A/N: Despite what you may think...we're nowhere near finished yet.

Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN IT, OKAY?! LEAVE ME ALONE! *loud crying*

It had been a few days already. The route her group had been given meant that they were heading towards Grand Chokmah, easily a few weeks walk.

However, they couldn't complain. When selecting routes, they had immediately opted for one of the harder ones; with their selection of people in their group, it was easy to get them to agree. Each of them were resilient and had high endurance - Sync was a quick fighter, so could easily defeat weak enemies in moments; Arietta could control monsters, so she sent them out to scout ahead and get rid of most of the weaker monsters ahead; Luke and Asch's ability to sense fonons meant they could tell if a human enemy was up ahead, and they could quickly send Sync off to get them; and Tear had Yulia's Fonic Hymns, as well as the fact that she didn't tire easily, so a single night's rest could completely restore all her energy while others may begin to lag after a while.

Early on the fourth day, when they were all quietly talking and Arietta was making a careful check of their supplies, Luke suddenly blinked. He went still, closing his eyes and focusing.

The others stopped a moment later, looking back at him in confusion. "Luke? What are you doing?" asked Tear, frowning.

A gold glow appeared around him and he opened his eyes, showing them to be a deep, burnished gold. He turned, heading to the edge of the cliff and gazing out over the ocean.

"...Dad's somewhere over there," he said finally.

Asch blinked before hurrying next to him, closing his eyes. A moment later the same gold glow appeared around him, and he bit his lip.

"I wasn't paying attention...Sorry," he murmured.

"It doesn't matter. We need to get across the water," Luke replied.

Tear quickly pulled her phone out, pressing a name and ringing. She held it up to her ear, waiting a moment.

"Hello? Tear?"

"Hi Mum. Luke and Asch can sense Lorelei."

"Excellent. Where is he?"

"Over the sea somewhere..." Tear replied, glancing at the map Arietta had pulled out. She quickly pointed at where they were and Tear nodded her thanks. "Probably the desert," she added, before blinking and going white.

The rest of the group stared, then looked out over the water.

"It would be the one place we decided not to send a group...Alright. Jade is coming with the Tartarus. He should arrive within a few hours, so just wait, okay?"

"Okay," Tear replied, before stopping the call. She turned to the others. "Jade is coming with the Tartarus, so we need to wait. He should only take a few hours, according to Mum."

The two red-heads looked out over the water again before Asch sat down, closing his eyes. Luke quickly joined him, the two of them going quiet. After a moment the gold glow intensified.

"Luke? Asch? What are you doing?" asked Tear.

"Being idiots, obviously. Leave them to it, it's their fault if they tire themselves out needlessly," Sync said, waving them off and sitting down. Arietta sat next to him, pulling out some of their food and passing it between the three of them.

Tear sighed and also sat, keeping a watchful eye out for any monsters as they waited.

Before, the two boys had only been sensing his fonons. Now they changed it, trying to link with them and communicate.

After a moment the connection was returned and they felt relief enter them.

"Dad! Are you okay?" Luke asked, concern easily eminating from him.

"Calm down, Luke. You don't want to drown him," Asch reprimanded.

"Ah..Right, sorry," Luke mumbled, quickly quelling his emotions.

"Don't worry Luke. Anyway, in answer to your question...I'm not sure. I haven't been fully in control of my body for about a month, now, and I only managed to cut this part of my mind from the rest of it to protect myself," Lorelei replied.

"Everyone's been really worried. We figured out what was going on, though," Luke said.

"Oh? What was it? I know it was mind control, but that's all..."

"Some creep called Mohs - a supporter of Van's - controlled all three of us. I think he did it through the image of Mum we saw," Asch explained.

"Yes, that would make sense...I wonder where Van learnt an arte like that, though... Anyway, considering you're speaking in past tense, I assume you two broke out of it?"

"Not exactly. Tear forced it out of me, because for some reason it was weaker. Me and Tear both tried to with Asch, but we weren't able to fully...so Mum ended up helping out," Luke said.

"You're mother helped again, eh? Sounds like her..."

"Again?" asked Asch.

"She appeared after we fought with Van. I only vaguely recognised her presence, but it was definitely her - Tear confirmed it."

"Also..." Luke began, before hesitating.

"What?"

"Well...Tear said, when I released my power, a girl with red hair and emerald eyes - looking a lot like us - appeared and protected her. So..I wondered if she was our sister?"

Lorelei considered. "It's possible," he agreed.

"Why is Tear the one who always get to meet them?" Asch muttered grumpily.

"Now now, don't be mardy."

"You're really alright though, Dad? You sound pretty distant.." Asch noted.

Lorelei sighed. "Truthfully, no. I'm not sure why, but my body isn't responding at all, not even to the mind-controlled part of me. I have no idea where I am, either."

"You'll be okay though, won't you Dad?" Luke asked fearfully.

"Given enough rest, yes, I should be fine. Now, you two should cut the connection before you use up too much energy."

"But..!"

"No buts. Cut the connection, or I'll force you two out."

The two boys grimaced, remembering the last time that had happened, and obediantly drew back.

"We'll find you soon, Dad. Promise," Luke said.

"I know. Now get out!"

A/N: Yeah, gawd, Luke, get out of his freaking head. Ugh, you brain invader you.

So, yes. Telepathy to the ultimate max! Screw twin telepathy, I give you...Fonon Telepathy! WOO!

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