Family

Chapter 409 Misery Attack

By: Major144

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. This is just a story for fun.

The expedition from Castle Lemongrab was lead out of the caves by Blockner and his band of mercenaries into a vast snowy wonderland with a great big forest. Off in the distance there was a small town. Jordan and the others were stunned by the odd sight. How could such a place exist within a mountain? Some truly strange magic was at play here.

"Welcome to Snowdin. It's a nice little town full of interesting people." Said Blockner facing the explorers.

"So is this the main area of the Underground?" Asked Jordan.

"Oh it's a big area, but not the main area." Said Blockner.

"I guess will be splitting ways here." Said Jordan.

"For now anyway. My crew and I need to deliver that dead Pugalisk to our clients. Lucky for you they don't live too far away from here. You and your little group can go explore the town and will meet you up at a nice little pub around here called Grillby's and talk more about business." Said Blockner.

"Sounds good to me." Said Jordan.

The two groups headed their separate ways. Jordan's group headed into Snowdin and Blockner and his group headed towards the woods.

Back at the ruins the woman had done quit a good deal of walking, until saw Toriel's house in the distance. The woman saw a large group odd looking people sitting outside the house talking. She looked through the crowd and saw Isaac sitting amongst them next to a goat creature with horns. The woman's eyes went wide with horror as she tightened her grip on the kitchen knife.

"Isaac is consorting with the devil! I must act quickly and save his soul from this wicked creature!" Thought the woman.

She considered rushing at the crowd with her knife to kill Isaac and the devil, but realized that would be a foolish action. There were too many people about and they most likely get in the woman's way and stop her. Stealth was needed here. I woman headed to the back of the house and found a back door. She opened it, went inside, and found a coat closet to hide and wait for the right moment to strike.

About a mile away from Toriel's house a group of dangerous individuals were making their way to Toriel's house. The group was lead by a powerful witch named Misery. Misery was a human-like figure, with curly green hair, and tinted red eyes against pale skin. She wore silver earrings, a green top and pants, with part of her belly exposed and carried a wooden staff. Misery was accompanied by a large group of monsters. Most of the group was made of creatures called Mants. Mants were large humanoid ants with four arms, two legs, and big mandibles.

Alongside Misery and the Mants were three pairs of brothers, Balrog, and another monsters. The first pair of brothers were two cyclops monsters named Colos and Suses. They each had a singular eye, pointed ears, and a large lower jaw with two pointed teeth protruding. The two of them wore a yellow loincloth. Colos was orange, and he had buff muscly arms and abs. He had yellow arm bands on his upper arms, and yellow gladiator sandals on his feet. Colos wore a string necklace with five pointy teeth strewn along it. Suses was green, and he had buff muscly legs and a big belly. He had yellow arm guards covering his forearms, and yellow leg bands on his ankles. The next pair was the Rhinocebros. They were twin humanoid purple rhinos wearing red gladiator armor. One was named Snapback and the other one was called Flatbrim. Snapback had spikes on his armor and Flatbrim had metal circles on his. The last pair of brothers were two wood frogs named Ribby and Croaks. Croaks was a brown frog with a light salmon underside and he wore a maroon belt, brown boxing gloves and red pants/leggings. Ribby was a green frog who was shorter than Croaks, and had a yellowish white underside. He wore red boxing gloves, a red belt and white pants/leggings. Balrog was rectangular-shaped and colored grey with vertical orange stripes. He had rectangular legs, orange arms that fit into slots on the side of his body and large, round eyes. The last monster was a humanoid brown furred boar named Excaliboar. He wore a white tanktop and black pants.

The mob of invaders got closer and closer to their destination, until they finally reached it. Misery looked at Toriel's house and the crowd gathered out in front of it eating and talking. She scowled at the scene before she and her little army marched towards the house. Jenka saw the approaching mob and scowled at them. A worried look appeared on Toriel's face as she took Six and Isaac's hands and began to head towards the house.

"You should all come inside. It'll be safe." Said Toriel to the Gravity Falls group.

"Don't worry will be safe. We're professionals. We've dealt with things like this many times." Said Finn facing the invaders.

"You want to come in Hornet?" Asked Toriel.

"No thank you mom. This is my home to defend and I need to put my training to the test." Said Hornet.

"Just be careful." Said Toriel before she headed into the house with Six and Isaac.

"Got to get my sword." Said Sly as he headed into the house.

A few seconds later Sly returned carrying a gigantic sword that was nearly four times his size. Jenka looked over at Misery and spoke.

"Hello daughter. I see you and Balrog brought some friends along this time."

"Mother. Just hand over those red flower seeds you have in the shed and will be on our way. No one needs to get hurt." Said Misery.

"My answer is no. I know exactly what those flowers are capable of and I can figure out what your master intends to do with them. You can just leave." Said Jenka.

"You know I can't do that. I can't disobey my master as long as he has the crown." Said Misery.

"And whose fault is it for that crown coming into being in the first place. I warned you that there were no shortcuts with magic and to not mess with your uncle." Said Jenka with a scowl.

"Well you weren't a good teacher or parent!" Yelled Misery.

"What happened to you was your own fault." Said Jenka.

"I'm taking those seeds and you're not going to stop me this time! Attack!" Said Misery waving her staff forward.

The Mants and other forces charged at the house and the defenders and their houseguest leaped into action. The humans from Gravity Falls along with Rain, the Wizard Police Officers, and two Eliminators stood by the house, while the other members of the expedition went to fight the invaders. Jenka also stood by the house. Finn charged into the mass of Mants and began to hack at them with his sword and punch with his Olympian Power, Jake enlarged his fist to punch Mants, Huntress Wizard and Hunter Wizard fired arrows, Heckapoo charged in slicing with her scissors, Phoebe threw fireballs, Rock Wizard used his magic to hurl rocks, Brain Wiz blasted lightning, and Gata fought with a short sword and BMO who was riding in a backpack strapped to her back would shout out warnings whenever an enemy snuck up behind her. Ser Manuel ran and rolled about firing a gun, Sheo struck out with his paintbrush and splattered enemies with paint, Hornet struck with her lance and bound several enemies with string, and Sly struck down hordes of enemies with his big sword. Misery floated over the battlefield on her staff and surveyed the conflict. She spotted a tool shed with a lock on it a dozen yards away from the house. It contained the flower seeds Misery was after. Misery began to head towards the shed.

Inside the house, Toriel had turned on some music to drown out the sound of the battle going on outside. Six and Isaac were sitting at the kitchen table with some crayons and paper drawing. Everything was peaceful within the house. Toriel went into the kitchen and was fixing herself some tea, when the coat closet suddenly flew open and out stormed a fat woman brandishing a large kitchen knife.

"MOM!" Cried Isaac in a terrified voice at the sight of the woman.

"I finally caught up to you Isaac and just in time! You're being deceived by the devil, but don't you fret. Mom is here to save your soul and to put an end to this demon." Said Mom as she walked to the kitchen with the knife.

Toriel looked at the approaching women and then at Isaac who was frozen in fear. The word he had screamed, where the first word he had spoken since arriving at Toriel's house and Toriel heard the fear and dread in Isaac's voice from that one word. Toriel could not allow this woman to harm Isaac. She took a deep breath and got in Mom's way.

"Stop this at once! Can't you see you're terrifying Isaac?!" Yelled Toriel.

"You cannot command me devil! I am Isaac's mother and I will save him!" Yelled Mom.

"Save him?! From what exactly? If you're really Isaac's mother you would see that you're terrifying him and stop this madness!" Yelled Toriel.

"You're just trying to prevent me from saving Isaac's soul! I am walking the righteous path set up for me by the Lord! I must kill Isaac in order to save him!" Bellowed Mom.

"You're an insane unfit parent!" Declared Toriel.

Mom replied by swinging the knife at Toriel forcing her to retreat backwards to avoid getting hit. The knife missed hitting anything vital on Toriel, but it did slash a bit of fabric on her right sleeve. Toriel was about to use some magic against her attacker, but Mom punched her in the face with her freehand and knocked her to the ground. Mom turned her attention to Isaac and stalked towards the kitchen table. Six grabbed the still frozen Isaac and tried to run out of the kitchen, but Mom managed to block their escape route.

"There is nowhere to run! Prepared to be saved!" Yelled Mom as she stabbed her knife down at the children.

Six dove to the side dragging Isaac along with her. The two avoided the knife and hit the ground. The knife hit the wooden floor with a mighty thunk and became imbedded in it. Mom grunted as she pulled on the knife and tried to pull it out of the floor. Six got to her feet and watched the fat woman struggle to free her weapon. A part of her mind said that she should just grab Isaac, but another part of her wanted to take a more aggressive action against the home invader. Six had spent a good deal of her life running from people and she was absolutely sick of it. She had finally found a nice safe home and she wasn't going to let herself be chased out of it. Six charged at Mom and leaped onto her biting hard into her left arm. Mom screamed in both pain and surprise as she leaped away from the knife and tried to shake Six off her arm. Six clung to Mom like a mad dog refusing to let go. Mom then to began to furiously punch Six with her freehand. Six finally let go of Mom and she fell to the floor. Mom reached down and picked Six up.

"I cast you out of this house demon!" Yelled Mom before she hurled Six out an open window.

"Six!" Cried Toriel as she got to her feet.

Mom went back to her knife and pulled it out of the floor. She stalked to Isaac who laid on the ground trembling. Mom raised her knife up prepared to stab Isaac, when Toriel threw a small fireball at her and set the right sleeve of her dress on fire. The woman screamed and battered at the flames putting them, before she turned her attention to Toriel and pointed her knife at her. Toriel threw another fireball and struck the knife heating it up. The air was filled with the burning scent of flesh as Mom cried out in pain and dropped the knife. Mom waved her burnt hand in the air and blew on it, before she looked back at Toriel. Toriel had a fierce glare on her face and two fairly large fireballs in her hands. Realizing she was both unarmed and outmatched Mom decided her best course of action was to retreat. She cast one last glance at Isaac, before she turned around and took off running. Mom ran out the front door past the Gravity Falls humans and their wizard guards, past the fighting, and headed deeper into the Underground. Toriel ran over to Isaac and made sure he was ok and then she ran to the back door to go check on Six.

As Toriel was dealing with Mom, Six laid on the ground a few yards away from the house groaning. Six could taste the coppery taste of Mom's blood in her mouth. It was a nasty taste, but one Six was very familiar with. A loud growl came from Six's stomach and she curled up in pain. It was the hunger. Six needed to get herself some food quick. Before she could get up several black roots suddenly shot out of the ground and wrapped themselves around her arms and legs keeping her pinned to the ground. Six struggled, but she couldn't break free. The Beast appeared standing over Six holding a turtle. Six's stomach let out another hungry growl.

"There. There little one. I have exactly what you need." Said Beast as he forced Six's mouth open and shoved the turtle into it.

Six had no choice, but to chew and then swallow the creature. As soon as she did this Six felt a weird feeling across her body. It was odd, but very calming. The roots released Six allowing her to stand up and Y.V. appeared with a dead Mant.

"Feed." Said Beast.

Six rushed at the dead Mant and began to tear it apart with ease. She took no notice as her hands morphed into black claws, the only thing she was interested in was feeding. Six chomped on the Mant's innards, until there was nothing left but an empty shell.

"Quit a messy eater." Said Y.V..

"Now then my little nightmare I have a job for you. I want you to follow those visitors of yours, but keep your powers hidden. I will tell you when to strike. Understand." Said Beast.

Six nodded her head as her hands turned back to normal. Beast and Y.V. left the scene taking the Mant remains with them. Toriel ran out of the house and ran over to Six.

"Six! Are you ok?" Said Toriel.

Six just nodded her head. A relieved look appeared on Toriel's face as she took Six's hand and lead Six back into the house.

Back at the front of the house the battle continued to rage on. Jake grabbed Flatbrim and hurled him into Suses knocking them both to the ground, Finn punched Excaliboar and sent him crashing into Balrog and Colos knocking them all to the ground, Heckapoo used a portal to send a charging Snapback into a wall, and Hunter Wizard and Huntress Wizard fired several arrows to take out some energy blasts hurled by Ribby and Crocks. While all this was happening Misery had reached the shed and attempted to open it, only to get sent flying back by a magical shock that knocked her to the ground.

"I told her you aren't getting those seeds." Called Jenka.

Misery growled as she stumbled to her feet and found herself confronted by Phoebe, Gata, and BMO.

"Give up." Said Phoebe.

Misery looked at the warriors in front of her and glanced over at the battle going on. Things weren't going in her favor. It was time to retreat.

"Retreat!" Called Misery to her forces as she took flight.

The invaders fled the area and headed deeper into the Underground. The defenders cheered in victory and congratulated one another. Misery hovered at the middle her retreating forces as a couple of Mants with some dirt on their bodies approached her and handed her a bag full of seeds.

"My mother and her little friends may have won the battle, but they will lose the war." Said Misery as she took the bag.

To be continued.

Glossary

The Messenger: Colos and Suses

Don't Starve: Snapback and Flatbrim

Cuphead: Ribby and Crocks

Baconman An Adventure: Excaliboar