, let's get serious." He began to attack me and I dodged, blocked and parried it all, and I even managed to counter and kick him back, not with my full force of course. "Excellent, keep it coming!" He summoned a swarm of what looked like tiny boxattons with umbrellas that fired heart shaped projectiles at me, I dodged the projectiles and blasted them, but then I had an idea to flair it up. I began to breakdance to the music playing in order to dodge and using different styles in order to deflect the projectiles back and even implimenting ki blasts to the routine. Every time I stopped, I did an epic pose with none being similar to the last and I kept seeing the ratings climb higher and higher.

"Man, am I ever glad I took those street dance lessons." Suddenly, Mettaton began dancing with me and we killed the floor, until he decided to send more bots my way and eventually he somehow released the pink heart he had on his torso and began to fire bolts of electricity at me, it wasn't hard to dodge, and I began firing my own blasts to counter, some of them actually hitting the heart and causing the bot to lose his arms.

"W-who needs arms with legs like these?" The heart began going insane, so I blasted it one more time and did a backflip into one final victory pose which pushed the ratings to over 11000. "Oh wow, look at these ratings!" I turned to him which was now just a torso and walked over. "This is the most viewers I've ever had! We've reached the viewer call-in milestone! One lucky viewer will have the chance to talk to me... before I leave the underground forever."

"Wait what? How can you just leave after all this?"

"Well darling, I- hold on, we have a caller. Hello there viewer, you're on TV. What do you have to say to this, our last show?" I heard the voice on the other end and it sounded strangely familiar.

"Oh... hi... Mettaton. I really liked watching your show... my life is pretty boring, but... seeing you on the screen... brought excitement to my life... vicariously. I can't tell but, I guess this is the last episode?... I'll miss you, Mettaton. Oh... I didn't mean to talk for so long..." I heard the line click.

"No, wait! Bl-. They hung up. I-I'll take another caller." Suddenly the phone began going crazy with people calling, telling him not to leave, and that brought a sentimental smile to my face.

"See Mettaton? The monsters, they need you. You're all that they have, up on the surface, humans have more celebrities than we can keep track of. But down here, you ARE entertainment, you are the reason the monsters don't mind it so much down here." He gave me the same sentimental smile I had.

"I see. Then perhaps it is better if I stay here for a while. You're right da- no, Stryker, you're right; monsters only have me, and if I left, then the underground would lose its spark. I'd leave an aching void that could never be filled. So, I'll just delay my big debut on the surface, but maybe not for long. You've proven to be quite strong, and even still, I knew you were holding back, you will be able to handle yourself with Asgore easily. Please, if you can't free us, then at least, when you get to the surface, protect humanity until there is a way. Can you promise me this?"

"Yes, I promise." I nodded my head with slight sadness.

"Ha ha, it's all for the best anyway. Truth is, this forms' energy consumption is... inefficient. In a few moments I'll run out of battery power, but don't worry, I'll be just fine. Knock em dead darling." With that, his eyes stopped glowing and there was no more movement coming from him. The stage began to lower and I heard the door behind me open and I heard Alphys.

"I-I managed to open the lock! Are you two..." She looked at the deactivated torso on the ground. "Oh my god! Mettaton!" She rushed towards him, and after a few seconds she breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank god, it's just the batteries. Mettaton, if you were gone, I would have.. would have... I-I mean hey! N-no worries, I could a-always just... build another..." She sounded very skeptical about this statement, so I decided to confront her, sort of.

"He's more than a robot isn't he? There's something within that is more than just a machine." She nodded at me, knowing I had figured it out. "Alright then. Hey, before I go, here." I charged a ki orb and held it out for her. She hesitantly reached out and recoiled at a small touch, but once she realized it wasn't hurting her, she took it from me.

"W-what should I do with this?"

"Make a... continuous energy source for Mettaton, I know you have the ability to make this keep generating energy." Her face lit up and she smiled and nodded.

"Alright, thank you Stryker!" She began to walk, but then turned around. "Actually, since you're going to face Asgore, let me tell you something. He won't take mercy as an option, he'll fight to the end, even if it kills him."

"Don't worry, I'll find another way. Mark my words, every single monster here is making it out of the underground alive, no matter what it takes." She smiled and began walking off with the ki ball, before turning around, grabbing Mettaton's torso and then walking out again. I went the opposite direction which led to a straight hallway with an elevator on the other side. I walked into the elevator and pushed the top floor button, ready to face whatever came my way. The elevator stopped, I made another save point and then walked out to find the king.

A/N: We're reaching the end here folks, just what's gonna happen?! Well, make sure you stay tuned, review, fav or follow and share with friends. Till next time, I'll see you then. Peace.