Chapter 25

An Escape..?

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Papyrus was done.

He'd had enough of this.. This senseless Madness. He glanced over to Connor, seeing him still laying there, his wing still broken, blood and dust seeping out of his wounds.

Papyrus's teeth grit. His brother was in there. His friend was in there.

He looked around with only his eye sockets, not moving his head so he didn't raise any suspicion.

A small crack.

It was tiny, almost imperceptible, but Papyrus saw it. There was a tiny crack, only a hairline's thickness, beginning to form on the loop connecting Connor's shackles to the chains holding him up. He might not be able to break it on his own, but..

Papyrus has an idea.

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Anomaly walked into the room, whistling a small portion of Megalovania to himself, a wrong note here and there, just a bit too high or a bit too low.

"UH, HELLO?" Papyrus spoke, his voice shaking a bit. "ANOMALY?"

Chara glared at Papyrus, about to ask what he was doing, before Anomaly raised an eyebrow. ".. What?"

"WELL, YOU SEE.. I WAS FEELING A LITTLE SICK, AND I WAS WONDERING-"

"Don't care." He stood up, beginning to walk over to Papyrus. In order for this plan to work, Anomaly would have to be almost uncomfortably close.

A grin began to form on Anomaly's face. "But, I can think of something I could do." A small blade formed in his hand, his bright eyes flickering from Papyrus to the blade. Just a few more steps..

Anomaly crouched down in front of Papyrus, his own head level with Papyrus's. His nose was almost inside Papyrus's nasal cavity. Perfect.

Connor's eyes flickered to Papyrus. He seemed slightly more.. Aware. His eyes were focused on Papyrus and Anomaly, watching them as if they were the only things in the world. Sans had taken over, for the time being.

Papyrus looked Anomaly dead in the eye.. Before pulling back his skull and slamming his forehead into the glitched teen with a loud CRACK.

Anomaly stumbled backward, back onto his feet, before losing his balance. In a quick attempt to catch himself, he grabbed onto the chain of Connor's (Sans's?) that had the crack in it, just at the same moment that the prisoner shifted his whole body weight onto the chain.

With a satisfying SNAP, the chain gave away, links falling to the floor in loud clutter. Sans brought up his good leg, kneeing Anomaly in the head and temporarily knocking him out. A Bonesword appeared above his head, quickly breaking the other chain holding him up..

Before he prompyly collapsed, biting his tongue to keep himself from screaming.

Papyrus looked to his brother in fear. "BROTHER! I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT! I BELIEVE IN YOU!"

Sans weakly raised his arm up, sending the sword flying into Papyrus's shackles. Papyrus fell for but a moment, before catching himself, before grabbing Connor's now unconscious body.

Chara struggled with their cuffs, before Papyrus swiftly cut through them, Chara gasping slightly and rubbing their wrists.

"Thanks.."

"DON'T MENTION IT, ROSE-CHEEKED HUMAN! FOR NOW, LET US GET OUT OF HERE!"

They, together, ran off to get out, forgetting one thing they didn't account for..

Which way was out?