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Eh, it's not that late of an update... just kidding it's super late :( I'm sorry.
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TreTheDon: Haha! yeah... are you quoting Jenna marbles?
Toriel stands awe struck in her kitchen, her large, furry hands covering her mouth.
She lets a couple of tears slide down her face as she sits down on the floor.
She had just turned on the radio, getting ready to make a pie when the news came through the radios speakers.
"In other news, with the fire at the Core CO. Lab, Doctor W. D. Gaster has been arrested along with his eldest son, Papyrus Gaster. His younger son, Comic Sans Gaster being transferred to an orphanage with his only two living relatives now in jail."
Toriel sits in her kitchen, unable to move as the horrible news kept coming.
"Dr. Gaster's oldest son being incarcerated into a minimum security jail-house while Dr. Gaster himself has been tried for multiple crimes, including illegal scientific practices, possession of illegal chemicals, Arson, and child abuse."
The goat monster squeezes her eyes shut for a moment.
How could he have done this?
How could this have happened to those sweet brothers who had, just the other day, been happily living their lives without bother?
She quickly collects herself and picks up her phone, calling the only mutual friend that she had with the brothers.
"Hello, Alphys here."
Toriel sniffles into the receiver and wipes her eyes on her arm. "H-Hello Alphys, this is Toriel, I am calling to see if you heard the news."
"Uh... no? What's going on?"
"Dr. Gaster, he did something at his lab and he and Papyrus got arrested. Now Sans apparently is in an orphanage." Toriel says in a rush.
"What!? How- I mean- What even- Never mind. Can I come over? Maybe then we could figure out where he is and go see him." Alphys says, although it already sounded like she was getting into her car.
"Of course. Would you also call Miss Undyne? she is also a friend of Sans and Papyrus." Toriel puts away what she had gotten out for pie and moves into the living-room.
"Sure, yeah. I'm almost there so I'll see you in like five minutes."
"You better not be speeding." Toriel says, her mother side showing once more.
"I'm not." Alphys says, but the sound of a revving engine says otherwise. She hangs up quickly after.
"Oh dear..."
Before she knew it Undyne and Alphys were at Toriel's house, sitting anxiously on the couch.
"Okay, I think I've found out where Sans is." Alphys says, holding her laptop on her lap.
"WHERE IS HE!?" Undyne shouts. Luckily it was a school day so none of Toriel's children were there to snoop into their business.
"He's at the kindred heart's home orphanage down by that special needs school."
Undyne jumps up off the couch like it was made of fire. "Well what are we waiting for!? Let's go see 'im!"
Alphys keeps her eyes trained on her computer screen. "It's not that easy, we'll have to call in first, to tell them we're coming and for who, and then they have to ask him if he knows us and if he is okay with seeing us, just in case we were lying. Then they'd call us back when he is ready."
"What? why is that even a thing!?" Undyne says, crossing her arms.
"Because, If we were someone he's not supposed to see or will stress him out they can't let us in." Alphys explains. Undyne sits back down with a huff as Alphys whips out her cell phone. "Look, I'm calling right now to sort things out and we'll be able to see him in no time."
Sans walks quickly into the room that had been his home for the past two days, carrying his backpack filled with his things, his bear, tucked under his arm.
He plops down on his bunk and takes puts his bag in his lap, pulling out two bottles of medicine.
One had a label that said Hydrocodone and another that said Risperidone.
Sans pops the cap off the first bottle and swallows two horse pills dry. He then grabs the second bottle, labeled risperidone, and opens that one too but before he could take the pills Miss Humpfree, the only person working there that seemed not to ever be busy, popped her head into the room holding a phone.
"I'm sorry dear, but I just got a call from someone named Alphys who said you know her?"
Sans almost hits his skull on the top bunk with how fast he jumped up from the bed. "Yeah! I know her! Can I talk to her, please!?" Sans stands, bouncing on the spot.
"Oh, of course dear." She hands him the phone and he snatches it up so fast Miss Humpfree didn't even know he had taken it. "ALPHYS!" He shouts into the receiver.
"Ah! Sans, It's good to hear you too, but please try and keep your voice down?"
Sans bounces more, his smile growing. "Sorry, sorry, I just- it's- I thought you all had forgotten about me and Papyrus."
"No, never! We just didn't know. But I should tell you, we can come see you, but only if you say it's okay."
Sans brings the phone away from his face and looks up at Miss Humpfree. "Yes, yes, yes, They need to come, Please let my friends come see me!"
Miss Humpfree smiles, and nods. "Yes, that will be fine. I'm sure with how excited you are to just talk to them on the phone, it'll be fine to have them come here for a bit." Sans gets to excited he drops the phone to the ground.
"Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry-"
"It's fine dear, just let me see it so I can make sure it hasn't broken." Sans picks the phone back up and hands it to his caretaker.
She looks it over and then brings it back up to her ear. "Hello?"
"Hey, still here." Alphys says with a chuckle.
"Okay, good" Miss Humpfree says, chuckling herself. "Well based on how excited Sans seemed just by your call I'd say you're good to go. If you'd like you can come in around four thirty."
"O-Okay, yeah! We'll be there." Alphys quickly hangs up with the roar of an overjoyed Undyne in the background being cut off along with the call.
Miss Humpfree hangs up her end of the phone at looks to Sans who is now crouched down on the floor, face in his hands. "Hey, what's wrong?" She asks, kneeling down by him, readying herself for a melt-down.
"T-They're coming, I missed everyone so much. I thought I'd never see them again."
"Oh, i'm sure you'd be able to see them no matter what. You got to see your brother, didn't you?" Miss Humpfree rubs Sans back in a calming motion.
Sans nods and falls back, so that he was sitting on the floor.
"Now, I'd suggest putting on some clean cloths because your friends will be here in about twenty minutes." Sans nods again, his smile widening at the mention of his friends.
He stands up and goes back to his bunk, Miss Humpfree leaving the room.
He takes out a pair of darker jeans and a t-shirt that had a glass of orange juice and an orange saying 'you'd be nothing without me'. He changes quickly and walks out of the room and into the main lobby so that he would be the first to see them come in.
He sits down in a big puffy chair, rocking back and forth the slightest bit.
Sans watches the clock like a hawk, watching every minute, every second pass until finally-
"Alphys, Toriel, Undyne!" Sans shoots up from his seat and leaps over to the small group of three.
He first launches himself into Undyne, his eyes shut tight, then squeezing Alphys until she couldn't breath, lastly burying his face into Toriel's soft dress, hugging her gently. "I missed you guys."
It was so surreal, the feeling of having his family right there with him, feeling so safe for the first time in what felt like forever.
He squeezes Toriel tighter and lets tears fall down his face, with little hiccups accompanying them.
"I'm so sorry, we didn't know what happened." Toriel says tearfully.
Sans starts to tell them what all had happened. "Dad he- then the fire and- and Papyrus was-"
He stops trying to talk and instead just sobs, so overwhelmed by the whole experience.
Just at that moment Miss Humpfree walks into the lobby, seeing the scene of joyful crying. "Oh, um hello. Are you the group that called earlier?"
Alphys steps forward. "Yeah, I'm Alphys, the one that was on the phone, That's Undyne," She says pointing to her crush. "And this is Toriel." She finishes gesturing to the goat monster.
Miss Humpfree smiles at them and reaches out a hand to Alphys. "It's very nice to meet you, I'm P-"
"PETUNIA!"
Miss Humpfree turns around swiftly. "Petunia, it's interview day, People are going to be here any minute!"
"Oh no!" Miss Humpfree says "I completely forgot!" She turns back to facing the group "I'm so sorry, but I have to ask you to leave." Sans looks up from Toriel's dress, tears still in his eyes.
"B-But they just got here." He says in a shaky voice.
"I'm sorry pumpkin, I forgot that we had stuff going on here today"
Toriel kneels down so that she was on Sans' level, looking him in the eyes. "It'll be okay, don't worry." She rubs his head softly and stands back up. "I understand, We'll be on our way then." Undyne silently freaks out, knowing this whole thing isn't fair but Alphys grabs her hand and pulls her away, but not before slipping a piece of paper into Sans' hand.
"See you later" Alphys says with a little wave.
The group starts to walk out, Alphys having to calm a fuming Undyne.
"Bye..."
"Now now dearie, could you head off to your room, there will be quite a few people here to do some interviews and I don't want anyone to get overwhelmed" Sans nods and heads back to his room, knowing full-well that she mean she thought he was going to get overwhelmed.
He reaches his room and sees Will hanging upside-down from a top bunk. "Hi Sans!" he says enthusiastically. "Hi." Sans says, starting down at the small piece of paper in his hand.
"What 'cha got?" Will says, flipping down from is position like it was nothing. "A- uh a letter, I think, from my friends" Sans sits on his bunk.
"Cool! can I see? I've never gotten a letter before!" Will hops up onto the bunk and stares over Sans' shoulder. "I guess" Sans replies "As long as no-one else sees."
"Oh, no-one else will see it, We're the only ones in this room, all the other rooms are full."
"O-Okay..." Sans opens the letter and reads it aloud to Will in a quiet voice."
' Sans,
I know everything seems bad, and I know times are stressful, but you will make it through this. I know you will. You are strong and faithful and you never give up, so don't give up now.
I called the jail where Papyrus is staying and they said he only has a ninety day sentience so you two will be back together in no time! I knew you didn't have your phone so I found it and put it underneath the first chair in the lobby so get that as soon as possible and call.
-Alphys
Sans looks up from the letter once he was done reading. "Alphys... I can't believe her... She's- she's- Amazing!" Sans hops up and turns quickly to Will.
"Will, do you think you'd be able to help me get that phone?"
Will looks around, obviously conflicted. "That's breaking the rules, Miss Humpfree said to stay in our rooms."
"I'll let you play games on it after I've called my friends." He says with a straight face.
"Really! Yeah!" Will shouts. Sans covers his mouth and looks to the door. "Shhh!" after a couple seconds he takes his hand away and turns serious. "Okay, all I need you to do is keep watch for me and distract anyone who comes by while I'm trying to get the phone out."
"Okay!" Will whisper-shouts.
The two of them creep out into the hall and back towards the lobby.
They could hear Miss Humpfree talking with someone, but they didn't know who.
"Okay Will, you go in there and tell Miss Humpfree that you saw a mouse in our room, and if she asks about me, tell her i'm in the bathroom." Sans says to will. "I don't want to lie to her, but I have to."
Will nods. "I understand. I know the feeling" With that he trots out into the lobby, going along with the plan perfectly. Sans quickly darts past the doorway so that when the two of them came out they most likely wouldn't see him.
"Alright William, I'll get the mouse for you." Miss Humpfree says, walking out of the room, completely passing Sans. "I swear, the other day you were playing with a mouse outside."
Sans sneaks into the lobby, so far only two couples were sitting in the oversize chairs. He puts on a blank expression and walks to the first chair in the lobby. A petite woman sat in it, her peach colored dress only reaching just past her knees.
Sans goes behind the chair, unaware that the woman was watching him out of the corner of her eyes. Sans quickly grabs the phone from under the chair and pockets it, making sure to put his hand in the pocket over the phone.
"Well aren't you a curious fella." The woman chuckles, surprising Sans, making him jump. "Uh..." Sans starts with a face of confusion that quickly turned to panic when he heard-
"Miss Humpfree, wait! I swear I saw a rat!"
"William, please! I have two couples in there and more on the way."
"But Miss Humpfree!"
Miss Humpfree trudges into the lobby, Will hanging on her arm. "I'm sorry, he's saying now that it was a rat, but I think someone just wanted attention." She quickly spots Sans who is looking like a deer in headlights standing by the chair.
"Sans, I told you to stay in your room unless I call you, I can't have everyone running around right now." Miss Humpfree says, sounding less mad and more disappointed. "Sorry, I-I'll just go back to the room now, but didn't you say Will saw a rat?"
"Yes- uh no, there was no rat." Sans smiles and walks away quickly. "Oh okay then. bye." The woman in the dress chuckles as he leaves.
Sans finds his way back to the room, sitting back on his bunk.
"WOW SANS!" Will says, bursting into the room. "That was cool!" Sans shakes his head and Will flops down next to him. "No it wasn't Will. We shouldn't lie, but we had to." Will drops his head. "Oh..."
The room is silent for almost half an hour before something interrupts it.
"Sans, I have a couple who'd like to meet with you." Miss Humpfree says, poking her head in the doorway. "What?" Sans questions, not knowing what was going on.
"Someone might become your foster parents." Will whispers to him.
"Oh, uh, okay?" Sans stands up and miss Humpfree starts walking away. "Here, you can play on it till I come back." He hands Will the phone and leaves.
He follows Miss Humpfree down the hall and into an office he hadn't seen before. They enter the office and Sans looks at the two humans sitting in chairs in front of a desk. Miss Humpfree leads Sans by the hand around the table and into a chair facing the couple.
Sans stares at the couple, the man was tall and muscular. He had pitch black hair and was wearing a bored expression on his face. The woman was The woman from in the lobby, she had shoulder length wavy brown hair and milk chocolate eyes.
"Sans, these are the Pattersons." Sans tilts his head to the side. "They want to become your foster parents."
Sans looks at them with a completely blank face. The woman holds out her calloused hand to Sans and smiles warmly.
"Hello Sans, it's nice to meet you."
*sobs* I'm so sorry! I couldn't wright for so long and I tried almost every day but It just wasn't happening!
So I hope you liked this chapter, I was going to have it be a lot longer but, I couldn't wright... anyways that just means that the next chapter should be easier to wright because it's already outlined!
Thanks for reading, give it a review and tell me what you thought, and I'll see you next time! .O/