Halloween Phone Call

Chapter 18 - A Conclusion

She was a hero, a savior. That's what everyone told her, per usual. However, she felt more like a savior than ever before.

Because she was actually going to save them.

Gwen offered the idea to host Sans and Blue inside of her house until she got them settled out, so driving them to help Red escape was easy. As easy as it was to enter the prison, she had clearance.

She wished she could go and save Robe, but that would be the most difficult. He was being hunted down by all officers, he was on every wanted list. No one knew what he looked like, only that he was a skeleton who was wearing a robe. They couldn't offer any images for the public, only a brief description.

Gwen drummed her fingers against the desk, looking around. After she helped them leave, she'd have to frame it like someone else did it, and that she had tried to stop it so she wouldn't be imprisoned. Once that happened, she'd have to work on finding Robe and convincing him she was a friend to help him.

But she knew exactly who could help.

The room was freezing from the skeletons, but she came prepared, wearing a thick jacket close to her chest. Two skeletons sat around her, silently waiting for the mysterious guest to show up. She had to help Sans walk, as he still needed help getting around at decent speeds. Blue was fine, but his hand sometimes still hurt.

Finally did Cooper arrive, ducking into the room with his own jacket. His human husband followed, dark hands grasping a child in his arms. They had discussed the plan before, and everyone was on board.

"Do you have it?" Sans asked.

"Yes," Cooper whispered, drawing out the universal traveling device. "It's up and working now."

Cooper and his husband would take the fall, that was the lie they had managed to piece together to cover this. He would take his family and they would escape to Sans' universe, to help him with his foot so he could get back to his brother. They would also send the other two Sans' home, and Cooper would take the fall for freeing Red and letting him escape. Gwen would stay behind and try to find Robe, and once she did, she'd escape with him to his universe. It'd all be over, finished.

In a sense, Robe reminded Gwen of herself. He had the same mindset as her, that killing was wrong. Not to the extent she believed it previously, but they both had been turned around due to the influence of the other skeletons. They had killed someone to protect the people they cared about, because all other options didn't work. Gwen always convinced herself if she were ever kidnapped, she would walk away freely, that she would never have to resort to killing.

Papyrus sure did show what just how stupid she was.

"It's nice to see you again," Gwen lightly said to Cooper's husband.

"Same," He said back, offering a gentle smile.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Blue asked them, "You don't have to if you don't want to."

"We're sure," Cooper said, "We've talked about this for awhile. We're ready."

"And the cameras saw you?" Gwen asked.

"We made sure to step in front of them," Cooper's husband said.

"That's good." Gwen stood up. "Let's go, then."

After Blue helped stand Sans up, they all left. Blue trailed in the back with Sans, and Gwen led the front. This was it.

She was finally going to save someone.

"Stay back here, they have secure locks on the doors," Gwen told the group, "I know how to unlock it, but it does scan the room."

It was to ensure no one was trying to break a sinner out, much like she was. The locks were designed to scan the room, and if it found any unidentifiable souls, it'd cause a lockdown. In case someone held tried to simply break open their door and somehow succeeded, they'd be forced into a lockdown.