Taking his soul carefully in his hands, Gaster pushed the large needle into it. It was painful but he ignored it as best he could as he injected the DT inside his soul. It burned as it filled his soul, turning it from white to red. It made him feel nauseous but that was quickly replaced with the feeling of determination. He sat down in his chair with a thud and tipped his head back. It was better than smoking, it gave him a rush smoking simply couldn't, in fact Gaster hadn't had a cigarette since he started these experiments. He couldn't get addicted, he was doing this for science, for the Underground, for his sons (who were currently at school/nursery) and for his King but the power was truly amazing.
Gaster looked down at his soul, that was still in his hand and frowned at it. The soul was already beginning to melt but Gaster figured he'd be fine for a few days and slipped his soul back into his rib cage. He wasted no time and quickly got to work and turned on his computer. If his soul, and soon after body, were going to melt faster than before, he had very little time, not like he wasn't already under time constraints.
"ENTRY NUMBER FIVE.
THE SECOND ROUND OF INJECTIONS ARE UNDERWAY.
SUBJECT BEGAN MELTING IMMEDIATELY.
I WILL HAVE TO ACT QUICKLY.
MANIPULATION OF SPACE WAS A FAILURE.
TIME TO BEGIN TESTS ON TIME.
IT HAS TO WORK.
I'M DETERMINED TO MAKE IT WORK."
[Error. Error. Retracted. File does not exist.]
Sans wasn't surprised, he doubted any of them would open but he wasn't going to stop trying... Maybe he'd take a break to calm down and bring back a snack.
"ENTRY NUMBER SIX.
THIS WILL TAKE MUCH LONGER THAN I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.
TIME TRAVEL IS MUCH MORE COMPLICATED EVEN WITH DT.
THERE ARE MANY MORE VARIABLES TO CONSIDER.
I DON'T WANT TO CREATE A PARADOX OR HURT ANYONE.
DT MUST BE THE ANSWER.
I'M UPPING THE DOSE, I'M CERTAIN THE SUBJECT CAN HANDLE IT."
[Error. Error. Retracted. File does not exist.]
Sans had taken his break and shortcut back. Now with a burger in hand he began again. If they all had to fail Sans wished it would be a little faster, each error message took too long to pop up in his opinion and if he was away from his station for too long Papyrus would come looking for him and if he found him here...
Sans didn't want his little bro to worry about him.
Gaster tidied away the needle and equipment from his latest injection. His soul hurt where he'd stuck the needle but other than that he felt fine, the DT was helping him a lot, not just with his research but his leg to, he wasn't limping as much anymore but he kept his cane, he didn't want anyone to get suspicious and they would if he was suddenly walking normally again when he'd been told he never would.
"hey dad!"
"AH!" Gaster jumped and almost dropped the box of syringes. He put the box down before he turned to face his eldest son and frowned at him, "SANS. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? YOU ARE MEANT TO BE IN SCHOOL."
Sans shrugged, "p.e. thought i'd shortcut here and help you until it ended. after all you've been so stressed recently..."
"NO, GO BACK, NOW."
Sans groaned and sat on the floor, "but i don't want to exercise! that's so much effort."
"AND HELPING ME WITH MY WORK ISN'T EFFORT? I'VE GOT TO SAY SANS, IF YOU'RE NOT PUTTING 110% INTO OUR WORK, I DON'T WANT YOU HELPING."
"but this is fun and interesting! p.e is just a lot of pointless running and sweating and i'm not up for that."
Gaster shook his head, "SANS, GO BACK TO SCHOOL. AS MUCH AS I LOVE YOUR HELP, YOU HAVE TO STAY IN SCHOOL THIS WAS OUR AGREEMENT."
"but i'm not learning anything in p.e so it doesn't matter if i skip."
"YES IT DOES, YOU NEED TO EXERCISE AND SPEND TIME WITH YOUR FRIENDS! ALSO, I DON'T WANT ANOTHER PHONE CALL FROM THE SCHOOL EXPLAINING THAT YOU HAVE ANOTHER AFTER SCHOOL DETENTION FOR SKIPPING NOR DO I WANT ANOTHER MEETING ABOUT IT WHERE I HAVE TO YELL AT THE TEACHERS FOR NOT ENGAGING YOU MORE." Gaster crossed his arms and looked down at his son, he couldn't have Sans here right now.
Sans stood and looked up at Gaster, trying to give him puppy eyes, "please, just this once."
Gaster looked at his child and sighed, he knew how to get Sans to listen to him. "FINE."
"really?"
"YES, YOU CAN SKIP TODAY ONLY, BUT NO GRILLBY'S FOR TWO WEEKS. I'LL EVEN TELL GRILLBY NOT TO SERVE YOU IF YOU GO. YOU HAVE TO STAY HEALTHY AND IF YOUR NOT GOING TO EXERCISE, YOU'RE NOT GETTING JUNK FOOD."
Sans looked torn, like he was thinking hard on if he was really that desperate to skip; he really like Grillby's food too much. Eventually he sighed, "fine, i'll go back to school."
Gaster laughed "GOOD. NOW, OFF YOU GO BEFORE YOU'RE LATE. I LOVE YOU!"
Sans sighed and waved his hand in a dismissive manner, "yeah, yeah."
"YOU'VE GOT TO SAY IT BACK~"
With a heavy sigh Sans muttered a quick, "love ya, dad," and then looked up at his father, his concern clear on his face. "take care of yourself," he said before he faded away back to school.
"ENTRY NUMBER SEVEN.
SUBJECT PASSED OUT TODAY DURING ROUTINE CHECKS ON THE CORE.
SANS AND PAPYRUS BELIEVE I'M SIMPLY OVERWORKED.
ASGORE SUGGESTED I TAKE A HOLIDAY. I CAN'T AND I WON'T.
I BELIEVE WE WILL NEED THE CORE'S FULL POWER TO MAKE A TIME MACHINE WORK.
I'LL WORK ON IMPROVING IT SO THE UNDERGROUND DOESN'T LOSE ALL POWER WHEN THE TIME COMES.
SANS AND ALPHYS CAN HELP ME TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.
THEY ARE VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE CORE."
[Error. Error. Retracted. File does not exist.]
Sans put his legs on the desk and took a bite. He clicked on the next one, hoping for some luck but not expecting to have any. He just wanted something, one little thing. Anything that might lead to him having his happy little family back.
"ENTRY NUMBER EIGHT.
I'M REMOVING THE DT AGAIN.
THE SUBJECT'S BODY BEGAN TO MELT A LITTLE.
IT WASN'T NOTICEABLE YET BUT THE BOYS ARE CUDDLY, ESPECIALLY PAPYRUS.
THEY ABSOLUTELY CANNOT NOTICE; THEY'RE WORRIED ENOUGH AS IT IS.
THE WITHDRAWAL IS AWFUL AND SUBJECT IS MOODIER.
ONCE THE CORE'S BEEN IMPROVED THE INJECTIONS WILL START AGAIN.
A HIGHER DOSE THIS TIME."
[Error. Error. Retracted. File does not exist.]
Sans was half way through them, definitely no point in turning back now. He checked his phone for the time and any messages from his brother, the only message he had simply said; "BROTHER, I'M GIVING YOU FIFTEEN MINUTES BEFORE I COMING TO YOUR STATION. I SWEAR IF YOU'RE AT GRILLBY'S AGAIN I'M LOCKING YOU IN THE HOUSE AND MAKING YOU EAT A SALAD BECAUSE IT'S GOOD OF YOU AND YOU CLEARLY DON'T DESERVE MY DELICIOUS SPAGHETTI WITH HOW LAZY YOU'VE BEEN RECENTLY!"
"ENTRY NUMBER NINE.
THE CORE HAS BEEN VASTLY IMPROVED.
EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE FUSSING OVER ME, BUT I'M FINE.
SURE, I AM WORKING A LOT MORE AND SPENDING LESS TIME WITH MY BOYS...
ONCE WE'RE FREE I'LL MAKE IT UP TO THEM.
ONCE WE'RE FREE I'LL SPEND ALL MY TIME WITH THEM.
WE'RE SO CLOSE, I CAN FEEL IT.
...
EVERYTHING IS DARK."
[Error. Error. Retracted. File does not exist.]
Sans had fifteen minutes, he should make it though them all, as long as the error messages popped up quickly and if the bloody thing went faster and stopped lagging.
"ENTRY NUMBER TEN.
EXPERIMENTS HAVE BEGUN.
I HAVE THE POWER TO... RESET...
I DIED...
I PUSHED THE CORE TOO MUCH DURING AN EXPERIMENT.
IT OVERHEATED AND BLEW UP.
I TURNED TO DUST IN SANS'S ARMS.
I WOKE UP IN BED THE MORNING OF THE ACCIDENT.
NO ONE REMEMBERED IT.
I STOPPED THE ACCIDENT FROM HAPPENING.
DT IS TRULY A FASCINATING THING.
I'M FAR TOO DETERMINED TO DIE.
I BEGAN EXPERIMENTING WITH THIS, KILLING MYSELF ONLY TO COME BACK BEFORE IT HAPPENED.
I CAN SAVE AND RELOAD.
I CAN RESET.
THIS BRINGS A LOT OF OPTIONS.
IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG I CAN JUST TRY AGAIN.
I'M EXCITED.
I'M HAPPY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE FREE!"
[Error. Error. Retracted. File does not exist.]
He just wanted one to open but this was ten of seventeen and he'd seen number seventeen, he needed the previous ones. Ones that were written when he was less... mad...
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PAPYRUS!" Gaster smiled at his youngest son who was wearing his new red scarf as his eldest son placed a cake in front of him.
Gaster still couldn't believe his youngest was already five and his eldest had just turned twelve. The years just flew by and he was no closer to freeing them, that was until recently.
He usually took his sons' birthdays off so he could spend time with them but this year he couldn't, after all he only had so much time before the DT caused him to melt. He tried to make up for the fact he was working by buying his sons double the amount of gifts but he knew that his boys would rather spend time with their father. He felt guilty and promised himself he'd retire as soon as the barrier was open. He had more than enough money to do so and then he could simply concentrate on his kids.
Back when he was young, before the war, all that mattered to him was science, even after the war all that mattered was his work and becoming a great scientist but now all that mattered to him was his children. They were the greatest things to ever happen to him, he was so proud of how smart they both were. He'd done so well raising them, they were kind, smart, strong children who'd both do great things in life.
He kissed the top of Papyrus's head and apologised before he went right back to work.
As he was about to leave the room he heard, very clearly, Papyrus saying; "SANS, I'M REALLY, REALLY, SUPER WORRIED ABOUT DAD."
"yeah, me too, bro," Sans replied.
Gaster felt a whole new guilt in his soul, it was bad enough he was missing their birthdays but to make them worry... He thought he was acting fairly normal but for a five year old to notice... Papyrus was rather observant though.
He didn't know how much he was glitching, he didn't know how obvious it was to everyone that he wasn't well. He refused to listen to anyone who tried to help him, he was barely aware people were trying to help him.
"THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ME," Gaster thought to himself as he walked into The Core to continue work on his time machine.
"ENTRY NUMBER ELEVEN.
THE TIME MACHINE IS ALMOST COMPLETE.
I HAVE FORMULATED A PLAN.
I CANNOT MAKE IT SO THE BARRIER WAS NEVER ERECTED.
I CANNOT CREATE A PARADOX.
I'LL GO BACK TO THE WAR, BEFORE THE BARRIER WAS PUT UP.
THAT WAY I CAN LEAVE THE MOUNTAIN.
THEN I'LL TAKE THE SOULS OF THE ALREADY DEAD HUMANS.
I'LL HAVE TO REMAIN HIDDEN.
I CAN'T FACE MY PAST SELF OR MY SIBLINGS OR EVEN PAST GRILLBY.
BUT I CAN DO IT.
IF I FAIL I CAN SIMPLY RESET."
[Error. Error. Retracted. File does not exist.]
Sans had finished his burger. Five more entries to go... He checked his phone again, he still had time. He also had a text from Grillby, it was his birthday and his niece gave him an action movie DVD and his brothers had bought him some special snacks you only got in New Home. He wanted to know if he and Papyrus wanted to come round to watch the move and eat junk food with him after the bar closed. Sans figured that'd be a good distraction from all this work and agreed.
"DADDY! GUESS WHAT!" Papyrus said happily as he ran towards Gaster.
"NOT NOW." Gaster didn't even look at his son.
"BUT-"
"NO, NOT NOW. I'M BUSY. GO AWAY. GO BOTHER SANS, AND STOP ANNOYING ME!" Gaster snapped and gave Papyrus a little shove, not hard but enough that he'd get the idea.
Tears began to fill the five year old's eyes and he stomped his foot and ran away as the tears began to fall.
Gaster sat and hit his head on his desk, he couldn't believe what an asshole he was to his small child, to both his children. He was acting cold towards them, he didn't want to, he just didn't want them near anything dangerous, he didn't want them to know what he was doing to himself. He felt like he deserved to be punished for the way he was acting towards his boys. He lifted his head again only to smack it onto the desk again.
He was going to spoil them so much once it as over.
But right now he had to inject himself with DT again. He needed more, he needed so much more.
"ENTRY NUMBER TWELVE.
THE TIME MACHINE IS NOW COMPLETE.
FIRST TESTS HAVE GONE SMOOTHLY.
SUBJECT WENT BACK IN TIME TO THE WAR AND CAME RIGHT BACK AFTER A FEW SECONDS.
IT WAS FRIGHTENING BUT IT CAN BE DONE.
SOON I WILL START MY MISSION.
A FEW MORE SIMULATIONS AND TEST RUNS.
I HAVE TO MAKE SURE I WON'T MESS UP THE FUTURE OR GET STUCK IN THE PAST."
[Error. Error. Retracted. File does not exist.]
He wasn't really fully concentrating on them anymore, he'd mostly given up on them. All he had to do was click and wait so he let his mind wander to tonight's movie. He hoped it'd be good.
The skeleton brothers were very worried about their father. They understood he was stressed and unwell. They were both noticing the glitches but didn't know what they meant. The skelebros didn't blame him for being cold and moody. They tired to talk to him, tired to get him to take a break, sometimes it was met with an annoyed tone of "GO AWAY," sometimes Gaster simply ignored his sons. They didn't know if he was doing it on purpose or if he simply was so absorbed in his work he really didn't hear them.
Sans walked into his father's office to check on him, he popped in head in the door and was about to ask if he could come in but stopped when he heard Gaster mutter. It sounded like gibberish. It was quiet and his voice sounded hoarse as if he had been talking for a while but he'd been alone in the office all day. Sans knew he hadn't been on the phone because Papyrus had found Gaster's phone in the fridge that morning and had come to Sans very confused, the phone had remained in Sans's pocket since. Gaster was losing his mind, Gaster was glitching regularly and his boys wanted to help.
Sans walked into the room slowly, trying to be as quiet as possible and stood next to his dad.
"DARK... COLD... ALONE... TIME... EMPTY... I HAVE TO..." There was the glitching...
Sans couldn't make sense of what Gaster was saying but it scared him for some reason. He watched closely and saw Gaster was writing various formals in wingdings on a piece of paper.
"SHATTERED... BROKEN... I WANT OUT!"
Sans watched as a longer, stronger glitch hit.
"ARIEL...KRISTEN... CALIBRI... GEORGIA... TEMPUS... I'M SORRY... I COULDN'T SAVE YOU..."
Sans frowned, those were the names of his father's siblings, his aunts and uncles he never met.
"SANS... PAPYRUS... HELP ME..."
Sans felt a chill at his own name.
"...IT'S BECKONING... ERASE... I CAN'T... MAKE IT STOP CALLING!"
Gaster slammed his hands onto the desk as another glitch hit, Sans jumped.
"I'M DOING THIS FOR THEM... MY BOYS..."
The glitching seemed to stop. Gaster buried his face in his hands and Sans heard him sob. He didn't know if he should reach out to his father or not, he didn't want to give him a fright or make him worse but he didn't know what to do.
"dad?" Sans said without thinking it through.
Gaster jumped and looked to his eldest in shock. He had no idea how much he heard nor did he really care. He pulled Sans close to him and hugged him tightly, Sans returned the hug as he tried to whisper comforting things to his father. It didn't help. As soon as the hug ended Gaster went right back to his mutterings and glitching. Sans left fearing for his father.
Sans took his father's phone out of his pocket and called Asgore.
Asgore couldn't help Gaster either, he received the same treatment the brothers did.
Sans called Grillby.
Grillby couldn't help Gaster either, he received the same treatment the brothers did.
Sans called Grillby's family; his mother, his brothers, his sister-in-law.
They couldn't help Gaster either, they received the same treatment the brothers did.
Sans called for his father's Followers.
They couldn't help Gaster either, they received the same treatment the brothers did.
Sans was scared, Papyrus was scared. Gaster was lost.
"ENTRY NUMBER THIRTEEN.
THERE IS SOMETHING AMISS.
SOMETHING I'M OVERLOOKING.
SUBJECT IS SEEING DARKNESS.
SOMETIMES CODE.
WHAT IS THIS...?
IT GETS WORSE WITH EACH TEST OF THE MACHINE.
BUT I COME BACK UNHARMED EACH TIME SO IT'S SAFE.
I WILL CONTINUE UNLESS IT'S PROVEN OTHERWISE."
[Error. Error. Retracted. File does not exist.]
Just three more to check. Sans would just do them all. If Papyrus found his station empty it'd take him a while to get to Grillby's, Sans would just go there and suffer the punishment of a salad. He wondered if Toby The Annoying Dog would eat lettuce if given it... Probably not, heh oh well.
"ENTRY NUMBER FOURTEEN.
THERE IS A MULTIVERSE.
SO MANY ALTERNATE UNIVERSES.
TOO MANY TO NAME.
I'VE SEEN SO MANY.
BEEN TO SO MANY.
BEEN VISITED BY SO MANY.
SOME ARE FRIENDLY AND MY ALTERNATES AND I HAVE EXCHANGED RESEARCH AND DISCOVERIES.
OTHERS ARE... NOT SO FRIENDLY... I MUST BE CAREFUL IN THOSE.
I MUST RETHINK MY PLAN.
I WANT TO MESS WITH MY OWN TIMELINE, NOT OTHER UNIVERSES'.
BUT THIS DISCOVERY IS FASCINATING.
MAYBE I CAN PASS THIS RESEARCH TO MY SUCCESSOR, WHOEVER THAT MAY BE.
THEY CAN CONTINUE THIS ONCE I'VE RETIRED.
AS INTERESTING AS THIS ALL IS, THE BOYS ARE MORE IMPORTANT."
[Error. Error. Retracted. File does not exist.]
Sans was getting depressed. He was truly thinking it was impossible now. How does one save someone who never existed...?
"ENTRY NUMBER FIFTEEN.
THE VOID.
IT'S BETWEEN TIME AND SPACE. OUTSIDE OF IT.
EVERYWHERE AND YET NOWHERE.
ALWAYS AND YET NEVER WAS.
A PLACE I MUST NOT END UP.
IF I DO THERE IS NO WAY TO GET BACK.
NOT EVEN BY RESETTING.
BEING TRAPPED THERE IS THE WORST POSSIBLE SCENARIO."
[Error. Error. Retracted. File does not exist.]
One more to go, Papyrus was probably almost at Grillby's if not already there...
Sans hoped he'd have time to make it there before Papyrus. He couldn't find out what he was doing, he'd just worry and Sans couldn't put his brother through that again.
"ENTRY NUMBER SIXTEEN.
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY I WILL END UP SHATTERED ACROSS TIME AND SPACE.
I MAY END UP TRAPPED IN THE VOID.
BUT IF IT MEANS MY BOYS WILL BE FREE SO BE IT.
AFTER ALL PEOPLE WILL LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES.
I'M READY.
TOMORROW I WILL MAKE THE PREPARATIONS.
THE DAY AFTER THE NEXT EXPERIMENT WILL BEGIN.
...FOR MY SONS...
I RISK IT ALL."
[Error. Error. Retracted. File does not exist.]
"shit!" Sans cursed when he heard his phone ring but answered it anyway, he'd be in more trouble if he didn't.
"SANS, WHERE ARE YOU!?"
"um..."
"YOU WERE NOT AT YOUR STATION AND GRILLBY SAID YOU LEFT OVER AN HOUR AGO! ARE YOU ALREADY HOME? YOU'RE NOT SICK ARE YOU?"
"...no..."
"THEN WHERE ARE YOU? I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOU, BROTHER. YOU'VE BEEN SO QUIET LATELY AND YOU'RE LAZINESS IS GETTING WAY WORSE!"
"sorry, bro. there's just been a lot on my mind lately."
"LIKE WHAT?"
"nothing you need to worry about."
There was a long silence before Papyrus spoke again. "...IT'S DAD, ISN'T IT?"
"no, haven't thought about the old man in years."
Sans heard Papyrus huff on the other end. Was he making his bro mad? Papyrus very rarely got angry...
"STOP LYING TO ME! I'M NOT AS NAIVE AS YOU SEEM TO THINK I AM!"
With a sigh Sans gave up, "... i miss him..."
"SO DO I," Papyrus said gently. "SO MUCH. THERE'S NOT A DAY THAT GOES BY WHERE I DON'T THINK OF HIM. I WANT HIM BACK. YOU DO AS WELL... YOU'RE AT THE LAB, AREN'T YOU?"
"yeah."
"BOTHER..."
"i'm not doing anything dangerous, just looking for old files. i can't find anything. it's hopeless..."
"IT IS NOT! I REFUSE TO BELIEVE EVEN FOR A SECOND THAT DAD IS GONE FOR GOOD! I'LL HELP YOU LOOK AND I WON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER!"
Sans sighed, he wanted to argue, to tell him to stay away but that's what his father did... Sans wasn't going to make the same mistakes. He wasn't going to push away people who were trying to help him, he'd hurt Papyrus more if he did that...
"thanks, bro. you're the greatest."
"I KNOW! BUT YOU DON'T NEED TO THANK ME. STAY WHERE YOU ARE, I'M COMING TO HELP."
"ENTRY NUMBER SEVENTEEN
DARK, DARKER, YET DARKER
THE DARKNESS KEEPS GROWING
THE SHADOWS CUTTING DEEPER
PHOTON READINGS NEGATIVE
THIS NEXT EXPERIMENT
SEEMS
VERY
VERY
INTERESTING
SANS... ALPHYS...
WHAT DO YOU TWO THINK?"
[Error. Error. Retracted. File does not exist.]
Sans and Papyrus sighed as they looked at the screen.
"i knew it. no leads, no clues, nothing. we might as well give up."
"NO! I REFUSE TO GIVE UP. SO THERE'S NOTHING HERE, WE'LL JUST LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE!"
"what's the use? we've looked everywhere, bro. there's nothing. he's gone, really gone."
"I DON'T BELIEVE THAT AND NEITHER DO YOU! I WILL NOT GIVE UP, WE NEED HIM BACK. LET'S GO LOOK ELSEWHERE."
Sans sighed, "ok..."
He didn't want to give up but he really didn't believe it was possible but Papyrus did. Papyrus was Sans's only motivation, the only thing that mattered.
Sans wanted his dad back more than anything but had no hope.
Papyrus had hope and was far more desperate than Sans to get his dad back. He wanted to make up for all the time they lost. Papyrus had been too young when it happened.
Papyrus was Sans's hope.
They'd never get back the time they lost, he missed his sons' childhoods but they'd get him back... One day.
Sans had gone into his father's office late at night. He was worried about tomorrow's experiment. He and Alphys were helping as much as they could but he knew Gaster was keeping things from them and for as huge and important as this experiment was he didn't want them anywhere near The Core when it was underway.
Sans was not going to stay in the hotel like he was told, he couldn't. He knew his father was on a path to self destruction and he wasn't going to let that happen.
He hacked into his father's computer. If he was going to save him he had to know everything. He didn't like what he found...
Videos for his father injecting himself with DT, videos of the extraction of the DT from his melting body, recordings of mad ramblings about darkness and coldness, detailed reports of Gaster's deaths and 'resets.' A drawing of a family photo done by Papyrus was mixed into the files, so was a photo of Sans and Gaster with the followers. The same pictures were printed out each with the words "Don't Forget," written on it, it was Gaster's hand writing but it wasn't in wingdings but in an aster font, their family font.
What Sans saw upset him, he hated seeing his father like this and he hated that Gaster thought that he had to. He thought he had to suffer but he didn't, he was a good man, it wasn't fair.
Sans didn't care about getting to the surface, he just wanted his father. Papyrus was too young to be without a parent... So was Sans. They were just kids and they were scared and they felt guilty that they could do nothing to help.
Sans didn't agree with any of these experiments.
He opened the latest journal entry, number seventeen and read it. He hated it. It was proof of his father's madness and he didn't understand why he seemed to be asking Sans and Alphys what they thought. He wasn't telling them anything about this, Sans knew nothing about this so why... why was Gaster asking what they thought?
He was mad. He was insane.
Sans deleted his and Alphys's names form the entry, leaving only the ellipses in that line.
He was about to read the other journals but stopped when he heard a sound, someone was coming. He shut down the computer and hid.
Gaster walked into his office, completely unaware that Sans was hiding under the desk, like he had when the human attacked.
Gaster injected more DT, a dose far greater than any previous. He began to glitch violently and passed out on the floor and started ramblings in his 'sleep.'
Sans didn't know what to do. How was he meant to help someone who's glitching? That's not taught in first aid classes. People don't glitch...
Sans was scared and at a loss on what to do. There was nothing he could do and he couldn't watch what was happening anymore. He ran away... and hated himself for doing so.
He'd stop him tomorrow. He had to.