***Hello, everyone! Here's to hoping that I only have to type this up one time and not three, like the first chapter. Sans and Papyrus belong to Toby Fox, Dr. Wike belongs to me, and let's roll!
Chapter Two: Your Problem Here Is...
If it was possible for bones to be pale, then that would've been Papyrus' complexion. He was normally very bouncy and talkative. But now, he was hardly walking and dead silent.
"Ya scared?" Sans asked quietly.
"N... nonsense! The Great Papyrus doesn't get scared!" Papyrus snapped. Despite his words, he looked outright terrified.
"You want me to hold your hand, don't you?" Sans eventually asked.
Papyrus nodded, holding out his good hand. Sans took it, and they resumed walking down the hallway until they reached an x-ray room.
"Alright, sir. I'd normally take an x-ray of a person to check for what I think you have, but you're a skeleton and I can see your bones right now," the doctor said.
"That's true," Papyrus agreed.
The doctor went and grabbed a hospital gown, holding it out. "So, if you could put this on and lay down on that table, I can do an examination and log what I see. I won't look while you change, because if you need help, your friend is here," she said. She handed over the hospital gown and covered her eyes politely.
Sans had to help Papyrus here and there, but he got out of his clothes and into the hospital gown. "Hey, Doc, we're good now," Sans said.
The doctor uncovered her eyes. "You can call me Dr. Wike," she said.
"Okay," Sans shrugged.
Papyrus very slowly laid down on the examination table, as he'd been told to do earlier. "I'm ready," he said.
"Alright," Dr. Wike said. She turned to Sans. "Sir, if you could step outside for a moment?" she requested.
"Check," Sans said. Then, he stepped outside.
Dr. Wike turned back to Papyrus. "So, tell me a bit about yourself," she said as she begun to examine him.
Papyrus managed to smile at that. "Well.."
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Sans was fast asleep, sitting outside of the examination room. He could only stay awake for so long, after all. But, his nap was interrupted when he was shaken awake and a voice said, "Pardon me, but you have to wake up now. I have some questions for you."
He opened his eye sockets and stood up. "And those questions would be?" he asked. Dr. Wike was standing there.
"Papyrus told me quite a lot. Including a lot about you... and that you're the older brother by three years, and you have a good memory," she said.
Sans raised a browbone. "So?" he asked.
"Do you remember if he had any issues with movement or size when he was little? Or if he was born particularly early?" Dr. Wike asked. That went into some touchy subjects.
"He was born pretty early. I don't remember much from the night he was born, but I remember how tiny he was and that some place on his bones looked a bit... funky. I didn't learn it until I was older, but Mom nearly lost her life having him. However, I knew it then that Dad was freaking out. But Paps didn't start walking for a good while. I know that that's the case for every kid, but he too way longer than any other kid," Sans explained.
Dr. Wike jotted that down on her clipboard. "Alright... I'm trying to connect the dots between a human in this case and a skeleton monster in this case. But I believe it all lines up for a diagnosis," she said.
"Great. So what the frick's wrong with him that you had to strip him down and poke him all over?" Sans asked.
Dr. Wike lead him inside.
"Hello, Dr. Wike! Did you ask my brother everything you needed to ask him?" Papyrus asked.
Dr. Wike nodded. "Yes. And I've made a diagnosis that is easier to explain just once. Although it's not life-threatening, I don't want to have to explain it twice," she said.
"It's not life-threatening... that's a relief as it is," Papyrus said.
"Can you just tell me what's wrong with my brother?" Sans sighed.
Dr. Wike nodded. "Alright."
***And... that's it for this chapter. Once more, I had to science, and I actually have to science some more because I have a project where I have to get creative like Paige. So, be sure to leave a review on the way out, and I'll see you all in the next one! Bye!