"King Papyrus... You need to sleep." Papyrus looked up to see another servant. "How late is it?" Papyrus asked, "It almost ten o'clock." She replied, Papyrus looked down and then back at her. "Thank you, I shall rest." With that, he walked to his bedroom. Papyrus was worried about his brother, separated as children, and... His thoughts stopped there, Papyrus laid down. He sighed, "Sans... Where are you? I need to find you..." Papyrus closed his eyes, trying to ease his racing thoughts. He found it very uncomfortable, knowing he was sleeping and his brother was missing... "Just go to sleep... You'll be able to think straight later." Papyrus kept his eyes closed, slowly easing his thoughts, and drifting away from the world around him. Somewhere where he could rest peacefully, no stress, no violence... Nothing to bother him.
Papyrus heard voices, he cautiously turned a corner to see Gaster, his father, yelling at someone dressed in armor. He backed up a little frightened, then ran to the room Sans was in. "Sans?" He said, his brother, who looked slightly nervous and skittish, looked at him. "Yeah, Pap?" Papyrus looked into his brother's eyes before saying, "Someone is talking to dad... He's yelling at them..." Sans's pinpricks dilated, "O-oh no..." Sans's expression quickly turned to one filled with fear and shock. Papyrus was confused, what's going on? "Sans, what-" he was interrupted by the monster barging into the room. "IT'S THE LAW DR. GASTER!" Their father quickly followed in, "YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE MY SON AWAY! Please, you can't take him from me! His brother and I need him!" He claimed, "I'm sorry but it's the rules," The monster scanned the room and his eyes landed on Sans, "There you are..." He said before walking up to Sans. Papyrus watched helplessly as his brother backed up a bit. The monster looked back Gaster, who was gritting his teeth. "The laws are the laws and I have been given orders, Gaster." The monster said before grabbing Sans, who started to struggle. "Wait! Please don't take me! I don't want to leave my family!" Sans said as the guard started to drag Sans out of the room. Papyrus looked at his brother, eyes filled with fear. He was so confused and frightened by the monster's sudden actions, what was going on? Why were they taking Sans?! He tried to run to his brother, but Gaster was restraining him. "Sans!" Papyrus called out, he could tell his father was also holding himself back. "Dad?!" Sans called, tears forming in his eye-sockets, "DAD?! PAPYRUS?! PLEASE DON'T LET THEM TAKE ME!" Papyrus started to tremble as he saw the tears stream down Sans's face while he was pleading. "LET ME GO! PLEASE, YOU CAN'T TAKE ME AWAY!" They were almost out of sight. "DAD! PAPYRUS! HELP! PLEASE! I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE! LET ME GO MY FAMILY NEEDS ME!"Sans's pinpricks were frantically scanning his father and his for even a little hope of escape. With one last plea, that he could choke out as he lost his will to fight. Sans uttered a few words in a last attempt to get Gaster to stop the guard. "Please... don't..." With that, the monster lifted Sans up by the back of his hood. Fear and sadness staining Sans's face while he stared into the eyes of the monster. With a quick scoff, the guard swiftly gave Sans a quick whack to the head, knocking him out. The monster, showing no sympathy, forcefully opening the lab door, dragged his unconscious brother and himself outside, then shut it. Gaster was holding Papyrus close, "I'm so sorry Papyrus... But Sans will be taken away for a while..." Papyrus knew he was crying, but he looked up at his father, tiny tears forming as he asked. "Dad, why did they take Sans away?" Gaster hugged Papyrus close, "They need more royal guards, if the humans attack, we'll need all the soldiers we can get. So their best plan was to train children to be royal guards. So they could adjust easier to the harsh environment." Papyrus buried his head in his father's lab coat, he loved his brother, and he was torn away from him so easily...
"Maybe you'll be shocked"
Sans vision was blurry, What happened? He thought as he sat up, when his vision came into focus. Sans saw Alphys staring at him. She seemed to be confused and shocked. "A-are you ok?" Alphys suddenly asked after sitting in the silence, Sans took off his breathing mask. "Yeah, I'm fine... Why are you asking?..." Alphys seemed to hesitate before telling him, "I-I had t-to inject you w-with d-determination... I-I had no c-choice, it w-was either t-that or y-you would've d-died..." She said, looking down. Sans a headache got worse, "Ach..." He grunted before laying back down. "A-are you o-ok?!" Alphys asked, Sans, nodded, "I just have a headache..." He said, Alphys sighed. "I'll e-explain to you w-what happened later, f-for now, g-get some rest... I-I'll check on you l-later." Alphys said as she wandered away. Sans closed his eyes, then he sighed, rolling over. Trying to sleep. Bothersome thoughts swam in the endless void of his mind, the ones that kept him awake at night. Sans's head wouldn't stop throbbing as the thoughts continued to nag him, they wanted something from him. He sighed and tried to remember why, his memories turned into a mess of faded voices and a faint feeling of warmth. But he didn't like the words the faded disembodied voice spoke. "Can you remember? Sans, can you remember? Are you listening to me?..." after the voice stopped, a wave of cold air washed over his body. Sans shivered and let himself drift away despite the bitter air stinging his wounds. It felt... Empty...
"Maybe you won't recognize me"
Toriel was laying in her bed, staring at the ceiling. Thinking about the children that lost their lives, because she couldn't protect them. She couldn't get a thought out of her head, "If another human shows up... Will I be able to protect them?... It obvious there was no way to protect the last one, their fate was not my decision... Hopefully, I can protect Wilhelmina from the same fate as the others..." A door creaked open and Toriel sat up, looking at the person at the door. "Toriel?" The person saw Toriel, fear in their eyes. "I've come to tell you... Wilhelmina is gone..." Toriel immediately snapped out of bed, "What?! What do you mean?!" Toriel exclaimed, he sighed. "I mean, she's gone, she left, I was going downstairs to make sure everyone was in their beds... And the ruins' door was opened wide enough for her to get out..." Toriel felt tears form in her eyes, "I-I can't e-even save o-one child..." Toriel broke into a sob, the worker hurried over to her, trying his best to comfort her...
"..."
Alphys hands were shaking in fear, I almost killed him, oh my Asgore I'm a huge mess... The creature looked at Alphys. "Alphys... I think h-" they cut themselves off and became silent. Alphys didn't really care, she started to get a headache, "I-I'm going to rest..." Alphys told the creature before starting to walk out the lab door. Slowly making her way up the stairs and into her messy room, Alphys groaned in pain as the headache only got worse. She carefully laid herself down in her bed, and closed her eyes. Attempting to soothe the throbbing of her head, Alphys sighed and tried to clear her thoughts. She knew she wouldn't fall asleep, but at least resting her eyes helped.