I actually meant to update this sooner, but I didn't have much time.

Also, while nothing entirely major happens, I should warn you that there are mentions of suicide/suicidal thoughts in this. So be please be careful when reading this.

Papyrus was all alone, unsure of what to do now. He rocked himself back and forth to try and calm himself, his thoughts continued to worry him. What if some careless monster kills Sans by accident? Or what if he dies of starvation? Or worse...

...What if he kills himself?

Papyrus' eye widened as that thought took over his head. He couldn't let Sans die out there, no matter what. He ran out of the cave, forgetting to take an umbrella as he started to search the area. A geletin-like monster scurried by, catching Papyrus' attention.

"Excuse me," Papyrus said as he ran up to the monster. "Have you seen any other skeletons out here?"

The monster burbled dejectedly, as though it were saying "no". Papyrus frowned, "Well...thanks, anyway."

Papyrus searched through the entirety of the rainy area, he searched through every possible cave and looked through any grass that he could find, but no matter what, he wasn't able to find Sans. He should've figured that this was going to be tougher then he thought. But he needed to find Sans and apologize Even if it meant searching for eternity.

It had been hours now, and Papyrus started to search outside of Waterfall. He started calling out to his brother, hoping that he would be able to call back.

"SANS!? ARE YOU OUT HERE!?"

There was no answer, he tried calling, again. "IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, THEN I AM SORRY!"

Unfortunately, every time Papyrus called out to his brother, he was only greeted with silence...save for a few echo flowers mimicking him in the distance. Papyrus tried calling out to his brother, again. "SANS!"

Again, there was only silence. Papyrus has never felt so horrible, it felt like his soul would shatter any minute, now. It felt like if he DID find Sans, then he would've been dust by now.

Papyrus walked into a shop, hoping that somebody at least caught a glimpse of his brother. Standing at the counter was an elderly tortoise monster, one of his eyes was permanently closed.

"Whoa there, it's been a while since I've seen a skeleton 'round here!"

"Nyeh heh heh..." Papyrus rubbed the back of his neck. "If you don't mind me asking, have you seen any OTHER skeletons out here?"

"Nope, not that I know of," The tortoise said with a shrug, "In fact, you're the only skeleton I've seen here besides Mono."

Papyrus looked down at his feet, discouraged. "Oh, well...thanks for telling me."

"Well, if you really need help, then I'd suggest talkin' to Undyne," The tortoise said with a smile, "Since she's always patrolling Waterfall, I'm sure she might be able to find who you're looking for!"

Papyrus let out a sigh of relief. If Sans didn't come back soon, he would have to rely on Undyne Hopefully, she was willing to help. "All right, thank you."

"It's no problem," The tortoise said, happily. "Feel free to come back any time you'd like!"

Papyrus left the shop, telling himself repeatedly that Sans was going to be all right, that wherever he was, nothing else was going to hurt him. It probably wasn't true, but he was hopeful that Sans was fine, that he might've fallen asleep in a comfy patch of grass somewhere.

As another day had gone past, Papyrus still had no luck finding Sans. He checked the Wishing Room, Temmie Village, and even searched throughout the rainy area in Waterfall, again. He saw no sign of Undyne, either. He would've assumed that finding a monster clad in armor would be easy, but it wasn't. In fact, she usually found HIM first rather then the other way around.

Papyrus was now on his way to the garbage dump, where he assumed that his brother would be. After all, unlike Papyrus, he didn't mind digging through trash. However, as he walked through the garbage, he found the fish monster from yesterday. She was digging around in the trash, throwing things away like old books, broken video games, and DVDs.

"AHA!" The fish yelled triumphantly as she pulled out a sword, it looked like it was made from plastic. The fish paused as she spotted Papyrus. The skeleton braced himself, expecting her to yell at him.

"Hey, Papyrus! I didn't see you,there!"

"U-um..." Papyrus looked puzzled, he felt sweat forming on his skull. "D-do I know you?"

"What? You don't remember me?" The fish asked. Papyrus gave her a blank stare.

"It's me, Undyne!"

"O-oh," Papyrus began to blush in embarrassment. "I-I'm sorry, I didn't recognize you without your armor."

"Oh yeah, I guess that explains why you took off with my trash can," Undyne said with a wide, toothy grin. "Anyway, where's your brother?"

"Oh..." Papyrus began to frown, lowering his eyelids half-way. Undyne walked over to him, wrapping an arm around his shoulder. "Hey, how about we talk at my place!"

Papyrus nodded. "I would love that, thank you."

"All right, then follow me!"

Undyne grabbed Papyrus' hand, leading him out of the garbage dump and over to her house. It actually looked a bit like Undyne's face, now that Papyrus had thought about it. The fish monster walked ahead of him and opened the door, gesturing for him to go inside. "After you!"

Papyrus walked into the house. The inside had a nice little kitchen with a table and a piano near the entrance. There was a door at the end of the kitchen, which he assumed lead to Undyne's room.

"Why don't you have a seat over there," Undyne said as she pointed to the table. Papyrus nodded as he pulled out one of the chairs and sat down. Undyne walked over to the drawer and pulled something out. "Before you say anything, I finally caught that dog."

"Oh, did he cause you any problems?"

Undyne shook her head as she handed something over to Papyrus. "He got away, but I got your stuff back."

Papyrus looked at the stuff he was given. It was his left arm, wrapped up in his scarf like a present. He put his arm back into place, rotating it a few times before resting it on the table. "I never thought I'd get these back, thank you."

"It's no problem," Undyne replied as she pulled out a box of tea and a kettle, placing them onto the counter. "While I'm getting everything ready, why don't you tell me what's on your mind?"

"Um...why?"

"'Cause I know something's bothering you, now tell we what's wrong!"

Papyrus let out a deep sigh as he wrapped his scarf around his neck, placing his jaw in his hands. "Well, it all started back in New Home..."

As Undyne was making the tea, Papyrus told to tell her as much as he could. He told her about Sclara, how Gaster fell into the Core, how he and Sans got kicked out of their apartment, how they moved from New Home to Waterfall, and even how they ended up fighting, yesterday. Needless to say, it was a lot for the fish to take in.

"Geez, no wonder you've been digging through my trash," Undyne said as she placed a cup of tea on the table for Papyrus. She sat down on the opposite end, her head resting in her hand. "Still, why didn't you guys say anything?"

"Well, we didn't think that you'd want to help," Papyrus said as he quietly sipped his tea. Undyne pounded the table with her fist, causing Papyrus to jump in fear. "Dude, I totally would've helped if you'd say something. I mean, I don't have much, but I would've been happy to let you guys stay here!"

"Wowie...I didn't think you'd actually care," Papyrus said as he began to smile. Undyne gave him a strange look. "Believe me...if I didn't care, then I wouldn't have gotten your arm back!"

"I suppose that's true," Papyrus said frowning. He looked down at the tea and started swirling it around. "Still...I'm worried about Sans, I'm scared that I might not ever get to see him, again, especially after what I did."

"Well it can't be the first time you two fought, right?" Undyne asked. Papyrus shook his head. "We've fought plenty of times, before...but never THIS badly. I don't know if Sans will forgive me, not after I said all those nasty things to him."

"Hm..." Undyne tapped her fingers against the table, her fins closing a bit. "I don't know too much about him...but I'm sure if Sans would've forgiven you by now."

"What do you mean?"

"Well? He's your brother, isn't he?" Undyne asked, "He can get mad at you all he wants, but I'm sure he'll forgive you, eventually."

"Yeah...You're right," Papyrus said quietly. "Still, do you think you'll be able to keep an eye out for him? I don't want him to do anything careless."

"Of course," Undyne said, happily. "That's what friends are for, right?"

Papyrus' eye sockets widened, he looked at Undyne in pure shock. "D-did you just say you we were friends?"

"Of course," Undyne replied, "Why'd you think I'd let you stay here and talk to me?"

Papyrus smiled even wider, who would've thought that he'd actually become friends with Undyne, of all people? He was certain that nobody would believe him if he said anything, not even Sans.

He looked at the clock, noticing that he's spent nearly an hour talking with Undyne. He took a sip of his tea before standing up. "Well, I should probably get going."

"Are you sure?" Undyne asked, "You're allowed to stay here if you want!"

"I know, and I would love to stay, but what if Sans comes back to the cave?"

"Oh, right," Undyne got up from her seat, walking over to Papyrus and placing a hand on his shoulder. "Tell ya what, how about we split up and look for Sans? That we we could cover more ground! I mean...you have a cell phone, right?"

"Oh..." Papyrus began to blush. "I HAD a cell phone, but I left it back in New Home."

"Well, then we can just meet up back here. Does that sound good?"

"That sounds like a good idea!" Papyrus said happily.

"NGAAAH! THEN WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR!?" Undyne yelled, "WE'VE GOT A SKELETON TO FIND, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA LET HIM SUFFER OUT THERE, ARE WE!?"

"NO, MA'AM!" Papyrus said as he saluted the fish.

"GOOD, NOW LET'S GO FIND HIM BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!"

Undyne ran out of the door like a warrior setting off to fight hoard of humans. While she did so, Papyrus jumped out of the window and did a front flip, landing on both of his feet. They were determined to find Sans, hoping that the elder skeleton was going to be all right.

Meanwhile, Sans was walking through the rainy area in Waterfall, trying to find where the cave was. He was unable to stand up properly, so he leaned against the wall as a way to help support himself. He felt awful, his bones felt like they could snap like twigs, his vision was starting to get blurry, and his chest hurt worse and worse as each minute passed by, which made it very difficult for him to breathe. It was like his own body was rejecting itself, like someone was effortlessly grinding his bones into bone meal.

He was close to the cave, he only had a couple more feet to go. Unfortunately, his legs refused to move any further. It felt like his feet were being weighed down by cement blocks, which kept him from moving any further. Sans moved his arm weakly and pulled his soul out of his chest. He saw how dull it was, watching as his magic was slowly being drained before his very eyes. He put his soul back into his chest and leaned against the wall, sliding down as he could no longer support his own weight. He tried calling out to Papyrus, but all that came out was a small whine, it was almost inaudible.

This was it, this was the end for him. He was too sick to move, he could barely make a sound, it was a matter of time before he fell down and turned to dust. He had wished that he said something to Papyrus, then maybe he wouldn't be like this. It made him upset, he would never be able to see his brother again, not before he died...

...But perhaps it was better this way. He thought that Papyrus would be much happier without him, that once he was gone, Papyrus could be free to do whatever he wanted. Sans was no longer needed, he was useless as far as he knew. So once he was gone, he no longer had to worry about slowing Papyrus down. His smile widened as the morbid thought circled through his skull.

The pain was getting worse, Sans' consciousness was slipping. The last thing he heard before passing out was the soft, gentle rain pouring from the ceiling.

...and a familiar, if distant voice calling his name.

...So I apologize for the mood whiplash, earlier.

Anyways, I'll try to update the next chapter soon...especially since I'll be on vacation, next weekend.