Fatal-fame does not own Tales of the Abyss or anything else mentioned in this fic. This is a parody, not for profit.

Perfect Control

"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

Other

Game On

Outside Choral Castle

Legretta stared up at the large building in front of her, a look of confusion on her face.

She had heard that Choral Castle was a place that was falling apart, filled with monsters and nowhere near habitable.

The building in front of her was none of those things.

The building in front of her was a palace.

She simply walked forward, brushing it off as someone redoing an abandoned place to live in, and went inside.

When she entered she had to admit it was impressive. The colors weren't overpowering, the windows let in a fair amount of natural light, the carpets looked soft and the child sleeping on the couch was a nice, homey touch.

Legretta double checked to see if her eyes weren't playing tricks on her. But there certainly was a little girl sleeping on the couch.

Legretta approached her cautiously, trying not to wake her up. When she got close enough she looked down on the little one.

Legretta couldn't help but smile at her as the girl wiggled around to get comfortable. Legretta always had a soft spot for children, they gave her a hope that the world wouldn't be the same as it was now.

But she had a mission and she was going to see it through.

Still, she wondered what it would be like to have a little one of her own. A little kid running up to her, calling her mommy, with a pair of green eyes and red hair.

Legretta shook her head. 'Where did that come from?' She asked herself internally. She snuck one more glance at the child before turning around.

Just in time to see a revolver leveled at her.

"Walking into someone's house uninvited is really rude, you know?" Luke told her as he pulled the hammer back. Legretta quickly reached for her guns, but stopped as she felt cold steel pressing into her back.

"And staring at a little girl doesn't paint a positive light." Guy continued as he pressed the katana deeper into her back. Legretta just turned her head a little to look at the other blonde, cursing herself for being careless.

"So what are you doing here and what are you gonna do..." Luke asked with emphasis on the what by cocking the gun. "To make amends for this transgression?" Legretta weighed her options and let out a sigh.

"I was hoping to find some of your data when you were created to find something I could exploit." Legretta told him truthfully. Luke stared at her and nodded his head.

"Anything else." Luke asked as he pushed a little farther forward. Legretta took in a discreet breath and steeled herself.

"Maybe I just wanted to see you." She purred out as she bent forward slightly, causing Luke's expression to change into one of bewilderment. "And maybe we can discuss a punishment at a more intimate place."

"Wha?" Luke mumbled confused as his eyes shifted to Guy, who looked just as confused.

They stood like that for a few minutes, none of the moving a muscle.

Then the little girl started to squirm awake. She sat up and rubbed her right eye as she looked at them.

"Luke?" she asked as her eyes focused. This caused Luke to snap out of his bewilderment and turn to his little sister.

"Yeah, we're back." Luke replied as he smiled at her. His gun still pointed at Legretta, who had turned as well. "Why don't you head to your room, me and my friends need to have a little talk."

"Okay." She said sleepily as she walked towards her room.

Right as she reached the foot of the stairs she fell to the floor and fell asleep again. Luke just sighed and lifted his other hand, causing the girl to disappear in a flash of light.

"I will never understand how she does that." Luke muttered to himself as he turned his attention back at Legretta.

"Now please repeat your last sentence." Luke said as he turned to Legretta again, wondering if he had simply misheard her. 'And she didn't try to attack us while we were distracted.' Luke realized. 'What's her plan?'

"I said we could discuss my punishment more... intimately." Legretta purred again as brought a finger up to her mouth, lightly licking it. Luke closed his eyes and took a breath.

"Guy, leave." Luke said in an authoritative tone. Guy looked towards his friend, confusion written on his face, but did as he was told.

As soon as the door closed behind him, he pressed his ear against it.

He wasn't about to leave his friend without backup.

Luke opened his eyes and gestured to the couch with the gun.

"Let's go through this one more time." Luke said as he sat on the couch opposite of Legretta, who had already sat down. Luke then placed his revolver on the table.

"Weapons down." He told her. Legretta followed suit, laying her fon-tech guns on the table as well, bending forward a little more than necessary. Luke then took the time to notice her outfit.

She was wearing a custom made order of lorelei uniform. It was short sleeved down just past her shoulders, long fingerless gloves that reached her elbows, a shirt with a heart cut out of the chest, giving him a generous view of her breasts. Tight black pants that enhanced her behind and legs and a pair of black heels.

In one word...sexy.

"Can I get you something?" Luke asked as he gestured to the kitchen.

"Maybe." Legretta seemed to contemplate for a few seconds. "You." She finished brought a finger up to her lips.

"Alright, what the hell do you want?" Luke decided to cut straight to the point. He knew Legretta as a cold, effective soldier,

He could deal with that.

This was not how she usually acted, therefore he was at a lost.

"Maybe I just want you." Legretta replied, her hand lowering from her mouth to her where the zipper was on the uniform top.

"You expect me to believe that?" Luke asked her. "You may say that, but does your heart say it?"

"What?"

"Are you doing this because you truly want me or are you doing this for another reason?" Luke asked, green eyes gazing into blue. When she didn't respond Luke closed his eyes.

"How about a game then?" Luke asked as his eyes opened.

"Game?" Legretta asked in return.

"We'll talk, we'll flirt, we'll hang out, we'll go on dates." Luke then got up. "First one to fall in love with the other one loses" He held out his hand. "Deal?"

Legretta looked at the hand that was being offered to her, contemplating the game he was proposing.

'All I have to do is get him to fall for me.' She thought. 'It should be simple enough.'

'But what if I fall for him?' A small voice spoke up, which she quashed ruthlessly.

'It won't happen.' She replied. Legretta focused back at the replica and took his hand in hers.

"I'll play." She told him. They shook hands as Luke smiled.

Theor Forest, the next day

The group was waiting for Jade to come back. Because of the threat of war between Kimlasca and Malkuth, they could only allow the colonel through. The others had waited for nearly an hour before they heard a scream. They ran towards the entrance of the forest to find two dying Malkuth soldiers. With one of their dying breaths they had told them that they were attacked by oracle knights.

"We we're told to wait here." Tear started. "But if the oracle knights are here, it may be dangerous just to stay."

"It would be best for if we made our way to Grand Chokmah, while also trying to find the Oracle knights."

The others quickly voiced their agreement and they made their way into the forest. As they were walking they noticed some Malkuth knights guarding the forest. They started to whisper ways of getting around, when the weirdest thing happened.

One of the guards was attacked by a Chirpee. While distracted they didn't notice Guy get taken behind a bush, only for him to walk out a second later.

They continued forward, watching with confusion as the guards were attacked by small birds.

They never noticed the figure trailing them.

Choral Castle, late morning

'Why am I doing this again?' Legretta wondered for what seemed to be the hundredth time as she sat back on the couch. Luke and his servant had left earlier in the day, leaving her to take care of his sister.

'The best way to his heart is through her.' She had to remind herself, the girl was a slight chore to deal up with though.

'Probably because I can't just make whatever she wants appear at will.' She laughed to herself. Legretta was brought out of her musings by the very person she was thinking of.

"Whatcha doing?" The little girl asked as she jumped on the couch. Legretta turned her head to the bright red eyes of Sarah. Legretta just smiled back at her.

"Nothing." The older women replied. Sure the girl was a bit over the top, but that just seemed to draw others to her.

"Oh." The little girl replied. "Can we have lunch now?" Legretta looked at a clock on the wall, both hands were pointing upwards in an almost parallel fashion.

"It would be a good idea." Legretta replied as she got up from the couch, she was about to make her way to the kitchen area when she felt something a hand grab her.

"Can I help?"

Theor Forest, half hour later

The group had nearly made it to the end of the forest, and every time they saw a guard they was attacked by a Chirpee.

Not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth they continued onwards. When they got to the end of the forest they had found more Malkuth knights had been attacked, only they weren't attacked by Chirpees.

Natalia quickly ran towards one of the fallen soldiers, only to jump back as a giant scythe came down at her.

As she jumped back she drew her bow and shot an arrow at her attacker, who caught the arrow out of the air.

"Not bad for a princess!" The bigger man complemented as they stared eachother down.

"You're the one we met in the desert." Natalia replied. "You're Largo!" The others quickly ran up beside her and drew their weapons.

"So, you're the intruder!" Asch realized. "Why are you in Grand Chokmah?!"

"You'd better keep an eye on more than what's in front of you, Asch." Largo observed. This caused Asch to turn back slightly, just in time for him to jump out of the way of Guy's sword.

"Guy!?" Asch said in surprise.

"Whoa, whoa, what's going on?!" Anise asked no one in particular. Ion however quickly realized what was happening.

"Oh, no! The curse slot!" He shouted in alarm. "Sync must be nearby!"

Guy pulled back his sword for another attack, only to be stopped as a pair of arms wrapped his own.

"What the hell, Guy?" Luke shouted as he held the older man back. The blond started to struggle against his captor, yet Luke wasn't giving him any chance to escape.

"Luke?!" Tear asked in surprise as she noticed the redhead. Largo quickly pulled his scythe back for an attack.

"Don't forget about me!" Largo said as he was about to swing his weapon, only to move his head to the side as an arrow flew at him.

"Oh, no you don't." Natalia replied as she nocked another arrow, Largo let out a laugh as he stared her down.

"Not bad, princess!" Largo repeated his earlier complement.

Guy was desperately struggling against Luke,who was starting to lose strength.

"Dammit, snap out of it!" Luke yelled out as he felt his grip slipping. It fell on deaf ears as Guy broke free of the redhead's grip and rushed Asch. Asch raised his sword in defence as the blue eyed male brought his blade down towards him.

Their blades locked in a clash of steel as they desperately tried to push each other back. But at that moment an earthquake struck the forest. As the ground shook Tear noticed something in one of the trees.

"Natalia, up there!" Tear yelled as she pointed to the tree with her staff. Natalia quickly took aim at the tree and fired her arrow. The arrow hit its mark and the mask wearing god-general fell from the tree.

The curse slot on Guy's arm suddenly flared up as Guy started to fall forward. Asch easily pushed him backwards and turned his attention to the god-generals as Luke caught the blond.

"The earthquake gave me away." Sync cursed as he got on one knee.

"Are you after the fon master?" Asch asked as he pointed his blade at them.

"Who's ordering you? Grand Maestro Mohs? The Commandant?" Anise asked her own questions.

"Either way, it's the same. We need Fon Master Ion." Largo answered them both.

"We thought he'd perished along with Akzeriuth," Sync spoke up. "but I guess he's tougher than the town."

"How dare you speak so shamelessly!" Natalia barked out. "You destroyed an entire city!"

"Don't accuse us." Sync replied as if he was speaking to a child. "The one who destroyed Akzeriuth was that replica there."

"Because I didn't happen to know that the commandant was a friggin psychopath." Luke spoke up as he drew his revolver and pointed it at Sync.

"What's going on here?!" A Malkuth soldier demanded to know as he ran into the forest with a company of other soldiers.

"Largo, we're retreating for now!" Sync quickly spoke up.

"I guess we have no choice…" Largo agreed. They both turned to run, only to be stopped when they saw Luke in front of them.

"What?" Largo muttered as he pulled his scythe back.

"How?" Sync asked quietly as he looked to where the replica was before.

"Leaving so soon?" Luke asked as he pointed his revolver at them. "We haven't gotten to the part where we kick your asses again."

Largo quickly swung his scythe at Luke, who quickly jumped back to avoid the curved steel. As soon as he landed he dodged to the right as a Thunder Blade hit the ground next to him. He quickly recovered from his dodge only to realize that they had ran past him. He was about to give chase, but then remembered why he was there in the first place.

"Who the hell are you people?!" The Malkuth soldier asked as he arrived with his company.

"We spotted some suspicious figures while waiting for Colonel Curtis." Tear explained. "We pursued them here."

"You mean the people who just ran away?" The soldier asked. Tear nodded the affirmative.

"They're soldiers of the Oracle Knights. They wounded one of our companions." She continued.

"But you have Oracle Knights in your group as well." The man replied suspiciously.

"Arrest them." He told his troops a moment later. Luke grit his teeth as he picked up Guy and placed the older man's arm around himself.

"As much as I hate the fact that you believe I'm one of them." Luke spoke up to the knights. "This man needs medical attention, so I won't resist." As he gestured to the man on his shoulder with his head. The soldier nodded at the boy's cooperation and gestured at the other soldiers behind him to grab Guy.

"It's the best course of action." Tear remarked. The others followed suit. They made their way out of the forest and started the trek to the Malkuth capital. As the soldiers had surrounded them to ensure they wouldn't fight back, they started to make small talk amongst themselves.

Tear did not join in with the conversations of the others. She instead went towards the one who was a fair bit ahead of them.

Luke was lost in thought about what had transpired with Guy. He knew that the curse slot would cause some type of problems, he just didn't see this coming.

'What could this mean?' He thought as he walked down the dirt path. 'Could it have been complete control over Guy or…' He was taken out of his musings as his name was called.

"Hmm?" He hummed as he turned his head slightly to the side to notice the brunette next to him.

"I wanted to know, why are you here?" Tear asked him. Although she did want to know his reasons for being there, she had another motive.

After he had left them, she spent sometime thinking about what he had said and her conversation with Guy. She realized how badly things had become and wanted to make it up to him.

That and she didn't want him to use his powers for anything bad.

"I guess you could say that I was worried…" Luke replied.

"About us?"

"No about Ion." Luke said as he put his arms behind his head. "I can't let that kid out my sight for ten minutes or he gets kidnapped." Tear was about to ask what he meant, but then stopped to think about it.

When they first met Ion he was in the Cheagle Woods, alone.

On the Tartarus he was taken captive by the god-generals.

When they got to Baticul he was taken by the Oracle Knights.

And then he was imprisoned in Daath with Natalia.

'Now that I think about it, Luke was the one who usually ran head first to get Ion.' She realized. It was strange, Luke sometimes did a better job of protecting Ion than Anise.

"Is that all?" Tear asked. When Luke nodded his head in the negative, She felt another question pop into her mind.

"Then why haven't you gone home?" She asked confused. At this Luke looked directly at her and turned his head forward again.

"I wanna know what's happening to Guy." He said after a few moments silence. Tear was stunned by this tidbit of information.

"Why?" Last she heard he hated them, or at least disliked them. Luke seemed to consider his answer for a few seconds before responding.

"Guy was my best friend, there is no denying that." Luke started. "And I owe him a lot, ya know?" Tear noded her understanding. It was kind of like her and Van. Although Van was doing something that could destroy the world.

He was still her brother.

"So I want to know what that was about. Was he being controlled?" He paused and looked down. "Or was it something else?"

"I see." Tear replied.

"So I was wondering something." Luke started again. "Legretta was your instructor right?"

"Yes." She said with a nod, yet she couldn't understand the change in topic.

"Well, since I fought her before, I was wondering if you could tell me more about her." Luke explained. Tear could see the logic behind his reasoning.

"Yes, Major Legretta did say the best way to defeat an opponent is to know them first." Tear had to admit, she was kind of impressed by his thinking.

It showed he was growing up.

Luke had to struggle not to smirk as he steered the conversation away from himself.

He knew that if he wanted to get Legretta to like him, he would need to learn more about her.

And who better to tell him then her own student.

Fatal-Fame here and wow I am late.

I'm so sorry, but with the job I had taken had shit hours.

Like up at six get back by nine hours.

So anyway I am no longer working so that means I can spend more time writing.

I have come up with a new idea for a crossover fic though.

Tales of the Abyss and Persona 3 or 4.

The persona 3 one involves him in the month after the first battle with Van as I feel that's when he would be most likely to put an evoker to his head.

The persona 4 one is that he goes to their world and lives there for a couple of years. He then gets sent to Inaba to live with his adoptive uncle or aunt.

Both will have OC's and Have Luke slowly move out of character.

Tell me which one you'd want to see more and I might do a sample.

Till then, I'm out.

Peace.