A/N: Glad to see that you all are still reading!

I just read a hilarious Naruto fanfic that had to do with the Atusuki and well… it is kind of hard to make this a serious chapter, so bear with me.

Disclaimer: Fine. I do not own Trinity Blood. Maybe if I ask for Christmas.

"Uh, sir?"

Abel turned from where he had been trudging miserably out the door. With a sigh he said, "Yes?"

"My wife has that note you were looking for."

Abel and Leon were over at the desk within seconds yelling like small children whose babysitter was withholding a special treat while Tres walked over slowly and calmly. The bewildered Innkeeper handed the letter to Tres, much to the disappointment of the boy-men standing next to him. The android glanced at it for a moment before handing it to Abel.

"Father Abel Nightroad, the letter is addressed to you. The writing matches Miss Stella Iceheart's."

Abel unfolded the paper and read quickly.

Abel,

I'm sorry, for running out on you but I had to catch the man behind the entire scheme. I did, but this problem goes pretty deep. I am currently trying to find the source and my next stop in pretty far. I really miss you and I hope that Demetry didn't get too upset over my leaving. Tell everyone I miss them and my thoughts are with them. Tell Demetry that the Lysistrata disease is spreading and if I need help I won't call him. He'll know what it means.

Stella.

Abel was glad to hear from Stella, but his heart dropped as he realized she left him no way to track her. The word Lysistrata seemed familiar to him and his brain yelled at him for not remembering it. Or maybe Stella expected him not to? He shook his head sadly and handed the letter to Leon and Tres.

Abel and the others went to the train station, and, with lack of anything better to do, bought train tickets. He marched back to the bench where Leon and Tres were sitting and didn't even pretend to fall down. There was no point. He sat with them and sighed.

"Father Abel Nightroad."

"Yes?"

"I have read the note and over the past fifty three point nine minutes, been going over medical research. Lysistata is not a known disease. I have also contacted Cardinal Kate in the Iron Maiden. She said we are to report back to King Virgil to find any more information about Miss Stella Iceheart from Head of the Methuselah/Terran integrating Movement Vanessa Walsh. We are also to speak with Leader Demetry Iceheart about his sister."

Abel sweat dropped. "And you couldn't tell me this before I bought the expensive train tickets!?" He yelled, waving the tickets in the air.

"Negative."

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"Err… I really don't want to do this." Abel said uncomfortably.

"Awww, come on, he likes you best." Leon said teasingly.

"For goodness sake's Abel. Just talk to the man." Cardinal Kate said from where she was floating in the room.

"No, I'd really feel more comfortab-"

"Yes?" Demetry's hologram glared out at Abel.

"Oh! Leader Demtry! I was-"

"Have you found my sister yet?" he growled. Abel noticed the bags under his eyes and crumpled clothes.

"Er… we've found a note."

Demetry's glare deepened. "My little sister is out there, trying to fight who knows what and you expect me to feel better because of a piece of paper?"

The way he kept deadly calm but allowed menace to drench his voice destroyed any doubts that he should be a leader. He had the uncanny ability to make his point clear and make Abel feel totally and completely small. It also made his Crusnick want to raise his voice in indignation. Didn't he know that Abel knew that Stella was still missing? Didn't he know that Abel spent every free second he had thinking about her, blaming himself? Still, the ring of reason and the blatant point made, made it impossible for Abel to argue. Of course, it caused a pang of guilt and sadness. Stella spoke exactly like that most of the time. The Titan siblings truly resembled each other.

"Er… no. But there is a message for you." Abel said meekly.

Demetry seemed to hold onto this for a second before replying. "Right. What was it?" Abel read the letter aloud. When he looked up, Demetry's pale face was even paler. In the bluish-glow of the hologram. He seemed to shake himself out of his stupor and hung his head. "Abel, my friend, I'm sorry for breaking your glasses and loosing control as I did. I should not have blamed you when it was obvious my sister was acting of her own capricious accord. There is no excuse for what I have done and for that you have my deepest remorse."

Abel smiled. "Why is it that you Titans think that every act is one that will push people away forever?"

Opps, wrong words. Demetry's face grew sorrowful. "Though Stella might have told you much of our past, there is no way for you to know half the pain we went through. Betrayal and deplorable actions from Terrans and devious and underhanded actions from Methuselah was the norm. Every move we made was one under scrutiny and for that we truly have had no friends. Father Abel, your reaching out to her that night long ago when she was weak without asking anything in return was something new to both her and me. Her… my… our gratitude goes farther than you can imagine. The same goes to all of you." He nodded to the filled room. He smiled kindly at them. "This is new and I apologize, but we do not know exactly how it works."

"Eh, just relax. We promise, anything you do can't be that bad." Leon said, putting his arms behind his head. He looked thoughtful for a moment. "But declare war on us and we'll beat you to a bloody pulp."

Demetry let out something between a snort and a chuckle. "I'll remember that."

"Where are you going now?"

The trio glanced over at Kate. She shrugged. "From all the information you've given us, there really is nothing to do. Stella is going on a one-man hunt to take down something pretty big. We can do nothing but keep our eyes and ears open. Abel, Tres, and Leon will return home, we have a multitude of things we need them to do and we really can't spare them to go on wild goose hunts."

Virgil spoke for the first time. "Then we will all keep each other up to date on our little Titan. I'll do my best here, and Abel, perhaps you should inform Seth, just in case."

Abel groaned. "I'm going to enjoy that conversation." He said sarcastically.

"Let's hope and pray that she returns safely." Finished Virgil.

"Agreed." The holograms switched off and the trio left with their good-byes to Virgil for the train system.

A/N: Next chapter: We finally see what's going on with Stella! Review!