I LOVE HUNTED!

-Zena Airale


I'm on the top of the building and it's then that I see a tank.

I sense my son is in there.

My body acts against me.

The evil side of me activates my element.

I watch in horror as the Colossi is on the verge of stepping on the tank that my son is in.

MY SON!

My heart clenches.

'What am I doing?!' I think to myself, 'This isn't me... THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!'

I would never do such a thing!

'Dad, please... Don't do this... This isn't you!' It's Lloyd. He's telepathically communicating to me.

My heart clenches even more.

'I know...' I say back to him. 'I can't help it... You must leave... PLEASE! I DON'T want to hurt you!'

I hear a faint scream in the distance as my foot crushes the tank.

The internal pain is overwhelming me...

This could be the end for him...

The end...

Wait...

Lloyd...

No...

NOOOOOOO!

I cannot take this any longer.

I cry out and the good side of me overpowers for just a moment.

I release my grip enough for the resistance to escape my grasp.

'Stay strong...' I telepathically beg to my son as the vehicle drives away.

'I will... I love you so much, Dad...'

'I love you too, Lloyd...'

"Son..." my two sides murmur in unison.

I glance back seeing Killow holding Samurai X and the other resistance members captive.

I'm not feeling it.

I run.

I need to get away.

I need to process this...

I ALMOST killed my own son!

Memories flood my mind.

His birth.

The time when I first saved him from the volcano.

Our argument on the Bounty. My departure only hours later.

All the events leading up to the final battle.

Our reunion. The times we spent as a family.

The nindroid incident.

The tournament. My banishment to the Cursed Realm.

The last time I saw him before I died.

My resurrection. The battle in Kryptarium... "My" words of disownment...

"My" reign of terror.

And now this.