Undyne

Papyrus held Frisky's ball and chain as he took her somewhere else different. Frisky had always thought she'd seen everything in San's and Papyrus' house. There was always a new surprise in each playthrough of the Underground though, and this was just another one. 

A small bathroom, right behind a right balcony in the house. Apparently, Sans wasn't the only one who knew how to take shortcuts because there wasn't even a door to get over to the balcony. From what Frisky could see, there was nothing except one tub, one counter, one toilet and tiled walls. That was it. Plain, simple, and just a glass balcony door. Someone who wasn't Sans or Papyrus would have had to leap up to the balcony to make their way into the area. 

Well, when someone's gotta potty. At least there was one entrance. She doubted there was a big demand for it since Monster food didn't go all the way through digestion. 

"First, there are steps that must be taken before we get into a daily ritual of feed and water," Papyrus started. 

Seriously, Papyrus. I am not a pet. First he thinks I'm a rock, and now a pet. Undyne, why did you have to say that? And then Sans just had to say humans were close enough to pets. Urg. She kept quiet though. There was no reason to aggravate her jailer. Papyrus was naturally sweet-hearted, whether he wanted to be or not. 

"First, we don't really have a nearby vet, so we can't get shots yet. That and I don't know what shots humans need, so that will be kept for later." He turned the paper. "However, those wounds must be treated, and I must groom and shower you at least once a week." He put the paper down and went over to the bathtub. He added some kids' bubble bath into it and turned on the water. "Right, now over here." 

Frisky looked toward gauze and gels strewn across a small counter. "First we get the gels on you, and then you can take a bath!" He grabbed some of the gels and rubbed them on her shoulders and around her legs. "There we go, you look much better! See, the magical healing of healing gels! You have probably never seen this, have you human?" 

Wow. "No." But amazing. Frisky couldn't believe how fast healing gels had worked. Her whole body looked and felt like she didn't even have a scratch. Monster magic, it was so incredible sometimes. "Thank you very much, The Great Papyrus." 

Papyrus was beaming after she used his full name. "Yes, it truly was a brilliant idea by me! And because you have been so good, here is more of my wonderful intelligence for you. You should never eva eva eva eva use healing gels right after an ouchie. It will create an even worse ouchie. Remember that human." He brought out a small diagram of a human child. "Now, I have a diagram so that you can be accurate in bathing." 

A bath would actually be kind of nice. It had been some time since she bathed her own body. Frisky made a gesture for him to turn around. "Could you turn around for a few seconds?" 

"I suppose, human, but I will not be far!" 

 "NO!" 

Papyrus and her both tensed up as they heard that voice. Undyne was staring at them through the glass door. She opened it and proceeded inside. 

"You." Undyne gestured toward Frisky. "You come into our town when we didn't ask for you or your help." She looked toward Papyrus. "Get on with it, and do not cower to commands of the human!" 

"Um, but, uh . . ." 

"What? You want me to do it? Fine, I will." Undyne commanded him outside the bathroom and locked the door. She moved over toward the counter. "Oh, look. Healing gels. Papyrus wants to help his pet feel better, huh? Does he actually believe his pet is injured?" 

This was so not good. At least Frisk was out of the house. 

"Let's get you all taken care of." Undyne fiddled around on the counters. "Let's see, that's interesting. All kinds of healing gels. Because that's what you actually need. Yeah, right!" She turned away from the gels. "Humans never have to heal. You are trying to make him feel sorry for you, like you're hurt, so you can sneak away! The one I battled with never even got a scratch, you can't fool me. Why did you show up here conveniently when the other human did?" 

Uh. Frisky tried to keep it together. Undyne is great. She wanted to be the best bestie ever. She's a good Monster. Just suspicious. Still, Undyne was out for blood more than once, and this time, she lost two guards. She really had an anger streak. 

Undyne came over by Frisky, touching her along her shoulders. "Don't be scared, human. If you're innocent and honest, then there's nothing to fear." 

Frisky felt herself getting pulled into an encounter. And in such a small area. Oh no! 

UNDYNE: ACT: Talk: "Now, like I said, why did you conveniently show up when the other human did?" 

Damn. Frisky looked at her options. Confess? Oh great. At least she still had talk. DETERMINATION: ACT: Talk. "My son, Frisk. I came looking for him." 

UNDYNE: ACT: Talk: "The little human that Sans and Papyrus were taking care of, I heard about that. And how did they get a hold of him?" 

DETERMINATION: ACT: Talk. "I don't know exactly." Frisky knew her time was running out. Undyne couldn't pull out spears, that weapon would reach across the room! Right? 

UNDYNE: ACT: Talk: "Uh huh. Sure. You left your kid out right by their area on purpose. Confess!" She yelled. "Now, listen, and listen good! I have met one good human, and four very bad humans." 

Uh oh. Frisky didn't know she had actually met others. She had always assumed that FRISK as a whole was the only one she had met. When did she meet others? 

UNDYNE: ACT: Talk: "The good human was just a child, while all the other three were full-grown humans! You know what that means? That means that I'm not going to harm your son. Just like the other good one, I believe children are young enough to learn. To change. I won't harm him unless he really messes up. But, it's clear to me that adult humans do not change! So, prove me wrong!" 

Frisky tried to move as quickly as possible, but as a mere human, the damage was swift and done. Undyne did not throw any more spears besides one. Probably too stunned by what happened. 

"What in the-you didn't heal? You didn't die yet, but you didn't heal?" Undyne approached her steadily. Frisky hardly moved. "Oooooh . . . you're not like the others." She heard Undyne clamoring around over by the counter. She tried to look up, and felt something hit her back. "That is going to suck for you later. Painful scars. You aren't supposed to apply healing gel that fast, but I still don't know if you're innocent or not so . . . that healing gel saved your life. But . . . well, serves your kind right for what you've been doing! Now, stand up, weakling." 

Frisky felt herself being forced to stand. 

"You are so incredibly lucky Papyrus had healing gel here. Now you won't die, but, it won't exactly . . . hmm. Well, you're going to suffer. You can get more healing gel later, but it will be even more painful, so . . . suffer! Suffer until you can prove your innocence to me!" 

Damn. If she had been FRISK, she could have proved her innocence. She could have had a fight with Undyne, and then either avoided all attacks, convinced her with enough talking, or brought her back to hotlands for a nostalgic feeling that would make her see reason. 

That was how Undyne worked. That fight should have been the end of the imprisonment. 

Well. At least she didn't die. 

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"Oh. Hello, Sans," Papyrus' voice sounded strange as Sans and Frisk came home for a break. "Uh. Um." 

Sans watched his brother, noticing Frisky wasn't around him. "What happened, Papyrus?" 

"There are some not so good things that may be or have happened." Papyrus waved to Frisk. "You should probably take the human boy to your room." 

Oh no. That didn't sound good. "Come on, Frisk. Let's go." He moved up the stairs, trying not to drag too fast, but Papyrus words worried him. "There, in ya go. Be right back." He quickly moved back downstairs. "Where's the other human, Pap?" 

"Undyne arrived and she has been with the adult human in the bathroom. I . . . she asked me for another shirt, so I know the human is probably alive?" Papyrus whined softly. "I haven't heard anymore noise. Do you think that Undyne hurt it?" 

"Okay, alright." Sans nodded. "Calm down, I'll check it out. Okay? You stay here." Sans took a shortcut to their balcony and looked in. Undyne was blocking his view. He knocked on the glass door, and she turned around. 

Undyne opened the balcony door. "Almost done." She smirked at him. "Keep your pet in line, and tomorrow I am going to visit again. I know she's hiding things, and I want to know what she knows." She looked back in the room and then back at him. "Lesser Dog and Greater Dog didn't die to get thrown into a human con, and I refuse to lose another soldier. Tomorrow, I will show no mercy." She hopped past him off the balcony and went on her way. 

It sounded like Frisky wasn't dead. Still, there was something about Undyne Sans didn't like. The way she flinched when she talked. He looked back toward the bathroom and saw Frisky. She was wearing a different shirt now, a blank one without his classic 'it was me' on it. She tried to wave, but her hand didn't reach high. 

Sans quickly took a shortcut back to Papyrus, getting her out of the balcony room, just in case Undyne came back to finish her off. 

"Human? Are you okay?" Papyrus asked as he looked at her. 

"Eh." Frisky tried to smirk. "You know me, I'm always on the cutting edge of life." 

"Momma?" Frisk called from on top of the stairs. Papyrus didn't drop his ball and chain far enough away to keep him from the door. 

"It's okay, Frisk!" she insisted. "Just carving out my destiny a day at a time, but I'll live." 

"Okay, not good!" Papyrus started to fidget with her shirt. "You are as bad as you were with the Royal Guards, and that was Undyne!" 

"I'm fine," Frisky insisted as he patted her shirt. She waved to Frisk. "I'm fine. Don't worry." 

Frisk eventually left from the doorway. Sans didn't move while Papyrus kept fidgeting around with her. It wasn't hard to tell, her body was giving clear signals something was wrong. And her joking was definitely giving bad vibes. "Welp, Frisky, he's gone, so cut it out already." 

"This is no time for something like puns!" Papyrus yelled at him too. He touched her back, making her move involuntarily again. 

She wasn't going to spill easily. If at all. "So, what kind of spaghetti are we having tonight, Papyrus?" Sans would get the answer, but it wasn't going to be easy to get, and it wouldn't happen yet. Not the way she was staying clammed up. The more pushing, the worse she would push them away. 

"The ones without any puns involved," Papyrus warned him. "I shall make my homemade artisan spaghetti!" He grabbed Frisky's ball and chain. "Come human! You are lucky enough to see how I make my best dish!" 

"Sounds great, bro. Just, let me know if Undyne comes back." While Papyrus took off to the kitchen in a rush, Sans slowly walked back upstairs. Frisky didn't want to tell them anything yet, and he had to keep his eye on Frisk right now and head back to his next job. 

Undyne was out for blood more than he thought though. 

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"What do you mean you do not want to move the couch to my room?" Papyrus complained to him. 

"It's too much work. I'll just watch them on the couch from mine again." 

"But, Sans! Undyne is, she is clearly keeping a particular eye on the humans." Papyrus groaned. "You can't stay awake and watch them all night." 

"Fine, we'll take shifts," Sans agreed. "I'll take first." 

"Sans," Papyrus gave him a warning kind of sound. "Did you at least clean your sheets this time? Prisoners or not, they need hygienic accommodations." 

"Tomorrow night. They are fine right now." 

"Oh, do you have to be so extra lazy sometimes?" Papyrus groaned. "Fine, but make sure you don't fall asleep." 

"Sure, bro. I gotcha." 

That night, Sans acted like nothing was wrong at all. Frisky didn't seemed bothered by it. Of course not, he used to ricochet her all over the place. He was only waiting though. Frisky tended to curl up with Frisk, making it easy to get to her back. If he acted like he didn't even really care, she should eventually go to sleep, and he could see what Undyne did. 

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Trying to act like her life didn't stink wasn't easy, but Frisky was good at it by now. Her life had always stunk. The only thing good in it, real good, was in her arms. Things aren't getting easier though. I thought if I could get separated back into my own body, we could get out. Ha, what a joke! I'm not FRISK. I'm not even Frisky anymore, the mission's over. Right. Concentrate, 95452. Undyne has met more than PERSEVERANCE already. When? Coming back from the castle? She sighed. And when in the tales of being a hero did it ever say you had to deal with being a criminal first in order to help. I mean, help. Help! I didn't even do anything but help. I couldn't go against Undyne's wishes while she had power, or I would have saved the guards too. But, I had to. Others would have been hurt. Sans would have lost Papyrus if I just snuck out with Frisk. She looked over toward Sans who was sleeping on duty. Never thought he'd actually not hurt me again once he knew what we did. He's been nothing but decent, and I just feel like this time, it might be for real. I don't think he's going to kill us. I think he wants to be our friend again. Oh, I hope so. I know he can make life better just by being around him. She closed her eyes again. 

Comedy. Humor. Weak, weak memories of another time and another place. 

Not helping. Okay, just get some rest. There is nothing you can do about your back. I just have to keep . . . oh, why even bother? What's the point in saving when you know you can't reset or continue? I mean, I don't think I can. I don't really want to, Sans is clearly just getting used to the fact time is moving again. No, I have to do this right. I can't let Undyne kill me, but I have to earn her loyalty. I can do this, I am a PACIFIST soldier, 95452! I can make it through this.