"We won't make it in time." The girl yelled as they kept running into dead ends. The woman sighed.

"The Great Seed's remains are causing a lot of trouble." Zelos commented. The girl growled.

"Thank you, Captain Obvious of the ship Obviousness." The woman finally snapped.

"Shut up, both of you. Do you want me to get angry?" The girl and Zelos both went silent. Zelos stared at the woman. The girl (name was Arwen, he had met her a few years back), besides his former companions, was the only girl that he couldn't charm. She was tough, especially for being an elf. That spear of hers was also not very soft either.

Yet this woman controlled her and that boy easily. The boy was also strange. Black hair but had silver streaks in it that seemed to grow and shrink at time. His eyes seem to hold ancient wisdom. He appeared human but was obviously not by what Zelos's sixth sense picked up. His powerful physical skills were nothing to sneeze at rivaling Regal's skills handcuffed. Zelos had seen both of them in action against the various enemies they faced but Zelos suspected they were hiding their true strength. The woman hadn't battled once.

Then again, why did some part of her feel very familiar? Zelos shook the feeling out of his mind. He had some redemption to do.

"Tobias, how much energy do you have?" The woman asked, referring to the boy. The boy smiled mysteriously. Zelos stared at them both, wondering what was going to happen, still learning that the boy's name was Tobias.

"I would suggest you hold on." Tobias said as his hand started to glow. Arwen sighed.

"I hate it when he does this." Zelos stared at her.

"Does what?"

"DIMENSIONAL BLADE" A sword made of pure energy appeared out of his hand. Tobias brought the sword back and slashed, creating an opening in midair. Zelos was in such shock that his feet carried himself right into the opening, along with Arwen, Tobias and the woman. The opening sealed behind them.

"Guards, come forth." Pronyma commanded as at least a hundred angels came down from the sky. The seven warriors instantly got into fighting position. Kratos barked out orders.

"I will handle Pronyma. Take care of the angels. Raine, focus on using Ray. That will take down most of them. The rest of you, use multiple hits. They fall quite quickly." Kratos drew his sword. "Sheena, fight with me." The raven-haired girl nodded and rushed forward.

"AQUA LASER" Pronyma shouted and several shots of water flew at the two. Kratos took the defense.

"GUARDIAN" The shield flung up and reduced the damage. Sheena attacked.

"PYRE SEAL" The cards quickly turned into a sphere and then exploded outwards, sending Pronyma flying back. Kratos focused on his spell.

"SHUGOHOUJIN (1)" A seal appeared in front of Kratos and an energy blast flew out of the seal. Sheena felt the spell heal her. Pronyma shrieked in pain as the spell struck her. Kratos moved to attack again.

"GRAVE BLADE" The earth element attack hit Pronyma. Sheena attacked as well.

"DEMON SEAL" Pronyma was hit hard and was thrown back. This was going well.

The other four were having very little trouble in taking down the angels. The little problem was that there was too many of them.

"SUPER SWALLOW DANCE" Regal whirled and struck the angels harshly with his wind attribute Swallow Dance.

"RAISHUUHOUGEKI (2)" Persea slammed the ground and lightning bolts fell from the sky, striking them.

"I call upon those in the land of the dead to unleash thy fury of thunder. INDIGNATION" A huge lightning bolt fell from the sky, wiping out a good portion of the angels.

"RAY" Light fell from the energy ball that Raine had cast, causing disorder in every direction.

"Don't these guys ever let up?" Genis commented. "FIREBALL" A few fireballs flew right at the angels, causing them to fall.

"The numbers are disturbingly high. Where are they coming from?" Regal asked. "DRAGON DANCE" A few angels fell.

"I'm not quite sure, but we have to finish them now. Any ideas?" Raine asked as she whirled her staff and knocked three out.

"I have a few. ETERNAL DAMNINATION" Persea growled as the angels who were struck by her blade were glad that they couldn't feel anything. More angels came from the ceiling.

"Give up, Pronyma, and I may let you live." Kratos said as he and Sheena prepared their weapons for one last strike.

"Never. AGARAZIUM" A blast flung out. Kratos sighed.

"You give me no choice then. Sacred Powers, cast your purifying light upon these corrupt souls. Rest in Peace, Sinners. JUDGEMENT" Multiple light beams fell from the sky and hit Pronyma, causing her to fall. Pronyma weakly got up.

"I won't die. BLOODY LANCE, PRISM SWORD, SPREAD" Kratos and Sheena were in complete shock.

"You can't possible cast that many spells at a time and especially not in a row." Kratos said, but it was true. Dark panels appeared around them. Light beams fell from the sky, and a huge explosion of water hit them.

"Damn." Sheena growled as turned around, blood coming from her side. The attack had also hit Regal, Raine, Genis, and Persea who were not expecting it. The angels swarmed them. Kratos got slowly to his feet.

"I have you." Pronyma said. Kratos smirked.

"Not quite. Since you were able to accelerate your spells without charge and still have the spells remain at full potency suggests that you used all your mana for that attack. Meaning, you are quite weak." Kratos let his sword Flambridge to glow.

"OVERLIMIT" Kratos said as his Exsphere flashed. "SHINING BIND"

"Zelos, with your angel powers, you can activate a special technique that kind of has the same theory as Majinsenkuuha and Judgement." The woman said. Zelos stared at her, confused for a moment before nodding.

"You mean Demon Spear." The woman nodded.

"You have the theory of that technique pretty much down, right? I'll teach you that basis of the theory behind the next move. Be careful, though. It will drain your energy and if it doesn't hit then you're screwed. It's Kratos's Hi-ougi (3) " The woman said. Zelos glanced at her.

"How would you know Kratos and his special move?" Zelos asked. The woman smiled slightly and ignored the question.

"The move is called Shining Bind."

A circle surrounded the area and light flashed from everywhere. A symbol was carved into the ground. The light of Heaven fell from above. Sheena closed her eyes.

When she opened them, all the angels were laying there, dead. Regal, Persea, Genis and Raine were staring at the bodies of the angels. Kratos was standing there, silent. The symbol and the circle faded. Sheena approached him.

"What happened to Pronyma?" Sheena asked, slightly fearing the answer. Kratos pointed to the ground in front of him. Sheena looked down.

All that remained of Pronyma was dust, there was not flesh in sight, yet Sheena sensed it was her. Sheena made a mental note never to get Kratos angry.

"Pretty good, Kratos. That Shining Bind attack has always been the coolest thing you had." Mithos commented as he watched from the pod. Everyone turned to him.

"Too bad you are too late. I have succeeded. Martel is alive again." The pod opened. Lloyd weakly got up.

"Collette!" Collette got out of the pod. She stared at Mithos.

"Mithos, what have you done?" An unfamiliar voice came from Collette's mouth. Mithos stared at her for a second before answering.

"Oh, you mean this body? I chose this form so I could more properly govern Cruxis." Mithos said. "Hold on, I'll change back." Mithos changed from his adult form into his teen form. Martel/Collette shook her head.

"I don't mean that. I've been watching all this time. Unable to move, unable to do anything, I watched all those foolish things you've done. Have you forgotten everything? We stopped the Ancient War because we dreamt of a world where humans, elves, and those in between could live in harmony." Martel/Collette said. Mithos stared at his 'sister' in confusion.

"What are you saying? This after all the trouble I went to prepare a new body for you? But I see, you don't like that one, do you?" Mithos said, starting to babble. Martel/Collette spoke over him.

"Mithos, please. Listen to me. What you have done is wrong. It is not what we strived for." Martel said sighing.

"Wrong? Are you rejecting me?" Mithos said, his voice starting to become laced with fear.

"No, I want you to remember. Please stop this and become your old self again." Martel/Collette pleaded. Mithos's eyes seem to shine but then grew angry.

"Martel, even you reject me? No, Martel would never say something like that. I won't allow that, do you hear me!" Mithos started to shout and his appearance changed from his adult to teen form. Mithos started to shoot magic energy. One beam flew at the weak group. They couldn't get out of the way.

"GUARDIAN" Zelos yelled as he appeared in front of the group and conjured a shield, deflecting the beam. The woman jumped down in front of Collette/Martel and put her hand out. Light engulfed the two (or three in a sense) cocooning them. Mithos stared in horror and anger.

"What are you doing? I thought you wanted me to set you free of your fate as Chosen." Mithos said in anger to Zelos. Zelos smirked.

"I changed my mind." Zelos drew the Laser Sword. Mithos tried to tempt him.

"What about Seles? Do you care about her?" Zelos was quiet for a moment.

"Maybe…But I always have my priorities screwed up. HELL PYRE" Zelos exploded forward and struck Mithos harshly.

"Nice hit from the prodigal moron." A voice said from above. Tobias and Arwen leaped down.

"I like that name." Sheena commented. "I have to use that sometime." Everyone but Arwen and Sheena sweatdropped. Zelos grew slightly worried.

The light surrounding the woman and Collette/Mithos faded. There was two girls on the ground. The woman turned to face the group. Kratos and Lloyd gaped.

"Anna."

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Translation

(1): Angel Spell that Kratos learns in PS2 when he returns.

(2): Lightning-Element of Devastation (PS2 only)

(3): That means Special Attack.

Comments:

I'm actually quite surprised that I have such high-quality authors reviewing this. Thanks a lot. I also want to thank the people at and that produce such great guides. Those guides help me put this story together. Thanks to all. Oh yah, Shining Bind is also a PS2 tech as well. I'm not quite sure if they plan to release an English PS2 version. Anyway, thanks.

Disclaimer

One more thing. Of all my works and probably the rest of the authors of , we own nothing that is already legally owned by something else. Basically, we own nothing.

Question:

I really have got to limit the number of sections. Here is a question for you guys to guess: What race do you believe Tobias is from. Hint: It's not in Tales Of Symphonia. If I told you where it was from, then those who know would put two and two together. Good luck. I'll post results next chapter. Or you can read the next chapter. Your choice.