Your consciousness being pushed out of the small human's body, made you feel as if you were an exposed nerve. Feeling vulnerable and your senses spiking, you felt every part of your body start to freeze. Eyes shutting tight you held onto your ghostly form, you tried to hold onto whatever grip you had in the world around you.
{Don't worry, you'll get used to that. You know, the whole being ripped out of a body part.}
《I r-ather not...》Chara patted your back before turning your face to the situation behind you.
{Well, you better straighten yourself out cause I think the kid broke.} Ignoring the disturbing numbness, you pryed your eyes open.
《Bonbon...?》
"Uhhhhhhhhh..." Bonbon continued on, never taking a breath as she stared at the two brothers. Not really sure on what she should say or if it was too late to fix it. Papyrus worried about the whole situation, picked the small human up.
"SANS, THE HUMAN IS OBVIOUSLY QUITE TIRED AND SO ARE WE. CAN YOU AT LEAST LEAVE INTERROGATION FOR THE MORNING?" Papyrus having saved Bonbon from her blunder, she curled herself into his hold. Sans letting out a defeated sigh, knowing that his brother was right. They where all worned out at this point and sleeping sounded pretty good at the moment. Even though, deep down he was curious about how she knew of his past. Papyrus going back to his room with Bonbon, Sans retreated back to his own.
Closing the room, he flopped onto his bed and wrapped his arms around his pillow. Letting out an exaggerated groan, he curled tighter around his pillow. His bones felt so weary that he wished for sleep to quicken it's pace and take him. Just when he thought sleep had taken its hold on him, a stifling sob pulled him out of it. Eyes groggy, he lifted his skull up and looked around for where the sound was coming from. The muffled cries led his sight towards the window sill where Bonbon's flower pot was placed. Getting up from the bed, he slumped down to the ground near the window. Resting his skull against the wall, he raised his arm till it reached the side of the pot.
"knock knock..." he said as he tapped against the pot with the his knuckles. The sobbing quieted but nobody responded. "this is where you're supposed to say who's there..." Flowey popped out of his pot to growl at him.
"W-what do you WANT you smiling TRASH BAG!!??"
"heh, just wondering why ya weeping and willowing away in the middle of the night."
"I'm NOT...j-just leave me be..."
"nah, i don't think i will. not until i get ya to stop." Flowey glared daggers at him, threatening him to leave him alone. He didn't. Flowey groaned out before letting his head fall onto the rim of the pot. They sat there in silence, neither of the two knowing what to say. Sans only growing more tired as the time continued to crawl by, but knowing that the flower might start sobbing once more, kept him from crawling back into bed.
"...I...I don't even know."
"mmm? what was that? didn't quite catch that."
"...I said, I DON'T KNOW, OKAY!!? The brat...she...she just ...something about her today just got on my nerves ok, so just drop it and leave me alone."
"okay okay, i get it." Getting up from the floor, he went back to his bed. Resting his skull onto his pillow, he let out a tired sigh. "she really caught me off guard today too..." Everything about her was strange, more so than usual. Almost as if she was someone else completely, which scared him. Afraid that the same thing that took you away will happen to her as well. The heaviness of sleep finally weighed down on him, bringing him into a deep slumber.
Bonbon continued to sleep through the night, gripping firmly onto Papyrus scarf. Even when a different set of skeleton hands helped pry her off in the morning, she continued to sleep. Only when you ran your hand over her forhead, did she stir. The cold wisp-like feeling that shook her from her warm comfort.
《Sorry to wake you, but I think Papyrus is done with making breakfast. Shouldn't you hurry and go down and eat before the food gets cold?》
"Hmm..." Bonbon rubbed her eyes, letting out a long yawn, she crawled out of bed. Before she reached towards the doorknob, she stared at her hands. As the thought of last night's event came to her.
《Bonbon?》
"Hmm..." Turning around she went towards Papyrus' box of bones. Taking a small one out, she ran her fingers around it.
《What are doing?》
Bonbon closing her eyes, she breathed in deeply before relaxing her hold on the bone. When she did, the bone started to glitch before disappearing and reappearing out of her hands. The similar glitch from when she tripped in Snowdin a few days ago and when she touched the arm of the waiting business man. "guess he was right, sigh." She thought out loud, letting her shoulders droop.
《Who?》
Bonbon placed the bone back into the box before slumping towards the door. "Nerdy Sans."
"He said I had to hurry up and find a way out of here. That I'm not supposed to be here and I'll only end up breaking it."
《I'm sorry, but I dont...》
"Hmm? Don't worry about it. He said that maybe if I get to the end, I can find a way to get out before I break something."
《Out of the underground?》
"Not really." You couldn't quite understand what she ment, but whatever it was it made her sad.
《You once said that you missed your family. If you are going back, shouldn't you be happy?》
"I am, but...I don't want to lie anymore. I don't like lying. Sneaking around only hurts Sans and Papy. I don't want to hurt them anymore."
《Are you going to tell them you're leaving then?》
"Yup." You and Chara followed Bonbon as she walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. Sans and Papyrus greeted the tiny human warmly and chatted happily while they ate. Bonbon acted normally during the whole breakfast, not once hinting that she was going to leave. Putting your mind on edge, waiting for her to drop the news on them. Sans seeing how nothing seemed off about the small human, he also choose not to say anything about last night. Not wanting to disrupt the peace they had.
After the meal was over, Bonbon sat quietly infront of Sans who was napping at the table while Papyrus cleaned the dishes. Bonbon spoke up, getting the attention of the brothers. "Last night, I dreamt about something I was forgetting."
"yeah? what was it?"
"My mommy..." Sans opened his eyesockets and sat up straight, leaning closer against the table. Papyrus stopped his cleaning and looked at her with concern splayed across his face. "...and my big brother."
"i forgot ya said you have a brother."
"YES, I HAVE HEARD YOU MENTIONED THIS BROTHER OF YOURS ONCE BEFORE. HOW OLD WAS HE AGAIN?"
"Same as me."
"WHERE...WHERE IS HE?"
"With mommy." Sans and Papyrus looked at each other, getting more and more concerned. Before they could ask her anything, she continued. "I dreamt that they missed me. And I also miss them. Mommy sounded really worried and brother...I could feel that he was scared. Brother and I never met anyone beside our mommy and aunty. So I got distracted when I saw so many new faces. While I was having fun, I forgot that they might have been trying to find me. I never been outside of my house before because me and my brother would get sick when we tried. So it was cool to see the different houses, the flowers, the snow, the water, even the lava, all without worrying about being in pain." Sans and Papyrus stared at the small human as she continued on with her story. A story that was far too different from the one they heard last night.
"But brother and I, we were never sad because mommy made every day a happy one. Even though we don't have a dad, mommy was enough. She even dressed as a guy sometimes and pretended to be him. How she acted reminded me a little of how it feels to be with you two. One day, brother and I asked why he wasn't here..."
"Your dad?" The young human ran her hands through her twins hair as they layed on their bed, looking for words to explain their question. "I had to leave them. I was only hurting them by staying with them. But if they knew about you two, I know they would do anything they could to be with you guys. They would love you so much, maybe even more then me."
"There's no way they could love us more then you." The young human ruffled up her son's hair, laughing at his accusations.
"You think so? All I have to say is that there is no comparison on how much they could love someone. More then any human I have ever known."
"Hee hee, they sound nice. Do you think we will ever meet them?" The little girl had sparkles twinkling in her eyes of the thought of having a father that could love them as great as her mother had said. Her brother noticing this, he perked up as well.
"I guess they sound okay." But the young human lowered her gaze, sadden that she had to burst their excitement.
"I don't think that's possible. I'm so sorr-"
"Mommy you don't have to say sorry. We know. It's just nice to think about it. Right sis?"
"Mhm!" Their mother smiled warmly at them. "It's because we're n right..."
Bonbon fiddled with her string on her hoodie, remembering her mother's voice and the comfort of her brother next to her. "She told us that we were protecting him and that he loved us very much." Bonbon got up from her seat and folded her arms behind her back. "I treasure every moment I have here. Even if it's underground, hee hee." Leaving both Papyrus and Sans stunned, she walked back to Sans' room.
"BROTHER? I AM QUITE CONFUSED."
"don't worry bro, i also don't get it."
"THE TINY HUMAN DIDN'T SOUND LIKE SHE WAS LYING. NOR LAST NIGHT."
"i know. look, i'm going to head out back, okay."
"HMMM, FINE. EVEN THOUGH I DO NOT LIKE IT WHEN YOU'RE BACK THERE, FOR YOU ALWAYS GET INTO A BAD MOOD AFTERWARD, I'LL ALLOW IT. JUST DON'T FORGET YOUR JOBS."
"thanks bro." Sans walking out the front door, he shortcuted to the back of the house and into the locked room. Flickering the lights on, the lights in his eyesockets went dim at the sight of the scattered books and notes. All regarding the different resets before and after he ever meet you.
alright, let's see if any past me's ever found anything about your soul. cause, kiddo...it may have been brief...but i know that it was your soul i saw the other night.
Bonbon dug inside Sans closet and grabbed her shoes. All ready to go, she ran towards the window sill. She smiled wide at her depressed looking flower friend. "Flowey?"
"What." He sneered.
"What's wrong?"
"Don't know, maybe I should ask you that."
"Hee hee, silly Flowey. Pet pet," she said as she pat his petals, "I'm good. Thanks for asking." Placing him ontop of her head, she started to pump herself up. "Okay! Today is the big day! It's time to finally move forward!! Are you ready Flowey!"
"Hmm."
"That's great! Here we go!" Running quickly down the stairs, she headed straight towards the the front door. Not stopping when she heard Papyrus in the kitchen, she headed out through the front door and made her way towards the Riverperson's boat.
"SANS? IS THAT YOU?" Papyrus walked into the living room, but not seeing his brother, he called out for the tiny human. She didn't respond. Going through the house and finding no trace of her, he started to panic. "No..." Running outside, he saw small footprints heading towards the lake. "T-Tiny ...Human?" Feeling his soul deep inside his chest constrict, he fell to his knees as he gripped the side of his skull. He couldn't believe it. The tiny human had ran away, again! He felt so confused, so hurt, so...abandoned. He couldn't understand why she would leave them again. He thought everything was ok, that everything was going to go back to how it was before. All laughing and having some good fun, just by being in each others company. How he wanted it to be, as a family. But she choosed to leave them once more.
Sans getting aggravated by the amount of books, walked out of the room. But as he did, he heard faint labored breathing. Walking towards the front of the house, he dashed forward when he saw his brother kneeling in the snow. "hey! woah...just calm down."
"HHHH HHHH HHHH!" Sans tried to comfort his brother by rubbing his back.
"bro, what happened?"
"HHHH HHHH SHE...SHE...HHHH HHHH...!!"
"its going to be okay, alright. just breathe..."
"NO ITS NOT, SHE...SHE...LEFT!"
"what?" Shocked by the sudden news only startled his brother even more. "ah shi- sorry. look..." Holding his brother's shaking form, he started shushing him to calm down. "shhh shhh shhh, calm down. just take a deep breath ok? i'm worried too, alright. i'll figure something out."
"NO...NO...WE CAN'T. WE CAN'T LET HER GO. LAST TIME, LAST TIME SHE...SHE.."
"i...i won't, make the same mistake again, okay. i'll bring her back, so calm down alright?" His brother nodding, Sans helped Papyrus to get back to his feet.
"I'LL GO WITH YOU!"
"what!? no, i'll go. i can get to her quicker."
"BUT-"
"she's gonna need someone waiting for her at home, right?"
"I...GUESS SO."
"yeah. she'll probably be really hungry, so make something special for her. that way she'll want to come back." Papyrus was still looking quite worried, but at least he was breathing normally again. Giving him another nod, Papyrus was about to head back home, only to stop mid step.
"BROTHER..."
"yeah paps?"
"DOES...DOES SHE HATE BEING WITH US?" Sans soul staggered at the thought. Clenching his fist, he tried to keep his voice from wavering.
"...i'll be back quick. don't worry, just wait for us."
Running through the Resort, Bonbon dialed Alphys. "Alphys, I know you're going to tell Papy and Sans. But I need your help." She said as she held the phone away from her face. Right away she could see Alphys face on the screen, getting nervous by her sudden call.
"M-my help!? Wait! W-where are you!?" Bonbon stopped at the edge of the Resort, staring into the building that was the core.
"Alphys, I need to get to the end. Will you help me?" Alphys grew quiet and a gloomy shadow hovered over her. After what felt a while, she spoke up.
"O-okay..."
Papyrus stood in the cold as he watched his brother leave. Once again he was left to wait, hoping that they would come home safetly. "BROTHER...I ...DO WORRY..." Walking back inside, he tried his best to distract himself with preparing a special meal. But his concentration kept rolling away from him. "NYHE! I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO COOK LIKE THIS. SIGH...OH I KNOW! I HEARD MANY MONSTERS SAY HOW GREAT THE NEW EPISODES OF METTATON WAS AND I JUST SO HAPPENED TO HAVE THEM RECORDED." Excited, he left the kitchen and pressed play on the recording.
Welcome beauties to tonight's Quiz Show!!!
"WOWIE, IT'S THE TINY HUMAN!"
Answer correctly...or you die! click.
"MAYBE THE OTHERS ARE BETTER..." he nervously told himself as he skipped to the next one.
To the premiere Cooking Show! Papurus starting to enjoy the show, but soon felt himself regretting the whole thing. ...important ingredient! A human soul- click. Skipping to the next, his bone brow started to twitch. Mettaton, reporting live from MTT News!...it's a bomb!!!
"NYHEEEEE!" CLICK!
STAY CALM! MUST STAY CALM!!!! SURELY THE OPERA IS HARMLESS ENOUGH!!??
...so sad...so sad you're going to the dungeon!
"NYHEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!" Summoning a large bone, he gripped it tightly with both of his hands and smashed it across the television. Broken and laying on the floor, the TV still continued to sputter.
stay- t- upcom final...of the human's destruction!" Eyes bugging out and twitching, Papyrus has reached the end of his patience.
"TINY HUMAN! I'M COMING TO SAVE YOU!!!!" Running out of the house at full speed, he went towards the Riverperson's lake. His soul unwavering and with a sound purpose in mind, he made his way towards Hotland.
TINY HUMAN...WE KNOW HOW BADLY YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO HOME. JUST AS MUCH AS WE WISH TO BE FREE. BUT KNOW THIS, TINY HUMAN. EVEN THOUGH YOUR SOUL IS THE VERY FINAL KEY FOR OUR FREEDOM. WE DO NOT DESIRE IT. FOR WE HAVE COME TO CARE FOR YOU MORE THAN ANYTHING THAN WHAT THE SURFACE CAN PROVIDE US. YOUR SMILE, YOUR WARMTH...MEANS EVERYTHING TO US. IF YOU TRULY WISH TO GO HOME, WE KNOW THAT WE CANNOT STOP YOU. BUT...CAN YOU BLAME US FOR TRYING?...
Against the clear blue sky, the warm colored bricked house covered with various wildflowers stood alone, hidden beneath the trees. Desperate scurrying along with a young voice filled with fear could be heard coming from every corner of the rooms it contained.
"Bonbon?! Bonbon!? BONBON!!??" The young boy's desperate call continues to go unanswered as he went through everyroom, not leaving a single corner unturned. "Mommy we've been searching for hours!! She's not here!" The young human followed her overwhelmed son, doing her best to keep him calm.
"I...I know sweetie, just calm down and thin-"
"Theres no time for thinking!" The little boy shouted. The young human bent down and gently held his face into her hand. "She's...s-she's not here! She's not...she's not outside, she's not a-anywhere!"
"Shh shh shh, look at me sweetie. I will find her ok? But I need to make sure that you don't do anything rash, can you do that for mommy?" The young human looked into her son's eyes, silently begging him to listen to her. But he turned his face away and ran back to his room. "Sweetie?!" She called out to him with worry laced in her voice. Following her son back to his room, the young human's eyebrows scrunched up in confusion as her son started throwing all sorts of random items into his backpack. "Sweetie? What are you..."
"Calm down? How can I calm down when SHE'S not here with me! The only thing left is that weird static light in the middle of the room!"
"Sweetie, please look at me! I need you to breathe for me. Mommy needs you-"
"Mommy...I-I...I'm sorry..." The young human's soul clenched painfully in her chest as sparks of magic grew around her son. The young boy looked up to his mother, eyes filling with determination. "But, I will bring her back to us." The whites in his eyes blackened as the color of his irises brightened, lighting the area around him. Before the young human mother could react, her son was soon enveloped into a bright mass of magic that engulfed the room in white.
"JASPER!!!" The lighting dimming down, the young mother found herself standing in the children's room all alone. "Jasper? What...what have you done...the world is so vast, that you might not ever find her." Fist clenched, she stormed out of their room. "Stay determined, for I won't stop until I find you both!"
Dirt walls covered with vines as high as the eyes can see surrounded him, leaving all but a small glimpse of light from up above. Standing ontop of yellow flowers, Jasper's eyes returned to their normal color. Taking a shaky breath, he held onto his chest, awaiting for the pain that never came. Flexing his fingers, he was surprised by the sudden feel of energy coursing throughout his body. Stretching his limbs, he held on tight to the straps of his backpack and dashed through the dark corridor.
"Bonbon, wait for me."