[center][b]Will O' the Piper[/b][/center] Charles felt himself getting sluggish, and tried to pull himself away from the spell. He managed to crawl his way back into his own mind, breaking the link. To the child he freed, he spoke in broken Shiman. "Safe now. Go home. Stay awake." Before turning to Sigmund. "These children are under a spell." He said, standing up. "I managed to drown it out on one of them, but the other two are far too gone. I think it works on their primal instincts, their desire to be loved, which means the younger they are, the more effective it is. It even started effecting me, so I had to pull out." He closed his eyes, calling up Sophia's power. As he unbuttoned his shirt, taking it off and setting it aside, the tattoos on his chest became evident. Once he opened his eyes again, the crimson glow was evident in the darkness. "Follow them on foot." He said, grabbing a pair of knives chained together from mid air, "I'll take the high ground as much as I can. I'll let you know if I see anything." With that he Jumped up and grabbed the ledge of a low roof, climbing onto it for a better vantage point.