Van crept up behind a wall, as two soldiers passed, signalling to Allen to wait. this was foolish he knew it, he should have went back to gather a team, no this wasn't foolish it was pure suicide, but he had to listen to his heart, feeling Hitomi was close, and nothing not even death would stop him. Once the guards passed, he nodded and Allen followed stepping up beside him and glanced around, which way to go? Van smiled slightly, glad Allen was such a faithful friend, he would follow him to the ends of this world and stare the faces of death together, and he needed him now more then ever.

"Alright what's the plan?" Allen asked getting ready to grab his sword once more; they had gotten past the first few guards without bloodshed. it was easy they where asleep at there posts, but Van couldn't stop thinking it was a little to easy, where was the tough security he heard about, no one ever got in without notice before.

"Uhh." Van raised a brow not looking at Allen

"Oh no don't tell me you don't have a plan!" Allen raised his voice slightly as he spoke now a little angry.

"SHHH, you want them to catch us now?...of course I have a plan, I'm not that stupid" he didn't have a plan but wouldn't admit that, glancing around once more, and nodded starting to walk again, now seeing that there where no guards in sight at all, and pondering a moment.

"Something's not right." Allen spoke uneasily already grasping the hilt of his sword and glancing around nervously.

But van stopped dead in his tracks, listening a moment, hearing a faint whisper pass him.

Van.

His name echoed throughout the area, glancing around, it was Hitomi's voice, turning to Allen wondering if he heard anything " Did you just..?" But stopped, seeing Allen's confused expression and quickly took cover behind a crate, its contents unknown but had a smell that made your mouth feel cottony, shaking his head as he sighed but turned as he heard it again.

Van, where are you?

This time the voice more urgent and sounding scared, van feeling his heart sink with sorrow as he glanced around.

"Hitomi?" Van looked around worried, as she stood up forgetting about having to hide, Allen grabbing him and pulling him down quickly.

"What the hells wrong with you? You're the one telling me to be careful and quiet when your about to get us killed by blowing our cover" he said harshly, just above a whisper, glancing around to make sure no one saw and nodded in satisfaction...no one was around still.

"Don't you hear her?" Van exclaimed aloud worried beyond belief, wanting to hear her again, but not hearing her voice anymore and shaking his head in aggravation as Allen just sighed.

"Look.we should go back and get some others, where not going to get very far, I don't know but this feels like a ." Allen had stopped seeing Van suddenly get up and start running down towards the castle, the doors wide open.

"Damn it Van!" Allen yelled after him, why didn't he listen for once, but he sighed as he followed quickly not going to let him do this alone, besides, deep down, he still felt strongly for the girl from the mystic moon, always reminded whenever he closed his eyes of her cheerful smile, and they way whenever she was scared she would always come closer, making you feel wanted, but he pushed all these aside, knowing Van, and his feelings where more then his own, running through the opening, not noticing the metal doors silently close behind him, feeling a wave of cold sweep past him as he readied himself for anything.