Chapter 4. The Death of Papyrus

As Flowey had ordered Sally snuck back into the woods that was at the end of Snowdin three weeks later.

Once the tall girl was in the woods she found a tiny girl standing next to the yellow flower that was waiting for her.

"Aw~ So you made it. Say hello Frisk."

"...Frisk?" the pony tail girl questioned as the tiny girl slowly turns around to face her finding a pair of red eyes staring up towards her.

"Sally you okay thank goodness." the possessed Frisk cries as she runs towards Sally.

"Frisk where have you been?"

"Flowey has been protecting me ." Chara lies as she pulls away from the hug that she was sharing with the tall friend while wiping away her fake tears.

"Protecting you?"

"...Don't you know the monsters around here are up to no good. They have been brain washing the humans into trusting them. Once the humans trust them they take them to King Asgore where he kills them and takes their souls to open the barrier that has kept them lock down here." the yellow flower finishes while acting upset.

"And what about you aren't you a monster?"

"What little old me? No I was human once then that goat women Toriel has turned me into this hoping I wouldn't be able to tell anyone the truth."

"And we're worried about Laney it seems that sissy has given in to the monsters. Sally we have to save her." The possessed girl finished while softly tugging on Sally's shirt.

"... What do we have to do?"

"Meet us here every two weeks at night and we'll make a plan. Till then you better head home don't want to monsters to suspect anything~." Flowey sang as he buries under the ground with a cackle as Chara fades into the darkness of the forest.

Sally lets out a worried sigh as she runs her hand over her face while making her way towards the fake home in Snowdin.

She was now worried about everything . What if Laney was now the enemy does that mean that she has to do some thing about her best friend?

"But that really isn't so bad is it?" A dark voice asked from inside her mind.

"No don't you dare start now."

"I mean come on the bitch has been nothing but bossy to you." the voice snickers.

"Stop it ! Stop it!" Sally cried while covering her ears as she hunches over in the snow.

"...Sally?" A soft worried voice asked .

The pony tail girl slowly looks up finding that she was in front their house in Snowdin with Laney staring down towards her as a worried expression slowly forms across her face.

As Sans stood beside her .

"You okay there bud?"

"...Yeah I am." Sally replied coldly as she walk past them both to enter the house.

"Hey kiddo are you coming to the Party?"

"Party?"

"Yeah for Lane's birthday." the blue hoodie skeleton answers while wrapping his arm around Laney's shoulder.

"What the hell?!"

"What?"

"Frisk your younger sister is still missing! And what do you do?! You have a fucking party! Yeah...some fucking older sister you are." the tall friend hissed as she storms into the house and slams the door close behind her.

Sans felt anger boil inside of him that little punk had no right to say that. Each night he would have to leave the house to find Laney before Undyne did some nights he would hear the small girl call for her younger sister in her sleep. Laney cared more then anything for Frisk hell even the other Frisk said so them selves.

The blue hoodie skeleton then looks down towards the small pigtail girl who's had tears slowly forming in her soft blue eyes.

With a low annoyed sigh Sans pulls his monster phone out of his pocket and begins to text some thing on the phone.

"...Sans?" Laney asked with a slight tilt of her head.

"Hey wanna go to our spot I told Paps that tonight isn't a good night."

"...Okay"

"Cool let's uh grab some grub from the shop maybe we uh can pig out while looking at the crystals." he finished with a wink while ruffling Laney's soft brown hair.

The small girl let's out a soft giggle as her best friend gently takes her hand in his warm and pulls her towards the shop to buy some junk food for their picnic.

A few months had passed since Sally's cold words towards Laney.

And now she stands in the middle of the forest with a sharpen knife in hand.

"Are you sure this is going to work Flowey?" Sally asked in a unsure tone.

"Of course the sooner we collect monster souls the sooner we will be free and Laney would be safe." The yellow flower replies while rolling his eyes in annoyance .

"Please don't rethink things Sally we need to save Laney." Chara said with a fake whimper as she tugs at the tall girl's free hand.

"...Yeah your right well here I go." Sally mumbles as she leaves the forest and begins to head towards the house.

The pony tail girl slowly enters the home Sally knew that Laney was at work and as for Sans well he was probably at the same place since that's where he always went even before he met them which left only...

"Tall Human! Welcome Home!" Papyrus's voice said from behind her.

"Heya Pap." Sally replied with a fake smile as she turns around to face him.

"Look I've been acting bratty lately and um I wanted to apologize so how about a hug?" she finished while holding out a arm while the other one was hiding the knife behind her back.

"Of course Sally! I the great Papyrus always gives away hugs to a friend in need!" he answers while walking towards Sally and wraps her into a warm embrace only to earn a sharp stab in his back from the knife she was holding.

"H-human why?" the tall skeleton whispers weakly as his body slowly becomes dust.

"You should of chose me you ass hole." Sally laughs coldly as she watches his red scarf falls towards the ground.

The tall girl burst out into a sick laughter as she walks towards the couch and waits patiently for Sans and Laney to return home while sitting on it with her legs cross.

The small pigtail let's out a small sigh as she wipes the same spot over and over on Grillby's bar.

Even since the fight Sally has stopped talking to her and became slightly more aggressive towards her. It was starting to make Laney really worried about her best friend.

" You know if you keep wiping there it's going to ruined the bar." A deep voice said from in front of her .

Laney slowly looks up towards the voice finding Sans leaning his chin in his bony palm while watching her.

"And uh I don't know about you but I kinda don't want a pissed off elemental." he finished with a raised brow bone.

"..Oops my bad." Laney giggles nervously as she begins to wipe down the rest of the bar counter.

"Do you need another bottle of ketchup?"

"Nah, I think I'm Ketchup enough on my drinks here. Almost ready to go?" he asked with a small wink.

"Yeah let me tell Grillby that I'm done cleaning up I'll be right out. Bone boy." Laney replied as she runs towards to the back to tell the flaming bartender that she was done.

After Grillby gave her permission to leave for the night both Sans and Laney started to slowly make their way home .

"Hey knock knock"

"Who's there?"

"Lettuce"

"Lettuce who?"

"Lettuce go inside you look like your freezing pal." Sans responds as he holds open the front door earning a soft giggle from the small girl who walks in ahead of him.

The short skeleton closes the door behind them and begins to lock it.

The sound of Laney letting out a loud scream cause him to quickly rush towards the living room.

Sans froze as he found a pile of dust on the floor with his younger brother's red scarf lying on top of it.

"Bout time you two showed up." Sally lets out a sick giggle while running her thumb over the sharpen blade of the chef knife in her hand.

"Sally...What did you do?" the small pigtail girl asked her soft blue eyes now filled with fear.

Sally slowly narrows her darken brown eyes towards her friend and stands from the couch as she begins to make her way towards Laney but was blocked by Sans who had appeared in front of the small girl.

"...Laney listen to me these monsters are using you. They want to kill us and use our souls to..."

"I know."

"You know?"

"Yes remember momster told us about that that was why she asked Papy and Sans to watch over us..." Laney finished with a disgust look towards Sally was now standing there staring down at her.

"..Sal what exactly happen in the woods?" The small girl continues as her small hand slowly clenches into a fist.

" I can tell ya what happen kiddo here met a certain weed who is up to no good." The blue hoodie skeleton replies with a small hiss.

"Hey that's not really nice now." a high pitch voice said from beside Sally .

Both Sans and Laney slowly turns their head towards the voice finding a possessed Frisk standing next to the tall girl with Flowey in her small arms.

"...Chara" Sans growls as he narrows his now blacken eye sockets while making sure that Laney was safely behind him.

"Hello comedian it's been awhile."

"Chara? But I thought."

"I think you heard enough." The yellow flower snickers as pollen slowly float into Sally's face causing the tall girl to falls unconsciously towards the ground.

"Well then shall we let the game begin?" The possessed girl asked as she sets Flowey on the ground next to Sally.

"...Laney do you trust me?"

"What?"

" Look I know how to free Frisk. But it's gonna badly damage the kid."

"..."

"Lanes I know it sounds it's like I just want to beat the fuck out of Frisk over there. But uh Chara can't stay in a badly injured body the brat needs the strength of the host to survive in a body. So if she badly injured it will cause Frisk's strength to lower and Chara to~ "

"...Okay I trust you." Laney interrupted with a small sweet smile.

Causing the Sans's permanent grin to widen a little more.

"That a girl." The blue hoodie skeleton murmurs as he points his blue glowing hand towards the possessed girl causing her soul to turn blue.

"Remember this pal? "

"You wouldn't" Before Chara could finish she started to fly across the room making the possessed girl's tiny body roughly slam into every wall of the house.

Sans falls to his knees from using to much of his magic as the Frisk's damage body floats slowly into Laney's arms.

The small pigtail girl watches as a dark cloud flys out of Frisk's body and leaves the house threw the window that was open.

"N-no Chara and I were together again ! YOu! WIll DiE FoR RuiNing iT SmiLeyTraSHbAg!" Flowey yelled as his thorn vines fly towards Sans who was to weak to even move.

The blue hoodie skeleton slowly close his eyes about to accept his death till he suddenly felt a warmth of magic flowing threw his body slowly bringing back his energy and strength.

Sans quickly open his eye sockets finding a barrier of blue glowing butterflies that were now flying around him.

"What the hell Sans?! Do you really think I'm gonna stand around and watch you die?!" A soft voice cried from behind him.

The short skeleton turns his head finding Laney sitting behind him on the ground with Frisk's head in her lap.

His glowing white pupils slowly looked down towards her neck finding the heart necklace that he had given her was now glowing brightly. He couldn't help but let out a low chuckle knowing that the barrier that was up was made of his and her magic put together from their souls being linked together.

Sans slowly reaches out towards the small girl and gently pulls her into a soft hug.

" Heh , Yeah sorry about that kiddo I uh forgot you were here for a moment hey let's get out of ere waddya say?" he asked while teleporting away with Laney and Frisk leaving behind a very angry Flowey in the living room of the now abandoned house.

Once they were in his workshop Laney quickly walks over towards the leather couch and gently lays Frisk on it to begin her healing on the tiny child.

"Hey uh...after you heal the kiddo over there um you and me need to talk." the blue hoodie skeleton mumbles as he leans against the wall next to the couch.

"Uh yeah sure no problem." the small girl responded with a uneasy smile towards her best friend.

"Good I'll be over there." Sans murmurs as he walks away towards his desk which held his notes about all of the repetitive timelines he was in.

After healing her younger sister the small pig tail girl slowly makes her way towards her skeleton friend unaware that Frisk was slowly waking up from being unconscious.

"Hey"

"Heya"

"So whats up?"

"... The other Sans told me that the other Laney can reset. ...Is that true for you to?"

" Uh~ yeah?"

"You think ya can reset now?"

"... Sans"

"Please Laney I-I can't live with out Papyrus."

"You have me and Frisk we.."

"Kid"

"We can make it through this timeline togeather."

"Kiddo."

" Sans I don't want you to threw that again please every time there a reset Paps still.."

"Laney!" The blue hoodie skeleton yelled as his left eye now glows blue.

Causing his now frighten best friend to shiver while backing away from him slowly.

" As a friend I ask you to do a reset for me. But like the brat you are ya won't do it! Living a life with out Paps and with you instead? Nope can't do it. You don't know how it feels to lose your younger sibling almost everyday... Moving forward is just a fairy tail Laney sorry but we're not in your little world! You don't even deserve this!" He yelled while ripping off the heart necklace from around Laney's neck causing tears to form in the poor girl's soft blue eyes.

"I can't believe I even trust the other m~"

"Stop just stop!... You don't even know what happen to Frisk and I before we came here ...I do know what's it like I-I lost my mom a-and almost lost Frisk god knows how many fucking times..." Laney said with a soft sob causing Sans to push his anger aside finding the small girl now shaking uncontrollably.

"But here's the thing Sans unlike you we don't have any resets ...no Frisk and I had to live threw that hell every day no mom and hearing yells and cries of pain everyday. ... So just FYI my life wasn't a fairy tail falling down here meeting you and Papy was the happiest thing that had ever happen to me ...Should of known that it was to good to be fucking true."

"...Kid" Sans mumbles while trying to reach for but stops as Laney flinches and backs away more.

"Don't Sans...I'm sorry I've shouldn't have told you that ...I-I'm gonna go um out to uh focus for the reset. But um ...maybe instead of mine your life is a fairy tail with all of the resets ." Laney finishes with a whisper as she turns around and walks towards the exit of the workshop.

Once Laney had left the building the blue hoodie skeleton let's out a groan as he runs his two bony hands over his face.

"...Sissy right you know your life can always restart over down here but u there ours couldn't" a soft voice said from in front of him.

Sans slowly brings his hands down finding Frisk standing in front of his with anger in her brown eyes.

"Heya pal you shouldn't be u~"

"You need to apologize to Laney."

"Excuse me?"

" She didn't want to reset because she was worried about your nightmares she didn't want you go threw Papy's death again. She wanted to move forward with you , me and hopefully Sally if we can save her."

" Like I said that's a fairy tail you two lived in a fairy tail life before you three fell down here."

"It wasn't a fairy tail! Do you even know why sissy brought me to the forest?! To protect me from daddy!"

"Wait what? Frisk what do you mean by protect." Sans asked as he pulls the small girl into his lap before she had a chance to run off.

"...I shouldn't tell you... Laney didn't want me to know."

" C'mon pal we use ta tell eachother every thing."

"... It started when I was born... mommy died from giving birth to me. It made daddy really sad... he started to do bad stuff pushing liquids into his arm with needles. And drinking strange smelling drinks. They made him act strange he started yelling at me saying it was my fault that mommy died. Some times daddy would try to hurt me. But Laney always jump in the way before he could even hit me. So daddy started to take his anger towards me out on Laney." Frisk whispers her with hands now shaking.

" We almost lost the house once and didn't even have food Laney tried to tell me everything was fine . But I saw the bills and warnings."

"You'r a smart nosy kid after all."

" Yeah... I also heard Sal talk to Laney about it one night Laney was working two jobs and going to school... One day the stress got to her and she ended up in the hospital daddy didn't notice he was sleeping everyday at that time. And after that she took me to forest cause daddy was mad and that's how we ended up here. So um moving forward our life wasn't a fairy tail it's a life and with the ones you love it could always be amazing. That's all she wanted for you sissy wanted you to be happy...She wanted us to be happy with you...Sans Laney loves you." the tiny girl finished with a soft sob.

Sans slowly closes his eyes to sound of Frisk crying.

The blue hoodie skeleton knew what was that liquid was in the needle and what the strange smelling drink was. It was drugs and alcohol that bastard had decided to get high and drunk not to mention put blame on Frisk for the death of his wife and as for Laney. The blue hoodie lets out a groan as he ran his hand over his skull.

He started to remember the scars on the back of her neck she took the fucking beatings for her younger sister. She had to act like a mother instead of being a older sister or enjoying her life as a teenager. They didn't have any resets they had to live threw the abuse. And Laney wanted to live threw this with him she wanted to stay by his side with Frisk and Sally.

"Holy .f~crap I really messed up. Huh Pal?"

"No I think you just need to talk to her but you better hurry Duncle Sans before she does reset."

"Yea I know kid but where do I find her?"

"Come on Sans your smarter then that." A soft voice replies from the heart necklace as it softly glows pink.

"Is that Sissy's voice?"

"...Yeah."

"But how?"

"Long story kiddo. Lanes where would you be?" Sans asked towards the necklace.

As Frisk jump out of his lap while the blue hoodie skeleton stood up from his chair.

"Where do you think bone head?"

"...Hey uh, Frisk I would take you but it's uh sorta our secrete spot. Think ya be okay here?"

"...Secrete spot huh?" Frisk asked with a wiggle of her eye brows.

"Really pal?"

"Okay okay I'll be fine just please go check on sis I hate it when she's alone."

"Gotcha ya see ya in a few kiddo." the blue hoodie skeleton replied with a wink as he walks threw one of his short cuts.

Laney sat in the field of echo flowers with her knees towards her chest. With her rosey cheeks rested on the knees while she slowly reaches for the soft pink reset button that was glowing brightly infront of her.

Laney's small hand was forced to a stop as a warm bony on gently wraps around her wrist .

"Let's uh just hold out on that for a sec pal." Sans whispers softly in her ear as he gently pulls her away from the button.

"...Sans? Why are you?"

"Frisk told me."

" Damn it Frisky wait she's up? And what did she tell you?!"

"Your ass hole dad."

" She knew?!"

"Heh, What can I say? Frisk is a smart kid. ... Lanes look I'm sorry I just...I..." The short skeleton couldn't finish as tears slowly form in his eye sockets .

"Sh~ its okay. Sans it's fine. You can be a asshole at times. But I wouldn't be able to go on with out Papy either. That's why I'm doing this. Okay? I just didn't want to at first because I was scared I didn't want to go threw what had happened before. We fell I didn't want you to forget about me I didn't want to lose you." she whispers while pulling him into a soft hug .

Sans chuckles as he pulls away from Laney slowly earning a confused look from the poor pigtail girl.

"Sorry sweetheart I highly doubt that I can forget ya and if I do trust me it wouldn't take long for me to remember ya." he mumbles while running his thumb over her bottom lip.

"Hey um kiddo what kind of lip gloss do ya use?"

"...Strawberry?"

"...Strawberry huh?"

"Wh~?" before Laney could finish her question she found his teeth on top of her lips.

The small girl slowly melts into Sans arms while running her nails gently down his skull.

Earning a groan from the blue hoodie skeleton who was about to deepen the kiss but couldn't since Laney gently pushes him away.

"Sans what's going on?" She asked as he pulls her close into him.

"Somthin I forgot to tell ya." he mutters while nuzzling the side of her neck.

" You and I we're uh soulmates pal."

"Soul mates?"

"Yup kinda figured it out once the other me explain ya to me I can tell how important you were by the tone of his voice. I try to denied it and tried to fight it...but you were so sweet so... amazing I couldn't help but be addicted to you." he finished while leaning towards Laney in hope of tasting her sweet lips once again.

But was stopped as his face landed in the palm of her small hand.

"What the?"

"Sorry bone boy no more till you prove it."

"Prove it?"

"Yup when I reset you have to try to find me no matter how hard it is."

"Is that a challenge Ms. Goat girl?"

"Goat girl?"

"Hey it's not my fault that your adoptive mom is a goat women." Sans snickers earning a small eye roll from the pigtail girl.

"It's Rose ."

"What?"

"My last name? It's Laney Rose."

" Heh, Cute a'right then is that a challenge?"

"Why yes I do think it is."

"Fine then Butterfly challenge excepted."

" But first." Laney whispers as she gently grabs his warm bony hand that was holding the necklace and brings it up towards her soft lips.

"Can you give this back to me when you find me?" she asked while pressing a gentle kiss on his hand.

Sans couldn't help shiver to the feeling of her warm soft lips against his knuckle.

"Of course I will princess. Why wouldn't I?" he asked with a wink earning a soft blush on Laneys cheeks as she lets go of his hand and pulls away.

"Alright then...let the games begin."

"Hey one last thing before you press that."

"What?"

"Knock knock"

"Who there?"

"A door"

"A door who?"

"You'r adoorable." the blue hoodie skeleton finished as he places a soft kiss upon her forehead.

The small pigtail girl lets out a giggle as she turns around and reaches out for the reset button but pauses as her hand begins to shake.

"...Sweet heart listen to me I swear to ya that I will find you and we'll protect Paps and save Sal together. It might take me a while to remember what had happen this time line. But I will find you baby girl I promise you that." he whispers as he places a sweet kiss upon the scars that were on the back of her neck .

With a small nod Laney slowly reaches further forward and presses the reset button causing everything around them fade to black.