Pax woke up, the sunlight streaming through his window making him blink several times. Sitting up he rubbed his eyes; but the weird sensation of skin meeting skin made him draw back. Looking at his hands the pale skin glistened in it's own odd way, 'Oh yea, guess I forgot about this.'

He still didn't understand why it was that he had made the transformation from Skeleton to Human. Scientifically it didn't make sense; historically it never happened before unless one counted Monsters absorbing Human Souls. Before he could brood on it any longer a knock rapped against the door, "May I come in?"

It was Pax's dad, Sans, "Yea, come in."

A blue flashed underneath the door and Sans reappeared by Pax's bed, "Hey kiddo, how you holdin up?"

Pax shrugged and patted his bed, "Fine I guess, but the hardness of this bed is in-human-e"

"Heh, good one; as long as you're making Puns I know you're good." Sans said with a chuckle.

Pax's face grew glum, "How much longer are they going to keep me under scrutiny? It's been three weeks since this happened. I mean they had the gall to take me from home so at least make this more comfortable for me right?"

Sans sighed, "Well I can't fix what they're planning, but it seems this 'error' guy is seems to also be targeting you, that last creature proved it."

Pax shifted an eyebrow, "What do you mean?"

"Well Pax, it looks to be a clear cut case of thinning the herd. He takes you out the others lose morale; those being Chara and Asriel." Sans said, all serious.

Pax smacked his forehead, "Of course! I should've realized that, that creature was specifically designed for me!"

"Yup, Error knows you are protecting them. So in return if he sent a monster to take you out, one that could catch you off-guard."

Pax clenched a fist, his anger at himself growing, "Well I guess it's a good thing that Doggo showed up right then and there."

Sans noticed the tension and quickly put a hand on his son's shoulder, taking note of the visible relaxation of Pax he continued, "Look Pax, there is nothing to be angry about. You were caught off guard is all."

"You're right Dad; it's just I wanted to protect them." Pax said, still not ready to stop beating himself up.

"Did they die?" Sans asked

"No."

"So they lived?" Pax nodded, "So you're only angry at yourself for not sticking with your own vision about your strength. Look, I'm usually too lazy to give any good advice, but as long as you win the battle with as little casualties as possible then you shouldn't feel bad."

Pax smiled, "Yea you're right Dad."

Just then the door opened, a gleaming suit of armor appearing in the room, "Pax?"

Pax stood up, "Yes, what is it?"

The Royal Guard saluted, his hand hitting his chest, "Captain Undyne needs you."

"Aunt Undyne? You needed me?" Pax said, opening the door to the Training Room.

Undyne dropped the boulder she was about to suplex, the impact creating a vortex of dust, "Man the report wasn't fake. You really are a human aren't you?"

Pax patted random parts of his body, finally feeling satisfied he stated with a smile, "As far as I can tell. It's fishy to me too Aunt Undyne."

Undyne's eyes grew annoyed, "It seems your comedy didn't change though."

Pax laughed, "Comedy is the same throughout all races."

As Pax was laughing he felt the odd sensation of wind rushing but paid it no heed. Though something didn't sit right, so he stopped and opened his eyes to see an iron fist inches from his face. Trying to dodge, Pax twists his body enough to see the fist sail above his head; grabbing it he pulls Undyne over him and kicks her into the air. Her body falls on the ground, hitting it with enough force to make an impression of her body into the ground. Getting up she spits on to the ground, the spit being a dark lavender, "Not bad kid."

"A-Aunt Undyne, the hell are you doing?"

"You want to think you're weak huh?" Undyne disappeared in a flash, reappearing behind Pax and delivering a swift and strong roundhouse kick to his head. Pax flew into the wall, cracking it; Pax tried to get up but Undyne stomped a boot on his back. Coughing up blood Pax's anger grew; his eyes losing their pupils. With a roar, Pax shoved Undyne off of his back; as Undyne landed on the ground little strands of green energy wrapped around her legs. She broke lose of them with ease, the shards of green dissipating in the air. Turning her attention back to Pax she was taken aback by the fact he was no longer anywhere in the room. 'So it looks like he can still use Magic; this is interesting."

"I know, it is interesting isn't it?" Pax asked, his hand on Undyne's shoulder.

"Were you reading my mind?"

"No, it's the only question I observation I could think of that made sense in this situation." Pax said with a Undyne started laughing Pax grew uneasy, "What?"

Halting her laughter, Undyne said with a warm smile growing, "You still thinking you're weak?" Pax threw a questioning glance, "This is the fastest anyone's ever beaten me, not even Arial beat me this fast Pax."

Sudden realization hit Pax, 'She's right. I've never won this fast, it's always taken at least a half-hour.'

Air shifted and a ripple took place of empty space with Sans walking out of it, "Sheesh Undyne, did you have to be so tough on him?"

Undyne frowned, "Hey, you said he needed help; I only completed your favor."

As the two adults questioned each other Pax wondered something, "Hey where is Chara and Asriel anyways' I'm supposed to meet them by now."

Undyne waved the question away, "They're training with Doggo."

Doggo slid against the nearest wall, his gauntlets smoking from Chara's blow; he didn't get much rest either as a bolt of energy struck against the wall next to him, 'Dear Asgore these kids are tough,' Doggo grabbed Chara's fist and threw her towards Asriel, 'I barely have enough time to-' a small dagger hit the bone out of Doggo's mouth, lodging it in the wall.

"Come on Mr. Doggo, you have to be faster than that." Asriel said, standing behind Chara. Chara readied another knife. Doggo sighed and pulled out two more knives and placed them in two little holders on the elbow portion of his gauntlets. Chara wasted no time throwing her knife, the blade cutting the air visibly. The knife neared its target's heart; that is until with a whirlwind of metal and wind whipped around, knocking the dagger back at Chara. Asriel pulled Chara out of the knife's new trajectory, with a sigh he said, "Chara you know how Mr. Doggo's technique is."

Chara smirked, "Then he should know mine as well. Asriel, give me some cover."

"Come on Chara, when has that ever worked." Asriel said with an annoyed tone.

"A multitude of times, but I have a hunch about this one." Chara pulled unhooked two daggers from her belt, each sporting a blade with the Delta Angel symbol pressed into them. With a notable sigh, Asriel raised his hands; energy poured out of them and into Chara. Feeling the energy course through her Chara took off towards Doggo, her daggers poised for Doggo's chest. Anticipating this move Doggo set out to block the attack, his four blades poised to fend of any attack. So when Chara hurled one of her daggers at Doggo, he easily dodged it causing it to hit the wall. By then Chara was at him, slashing left and right in an attempt to hit the Royal Guard; her attempts were, in the end, in vain as Doggo knocked her back with a swift punch to the gut.

Chara hit the ground and skidded all the way to Asriel; getting up she smiled and waved her knife around. Doggo perked up as the air shifted around him; he turned around to see Chara's fist appear. As the ball of pure pain erupted in his snout Doggo yelped; Doggo couldn't believe what had happened, "How did this happen?"

Chara smiled at the victory, knowing that he wouldn't attack again since the goal was to land at least one hit, "Well you see the Delta Angel symbol also has the great effect of being able to move one person to another symbol." She picked up her other dagger and touched each symbol, "Since these are two identical symbols on identical daggers, I can use this to my advantage; though it only works using magic so Asriel has to lend me some to do this."

Asriel walked up to the two, "Well I'll give you credit, this plan was different than the other."

Chara smiled, a chuckle escaping her lips, "Well, I've got to get better. I can't stay the same forever."

"Hey guys, saw the whole thing." three faces turned to see a smiling Pax and Frisk, "They thought you guys would want something to eat."

Frisk handed out brown paper bags, each filled with something that the owner would be able to eat. Chara reached into her bag looking for something in particular; when her hands didn't find it she frowned, "Hey, what about my chocolate."

Pax reached into his jacket, pulling out a decently sized bar of choco, "Frisk said all you eat is the chocolate and leave the food for someone else to eat."

"So?" Chara asked while reaching for the candy bar.

Pax held it out of her reach, "So I decided to force you to eat your food. You need to eat more than junk food like this."

"Sans gets to eat all the junk he wants." Chara argued.

"But that's why he has so little energy. If someone were to attack him he'd probably d-" Pax stopped his sentence, the thought of his dad dying depressing him.

Chara noticed this and grabbed his free hand, the warmth of his skin suprising her only for a second, "Hey, don't worry. I won't go that easily, I promise."

Pax smiled, "Thank you; but you're still not getting this chocolate until you're lunch is gone."

Chara groaned. "Ok, ok, I'll eat."

As everyone sat, finally enjoying their food, Pax scooted closer to Asriel and Chara, "So how's Todd been. I haven't been able to talk to anyone on account of my recent residency here."

Asriel swallowed the piece of PB & J he had in his mouth and replied, "He's alright, he's just wondering where you went. He's been attending college courses at that college near Mount Ebott, you know the one where your dad works. He plans on becoming a biologist, he is really serious about it too."

Chara laughed, "You'd think he'd be a better Inspiration Coach from the way he talked."

Pax smiled, "I wish I could've seen that; it'd have either been funny or awesome."

Pax felt a tap on his shoulder, turning around he saw it was Frisk, "Hey, are you going to school when it starts?"

"Well that is quite a sudden question Frisk… I don't know actually." Pax said nonchalantly.

Frisk pouted, "Well how do you plan on getting smarter?"

Pax was perplexed by Frisk's sudden pushiness about his education, "Well first I have to protect these two. After that maybe I'll get to it, I mean if not I always have Aunt Alphys and my dad to fall back on."

Frisk crossed their arms but seemed somewhat satisfied with Pax's answer. "Alright, but you better mean that."

Pax smiled and said in full earnest, "This timeline would have to be reset all the way to the beginning for me to not."

Pax laughed but the others didn't; eventually his laughter showed it's own earnest and truthfulness behind it. It made the others laugh and think that such an event could never happen.