Ch. 2: Invasion and Capture

SilverMoon888: Yo dudes! Watz up?
Lloyd: Shut up..you're not gangster.
Zelos: Yeah! Cause I am the only one who can be gangster, yo!
Me:...O.o
Lloyd: Okay, Zelos. How much have you had to drink tonight?
Zelos: Um...four..maybe five...
Lloyd: Four or five what?
Me: Disclaimer...O.o
Zelos: Yo! SilverMoon does not own ToS or Namco, dawg!
Me: Onto le story!

Lloyd's age: 15

Lloyd slowly walked down the stairs while playing the dream over in his head. What he didn't notice was that his foster father was at the end of the stairway, talking with someone. He rammed into his dad's back and took one step back, having broken out of his daze. "Watch where ye going boy. We have a guest." Dirk said while still facing the man. Lloyd gasped when he saw him.

"Who is he?" He asked in a whisper.

"I am Kratos Aurion. I have come to look for a job, for I am a mercenary." The man said in a deep, almost calming voice that was all too familiar to Lloyd.

"O-okay..." Lloyd said as he brought his hand up to rub the back of his neck like he always did when he was nervous. He turned around and walked back up the stairs to wait until the man was gone.

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After thirty minutes (Lloyd had counted) he heard the downstairs door shut. Glancing through a crack in his door, he saw his dad working in the forge, so he decided to go onto the terrace. Sliding the door open and walking onto the cool wooden floor of the terrace, Lloyd felt the cool fall wind blow against his face. All the smells of fall reached his nose first. The smell of burning leaves, pumpkins, and wet ground. He felt a chill run up his spine and decided he was cold.

Lloyd walked back into his room and slid the terrace door shut. He felt his stomach rumble and decided to go downstairs and get something to eat.

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The following morning, Lloyd had to go to school. Hearing the morning bell ring, Lloyd ran into the classroom and slid into his seat, hoping that Raine didn't notice. Unfortunately for him, she did. "Lloyd Irving! If you are late one more time for my class, I swear I will give you detention for 4 days!" The teacher shouted with an annoyed look.

"..I'm sorry..." Not Lloyd added in his head. He walked gloomily over to his seat and plopped down. Glancing up at the clock, he noticed he was 20 minutes late for class. He sighed and decided to ignore the lesson again, and stare dreamily out the window.

Flashback

"Daddy!" A three year old Lloyd shouted happily to his 'giant' father. "Pick me up!" His father sighed, he was never good with children.

"Okay, Lloyd." The father crouched down to pick up the boy when he heard his wife scream. Snapping his head up, he saw her being attacked by wolves. "Hold on a second." He ran over to her and pulled out his sword. Almost immediately the wolf charged with its fangs bared.

"Kratos!" The wife shouted in shock and fear.

"Its alright, protect Lloyd." Kratos said while fending off another charge from the wolf. By now, a pack had started to form. Kratos cursed silently to himself and swung his blade up into the air and slamming it back down shouting, "Fierce Demon Fang!"
As he did so. He heard Lloyd say something behind him but couldn't turn around to see what was going on.

"Get away fwom mommy!" The three-year-old shouted with a glare. He picked up a stick and chucked it as hard as he could at the wolf in front of him. It ended up hitting it in the eye. "Take that Mr. Bad Wolfy!"

"Good job, Lloyd." His mom said behind him with a sigh of relief. Lloyd felt arms rap themselves around him and pull him into a hug. He snuggled into it and started to fall asleep when he felt the person stand up. Glancing up, he saw his father.

"We weaving this awea?" Lloyd said with big brown eyes.

"Yes, yes we are Lloyd." Kratos sighed, they moved so much, sometimes too much. "One more thing."

"What?" Lloyd asked.

"Don't you ever do that again young man. You scared your mother half to death." Kratos scolded. But he wasn't too harsh. Lloyd nodded and drifted off into a peaceful sleep in his father's arms.

Out of Flashback

"Lloyd Irving, wake up!" (A/N: Whoops..XD I didn't mean for it to sound like the game!) Lloyd's teacher, Raine, shouted as she hit him with an chalkboard eraser.

"Ow!" Lloyd said while rubbing his wounded head. "Well excuse me if your class is so bor...." He cut off in mid sentence, then continued "ing?" He got up out of his chair and started to back away from the approaching teacher when an explosion was heard outside. The whole class gasped and stared out the windows in shock.

"Everyone stay here. " Raine commanded. "I will go check what's going on." She grabbed the staff that she kept hidden under her desk and ran outside. Lloyd stood up and grabbed for his wooden swords that were propped up against the wall.

"Lloyd! You heard what she said! We're supposed to stay here!" Genis, one of Lloyd's friends, said.

"I know, but aren't you anxious too?" Lloyd asked. Not wanting to wait for an answer, he strapped on his swords and ran out of the room.

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Once outside, Lloyd saw the full force of what was going on outside. Bandits, a large group of them, were invading the village. Small house fires were going on and people were trying to defend themselves. Then, he saw a flash of purple and auburn. Realizing it was the mercenary from earlier, the one that look so much like the man from his dreams, he decided to chase after him to see what was going on.

Once he found him, he shouted to him. "Hey!" The man turned his direction and his eyes widened. Suddenly, he charged at Lloyd. Sword out and in position to attack. "What..what the?!"

"Move!" The man shouted and continued charging in Lloyd's direction. Lloyd took heed to his words and dived out of the way. He heard the sound of a sword cutting through flesh and a body falling to the ground. He looked up to see that there just happened to be a bandit behind him.

"Oh...thanks..." He muttered, almost speechless.

"You shouldn't let your guard down, unless you actually want to die." The man said coolly. He extended a hand down to Lloyd.

"Who...are you?" Lloyd asked while taking the mans hand.

"Kratos Aurion. A mercenary." Kratos said while helping him up with a grunt. He heard Lloyd gasp and glanced at him. "And who are you?"

"Um..Lloyd-" But he was cut off by a sudden scream.

"It seems that we have no time to talk. Lets go." Kratos took off in the direction of the scream and Lloyd bolted after him. Everything going by in a daze.

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They reached the source of the scream to find a women with her husband and son trapped by three bandits. The scary thing was, to Lloyd, was that the women looked like Anna, and the husband and son looked like Lloyd and Kratos. Lloyd ran up behind Kratos to find him frozen in shock. "Kratos..are you okay?" Lloyd asked while putting a hand on Kratos' shoulder.

"A-anna....Lloyd...." Kratos muttered in a whisper-like voice. Lloyd's eyes widened when heard this.

"Kratos..." He whispered, poking Kratos' head while trying to take control of his own mind, "Wake up." Getting no response with the man, he slapped him lightly.

"What?" Kratos asked, coming out of his daze. Lloyd pointed to the family currently in distress and Kratos realized what he meant. "Alright." He quickly came up with a plan and told it to Lloyd. Now, Lloyd wasn't the best at remembering things, but he could remember this, he hoped.

"Go!" Lloyd shouted and charged at one of the three bandits. He slashed one of his blades up the bandits torso meanwhile the other blade slashed down the torso. Kratos, on the other hand, quickly dispatched the bandit he was fighting and moved on to the next one.

"Lloyd. Watch out behind you!" Kratos shouted as he dispatched the newer bandit.

"Right." Lloyd said as he dashed to one side, swiftly dodging the blade behind him. Another bandit had just arrived and a crowd had also started to gather. Lloyd brought his leg up behind him and kicked the man towards Kratos, who was waiting for another challenge. Meanwhile, Lloyd went back to the other bandit. "You're going down." He said tauntingly.

"Oh really?" The bandit sneered. Lloyd felt something hit him right in the back of the neck, and then everything went black.

"Lloyd!" Kratos shouted as he watched the teen fall.

Flashback

Three year old Lloyd sat quietly at the campfire, awaiting his fathers return from scouting the area. Anna, his mother, was tending to the fire and keeping it alive.

"Mwommy?" Lloyd asked quietly.

"Yes Lloyd?" His mother responded.

"Wheres Daddy?"

"He's out scouting, hunny." She said while patting his back gently. "Don't worry, he's fine." Just then, a rustle of the bushes caught their attention. They both glanced up to see Kratos walk out of the forest that surrounded them.

"Daddy!" Lloyd shouted with glee and ran up to Kratos, jumping into his arms. "Welcome back!" Kratos smiled down at the boy in his arms and ruffled his hair.

Out of Flashback

Lloyd woke up with start and sat up in the completely uncomfortable bed he was lying in. Glancing around, he saw the room was mostly like a cell, except for the added blanket and pillow to the bed he was on. He heard footsteps and went laid back down while pretending to be asleep.

"Hey kid." It was one of the bandits voices from earlier, Lloyd realized. "We know you're awake, get up." Lloyd obeyed and sat up, glaring at the men outside of the cell.

"What do you want?" He said as calmly as possible at the moment.

"Our leader wishes to speak with you." The bandit said while pulling out the keys and a pair of handcuffs.

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Me: Whee! Its finally done! It took two days to type!
Lloyd: You realize that's not a lot, right?
Me: Shut up Lloyd. So Zelos, are you sober yet?
Zelos: Whats it to you, dawg?
Me: Um..okay...Btw peoples! It was longer this time! Did you notice?
Lloyd: Pretty sure they didn't. -laughs-
Me: I told you to shut up. -glares-
Zelos: Review or get shot and killed by me, yo!
Me: -sighs- By the way..word count was...-dramatic music- 2, 091!! YEAH!!
Lloyd: Good for you. -scoffs-
Me: SHUT UP! -slaps-