Me: Phwew! Chapter two, yeah!
Lloyd: What are you going to murder this chapter?
Me: Heh, lemme just say, Kratos fans, beware!
Lloyd: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO MY DAD?!
Me: Does EVERYONE want me to give spoilers? Geez!
En: Write the story!
Me: MEEEEEP! What is it with you all?!
En: It's called Smarties, Myra. NOW WRITE!!!
Me: T.T I am beginning to understand how Doopliss feels…
Doopliss: Meep… MEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!
Me: Hey, why don't you just copy someone else?
Doopliss: …(Slaps forehead)
Me: Why didn't I think of that when you were a Meepit in the beginning…?
Rayman: Geez, that was smart… Myra owns nothing.
-Chapter Two: Kratos and Gades-
"Lloyd, wait! Wait!!" Ibla yelled as he panted through the Tower of Death. "I forgot to give you a very important thing. The Ancient Text of 'Drive'!"
"Oh, alright! Just hurry up with the explanation!" Lloyd snapped. He was trying to catch up to someone who he saw rushing up the tower.
"You need the required S.F. to learn the Ancient Text." Cue long and boring speech from Ibla. Lloyd fell asleep halfway through the lesson, but Colette snapped her fingers in front of his face to wake him up. "Did you get a grasp on the S.F. and positioning?"
"Huh? Oh, uh yeah." Lloyd looked over his shoulder. That man was probably all the way up the Tower of Death by now…
"Then I'll show you how to raise the S.F." Cue another long and boring speech by Ibla. Lloyd fell asleep the moment he started. Colette tried to wake him up, but by the time he did wake up, Ibla's speech was over. "Go, Lloyd. The adventure is waiting for you!" And with that, Ibla left. Lloyd sighed and began his long trek up the Tower. He came across a lot of monsters and beat all of the ones that attacked him. After a while, he came to a room that had a healing pad. He went through a pair of doors into a larger room. There was an elevated platform, and the man from earlier was at the top. Lloyd rushed over to him and gasped. It was Kratos.
"He's not here…" Kratos mumbled. There was a flash of light, and the blue-clad man appeared. "You!" Kratos spat.
"Dad? Is that you?" Lloyd asked blankly.
"This is not the time for reunions." Kratos growled.
"I never thought mere humans could come all the way up here." The man sounded amused.
"Who are you?!" Lloyd asked.
"Be careful, Lloyd. This guy… He's strong." Colette shivered.
"Ha ha ha ha! That girl knows better." The man chuckled. "I am Gades, Sinistral of Destruction."
"Sinistral of Destruction?" Lloyd gasped. "Then you're the one who destroyed Lamika's house?"
"Oh, that… I wouldn't really call that 'destruction'." Gades crossed his arms. "THIS is what I would call frue destruction!"
"Frue?" Kratos raised an eyebrow.
"Grrrooooooarrr!" Gades shouted as multiple bolts came from the sky. Within seconds, the whole room was destroyed. Kratos, Lloyd, and Colette were all lying on the ground.
"Hmph, that's better." Gades chuckled.
"Ouch…" Colette rubbed her head as she stood up. "Lloyd, are you ok?"
"Ow! What is he, stupid?" Lloyd asked as he stood up. "Destroying his own place?!" Lloyd turned to Gades. "Since you are the Sinistral of Destruction, did you destroy your own mind as well?!"
"I have never been so insulted in my entire existence." Gades growled. "Very well. I will destroy every cell in your body and reduce you to nothing!"
"Trying to be a tough guy?" Lloyd crossed his arms. "You idiot. Shut up and fight!"
"Now I'll finish you!!!" Gades roared.
"Stupid! Why are you making him angrier?!" Colette hissed.
"I'm gonna defeat him anyway!" Lloyd smirked cockily. "Let's go, Colette!"
Lloyd drew his sword and felt energy rushing through him. This might be a good time to test out that 'Drive' thing. Lloyd thought. He readied his dagger as Colette began to chant a spell. Kratos was chanting as well. Lloyd rushed up to Gades and yelled "Drive!" He slashed Gades, but it barely scratched his armor. Colette cast a light spell, but still barely did any damage. Kratos used Fireball, which had a little more effect, but not much.
"…Is that all you've got?" Gades chuckled as they went in for another attack. Still, it barely made him tickle.
"Let's get it over with…" Gades began to chant as Lloyd slashed him with another 'Drive'. Colette ran out of magic, so she attacked normally. Kratos did the same.
"Spiritual Force of Destruction…" Gades sighed. Energy filled him. As Lloyd and the others attacked, it did even less. What's going on?! Lloyd thought. But he was immediately hit by something. Gades had struck him, and he fell to the floor.
"LLOYD!" Colette cried. But then, she was hit by something else. It was Gades, and he had completely beaten them.
"Damn, he's really strong!" Lloyd muttered as he tried to stand up.
"Well, you should have never said stuff like that!" Colette crossed her arms. They were both weak, barely able to stand up. "What are we going to do?!"
"Well if you can't beat 'em, RUN!" Lloyd shouted.
"Smart decision!" Colette nodded. The two ran off, along with Kratos.
"What a funny boy." Gades chuckled. "I suppose times have changed since then… I will not destroy him quite yet. I will allow him to entertain me a while longer."
"Owwww…" Lloyd mumbled as they ran down the hallway. "I didn't think he was that strong."
"Me too. I thought we were finished." Colette sighed. They reached the stairs and stopped running.
"Perhaps you two should have been more careful." Kratos crossed his arms. "Especially in the presence of someone who destroyed a house in the blink of an eye."
"But I guess even a Sinistral can be 'human'." Lloyd shrugged.
"Why's that?" Colette tilted her head.
"He got mad when I provoked him. I thought a Sinistral would be above that…" Lloyd mumbled.
"But he's still way to strong." Colette stated frankly.
"Well, yeah but… I feel I can defeat him if we get a little bit stronger." Lloyd nodded.
"I suppose. There is no enemy that can withstand a stronger force." Kratos agreed.
"Hmm… You could be right…" Colette pondered.
"Well, we can't do anything alone." Lloyd crossed his arms.
"You're right. We need more people to fight with us." Colette nodded.
"Well, then Patos village is no good anymore." Lloyd grumbled. "We'll have to move on."
"Yes, we should." Colette agreed.
"Lloyd, you should probably heal yourself before going back down the Tower." Kratos pointed out.
"But how are we going to do that? Colette's out of magic." Lloyd grumbled.
"There's a healing pad over there. It will replenish magic and strength." Kratos stated.
"Alright, thanks." Lloyd smiled. He walked over to the pad and felt as good as new. "Ah… That's better. Well, let's get going." Lloyd headed down the stairs and out the Tower.
Me: And now, it's time for randomness!
Rayman: Uh-oh. What is it this time?
Me: Thomas Jefferson and Henry Ford were having a good time listening to Franklin Roosevelt's Fireside chat… WHEN THE JAMESTOWN COLONISTS ATTACKED!!!
Rayman: …You just screwed up the whole American history in two sentences.
Me: I know. First someone was talking about Valley Forge, I thought they said Henry Ford, and well, it escalated from there.
Rayman: …Are you failing history or something?
Me: No. But you're failing Symphonian history.
Rayman: Hey, I never lived there.
Me: And you never asked to play the game… why?
Rayman: …Whatever.
Me: Anyways, time for SSBM! Who's with me?
Lloyd: What's that?
Me: Super Smash Bros.! It's AWESOME!
Lloyd: Ok, I'm in!
En: Me too. I'll beat you all!
Me: Not if I can help it! (runs off to start the GCN)
Kratos: Oh no… Great. Myra, Doopliss, Lloyd, AND Enigma are all playing with that stupid metal box…
Rayman: Hey, you came from that stupid metal box.
Kratos: I did…?
