Jana: I do not own any thing to do with Tales of Symphonia.

Mez: Cheats!!!

Jana: I let her play WarCraft II. I also told her the cheats. (Head in hands) She is addicted! I should have known not to let her play it after her addiction to Diablo and Diablo II.

Mez: Cheats!!!

Jana: Oh god. (Sigh) Put the damn disco cheat on! (Game disco music) That's better.

Lloyd: Here is chapter 11 of Regeneration.

Jana: Good slave.

Mez: (Looks up from WarCraft) He's your slave now?

" Who are you?!" Cruxis cried, confused.

Yuan, exiting his base, ran up to her. "Cruxis!" He shook her.

"Help me," She gasped.

"I'm trying, just tell me what's wrong." He pulled her close to him.

"Get away from me!" She shrieked, her voice sounding younger.

"I'm only trying to help you, Cruxis." Yuan hugged her tighter.

"Not you!" Cruxis pushed Yuan away. She staggered back clutching her head as if in agony.

"You've gone mad!" Stephen shouted rashly.

'Kill him for insulting us…'

"Oh, unholy one, …" Cruxis started to cast.

"Cruxis, stop it! Stop the spell! You'll kill us all!" Yuan shouted in terror.

"…cast thy corrupting darkness upon these pure souls, Go to hell! UNHOLY JUDGMENT!!"

Dark rays of judgment rained from the sky, and where each one touched the ground, jaws of earth sprang from the ground, swallowing up anyone close enough.

Stephen held back the earth part of the attack as best he could, but seeing as it was magic, he couldn't do a lot.

"Run, Uncle Yuan. Unholy Judgment centres in on me… a centre pillar of darkness will hit me! I might be okay but you would probably die if it hit you!" Cruxis attempted to push Yuan away.

"No, I won't go. We won't loose you again, Cruxis. You and Martel gone…that's what caused Mithos to go insane! Listen to me! Cancel the spell and no one will get hurt. We'll look after you again, you remember: everyone looks out for each other. It doesn't matter what happens, we'll stay together." Yuan again pulled Cruxis closer to him.

"I…I'll try. But you should get away…in case it doesn't work." Cruxis had a sad look in her eyes.

"No. I won't leave you." Yuan held on to Cruxis' arm.

Cruxis nodded slightly. She raised her right hand up in the attempt to stop the casting.

"It won't stop!" She cried desperately.

The darkness rained downwards towards Cruxis and Yuan. The attack increased in power with every second from normal earth-bite to something else. As each deadly bolt of corrupting evil hit the base a huge gaping pit of flames would rise up followed by a giant mound of rock that resembled the jaws of a demon the flames burned through holes that made it look like eyes and nostrils. These demonic attacks were slowly advancing towards the caster who was immobilised with the mana being taken from her body to keep this unholy attack going.

"I won't let you get hurt. None of you. It doesn't matter who you are, these are my friends and they won't be harmed by your mind games with me. If I die then you will also die. You who have plagued my mind for so long, you who have driven me to do terrible crimes against those who I held dear, they may never forgive me but I shall make sure it ends…WITH BOTH OF US DIEING!" Cruxis' wings burst out from her back, blood spraying everywhere as the metal tipped wings surrounded Yuan like a shield.

Cruxis still had her hand in the air channelling mana into the attack. A blue mist encircled her arm as a long snake-like black leather whip coiled around her arm; the wolf head grew menacing fangs and a spiky bladed mane appeared on the top to slash anyone who snuck up behind her.

"Cewch i fi cusgu pan mae hun drosto." She spoke in Reality's Welsh language but Symphonia's Angelic. Nia heard these words and tried to run towards Cruxis but was held back by Stephen.

"Cruxis!" Nia shouted.

She understood Cruxis message – she would sleep when this was over…

"What's the matter?" Stephen said – he'd understood the panic in Nia's voice, but he couldn't speak Welsh too well.

Nia ignored Stephen, looking on helplessly.

"I must end this madness, do not try to stop me." Cruxis closed her eyes as the centre pillar came crashing down on Yuan and herself. A dark cloud hovered for a moment before disappearing revealing a huge dome of earth that resembled a demon's face the evil red eyes glowed menacingly and then the mouth opened and disappeared back into the ground.

"Cruxis?" Stephen let Nia go from his tight grip. "Yuan?" She ran towards the two.

"Cruxis! Come on, girl, wake up." Yuan was shaking Cruxis desperately, trying to get her to wake up.

"Mithos." She moaned.

"Cruxis?" Nia asked carefully propping Cruxis up.

"I said I would sleep when this was over…I'm sorry about all of the trouble I caused."

Jana: Sorry about the long wait. I hope there are some people that are reading this.

Mez: Same here. I was kinda busy with my other fics, and homework, and exams...But we've written most of the next chapter at lunchtimes, so it shouldn't be too long until it's up! (of course, when we say 'too long' it can mean a month or two.) sigh