***Hello, everyone! So, here we are, the last chapter of this spur-of-the-moment idea. I think the ending turned out... fairly well. Don't judge it too hard. Anyways, Sans, Papyrus, Alphys, Undyne, Toriel, and Frisk belong to Toby Fox, the story plot belongs to me, and let's jump in!
Chapter Eight: Getting Back Up (Final)
Papyrus stuck to Sans' advice, as strange as it was. It was his motivation to get through. He wanted to get back to where he was before. He wanted to be free of his medical braces, be free of his crutches, and have everything just overwith.
However... success didn't come without effort.
That effort was the physical therapy. It hurt, and was certainly difficult, and there were times when Papyrus just wanted to give up over the weeks that passed. There were times when he wanted to retreat back to his room and give up.
But, he wanted to prove it. He wanted to prove it to Frisk, to Toriel, to Sans, to Undyne... to himself. He wanted to prove that he was the Great Papyrus.
And that the Great Papyrus could do anything.
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Frisk opened the door when the doorbell rang, since Sans was asleep on the couch and Toriel was grading papers upstairs in her room. They got quite a surprise. "Undyne? Alphys? What're you guys doing over here?" they asked.
"Paps sent me a text saying that he wanted us over here, and to stay. That's what he sent me," Undyne explained.
"S-so, where is he, e-exactly?" Alphys asked.
"Dunkle Sans just got back from taking him to physical therapy," Frisk said.
Undyne sighed. "Why would that dork call us over if he wasn't even here?" she asked.
"I dunno. But if he really wanted you to stay, then I guess we can hang out until Sans brings him home," Frisk shrugged.
So, they let Alphys and Undyne in.
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Some time passed. Toriel was eventually informed that two other guests were suddenly in her house, and Sans woke up at some point to go get Papyrus.
That left a goat, a dinosaur, a fish, and a human to their own devices. So, they resolved to passing the time by playing cards, just like they had before Sans had left.
Alphys had only made Undyne swear once to not attack anyone or destroy anything if she got exceptionally angry at someone or something. She agreed reluctantly, which was a good thing.
Eventually, Sans did pop back into the living room. "Yo," he said.
"Hello," Toriel said, smiling warmly.
"Hey, what happened to Papyrus?" Frisk asked. Sure enough, the other skeleton brother wasn't present.
"I'm here, human! My brother just decided to be a bit mean in his method of bringing me home," Papyrus called from the kitchen.
"Just come in here, bro!" Sans called back.
When such happened, Frisk, Toriel, Alphys, and Undyne all had an equal shock.
For Papyrus came in without crutches of braces of any sort.
Sure, there were scars on his bones, but he was fine.
"Papy! You should've said something about this!" Frisk said, going over to hug him.
"Well, Dr. Lynn said that I had healed at a remarkable rate and that I was doing extremely well in physical therapy, so she let me off two weeks earlier than expected! I'm a bit sore, but freedom feels good," Papyrus said, carefully moving each of his limbs.
Toriel glanced over at Sans. "And I'm assuming you were clued in on this as well?" she guessed.
"Tibia honest, I was more surprised than you guys were. We decided to not call ahead and ruin it. Don't wanna be a bee extermination; a buzzkill, that is," Sans said.
"Well, you just killed the moment with that pun!" Papyrus snapped.
Alphys looked him over, standing up to do so. "A-as happy as I a-am that you're out o-of your b-braces, y-you should probably still t-take it e-easy until you fully r-recover," she advised.
"That's what Dr. Lynn said," Papyrus recalled.
Undyne walked over to him. "Paps?" she asked. Papyrus wasn't quite in the mood to get yelled at like she'd yelled at him before. "Yes?" he asked.
Undyne clapped him on the back. "It's good to have you back, man," she said.
Papyrus ginned the way he'd been unable to since he'd fallen down the stairs initially.
"The Great Papyrus is glad to be back.
The End
***And that's that. Some parts could be better, some parts could be worse. Overall, this story is done and done. I hope you all enjoyed and I'll see you all in the next one! Bye!
