Chapter 2

Stage 2

Sans did not sleep easily that night. Along with his coughing fits, he found it hard to speak, despite not having any vocal chords. He kept thinking of his last days, his boss, and his gradually decreasing HP.

He thought of the 'grave' he had made with himself. Sitting up off the floor, he thought about having a quiet passing, how his boss would react if he had suddenly gone missing, and if his boss accidently stumbles across his dust.

He pondered this morbid thought for a while, until the first rays of artificial light that lit up the underground peeked through. Getting up, he went out of the house before Papyrus could wake up.

Sans was soon met by Greater Dog, the biggest sentry in the Snowdin area. Greater Dog growled at Sans, who retaliated with a short lived glare, followed by a series of hacking coughs. Confused by the noise, Greater Dog bounded away, albeit back into a snow poff.


Sans soon came to his sentry station. Usually, he would take a nice long swig of mustard, but today, he didn't feel as hungry. Even if he did, he knew that he would just cough it back up.

He shuddered at the thought.

He then heard someone heading towards him. It was a heavily armoured figure, about six feet tall, and was holding a spear longer than he was.

" 'sup undyne," he whispered in a crackly voice that could rival the Boatman's. "What the hell are you doing out here. You are supposed to stay inside your house.," she said, her tone resembling someone who'd scold a Froggit. " welp, i never got the memo.," he whispered, and Undyne leaned over to his sentry station.

" Don't even play dumb with me, punk. Alphys told me of your condition. Hell, I even took the liberty of not telling Papyrus.," she growled, obviously furious at his stubbornness. "why do you even care.," he whispered, " suddenly i'm dying, and that's the only time anyone would give a fuck. so, why, of all people, undyne, would you care about the well being of a weak, pathetic, and to top it all off, useless, monster like me.," he snapped, causing Undyne to back off.

After a period of silence, Undyne spoke.

" I respected you, knowing all the shit you have to go through everyday. I thought you were strong…," she said. " Here I thought you'd actually fight, and try to get better." She started to walk away. "Guess I'm wrong.," she said, and went back to Waterfall.


Undyne sat down at her table. ' Damn, guy has a death wish.,' she thought, brewing herself a cup of golden flower tea. She sipped it casually, thinking of something Papyrus and herself had talked about, when Papyrus joined the Royal Guard.

Flashback

"HELLO UNDYNE…"

"Hey, what's wrong?," she asked, filing away papers into a file cabinet. " SANS ISN'T ACTING LIKE HIS USUAL SELF TODAY…," he said, looking extremely worried. " Maybe he's having a bad day."

"NO, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT! HIS HP HAS LOWERED QUITE A BIT, HE'S GETTING LAZIER AND LAZIER EVERYDAY, AND HE KEEPS MUTTERING ABOUT SOME SORT OF ANOMALY AND TIMELINES.," he stated. Undyne looked at him. "Maybe good training?," she suggested.

"UNDYNE, WHAT IF HE, ER...FALLS DOWN?!," he said. Undyne rolled her eye. " I wouldn't worry about it, Papyrus. Your brother is a pretty strong. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if he went back to his old self in no time!"

Flashback over

She sighed, gulping down the rest of the golden flower tea, not minding the scalding burn it left behind. 'Maybe that's what happened,' she thought. 'Maybe this is like a burn that an event left behind…'

Surprisingly, it made some sense to her.


It was almost evening in the Underground. Sans trudged through the snow, trying to think over what he had said to Undyne earlier. Taking a slight detour, he went to the secret cove. He sat down next to his belongings, careful not to disturb the echo flower. ' ...heh. people wouldn't even notice if i'm gone.,' he thought bitterly. 'everyone would be better off without me. weak monsters like me don't have a place in this hell.'

He checked the time on his phone. The dimmed cracked screen managed to show the numbers '19:30 '. He shoved his phone back in his pocket, his fingers getting slightly cut from the uneven screen edges. Sighing quietly, he brought out his SOUL, and started to inspect the inverted heart.

It was a dull white, and had several cracks that littered the edges. He looked at his stats.

His HP had permanently lowered to 0.7/0.7. Alphys had written as a side note in her report that monsters that were falling down would gradually lose their HP. He made a mental note to avoid sparring Papyrus or anyone for the matter at any costs.

A small chime emitted from his pocket, signaling him that his shift was over. He turned off the alarm, and headed home.


A/N: Heya! Soo, I know I mentioned above that I would be updating every week or so,,,BUT I see I have TWO followers, and I just had to write down chapter two!0w0

Anyways, thank you for following my story, you have no idea how much this makes me happy!

Red: jeez, the shit you put me through…

BC: Shush! The story shall go on! Ciao!