Chapter 9: Dynami

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"HUMAN WAIT! WHERE ARE YOU RUNNING TO?! UNDYNE IS IN WATERFALL!"
He stopped for just a moment to respond. "Just come with me a minute, I can get us there way faster!" He said, ignoring being called 'human' for the hundredth time.
"DO YOU PROMISE?!"
"Papyrus I promise you, this will get us there faster than our legs can carry us!" He replied. "Please, trust me!"
With a nod, Papyrus followed him back into Snowdin.

After a few moments of running, he suddenly stopped, looking around in the blizzard that suddenly appeared. It didn't even take the two long to become separated from each other, which worried him given the circumstances he woke up to. "Paps?" He called. "Papyrus answer me!"
"HUMAN? IS THAT YOU?" Papyrus said, finding someone else in the storm. "WAIT. YOU'RE NOT THE HUMAN I KNOW, ARE YOU OK?" He continued. He couldn't see the malicious intent in their eyes, the dust on their clothes, or even the fresh blood on their knife they held in their hand. "WELL, YOUR SILENCE OBVIOUSLY MEANS YOU NEED HELP! YOU MUST BE VERY COLD!"
"Paps?" He could just barely make out the skeleton, he was apparently talking to someone...a human?! "Papyrus wait!" He shouted, running towards him. Something was wrong, very wrong. He thought this human might be the exact reason Undyne called the Royal Guard to assemble in Waterfall.
"YOU ARE APPROACHING! I SEE YOU NOW WISH TO HAVE A HUG OF WARMTH!"
"Paps wait!!"
"WELL I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WELCOME YOU WITH OPEN ARMS!"
"Papyrus run!"

He didn't make it in time. The human attacked, and walked away, all that was left of Papyrus now was his head and scarf. In shock, and in anger at himself, he knelt down and picked him up, wrapping the scarf around him to protect him.
"CLOAK...I...I REMEMBER YOUR NAME..."
"P-Papyrus! Hang on, I'm gonna get you help!" He said, quickly standing up with him in his arms. "I'm so sorry...if I never suggested a shortcut, you wouldn't..." He trailed off.
"IT'S OK...IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT..." Papyrus started, his head was now slowly fading to dust as he finished. "I STILL...I STILL BELIEVE IN YOU...SO IT'S OK..." And with that, he was gone.
But the worst part happened just after, Cloak couldn't remember him. He couldn't remember why he was crying, what just happened, or who Papyrus was anymore. It was like his death erased his existence in the young monster's mind.

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What?! Why the hell wasn't Papyrus guarding it like he was supposed to?!
W-who is that...?
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"Undyne! Captain Undyne!" A royal guard member ran through Waterfall to find her, calling her name. "Captain Undyne?!"
She jumped down from the top of a nearby waterfall, landing in front of him. "What's going on?!" She said, sounding irritated.
"We...we lost all contact with S-Snowdin. The entire town it's...it's completely destroyed it seems..."
"What?! Why the hell wasn't Papyrus guarding it like he was supposed to?!" She yelled angrily.
"W-who is that...?" The guard responded. He was actually being honest, and seeing this actually stunned Undyne.
But that quickly faded when she saw the human behind him, and pulled him out if the way of their attack, taking a big hit herself in his place. "Go! Evacuate every remaining monster in the Underground! Do it!" She ordered, blocking her injury from his view until he ran and did as she told him to.
Standing up, she smirked. "You think one hit is gonna kill me? THINK AGAIN!" She yelled, launching a volley of spears at the human. They blocked them, not surprising. "Now no one can remember Papyrus?! What did you DO to him?!"
The human smiled, raising their knife. The blood was fresh, almost like....
With a fierce battle cry, Undyne used every ounce of determination in her body to become more powerful, powerful enough to avenge him. Powerful enough that their attacks wouldn't hurt.

Cloak ran as fast as his legs would carry him. He knew exactly who they were after now, especially with everyone evacuating, and he wouldn't let her die. He couldn't.
He apparently made it to witness their fight. She really took it.. He thought, he never expected Undyne to inject herself with Determination. It was risky all to hell, but seeing this, seeing her winning, it was worth it then.
"YOU'RE DONE, PUNK!" Was her final cry at the end of the long battle, at least it seemed that way to her. The human was weak, she'd easily be able to kill them.

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