Level 12

"Eugh, someone needs to clean this room." Papyrus raised both of his legs up while walking as if he were back in the snow.

Every time his shoe was lifted it produced another sticky sound, the same with Sans. "I feel like I'm in the movie theaters again. Nothing but soda and gum on the floor."

"Heh, that's what I was thinking, bro." Sans followed behind his brother, surprised at how sticky the floor was becoming. It wasn't pitch black in the room, but not very bright either, so the two were having a hard time identifying what was on the ground. Or really where they were going for that matter.

"I'm starting to believe that this isn't the right way." Papyrus took a moment to rest his tired legs; waiting for Sans to hobble on over before he stopped as well.

"Well, we sort of got disorientated on which way to go when you flew up here." Sans wiped some sweat forming on his forehead away, looking back to the bright world of Hotland from the doorframe they entered.

Papyrus motioned with his head back to the doorway they came in. "Come on, let's head back out and figure out where we are."

Papyrus stepped in front of Sans, about to lead the way again when a seductive laugh wafted from the ceiling. "Ohoho~ What sort of fine specimen do we have here~"

"Sans? Are you playing with me?" Papyrus turned his head to look at his brother, who gave him a dead-panned expression as if to ask, 'really?'.

"Ahaha~ It looks to me like a pair of humans~ And brothers to boot~"

Sans eyes darted to the black ceiling above them, trying to pinpoint where the two voices were coming from. He was interrupted in his search though when Papyrus let out a shriek. "Sans, the door!"

Moving his head, Sans' fear escalated when a giant mass of black creatures crawled down from the blackness and blockaded the closest exit. Spiders.

Taking a step back, Papyrus and Sans turned tail and ran deeper into the room, hoping to get to the exit on the other side before anything else could happen.

"Brothers~ Oh, this is too precious~ I bet they think they're better than us~"

Papyrus started to take up the lead when something fell from the ceiling, cascading onto his face. He let out a loud shriek while trying to get the item in question off of his face. "Sans, I'm blind!"

Stumbling, Papyrus smashed into Sans who was having a hard time running when his shoes kept sticking to the ground.

"I bet they think they're love is greater than ours~"

Sans reached up to help his brother but Papyrus was squirming too much, hearing a loud, scuttling noise coming from all around them. Sans gasped when something, or a lot of things scurried over his feet, and suddenly his shoes were glued to the ground.

Papyrus had finally gotten the webs out of his face when he noticed the same thing, both of them reaching down to try and get their feet free but unsuccessfully getting their hands stuck as well.

"Sans, I don't want to get eaten!" Papyrus whined, looking to his brother in the dim lighting with audible fear.

Sans tried to keep his smile on, but it quickly fell while he kept trying to get himself free. "J-Just don't think about it, Papyrus. We'll get out of here soon, I promise."

Papyrus reacted more angrily to that remark than Sans thought, being completely ripped from his thoughts when his brother shouted at him. "Stop promising! Your promises are empty lies! Just admit you're scared!"

"Enough!"

Both boys froze when they heard the loud screech. With backs arched, they turned to look at the darkness in front of them, where music wafted.

"My, these humans have such bad manners~"

"Indeed~ Bickering in someone's abode? How rude~"

"We should teach them a lesson~"

"Yes, a lesson in love~"

As the music got louder, so too did the lights in the room become existent. The first thing both boys noticed was the massive hordes of spiders all around the room. They hanged from the ceiling, were huddled in giant groups, some were even grouped together and working together to play human-sized instruments.

But what really terrified the two boys were the two, giant figures that stood atop a platform of webs. They looked to be female, their skin the color of a pale purple and having four extra arms than a normal human was used to. When both smiled they showed off their onyx-colored fangs and jagged, black teeth.

The first one, whose long, brown hair fell down in curls and covered two of her five black eyes, wore a light brown ball gown with a dark brown, short sleeved jacket and long dark brown gloves on all six of her arms. The other female, whose sickly black hair was placed in a wavy bun atop her head, wore a bright red jumpsuit. Beyond the elbows and knees the suit changed from solid sleeves to giant ruffles of red with black accents, and the female had kicked up her height with giant, black pumps.

Sans couldn't get over how terrifying these two females were, eyes glancing over to Papyrus who literally had his mouth hanging open in horror. However in his moment of fear Sans was suddenly snapped to a memory in his mind, remembering what Gerson had said when the two shared their little talk.

The skeletons were kept on the surface, while the spiders were banished to the Underground. So these two were probably the decedents of the children that had turned into horrible, spider creatures.

Bopping to the music created, both spider-girls regarded the two with contempt. "Welcome to our lair, humans~"

"I am Volare, and this is my dear sister, Charlotte~" The spider with the jumpsuit regarded her ball gown sister, while both of them started to sway their hips.

"There is no one in the Underground who can match our sisterly love for one another~" Volare extended her hand to Charlotte, which she took gladly. Pulling her over, Volare slid two of her arms around her sister, tipping her in a perfect arch to look at the two boys again.

"Our bonds of love were formed by our love for dancing~ There is no one who is better than us~" In bringing Charlotte back up her sister nimbly spun around her, arms sliding around her and resting her head beside Volare's on her shoulder.

"You probably wish to leave~" Charlotte gave a small smile, eyes narrowing. "But you must prove your love for one another before you can go~"

"Yes, show us how much you two love one another through your dance~ Let the fiery passion for each other engulf your hearts~"

Sans and Papyrus soon felt another scurrying sensation go across their hands and feet, and suddenly they were free of their imprisonment. The first thing they both thought of doing was getting the heck out of there, but from the darkness two giant, purple symbols swung down and crashed into them.

Both boys hit into one another and should have fallen, if not for the fact that their legs suddenly felt like steel poles. A purple, glowing sensation traced around their bodies, and without their consent their bodies bopped to the music as well.

They could still run if they wished to, but then again there wasn't really anywhere to run. Massive hordes of spiders covered the ground, save for a large circle of land around them.

"Prove to us that your love is stronger than ours~" Charlotte moved from behind her sister, both moving together in sync before opening their mouths to show their dripping saliva, wicked tongues and black teeth. "Or we will cherish each other's company while feasting off of your corpses~"

Sans physically flinched back upon seeing the fifth ring of hell in their mouths. Yup, he couldn't have been happier to know these two weren't on the surface. But another fear soon cropped up and Sans quickly turned his head to Papyrus. "Papyrus, I can't dance."

He expected Papyrus to be shaking in his bopping, but he couldn't have been more wrong. The flames of passion seemed to dance inside Papyrus' irises, gazing down at his shorter brother. "Sans, I was born for this challenge!"

Sans gritted his teeth, but fear kept him from being too mad. "But bro, I can't dance. If we're not good enough we'll both get eaten."

"Pish posh, let them try!" Papyrus placed his hands on his hips with pride radiating. "No one has ever beaten the Great Papyrus at a dance-match, and no one will! Just let me take the lead and copy what I do, ok?"

Sans really didn't think this was going to work, considering how clumsy he could be when it came to moving his body. But when he looked at the twinkle in Papyrus' eyes, how he had complete trust in him that they would make it, it helped him calm down.

"Alright, let's do this then." Sans turned to look back at the spider women, who leapt from their web to a few feet in front of them. They towered over Sans easily, and was almost a foot taller than Papyrus.

They swayed their hips in sync, giggling to see how confident Papyrus stood. "Oh, look at that radiance, Volare~"

"He thinks he can beat us, Charlotte~"

"I know we can!" Papyrus took a step forward to challenge the spider girls. "You name it and I can dance it all over your webs!"

Volare and Charlotte regarded one another before turning their heads up at him. "Let's have your feet talk~"

"We'll start with something simple; something your fat brother can follow with~" Sans gave both of the spider girls a rude glare, watching as Charlotte waved her hand and turned to look behind her. The head-bopping music from before had died down into a quiet, slow waltz.

Charlotte moved to her sister as Volare took her in her arms, glancing at Papyrus and Sans. "We'll show you what we want to see, and you follow our lead~ Get too clumsy or fail and your fate is sealed, ahaha~"

Sans was a little shocked when Papyrus took a bold step in front of him, for once hiding Sans behind him. He narrowed his eyes; Sans had never seen Papyrus this serious since they had fallen down. "Bring. It."

Charlotte smiled for Papyrus, then let her sister take the lead. "Foxtrot~"

With Volare leading, the two gave a small demonstration of what they were looking for, taking two steps forward and side-stepping. They repeated this two more times before giving a slow spin, with Charlotte's dress ballooning to reveal her scarlet heels.

Sans didn't have much time to watch after that as Papyrus bent over, clasping his brother's hands. "Alright Sans; start with your right foot, then left, and side-step with your right. Got it?"

"No." Sans was great at memorizing elements, equations and history to name a few. But movement? He couldn't tell his right from his left, but then again he had done so well with dodging Sagiv's attacks. Maybe he was getting better?

"You'll pick it up." Papyrus, not used to bending over this much started with his left, pushing Sans into moving back. Volare and Charlotte eyed Papyrus and Sans carefully as they continued to dance, watching Sans continuously stumble to make out his right and left, but Papyrus went slow for him.

Eventually both parties spun at the same time, with Volare noticing Papyrus wiggling his eyebrows in prideful success and looking straight at her during the spin.

She frowned. "Not bad, but let's see you do something more difficult~"

Letting her sister spin out of her arms, Volare snapped one of her fingers as the music changed to a jazzier tone. Sans felt as though he were back at Grillbys'; half-expecting Papyrus to start bellowing out lyrics again.

"Jazz~" Charlotte announced, with both sisters in sync as they side-stepped from left to right, keeping their backs bent and snapping to the beat. After a few more repeats they swung their knees up to their bodies, giving a quick spin and stepping over to where Sans and Papyrus stood.

Both brothers stepped back in beat, with Sans leaning back in fear but Papyrus took it as a challenge when both gave him a contempt smile. Stepping back to the rhythm, it was now Papyrus and Sans' turn to take the stage.

Papyrus didn't skip a beat in following up with his dance, smoothly following their routine and even throwing in a few spins and hip shakes of his own. Sans however was left to try and mimic his tall brother, his body growing uncomfortably sweaty whenever both girls eyed him with disgust.

They seemed much more interested in Papyrus however, stepping back just like before when Papyrus moved into their space. He threw in his own confident smile, as if to ask, 'is that all?'.

Both girls looked to one another with a more pleased look. "Hmm, not bad~ How about we turn this into a one-on-one, dear sister?"

"Oh, that sounds delicious~" With Papyrus moving back, Volare was the first to move out into the middle of the circle.

She beckoned Papyrus forward with one of her fingers, hands on her hips while she swayed with the music. "Let's dance, human~"

Papyrus threw his chest up and proudly strutted to the center circle, while Charlotte and Sans were forced to sway to the beat in the background. Sans didn't doubt his brother and his dance skills, he would surely survive this dance of death.

Him? Not so much.

"You seem like you know a dance or two~" Volare threw in a light conversation, taking long strides around Papyrus.

The tall brother didn't keep his eyes off of her, turning his body in beat and in sync with her. "Nyeh, I was the best in my dance club. I've dabbled, much like yourself."

"We'll see~" Volare finally planted her feet, bouncing her body as Papyrus mimicked it. "Get funky with me and let's Disco~"

Charlotte snapped her fingers, the music changing again to something more fitting for a groovy time. Volare took the lead, each set of arms doing a different move while Papyrus decided to do a few of his own.

Sans crossed his arms, knees bouncing while he watched these two dancers circle each other, keeping eye-contact while their bodies talked. He caught of glimpse of Charlotte eyeing Papyrus in a way he wasn't comfortable with, her small, jagged teeth biting down on her lower lip.

"Mmm, you are good~" Volare finally spoke, deciding to stop and take a step back. She turned her head smoothly to Charlotte. "But I'll share this spot-light~"

"Nyeh, so will I!" Papyrus started to move back, but Charlotte suddenly lost her composure.

"No!" Papyrus stopped, with Volare eyeing her sister oddly. Charlotte noticed that she had reached out two of her hands, retreating back to her body. "It wouldn't be fair… if you only got him to yourself~ Let me take a crack at him~"

Volare and Charlotte exchanged glances, as if they were talking telepathically. While they were in this silence Papyrus gave Sans a sympathetic smile. "Guess I'm too good. But don't worry, dear brother! You shall get your turn soon enough."

"Keep going as long as you like." Sans decided to bury a bit of his chin in his shirt, knowing the second he was thrown onto the field he would be eaten alive.

Papyrus shrugged with an innocent smile, but Sans didn't see it when he noticed Volare give a sickly sweet smile to her sister and stepped back. Charlotte' smile felt more genuine, then seductively walked to the center of the circle.

"Uh, bro." Sans reached out his hand but only now noticed that Papyrus wasn't as close as he thought, watching his brother hip-hoping back over to the ring. Oh no.

"Hello~" Charlotte breathed, with both of them starting to move in sync and waiting for the dance.

"Hello there." Papyrus couldn't see the metaphorical webs he was dancing into, cocking an eyebrow while giving the formal spider a confident smile. "What's next? Hip-hop? Irish?"

"How about, Tango~" Charlotte leaned in a little too close for Papyrus' liking as he leaned back. Another snap and the music came to a halt only to come back as one sassy piece of tango.

"What." Was all Papyrus spoke before one of Charlotte's hands grabbed his, pulling him out of his personal space and into hers.

Her hand took his other one while two of her hands gripped his hips, quickly taking the lead while Papyrus was forced to dance along in case of tripping. Sans gritted his teeth and looked to Volare, who also seemed surprised and upset at what her sister was doing.

When kicking their feet up Papyrus quickly turned his head to his brother in a cry for help. It was obvious he was not having fun with this dance competition anymore. Sans could only shrug though as when he tried to take a step into the circle a massive wave of spiders stopped him from going any closer.

"Dip me~" Charlotte cooed, and in fear of getting eaten right then and there Papyrus did as he was told.

This, however, was the straw on the camel's back for Volare. "Charlotte!"

She grooved her way over to the scene, ripping her sister from Papyrus' grasp and lightly shoving him away. Charlotte hissed at her sister. "I was only seeing how he faired with a real partner~ You honestly expect his brother to show off how he can dance?"

"Hey." Sans' eyes caught Papyrus when he spoke, who hopped on one foot back before regaining his ground. "My brother can be an excellent dancer! It just takes practice!"

Charlotte and Volare didn't seem to hear him or didn't care, with Volare letting her sister stand. "He is a novice at best, Charlotte~ You're letting his moves cloud your judgment~"

She then pointed a sharp finger at Papyrus. "Pop and lock, go!"

"What?" Papyrus was confused for a moment, but when Volare answered back with a threatening hiss Papyrus burst into action. He darted back for the ring, his movements jerky as he performed the more advanced dance move.

In response the two spider girls were rather impressed, tip-toeing around the arena while calling out other moves for Papyrus to perform. "The Charleston!"

"Break-dancing!"

"The moon-walk!"

"Tap!"

"Ballet!"

"Balboa!"

With each dance move Papyrus successfully showed off, the bigger the two sister's eyes had grown. What was once mild fascination had become a craving lust, and Sans could see the deep hole his brother was digging.

Finally Charlotte couldn't be a bystander no longer, shoving Volare down and throwing herself at Papyrus. "Ballroom!"

Papyrus only had time to exclaim, "Not again!" Before Charlotte had grabbed hold of him again and was forced into being her partner.

Volare recovered from the nasty push easily, charging after the two. "You can't have him for yourself!"

Noticing Volare lunging at him, Papyrus used his newfound strength to forcefully spin Charlotte straight into her sister. The two knocked into each other as Charlotte lost her grip of Papyrus and both rolled to the ground.

Papyrus ran backwards and behind Sans, crouching to get smaller behind him while both watched the sister's once 'love' change into heated jealousy. They snapped and grabbed at one another, pulling hair and kicking. "It's my turn to dance with the human!"

"Go dance with the fat one, then! You interrupted my finale!"

"You go dance with him; I've had the tall human the least!"

"Sans, females are frightening." Papyrus weakly admitted, hoping that the two spider girls would forget about him.

Sans turned his head to look at his brother for a moment, nodding his head in agreement. "You think they're going to let us leave alive?"

Papyrus quickly shook his head, with Sans thinking the same thing. "All in favor of running and praying we don't get eaten?"

When Papyrus raised his hand he also took Sans under his arm, standing back up and sprinting for the other side of the room. In doing so however Volare and Charlotte noticed the two attempting to escape and pushed one another off of each other. "Don't let them escape!"

Papyrus' long strides faltered and became small steps when he saw how many spiders were rushing to stop them, but he threw his initial fear aside and merely lunged over the forming walls of spiders. Sans gripped onto his brother's shirt, trying to steady himself from shaking so much while Papyrus jumped, hopped and curved around forming spider columns and walls.

"Papyrus, the door!" Jerking from his brother's movements, Sans held out a finger for Papyrus to use to see where he was pointing. The only other exit had spiders crawling all over it, preparing a web strong enough to hold them back and keep them in.

"You can't escape, you dancer you~" Papyrus and Sans turned back to notice Volare and Charlotte casually walking over to where they had stopped for the moment, smiles bewitching and haunting.

"We'll dance until the end of time, then we'll dance over your grave~"

"Forgive me, Sans." Papyrus announced, turning his body before running back over to the infested door-frame of spiders. "But I'm not staying!"

Sans tried to protest, but he knew Papyrus was going too fast to really stop at this point. The fear within him burst into a raging fire, imaging them crashing into the blockade of spiders and having them rain down upon them. Their legs, their pinchers, that nasty feeling of having them crawl on bare skin.

The thought was too unbearable for Sans, deciding to close his eyes and wish for another way out. Another exit or someway past the spiders. Dear god, let them get out of this in one piece!

Sans' left eye started to burn once more, imaging the hall on the other side of the spiders. They had to reach it, they had to escape!

While Sans wished for another way out, Papyrus had devoted himself to the fact that this plan probably wasn't going to work. Judging from how sticky the spider's web was on the ground in order to trap them, he whole-heartedly assumed he would just crash into it and get stuck. But if he didn't try then he would be giving up, and there was no way he was going back for round 2 with those crazy spider girls.

However it seemed another path presented itself to the two boys, as the path before Papyrus completely blinked, and he wasn't running to a door anymore. Confused and frightened Papyrus came to a complete halt, with Sans opening his eyes from the sudden, jerky stop. "Did we make it?"

"I-I don't know." Confused, Papyrus turned his head every which way before noticing where the door was. He spun around, showing Sans that the door-way they were about to smash into… was now behind them.

Even the spiders looked confused on how the heck the two boys had gotten past their defenses, with Volare's voice being heard from behind the now done web. "Where did they disappear to?"

The spiders retreating, Volare and Charlotte stepped over to the web-made blockade, eyes widening to see Papyrus and Sans on the other side. "How did you get over there?"

"Uuuuhhh…" Papyrus simply let his voice go on like that, having no explanation or reason as to how this happened. Sans decided to keep silent, his left eye still burning but not as intense as before.

Actually, his forehead felt a bit hot now that Papyrus had stopped, wondering if the harsh elements of the Underground were finally starting to react with his terrible immune system.

Charlotte narrowed her eyes when staring at the two, her wicked tongue deciding to stick out. "Don't think the chase is over, darling~ You're still ours~"

"Welp, look at the time!" Having that nice break, Papyrus sped off while Charlotte and Volare set into motion the destruction of the web blockade.

Sans really wasn't feeling good the more he shook, his grip on Papyrus leaving him to dangle in his brother's arms. "I-I'm not feeling good, Papyrus."

His feeble voice rose a pitch when Sans felt a familiar sensation crawl up his throat, basically slapping his brother on the side. "Put me down Pap, put me down!"

"Wha-?" Papyrus stopped again only to have Sans push himself out of his brother's hold. He fell to the ground before scampering over to the corner of the room they had just entered; relieving his stomach, throat and mouth of whatever the heck was trying to get out.

Papyrus backed away when he heard the initial upchuck, hand covering his mouth. "Oh ew, Sans! Not while we're running from insane spider women!"

"S-Sorry, bro…" Sans weakly stuttered, his body shaking and stomach hurting from his episode. "I guess I just wanted-"

With Sans body hunched over what he had just thrown up, it was hard for Papyrus to see just what had happened. But Sans could clearly see what laid on the ground now, his face frozen in absolute horror.

Blood. Blood smeared the ground, stained his lips, started to stick to his pant legs; spreading out as if it were trying to crawl for freedom.

"Just wanted to what-?" Papyrus started to walk over, with Sans quickly turning to look at his brother.

He shook his head stubbornly, eyes begging. "No Pap don't come over here. It-it's pretty nasty to look at."

Papyrus however was stubborn to, a frown digging into his lips out of concern. "Let me see."

"No no Pap please, it's ok." Sans kept backing up the closer Papyrus got, until a young girl's voice made itself known.

"You better not expect me to clean that up~"

Startled that Volare and Charlotte might have caught up, the two turned their heads to the center of the room, where light flickered off and on before steadying. Cobwebs and lines of webbing were strung around the room like decorations, with spiders hanging from the ceiling and a few scurrying on the ground. But in the center of the room was a dark purple table, lined with pink teacups, saucers, and two teapots arranged in an orderly fashion. Only one chair was present at the table, and there sat the monster who spoke.

Like Charlotte and Volare, she too was a spider girl, but much younger than the other two. Her five eyes were a deep shade of purple as her short, black hair was put up into two cute pigtails. She wore a fluffed, magenta dress with a few ruffles at the bottom, almost hiding her striped socks and black dress shoes. Her hands were delicately covered in lacy, white hand gloves.

She for the moment was taking a sip of her beverage, resting her saucer and teacup in her lap while staring at the two of them. She smiled when she saw the fear on their faces, her voice like that of a young child but spoke like a grown woman. "Ahuhuhu, why so scared, humans? Are you afraid of spiders?"

"Y-You're not going to eat us, are you?" Papyrus stuttered. He would have run with Sans in tow, but after his brother's episode he was in no condition to be shaken up or stirred.

The spider girl set her saucer on the table before her, resting her head in two of her fingers as if she was contemplating it. "Hmm, I do have a lovely teacake recipe that would be simply divine with humans tossed in~"

One of her hands reached for a slip of paper that was conveniently on the table, lifting it up to show to the boys. "But one of you two did us spiders a lovely favor~"

"Muffet!"

The girl was spooked to hear her name screeched, then turned angrily to the doorframe into her room. Charlotte and Volare stepped in sync into the room, noticing Papyrus and Sans in the right corner before back at Muffet. "Muffet, these humans aren't for you~"

"But they escaped into my parlor, therefore they're in my territory~" Muffet fought back, keeping her formal tone but Papyrus and Sans could hear the anger thrown in between.

"We saw them first~" Charlotte hissed while the hordes of spiders in the other room scurried to take up space in this new room.

Volare however held a hand up to Charlotte, a smile creeping onto her lips. "Muffet, you can have the fat human if you want~ I'm sure he would make a lovely pie~ But the tall one is ours~"

"I would rather stay here." Papyrus weakly protested.

Knowing that if the spider girls had their way they would both be separated and probably killed, Sans decided to rise to his feet and do something about it. Papyrus, upon seeing his brother try to stand held his hands out to stop, but Sans wouldn't listen. "You're cheating us out of our escape."

"Excuse us?" All three spider girls stared at Sans, who took a few wobbly steps forward. They didn't look happy, but neither was Sans.

"You heard me. Papyrus beat your challenge, so by your word we can leave."

"Hmph, how do you know that? We had many, many more dances prepared to make sure he was truly an exceptional dancer~" Charlotte spoke, though her confidence waivered the more she stared at Sans.

Perhaps it was how his blue eye seemed to glow, but suddenly this fat human they had taken for granted was a lot scarier than they had thought. He gritted his teeth. "You honor your word and let us leave. If you don't, that's fine. But you and me,"

The lights quickly flickered as if to react to the situation, but the two spider girls saw something else when the lights flashed. They took a frightened step back from Sans as if they had seen a ghost. A flash of white, an insane grin, an icy, blue eye. "We're going to have a bad time."

The lights suddenly worked again, with Papyrus a little confused on what the heck happened. Charlotte and Volare were frozen for a moment, but were drawn back into reality when they heard Muffet snickering. They turned angrily to her, who was not trying to hide her laugh while she held her teacup.

Volare was the first one to pull herself together, with Charlotte hiding her hands behind her back and lifting her head up. "Yes, well, I suppose we should let the tall human leave~ He did best us at our own game~"

"But not him~" Charlotte suddenly took a step forward, pointing three index fingers at Sans. Her fear melted away for enjoyment. "He failed the challenge~ Your brother may leave, but you shall remain here as we feast upon your organs~"

She tipped her head up, as if she had bested the two. "Of course if you two share the brotherly love you so cling to, then the tall human could always stay in exchange for the life of this fat human~ Why, I even wager that-!"

"Hmm, that would be fun to watch~" Charlotte hissed when she turned to angrily stare at Muffet, who had interrupted her. She however didn't care, getting up from her seat only to walk right over to Sans. "But I have a question to ask myself~"

Sans leaned back when Muffet got too close for his liking, staring him down with all five of her eyes. "You there, dearie~ My letter says that one fat human helped my spiders get into the Ruins safe and sound~ Was that by chance, you?"

Sans quickly nodded his head. "I-uh, didn't want them to freeze, that's all."

"He did what?" Volare and Charlotte hovered behind Muffet, who quickly threw her arm up with the letter in her hand.

She gave both of the two older girls a dull look. "Read it for yourself~"

Volare snatched the paper out of Muffet's hand, reading it over with Charlotte leaning in to catch a glance. Their eyes only got bigger the farther they got down on the paper, but Muffet didn't let them finish before she giggled. "Ahuhu, you are a gentlemen to the spiders~ We thank you for being such a help and caring about our kind~"

Two of her hands snatched at San's blue jacket, pulling him very close to Muffet's face. She still kept her sickly sweet smile, but her eyes were very malicious. "However, they also wrote that you decided to take one of our spider donuts without paying for it…~"

Sans' hand reached for his pant pocket, about to start bargaining for his life by wagering all that he had in wallet… but then he remembered that his wallet was probably snowed over on the trail to Snowdin.

Muffet's smile only grew when she saw the fear blossom in Sans' eyes. "What's the matter, human? You don't have any money to pay for my goods with? Thought that you could justify stealing a donut for doing such a heroic act?"

Volare and Charlotte gave each other a wicked smile, starting to giggle when Muffet snapped her head at them. "Don't think he's yours~ My merchandise, so he belongs to me~"

Sans didn't think he 'belonged' to Muffet like Papyrus would have belonged to Charlotte and Volare. He brought his shoulders up into a shrug. "I-I can pay you back, I just-"

"Have no fear, brother!" Muffet let up on her grasp for a second as everyone stared at Papyrus, who was walking over to the scene and minding his step. In his hand was his wallet, to which he stopped and crouched down to get eye-level with Muffet. "The Great Papyrus can easily cover my brother's bill with a few bucks of his own!"

Muffet, tired with Sans, let him go while turning her attention to Papyrus. "Oh, so you have my fifty G~"

"Fifty G? For a donut?" Papyrus seemed skeptical, but when Muffet's smile only grew he quickly gave in. "Ok, let's see what I have."

Sans watched as his brother sorted through his dollar bills, taking a long time to count out how much he had because math. But he had what he needed, plus an empty wallet. He sadly put the cash in Muffet's open palm. "There, fifty bucks."

Muffet grasped the money, bringing it close to her face and examining it. If she had a nose, it would have wrinkled in disgust, staring back up at Papyrus. "What is this? This isn't G~"

"It's fifty dollars!" Papyrus gestured his hand to the money, but Muffet was still confused. "I'll have you know I worked hard for those fifty bucks, mowing lawns and walking dogs."

Papyrus frowned. "So many annoying dogs."

"Surface money?" Muffet pursed her lips, but soon smiled and pocketed it away. "Hmm, that could be useful when we reach the surface~ I've never had foreign currency before~"

She regarded Sans with a light wave of her hand, deciding to pull out one of her bills and stare at it quizzically. "You're both free to go~"

"You can't just let them go!" Volare and Charlotte circled around Muffet, clearly upset with hisses.

Muffet hissed right back, lowering her bill. "You set yours free, I set mine free~ Therefore, yes, I can~"

With a cute spin Muffet turned her back on the humans and walked further into the darkness of their home, regarding her new money with interest. Charlotte and Volare looked at one another with disappointment before back at the two humans with disgust, following after Muffet.

"Oh, and dearie~" Muffet slowly turned her head back, eyes locking with Sans. Her eyes were deadly. "I hope that donut was delicious~"

The last thing Papyrus and Sans saw before they disappeared into the dark was Volare trying to grab for the bill in Muffet's hand before she slapped it away.

Safe to say, Papyrus and Sans left the spider's home rather quickly. In exiting the dark abode the two found themselves back to the ocean of lava and intense heat. A staircase was to the left of them to land beyond what they could see, and two monsters seemed to be sitting at the edge of one of ledges. One a skinny rabbit and the other a rather buff reptile.

Papyrus had gone eerily silent once they were able to leave the spider's lair, while Sans was trying to make sense of everything that had happened. His thoughts couldn't get off of the giant blood stain he had produced, yet he felt better after puking. As if he didn't need that extra blood.

Sans remembered that Papyrus was with him, quickly putting on a smile for his brother. "Heh, that was a pretty 'sticky' situation, huh Papyrus?"

Papyrus didn't respond nor turn his head to look at his brother. Sans felt his nerves start to act up, his smile getting more forced. "It made my skin want to 'crawl' away…. We were caught in some 'web' back there… Look, I 'spi-der' a way out of the Underground…"

Smile threatening to fall off of his face Sans rushed in front of his brother, trying once more with his puns. "Heh, now that I'm all empty I could use a 'bite' to eat. Do you want to 'catch' some food?"

His eyes by now were pleading from Papyrus' silence, hungry for his attention. "Wh-Why aren't you saying anything, Papyrus? You usually hate my jokes."

"Blood."

Sans sweat ran cold, watching his brother's head tilt down to look at him. His eyes were a mixture of anger, disappointment, and sorrow. "Your puke, it was nothing but blood."

As if to lose some of his resolve Papyrus' eyebrows angled upwards, his lips wavering. "Something is happening to you, Sans. You're not ok, physically, mentally, everything. And yet…"

Sans watched as Papyrus' trembling fingers transformed into fists, as if to relieve him of some of this stress. "You continue to hide it. Do you… do you not trust me? Do you think I'll make fun of you? Push you away?"

Reluctantly Sans brought his hands up, as if to hide behind them. "What? Don't be silly bro, of course I-!"

Papyrus then took a drastic step forward, while Sans stumbled back with his own. He bent down to get closer to Sans, who now clung to his jacket. "I'm your brother, Sans! Your older brother! For everything, you've been there for me! You're my joking buddy, my shoulder to cry on, you've-you've been there more times than I can count."

Papyrus eyes shifted away for a moment, his voice getting quiet. "You're my only friend, my only family."

His eyes hardened and suddenly his anger came back with a new intensity. From how bright his orange eyes glowed, Sans eyes were only on his orange tears. "And yet you continue to hide from me! Why are you so scared, Sans?! Why can't you just open up and let me help you?!"

Both arms were swung to the side. "For the longest time I let you be because I thought that one day, you might finally share with me your misery, your fears and your hopes. I let you lie; I let you divert the subject."

Papyrus shook his head. "But not anymore. I mentally can't look away and pretend that you're going to be ok. Look at yourself!"

In the heat of the moment Papyrus grabbed Sans', stifling a gasp from the younger brother. "You're not ok, Sans! Your health is terrible, you hide behind that smile of yours, your eye is blue and now you're puking up blood! How can you live with yourself and continue to run away, from everything?! Why are you letting yourself live this miserable life?!"

Papyrus gave Sans back his space, back straightening and arms hanging to the side. Sans wasn't able to move though, too scared from his nightmare coming to life. His orange eyes bore holes into his soul and heart, leaving nothing to the imagination.

He could see through him.

"I spent fifty bucks just to get you back, Sans. So now you owe me."

Papyrus narrowed his eyes. "And there's only one way you can repay me back. Help me help you, Sans, and we're not moving from this spot until you tell me everything."

Welp, this chapter happened. Originally I wasn't going to have a deadly dance-off, but I couldn't help myself when the idea came into my head. So meet Volare and Charlotte, the older sisters to Muffet and dance masters!

Also in trying to find spider names from children's books I had to get a bit creative since there are very little. So whoever can tell me what books Volare and Charlotte represent (ex. Muffet is Little Miss Muffet) first will be able to ask a question about the story! Of course you can't ask like what's going to happen.

P.S Charlotte's name is pretty easy, but Volare's name won't be found in a story. To find hers, here's your only hint. Her original name, the name of the author of the book, wasn't used because a character present in the story already had it.