Chapter 2: Love to Hate

"Ahhhh! Help Me!!" Marle yelled. "Crono, what the hell do you think you're doing?!"

Crono was currently jabbing and kicking his wife. Marle, however, was all but defenseless, even without her trusty Siren crossbow to help her.

"Crono, I am very sorry about this." Marle said. "Ice 2!!"

With that, a giant ice cube appeared and aimed itself for Crono. He dodged it quickly without even looking up.

"Gah hah hah! The boy is mine. It is useless to try and save him!" The evil creature started howling with laughter. "I brought you all here.. To possess you also!

"Why you want possess?" Ayla asked him.

"Because I plan on World Domination. I though you all would make perfect lapdogs!" the demon laughed even harder.

"Who art thou?" Glenn asked him.

"I am.. Nowhere Man!" The creature said, laughing hysterically.

"ROBO TACKLE!" a golden robot head-butted Nowhere Man right into Fritz's Shop, which left a huge dent in the structure.

"Robo! It's really you!" Lucca yelled.

"We don't have time to have a happy reunion, Lucca. Once we escape, we can have one." Robo said.

"Lucca! Ayla! Marle!" a plump looking man ran over to them. It was none other than Taban.

"Lucca, I brought your WonderShot! Marle, I made you a crossbow. I call it, 'The Taban Wonder Bow 4000 XL', or Wonderbow for short. And Ayla, I made you some brass knuckles. You just slip them on your hands and your punches will be much more powerful!"

"Thank you!" All of the girls said together.

"Go home, very dangerous." Ayla said to Taban.

"Okay, good luck!" And with that, Taban ran home. No matter what our heroes and heroines did, nothing harmed Crono, who was a human shield for Nowhere Man.

"Mwa hah hah hah!!!!!! You won't touch me or my bodyguard!" Nowhere Man said.

"He is right." Glenn said. "We can do nothing! We must retreat!

"No! What about Crono?!"

"Lady Marle, I am sorry." And with that, Glenn knocked out Marle.

"Let's go," Lucca yelled. "to The End of Time!"

Before Nowhere Man knew what hit him, the heroes were gone.

*An hour later*

"I can't believe Crono would be possessed so easily." Marle thought to herself.

"I mean, he tried to kill me! If he had his sword, it would have worked too."

"Crono, don't worry, I'll never forget you. I, no, we will come back to help you. I Promise.. Because I love you..

Marle silently sobbed as they reached Lenne Square to get to the gate.





A/N: So what do you think? There was your angst for the day! R&R! Please no flames.