The life of the skelebros

The Core

It was around mid morning when red lights and loud alarms around the lab started to go off. Sans was quietly rattling in a chair waiting for Gaster to inject yet another syringe filled with bright red liquid. No point in trying to leave with Gaster so close.

"Ugh now is not the time for this. Sans, it appears I am going to be needed. Do not try to leave this room until I get back, is that clear?" Gaster said annoyed. He looked up at the flashing red lights.

"y-yes i understand" Sans answered, relaxing slightly since he wouldn't have to go through the searing pain of the Determination yet.

With that Gaster left the room locking the door behind him using the touchpad. The alarms were loud and the usually bright room was lit by red.

Gradually, the ground began to shake until it caused a few books to fall off the nearby shelves. Sans began to worry if Papyrus was safe in the cell, even if there was pretty much nothing in there. Papyrus could still get hurt by falling over as the ground continued to shake and hit the walls.

Suddenly the power turned off, plunging the room into darkness with the only light coming from the machines around him that ran on their own power. Looking around nervously, Sans' eyes lights landed on the door. He knew the door was connected to the lab's power so perhaps it was affected?

Getting off the chair he walked to the door as quietly as he could and reached up to try the handle. It was slightly stuck but with enough force he was able to slide the door open. The rest of the lab didn't have any of those machines with their own power so that meant the hallway was completely dark.

"h-hello. is anyone there?" Sans called out looking down the dark hall.

When no one answered he quickly headed to where he knew his and Papyrus' cell was, bare feet clacking on the hard floor. Gaster had taken them to and from their cell to the examination room so many times Sans had the path memorized.

"hey paps, can you hear me? 'm gonna see if the door will open."

"SANS, WHAT'S GOING ON?" Papyrus quickly answered.

Sans worked the handle like before until it opened. The cell was completely dark like the rest of the lab but he could hear Papyrus' faint rattling in the corner. Relieved, Sans ran over and knelt down in front of him.

"hey it's ok, i'm right here. are you hurt?"

"I'M OK BUT WHY IS IT SO DARK ALL OF A SUDDEN? AND THE GROUND IS SHAKING TOO. I DON'T LIKE IT."

"the whole lab is dark." Sans said and crouched down in front of Papyrus to look him over for any injury. "the power must've gone out or somethin'. i don't know why the ground is shaking but gaster left in a hurry before all this happened. maybe he's doin' another experiment."

Sans sighed in relief when he didn't find any injuries from what he could tell in the darkness. He had no idea how long Gaster would be gone and an opportunity like this probably won't happen again.

"DO YOU THINK HE WILL BE OK?" Papyrus asked as Sans stood.

"i don't know. probably. let's just get outta here before he comes back."

Before Papyrus could say anything more Sans picked him up and started to run down the hallways of the lab. The ground was no longer shaking as hard so it was easy to move fast. Although Gaster never took them many places in the lab Sans knew where the exit was. While Gaster was distracted one time by an assistant, Sans looked through his papers and found a map; he snuck it into their cell to study.

"SANS, WHERE ARE WE GOING?" Papyrus asked after a few seconds of running.

Sans was sticking close to the wall to guide him in the dark and imagining the map in his head.