The Soul of Empathy

Chapter Twenty One

Chapter Twenty One

Ending the War and the Aftermath

"Aw, I wanted to play with our toy a little. He's pretty good looking for a monster. He'd be so much fun to play with, just look at this hottie." The girl giggled. Rose Midknight smirked at the trio and pulled Grillby to her, she slowly licked up his neck making a show for them.

Sans and Undyne were glaring while Shadow had a stone cold look. She knew this feeling, the feeling of forcibly doing something she didn't want to do. She didn't know how she knew still. Shadow took in a deep breath and spoke, "Let him go we're here."

"So you are", Rose chimed snapping her fingers. The whole place was swarming with N.M.O.E members. They were surrounded. Rose threw Grillby over to the trio and Undyne went about cutting the ropes that bound him.

"I see you want a fight", Shadow replied.

"Let's hear your speech first. I want to see how many minds you can change. The minds you don't change you have to fight. If you beat all of us with your tiny group then we'll stop our activities. Deal?" Rose walked up to Shadow and held out her hand.

Without fear, she took Rose's hand and shook it. It was time for the final battle. Or at least they were hoping it was the final battle. With any luck, no one would get hurt.

Shadow felt that this wasn't going to end well though. She knew this was a trap so her speech better be amazing to fight as little people as possible.

"Hello everyone!", Shadow's soft voice brought to the crowd to silence, "I am Shadow Knight, the ambassador to monsters. I'm here to tell you a story of a girl and a boy."

When Shadow said that the crowd erupted into whispers, Shadow continued on silencing them once more, "She had lived in a world of only hate. Getting pelted by it day in and day out. Looked down upon because of how she looked. She was white, and straight, so that must mean she's a racist homophobic asshole. Although she was a kind soul she still got harassed for one reason or another. One day she met someone different though. She could feel the hate from him, but she soon got to watch it wash away from him and his friends. The hate was gone leaving pure kind souls, souls of acceptance. These souls were the souls of monsters. The most understanding and kindest people I've ever known. Although I only got to meet some of them once they feel like a family to her. These 'monsters' aren't monsters. They're people like you and me. I know we always will have some racism. We still have problems with colors. People this is a whole new world. I know you're scared but trust in me, in us that we are willing to let you into our hearts if you're willing to drop your hate. There's no need to hate anyone here, we're all just people in the end. We breathe, eat, sleep, live and someday die. We all feel sadness, happiness, anger, regret, and empathy. We're all just people, so why fight?"

The area was quiet. No one spoke a word. Shadow looked onto the crowd with a gentle gaze. Soon enough some people started dropping their weapons. They turned around and left. Only a handful of people and the leaders stayed.

"That was something, I almost wanted to walk away", Rose said wiping away an imaginary tear.

Shadow just stood there and waited for them to say more, "I suppose it's time to fight. Get ready to say goodbye!"

Soon enough the handful of people all brought out guns. Shadow wasn't stupid though, she knew they would play with guns and she knew they had no defense against it. The police however did.

Cop cars started pulling in and surrounding the place. The officers outnumbered what was left of the N.M.O.E members. Shadow smirked a little, "You see, you said nothing about who could come after I showed up. I don't want any bloodshed just peace. Drop your weapons, let's just end this stupid war."