Chapter 11 - New Sibling
Apparently it wasn't very hard to find the killer.
Papyrus hadn't really participated in finding him, though. All the skeleton had really been was the ride. Silky looked at the news and determined where he would likely stay and what he would do next, quickly directing Papyrus to the location. Once there, Silky said it would be best if he stayed in the car, as Jeff didn't really seem to like Papyrus in the slightest. Understandable, as he was the one in the mall that day.
His purple haired niece also insisted on attending, well, not directly to him by words. Instead, she pulled at his sleeve when he tried to leave and wouldn't let go until he agreed that she could join them. Though, when he said she could, she then held his hand and walked to the car with him. Papyrus had a giddy smile on his face the entire time. She held his hand!
Addy remained inside of the car too, which made waiting for Silky just slightly awkward. Trying to engage conversation with her to make her feel comfortable didn't work, and Papyrus wasn't great at making jokes. That's why he decided to instead just talk to Addy about simple things to take her mind off of the situation.
"I had almost broken my ribcage in 4th grade," Papyrus was saying to her, "We were playing snail ball in school, it's a monster game that's kind of like a game of tag with a ball. There's a lot of snails in the ball so if you held it for too long, they would get out and crawl on you and then you were out, so you had to try and pass the ball onto the next person quick enough so the snails wouldn't touch you. But there was this one other kid, Aaron, who was really strong so he accidentally smashed the metal ball directly into my chest, I had to go to the nurse. They changed the game to have plastic balls instead, it was more fun that way. But they broke more often."
Addy silently stared out of the window in the back, legs lightly swinging back and forth. It was hard to tell if Addy was even listening to him or not, but from what Undyne told the rest of them, she liked listening to them.
It was hard, knowing that she couldn't talk to him. Papyrus wanted to make her feel comfortable around him to ease her out of her mutism, but he wasn't sure if he was even doing it right. How could he? The skeleton didn't know how to help mute people talk, but he would keep trying until he learned.
There was suddenly a thud, Papyrus and Addy both snapping their skulls up to see something with white hair fall to the ground in front of his car. Silky was standing a few feet back, staring at the object on the ground. Someone in a grey hoodie was looking down at the ground too, a pale white hand pressed up against where their mouth was as their body shook. They were laughing.
Did someone... run into his car?
Papyrus watched as a teenage boy stood up, ruffling his fluffy white hair was a pale white hand. The three then approached the car before he was opening up the back door and sliding into the car.
He was around average height, with thick white hair untamed on his head and with black eyes, large white eyelights focusing on Papyrus. His white, pale cheeks were slightly blushed with embarrassment.
"Shut it," He hissed at Papyrus.
"I didn't even say anything!" Papyrus said.
"You got hit by a parked car," Silky said, climbing into the backseat next to him and Addy, who was eagerly hugging him from the side, the boy returning her affection.
"He didn't get hit," A familiar voice said, climbing into the passenger's seat. "The idiot walked right into it."
Jeff. Even though Papyrus had only heard his voice so long ago, he could remember it clear as day. It was the same person from the mall.
He looked older, taller and more lean, with a more defined face. Of course, it had been years since Papyrus last saw him, and even though he had his hood up, Papyrus could still see he aged since then.
"At least someone hit me up, you're like 100 and still single," The boy objected.
"Seatbelt," Silky told him.
"My car, my rules," The boy said.
"It's not your car!" Silky said.
Jeff suddenly looked over at Papyrus, blue eyes piercing him with an intense stare from the darkness under his hood. "Silky told me about the little situation, so I'll keep my knife back for now. One wrong move and it's your head."
"Can I kill him?" The white haired boy asked from the back.
"Maybe later," Jeff said.
"Put on your seatbelt and be polite," Silky said, flicking the boy.
"Sure thing, sprinkle t*ts," He said, giving a wide grin at her.
Papyrus could recognize that smile. Wide, pulling his cheeks to each side in a round grin. That was Sans' signature smile, the one his brother would pull after a pun.
"Bo got sprinkles on me one time," Silky sighed.
"You... You're Sans' child, aren't you?" Papyrus asked.
The kid gave him a look that could only be defined as 'Oh, really?' in a sarcastic manner. "Yeah, no sh*t."
Though he may look somewhat like Sans with his smile and eyelights, he seemed a bit different. His body was well kept, he probably kept himself in healthy shape. He looked really healthy overall.
"By the way, you can't be my Uncle, Uncle Jeff already claimed that title," He said, "And he's cooler than you."
"That's a fact," Jeff said to him.
Silky sighed. "I apologize for my brothers and Uncle's rudeness, but we do consider Jeff as to be Sans' brother and thus, our Uncle. My brothers name is Cole, and he is rather... inappropriate."
"It's called I ain't afraid to say the truth," Cole said, looking from his sister to Papyrus. "By the way, you're a c*nt. A massive f*cking c*nt."
"Cole!" Jeff said, "You can't just say that!"
"Oh, right," Cole said, "You're also a d*ckbag of bones."
"That's better," Jeff said.
"This is why your Mother doesn't like you," Silky hummed under her breath.
"Go eat someone's a**," Cole snapped.
It was obvious that Silky and Cole didn't seem to see eye to eye on some things. Cole felt like a younger Jeff, it was obvious that Jeff really liked the teenager.
"I apologize for his behavior, although he has a good Mother and Father, he takes more after Sans and Jeff instead of his Mother," Silky explained. "Cole does have good intentions, he just has poor impulse control."
"Uh, I'm Papyrus," Papyrus introduced himself to him.
"Do you have nachos at your house?" Cole suddenly asked.
"Uh, no," Papyrus said.
"Then I don't care," Cole said.
"Be. Polite." Silky hissed, with each word jabbing her elbow into Cole's side.
"Fine," Cole hissed at her, "Papyrus, thank you for making my Dad depressed."
"I swear our family usually doesn't insult you like this," Silky said.
Papyrus looked up at the mirror back at them. "I know I made mistakes, it's fine. But if you like nachos, Cole, we can go get some. It's no problem."
"Are you trying to buy him liking you?" Jeff asked, "Sans already did that before with me, you aren't allowed to copy him."
"Yeah yeah, shut up, I don't care, let me be bribed," Cole said, waving away Jeff. "How much nachos? Could we get ketchup?"
"It's the only thing that can seemingly calm him down, I can help make them," Silky said.
"That's fine Silky, but I can make nachos if you'd like," Papyrus told Cole.
Suddenly, the red scarf around Papyrus' neck was being pulled away. He looked around quickly to see that Cole had taken it from behind him and was wrapping it around his own neck.
"Cole, give him back his scarf," Silky said.
"That's okay, I have more at home, he can borrow it if he's cold," Papyrus said.
"It isn't his scarf anymore, mine now," Cole chuckle, holding up a wallet. "And so is his wallet."
"I- How did you-?" Papyrus asked, looking down at his pocket.
"Once again, apologies for Cole's behavior." Silky snatched the wallet from Cole's hand and gave it back to Papyrus. "You may want to get a chain for it. But we should get down to business. What happened to you two during the attack?"
"Cole and I were watching football together when it happened," Jeff explained, "We thought it was Sans at first, but when I recognized the Scarecrow girl, I booked it with Cole."
"I dropped my hotpocket," Cole mumbled.
"You mean the black haired woman?" Silky asked, "I saw her too."
"I had encountered her once before I met Sans, I was chasing a farmer down a road before she took my kill, then started chasing after me," Jeff said.
"She is a proxy for a demon," Silky explained.
"Yeah, I figured that out rather quickly when this other chick with a lot of mouths said something on the lines of how they worked for demons and needed to get Cole."
"Needed to get Cole?" Silky asked.
Jeff turned back towards her. "They were aiming for the kids, not for me. That's why I grabbed him and ran like hell, because they were after him and I wasn't going up against the scarecrow chick again. Best to get him outta there before we both would have gotten hurt."
"I didn't notice they were after the children alone," Silky said, "Interesting. So they claimed to have been after Sans' children?"
"They might've been the same f*ckers that took Sans, like hell I'm going to standby as they try to take his kids too," Jeff growled.
"I've come to believe they are, as Sans has likely been taken by demons too," Silky said, "Do you know where anyone else is?"
"Flowey got caught, they yanked his weeds out of the ground," Jeff said, "They also started chasing after SeedEater, I'm not sure if he got away. I'm pretty sure we managed to get all of you kids away, but I heard Slender scream like a b*tch. You know, that angry growl-y thing he does when he's p*ssed."
"Was he hurt?" Silky asked.
"I don't know, I just heard that and then we left," Jeff said, "I tried to anyone else, but it's kind of hard when we're all really good at hiding."
"Except for you guys, it was rather easy to pinpoint your location," Silky said, "So you both have no idea where anyone else is?"
"Nope," Jeff said, "I found a house where I think Wayne was staying, but he probably left. Can't stay in one place too long."
"Which is helpful for keeping them hidden from the police and enemies, but for finding one another it makes it more difficult," Silky said, crossing her hands on her lap. "No matter, I'll figure something out."
"How did you find us, anyway?" Jeff asked.
"I tracked the news first, and saw an article about some man that was spotted stabbing a police officer, then saw the location and went from there. This is also the close to the Nacho House restaurant down the street, so naturally Cole would be in this general area."
"Nachos are beautiful," Cole said, "They give me a will to live."
"So does all other food, you'll eat anything," Silky said, "Don't think about eating the entire fridge tonight, I will be watching. We're his guests, we will not steal everything he owns."
"You're no fun!" Cole whined.
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