I could barely move. My bones ached and my magic was drained. I had been here for only a few hours, but it felt like years. My left eye socket stung as I was no longer able to see anything. I heard a door open and then close. Footsteps approached me slowly and carefully. I lifted my head some.

"Sans. What have they done to you?"

It was my dad.

"dad? dad. . . it hurts."

"It probably does."

I felt the sharp pain in my left eye grow as my dad brought out a small pocket knife. The pain dulled, but it never left. I felt myself shivering as the pain lingered as well as my fear. I felt a liquid drip from my eye socket, but it was too thick to be tears.

"Here. Let me patch that up. We don't want you to lose any more magic than you've already lost."

The vision from my left eye ceased again as my dad wrapped a piece of cloth around my left eye socket.

"dad. i-i can't see."

"I know. You're going to have to go without sight for a little while. Is that alright?"

"i dunno."

I shivered at the fact that I wasn't able to see, but I could still feel. I could feel strong pulses of pain, but I could also feel my dad's comforting hand on my right arm.

"Alright. I can't untie you because, well, you're not exactly tied. But mainly because I have no permission to have you released.

"i'm scared. they want something from me, and they know that i have it."

"Yes, they want information from you. I want you to tell me all the information you have over this war, the enemy, and the breeding of monsters."

"no! no, i c-can't tell. they'll hurt you if i do!"

"No! They'll kill you if you don't! I don't want to lose you, Sans. Just, please give me that information. Please."

The pain in my dad's voice was thick with worry. I was scared that they'd hurt my family and Frisk if I told them, but it was the same way if I didn't tell. For once, I didn't know what to do.

"Sans, listen to me very closely. Tell me the information. Please. I promise they won't hurt us if you tell them what they want to hear."

"i. . . alright."

I took a deep, shaky breath and let it out.

"the enemy of this war is a separate species of monsters that have lived on the surface ever since frisk let us out of mount ebott the first time. when she reset, some of the monsters were unaffected by the reset. over time, a sort of apocalypse came about because the monsters that escaped the resets were only ones angry with the humans. over the course of about a thousand years those monsters became intelligent and aggressive. this city, ebott, was the only civilization to have escaped this apocalypse. the humans have been plannin' this for years, that is until we came back to the surface. when they realized that we were stayin' they decided to capture us so that we could counter the more aggressive monsters. humans decided to start breedin' us, but needed to figure out which monster types would help most. they tested us to see how good our skills were and which skills may help. the human-monster hybrids are so that dodgin' wouldn't be a problem since monsters don't dodge. that is, except one. i'm the secret weapon to all this because of my intelligence, speed, and ability to keep secrets and find secrets. i'm the only monster who can remember past resets in case the enemy were to ever recreate the ability to reset.

that's it."

The human's voice from before, the one that had brought me here, sounded above us. Probably an intercom system of sorts.

Human, "Thank you, Sans. This is helps. Just one question; How did you obtain this information?"

I hesitated, and I think my dad noticed.

Gaster, "Sans."

"i know. i-i got this information from. . . nightmares. i had lied when i said i heard some of the workers at that place talkin' 'bout it."

Human, "Thank you for this information."

I felt the restraints, which weren't actual, physical restraints, disappear.

Gaster, "Thank you, Sans. Thank you for doing this. I always thought you had a little bit of shadow monster in you."

I felt myself shaking violently. This had been all so terrifying and sudden. I felt tears slip down from my left eye socket, and not just the thick blue liquid that was my magic.

I grasped the arm rests on the chair I had been sitting in for hours. I tried to stand up, my bones feeling like they were being torn to shreds. My right leg received the most pain, though. I felt my dad's thin fingers helping me with my balance. Once we thought I was safely standing, Gaster let go of me. I fell to the ground, my right leg feeling ready to break. I screamed in pain.

Gaster, "Sans!"

I felt Gaster trying to see how injured my right leg was. He rolled up the white jeans I wore. He gave a sharp gasp as I breathed in short, pain filled breaths.

Gaster, "Sans. Do you want to see the injury?"

"yes."

My dad removed the piece of cloth he had put over my left eye so as to stop the bleeding of my magic. I looked down at my right leg to see a long, deep gash running down my tibia. Around the gash was scorch marks as if fire had surrounded it.

I heard footsteps as a female human walked into the room. My father stood up, anger emanating from him.

"dad."

Gaster, "What did you do to him! His leg looks like it was cut with a knife after being burned with fire!"

Human, "I didn't order any one to do that."

Gaster, "Lies! You're in control, you clearly ordered someone to do that to him!"

Human, "I ordered no one, I repeat, no one to use the laser."

Gaster, "A laser. A laser, did that!?"

Human, "Yes. A newly developed laser that destroys magic. It was created for this war so that we could kill monsters. It works, but it has a slow, painful killing process. And I ordered no one at all to use it against Sans."

Gaster, "So someone went against your orders."

Human, "Yes. And I will torment who ever did it."

The pain slowly crept away, but never disappeared completely. Instead, it lingered and gave off throbbing pulses. I kept my eye sockets closed, the pain too unbearable for me to keep them open.

Gaster, "His magic levels are low. How'd his magic levels get so low?"

Human, "The laser that was used deprives a monster of its magic, making them weak and easier to kill. That's why I wouldn't order anyone to use it because it could have killed Sans."

Gaster, "Can his magic be restored?"

Human, "Yes, but it may take a little while. And that gash on his leg won't go away."

Gaster, "How do we restore his magic?"

Human, "All we can do is allow him to rest and get the proper nutrition to get his magic back."

Gaster, "Good."

"dad?"

Gaster, "Yes?"

"it hurts."

Gaster, "I know it does. Just, try not to think about it."

"where's paps? and frisk?"

I looked up at Gaster who looked towards the human. I loud thud sounded.

Jeff, "Frisk! Get back here! My mom told me that you can't be here!"

Frisk, "Sans! Sans, are you alright?"

I felt a sigh of relief escape me just by seeing Frisk.

"frisk. heh. i'm fine. what about you and paps?"

Frisk, "Papyrus is back in the room that Alexandra is letting us stay in."

"alexandra?"

Frisk, "She prefers to be called Alex, but she's Jeff's mom."

Frisk gasped as she saw my right leg.

Frisk, "What happened to you leg?"

"it's a long story."

Jeff, "Sorry, mom. Frisk wouldn't listen to me when I tried to stop her."

Alex, "It's fine. Why don't you scout Frisk, Gaster, and Sans back to the living quarters they'll be staying at. If Papyrus is missing I trust you'll send a search party."

Jeff, "Affirmative. Follow me."

Jeff turned around and walked off. My dad picked me up since I wasn't able to walk with my injured leg and I winced in pain, giving off a soft groan of agony.

Gaster, "It's alright Sans. You're going to be alright."