"Sh*t sh*t sh*t-!"

Sans's footsteps pounded against the sidewalk as he huffed, Flowey's vine tightening around his arm from fear. Sally's arms that were wrapped around his shoulders gripped him closer as his speed increased, Smile Dog's claws scratching against the ground below them. The sidewalk was cold from the chilly weather, he could feel it since he lost one of his shoes awhile back.

"Holy crap, I can't believe that just happened!" Flowey said, turning around to see if anyone was tailing them.

"If they see who did it, I won't be able to go in public, period!" Sans snapped, "Smile, can you sniff out anywhere we could go hide or something?"

Not yet, he didn't want to use his powers yet. Maybe one day he would show Sally and the others his true abilities, but not today. He wasn't ready.

"I think he's too big to fit into any of the nearby buildings," Smile Dog said, glancing over at their new friend.

To think that Sans would find himself here, running full speed from the zoo, drenched and being followed by a large creature he didn't even know. It wasn't exactly his plan to get to this exact situation, he just wanted a nice day with Sally. Obviously that went downhill.

After everyone had left, Sans took his three friends throughout the zoo, pointing out the cool looking animals and gushing about the cute ones. Flowey had wanted to break some of their cages to let out some of the more dangerous animals, so humans knew what it felt like when an animal would try to eat the flower, but Sans managed to convince him it would only get them in trouble.

He should have, though, it would've been better than what happened.

Sans was fully aware of his blood drenched clothes as he ran, the tang of it in his mouth making him gag as he ran. It got into his skull, there was blood everywhere on him.

Everything went downhill when Sally asked to see a red panda. An innocent request, she had pure intentions, but when they got to the cage they had found it void of any sort of life. There was an old looking collection of leaves and logs in the corner, where he assumed they slept, so they were obviously hiding in there. Sally tried to call out for the cute animals, trying to encourage them to come out and play, but they didn't reveal themselves. It wasn't just Sally who was disappointed by the lack of life behind the glass, as others around them also groaned with complaints.

"But red pandas are so cute!" Sally had whined, pulling at Sans's hand. "They're like fluffy foxes! Do they not like me?"

"Woof," Smile grunted, glaring at a few of the nearby humans.

"Shh," Sans hissed under his breath, lightly kicking him with his leg.

"I don't understand the appeal, red pandas are dangerous, they try to eat anything they can and would attack you," Flowey said loudly, obviously aiming for the humans nearby. "Red pandas may be cute but they can seriously hurt!"

"Dude, shut up your flower," A nearby human snapped at Sans.

"Oh, make me shut up!" Flowey snapped back at him.

"Sorry about him, he doesn't like anyone," Sans said, "Don't take it personal."

Flowey shouted after the human as he huffed and turned to walk away, "Yeah, that's right, run!"

"And we're concerned about me blowing our cover?" Smile dog muttered to Sans, earning another light kick.

"I guess we can go look at normal pandas." Sally seemed disappointed, Sans knowing that the red pandas were one of her personal favorites.

"How about this?" Sans crouched down next to her, the light blue leash digging into his hand. "We can go ask the staff to feed the red pandas so they'll come out and we can see them!"

"Or I could break the glass," Flowey offered.

"I wanna feed them!" Sally said, "Can I help the people feed them?"

"No promises, they might attack, it's best to let the professionals do it," Sans said, standing up and pulling Sally towards a random direction. "Let's go hunt them down."

"I like the sound of that," Smile Dog said, grinning at the other three.

"Shhh!" Everyone hissed at him.

It didn't take long for Sans to find a member of the staff working at the zoo, only for them to direct him to the help building weirdly placed in the back of the entire zoo. It would make more sense to be placed in the front, as Sans pointed out, but the woman only shrugged and apologized for the inconvenience of its location.

The help center, however, was oddly empty. There was no one behind the desk, and the staff only door in the corner of the room was probably locked.

"That's okay, we can just go see the regular pandas and come back another day," Sally said.

"Nope, you're going to see those red pandas, even if I have to feed them myself," Sans said, looking over the edge of the desk. "Hey, keys."

To be honest, Sans probably should have not went as far as to break into the staff only door with the keys he stole just for Sally to see something he could look up online. But he was already at the zoo, gosh darn it, and she was going to see them.

He didn't expect that single door to lead to a pair of stairs that connected all of the animal exhibits together. The zoo was connected all underground through large hallways, leading to the feeding doors for each animal.

"Okay, so we should just apply the map under here, and find the red pandas to get their food and feed them so Sally can see them," Sans said, "Then we'll just pop right back out and pretend we were never here."

"Aw come on Sans, we're already this far, let's snoop," Flowey said, poking the side of his face with a leaf.

"You're honestly like the little devil on my shoulder, whispering bad ideas to me," Sans told Flowey, "And we're just down here to see the red pandas, I don't want to get caught and thrown out."

"It smells weird down here," Smile grumbled, sticking his nose into the air. "Like blood, maybe."

"They feed the animals meat," Sans said, "But I didn't know your nose was that good."

"I can smell a lot of things, I'm like a bloodhound," Smile said, grinning at him. "But it smells like blood, it's really distant, but there."

"Let's try to keep that from being us, I don't wanna snoop," Sans said.

"Snoop! Snoop!" Flowey chanted, "Snoop!"

"We're already here, I mean," The dog said.

The three of them looked at Sans expectedly, silently begging him to allow them to break the rules further. It wasn't like Sans was against breaking the rules, quite the opposite, it's just that if something happened, he had no defense. Sure, Sally was a CreepyPasta, but she was a kid and a ghost. Smile Dog was still just a dog, he wasn't immune to bullets. Sans didn't want to expose his powers to anyone, they all thought he needed protection and he liked it that way.

"No, we haven't even seen the red pandas yet, let's do that first." Sans gave them a look of promise, that maybe after they completed their objective they could snoop in the zoo and in other cages.

That's when Sans found the body.

It was in a white sealed cooler outside of the red panda door, he honestly thought it was their food, and he was very wrong. It just lay there, stiff and unmoving, but there was no blood outside of the body. Now that he thought about it, a few more of these cages had coolers outside of them. Opening one in front of the sea lion pen proved his thoughts, as he found a corpse of that animal too.

"Why would they kill the red panda? It did nothing wrong except for being so cute!" Sally asked.

"It could have been put down for being too hostile towards the other pandas," Smile Dog said.

"No, he could have been my pet!" Sally said.

Sans shook his head. "No, this wasn't put down."

"Yeah, there's a bit too many animals to be considered put down," Flowey said, "I don't get it."

"If they were put down, it would have been more respectful, and they wouldn't shove the body into a cooler outside of the cage," Sans told the others, "And there's scratches on the inside, they probably drugged him and stuffed him here to die."

"People are so mean!" Sally said, "I'm glad I'm not a person anymore."

"Obviously they need the bodies for something, and if they left them out in the open like this instead of storing them, they want quick access," Sans said, looking around. "Like for experiments."

Flowey visibly tensed at the sound of that, and Sans understood why he didn't like the sound of that. They both were experiments, even though Flowey didn't know Sans was, but it was a sensitive topic for the both of them.

"Wait, you said you smelt blood." Sally told Smile Dog. "These animals aren't bleeding."

"It's coming from down there," Smile Dog said.

That's how they found the room.

The door was different from the others, made from thick metal and sticking out like a sore thumb from the plain wall. Were they experimenting on the animals? Dissecting them? Either way, Sans didn't want to know. He wasn't looking to answer these questions, he was looking to see if Smile Dog could actually track blood from so far away or not. Sure, the dogs underground had some good sniffers, but if Smile Dog was actually able to track the smell of blood from that far away and through this iron door, he'd be really impressed. Sans didn't really care what they did with the animals, Sally saw the red panda (although it was dead), and he didn't like to invade on stuff that didn't really matter to him. It wasn't like he personally was affected by this, he was the one who broke in. He didn't care about curiosity, it wasn't any of his business. The others didn't even want to explore to settle their curiosity, they wanted to mess around and destroy stuff because they just wanted to be rude.

Natural for a CreepyPasta.

The door was unlocked, oddly, Sans carefully pushing it an inch before peering inside, keeping Sally behind him in case anything was dangerous. He could see some sort of iron bars, along with a person with their back to him. Their uniform matched the outfits the staff outside were wearing, they worked here. Of course they did, how else would they be down there? As far as Sans was concerned, he stole the only pair of extra keys.

A stick was in the man's hands, from what Sans could tell, a dismembered animal leg impaled at the end of it. Gloved hands gripped the wood tighter as he attempted to stick the leg through the bars before a loud growl had the man jumping back, the stick clattering to the ground away from the cage.

"Sir, I-I can't get close to the cage," The man spoke into the device.

"It doesn't matter, he's going to be transported tomorrow anyway, we're getting a lot of money for him. They'll probably feed him tomorrow," A voice spoke through the walkie talkie.

"Sans, you ate yesterday," Gaster had said, sighing. "It'd be a waste of food to feed you everyday, stop being greedy."

Sans didn't know that he was opening the door fully and marching towards the man before his fist made contact with the mans face, sending him straight to the ground in a heartbeat.

They didn't bother to feed whatever was behind the bars because one wimpy guy couldn't bother to get close to it? They were going to starve something just because they didn't want to feed it?

Beyond p*ssed was a great way to explain Sans as he crushed the walkie talkie under his foot, grabbing the mans collar to land another solid punch on his face. Close range usually wasn't Sans's strong suit, but he was so mad he didn't even care.

"Aim for his nose!" Flowey encouraged from somewhere behind him, Sans forgetting that he had disconnected from his arm a little bit ago.

The man had more strength to him than Sans expected, managing to kick out the distracted skeletons feet to land a solid blow to his ribcage. A mistake on the mans part, as Sans was only bones, and the man would likely have a bruise.

The growling of whatever animal was in the cage continued in the background as they both ended up on the floor, the man managing to get on top of Sans to try and punch him. The idiot didn't know that Sans could dodge rather quickly, letting his hand collide into the ground behind him. With the movement, Sans caught a slight glimpse of the creature behind the bars. Black fur or dark green fur? He couldn't tell, it was too quick, and he was busy kneeing the man in the place he wished he had to notice.

"You son of a b*tch!" Sans yelled, elbowing him in the throat to try and gain some ground. "You don't starve something just because you don't feel like feeding it!"

The jingling of keys could be heard as they fought, Sans not wanting to use his magic and throwing any body part he could for an attack. Even the cage opening hadn't stopped their fight, Sans too angry at both the man in the uniform and at his old memories to care, and the man too busy being distracted by the short skeleton to notice.

It all happened just too fast. The light from the ceiling above was suddenly blocked by a large creature standing above them. They both paused in their fighting, and the man didn't even have a chance to turn his head before it struck.

The mans head was just... gone.

A large beak or snout with fangs larger then Sans's fingers bit down, hard, onto the mans head, who instantly started to thrash and scream. Blood shot out onto Sans, who was still trapped below the two, watching in utter surprise as the man's skull was broken above him with no effort from the creature. When his jaw tightened, his head no longer looked like a head, and more blood splashed down onto the skeleton.

The jaw started to snap with the sounds of a swallowing like noise, and the once alive man was slowly drawn into the mouth, each time the creature biting down. With each bite, the man was pulled into the creature, bones breaking and more blood dripping down. It didn't take long before only his legs remained, then his feet, and finally the being was swallowing his entire body down into his stomach.

Now that the man was gone, and Sans wasn't distracted, he could see the creature fully. It towered above him, almost able to compete with Laughing Jack and Slender, with some sort of mask over it's snout or beak, Sans couldn't tell which one. Thick, dark brown hair covered it's neck and torso, letting it's grey arms and legs stick out. It looked like a dog gone way different, in a sense.

That's what was in the cage?

Sans also could see everyone else around him. Sally was holding Smile Dog's leash, they looked worried for him. Flowey had been the one to unlock the cage, he must have grabbed the mans keys when he dropped them from fighting Sans. That explains how he got out.

"Okay, tibia honest, I wasn't expecting to uh, get covered in blood," Sans said, "But thanks for the save."

At this point, Sans was used to not being scared in the most deadly situations. It was weird, but usual.

"Thank you for helping me escape, it was a mistake of mine to get caught, what an obvious trap before, I should have seen it coming." The creatures voice was dark and rumbling, a mixture between Laughing Jacks raspy tone and Slenders calm one.

"No problem, no one deserves to be in a cage," Sans said.

"We know what it's like to be trapped, buddy, don't worry," Flowey had told him.

"Can I point out," Smile dog said, pawing at the ground in front of him, "That you both are covered in blood and someone else will probably be here soon?"

"Crap!" Sans said, looking down at his clothing.

Smile Dog was right, he was drenched in blood. His previous light red hoodie was now a dark red, and it felt heavier with all of the weight. His jeans, too, were mostly covered in blood, and his face definitely was stained with the red liquid.

"Yeah, he's right, we need to go," Sans said, managing to climb to his feet. "Come with us, we know the way out."

That's how Sans ended up leading both he and a blood covered creature out of the building, and then they all realized that the zoo was still crowded and they both were walking reasons for arrest. That's why they had to go out the back window, but there wasn't a forest there, there was a road with a sidewalk surrounded by buildings. The group decided to travel by ally, Sans keeping the blood soaked clothes to his body. If he ditched them, someone could find them and use them for evidence, so on they stayed.

"Why don't you call Laughing Jack?" Sally asked.

"He can bring people and things into his world, but he can only leave to the location near the box, so he couldn't teleport back into the woods." Sans looked around, glad that the allies were empty.

"There should be the forest not too far up ahead," Smile Dog said, "We just need to get to it, then we can find the house."

"I could ask tell the others to quickly drive home, drop themselves off, and come back, but it might take too long and we can't camp out here, it's too open," Sans said, "We just need to get to those trees."

"There's no one nearby, it's more colder so everyone is inside," Smile said, "But there's still windows."

Police sirens could be heard as they wailed past the ally the group was stationed inside of, heading directly towards where the zoo was.

That's why they were all sprinting full speed towards the forest, Sally on Sans's back as he carried her towards the trees. He probably left some blood trail, but they had to get out of there fast. If the police were already sent to the zoo, and they found no one, then they would conduct a sweep of the nearby area. And allies would be the perfect target for cops looking for murderers.

"Oh no, there's a street," Sans groaned.

A large street smack dab right between the groups ally and the the treeline, an occasional car driving past. It would take too long to cross, someone would see them! And worse, if there were any cops nearby, they would start chasing them down, and Sans couldn't give an excuse to this situation.

"We can try to go down to the right," Smile offered.

"That just goes to the main city, and on our left we'd have to cross a street anyway," Sans said, "It's right there!"

"There isn't enough time for this, we need to get into the woods," The creature said.

There was so much stress that Sans had a hard time focusing. The others could still be in the zoo, he wasn't able to check his phone to see if they had left or not.

Suddenly, his torso was being grabbed, the creature picking up Sans, Sally, and Flowey all in one hand while the other grabbed Smile Dog. Before anyone could object, the creature was sprinting across the road faster than they had all been running before, reaching the other side in a second flat before he kept going into the woods.

"Flowey, can you grab my phone?" Sans said to the flower.

One of his vines crept into Sans's pocket before returning with only the music box, no phone in sight. Why didn't he have his phone, it should have been in his pocket! Sans managed to lift one of his legs to pat his pocket, finding it was indeed empty.

He had dropped his phone in the zoo.