Family
Chapter 514 Odd Jobs
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. This is just a story for fun.
Present Day Waterfall
Mabel, Stan, Wendy, Gideon, Rain, and Huntress Wizard were gathered in the living room, as Undyne had headed into her study to collect a list of jobs that needed to be done in Waterfall. Mabel sat in the kiddie pool eager to hear what kind of jobs were out in Waterfall and the kind of adventures she could have. She may have limited movement with due to being a mermaid who needed to stay hydrated, but she chose to look on the positives of her transformation. Mabel was now a mermaid and she could breath underwater, which meant she could explore the depths of Waterfall and see what kind of treasures and secrets were scattered about underwater. Rain had promised to help Mabel adjust to her new tail and teach her how to properly use it, which made Mabel excited.
There was a knock at the door and Gideon went to answer and he let out a scream and fell onto his back after opening the door. The others looked to see some kind of mech that resembled a large golden ball with two black arms with grey-fingered hands and legs with shoe-like feet. It had a single, glaring green eye that has a black pupil with a green eye standing outside the house. Wendy pulled out her ax and Huntress Wizard readied her bow, expecting the strange robot to be some kind of enemy. Before anything could happen Undyne came onto the scene and motioned for Wendy and Huntress Wizard to lower their weapons.
"It's alright, she's a friend of mine." Said Undyne as she walked out of the house.
The others watched as a hatch on top of the mech opened up and out came a female humanoid monster wearing a cyan spiked hat with a single eye on it, glasses, a pink crop top, and a brown belt. She had green eyes, purple hair, and a seahorse tail instead of legs. The newcomer was slightly shorter then Wendy back in her human form.
"Hello Coral Siren." Said Undyne to the newcomer.
"Hey Undyne sorry about surprising your guests back there didn't know there was anyone other then you in the house." Said Coral Siren.
"It's ok. No harm done." Called Wendy from the house.
"So what brings you here?" Asked Undyne.
"Oh I came to report that a large amounts of explosives have gone missing from my coral mine." Said Coral Siren.
"Was it Roland?" Asked Undyne.
"No, he and I have a business arrangement. I give him explosives and he gives me metal he has salvaged. Roland might be a greedy jerk, but he's usually good about keeping business arrangements." Said Coral Siren.
"Well I'll be sure to keep an eye out for your explosives." Said Undyne.
"Thanks." Said Coral Siren.
Undyne glanced back at the house and got an idea.
"You kids want to see the coral mine?" Asked Undyne looking at Mabel and Rain.
"Sure!" Said the kids.
"Are you sure that is wise?" Asked Huntress Wizard.
"Yeah. The coral mine is underwater and Coral Siren can keep them safe." Said Undyne.
"We can also look for clues on who stole the explosives." Said Mabel.
"Fine, but you must be very careful and don't do anything dangerous." Said Huntress Wizard.
"Deal!" Said Mabel and Rain.
"So how do we get Mabel into the water?" Asked Stan.
"She can ride in my mech with me. I got water in here to stay hydrated. Once we reach the water I'll let her out." Said Coral Siren.
"Cool!" Said Wendy.
Stan picked Mabel out of the kiddie pool and Coral Siren went back into her mech and made it bend down, so Stan could reach the top and put Mabel through the hatch. Mabel was surprised that the mech indeed had water inside of it as well as a comfy looking seat and controls that Coral Siren was currently manning.
"Let's go." Said Coral Siren as the mech walked away from the house and Rain followed after it.
"There they go." Said Wendy.
"So exactly what kind of jobs do we have to do around here?" Asked Stan looking at Undyne.
"Let's meet up with the others first, before I tell you what the jobs are. I'm sure Team Chaotix has arrived at the other house by now." Said Undyne before leading the others to the rental house.
Toriel, Rock Wizard, Locke, the two Eliminators, Jenka, Isaac, and Baby Depression were resting at the rental house when there was a knock at the door. Toriel went to answer it and was greeted by three strange monsters. One appeared to be crocodile, a chameleon, and a bee.
"Who are you?" Asked Toriel.
"I'm Vector and these are my friends and coworkers Espio and Charmy. And together we are the Team Chaotix Detective Agency!" Said the crocodile proudly.
Vector was a large, green-skinned anthropomorphic crocodile with spiky red scales down his tail, goldenrod eyes, and sharp teeth. He wore small, black shoulder pads, white gloves with black armbands that had orange stripes for cuffs, with gold buckles as well as black boots with white and orange colors. Vector also wore a gold chain necklace around his neck, along with pair of black-and-gray wireless noise-cancelling headphones.
Espio was a fuchsia-skinned anthropomorphic chameleon with a yellow horn between his gold eyes. He had a muzzle and a heart-shaped pattern on his torso both of which were peach in color. Espio had a ridge of three black spikes going down his spine and a coiled tail. He wore purple shoes with black accents, metal-reinforced arm bracers, and white gloves with purple pads with white trims on the backs. Around his wrists and ankles were black bandage-wrapped cuffs with gold studs on the lower bands.
Charmy was a small, yellow-and-black striped anthropomorphic bee with yellow-and-black striped antennae, translucent sky-blue wings on his back, and orange-amber eyes. He also had exposed peach skin on his muzzle and arms, a tiny black nose, and a silver stinger. Charmy wore an orange vest with a bee emblem on the left, a yellow zipper, and a white collar resembling that of a polo shirt. He also wore orange-and-white sneakers cuffed with black rings and topped with yellow zippers, white gloves with similar cuffs, small black shoulder pads, and a black pilot's helmet with a raspberry and two orange-circulated trims, alongside orange and silver flight goggles with light blue lenses.
Toriel eyed the trio and smiled. She had asked Undyne for help locating and getting Six back and a detective agency seemed like just the kind of people that could help her.
"Oh thank you for coming. Undyne must have called you. Come right in." Said Toriel letting the trio in.
Introductions were made for the rest of the group inside the house and Team Chaotix went to business.
"Tell us of the person you're looking for and what you know happened to them." Said Vector.
"The person I'm looking for is my adoptive human daughter Six." Said Toriel.
Rock Wizard decided to step in and tell the deceives what happened.
"Six was fine several days ago, when she suddenly changed into a violent monster during a battle with have with the one called the Gunslinger Lich and some of his underlings and then she flew away. We saw her again at the big concert at the Lady Lucktopus fighting alongside the Legion of Light."
"The Legion of Light are pretty much a cult. Can you describe what kind of changes Six went through when she became a monster." Said Espio.
"Six's hands changed into long armored claws and her teeth changed into fangs. She grew a pair of insect wings on her back and a scorpion tail emerged from the area above her rear." Said Locke as he recalled the transformation.
"Creepy!" Said Charmy.
"I've heard of the Legion of Light giving people and their followers a edible substance that was said to have come from the Radiance before she was sealed away. The affects are supposed to make people stronger as well as loyal addicts to the stuff, but I've never heard of it transforming anyone so drastically." Said Espo scratching his chin in thought.
"We believe there could be more at play with Six." Said Rock Wizard.
"How so?" Asked Espo.
"Six might possess a unique magic of her own that's caused her to change after eating the stuff from the Radiance or she could have eaten something magical that caused the transformation. There seems to many unusual magical things in the Underground that Six could have gotten a hold of and eaten. The Gunslinger Lich could have also caused the transformation, but we don't fully know what he's capable, so we're just guessing." Said Rock Wizard.
"The Gunslinger Lich is a dark and mysterious being, I can't image the Legion of Light putting aside their hatred of darkness to work with someone like him. Though from what we heard and from some clips we saw of the fight at the concert Six seems to have a touch of darkness power in her, but she either doesn't have that much in her to make the Legion of Light hate her or she's providing some kind of service to them that's made them drop their opinions of darkness to let Six join their ranks." Said Espo.
"What kind of service would that be?" Asked Locke.
"Six must know where the Radiance is." Said Vector.
"If she knows that then why haven't we seen any sign of the Radiance?" Asked Charmy.
"My brother, Ballos along with the Shadow Queen locked the Radiance in a secure place with powerful defenses. It's most likely that the Legion of Light knows the location of the prison, but are unable to breakthrough it with their current members and power." Said Jenka.
"Makes sense." Said Toriel.
"So what exactly is our next move?" Asked Locke.
"Well I don't...know why, but I sense that Six is still in Waterfall, so I guess we search for her." Said Toriel.
"Are the Legion of Light still in Waterfall?" Asked Charmy.
"Seems unlikely since they just got rid of Siren and I heard they pretty destroyed any allies Spirit and her forces had in Waterfall." Said Vector.
"They may have destroyed the majority of enemy forces in Waterfall, but that doesn't mean there could be a few stragglers or small operations still running. The Legion of Light could have left a few of it's warriors behind to clean up and deal with those." Said Espio.
"Then will search for Six in Waterfall then." Said Vector.
Undyne then arrived at the house with Wendy, Stan, Gideon, and Huntress Wizard. Locke took notice that Mabel and Rain weren't with Undyne.
"Where are Rain and Mabel?" Asked Locke.
"A friend of mine named Coral Siren stopped by to report some missing explosives. Coral Siren runs a coral mine and I thought the kids would like to tour it and see if they could find any clues on what happened to the explosives." Said Undyne.
"Can I go there too?" Asked Locke.
"Sure lets get you a guide to take you there." Said Undyne as she lead Locke outside.
They headed to the booth they got the key to the rental house. Firth was there looking board.
"Hey Firth you want to do a little job for me." Said Undyne pulling out some money for Firth.
"Sure thing! What do you need?" Said Firth taking the money.
"I need you to take Locke here to the coral mine run by Coral Siren to catch up with some friends. I'll even throw in some extra money if you make sure they come back to my house safe." Said Undyne.
"You got it." Said Firth getting out from behind the booth.
Firth lead Locke away and Undyne returned to the house.
"Alright everyone lets go over some of the jobs we have going on in Waterfall. First we got a job that would be perfect for a wizard to handle." Said Undyne.
"What is it?" Asked Rock Wizard.
"Apparently a spellbook has come to life and has been flying around causing trouble." Said Undyne.
"Interesting. Me and the Eliminators will deal with that." Said Rock Wizard.
"Alright we have a few other jobs. There's the missing explosives, which Mabel, Rain, and Locke are looking into. A feud going on between a group of monster frogs and toads at a place called the Flooded Fortress, sightings of what people claim to be a ghost ship, and multiple thefts at a film set." Said Undyne.
"Interesting sounding jobs." Said Stan.
"What's the Flooded Fortress?" Asked Gideon.
"It was a early attempt of Asgore to create a palace and fort in Waterfall, but it was a bad location and ended up flooding, so it was abandoned. The frog and toad monsters have been fighting each other to take the fortress for themselves." Said Undyne.
"What's the deal with the ghost ship?" Asked Huntress Wizard.
"Not much to say about it. It's a ship that's been spotted a few dozen monsters in the past few weeks. The witnesses claim the ship just suddenly appears out of thin air and the only being they saw on it was a ghost shark monster floating and steering the ship." Said Undyne.
"Sounds creepy." Said Gideon.
"What's the story about the film set?" Asked Wendy.
"It's an odd little tiny fake city set made for giant battles. It's run by a ghost monster named Director Morty. According to him several of his props have been stolen along with the money being used to fund the project, and the food he has setup for his performers." Said Undyne.
"Any idea whose behind those thefts?" Asked Wendy.
"I have one group of suspects. They're a group of thieves called the Squeaks." Said Undyne.
"They don't sound very intimidating." Said Stan.
"They're not as dangerous as some of the criminals and factions in the Underground, but they can be troublesome." Said Undyne.
"So which of the jobs should we take?" Asked Wendy looking at Stan and Gideon.
"The movie set one sounds the most interesting and fun." Said Gideon.
"Beats looking for ghost ships and settling feuds between frogs and toads." Said Stan.
"Then it's settled." Said Wendy.
With that said the group split up. Undyne gave Rock Wizard and the Eliminators a map of Waterfall and the last location where the spellbook was sighted and the trio headed off to find it. Toriel, Jenka, Isaac, Baby Depression, and Team Chaotix headed out to search for Six and Undyne, Stan, Wendy, Gideon, and Huntress Wizard headed out to the film set.
To be continued.
Glossary
Shantae: Coral Siren
Luigi's Mansion: Director Morty
Kirby: Squeaks