Chapter 4

I took a shortcut to Snowdin and headed to Waterfall. I knew Papyrus would be upset with me for not being there to witness the human lose to his puzzles however that did not matter. I knew the human would get through the puzzles with or without me. I needed someone to help me figure out how to get out of this game. It still confused me how Papyrus did not remember being above ground. Maybe he figured it had to be a dream and never mentioned it to me. I shook my head, trying to clear my mind but it did not work.

"Hey Sans where are you going?" I heard from behind me. Before I could turn around something slammed into me from behind.

"Hey watch where you're going kid!" I yelped. It was the monster kid.

"Sorry Sans, I just tripped that all. Can I tag along? Mom said I can't leave Snowdin unless I'm with an adult and you're the only cool adult here." The young monster kept talking but I wasn't really in the mood.

"I don't think it's a good idea kid, it might be dangerous. You know how Waterfall is, pretty creepy" I tried to explain but the kid did not seem to be falling for it. "I'm just going to meet up with an acquaintance, going to be pretty boring adult talk. Plus I heard there is a new kid creature in town, that's way more interesting than coming with me." I knew that the monster kid and the human were friends before so that should keep them entertained.

"Really? A new friend? Alright!" The monster shouted as it ran away, falling as he always does.

I watched him leave, chuckle and continued on my way. I slowly walked into Waterfall thinking about everything that has happened since last night. My mind was swamped with all the possibilities that this could imply. I decided to take the river boat after walking for a bit. If I didn't get to her in time I might chicken out, change my mind and chalk it up to being just a dream I hopped aboard with the boat master and in five minutes I was standing in front of Alphys lab in Hotland. I took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

"Hello? Alphys? Are you home?" I called out as I opened the door. It was pretty dark as I walked in.

"Just one second!" I heard from inside the door labeled washroom.

I cleared my throat and walked around nervously. As I passed the big entrance I saw a huge screen with the human on it. I let out a yelp and watched the kid. It was with Papyrus as he was explaining the rules to the complex puzzle Alphys made for him. I never really understood the puzzle but it kept Papyrus happy so I did not complain. I wasn't even sure it he understood it. Eventually after several minutes of explanation I heard a loud bang and the washroom door opened.

"Oh! This is mine!" Alphys came running from the washroom. "That's my puzzle! Hope it's not too hard from them. I've been watching this human since it walked into Snowdin forest!"

I blushed thinking about my rant to the human. Hopefully Alphys hadn't seen that part. I decided to not bring it up and looked back to the screen. The machine started to randomly generate squares of different colour on the platform. I knew it was going to make a safe path for the human but I secretly hoped I was wrong. It I was then that meant it really was just a dream and everything so far had been a coincidence. Then I could go back to the human, apologise and they would get us to the surface. Surely enough I was right and Papyrus slowly walked off the screen, on to the next puzzle.

"Well at least the human is safe! Although it would have been much more entertaining to watch them go through the puzzle." Alphys exclaimed. She turned to look at me. "I have gotten so attached to this show, I mean this human. I keep forgetting this is real life!" She giggled and walked to her desk.

"How can I help you? Mr.?"

"Sans, you can just call me Sans. Look this is going to sound really odd but did we ever meet before? Like last night or something?" I knew that if Alphys did not remember I would come off as insane but I had to give it a chance. "You see I remember you being there as we existed…"

"What? Why would I meet you last night? I was with Mettaton the whole night!" Alphys looked flustered. Clearly she hadn't been with Mettaton but she also did not remember being with all of us so I did not push it.

"I did not mean anything by that I meant leaving the underground with the king, my brother Undyne and myself, along with a few others. Don't you remember the sun rise?" I could not stop thinking about the sun rise. If she remembered anything at all that would be the one thing to refresh her mind.

"Undyne?" Alphys flushed red. "N-no I don't remember seeing Undyne at all last night! Why would you mention her? Did she say something about me?" Alphys pleaded with her eyes.

"Um, no" I sighed "I haven't talked to her since this all happened. You were the only person that could have a scientific approach to this whole mess." I sat down and explained everything I remembered about last night.

As I talked I could see Alphys' mouth hanging open. I told her all about everyone freezing yet I stayed conscious. How this was all just a video game and we were trapped inside, we needed a way out and only she could help me figure out what to do. I even told her what would happen to the child next but she did not seem convinced.

"Sans, I am afraid you are suffering from some sort of delusion. This human child is the last human soul we need to reach the surface. There is no way we have already reached the surface or else why would we be back here? To say this is all a video game is ridiculous and upsetting. Now I must get back to my show, um I mean the human's progress! Excuse me."

I started to protest but realized there was no point. Alphys was now glued to the T.V. and there was no way to change her mind. The human was now in Snowdin and there was nothing I could do to stop this game from reaching the end. Then it would start all over again. I was the only monster to realize this was all fake, that there was no happy ending.