Cherry and Jack in The Boss

chapter 11: We're Going Home

When they came inside, Red and Blue appeared to be waiting in the bathroom shop.

"Hey! What are you doing in line?" Jack asked.

"Market research," Blue replied. "Have to keep an eye on our competitors too."

"Plus, we thought we could pickpocket a few people and sell their stuff back to them." Red smirked innocently.

"That sounds like you two all right." Jack groaned.

"I'm pretty sure that's illegal." Billy commented.

"It's only illegal if you get arrested!" Red replied.

"Yeah, but this building has law enforcement." Cherry pointed out.

"Not for loooong!" Red replied.

"That wasn't suspicious at all." Cherry deadpanned.

They then came into the editing room.

"Hey, Nugget." Cherry greeted the strange Kindergarten boy.

"Nugget is disconsolate that you are to be leaving Wireland so soon." Nugget frowned.

"Aw, Nugget, I'm sorry!" Jack frowned back.

"Nugget will never forget the time we had together, however minuscule." Nugget replied.

"We... Didn't really have a lot of time together." Jack replied.

"Nugget has not forgotten about the time we brought about The Apocalypse together," Nugget stated. "You have kept your nugget safe."

"But... I don't have it with me..." Jack said.

"It's a metaphysical nugget," Nugget explained. "The nugget in your heart, but please, take this final nugget as a token of Nugget's appreciation. Now, Nugget is distraught over your departure and does not like long goodbyes. Shoo."

The others nodded and soon came back towards the genius in the room.

"You're back!" Alphys beamed. "How did this round go?"

"It was filled with insanity and existentialism." Billy replied.

"So... Good then?" Papyrus asked.

"It was... Definitely interesting!" Jack replied.

"It was kinda fun." Cherry said.

"We almost died!" Billy told her.

"Well, that's my adventure life in a nutshell." Cherry said.

"See, Papyrus?" Undyne grinned. "Cherry's got the right idea! I knew there was a reason why I liked her in the Undertale story!"

"You tried to kill me and Frisk with your spear of justice!" Cherry reminded.

"Yeah, but we can still have some fun!" Undyne grinned.

"For the last time, Undyne, a flaming unicycle is out of the question!" Katie scolded.

"Spoilsport." Undyne pouted.

"A-Anyway, did you find the hydrospersion key?" Alphys asked Cherry, Jack, and Billy.

"Funny story about that, but yeah." Cherry replied.

"Who knew corporate grudges were so difficult to work around?" Billy pouted.

"Huh?" Alphys blinked.

"Never mind. Here you go, Alphys," Jack smiled. "...This fixes mine and Cherry's computers for good, right?"

"Let's see what I can do!" Alphys smiled, going straight to work, and almost in an instant, the computers came on. "We did it!"