ClockTale an Undertale AU

Timer Part 2

Everything goes black as my skull hits the wall behind me. When I open my eyes I'm in my work office, the place I'm brought to after each reset. My eye patch is in front of me next to a bunch of action figurines like their guarding all the cogs and bolt behind them.  "Oww." I groan rubbing the back of my skull. If it was a reset then why would my skull hurt from when I banged it before the reset? Something doesn't feel right. Like there's someone else on the room with me.

 Slowly I turn around to find my younger brother Papyrus towering over me. "Oh, Pap didn't expect you to come here. Whats the occasion?" I ask him. He should be at the lab right now since hes the royal scientist, he shouldn't be in my office. How did he even get the key? 

"Sans." He says. "You're worrying me.." His expression softened, hes never been good at keeping a stern face. "Every week you're sleep walking and talking in your sleep. You even started taking apart and putting back together that watch on your left arm in your sleep." "What are you getting to Pap?" I ask. "Well," He sighs. "I'm saying I want you to take a break." 

"Take a- WHAT?!" I exclaim standing up, sending my chair flying back. "No! I can't!" "Please Sans?" Papyrus asks putting his hand on my shoulder. 

"I know you love your job and you love working but I'm scared for your health and we can't even check your soul.." 

"I'm fine Pap." I tell my brother hugging him. "Now get to work you big softie." I say shoving him playfully towards the door. 

"Fine. Goodbye Sans. See you at home?" 

"Yeah." 

I nod waiting for him to leave, closing the door behind him before I lock it and collapse into my chair. My eye sockets leaking uncontrollably. Why am I crying?  There's no reason why I should be crying. 

I pick up my eye patch, putting it on before wiping my eyes and standing up, fixing my rumpled clothing I grab my coat and put it on before taking a shortcut to Grillby's. 

"Hello Sans." Grillby the owner and bar tender of the place says as I walk in. 

"Hey Grill" I sigh sliding onto one of the swivel chairs by the bar. 

"What would you like?" They ask me. 

"Dunno.. something that'll make me forget everything for a few years." I say staring at the millions of shot glasses behind Grill. 

"What happened?" Grill asks bending down to my level. 

"So much.." I say rubbing the back of my skull. 

"Where have you been Sans?" He asks. "You used to come here everyday and now you never come, it's been two or three years since I last saw you." 

"I apologize Grill," I say. "I've been very busy.." 

"Making watches?" He guesses. 

"Uh, yeah." I say distracted by a figure wearing a purple coat staring at me from outside. "Hey I know I just got here but I gotta go." I get up and walk out through the back door to find the figure waiting for me. 

"Hey Dust." I sigh walking up to him.

"C'mon Timer we gotta go." Dust says urgently grabbing my hand and throwing me into Inks portal jumping in behind me. 

"TIMER!" Blue exclaims when I come out from the other side of the portal. 

"Hey Blue." I say moving out of the way for Dust. 

I look around the room. Ink, Blue, and Dream call themselves The Star Sanses and Nightmare, Dust, Killer, Cross, Horror, and one other names Red call themselves the Bad Sanses. They are all here plus Geno, Reaper, and Fresh and one other skeleton wearing a Blue coat, black shorts and pink slippers.