I know, I absolutely suck because I haven't updated any of my stories in a while, then all of a sudden I put this one up. (;.;) I've just been too distracted to do much with the other stories, and this one just suddenly overtook me and made me write it to the end. On the good side, this should be finished soon enough, and I might finally be able to focus on others soon.

And yes, I have become Undertale trash and have been obsessed with the game recently. Probably why this came out.

Anyway, this is based off an Undertale comic I saw on DeviantArt called Handplates by zarla. The comic is based on Papyrus and Sans being creations of Gaster, though I won't say much more on that. Based on In Another Timeline, where Frisk finds the two skelebros. Except, in this version, it's an OC that finds the two.

NYEH HEH! I have discovered a way around Fanfiction eating the link. Just erase the parenthesis. (zarla).(deviantart).com(/art/)(In-another-timeline-444232652)

So... Enjoy!

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Whirrr.

Casey peered into the darkness, blinking as her eyes adjusted to the dark room. She glanced around, even though nothing was currently visible, other than a dimly lit computer screen and four bars of blue light in the corner of the room. Now... What had she come down here for? The dinosaur-like monster upstairs, Alphys, sent her down here for something... Casey slowly stepped into the room, careful to keep from bumping into anything that might be in the way as she explored with each step.

Step. Step. Step. Step.

Briefly wondering where the light switch was, Casey made her way to the four bars of light. Stopping on the outside of them, she froze in shock. On the other side of the bars sat two little skeletons, sitting close to the light. One was smaller than the other, leaning on the taller one. Their eyesockets were closed... Were they asleep? Casey stepped closer to the light, stiffening when the taller skeleton opened its eyesockets. For a moment, the two stared at each other.

"ARE... A-ARE YOU A N-NEW L-LAB ASSISTANT?" It asked, it's voice sounding masculine, despite being a slightly higher pitch.

Lab assistant?

"N-No?" Casey said slowly, making the skeleton tilt his head to the side.

"THEN... THEN WHY ARE YOU HERE?"

"Someone asked me to get something." Casey answered. The skeleton opened his mouth to speak, but Casey interrupted. "I'm sorry, but I need to ask... Where is the switch for the light?"

"SOMEWHERE ON THE FAR WALL." He answered, his arm wrapping protectively around the smaller skeleton.

Casey smiled faintly at the sight. "Thanks." She stepped back into the darkness again, making her way to the other wall. It took a few minutes to find the switch. "Watch yourself." She warned the skeleton before flipping on the light. Turning around, she could see the skeleton squinting his eyesockets in the bright light. The other one didn't move.

One part of the room had a table with a broken tool and a few notebooks on it. Nearby, next to another door, sat a desk that held the computer and a few more notebooks on it. Casey walked over to the desk.

"ARE YOU GOING TO HURT US?"

Casey blinked, surprised at that question as she rifled through the notebooks. They were all in a print that she couldn't understand, a bunch of symbols instead of actual letters. "No I don't, and wouldn't, hurt anyone."

"GOOD." The relief in the skeleton's voice made her heart twinge. "... WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?"

"Someone was concerned that her boss was doing something illegal. However, she's too scared to do anything. Since I'm already in trouble anyway, she asked me to look for something." Casey answered, not looking up from the notebooks.

"WHY ARE YOU IN TROUBLE? I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T HURT ANYONE."

"I wouldn't... And didn't. But I'm a human, so I'm not welcome here."

"A HUMAN? ARE HUMANS BAD?"

"Apparently so." Casey answered, placing the notebooks back to where they originally were on the desk. She walked over to the table. "Humans did bad things to monsters in the past, so humans are bad to them." She adds, starting to rifle through the notebooks.

"S-SO... SINCE YOU'RE A HUMAN... ARE YOU BAD?"

Casey paused, staring at the notebooks and their strange symbol print. "... I hope not." The skeleton went silent until Casey finished, putting the notebooks back. They were all in the same strange symbol print and, being unable to read it, she didn't know what was important or not. Casey let out a faint sigh.

"didn't find what you were looking for?" The new voice made Casey jump in surprise, and she turned towards the bars. The smaller skeleton was awake.

"Honestly? I'm not really sure what I'm even looking for." Casey admits, walking over to them. When she got close enough to actually look at them, she paused. "Oh God..." She murmured.

The two wore something akin to hospital gowns, and looked smaller in the light than they had in the dark... As if they were children. The taller one had a bandage wrapped around his lower left arm, while the smaller one had a bandage over his right eye. Both skeletons had a small, metal plate on their right hands. And the room they were in... Was more of a cell.

... She was done here. Casey had done what Alphys had asked of her, to try and find notes on the secret project the head scientist had been working on. All she had to do was turn around and walk away... Leave and pretend she saw nothing…

There was a glowing blue pad next to the doorway.

Casey pressed it.

The bars disappeared.