Once again, Cross cursed the part of his mind that had been conditioned to be a loyal soldier.

It ordered him, to find, and help, his former comrades, and their leader, to reunite, and continue their mission.

'Shut up Program!' Cross mentally snarled, at that part of his mind. Having named it, and having something to yell at, was actually helping him, mainly because it gave him a way to separate himself from who he had been, in the last run.

Program was the Cross that had followed their story, only for it to end with them being broken, and tossed aside, like they were garage.

Cross was who he was now, a wandering Babybones, who was trying to find a new home, and potentially, a new name, for himself.

"... And I was running far away, would I run off the world someday?" Cross softly sang to himself, as he walked. He had come to a more isolated AU for some peace and quiet. It was an AU that he had never been to before, and the story of it was quite different from the canon storyline.

'An AU where we're trapped in space, instead of being trapped underground... How interesting...' He thought to himself, as he stared at the stars above his head. He had never had a chance to visit an AU like this before, due to the actions of others, so he was excited to make up for lost time.

If he liked this place, it may be worth the time, and effort, to set up a more permanent base here.

It could be a place that he could call home...

A home just for him, he wondered what that would be like... He just had to remember to set it up in one that didn't have Resets. It would be annoying to rebuild his home, every time that it was destroyed, when the Resets undid everything.

He no longer met the requirements needed to edit the Codes, to make his home look like it had always been there...

He also had to be careful with the Genocide routes, if he was killed, he would be dead, permanently.

So, was it worth setting up shop here?

Cross frowned.

Why was it so hard to adult, even if he was away from the main causes of his adult stress... He just wanted to live a peaceful life, why was that so hard?!

Would it be better to wonder until the story of his old AU had run it's course, and move into the white void that it became?

No, that would be the first place that Nightmare would look for him, and even if he didn't recognise him, he could put two and two together, and figure out who he would grow up to be.

The Omega Timeline was another possibility, it was peaceful there, and if he got bored, he could always help Core escort Monsters to it, before their AU got destroyed...