Welcome to the next chapter of the story. This is now chapter 11. For the first time, I would like to introduce my first co-author. His name is DAve and Bob. I want to thank you for helping me out. Here are the headlines for this chapter.
WARNING: Chapter contains profanity.
A) Francelette's Injury Update- An update to Francelette's injuries. Will she be able to continue on, or will she have to sit out a day or two? Or did she had a chance to die?
B) Second Captain Spot- Lloyd makes a announcement that changes the team. There is now a second captain, but who is it?
C) A talk with the Mayor- With Francelette back on her feet, the team talks with the Mayor Of Palmacosta to talk about city life, the hate against the Desians, and more.
D) Krato's strikes again- The team talks to the Mayor but Francelette suddenly faints out of nowhere. They take her to the inn to have her examined by Summon Spirit Luna and a doctor. What they find out next puts Francelette's life in danger
E) "She never deserved pain"- After Lloyd gets a doctor to examine Francelette, he gets the news he worst feared, Francelette's chance of death. His other fear of Kratos being behind the attack also comes true…
F) Francelette's Nightmare..Her death chance- As the team works hard to help Francelette recover, Francelette herself makes a miracle revival, but her nightmare of Kratos trying to kill her is getting closer to coming true, but she still refuses to give in. She fights to stay alive.
G) A fourth chosen?- Stay tuned…
Preview for chapter 12
H) To the peak- The team now heads to the Hakonesia Peak to try to see if they can cross over to the other side, but something is brewing in Palmacosta….
HERE WE GO! I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING
{Last time on "The Journey of Three Chosens"
After recalling his taughts from that first day with Francelette, Lloyd asks a question that could tell him something about the girl.
"May I ask you a question?" Lloyd asks the girl as he looks at the unconscious Francelette
"Sure" The girl said while looking at Lloyd
"I want you to turn arround and look at who is unconscious there. That girl is Francelette, the second chosen of World Regeneration. She also came from Los Angeles. Do you know her?" Lloyd asked the girl as the girl looked arround and gasped
The girl is shocked to see who is unconscious on the bed. She examines her unconscious form. She confirms she knows Francelette as Francis when she was a boy. She then looks to Lloyd to answer his question.
"Yes. As a boy she is my cousin. We lived one block from each other. Even if she is a girl now, it dosent matter, were still cousins" The girl said as she goes back to sit with Lloyd.
"May I ask you your name plaease?" Lloyd asks as the girl smiled
"My name is Kristen. I am cousins with Francis, now Francelette, the second chosen of World Regeneration" Kristen said as she winks at Lloyd
Kristen looks at her unconscious cousin. She wanted to revive her but Lloyd tells her that Francelette's injuries are harsher
"I know you want to revive your chosen cousin, but unlike your injuries, her injuries are far worse. Her right arm and leg are injured. Not only that, but she lost alot of blood during her fight with Kratos, the one who knocked you out too" Lloyd said as he looks in a very worried way at the unconscious Francelette
"I have wings too" Kristen as as she shows her beautiful wings to Lloyd
Lloyd looks at Kristen's wings carefully. After looking at them, he then tells Kristen to turn arround. He sees a Cruxis crystal on her neck. That confirms that she is also a chosen of Regeneration. Lloyd tells her the news.
"Kristen, you are the third chosen of regeneration" Lloyd tells Kristen as he looks at Kristen's Cruxis crystal
"What about my cousin and Colette?" Kristen asked as she looks at Lloyd
"They are also the chosens of Regeneration " Lloyd said as Kristen looks at the rest of the team
Kristen looks at the members of the team. She notices that there are alot of members. She wants to make a request to join the team.
"Mr. Lloyd, is it ok if I join my cousin on this team?" Kristen asks as she looks at her unconscious cousin
"Of course Kristen. You are a chosen, your cousin is a chosen too" Lloyd said as he grabs a team jersrey
"To homor you as a member, we decided as a team to give you a team jersey." Lloyd said as he presented Kristen with her jersey
Kristen takes the Jersey and hugs Lloyd.
"Thanks Lloyd. I willl do my best to help regenerate the world with Colette and my cousin" Kristen said as she smiled
"Glad to hear. We will offically introduce you to the rest of the team once the sun comes up" Lloyd said as he hugs Kristen}
[Opening Song: "Waving Flag (Celebration of the FIFA World Cup]
[Give you freedom, Give you fire
Give you reason to take you higher
See the champions, take the field now
You would find us make us fell proud
In the streets are, hands are lifting
As we lose our inhabition
Celebration, its around us
Every nation all around us
Singing forever young
Singing snags underneath the sun
Lets rejoice in the beautiful game
and together at the end of the day, we all say
REFRAIN:
When I get older, I will be stronger
They call me freedom
Just like a waving flag
And then it goes back (X3)
And then it goes (Repeat refrain)]
oh oh ohh oh oh.. We all say..(Refrain)
oh oh oh oh…and then everybody will be singing it.
And we will all be singing it]
Current Location: Palmacosta Inn
Time: 7 AM- Sunday Morning
Francelette's condition: Unconscious since 7PM the previous evening/ Has an injured arm and leg.
The sun rises in Palmacosta on a new day. The city workers are at work, shopkeepers ready to serve customers, and a lot of people on their business jobs in the morning. Inside this wonderful city, the triple chosen group consisting of Francelette, Kristen, and Colette. Lloyd wakes up along with the other team members. He checks on Francelette's condition. Francelette fell unconscious after Kratos stabbed the back of her right leg in a 'cowards way out' kind of fashion to try to claim he won the battle. Lloyd examines Francelette's wounds to make a tough decision, keep her in or sub her out for the moment.
"Professor, I'm going to check out Francelette's wounds. Have a chat with our newest member, Kristen for a while" Lloyd told Professor Raine as he goes straight for the unconscious second chosen's bed
To check out the arm wounds, Lloyd unwraps the towels and shirts that Colette wrapped on Francelette to stop the bleeding. Lloyd checks out the cuts and based on how deep the first cut is, he is going to make a tough choice.
"Professor, come over for a moment please" Lloyd requested as Professor Raine ran over to see the cuts herself
Professor Raine looked at Francelette's arm wounds. She still remembers that Francelette took one of the stab wounds to save Colette from an attack. She is worried about Francelette's safety at this point.
"Lloyd, this first one, just by looking at it, she should have been knocked unconscious even sooner. Its amazing that she was still conscious. Francelette is tougher than she looks" Professor Raine stated while hugging Lloyd.
Lloyd knows that Francelette is a very strong girl based on how she battled the assassin at Osha Trial, and other battles against the Desian group. Lloyd remembers that Francelette saved Colette from what she is going through at least 3 times. Lloyd and Professor Raine still had to look at Francelette's leg wounds. Both of them hope that the cut isn't deep. They both know that Francelette was born with a disability that impacted her walking. If they find out that her leg wound is deep, Lloyd has to make a decision weather to sit her out for a while, or keep her fighting. The moment of truth arrives as Lloyd unwraps the towel on Francelette's leg wound. Little by little, Lloyd unwraps the towel. On his first attempt, the towel produces a little bit of bleeding. Lloyd knows that a little is fine, but it is not over yet as he goes again. Professor Raine gives it a go. She continues the towel unwrapping. What she sees next, drops the chances of Francelette regaining consciousness in the next hour.
"Based on what I see so far, this leg wound is deep. There is a lot of blood on the second portion of the towel" Professor Raine stated as she hugs Lloyd
Lloyd was about to return the professor's hug, when all of a sudden, a sigh of some relief. Francelette's body started moving, a sign that Lloyd and the rest of the team was looking for. She is starting to regain consciousness. The whole team suddenly started to go to the second chosen's side.
"Where am I?" Francelette asked while looking at Lloyd
"You are in the Palmacosta Inn. You were knocked unconscious because of Kratos's stab on your right leg. You never deserved to be knocked unconscious, period" Lloyd told Francelette as he hugs her
Francelette returns Lloyd's hug despite her injured arm. She knows the team took care of her while she was unconscious. While Lloyd and Francelette were hugging each other, in the back of Lloyd's mind, he knows Francelette will ask the big question of if she will be taken off due to her injuries.
"Lloyd, will my injuries keep me off for a bit?" Francelette asked Lloyd as she hugs him
Lloyd knew the question was coming. After all the saves Francelette made to save Colette from what she is feeling, Lloyd now has to tell Francelette weather if she has to take a break or stay in the fighting lines.
"Francelette, me and Professor Raine have examined your arm and leg injuries. Your arm injury is not bad, but your leg one is a different story. Its a deep wound. A lot of blood fell on the towel when we looked at it. Its a miracle you survived" Lloyd commented as Francelette continued the hug
Francelette continued hugging Lloyd. She now knows that if the cut was deeper, she would have died on the spot. She is happy to be alive. Lloyd breaks the hug as the whole team gathered near the thankful second chosen. After gathering around her, Francelette sees someone familiar, her cousin when she was a boy, Kristen. Kristen hugs her now female chosen cousin, happy that Francelette is still alive.
"Francelette, I'm happy your'e alive" Kristen said as she cried on Francelette shoulder
"Kristen, I'm happy too" Francelette said as she cried and returned the hug.
The team now claps for the two reunited cousins, and the miracle of Francelette's survival. Francelette has no clue that her cousin is also a chosen of World Regeneration, until she saw something very familiar. Francelette then asks Kristen to show her the crystal on her neck.
"Cousin, can I please see the crystal on your neck?" Francelette asked as she hugs Kristen
Kristen shows Francelette the crystal, and Francelette is happy to see that her cousin is a Chosen of World Regeneration. One test to see if she is actually one is the angelic wings.
"Cousin, can I see your wings please?" Francelette asked as Kristen turned to her back.
As Kristen turned around, her angel wings grew from her back. The pretty blue wings proved that she is a Chosen of Regeneration. Francelette hugged her cousin. They were ready to regenerate the world no matter the risk. The team now plans the next move.
"Our next move is to talk with the mayor of Palmacosta to learn more about the city and the anti-Desian law. Then, we head to the Peak of a Mountain near here. After that, we train for the second seal of World Regeneration." Lloyd said as the team put their hands in for the team cheer.
The team is about to do a team cheer. A cheer to have the team stay together no matter what happens. Francelette told Lloyd to go first since he is the team captain, but Lloyd had a surprise.
"Before we start the team cheer folks, I have a special announcement to make" Lloyd announced as the whole team looked at him.
Silence fills the room as the team waits for the announcement from Lloyd. The team knows that this announcement changes something in the team. Lloyd now speaks up on the announcement.
"We have a second captain" Lloyd announced as the team got happy.
The team is now wondering who the second captain is. Lloyd now goes to the other room that the team rented. He returns seconds later with a green and yellow badge. The badge had the words "Second Captain", but on the name line, it was missing a name of a player. Lloyd is about to announce the name of that player. The whole team gets exited.
"I know you are all waiting for the announcement of the second captain, but first, lets welcome Kristen to the team" Lloyd said as the whole team clapped and cheered for their officially announced new team member.
The team hugs Kristen for making the team. The team breaks the hug as Lloyd is about to start announcing the second captain. Lloyd starts to speak up as the rest of the team listens.
"The second captain is a person who can lead by example by doing what a team mate does in and out of the field of battle. This person deserves this spot because she has been working hard protecting those who she loves. It has been 3 days that it has been happening. She has protected another chosen despite a physical disability. It takes a lot of courage to do that. Team, while I am the main captain of this team, it is time for me to introduce the second captain" Lloyd said as he starts peeling off the portion where a person's name goes on it.
The team now waits for the name to be revealed, but based on the description of the person, the team made a guess that Francelette is the second captain. Moments later, Francelette's name appears under "Second Captain". The team got happy.
"Francelette, you earned it girl" Lloyd commented as he went over to Francelette to pin the badge on her shirt
The team claps of their newest second captain. They knew that she deserved a spot as a captain for her hard work and dedication to protecting teammates.
"Thanks Lloyd" Francelette said as Lloyd hugged the new second captain
"No Francelette, thank you. You earned this because of your dedication to protecting the team despite your challenges" Lloyd mentioned as Francelette hugs him
With the second captain decided, the team is ready for the team cheer, now led by Francelette and her chosen friends. Francelette now has her wings grow from her back.
"Holy wings…" Francelette chants as all three chosens have their angel wings grow from their backs
All three chosens now have their angel wings shown.
"Guide us to safety on the Journey of Regeneration" Francelette said as all three chosen's angel wings started glowing white
The white glow amazes the rest of the team members. Colette says the next lines of the cheer.
"Goddess Martel, give us thy strength to carry on in the Journey to Regenerate the world, grant us…" Colette said as she allowed Francelette and Kristen to fill in the blanks.
"peace.." Kristen mentioned
"happiness and protection" Francelette filled in
As the chosen say their lines, they all put their hands in the middle as a shining light forms on their crystals. The rest of the team also puts their hands in the middle. Francelette mentions the final part of the cheer.
"Chosens of Regeneration, lets regenerate the world to bring happiness to this world" Francelette chanted as her angelic wings glowed green, Kristen's wings, pink, and Colette's wings glowed yellow.
The trio of chosens floated up to the air to make a light show. Francelette's crutches even floated up with her. They hug each other to make a pink, yellow and green light color combination. They floated down moments later to get ready to go to the next stop, the Mayors office. Lloyd checks on how good Francelette can walk with her leg injury.
"Francelette before we go, I need to test you on your walking. This will tell us if your leg injury is bad. Don't worry, you are still our second captain" Lloyd said as he hugs the second captain.
"Thanks Lloyd" Francelette commented as she returns Lloyd's hug.
Lloyd knows Francelette does not give in to save others. He is now trying to save the second captain from making her leg injury worse by testing it out. While Lloyd is getting the test ready, he has no idea that Kratos set up a trap for both Francelette and the Palmacosta shopkeeper, Chocolat (Chocolate in French)…
Meanwhile in a abandoned house in Palmacosta, Kratos has a red button near a table he is sitting by. He had set up a trap for Francelette when he stabbed her leg. As soon as Francelette fell unconscious during the battle hours ago, he puts a hidden invisible tube inside her leg. Kratos's hope is that once he presses the button, the invisible tube inside Francelette's leg sucks blood out of her, making the second chosen weaker. Once weakened down, Kratos hopes to kill Francelette easily. As far as Chocolat goes, he plans to knock her unconscious and strap bombs on her to kill her. She would be tied to a stick similar to the way that he and the Desians tried to kill Francelette a few days ago. He vows to kill both of them as soon as the team tries to leave Palmacosta.
"(I will kill that pathetic chosen with that pathetic shopkeeper. I will make sure no one ever sees Francelette ever again, not even one trace of her being alive)" Kratos taught to himself as he sees Lloyd and the others go toward the Mayors office through his window
Outside the abandoned house, Lloyd and the team heads to the Mayors office. Lloyd had tested Francelette to see if her leg isn't badly injured, and the test proved that she can continue given the condition that Lloyd will be the one protecting Colette, and she will be protecting her cousin, Kristen. Even with her job switched, Francelette is still happy she gets to protect her life long cousin. Lloyd reminds Francelette that she can still save Colette in the event that he can't get there in time. The team walks toward the Mayors office. The guards are friendly to let them in by opening the doors for them. The team does a salute before they enter.
Inside the Mayors office was a long desk made of wood and granite. There is a wood chair in the center where the Mayor sits. Also inside the office were two plants and flower pots, a big bookshelf containing the Mayor's books, pencils, pens, and paper on the desk, another bookshelf to the right of the entrance, and to the direct right is a stairway that leads downstairs.
The team heads inside to be greeted by the Mayor of Palmacosta. The Mayor salutes to the team and the team does the same thing back as a sign of respect.
"Hello travelers, you must be the chosen group. I welcome you to the city of Palmacosta" The mayor greeted as he bowed to the team
"Yes we are. We are actually a triple chosen group" Lloyd said as he steps forward toward the Mayor.
Lloyd is about to introduce the group to the Mayor, starting with the chosens of World Regeneration. Lloyd tells the three chosens to step forward near him.
"Here are the chosens of Regeneration. To the right of the group is the main chosen. She is the energetic girl, Colette Brunel" Lloyd introduced as Colette saluted the Mayor
"Hello Mr. Mayor, it is nice to meet you" Colette mentioned as she shakes the Mayors hand
"To the far left, we have Kristen, the third chosen of Regeneration. She just recently joined us, and she can't wait to regenerate the world along with Colette and her chosen cousin, Francelette, who is in the middle" Lloyd introduced Kristen as Kristen steps forward
"Hello Mr. Mayor. Im honored to meet you" Kristen said as she saluted the Mayor
"Last in the chosen group, but not the least is the second chosen of regeneration and the second captain of our team. Her name is Francelette and she came here all the way from the real world. She hopes to regenerate the world despite her physical disability. What makes Francelette special is that she loves to protect her friends, even if it means that she will be injured or even have a chance to die. Her courageousness is the reason why she deserved to be a second captain" Lloyd spoke as Francelette stepped forward.
"It is a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Mayor of Palmacosta" Francelette
"Its a pleasure to meet you, chosens of Regeneration" The mayor said as the chosens and the Mayor saluted each other
The rest of the team introduced themselves and saluted the Mayor as a sign of respect. The team then talks about the anti- Desian law that is on the city.
"Mr. Mayor, we would like to know about your fight with the Desians" Lloyd requested as he steps forward
"I actually hate the Desians. They do horrible things to innocent people who never deserve this" The mayor said as he stands up from his chair
"Makes sense. You see, Francelette fought some of them with us and during one of the fights, a Desian knocked her unconscious and tried to kill her. Sorry Francelette, I had to bring this one up" Lloyd commented as he looked at the Mayor and Francelette
"Don't worry Lloyd, I forgive you" Francelette answered as she and Lloyd did a high five
"I bet it was with all of you, it was easier to save her" The mayor spoke
"Yes Mr. Mayor" Lloyd commented
"A brave chosen is a very strong chosen. She deserves no pain" The Mayor said
The Mayor now talked about the anti-Desian law forced in the city.
"The anti-Desian law was meant to get rid of those Desians, unfortunately they still come and we had to use our resources to fight them off. The only way to fight them is to fight them" The Mayor commented as Colette grabbed Lloyd's attention concerning Francelette
"Lloyd, come here for a moment" Colette called out as she felt Francelette's forehead
Lloyd ran toward Francelette and Colette's side. Colette wants Lloyd to feel Francelette's forehead. As he felt the second captain's forehead, he noticed that Francelette's face is growing a pale color, a sign that Francelette could faint at any moment. Francelette confirmed Lloyd's fears as she suddenly falls to the floor, unconscious, without any warning.
"Francelette, wake up!" Lloyd yelled while shaking the unconscious second chosen
Lloyd tries to shake Francelette to wake her up from unconsciousness, but nothing happens. The team gets scared. They decide to take her to the inn to have her examined. What the team does not know is that Francelette fell unconscious because Kratos had hid a invincible tube inside her leg to suck blood out of her. The team tells the Mayor to pick up the talk at a later time.
Meanwhile in the abandoned house, Kratos is laughing as he sees the team running toward the inn with the unconscious chosen in arms. He just pressed the red button he possessed to suck blood out of Francelette to make her weak and to make himself stronger. Once the blood arrives in tubes near the abandoned house via a machine, he will inject the blood into his blood system to strengthen his own power. He laughs evilly.
(HAHAHAHAHA! I can finally kill that pathetic Francelette. She shall be killed and be wiped from existence)" Kratos taught to himself as he laughed evilly
Inside the Palmacosta Inn, the team is investigating on how Francelette suddenly fell unconscious. Professor Raine tries her first technique of First Aid with her spell words.
Professor Raine raises her staff ready to chant her spell words.
"May the power of healing light come to us" Professor Raine chanted as her staff started to glow with powerful mana.
Her staff started glowing with mana energy. She then points the staff at the unconscious Francelette.
"First Aid!" Professor Raine shouted as she points her staff
The mana energy tries to get to Francelette, but was somehow deflected back. All of a sudden, Francelette's right shorts pocket starts glowing. Lloyd looks inside to grab Luna's summon card. Summon Spirt Luna comes out.
Luna feels Francelette's forehead. Upon feeling it, she felt that Francelette has a fever. To confirm this, she has Lloyd call a doctor in the city.
"Lloyd, I have a bad feeling that Francelette here could have a fever. Can you call a doctor to have the official analysis?" Luna asked as she tried to hold back tears
"Of course Luna. Try not to cry. Ill help you and I promise we will heal her" Lloyd said as he patted Luna's head
Lloyd heads to the nearest doctors stop in the city of Palmacosta. He tries to make it as fast as he can. Meanwhile back in the inn, Luna finds something very odd about Francelette's blood supply.
"Professor Raine, can I speak with you for a moment?" Luna asked as she looks at Francelette's right leg
"Sure" Professor Raine answered as she ran over toward Luna
"I have a hunch on why Francelette fell unconscious. Something feels and looks odd about her right leg. Her veins are supposed to deliver blood throughout the her lower body, but I barley see any blood flowing. My hunch is that someone is sucking blood out of her, but to confirm this, I have to use my ability to look inside Francelette's leg" Summon Spirt Luna spoke as Lloyd gets worried.
Professor Raine is now worried as Francelette is suffering from blood loss and unconsciousness. She tries to hold back tears, but with the fact that someone is trying to kill a chosen who never deserved pain in her mind, she starts to let the tears flow out. Luna tries as hard as she can to comfort her
"I understand Professor, she never deserved this. I agree with you. I promise ill do my best to save her and I will help you to find out who is doing this to her" Luna commented as she helps Professor Raine wipe her tears with her moon towel
"Thanks Luna" Professor Raine said as Luna gets ready to look inside Francelette's leg
"Don't mention it" Luna said as she stated chanting spell words
As Luna started floating up in the air, she chanted spell words.
"May the light show me the path inside the chosen's heart" Luna chanted
As she says these words, she gets enveloped by a white light. She then goes inside the light to turn invincible. As soon as she is invincible, she goes inside Francelette's right leg.
Inside Francelette's right leg, Luna floats toward her veins and what she finds alarms her. Blood is still being sucked out of her by some device. Luna tries to come close to the device, but the suction was too much. She then exits Francelette's right leg.
Back outside, Luna tells Professor Raine the news
"Professor, my fear came true. Francelette's blood is being sucked out of her by a tube, but I can't get it out because its suction is too strong. I have a bad feeling right now. I think Kratos is behind this. He wants to kill Francelette in the worst way possible. If this isn't stopped soon, Francelette's chances to die will jump by more than 30 percent. Even worse is that she could have a fever. Thats 10 percent added if thats the case. We have to tell Lloyd now" Luna commented as she floated down
Luna is floating down to allow the team to ride her moon shaped car. As soon as all the team members came on board, Luna drives her moon car toward the exit and toward the doctors office to have an urgent meeting with Lloyd. She spots Lloyd coming out of the office. She calls him to run back to the inn as fast as possible. Lloyd knows something came up. The team arrives back at the inn ready to conduct an emergency meeting.
"Lloyd, I know I called you too fast, but we have an urgent matter" Luna commented as she and the team sat down around the unconscious second chosen
"What came up?" Lloyd asked very concerned
"Blood is being sucked out of her by an invincible tube inside her right leg. I have an ability that lets me do that. Whats worse is that I have a feeling that Kratos is behind this. He would try to kill Francelette in the worst way possible. If more blood is sucked out of her, she will have a 30 to 70 percent chance of death " Luna spoke as she tries to hold back her tears
Lloyd tries as hard as he can to contain his frustration. The whole team knows that Francelette never deserved pain and death. He vows to avenge her mother and make sure that Kratos pays for what he did to Francelette.
"(Kratos, when I get my hands on you, I will make you pay for what you did to Francelette. She never deserved the pain you gave her. Watch me. We will defeat you.)" Lloyd taught to himself as he makes a fist with his right hand
As the team was talking with each other, the unthinkable happens. Lloyd see's Francelette's body move from the corner of his eye. He alerts the team.
"Francelette is reviving. Its a Martel miracle" Lloyd said as he and the team run toward the second chosen's side
The team watches as Francelette wakes up from her unconsciousness. The team is happy, but there is a hint of sadness this time around as Lloyd will have to break the news of her chance of death. Francelette starts to open her eyes.
"Where am I?" Francelette asked as she woke up
"Were in the Palmacosta inn. We need to talk to you about how you were knocked unconscious. If you taught Kratos knocked you out, your right, but not in the way you think" Lloyd said as he and the team sat on the bed with her.
Francelette looks at Lloyd very curiously. She wants to know why she fainted suddenly. Lloyd speaks up on the subject.
"Kratos is attempting to kill you by sucking the blood out of you. He is using an invincible tube that is inside your right leg to do it. Whats worse is that…" Lloyd cuts himself off out of fear of what Francelette's reaction will be if she hears if she had a chance to die.
Lloyd is trying to hold in the truth that could hurt Francelette, but he knows it will come out at anytime. Francelette looks at Lloyd curiously wanting to know what could happen to her.
"Lloyd, whats wrong?" Francelette asks in a worried way
"Francelette, I never wanted to say this, but based on analysis and what the doctor says, you now have a 30 to 70 percent chance of death. Im sorry Francelette, but its the truth" Lloyd said while crying on Francelette's shoulders
Francelette cries while hugging Lloyd, but what she says next is the reason why Lloyd called her second captain of the team.
"Lloyd, everyone, even if I have a chance to die, I'm not going to give up. Ill live my life to the fullest. All I wanted is for the world to be regenerated and this world to go back to peace and happiness. Even if I do die, promise me, you will regenerate the world" Francelette spoke as the team gathered around the second captain.
"We will make that bas**** pay. You never deserved death. By the way, thats why I chose you as second captain. Your will to live, your belief in friends, and your will to never give up. Even if you die, we will never forget you" Lloyd commented as Genis hugs Francelette
Lloyd now gets off the bed to decide on how to get to their next stop, Honeaseia Peak. Lloyd knows that Francelette is still in danger of death, regardless of any action. Lloyd also knows that Kratos is still around, and if Kratos attempted to kill Francelette, he has a very good chance to do so. Lloyd makes a decision to have some of the mayors guards to protect Francelette.
"I have an idea. Lets talk to the mayor to see if we can borrow some of the guards to protect Francelette" Lloyd suggested as the team gave him a thumbs up sign
Lloyd, Colette, and Genis decides to head to the Mayors office, while Kristen, and Professor Raine stay to guard Francelette.
On the way to the Mayors office, Lloyd noticed some tubes of blood on the ground near an abandoned house. Lloyd has a hunch that this blood in the tubes was the blood sucked out of Francelette. He knows that if Kratos's gadgets are still around, Francelette remains in danger. He has professor Raine to use a needle to take some blood out of the tubes and then use another needle to take a blood sample in a friendly way from Francelette.
"Not a bad idea, but first, lets see if we can disable Kratos's blood sucking device" Professor Raine suggested as the duo look through the window.
Looking through the window, the duo see the house empty, people wise, but a different story on gadget wise. There is a tube connected to a machine that sucks in some substance from somewhere. The already know that the other tube is connected to Francelette's right leg in some way. The team heads inside ready to save some of Francelette's blood and her life.
The trio heads inside the house to find a machine that is still sucking blood out of Francelette. According to the machine, it read that Francelette had 25 percent of blood left inside of her right leg. As Lloyd tries to find a way to stop the machine, he finds a note near the table where the machine is on. He finds fear written on it.
PLANS TO KILL FRANCELETTE
1) Use the machine to suck blood from her- DONE
2) Erase her memories/Everyones memories of her
3) Kill her using a "big shredder"
4) Burn all traces of her
After reading the note, Lloyd wanted to take this piece of evidence to the Mayor. Lloyd is worried about step 2 on Kratos list. The whole team knows that Francelette never deserved to have any of her memories wiped. Professor Raine noticed an off button. With the machine disabled, Francelette's blood supply is safe. The team heads next door to the Mayor's office to have a talk. What they don't know is that someone is about to be in danger in the house...
With the letter in hand, the trio heads inside the Mayor's office as fast as possible. The Mayor noticed the urgency and allowed the team to sit and start talking.
"What is the news on whats going on with Francelette?" The Mayor asked urgently
"Kratos is behind the attack. He planned to kill Francelette in four ways. Those four ways are written in the note I have here" Lloyd spoke as he hands the note over
The Mayor looks at the note and has a very sad reaction. He wants the guards to help Lloyd protect the second chosen.
"Guards, the second chosen, Francelette, is in the inn across from us. Please protect her" The Mayor said as the armed guards get ready to head to the inn
The guards salute the team and head toward the inn. Meanwhile, a scream was heard toward the direction of the abandoned house. The scream is a scream of a young girl in trouble.
"AHHHHH! HELP! I DONT WANNA DIE!" A girls voice echoed
"We have to help her!" Genis yelled as the team saluted the mayor
"Be careful!" The Mayor yelled as the team ran toward the abandoned house
The team runs toward the abandoned house to find another door inside of it. They hear the young girl yelling and fighting for her life. The team heads inside to see something and someone they did not want to see. They saw Kratos waiting for the young girl to be lowered into some machine. The team alarms Kratos and grabs his attention away from the girl.
"KRATOS!" Lloyd yelled getting the murderers attention.
Kratos turns around and has a red aura around his body. He tries to attack LLoyd, but Genis steps in front and uses his yo-yo weapon to stop the hit. Kratos gets angry as his red aura grows.
"I TOLD YOU TO GET OUT OF MY WAY! FRANCELETTE SHALL DIE MY WAY!" Kratos yelled as he tries to press a button on the machine that is below the girl in distress
The machine comes to life as rotating blades start moving in a circle fashion at a moderate speed. Kratos holds up a piece of paper and is about to show the team on how he plans to kill Francelette with the machine in motion.
"WATCH ME Lloyd, I WILL KILL FRANCELETTE, COLETTE AND ANYONE ELSE WHO GETS IN MY WAY!" Kratos yelled as he throws the piece of paper into the machine
As soon as the paper touched the rotating blades. The blades start to shred the paper to pieces, but after the paper was shredded, there was a flame that went through each blade. Lloyd now knows that Kratos is planning to kill Francelette and the trapped girl with the shredder.
"YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS KRATOS!" Lloyd yelled as he tries to stop the machine
Kratos notices that Lloyd is going for the machine to stop it. Kratos turns around and tries to stab Lloyd, but Genis stood in front and used his yo-yo weapon to stop the attack. Lloyd presses the button to stop the shredder.
"FRANCELETTE SHALL DIE!" Kratos yelled as he tries to stab the helpless girl's legs.
Kratos tries to stab the girl's legs, but out of nowhere, a barrier appeared around the girl and protected her. Lloyd notices that the barrier is green colored meaning that from out of nowhere, Francelette saved the girl. His thoughts were confirmed when he hears her voice in his head.
"Lloyd, Im not going to sit around and watch my friend be hurt. That angelic barrier I just used is to protect her. Be fast in grabbing her because once I fall unconscious in the inn, that barrier will also be taken down" Francelette's voice rang in Lloyd's head
Lloyd knows that Francelette is trying to help them out in any way possible. He also found out that Francelette is using her own energy to produce the barrier. He now runs for the girl to try to grab her. Lloyd jumps up toward the string and cuts it with the girl in hand. Genis is still fighting against Kratos to keep him distracted. With the girl saved, Lloyd jumps off the shredder to get to safety and grabs Genis before Kratos got a chance to attack trio heads to the inn to see Francelette while Kratos retreats back to another area taking his gadgets with him.
Back inside the inn, Francelette drops the barrier that she put up to protect the girl who she called a friend. Francelette sees Lloyd returning to the inn and she waves at them to say "welcome back". Professor Raine opens the door so that Lloyd and the others can come in. As soon as Lloyd came in, Francelette was in shocked on who Kratos tried to kill
"Hello Francelette" Lloyd greeted as Francelette had a shocked expression on
Lloyd sees Francelette's shocked expression and tries to comfort her. Francelette looks at the now unconscious girl. She can't believe it, but what she sees of the girl made her recognize who she is. The girl is wearing an animie style outfit. A black dress, with black shorts, followed by black socks to her knees, and black shoes. There is also a red bow tie Lloyd notices this event.
"You know who this is Francelette?" Lloyd asks as he looks at Francelette.
"Lloyd, this is…I can't believe it, its my friend Jennifer. We met each other in the real world. Im glad we got to save her" Francelette said as she strokes Jennifer's hair
"No Francelette, you saved her, thanks to your Angelic Barrier. You may be using your energy to use the skill but you did that to save a friend. This is for you" Lloyd said as he hands Francelette an Apple gel
"Thanks Lloyd" Francelette said as she eats the apple gel
"Your welcome second chosen" Lloyd said as he hugs Francelette
Francelette feels her energy coming back to her as she eats the apple gel. She feels ready to come back to battle, but with her leg and arm still injured, she has to wait for a while. As she finishes her apple gel, Jennifer's body started moving. Francelette is happy.
"Where am I?" Jennifer asks as she starts to open her eyes
"You are in the Palmacosta inn in the Symphonia world. You may want to look at the person to your right" Lloyd mentioned as Jennifer looked at Francelette
Jennifer looked at Francelette who was very happy. As she looked at her, she noticed that she had a cruxis crystal, just like her. Jennifer hugs Francelette
"Francelette, I finally meet you here. I know you were a boy in Los Angeles, but I never imagined to meet you as a girl" Jennifer said as she cried
"Jennifer, its good to see you, and I notice you have a Cruxis crystal on your neck. It must mean you are a chosen of Regeneration" Francelette said as her angel wings grew from her back.
"Yes Francelette, I am" Jennifer commented as her angel wings grew from her back.
Jennifer's angel wings are pink and yellow with a green outline glow. With Jennifer marked as a chosen, she becomes the fourth chosen. The chosens now are Francelette, Jennifer, Colette, and Kristen. The chosen group is now stronger. The team of four chosens is about to head for Hakonesia Peak to get ready for seal number 2, but they have no idea that something bad will happen in Palmacosta on their way.
[Chapter 12 preview in Francelette's POV]
My life may be in danger, but Im not going to give in. We head to the peak only to be turned back after Chocolat, the shopkeeper is in trouble. Ive had enough of this! So many innocent people being hurt, hurt that they never deserved! Im forced to battle Kratos again, but this time something looks really bad.
Next time: "Francelette VS Kratos II: A Horrible Injury Gets Worse"
Chapter Date: July 10th, 2014
Authors Notes
I would like to thank DAve and Bob for helping me out with the story.
It will be Francelette VS Kratos, but there will be a life draining chain attached to Francelette's right leg. It will suck the life out of her every 30 seconds.
Next chapter will contain profanity
