The Soul of Empathy

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Nineteen

Speeches

"Um, hello Mr.President," Shadow said walking into the office.

President Trump had a stern look on his face but offered the young women a smile regardless, "Hello, Miss Knight was it?"

"Um yes, it is." Shadow had a nervous blush on her face.

"I take you are the ambassador to the monsters?"

"Yes, I am sir."

"Alright tell me, Miss Knight, why should they be citizens?"

"Well, they're people just like us."

"So are Mexicans but if they cross the border illegally they should get deported."

"They were underground, under our soil actually. Therefore they've always been here. We just need to make them officially citizens. They were born here on our soil and I believe that makes them citizens already. We've explored the Underground and all of it is within U.S territory." Shadow said with a serious face.

He nodded, "Alright Miss Knight, you do have a solid point there. I'll allow this. However, how do we know they're safe?"

"We don't."

"That's an honest response but lacking. Wouldn't you like to fight this?" He asked.

"No, I would like to tell you why we should take a chance on them," Shadow responded.

"And why should we give them a chance?" He asked, like a true businessman he listened to her pitch.

"Humans are a danger to others as well. So asking if monsters are safe is meaningless. Yeah, there are going to be bad monsters just like there are bad humans."

"The real question then is how many are bad?"

"Few, not nearly as many as there are bad humans. The one problem is monsters can't even protect themselves. I've been almost taken a few times and my monster friends could do nothing but watch because if they laid a hand of my captor they would get sent back to the Underground." Shadow frowned.

"I see. Alright, monsters are allowed the right to fight in self-defense, they shall be tried like any other. I'll allow them a chance since you speak so strongly for them." The President smiled at Shadow, "If strings of murders start happening from their hands though that's it."

"Yes, sir!" Shadow bowed and marched out. Once the door shut behind her she tackled Sans in a hug.

"I take it went well?" He asked.

"Yes, yes it did. Now, I think it's time to go home now." With that, the trio headed home. A long plane ride later and they were back in California. When they got there what transpired was already on the news, the fight was on for monsters to become American citizens. It was amazing.

The next day at work Shadow was met with thank yous and plenty of cheering. It was a good day till a knife was pressed into her back by the one and only Markus, "They'll know a human killed you but at least you'll be dead."

"Not this time..." Grillby said with a fireball in hand. "We get to protect our own and ourselves now. So let her go or become charred."

Markus growled and threw poor Shadow to the ground before running off. "Ow, he's gotta stop that."

Shadow looked rather annoyed as she got up, "I'm going after him. If I do not come back have Sans teleport to me."

Grillby nodded and Shadow ran after Markus.