Sans was sure he saw a shadow follow her. 10 minutes passed with hearing Undyne’s sounds of struggle, they would occasionally see and appendage poke in the second camera’s screen for a second then disappear as if their owner was pulled back by something.

I-I called you r-right af-fter I f-found h-her. Kindness pipped up as she stood watch over Undyne, sensing Sans’ incoming question. Undyne finally struggled onto the screen and collapsed. She looked back with a worried look on her face then she looked relieved as she finally passed out. A shadow crept into the back, it appeared to be smiling. Then Sans came in and the shadow seemed to get disgruntled, it then disappeared.

“I-I wonder what h-held her b-back.” Alphys thought aloud and Papyrus nodded in agreement. Sans knew right then that they hadn’t see the strange shadow.

“Have you guys seen someone disappear?” Sans asked suddenly.

“Yes, Sans, you know that. Are you alright?” Papyrus inquired in that unusually quiet voice. Frisk had disappeared right in front of Papyrus.

“I-I h-have as well. S-Sans, w-why are you a-asking us t-these q-questions?” Alphys looked at him concernedly but Sans brushed it off, thinking as he began pacing.

“Everybody has seen a monster disappear, except…” He stopped, realization coming over him. He was the only one who hadn’t seen a monster disappear. He sometimes felt a strange presence near one of his friends or Papyrus and when he arrived nearby to check on them, the presence disappeared. The presence must have been the shadow, but why did it run from him? Sans sighed.

“Sans?” Papyrus gazed at him in worry. Sans gave a small smile.

“I’m fine bro, I just need to do something. Call me if anything changes, okay?” Papyrus nodded, as did Alphys and Sans headed out.

D-do y-you want m-me to c-come w-with y-you? Kindness questioned.

No, but will you lend me some power real quick? I also want you to stay with Alphys and Undyne. Sans requested and, sure enough, he got a large amount of energy. As soon as he was in a safe spot, Sans teleported into the Snowdin forest. There was a clearing a good distance in that he loved to be in, in the clearing he didn’t have to hide. He released the illusion and two horns on the sides of running along the side of his head and then upward slightly appeared. Large, leathery wings and a thick, skeletal tail materialized. Sans stretched his wings and his tail twitched and swayed. Sans then drew upon his magic and transformed into a large skeletal dragon. His eyes glowed the soft, gentle blue of patience with bits of green kindness from him borrowing energy from her. He didn’t need magic to take this form but rather to defend himself. Satisfied, Sans curled up in a ball. He needed to sleep, it helped him de-stress and think things through. He suddenly heard a gasp that made him lift his head and looked around him.