Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the Dark Age
Disclaimer: This is my own take if these two worlds somehow crossed and it was a more darker environment; opposed to the happy-go-lucky child's version we were given. Welcome to my version of a nice crossover tale, filled with adventure, love and death.
-Story Begins-
Lloyd groaned as he reached up to wipe the blood swelling around his eye from trauma damage, it felt warm, fresh blood to add to his already battered body. He did not know how much fight he had left in him. Mithos was proving to the entire party exactly why he was the war hero of the Great War, that sundered worlds so long ago.
The empty room echoed his insane laughter as Mithos floated high above, preparing another attack that Lloyd knew would tear his body apart. He had to react and fast...but Lloyd did not know that such was actually physically possible for him with how much damage he had sustained.
"Mithos!" Lloyd growled as he braced the Material sword, realizing that perhaps there was no other choice. Lloyd focused his entire will into the blade allowing it to shimmer into the Eternal Edge.
It was coming down to this moment.
Colette, Genis, Raine, Sheena, Zelos, Presea and even Regal were laid out on the ground, none of them moving as they laid in a pool of their own blood and Lloyd was not far off from joining them. He had to give this world one last hope before he allowed Mithos to slaughter him as well.
"Just surrender and die!" Mithos screamed in glee.
"You...first." Lloyd hissed as the Material Blade flashed to life, completing the transformation. It was going to be one shot, with all his might behind the blade Lloyd swung the Eternal Edge.
The blade pulsed off raw mana as the particles in the air grew dense with power, the ground itself started to shatter under the energy that the blade was pulsating.
"N-no! You cannot use my own sword against me!" Mithos screamed. "Not this way!"
"Shut the hell up...and...DIE!" Lloyd cussed.
He normally would not have used such a powerful weapon, a weapon he deemed too powerful for him or anyone to be able to justify using. But he threw that to the wind as the sword cut through the very fabrics of air itself as energy lashed out from the sword, creating a wind blade. The wind blade energy flew towards Mithos, the war heroes eyes widened with fear right before the energy from the Eternal Blade cut through his machine effortlessly and the next thing that Mithos saw was the red of his blood spilling over the inside of the chamber, coating the blast shield and controls. A gurgling sound erupted from the machine as his throat filled with blood, choking the insane war hero in an instant.
Lloyd gasped as he crashed to one knee, the sword falling from his hands with a heavy clang, one eye was forcefully closed from the sting of blood, watching up with his good eye, Lloyd saw the hand of Mithos press against the crimson glass and slide down. The brief streak from the falling hand gave Lloyd his final sight of Mithos as the former heroes eyes fill with fear as the started it's downward descent, crashing to the ground in a blood soaked, fiery blaze.
The floor continued to crack and crumble into spider web designs that lightninged out from where Lloyd was kneeling. His eye glanced to the side as he looked to his fallen comrades, slain in their fight for their own ideals. Crawling over slowly he wished to join them so he may die by their side while the battlegrounds continued to crumble, to be consumed in the abyss below.
"You guys..." Lloyd choked out as he dragged himself towards their bodies. He realized then that his left arm was shattered and his legs were numb, his body was telling him that he had pushed it too far this time. "We...we did it..." Lloyd crawled passed Regal, Zelos and Sheena and sat himself beside Colette, looking down at her innocent face, her blonde hair matted with blood as he felt the sting of tears enter his right eye. "I'm so...sorry...I dragged you into this."
Lloyd slide an arm under her body and pulled it up from the ground as he held her with his one good arm. "I wish...we could start this over...some place new...away from here." Lloyd muttered.
The room rumbled as the ground continued to decay, the edges of the platform falling down to an abyss before he noticed that the wind slash he created had actually cut through the fabric of space, creating a void that started to expand outwards, consuming everything it touched. But this red swordsman did not care as he diverted his attention. He lost everything in this fight and he would soon die as well, at this point it was a welcome mercy blow. But little did he know, the Eternal Sword acknowledged his wish and it started to give a shimmering glow, creating a low hum that filled the air, barely audible from the rumbling of the collapsing platform. The slash that consumed the air first gained a shimmering outline before the space inside flickered and crackled, before flickering to life showing a brand new world, one that was unknown to Sylvarant and Tethe'alla.
Lloyd placed his forehead against Colette's for a moment as he trembled agony, physically, mentally and emotionally. The Eternal Sword gave one more shimmer that made Lloyd and all his comrades give off a sparkling aura that consumed their bodies. A sudden gasp left Colette's lips as she coughed violently, Lloyd's head shot up to look at her to see her coming back to life before his eyes, looking around as the rest of his party members' eyes fluttered open and they all slowly started to push themselves up.
"Wh...what is happening?" Lloyd called out.
He looked to the Eternal Sword and noticed it was reacting, gently pushing Colette to sit in an upright position while he stood to his own feet, amazed he could, feeling a rekindled energy bursting to life within him. Lloyd raced over to pick the sword up.
"Eternal Edge! What are you doing?" Lloyd demanded.
"Lloyd!" Raine yelled suddenly.
The red swordsman turned around to look at the Professor, arching an eyebrow, her eyes were bewildered as she gestured behind him. Lloyd spun around quickly, a snarl on his face, expecting for Mithos to still be alive. The sight that awaited him was not what he expected however, the rift that Lloyd caused with the slash from the Eternal Sword from earlier had started a small vacuum effect. The image in the growing rift showed a world that he did not know.
"What the hell?" Lloyd exclaimed while trying to brace himself as he a vacuum effect as his feet slide across the cracking ground.
"Lloyd! Watch out!" Genis screamed.
Lloyd felt arms loop around his chest as he looked over his shoulder. Sheena had jumped up behind him and held him close. He could feel her trying to leap back, trying to save him the same way she did when Kvar almost roasted him with lightning, but the vacuum was growing substantially stronger and all her efforts to save him...were in vain.
"Crap," Sheena cussed, growling into his ear. "What have you done, Irving?"
"How should I know?" Lloyd frowned as his eyes locked onto the sight before him.
The Eternal Sword ripped itself from Lloyd's grasp, getting sucked into the void. Lloyd felt his feet start to lift off the ground, but yet, he remained in place. Sheena had firmly planted her feet and yanked him down to try and ground the swordsman. She could have just let him go to save herself but she stubbornly held on to the last. Lloyd now felt weightless while being pulled towards the rift, dragging Sheena with him as they both were sucked into the void. The call of their allies behind them filling the air before darkness.
The rest of the party soon felt the vacuum effect, the ground crumbled away as it fell into the abyss...but not them, they got sucked in as well to join Lloyd as they were consumed by the rift and eaten up. The rift came to a close after it was done it's little meal on the entire group.
-Scene Change-
"Oh this is just great," Genis sighed. "We do not have any idea were we are and adding to that, we lost everyone else."
"Be calm. We would all be dead if it had not been for that...rift." Raine glared.
"Cause this is so much better." Genis snapped.
The sound of a smack filled the air as Genis screamed in the slicing second of pain. Raine had her eyes closed as she held her hand in the air for a moment, showing she had just smacked him upside the head.
"Ignorant little brat." She firmly stated.
"Ow...www...Raine, you can be such a-" Genis uttered out of anger.
"Complete that statement...I dare you." Raine threatened, raising her hand a little higher.
Genis hesitated, figuring the best course of action would be to not say anything at all and let Raine think of something.
"Better." Raine huffed as she looked skyward. "From what little we can see of the sky, it is night time. But that does little to help explain where we need to be going." she tapped her bottom lip thoughtfully as her eyes looked from side to side as if determining the next direction they should take.
"And that means what?" Genis questioned.
"Thinking." Raine answered calmly.
"Oh boy..." Genis shook his head sadly.
-Scene Change-
"Where are we?" Colette wondered.
"You got me, angel cutie." Zelos replied as he eyed the distance, not that it would do him much good, they were in the middle of the forest.
"You think Lloyd is alright?" she asked, obviously worried.
"I am sure Bud is just fine...you cannot kill someone like him." Zelos replied with a winked.
Colette gave a comforted smile, taking solace in that fact. Zelos was right, no one could kill Lloyd and many have tried...but all have failed. She would just have to be content and stay with Zelos until they could all be reunited again.
"Boy...this place sure is creepy at night." Zelos noted.
"But I bet during the day it would be such a lovely place for a pick nick." Colette smiled.
"...You sure can be strange sometimes." Zelos enquired as he arched an eyebrow, followed by a chuckle. "But that's why I love you, my little angel." Zelos nodded. "Turn the darkest day into the brightest hope. That's my little Chosen." he laughed.
"Umm...ah...thanks." Colette blushed.
"Anytime my cute little Chosen." Zelos smiled.
"So...how do we get out of here and find the others?" Colette wondered.
"How else would Chosen's find their way?" Zelos boosted.
Colette gave him that innocent, questioning, but somewhat blank expression as her eyes blinked once.
"We take to the skies." Zelos exclaimed proudly as he pointed towards the sky.
Zelos closed his eyes. Even though he did not like expanding his wings out too much, he felt this was a rare occasion to do so. The glowing pair of rainbow shaded, transparent wings flourished from his back.
Colette gave a gasp and then smiled cheerfully, nodding to her male counter-part.
"That is so smart Zelos!" she exclaimed happily.
"Heh heh, smarts and beauty? I'm the total package baby!" Zelos winked once more.
-Scene Change-
"Stay by me, Presea. There is no telling what could be lurking here." Regal muttered.
"Alright." Presea commented easily enough.
"This forest does not look, smell or even feel like any forest I know. There are sounds that are unfamiliar." Regal stated, already observing his surroundings.
"Water." Presea said, turning to face the source.
"Hmm?" Regal turned his head, hearing the same sounds that Presea was hearing. "Sounds like a waterfall, which means it leads to a stream. If we follow the stream, then it is very likely we can find an escape out of here." Regal said as he turned and started to walk. "Come Presea."
Presea nodded and then followed right behind Regal.
-Scene Change-
"Oh this is just great, Irving." Sheena muttered in a whisper.
She continued to mutter to herself while walking around the small clearing, placing an inscribed seal on every tree that she crossed as she looked to the middle of the clearing, where Lloyd was passed out. It probably did not help that they fell to the ground with her crashing on top of him. But being unable to wake him was proving to be a hassle that she almost did not have the patience for. She finished her rounds and then walked to the middle, where she had gathered some loose wood and piled it together. Throwing a Pyre seal into the dry wood, the seal burst in flames and started the fire going nicely. Giving a sigh, she dropped down to a sit beside the man and hugged her knees to her chest.
"The crap I put up with for you, Irving, is astounding." Sheena hissed silently.
"Mmmm.." Lloyd moaned in his sleep.
"...oh shut up." Sheena sighed, she knew what he was probably peacefully dreaming of while passed out: one certain blonde haired bimbo klutz. She did not understand and even more, hated how the young man made her feel. He actually made her heart flutter and she hated that feeling. She hated not controlling how she felt and how this man took all that away from her. Not only that, but he was with Colette and that only served to piss her off even more. Ever since Heimdall, she had fully refused to call him by his first name. Irving would do just fine, she called him that throughout their journey whenever he annoyed her.
Lloyd shifted as he rolled onto his side, closer to Sheena. Only to have her cold eyes glare at him as she placed her hand against his shoulder and shoved him to lay on his back once more, away from her.
"Dream on, Irving." Sheena frowned, while looking in front of her to the crackling flames.
But her eyes did not stay there long as she looked back over to Lloyd, his left eye was still damaged from the fight. She frowned while finding herself reaching over to gently observe the severity of the damage. A sigh escaped her lips, she realized that Lloyd would probably never see out of that eye ever again. The wound would certainly leave a scar as a reminder of the battle against Mithos.
"Oh Irving." Sheena sighed gently.
-Scene Change-
The man stood over the bloody body of a finely dressed gentleman on the floor, dropping the dagger to the ground as it fell into the pool of blood that was expanding from the expired body.
"Rest in peace you son of a bitch." the man chuckled.
"I cannot believe we killed the boss." the standing feline creature stated.
"You all did jack" the man that held the dagger replied.
"Hey now...you would not have even got here, if it hadn't been for Jessie and me." the offended male voice snapped.
"James is right...you owe us, boy." the female hissed in a short tempered manner.
"Let us get this straight...my plan, my organization, it was me who did all the risks...so both of you, no...all three of you shut the hell up." the man growled.
"Tell me to shut up one more time, boy." the female hissed once more.
"I'll tell you.." he shoved the female away from his personal space, only to have the male half of their trio hold her back when her reply was to step forward again, one arm extended back if about to deck the man. He was protecting the man for shoving her because he knew that she would not hold back if he let her go. "whatever I damn well please...Keep yourself in line and our agreement will still remain...So right now we need to." the man stepped forward to face the two as the female calmed down a bit. "Stick...to the plan."
"Tsk, fine." the female growled.
"So we're square then...you take over Team Rocket and our tab with the boss gets wiped clean." the male spoke, calmly.
"Hmhm, indeed...that was our deal...and as a nice little bonus, the three of you earn top spots in the chain of command. This is our story now boys and girls..."
The three of them laughed as they walked out of the room, leaving the slain body of now former leader of Team Rocket, Giovanni, to lay in a pool of his own blood. Giovanni's eyes set to gaze forever upon the ceiling of his finely decorated bedroom.