".....hmmm." Lindsay muttered.

"That could actually narrow things down a bit." he told her.

"There's not a lot of people that I don't wish to see." he admitted.

"But I have a guess as to who it ISN'T." he went on.

"Mostly because I don't see us meeting under such circumstances." he added with a light chuckle.

It was at that point, Ash stepped into the room.

"Ashley'll be up in a few minutes." he told them.

"So they'll be here... well, any minute?" he asked Hollie.

Just as Hollie said what she did, there was a small whirlwind in the centre of the room.

"Speak of the devil." Ash chuckled.

But, as Vincent and the other figure formed, both Ash and Lindsay froze.

"......I...." Lindsay stammered.

"Ok, I didn't mean it quite THAT literally." Ash muttered, seeing who was there.

"And it seems my guess would have been wrong." Lindsay said quietly.

Lindsay was silent for a moment, but Ash noticed his hands balling into fists.

"Woah, woah, woah!" he exclaimed, racing over and placing his hands on his brother's shoulders.

"All right, all right, take a few breaths, bro." he told him.

"You keep talking about zen and pacifism, come on, now's the time, more than ever, to put that into practice." he said further.

'...ohhhhhh crap.' he then thought.

'I was afraid this day might come.'

Ash looked over towards Ashley, before looking back at Lindsay.

"Damn it, Lindsay, calm down." he said.

"Losing it here will NOT help anyone." he went on.

"......" he was then silent, before sighing, and taking a step back, rolling his shoulders.

"Or lose it on ME." he muttered.

"I hadn't quite expected THIS sort of reaction from the boys." Vincent admitted.

A split-second later, Lindsay's attitude seemed to change.

He immediately seemed to lose the anger within him, as his hands relaxed. He then sat back, sighing quietly.

"...woah." Ash muttered.

"All right, THAT works..." he said.

"I hate it, but it works." he commented.

"Implanted the phrase in his mind, did you?" Vincent asked Vanessa.

"The Order?" Ash asked.

"As in, the one that Leo works for?" he asked further.

"Indeed." Vincent responded.

"And if the Order collapses, then it's only a matter of time before the lack of restful REM sleep begins to wreak havoc with living things." he continued.

"........mm." Lindsay mumbled.

"How did it get compromised in the first place?" he asked.

"Or, I suppose, how do you even know about this?" he then clarified, asking Vanessa.

There was silence from the group, before Lindsay sighed.

"Hmm." he mumbled.

"Then we need to find the source of the problem, and solve it." he said.

"But getting there will be an issue." Ash commented.

"Well, her follower managed to." Lindsay reasoned.

"Something tells me there were special circumstances." Vincent then said.

"If Vanessa were able to recreate it, she probably wouldn't have needed to come to us." he went on.

"I get the feeling this follower may have drained an alarming amount of resources to get it done. And now Vanessa literally does not have enough left to fix this." he added.

Again, there was silence, before Vincent pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Quality help you have there, Vanessa." he said.

"Well, why don't we just contact one of the Order members we know?" Ash suggested.

"Well, Syraene appears to be unreachable, considering Vanessa told me she's been unable to contact her." Vincent replied.

"....hm." Lindsay mumbled again.

"Well, maybe she's gone back to being Serenity." he offered as an explanation.

"It'd be best if we contact Kalin and/or Rene, as well as Nakia, to see if Miss Syraene and Leo are all right, respectively." he added.

"I will contact Nakia." Vincent said.

"I'll call Kalin." Ash offered.

With that, he was the first to whip out his cell phone, and dialled Kalin's number.

"Hey, Kalin?" he said when she answered.

"Question. Is... Serenity there?" he asked.

"As in, is Serenity actually Serenity at the moment?"

"Ah, she is? Good... good." Ash responded.

"That's a relief." Vincent muttered from where he was.

"...we may need to speak with her." Ash then said to Kalin.

"Has she mentioned anything... odd? Like, about the Order?" he asked her.

"Because... we need to talk to her about the Order, and what's happening to it right now." he continued.

"Is she... like, available to speak to, at the moment?"