Colors Of The Soul

Ch. 2 Under The Stars

"So what happened to him, Sans?"

"that day, Alphys and i were next to the main extractor, the machine that was meant to be part of the extractor to be used as the gateway was off in another room. it was our job to watch for fluctuations while the others kept a physical eye on the machine and did systems checks and everything before it was to be tested. i wager only one of them could tell you what went wrong. i remember noticing a strange fluctuation... then i heard someone yelling something, and there was an implosion. i ran to the room to see what was going on, it was like a black hole... and at the same time... like a living thing. it reached out and picked up everyone in the room one by one.... everyone... except me.... and i tried to save them... i didn't know what to do... i hadn't mastered the blasters yet.... my attacks were ineffective and... well... they were just gone. the void went with them too. then... i remember blacking out. when I woke up, Alphys was there, asking me what had happened... but when i tried to explain she looked at me confused, told me i was the only one there that day... that no one else was ever in that room but me..."

Frisk believed him wholeheartedly. Not only because she just believed in Sans, but her reset powers she had. It allowed her to manipulate time in a sense. Allowing her to restart from the beginning. The monsters who met her forgot who she was except for Sans and Flowey. Her arms went around Sans in comfort.
"I am so sorry you lost your dad Sans... I know you raised your brother by yourself."

"yeah, but you know... the thing about that was... at first i believed Alphys. i had no reason to doubt her. thought maybe i had fallen asleep or something and dreamed it all up. but reality hit pretty hard when i went home and saw Paps... he was playing in the living room. he greeted me like normal, but when i asked him if he'd seen dad... he just gave me a very puzzled look and asked me who i was talking about. at that moment... i knew it wasn't a dream. that something very terrible had just happened and for some reason... i was the only one who remembered. i asked various other monsters about my dad and the others... but... i was alone. no one else knew them, no one else remembered... not even Flowey." Frisk felt tears slipped down her face. There are no words that would ease his soul. She just lovingly looked at him allowing him to finish his story.

"i decided that since i was the only one... i had to find a way to reverse it, but... i couldn't properly read all of dad's schematics for the machine that had taken them away. so i moved it to my shed. i spent years pouring over what i could find while Paps was at school or asleep. i spent the rest of the time trying to find a way to make money, knowing the g that dad had left us would eventually run out. i found a cookbook in the dump and took it home, thought it would be useful... but it wasn't entirely. all i found i could make was hot dogs. so i set up a stand for that and started selling them when i could while Papyrus was at school. i'd always met him afterward, sometimes take him to Grillby's. he sorta got sick of the place, and i don't blame him, there was a time, before my hot dog stand took off, that we didn't have a lot of g and so we only had food because of the owner's good graces. i knew after a week or so of eating there and Papyrus starting to complain that i needed to figure out more work... but it meant less time to work on the machine. i eventually ended up with a lot of odd end jobs to make ends meet so i could give Paps the life he deserved. i never go the machine to work. coincidentally, it was on one of my worst days with the machine that i got the attention of the king."

"Sans... I never knew.. you always seem so strong... and when I told you my problems you helped me despite it being tiny peanuts to yours..." She placed her head on his chest wondering if there was any way she could even begin to mend his soul.

"well... i dunno about that. a lot had happened by the time you arrived. i'd given up on the machine... among a lot of other things honestly."

"But you dealt with more things than any monster or human had to deal with. I ... I .. just wish to comfort you any way I can..." Her eyes searching into his eye lights. He reached up and lightly cupped her face with one hand.