"Sans! Where's the girl?!" Toriel demanded as she latched onto the skeleton with a look of pure concern in her eyes that was reflected perfectly by her face.

"If you chill, I'll tell ya, Tori..."

Sorry, goat mom...

"Well, let's not just stand around! Get the joker talking!" Mettaton snapped as he tapped his metallic foot impatiently.

Papyrus glanced to the door. "BUT METTATON, ALPHYS AND UNDYNE AREN'T HERE YET!"

"Who cares! Start the meeting! What happened?!" Mettaton yelled. Right as he said that, Undyne smashed through the door and charged into the room. Her eye flickered from one wall to the other as if trying to find something... or someone. Finally, she spotted Sans and you could feel fear shoot through you for a second before you regained your cool. Without warning, Undyne latched onto Sans' shoulders and you winced with pain. It was awkward because, for you, there was nothing there.

"WHY DID YOU DO IT!?" demanded Undyne to your face.

Sans coughed and didn't resist her. He then shrugged. "Do what?"

"WHY DID YOU KILL THE HUMAN?!?!" she yelled.

Toriel gasped out loud and Papyrus looked baffled. Mettaton was trying to catch all of this on tape for a future show. You felt a hint of surprise and annoyance at Undyne's words. Under normal circumstances, you'd be trembling. However, you were Sans. If he was annoyed, you were annoyed.

"I didn't kill the human."

"YEAH YOU DID!! Each time that you or the human goes missing, they always end up hurt or DEAD!!" Undyne yelled.

Toriel covered her mouth and began to cry. So the child was dead after all...

Toriel! I'm sorry! Undyne! I'm right here! I'm right here!

"It all makes sense, bonebag! Alphys told me everything!! She's dead because of you, isn't she?!"

Sans was unresponsive for a moment. A twinge of regret and sadness rose up from within you before being shoved to the side. There was nothing that could have been done...

"I... didn't... do it...," Sans said as firmly as possible.

Voices spoke in your mind. They repeated the same phrase over and over.

You couldn't reach her in time... You couldn't reach her in time... You couldn't reach her in time... Now she's dead... because of you.

Sans fought the negativity and his eyes went dark. You felt strange. Like you were going to lash out at anyone and anything without hesitation and without mercy. You couldn't stop it.

Sans!! Stop it!!

"Well, you're the only person we have to suspect! All evidence we find points to you! Until we have any proof given to us that states otherwise, the Royal Guards are going to have to lock you up!" Undyne snapped.

Sans sighed and let his eyes return to normal as he cleared his mind. He removed his soul and held it in his hand. He lifted it up and let the pinkness of it shine through his fingers. Everyone stared at it in alarm and intrigue. Sans said boldly, "I had no choice."

Undyne stared at the soul in alarm and screamed. "YOU ABSORBED THEIR SOUL!?!?!" With that, she stood to her feet and pointed an accusing finger at him. "I had thought... you two were friends... You lied to us all and you KILLED THEM!!"

Toriel stood to her feet with tears running down her face. She stared straight into yours and Sans' eye sockets. You could only... feel... guilt... "I... trusted you..."

"S-SANS...?" asked Papyrus awkwardly.

Mettaton finally realized that this was serious and even he looked a little concerned. He put down the video camera and glared at Sans. "I'm beginning to think that they all were right this whole time!"

No... No no no!!! No no no no...

"You have no proof of me doing anything...," Sans explained.

"It's truth enough!!" Undyne screamed.

You felt your feelings shoot left and right. Feeling something one second and the next another. Sans couldn't keep it under control. Somehow, without meaning to, you summoned the soul to you. As the world came crashing back to you and you regained control, without warning, you burst into tears. "He's... HE'S TELLING THE TRUTH!! WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE YOU TO THINK THAT HE WOULD EVER TRY TO HURT ME!?!? He's saved my life more times than you can count and in more ways than you even know... It wasn't his fault that I ended up like this in his shell! He would go any distance to make sure that I was alive... He would do that for most of you too..."

When those words flew out of your mouth, you could hardly believe it. You said that. You cried again. Sans wasn't supposed to go to jail. He was the hero. How could they? The room was dead quiet. Toriel lifted her head slowly with eyes of hope.

"My... child...?"

"(Y/N)?!" demanded Papyrus and Undyne at the same time.

"Plot twist!" Mettaton shouted.

"Hi... Mom...," you said quietly.

Everybody ran around you and smothered you with hugs and apologies. Especially Undyne. Sans didn't speak a word. However, you could almost hear. You were crying because he was. You wanted to hug him and not let go. He didn't deserve any of what he just got. However, he wouldn't let you return the soul to him. It was almost as if he had an emotional barrier between you and him.

Keep it... I don't deserve you or anyone... Just give me a moment...

"Why did you have to do this Undyne...? He doesn't deserve this... You all have no idea what he's feeling...," you explained to everyone.

"I'M SORRY SANS!" Papyrus yelled. He grabbed onto your shoulders with eyes of guilt. "FORGIVE ME BROTHER! I KNEW YOU WEREN'T GUILTY FOR A SECOND!! YOU WOULD NEVER!" Papyrus said.

All your emotions seemed to bounce from one end of the room to the other. Undyne sat down on the ground and sighed. "I'm sorry, (y/n), for all of the trouble...," she said sincerely. Then, she closed her eyes and then bowed her head trying to be even more apologetic. "I'm sorry, Sans..."

You were shoved back into the darkness and you tried so hard not to shout your surprise. Sans seemed a little better, but not much.

"It's not your fault...," Sans stated.

You huffed and they figured out immediately that he was back and that you were gone. Everyone then seemed a little off. Undyne filled the long silence with an explanation.

"Alphys told me that you brought in the human and that they had "fallen down" or something. She didn't give me many details, but I knew that she was going to fix whatever was wrong. So, I left. However, I heard rumors from the other monsters around Hotland on my way back home to Waterfall that they saw Sans carrying the human's body to the lab and they thought that he killed her. However, I see that's not the truth... Now, that rumor's been spreading through the Underground and they've been starting to get antsy about everything that's been happening... I think that the monsters are going to do something about their Angel of Light being killed. I think that they're on to you, Sans," Undyne explained.

Sans exhaled slowly and stares straight into her one eye. "Anything else? Do you have a solution for this?

Undyne scratched the back of her head awkwardly. "Well..., a temporary one. The only way to satisfy the monsters, for now, would be to lock you up for a few days. This isn't a punishment, it's protection, Sans. If there was something else we could do, we'd do it. However, that seems like the safest bet."

"You're gonna lock me up for something I didn't do?" Sans asked.

Undyne grinned even more awkwardly. "For protection purposes! You wanna be safe and not die, right?"

"YOU'RE GOING TO SEND MY BROTHER TO JAIL?!" Papyrus demanded.

"Only for a little while!" Undyne answered putting her hands up with hopes of not being boned by Papyrus or Sans. Mostly not by Sans.

Sans looked towards that floor and you felt only unsure. Not so much mad or sad now. Thank goodness for that! After a few moments of thinking, he looked back up. "Don't suppose I could think more on this. It's not only my decision. I could always say no if I wanted. If it were only my choice, I'd say that I'd take my chances. But with (y/n)? Maybe it would be safer. I actually have a reason to protect myself," he answered.

You wondered. Normally, if nobody died, that was the best option. However, going to jail didn't really appeal to you. You thought harder. You were relieved when Sans code jumped to his room. He approached you with the pink soul in one hand and an awkward expression.

"I had no idea that any of this was going to happen! I promise!" Sans said putting his hands up. His mood had completely changed. You could tell he was expecting you to take a swing at him for everything.

"I'm so mad at you," you said sarcastically as you fake hit him. By fake hit, I mean you poked him with one finger to represent your "deadly" anger. You both laughed.

"You're the only one who can make me laugh after being accused of everything under the sun," he said.

"So, why were you getting so emotional?" you asked.

Sans stopped and glanced towards the floor. "Because they were right... It is because of me that you're like this now... I want to know your honest opinion... Do you... blame me for everything that's happened...?"

You didn't know quite how to answer. It was because of him that you were like this but it was also Flowey. "While I do admit that you had a major role in everything that's happened, I still think that it was Flowey who did most of this. Unless if you're in cahoots with the freaky plant, then I don't blame you for anything!" you answered.

"Heh... Thanks. Although, back to the question!"

You wondered. You thought. It was up to you. What would you do?

*Stay safe!

*We can take that risk!

Readers, YOU get to decide! Have fun!