"GUYS! Guys wake up!"

I awoke with a jolt, something that I rarely did. Undyne had begun to yell and shake us awake.

Toriel, "What is wrong, Undyne?"

Undyne, "The humans are going to give us a place to stay until we can buy a house!"

I gave Undyne a stern look, my usual smile now gone.

Papyrus, "SANS? ARE YOU ALRIGHT?"

"you nearly killed me, undyne!"

Undyne, "What's your problem?"

Frisk, "Sans heard a prophecy from the RiverPerson."

Undyne drew in a sharp breath and Alphys looked like she was about to turn to dust. Everyone else just looked plain shocked.

"it's nothin'."

Asgore, "Sans, even I know that the RiverPerson holds their prophecy to truth."

I kept quiet, not wanting to tell them what the RiverPerson told me. The mist from last night was now dissipating as the sun rose into the sky, turning the clouds a pinkish color before turning them white. The sky was a perfect blue, lighter then what my left eye glowed.

Frisk, "Sans, why did you want to keep it a secret?"

I rubbed the back of my neck, the separate bones feeling stiff with sleep. I avoided eye contact of all my friends, family, not daring to see how horror stricken they looked. Why they would be filled with fear is because most of the RiverPerson's prophecies depict bad luck.

"i, uh, didn't wanna worry you all."

Undyne, "You should've told us earlier!"

Toriel, "Sans probably has his reasons as to why he kept it from us. If you all recall, RiverPerson usually tells prophecies that relate to a single on person."

Undyne, "Usually."

"just, it's nothin'."

Toriel, "Let us drop this subject. We shall go greet the humans now."

Toriel stood, and everyone else followed. She walked in the direction of the large city with buildings that made a chill scrape down my spine. I pulled my jacket in closer around me before pulling over the hood. The soft white lining was comforting as it surrounded my skull.

I walked further behind them, my soul twisting with fear. Toriel lead the way with Frisk close behind her. I couldn't see past Toriel, but what I head gave me a wave of nausea. A gunshot had sounded, and I watched as Toriel fell unconscious. I lost all my sight from my right eye, and my left I could only see in the color of a deep blue.

"tori!"

Frisk was panicking as was everyone else. I heard someone, not sure who, talk to someone else.

New voice, "We got one down. Out."

I couldn't see the enemy, but I did know they were straight ahead. My reflex to run kicked in as I tried to teleport. Instead, something happened that I didn't quite understand. Someone was now standing in front of me as I then teleported, trying to lose them. Instead, they came with me. They were a monster, but melted. He wore black and was a skeleton, at least I think he was. His right eye was dripping downward.

"get away from me!"

"I am sorry. I am actually rather confused myself."

"i'm not just confused! i'm scared to death! no pun intended."

"That is not like you, Sans."

"how the- how do ya know my name!?"

"Well, that's upsetting that you don't recognize your father."

He looked down at himself, then back at me.

"Actually, I can see why you don't recognize me. My name is WingDing Gaster. Gaster is my last name, and since you are my son, that makes you Sans Gaster. Your brother would then be Papyrus Gaster. Those don't have as good as a ring to them as my name does."

"this is not the time!"

"Yes, I know. I'm afraid that Toriel and Frisk have already been taken."

"what?"

"Did you not hear what the RiverPerson said?"

"t-the prophecy?"

"Yes. The humans have already captured thirty one monsters in total and have killed nine monsters in total."

"wha-what? i-i don't get this. what's goin' on!?"

"Shh. If you don't stay quiet the humans might find you."

"is there technology that advanced?"

"Yes. Actually, the surface was never affected by the resets. Because you've been released onto the surface more than once the humans already know about your existence, hence them trying to capture you and other monsters."

"but why did they kill? and who?"

"The humans killed any monsters who attempted to fight them off. And who they killed is probably not many you know. These are the monsters you know who are now dead; Flowey, Undyne, Asgore. They are dead because they tried to fight back."

I was struck silent. Everything was happening so quickly, so fast.

"My son. Are you alright?"

"papyrus. what about papyrus! does he know not to fight back!"

"Shh. Stay quiet, Sans."

A human, "I heard one over here! Quickly!"

"Nice job."

My dad teleported us to the inside of the city where there were monsters running and attempting to hide. Chaos reeked, discord roamed the streets. I was trying to process everything when I was dragged by my right arm by my dad.

"where are we goin?"

My dad said nothing. He just continued to lead me until we reached an alleyway. We stayed hidden in the shadows, waiting, watching. Monsters continued to run through the streets, trying to escape. Those who fought did indeed die, turning to dust just so humans could trample on it in attempt to capture more humans.

The sky scrapers were pristine and slightly futuristic like as if from a science fiction book. There were hologram screens floating in mid air, showing off warnings of lock downs on all the buildings. No going in, no going out.

"if time didn't change in the underground, then how far in the future is the surface?"

"About a thousand years further in the future."

"that means frisk-"

"Is over a thousand years old? Yes. She's the age of an adult monster."

My breathing became thin and shallow as I waited in all the havoc throughout the city. Every time a human tranquilized a monster a van would pull up with sirens blaring and lights flashing. The back doors would be opened and the sedated monster would be tossed in the back. I was disgusted and nervous because I knew Toriel and. . . Frisk?

"wait. earlier you said they took frisk. why?"

Gaster sighed, depression filling his eye sockets.

"The humans found out about the resets. They know Frisk's an anomaly. They're going to be disappointed when they find out that she can't reset anymore. But she can still save and load, surprisingly."

"isn't chara still with frisk?"

"Yes. The two humans do share a soul, which may turn into an issue and another anomaly the humans may want to look at."

"may? really? i think it's more like they 'will' want to look at that anomaly."

"Shh."

A human ran by, a gun in hand. I was beginning to shake which caused my bones to clatter against each other some.

"Sans, be quiet. They'll find us if you don't stop rattling your bones."

"i-i can't help i-it."

I tried to stop the rattling with no success at first. After a couple more tries, my dad became impatient and used restraint magic to stop the sound.

"it's n-not like they'd hear my bones rattlin' or anything."

"We can never be too careful."