Hello! I bet you all have been desperately waiting for this, huh? Heheh!
Fear not! Chapter nineteen has arrived at last!
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Sans pulled Frankie closer to him, his vision blurred by tears, he couldn't think clearly. He needs a doctor. He needs… He focused on the hospital. He knew monsters and humans were training there together in order for monsters to learn how to treat humans and humans to learn how to treat monsters. Hospital.. He closed his eyes, and when he opened them they were there, in the middle of the emergency room.
"Help!" He gasped. In the next moment, a nurse came rushing from the front desk. Sans couldn't focus, all he could think was I shouldn't have left him. God, I shouldn't have left him. I'm such an idiot.
"Sir!" The nurse, who was a monster, brought him back to reality. "We need to take your son into the room down the hall. We need to get these looked at right away."
"Okay… Okay…" Another nurse had come in with a rolling bed. Sans didn't want to let go of the child, but he knew it was for the best. He gently lay Frankie down on the hospital bed. "But… I won't leave him." The last time I did that, this happened.
"We wouldn't ask you to." Sans followed the nurse down the hall. His mind was screaming at him. You could have prevented this! This is your fault! Shut up! Shut up!
"Right in here, Sir." The nurse pushed open a large door to an examination room. "I think Dr. Brookes will be your doctor tonight, he'll be with you any minute I'm sure. I have to go attend to others in the emergency room. If you need me for anything or if he wakes up, let me know."
"Th-thank you." Sans nodded. The moment the nurse left Sans leaned over Frankie's bed, gently taking the little skeleton's left hand. Sans looked over the boy well for the first time. There were cracks all over his bones, little ones. But the worst was his right arm. His lower arm bone- the radius- was broken clean through. Oh god. This is all my fault. This is all my fault! Tears filled his eye sockets again, as he squeezed Frankie's hand.
"Please, stay with me kiddo? Stay with me." He rested his skull on Frankie's hand and, in a soft, deep voice he began to sing, like he did when Papyrus was a baby. "You are my sunshine… my only… sunshine…" He chokes on tears as he sings. "You… make me happy…" So happy. "..when skies are gray. You'll never know…" He sobs, closing his eyes tightly. He will know! He will. He's gonna wake up. He's gonna be fine… "You'll never know, kid, how much I…love… you… please…" He can hardly sing the last words, "Please… please… don't take my sunshine… away…"
Frankie… Please… wake up… Sans wiped away tears quickly as the door swung open.
"Good afternoon!" A human doctor stepped in, he looked rather friendly. He was an older man with a graying mustache and graying hair. "I'm Doctor Brookes. Nurse Kelley told me this young man's been in a bit of trouble."
"It was Red X-" Sans began.
"Yes, we've gotten quite a few cases over the past few days." The doctor nodded. "It's terrible. But let's see…" The Doctor examined Frankie carefully, "Well, he does have quite a few little cracks in his bones, we'll bandage them up so they can't get any worse. As for this…" The doctor sighed, raising his hand above Frankie's right arm. "It's quite obvious to me your son has a compound fracture."
"A Fracture?" Sans murmured.
"See how the bone is broken clean through here? We're going to have to set it and put his arm in a cast so it doesn't move while it heals."
"Anything! Anything to make him better." Sans nods.
"We'll have you sign some paperwork, and then we'll fix him up. We're hoping he won't wake up until the bone is set, he'll feel much better after that."
"Why did he pass out?" Sans asked.
"Well, I think that it's probably his body's way of preventing him from feeling the pain. When pain's that intense our bodies defend ourselves from that pain by making us black out." Doctor Brookes smiled. "Your son is going to be just fine, sir."
Oh… oh, thank god. Sans took Frankie's hand again.
"I'll be right back with the paperwork for you." Dr. Brookes nodded.
"Thank you, Doc." Sans smiled.
You'll never know, kid… how much… I love you...
Frankie…? Frankie, please… Frankie? Sounds faded in and away slowly. His vision was blurry, and… his arm… oh his arm hurt. Something was wrong with his arm!
"Frankie…. please?" Someone was sitting close to him… crying…? But Frankie couldn't see yet, and he was afraid if he moved his head he'd move his arm. He knew that was probably a bad idea. "I'm sorry, kiddo, I shouldn't have… left you alone."
"Dad…" Frankie whispered. His voice was so hoarse and soft, he was afraid that Sans hadn't heard him, but he felt the older skeleton's hands squeeze around his.
"Frankie? Are you awake? Try not to move, kiddo. I'm gonna go get the doc-"
"No!" Frankie gasped, tightening his grip on Sans' hand. "You can't leave me!"
"Yeah…" Sans whispered. "Yeah, you're right." He pressed the call button for the nurse instead. "I'm sorry, kid, I shouldn't have left you alone-"
"It's not your fault." Frankie responded. "It was mine. I should have gone into the store when I saw them coming. Where are they now? They won't come back to find me, will they?" The terrible thought filled Frankie with fear.
"No." Sans said firmly. "They won't be coming back." Frankie smiled, turning his head, ever so slightly, to look at Sans. He wanted to call him dad again, but… what if Sans didn't like that? Sans wasn't his dad. Frankie wasn't going to volunteer him for a position that he didn't want. The little skeleton drifted slowly off into sleep.
When Frankie woke up again he was feeling much better, his pain had lessened, and he felt more awake. There was another thing. On this right arm, there was a cast. "You were out when they did it. I picked blue. Thought you'd like it." Sans had said. It was a ridiculously annoying thing that Frankie already hated. It went up past his elbow, so his arm would be in a perpetual ridiculous bend, and it curved around his hand and thumb bones, so it would be difficult to write or do really anything with his right hand. Sans informed him that his radius, a part of his lower arm bone, had been completely broken through- a fracture. The bone had been knocked out of alignment, so the doctors had to set it. A procedure which was generally terribly painful. "Doc said your body kept you asleep to protect you from the pain." Sans had said. "And that's what happened in the alley. You passed out because of the pain from your arm and…" There were other places where he was injured, all over. Little cracks in his bones. They would hurt, but the doctors said they would heal quickly. They were not quite so bad as his arm.
"Well, Franklin." Doctor Brookes said with a smile. He was a happy, older man, with a graying moustache and graying hair. "We want to keep you here for a couple of nights, just to make sure the little breaks in your bones begin to heal properly. Besides that, you should be fine."
"What about my… arm? You said it's fractured."
"It is." The doctor nodded. "But don't worry. With the right care, fractures will heal. You're on your way to that already!"
"Thanks, Doc." Sans said.
"I'll have the nurse bring in your lunch."
"Doctor Brookes?"
"Yes, young sir?" The doctor turned around with a little grin.
"Will you sign my cast?" Frankie held out his arm. The human doctor looked surprised, but he nodded.
"Sure!"
"Thanks for helping me get better."
"Anytime, kid. There may be people out there who want to hurt you folks, but they're wrong. You're a strong person, Frankie. When you grow up, you go out there and fight them." The doctor signed his name with a big smiley face, and then hurried on. Frankie looked over at Sans with wide eyes.
"Did he really mean it? I should go and fight the bad guys?"
"Well, I don't think he meant literally fight them." Sans replied.
"How can I fight them, but not fight them…?" Frankie asked.
"Well, you can fight their bad deeds by doing good ones, by helping monsters."
"How?"
"Well… lots of ways." The nurse came in with Frankie's lunch. "You could… be an ambassador for monsters… you could… be a lawyer-"
"What's a lawyer?"
"Someone who fights for the rights of others." Sans replied, "...in short."
"Hmm…" Frankie frowned, but dropped the subject to dig into his lunch. Sans was quiet for a minute, but then coughed a little and said,
"Umm… Frankie… we need to talk."
"What is it?" Frankie looked up from his grilled cheese.
"In… in the alley way you called me 'dad'."
"Oh!" Frankie looked down at his hands with a sigh. "I… I'm sorry. I just…"
"Do you see me as that, Frankie? Do you see me as your dad?" Frankie wasn't sure what the right answer was in this situation, so he decided to go with the truth.
"...yes…" Sans stared up at him for a moment longer and then smiled. "I get it." Frankie sighed. "You don't want to be my dad. I'm-"
"What? No. Kiddo, look at me." Frankie looked over at Sans. "I love you, you're an amazing kid. I'd… be honored to call you my son." Frankie couldn't believe it. "We can make it official now. I'll go get some adoption papers, today if you want." Frankie could only stare. Sans. Sans wanted to be his dad. Was this a dream? "Frankie? What do you think?" Frankie wrapped his arms around Sans and pulled him into a tight hug, trying to hold back tears.
"I think, you're my hero, dad." He whispered.
REVIEWS FOR CHAPTER EIGHTEEN:
Midnightsalem: Uhh.. whats the blog? The site saw what you put as a link and deleted it. But anyways, another great chapter!
Sorry! The moment I saw your review I went in and I think I fixed it by adding spaces in between the words and such.
Emerald and Lazulite: Okay, love the story right now, though Frankie better not be dead.
Awesome! Glad you like it.
GaleForceSinger: This is not h
I'm not sure if you meant to just send that but I get what you're trying to say. That chapter was just... not. So I hope this chapter helped. :)
anthonyabc268L: Shut just got real and AAAAAAHhhhhhh Frankie oh my God I thought sans was actually going to kill him and yes yes My intuition was correct hehehe I'm awesome you guys are awesome I am just in love with this story and how you even respound to the reviews u are awesome
Aww! You *are* awesome! Thanks so much for all the reviews they're great! I saw someone, early on when I first joined this site, reply to reviews this way and I thought it was the best thing ever. It's great for everyone to be able to see your responses, especially when other people might have similar questions.
MechaSniper51: Translation:no wonder chara hate humanity
Hehe. Yes, I suppose this is definitely probably part of it...
TranscendentalNerd:
Oh man, I was so excited for this chapter. As soon as I saw 'Bad Time', I was sold. I love this chapter (as all the others) and seeing Sans give the Red X's a Bad Time and kick Brendan's Dad's ass was really satisfying. I just hope Frankie doesn't die, although I have a really Bad Feeling he does. If he does, that would leave Sans quite...
BONEly.
I'm so sorry.
Anyway, keep up the good work guys!
And there will be more Bad Times to come, you can count on it. At least one more.
*gasp* How could you ever think we'd kill of that sweet darling cinnamon roll?! No. Sans has been through too much already. And Frankie... he's too wonderful.
Thanks! I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well.
HourglassMadness: I'm happy that Red X got a bad time, but there's one thing thats bothering me... FRANKIE! He's gonna be alright, right? I get the feeling that Red X is going to get a whole new definition of "having a Bad Time" added forcefully to their personal dictionaries...
Yes... Frankie... I think this chapter provided you with an answer. He's going to be just fine! Lots of healing to do, but he's a strong kiddo.
The Ivory Panda: You have no clue how excited I get whenever I get an alert in my email, hoping it a new Fractured chapter.
Awesome chapter btw!
Aww! Thanks so much!
Shadefeather682: *panicked screaming*
mmm... yeah, pretty much. Hehe... It's going to be okay...
DragonMaster456: WHY MUST U DO THIS TO ME
THE QUESTION IS WHY MUST WE DO THIS TO OURSELVES?! (but seriously, I'm almost sorry. I hope this chapter makes you feel better. :D )
Guest: Sans should have used a gaster blaster on his ass.
Yes, he should have. That'll come later, I'm sure. Much later...
GenuineGreenTea: FRANKIE NOOO... I totally saw the fight coming but I didn't think Frankie would get hurt this badly. Really looking forward to chapter 19
Yeahh... Poor little skele-child! :( Don't worry! He's going to get better fast! :D
OC ATTACK: Really...?I'm grinning from this chapters awesomeness but at the same time I want to send my most powerful OCs to attack you because of the cliffhanger. Seriously my OCs are right behind me with their powers charged up. Oh, one of them wants to speak with you. (Is this the first time OCs have been sent after you BTW?)Anyway, go ahead and talk, Chaos. *One OC steps forward*
Chaos: Hello...You should probably upload the next chapter...and Frankie be Be Okay...
*He raises his hand to attack and dark mist swirls around* *Another runs forward and pulls his hand down*
Spyro: Hey!Chaos, you don't need to do that!*Turns to author* But I will NOT stop him next time if Frankie is hurt very badly...*Eyes Darken* I might even give you a Bad Time Myself...
Ok so BTW I really like your story. But trust me, if anything bad happens to Frankie...*The air gets very cold and you suddenly can't move* You'll Regret it.
Is that the first time OCs have attacked you?
oKAY! Holy crap. That's intense. Uhh... I hope this chapter appeased you and your OCs. :)
I could never, ever do anything to hurt Frankie... I mean not anything worse than this. Nope. He's too precious.
And yes, that is most certainly the first time I have ever been attacked by OCs.
I guest as much: That update was intense(awesome)! I can't wait for chapter nineteen. I can say I wasn't X-pecting that to happen, but that is exactly how I can imagine Sans would handle the situation. I hope Frankie gets better soon, but I'm kind of happy Brendan's dad didn't understand the gravity of the situation at first, otherwise we might not have gotten to see him get dunked on. I'l definitely check out the blog tommorow, when you update!
Thanks! Yes, I think Brendan's dad has certainly learned his lesson. Awesome! We're going to try and update that blog often, because we have lots of drawings. But... a lot of the drawings have spoilers for upcoming chapters... So... we'll see what we can dig up for you all. :)
Anonymous: I'm just gonna say: I hated this story at first. I thought Frankie finding Sans was an overused plot device. However, you turn this into so much more than that. I love the way Sans is reacting to being a dad and FRANKIE IS ADORABLE OMG! You are quite obviously a brilliant writer! Keep up the good work! I really enjoyed this story!
Wow! I have to say, I admire you for sticking with us, even though you didn't like it at the beginning. I will admit that I've been guilty of reading the first chapter of a story, hating it, and completely giving up on it. So, kudos to you for not doing what I would do. I'm glad you like the story now! Thank you sooo much.
Holy crap, guys. What a lot of reviews! This is great and so encouraging. It's wonderful to hear from you all! Thanks soooo much for the encouragement! We'll see you again on the next chapter!
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