Mez: I fear death, for it'll come on swift wings. (mainly for the part in the last chapter and…ALL of this chapter!)

Jana: I don't fear death because it shall come to us all…plus I'm wearing a Cruix Crystal, so I can't die.

We don't own Tales of Symphonia!


From the shadowed corner of the room, a witness had remained silent, until now.

"Mithos, what have you done with my friend?"

Lloyd turned round, and smirked. "Friend? It has been a long time since you've called anyone a friend, Yuan."

"Why does that mater, Mithos?" Yuan cried out bringing his Swallow blade up to his side.

"Please call me by my new name, Yuan. And you may be spared." Lloyd sounded as if he was completely in control.

"What name? Murderer? Looney? Pray tell me when I come to the correct name."

"No, Yuan. My name is not to be mixed with any of those words." Lloyd said unpleasantly.

"After what you just did to Kratos? You are crazy!" Yuan shouted down at Lloyd.

"Look at him." Lloyd said quietly, holding his old friend/ father by the hair. He picked the unconscious mercenary up to head height. Kratos' broken wings limply trailed behind him. Blood flowed from the broken areas of his turquoise wings.

"You! How could you do this to him? It's...disgusting, Mithos!" Shouted Yuan.

"Yuan, what's going on?" The group came running towards Yuan.

"Oh my." Raine breathed as she saw Lloyd but nearly cried as she saw the unconscious, bloody mercenary, but the figure that stood holding him up had once been a friend and his son.

"Is that what happened to Lloyd when the summon spirits entered his body?" Sheena looked horrified at the once noble swordsman. He had become contaminated with Mithos' soul. He was a mix between an older Lloyd and Yggdrasil.

Colette was on her knees crying.

"Why do you cry, failed chosen?" The merciless Lloyd asked in his mocking tone.

"You have no right to speak to her!" Zelos ran beside Colette glaring at Lloyd.

"Why not? Both of you are but failed chosens!" Laughed Lloyd, dropping Kratos.

Yuan jumped down from the balcony that he, Sheena, Raine and Genis were standing on.

Lloyd charged at Zelos and Colette but Yuan got in the way. He tried to hit Lloyd's sword out of his hand but missed and the sword went right through Yuan's arm.

"Yuan!" Zelos shouted, drawing his sword and running at Lloyd. He hit Lloyd away and defended Yuan.

"Yuan, you hurt yourself to save us." Colette sounded shocked at the Renegade leader.

"Can someone help me take this sword out of my arm?" He asked clenching his teeth through the pain.

"I will." Lloyd ran passed and ripped the sword out of Yuan's arm. The blood came gushing out of his wound. He fell to the floor grasping his arm.

"Let's go." Jade flew in on her dragon Azguard.

Lloyd picked up Kratos, pulled out his wings and flew after the dragon.

Tower of Mana

Jade and Lloyd landed at the top of the Tower of Mana.

"So, friend, what are you going to do with him now?" Jade pointed at Kratos.

"Lock him away. Have you got anything we could use?" Lloyd asked her.

"Let me look." Jade emptied the contents of her bag. "Thumb screws, Hand cuffs, Manacles, a Cat o' Nine tails, a blunt spoon, branding iron and the items for the Chinese water torture and making a rack." Jade finished.

"Why do you carry those things around with you?" Lloyd asked with a little fear in his eyes.

"In case of an emergency." She said cheerfully.

"I'm sorry, old friend." Lloyd Yggdrasil looked at Kratos.

Renegade Base

"Yuan? Are you ok?" Genis was sitting by the bed.

"Where am I?" Yuan was confused. He had woken up in a comfortable bed.

"We are in your base Yuan. You lost alot of blood." Genis explained.

"Where is Kratos? Is he okay?" A look of concern came onto the half-elf's face.

"They took him for some reason." Genis looked sad. "I wish I could kill Mithos. He takes control of Lloyd and then changes him. He then nearly kills Kratos and hurts our feelings by playing with our minds."

"Genis?" Yuan asked after the boy as Genis stormed off.

Tower of Mana

"Is he awake yet Lloyd?" Jade asked.

It had been three days since they had abducted Kratos.

"He should wake up any day now." Lloyd sat outside the cell. He thought for a bit and said, "I hope I didn't kill him."

"What did you say?" Jade looked at Lloyd Yggdrasil.

"…?" Lloyd ran off.

Top of the Tower Of Mana

'I am getting feelings from him. This is not supposed to happen,' Mithos thought.

"Come forth Lloyd Aurion." Lloyd Yggdrasil summoned the red clad swordsman to him.

"Master Mithos." Lloyd Aurion said in a voice that had no emotions to it.

In his eyes Mithos could see the burning hatred. But soon all of his emotions would be gone. Leaving a warrior for Mithos to control. No sadness, no joy, no hatred, no love, no regret, and no pity.

"Lloyd, tell me. What are these emotions that you have given me?"

"Emotions sir?" The anger emanating from Lloyd was strong enough to unsettle Lloyd Yggdrasil.

"I felt pity for…" Lloyd Yggdrasil trailed off.

"For who, master?" Lloyd Aurion asked.

"It doesn't matter, Lloyd. Tell me, whom did you love when you were on the journey of regeneration with the chosen?"

"Love? I…I…I can't remember what love is master Mithos." He looked up at Yggdrasil and said, "But I also feel no pity, no…no need to remorse for past crimes."

"I think he's coming to, Lloyd Yggdrasil." Came Jade's voice. "Sleep, Lloyd." Ordered Yggdrasil. Lloyd Aurion returned into Lloyd Yggdrasil. Tower of Mana

Kratos woke up, still feeling the excruciating pain from three days ago. Jade regarded him with a nasty glint in her eyes. Kratos kept his gaze away from Lloyd, which was a shame, because if he had seen Lloyd's current state, he would have recognised an expression which used to be all too common on his face; confliction.

Lloyd was being especially careful not to look at Kratos, in case he found himself unable to do this. Today was the first day of torture. Jade had requested a personal favourite, the cat o' nine tails.

"Do you want the first swing, Lloyd?" She said with a malevolent smirk.

"He needs to be moved. We can't get blood in here." Lloyd tried to sidetrack the bloodthirsty girl.

"Fine." Jade was hugging her whip. She summoned two skeleton dancers, the elite from the underworld. They were to escort Kratos to a room that had been prepared for him.

The hugging-whip behaviour had freaked out Lloyd. He deliberately waited five minutes before going to Kratos' torture room, so he was sure he'd be late.

As he climbed up the stairs, he heard the sound of screaming. It could only be one person. He shuddered, took a deep breath, and continued up the stairs.

He still felt conflicted. A small part of him wanted to stop this all from happening, while most of him wanted to keep going. That small part of him argued that it was the right thing to do, and the rest of him had no argument. He was torn up inside.

He reached the room. Jade had been working for the past five minutes, but already Kratos' back was bloody.

Jade silently offered the whip to Lloyd. He took it in silence, ignoring the scream that travelled through his consciousness. Lloyd faced Kratos' back.

Me meant to swing the whip as hard as he could, but the good part of him was pushing the whip upwards. Still, the whip hit, and Lloyd found the strength of his good part diminishing.

He hit again, faster, and the good part shrank again.

He hit again and again - now getting howls of anguish from Kratos – until the good part was almost gone. Lloyd found himself enjoying the torment of Kratos. The smell of blood, the sight of fearful trembling, the shriek of agony, the feeling of utmost control.


Mez: I know that EVERYONE will be united in hunting down and murdering us, so I'll save you the bother and give you an address.

123 Fake Street,

Fugitive Road,

Hideout City,

Lemmingshire.

Mez: I take full responsibility for the whipping scene, but Jana takes responsibility for the idea of getting Kratos (poor Kratos!) tortured and for everything else in the last 2 or 3 chapters.

P.S

If you hadn't guessed, Jana and I are actually Kratos fangirls! Jana just has a weird way of showing it (they either a) turn evil or b) suffer immensely) and I just come up with some really gory idea's if motivated.