DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Undertale. The game, and all corresponding characters, belongs to Toby Fox and Temmie Chang.

Chapter 1: Genocide

It was the end of the game. This time it was a pacifist run, so they made it to the surface. There was one, though, who wasn't as appealed to this ending as the others. Sans had seen it before, enough times to just expect it to happen, then wait for it to end forever, creating a new timeline. This time was no different. Sans woke up with a start in his bed back in Snowdin. He sighed while getting out of bed.

Sans' P.O.V.

"Here we go again... Let's just hope no one dies. I'm not in the mood to deal with a genocidal maniac."

Oh boy was I wrong. I saw the usual signs of a genocide run. The kid was emotionless and unresponsive to my joke. I also saw dust covering their clothes as they left the ruins. From that moment, I knew that this run was going to end with me dying. I just didn't want it to happen. I tried to save Papyrus. I was just... too... late...

"Damn it Paps, why did you have to believe in everyone so easily..?"

I wasn't even... Upset. I had seen him die enough times to just go completely numb. I was mad, sure, but that feeling won't go away, no matter how many times this happens. So I just teleported to the final corridor, and waited for them to show up and kill me.

"Looks like you've been busy."

I said to them as they walked in. The look on their face was enough to tell me they were successful. I even heard that weed trembling in fear.

"It's a beautiful day outside, Birds are singing, flowers are blooming. On days like this, kids like you, should be burning in hell."

I was impressed that they didn't die to that attack. In any other playthrough, they normally did. So this was new. I was legitimately lost for words for that brief moment.

"... *ahem* Huh. Never understood why people didn't use their strongest attacks first."

They fought hard, that's for sure. It isn't often that I see Frisk win on their first try, so I was surprised when they landed that finishing blow without dying once. I bet 'Player' was really proud of that achievement.

I can always tell when a genocide route is over, because I wake up, as if from a nightmare. It's always the same thing; waking up with a start, hyperventilating, and clutching my shirt, checking to see if the cut is gone. Papyrus usually checks on me, mostly because most of the time I scream when I do so. No matter how many times I die, seeing Papyrus alive again makes me cry of happiness. This time was no different.

No one's P.O.V.

"SANS, ARE YOU ALRIGHT? I HEARD YOU YELL! ARE YOU IN DANGER?"

"N-no bro... just a n-nightmare"

"THANK ASGORE! YOU GOTTA STOP SCARING ME LIKE THAT! WHAT IF YOU HAVING NIGHTMARES, AND ME CHECKING IN ON YOU IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT (...) MAKES ME UNFIT TO CAPTURE A HUMAN?!"

"Priorities, bro... priorities..."

That was when Papyrus realized he was crying.

"OH MY GOD, SANS! WHAT'S WRONG?"

"Huh? Oh. I-it's nothing... I'm fine. You should go back to bed bro. Who knows, a human could come around tomorrow."

"YOU'R E RIGHT! REST WELL BROTHER!"

"Night bro..."

And with that, Sans was left alone to cry.