A/N: Hey im back! Well, not really... you see, my sister wanted to write this Fanfiction because she loves Tales of the Abyss so I let her use my account till she makes one herself... if she ever will I do not know anyways... I DO NOT OWN TALES OF THE ABYSS If I did I would be one very happy girl. WARNING Asch may be a bit OOC and contains yaoi. Don't like, don't read...

Pairings: AschLuke, and unwilling DistLuke

~Those Who Defy Fate~

Chapter 1 ~ The Lost

Pain... Pain and that ever present loneliness… Where he was or how he got there he didn't know... No, he couldn't remember. He couldn't even remember who he was. The only thing he could remember was a name…Asch

'…Asch'

Asch looked up from the book he had been reading. The redhead had been looking through the books that had anything to do with replicas in Daath's library. Did I just…? No, it couldn't have been…Asch brushed off the thought and continued to read. Heh... Like the dreck would even be smart enough to figure out how to contact me.

'…Asch…'

Asch stopped reading. No. This is impossible! How could the idiot know how to—? Asch's train of thought was cut off by wave of nausea. He threw the book on the floor and stood up. Shaking off the nausea, he started pacing as he contacted Luke. 'Luke? What's going on? Where the hell are you!?'

'Asch…I…aath...can't…ove…nee…elp…' Asch couldn't understand what Luke was saying. The connection was weak and seemed to be fading rapidly. But that wasn't important he knew something was wrong, and that pissed him off.

'Luke? Hey! Luke!?' The redhead was growing even more furious by the minute. He stopped pacing and ran a hand through his hair while speaking to Luke to try to get Luke to stay with him so he could find out where replica was. 'Luke? Come on dreck… Say something you idiot!'

'Lu...wh…is…tha—' The connection broke. The ex-godgeneral wanted to scream he was so frustrated but instead he chose the mature way and decided to storm down the hall. Yuilia! Luke what were you going to— damn it! He's here! The idiot's been here all along! I have to tell everyone. Ever since Luke had gone missing his friends had been searching for him, and consequently dragged Asch along with them, thus having them end up here, in Daath. Asch stormed down one of the many corridors of Daath's cathedral looking left and right for any sign of the others. As he turned a corner and ran in to Tear, "Tear!" Asch called from around the far side of the hall. His voice laced with frustration and uneasiness caused Tear to turn around. Noticing the look on the redhead's face concerned her greatly. "Asch? Wha—"

"No time! Need to find the others NOW!!" Asch interrupted her coldly and stormed off. Tear, wanting to know what was causing the teen so much discomfort, followed. As they marched through the hallways Asch became more and more tense. This was severely worrisome to Tear. She hadn't seen the boy like this since the time they had to fight Van. That was 2 years ago…

"How's the replica doing?" a dark figure asked his companion from across the room, not looking up from replica's face. The replica lay there unconscious, its body lifeless. Its mind locked away from the world.

"My, if I didn't know any better I would have thought you cared about it." The other man spat sarcastically, earning a glare from the first man. "Anyway, to answer your question the replica is fine everything went according to my genius plan. The experiment was a complete success. Lorelei is now fused with it. And I have suppressed its memories for easy control, just like you asked." The man smiled a wolfish smile then walked over to the experiment/replica. Then he picked it up and threw it back into its cage still talking non-stop. "After all I am the Great—"

"ENOUGH!" Ordered the first man, "I think it's time we welcomed our guests to see their little friend," the first man walked over to the cage and kicked it while smiling darkly he added, "Wouldn't you like that…Luke?"

A/N: This is my first fanfiction in a while… I hope you like it! Oh and sorry if it's really short I'll try to make the next chapter longer! Anyways, please review!!