Undertale: War of Souls

Chapter Five: The Shifty Flower

        The sound of footsteps echoed through the secret tunnel as MK walked, the boy holding the cylinder containing the red soul with a inquisitive frown on his face. Honestly, he didn't want to keep working and doing things, especially when Asgore was... well, he didn't want to think about it. But Lucy had wanted to check on the rest of the souls, especially when the strange flower had vanished. And so, MK had to push Asgore out of his head for the time being, all to make sure that nothing else happened, such as that flower taking one or even more of the remaining souls.

         'Stop.'

         MK then ceased walking, the young monster not quite understanding why she'd told him to, but when she instructed him to listen, that was when he understood. Muttering. There was soft muttering in the corridor over, and it was clear to him just who this being was.

         Lucy was right about the flower monster.

         Gently setting the container down, MK then carefully positioned himself before sprinting forward, except he'd sadly tripped over himself for what felt like the millionth time. Great.

         'Martie!'

         "Sorry-!" Quickly, the monster got to his feet, only to race forward once again without tripping this time. Sadly, the flower had clearly used this to his advantage, for now MK couldn't hear or see anything. "...Awe! We lost him!"

         'Of course we did. You're loud!'

         "I'm not that loud!"

         'Yes, you are. Try talking to me in your head instead of yelling out every response,' he heard the girl grumble, though that didn't make him feel much better. In fact, it actually made the monster feel kind of dumb if he thought about it.

         "...Sorry."

         'Try apologizing by not saying it out loud!'

         "How do you even do that?!"

         'You just think things and talk!'

         "I dunno how to do that-!" MK then let out a sudden cry of pain as something hit him off to the side, the monster then stumbling into the nearest wall, though Lucy used his hand to steady himself.

         "Dang it! That should've killed them!"

         There.

         Swiftly, Lucy raised MK's other hand and allowed a yellow-outlined gun to form in it, only to fire a good few shots in the direction of the voice. When the owner of the voice cried out in fear, that was when Lucy knew that she'd done her job. And thus, the girl forced the disoriented boy's body to trudge towards the room's entrance, only to discover that the flower was still inside, and her gun was pointing right at it. However, the flower also had some strange white pellets floating above it, pellets that Lucy recognized as magic attacks.

         The standoff had begun.

         "You." Lucy had spoken this time, though that wasn't surprising considering she'd seized control at the moment. It was harder to focus thanks to MK being injured, but because he was letting her take the reins on this, she was having an easier time than she normally would otherwise.

         All the flower did was glare at the monster, though it also appeared to be sweating a bit, as if it were nervous. Was it nervous because of the power MK now possessed? She assumed so. But that didn't mean she'd go easy on someone who just tried to kill them.