Sven leaned back against the car as he waited for Train and Eve to return from the store. He looked at the locket in his hand. It had been a week since Mika had left. They had tried to continue on normally, but Sven kept thinking about her. He looked off and blinked seeing a man walking by. What drew his attention to the boy was the fact that he looked similar to Mika. He had messy black hair and bright green eyes.

Sven moved towards him. "Excuse me."

The man turned towards Sven. He appeared to be around Sven's age, maybe a year or two younger. "Yes? Can I help you?"

"Do you know a girl named Mika?" Sven asked calmly. The man froze, his expression looked troubled. "She's a friend of mine, and you look similar to her."

"Mika…." The man shifted. "Do you… Do you have a picture?"

Sven nodded and showed him the locket. "Her hair has changed recently so it might be different from when you knew her…Are you related to her possibly?"

The man looked over the picture and his expression changed from worry to relief. "Mika…. She's alive…. She's alright… Where, where is she?!"

"She's not traveling with me right now." Sven asked. "So you do know her?"

"Yes…" He paused and looked around. "Come with me."

"…Give me a moment. My other friends are coming." He looked over seeing Eve and Train walking closer and arguing about something.

The man shifted nervously. "Come here then." He quickly wrote down an address and handed it to Sven. "I've got to go now." He hurried off.

Sven blinked. "Hey Sven." Train said holding a bag in one hand and a bottle of milk in the other. "What's up?"

"Let's go. I think I just found someone who knows Mika." Sven said calmly. He looked down at the address. "Come on." He turned and headed towards the car. Train and Eve looked at each other shocked, but followed Sven. Sven drove the car silently. The house they pulled up to was small and simple, but it was also quiet. "Come on." Sven led the way up to the door. He knocked.

A tired man with dark black hair and weary green eyes opened the door. "Can I help you?"

"Um…" Sven shifted. This wasn't the man he was looking for.

"Dad let him in." The man from earlier walked up behind the older man. "Come in."

"Kai." The older man frowned. "Who are these people?"

"I'll tell you once they are in." Kai smiled and placed his hand on his father's shoulder. "Trust me, he has good news."

The older man sighed. "Fine… come in. You can call me Ikaru." He said weakly and then moved away into a living room. The curtains were all drawn so the only light came from the lamps. "So why are they here?" Ikaru asked his son.

"They know Mika."

All the life suddenly came back to Ikaru. "MIKA! OUR MIKA?!"

Sven blinked. "How do you know her?"

"She's my daughter." Ikaru said smiling. "Mika is my little girl."

"What?!" Sven blinked.

"Maybe you should sit down and we can introduce ourselves to each other." Kai smiled, gesturing to the chairs around the room.

Sven nodded and he sat down. Train and Eve copied his example. "I'm Sven Vollfied. I'm a sweeper and these are my partners, Train Heartnet and Eve." He pointed to each in turn.

"I'm Ikaru Titaru and this is my son Kai." He looked at Kai. "And Mika is my daughter… If she is the right one." His expression fell a little.

"She is." Kai frowned. "I know it. Sven can I see the locket again?" Sven nodded and handed it over. Kai showed his father. "She looks so much like mom did!"

Ikaru looked it over and smiled. "My Mika…" He whispered. "Look at her."

Kai smiled. "She's gotten so big."

"Can you tell us what happened? Why she isn't here anymore? Mika has no memories of her past before she was eight."

"Eight?!" Kai frowned. "That would mean… She... She doesn't remember us…" He looked down sad. "What happened to her?"

"That's what we are trying to figure out." Sven said calmly. "18 years ago she was found by a man named Sen. He raised her up to 5 years ago when he died…. We meet Mika two months ago. She was attacked by a strange man named Zane Rikan. Have you heard of him?"

"No." Kai frowned. "I've never heard that name before…. So what happened after that?"

"That is the strange part." Sven sighed. "Mika… When she was younger did she do anything strange?"

"Strange?" Ikaru asked. "Like what?"

"Growing wings." Eve said calmly. "And being extra strong."

Ikaru and Kai stared at Eve confused and shocked. "Wings? Mika's a normal girl. She never had wings or anything." Kai chuckled. "That's just strange."

Ikaru frowned. "Wings…."

"What exactly happened to have her leave?" Train asked.

Ikaru looked off. "She was two… Kai was 4. We were all in the living room when it happened… Mika was kidnapped." He placed his face in his hands. "I couldn't do anything to protect her… I myself was shot." He touched his shoulder. "I almost died, but luckily Kai took care of me and called the hospital…. Since then we've been in hiding, trying to avoid the men who kidnapped Mika and Ari." He sighed.

"Ari?" Eve asked.

Ikaru nodded. "My wife… She was kidnapped a year before Mika." He looked over at a picture on the fireplace mantel. It was of a woman in a lab coat who looked similar to Mika, only she had red hair. "That's her."

"Mika's mother…" Sven whispered. He got up and walked over to it. "Mika."

"What is your connection to Mika?" Kai asked weakly.

"We saved her from Zane Rikan." Sven said calmly. "And we have been trying to help her find out about her past." He sat down again. "Mika recently left our group."

"Because she thought it was too dangerous for us." Eve said calmly. "But not for her."

"She went to find out the truth by herself." Train nodded. "But don't worry, she can take care of herself."

"Are you sure?" Kai frowned.

"Yes." Sven smiled. "Mika is tough and can handle herself… She was just worried that Rikan would hurt us to get to her."

"Are you going to go find her?" Ikaru asked.

"Yes. We will find her soon." Sven smiled. "She is our friend… And she has promised to come back."

Ikaru nodded. "…When you find her again… will you bring her here?"

"Yes." Sven nodded. "I know she will be happy to see you."

"Thank you." Ikaru smiled gently.

Kai nodded. "You can stay here tonight if you want."

"Thank you." Sven smiled. Mika… I've found your family… But it leaves a new question, what happened to you after you were kidnapped. He frowned and looked off into the air thinking.