Sans

It's been an entire month since Duska's been missing, no one has a clue of where she's gone. Alphys said that it looked like a rip in the world itself, meaning she could be anywhere. She could be in a random timeline for all I know! In the middle of a genocide run! Or in another Universe somewhere, like UnderFell or somewhere worse... Maybe... Maybe she's in the Void... and everyone will soon begin to forget her... I wouldn't be able to deal if I was the only one to remember Duska and i'd only remember of her, not what she looks like or her voice... 

"SANS!! THERE YOU ARE!!"

My head shoots up from it's place on my knees to see the whole group walking towards me, everyone who Duska was close to. Papyrus, Alphys, Undyne, Mettaton, Toriel, Asgore, Frisk and even Chara... actually they're missing Grillby but he's probably busy. I sigh and face the path between the forest, which one of the trees i'm listening up against, and the lake. I've visited the place the tear came from everyday now, except the first two days where I was crying into my pillows constantly.

"I'VE BEEN WORRIED SICK SANS!! I THOUGHT THAT YOU-"

"i'm fine pap. i'll be home soon."

Everyone could hear it in my voice, I am definetly not fine. I hear Papyrus sigh which makes me feel guilty so I bury my head back into my knees. I hear his boots crunch through the dirt and grass, then his knees hit the ground, then the feeling of his arms wrapping around me.

"SHE'LL BE FINE SANS... SHE'S AS STRONG AS YOU, MAYBE STRONGER. DUSKA'LL COME BAC-"

"but what if she doesn't..!? there are n-no more resets... no m-more r-restarting... n-no more chances... i-i just w-want the girl i-i love back..."

Apparently i'm crying, I didn't notice until I had starting talking. Papyrus holds me tighter as I completely break down into loud sobs as I hold my legs closer to me.

"SHH... IT'LL TURN OUT FINE SANS... YOU'LL GET YOUR HAPPY ENDING..."

I'm so glad that I told everyone about the timelines... Papyrus was especially happy as he now knows how to try and keep me happy, to get me my 'Happy Ending'. I slowly calm down into small sniffs which signals Papyrus to let me go.

"ARE YOU OKAY NOW SANS..?"

"i-i'm... better-"

The sudden sound of tearing paper shoots me to my feet, eyes wide and soul pounding. A large tear in the world hovers over the lake and something falls out, all I saw was a blur of baby blue.

"Th-They fell in the l-lake!"

"I'll get 'em!!"

Undyne quickly runs and dives right into the lake, she is the fastest swimmer out of all of us so she's the only one who could reach them before they drown. She dives underwater just as the rip closes, making everything gain an unnerving calmness.

"Wh-Where is she!?"

"The lake possibly could be deep, they may have fallen halfway down to the bottom by the time she had dived."

Toriel's words scared me, what if it was Duska!? She could be unconscious and drowning in there right now!! Undyne's red hair suddenly flips out from the water's surface and swims with one arm, the other holding the figure afloat.

"I d-don't think th-that's Duska..."

I feel a mix of emotions at that fact, scared, relieved, sad, probably more that I just can't find words for those. As Undyne gets closer we all rush to the shoreline and see that she's actually holding a skeleton with soaked blue clothes that... looks a lot like me. Toriel helps her bring him to a pile of grass and we all stand around him.

"He looks like Sans."

"Bi... Bit obvious... punk..."

It must have been quite the swim if she's breathing that heavily, Chara shrugs and just stands around looking bored. The skeleton groans as their eye sockets slowly open, everyone moves a few steps back except me... of course.

"H-HUH..? WH-WHO..."

I sigh and kneel down beside him, helping him sit up first before saying anything.

"your name's sans, right..?"

"Y-YES... HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME? AND WHY DO YOU LOOK LIKE ME..?"

He sounds so much like Papyrus, must be from UnderSwap. I look around at the others and the other me looks around too until he meets Papyrus' gaze.

"WH-WHY ARE YOU-"

"sorry sans... that's not your papyrus... yours is uh, in your world still."

If he's like Pap then you have to explain things like this to him slowly for him to understand. He looks confused and looks at the ground, i'm too rusty at talking.

"um... there are... worlds next to worlds... your world opened a door and pulled you through."

"IT... GRABBED ME... SOME KIND OF... BLACK STUFF..."

My eyes widen as he says that, I move a bit closer to make sure he keeps his attention on me.

"was it coming from a big... tear..? like when you tear paper but in... the world..?"

He nods as he looks at the others more, curious as Papyrus at least. He looks confused as he sees Undyne and Alphys but comes back to focus on me. Or... my jacket..?

"YOU HAVE THE SAME JACKET..."

"okay..? to who sans..?"

The question seems to perk him up a bit and he jumps to his feet, making me jump a bit. He's wearing battle armor that's sort of like Papyrus' and a small, blue scarf around his neck that acts as a cape.

"THE HUMAN ME AND PAPYRUS HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH FOR A WHILE! PAPYRUS FOUND HER WHEN SHE WAS OUT IN THE SNOW STORM..."

Well he pepped up quickly, that makes things a little less awkward. Papyrus walks up to him and does a small wave.

"HELLO THERE OTHER SANS!! I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS!! IT IS NICE TO MEET YOU!!"

"WELL I AM THE MAGNIFICANT SANS!! MWEH HEH HEH!!"

By Asgore why does he have to laugh!? That's another ME, and he's... cute!! I see Undyne smirking and I send her a death glare that does nothing to her smirk.

"WELL UH... IS IT OKAY IF I CALL YOU BLUE..? IT WOULD GET CONFUSING WITH YOU AND MY BROTHER AROUND."

"BLUE..? SURE!! THAT'S FINE BY ME!!"

I sigh and stand back up, well having him over is going to make things more interesting.

"I BET DUSKA WOULD LOVE YOU GUYS!!"

I freeze as Undyne stops smirking and Papyrus loses his smile, everyone looking at the innocent version of myself.

"d... did you say... d-duska..?"

"UM... YES. SHE WAS THE HUMAN WE'VE BEEN LIVING WITH. OH!! IT MUST BE YOUR JACKET THAT SHE CONSTANTLY WEARS!! SHE WOULDN'T EVEN LET ME WASH IT, SHE DID IT HERSELF."

A small laugh comes out as I look at the ground, she's in UnderSwap. She'd be safe there. But... the Papyrus there would be getting scared that his brother's gone, maybe even think that Duska killed him.

"UH... SANS..?"

"BROTHER..?"

"j-just... g-gimme a minute..."

I try and get rid of thoughts of another Papyrus, attacking Duska, but they stay glued to my mind. Papyrus must have seen my anxiety and quickly picked me up in his arms, I put my arms around him and bury my face.

"SHE'LL BE ALRIGHT SANS..."

In his arms I slowly start drifting to sleep, he always made me feel safe when he picked me up. He can't leave me if he's holding me. 

"SHE'S WITH MY BROTHER AND EVEN THOUGH HE IS LAZY... HE'LL PROTECT HER!!"

I slowly nod but i'm too tired to say more. My last thoughts before falling asleep where of Duska, a silent movie of her laughing after I had told a pun. 

"please... s-stay safe..."