"I KNOW THEY'RE HERE! BRING THEM TO ME!" Panicked screaming overtook the under-underground village, almost drowning out the threats the scratchy voice was yelling. Without another thought, Travis pulls the girls into a dark alley just before a flock of white furred humanoid dogs rush past. "EVERY MINUTE THAT PASSES AND I DON'T HAVE THOSE HUMANS IS ANOTHER PILE OF DUST!" Their leader hisses. From their hiding spot, the girls peer out and watch the chaos unfold.

The one who seems to be the leader, a male that rivals Neo in height with sandy brown hair and gleaming red eyes, glares out at the panicking crowd. A blood red scarf is wrapped around his neck in an attempt to fight off the biting cold. He taps his foot impatiently as he waits for his lap dogs to bring him the humans. A minute passes and no humans have been found. "SHOW YOURSELVES, HUMANS!" He shouts as the blue-haired woman on his right forces a bunny monster to their knees, a ball of fire forming in her hand, holding it close to the bunny's neck.

The girls look back at Travis, but he's of no help. When the girls were looking out of the alley, he caught sight of the people causing the chaos. Tears formed in his eyes as he covered his mouth to suppress sobs that threatened to escape at any moment. "Travis, are you okay? What's wrong?" Lauren asks, rushing to his side. He just shakes his head, unable to watch, but unable to look away from the blue-haired burning the bunny monster to dust. He pulls away from the group and moves towards the lip of the alley, the hushed calls of his friends falling on deaf ears. "Katelyn... Laurence... What did he do to you...?" He whispers, tears gently slipping down his cheeks.

He stumbles out of the alley, quickly spotted by the blue-haired woman and forced to his knees. No sense of remorse escaped her frigid mask as she made another fireball and waited for her commander's order. "HUMANS! YOU HAVE ALREADY SLAIN ONE! SHOW YOURSELVES AND THESE MISERABLE CREATURES WILL BE SPARED!" The red-eyed male yells. The girls are frozen to the spot in fear, unable to move, unable to speak, unable to breath. "Looks like it's your turn." The blue-haired woman purrs into Travis' ear as she presses the fireball into his throat. His scream is so loud and bloodcurdling, you could probably hear it on the surface. As his corpse began to turn to dust, the blue-haired woman kicks it away from her, wiping soot and ash on her pants. "HUMANS! YOU HAVE ONE MORE CHANCE!"

But the girls heard none of it anymore. They slid down and sat on the snow, shaking like leaves on a tree. Kendal's hands flew to the sides of her head as the blood began to rush in her ears, pounding at her skull like jackhammers. She just wants all the noise... All the pain... To stop.

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A smell of buttercups floods her senses before she finds herself standing in the alley again, Travis alive again. The dogs run past the alley again as history repeats itself perfectly. The blue-eyed girl turns her head slightly to whisper with the flower on her shoulder. "Did I just...?" Kendal asks, not even having the power to finish her sentence. The flower nods, confirming what Kendal thought. She quickly turns on her heel, grabbing Travis and gently pushing him down to sit in the snowy ground. His sorrowful expression was breaking her heart. "Travis, I know those two must have meant a lot to you, but don't go out there. You'll be killed. I saw it happen with my own eyes. Flowey, too." She says, trying to soothe her friend.

That got everyone's attention. "You saw it happen?" The horned male asks. Kendal nods. "If you go out there, Katelyn will kill you." Flowey says. "No! She would never hurt anyone unless she was forced to!" Travis yells. "Listen to me, Travis! She killed you, just like she did that bunny monster! I trusted you by following you here, now you have to trust me me by believing me!" Kendal yells right back, her short temper flaring up.

Unfortunately, all that yelling earned some attention. A dog guard who had strayed away heard the shouts and decides to investigate. Imagine his surprise when he sees the seven humans that Captain Laurence wants captured. He howls, alerting the rest of his pack to his location. They assemble quickly and block off the exit so the humans can't escape. A small scouter named Toby runs to their commander to alert him of their success. "Captain Laurence! We found the humans!" He exclaims, bouncing around excitedly. "What? Ha! Perhaps you dogs aren't so useless after all. Be a good boy and bring them to me." Toby nods and runs back to his pack, finding that they successfully captured the humans. "Laurence says to take the humans to him!"

The girls struggle to escape, but the dogs are a lot stronger than you'd think they'd be. They're forced to look the sandy brown-haired male right in the eye when they reach him. "This is what Michi called us about? A ragtag group of girls? Ha! But I digress. Perhaps you aren't as pathetic as you seem." He sneers right in Neko's face. She glares at him and, without any thought towards consequences, knees right where the sun don't shine. He crumples to the ground with a high-pitched yelp. The guards holding onto the girls loosen their grip as they attempt to help their captain while still holding on to their prisoners. That plan fails as the girls are able to rip themselves from the sweaty grasps of the dogs and take off running to the exit of the under-underground village. "YOU STUPID MUTTS!" Laurence yells at his minions. He groans as he stands back up and brushes the debris from his clothing. "If you want something done right, you do it on your own." He mumbles.

"Mutts, stay here. I want you to find anyone who may have been harboring those humans and kill them. That's so simple that even you all can't mess it up. Katelyn, go around to your old post. It seems that its hunting season and you never lose your catch." Katelyn smirks and follows after Laurence, stumbling up the stairs to the actual underground. A chaotic path of footprints leads the two royal guards to the abandoned village of Snowdin then right through. They follow it and, at the end of the trail, find the humans, resting and catching their breath. Laurence looks back at his companion, who nods and seemingly disappears into the shadows.

"Humans!" Laurence exclaims, catching the girls' attention. "I have been sent to capture you all! Hand yourselves over peacefully and no one gets hurts." He attempts to bargain with them, but the girls are having none of it. The world darkens, signalling the start of a fight.

*Laurence blocks the way

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💞Check

*Damaged Soul      20 ATK 20 DF

*Wasn't always like this

Laurence says nothing as he flings a simple magic attack at the girls.

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"Of course you aren't fighting. No matter, this will still be interesting." Strangely, no attack followed his words, bringing confusion to the girls.

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An attack made of blue bones that match the color of Emma's soul flies towards the girls. Before they can think of what to do, the attack flies right through them, causing no damage at all. Suddenly, Laurence laughs. "You're blue now! That's my attack!" He snaps his fingers and a heavy weight is set of the girls' shoulders. They can't move.

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A normal bone attack starts its way towards them. "Follow my lead!" Emma shouts, forcing herself to her feet, the others doing the same thing. "When I say now, jump!" Emma says. As soon as the bones are close enough, she gives shout, jumping surprisingly high despite the weight. The others follow, tumbling to a halt on the other side. "How did you know how to do that?" Kendal questions. "Patience, dear cousin." Emma replies, an unnatural blue glow fading from her eyes as she blinks.

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"This'll be too easy. I haven't even had to use my special attack yet. I can already taste my victory!" Laurence chuckles, an attack identical to the last following his words

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"This is getting boring... Let's spice things up a bit!" Suddenly, Neo and Jen are floating in midair, hanging by their souls. Shouts of terror and swear words fill the air as the other join them.

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"I wonder what Gene will say when I bring him your souls served on a silver platter." The male throws his hand to the side and the girls following, smacking right into a tree. It didn't drain any HP, but it sure as heck hurt!

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"Of course, none of those pathetic creatures who hide underground won't change. And Aph..." Laurence trails off, his bitter facade falling for just a moment before being replaced with any even worse one. He throws his hand around for a few seconds, hurting his opponents, but no enough to drain HP.

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"I'll have all the luxury in the underground... But... Is it worth it...?" He mumbles to himself. His eyes flicker from red to a beautiful aquamarine blue for just a brief moment, but end up remaining red. He doesn't attack the humans, too caught up in his inner battle.

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"

I already don't have many friends and that power might push them away..."

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Laurence growls, shaking his head to turn his attention back to the fight. "Ugh! Who cares? Just die already!! Die or face my special attack!" He throws a seemingly impossible move at his opponents, but they manage to make it through with only loosing a small bit of health.

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"Heh, guess you get to face my special attack now." He waves his hand, dropping the girls to the ground with a thud. Laurence smirks widely, but it falls when he realizes a small dog has grabbed ahold of his special attack, running off with it between his teeth. "You stupid mutt! I'll have your dust for this!" He shouts after the dog.

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"I suppose I'll just use a completely normal attack..." The male pouts, his cheeks puffing out as he throws a simple blue bone attack towards the girls.

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At this point, Laurence is huffing and puffing from the amount of energy that has to put out to use this much magic. "I give up..." He manages to say. "Humans, just take my soul."

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"What...? Even after all that, you still won't fight? You know what? I don't care anymore. Even if you get past me, you'll never get past Katelyn. Go ahead. Try." Laurence gives a small villainous laugh before backing away from the humans, a wolfish grin smothering his features. "Flowey, what was all that about?" Karma asks their flowery, seemingly all-knowing friend after Laurence's figure disappears. "Honestly? I have no clue. I didn't leave the ruins that often after everything with Frisk happened." He says, shrugging his leaves like shoulders.

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Hey, guys, just a quick A/N for Jen and Emma since they aren't answering my texts. You two need to talk. PM each other. You both need to tell each other something, okay? Just trust me... Sorry if I confused anyone with this. Just had to get these two's attention. Hope you all enjoyed! Buh-bye! I love you, sugarcubes!