Welcome Home, Serial Killer

Chapter 12 - Time to fix Charlie

Sans was never so fucking thankful that he made sure to make notes of what was around last week for Sally and Jeff.

He and Smile Dog had worked together, when it was agreed on the adoption, to find a map and circle all important places he might need to know. Smile Dog highly recommended a pharmacy to buy medicine from for Jeff first. In case of emergencies. Of course Jeff fell down the stairs like the bright young lad he was, which meant Sans finished off the locations for Sally while Smile Dog went to go check if he was okay. It was a miracle the boy wasn't caught by the Police yet.

One of the places was a few towns over, but damn it if Sans didn't note it down. A toy store. Not even on any of the main maps, either, Sans only knew it was there because a monster mentioned it once. Sure, there was other toy stores, but this one was different. Not only did the person there apparently sell toys and make soaring suggestions, but they also repaired broken ones. While Charlie didn't seem to grow old material wise, Sans didn't think the decapitated head would suddenly become fixed. Thus, the toy fixer.

Sally ended up calming down a few minutes after they drove away, holding onto the broken bear after Sans gave it to her. She probably stopped crying after she figured out Sans was driving to fix her bear.

"Kiddo, I'm so sorry Paps did that, I dunno why he wasn't careful," Sans said, "And I dunno why he insulted Charlie, either. It might be my fault, though. I haven't been a good at keeping contact with them ever since I uh... yeah, let's just say he might be a little stressed because I practically cut myself off from him for a bit. I know he has a bunch of support groups, but Paps might've been super worried because he doesn't know about any of you guys. I'll talk to him about it."

"Okay, thank you!" Sally said, "But... can I go with you whenever you go with them anymore? I don't want them to rip apart any of your friends either."

Sans snorted. "If you feel comfortable trying again with them, sure. I promise they ain't normally like this."

"But if they are, you and I can play more. And I like that more."

Sans took a small glance at her. He really didn't understand why Papyrus was so rough with her bear. Paps was usually so careful around kids. Was he taking the blame for Undyne? He would do something like that.

"Can you explain what exactly happened again, kiddo?" Sans asked.

Sally paused. She then looked up at him. "He asked to see Charlie, then said he looked weird. Then... then Charlie..." She couldn't finish, sniffing again. "We're gonna save him, right?"

"Of course! Charlie is going to be just fine. Then maybe we can even buy you a few toys, too. For your room."

Since Sans only just adopted her, he hasn't managed to fully finish her room for her yet. He felt kind of bad for kicking Jeff to the couch, so he set up a little corner in the basement with his extra mattress for the teen to stay at.

Wait, if he started hanging out with his friends and brother again, they might be coming over more. Maybe he should adopt Jeff too? No, Undyne's seen him. It wouldn't work.

Why couldn't caring for young serial killers be easy?

"What was the phone call about?" Sally asked.

"Oh, yeah, that," Sans sighed, "I thought it had something to do with last night, but it turns out Jeff just was looking for the cheetos I bought. So I helped him and Smile Dog find that in the cabinets."

"Oh, okay! I was worried. I dun't want you to be hurt."

The 'dun't' in her sentence made him almost squeal from how freaking adorable that was. He tried to remain calm the rest of the ride, keeping conversation flowing.