Chapter2
"I-I can't believe Lloyd did that. Killing Persea without a moment of hesitation." Genis said, with total unbelief.
"There has to be a logical reason for why he killed her. I've known him for years and this is the worst thing he has ever done to another living being." Added Raine.
"The reason is that he is. a. MURDERER!" Genis shouted just loud enough for Lloyd to hear from the tree he was leaning against. After talking for a while Genis had enough and he got up and stomped towards Lloyd and screamed, "WHY DID YOU DO IT? WHY DID YOU KILL HER?"
Lloyd said back defence "I didn't! It wasn't her! It was..."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT WASN'T HER.I SAW YOU THROW HER OVER THE SIDE OF THE CLIFF!
The rest of the group watched the argument between the two boys. Regal, being able to hide his anger well, was taking the death of his late girlfriend's sister calmly. When Lloyd claimed that it wasn't even Presea that he killed, Regal exploded. He easily broke off his handcuffs and charged at Lloyd in his rage. The blue-haired man got a swifted kick at Lloyd's face then started pounding him with fierce punches and kicks. "Regal..stop..please." Lloyd managed to whisper before he heard someone yell. "Thunder Blade!" A few seconds passed, then thousands of volts shot through him body. Lloyd laid twitching and near death on the ground but Regal wasn't done, he kept kicking Lloyd harder and harder until he had to be pulled away by Raine.
She looked down to see that Lloyd was unconscious, she said, "Zelos, wake up Lloyd and bring him over here, we have to talk about this."
Zelos replied crouched down, "I'm trying to wake up Sheena."
Raine said angrily, "Just get over here and do it!"
Zelos moved from Sheena to Lloyd, looked down at him and wondered, 'He took a beating, how am I going to wake him up?' He knelt down and started slapping Lloyd's face but after getting no response, he grabbed Lloyd by an ankle and started dragging him back to the group.
Meanwhile, Raine suggested Genus and Regal to go for a walk to cool down until Lloyd woke up. They agreed and walked off in different directions, which left only Raine and Zelos to look after Lloyd and Sheena.
They sat there staring at the two unconscious bodies, each trying to figure out why Lloyd would do this to them, each scenario seeming worse than the last. Why would he turn on them? He was their friend. What would force him to knock Presea over the cliff? Raine broke the silence.
"Lloyd's has to pay for this crime, but how?"
Zelos answered, "We could bring him to the Meltokio authorities"
Raine processes this, "Is that enough and will Genus and Regal agree?"
"Lloyd's murder won't bring Presea back, besides somebody still has to tell Sheena when she awakes"
"Don't forget about Colette"
At this time, Genus and Regal came back. "Are they awake yet?" said Genus.
"No, but we've been discussing it" Raine replied, "and we think we should deliver Lloyd to the Meltokio authorities"
"WHAT? After what he did?"
"Do you have any better ideas?" Zelos replied.
Meanwhile as they discussed Lloyd's future, the man in question, laid on the ground, listening in on their conversation.
' They already convicted me without hearing my side, I gotta get outta here. They won't listen to me, they already believe that I murdered Presea. I need to prove that wasn't Presea and I gotta do this myself.'
Later that night, while Genus was guarding, Sheena moaned in her sleep. Genis went to check if Lloyd was still out, seeing this, he quickly went over to comfort Sheena as she started to wake.
Lloyd saw his chance and quickly rolled over and crawled into the shrubs, disappearing into the night.
After easing Sheena back from unconsciousness, Genis noticed Lloyd wasn't sleeping in his spot anymore.
"LLOYD'S ESCAPED!" He yelled, waking almost everyone up as he did so.
Raine ran to the backpack to see if Lloyd took anything, not noticing anything missing, she said, "He couldn't have gotten far, he didn't take anything."
Deciding to cover more ground, the four decided to split up and search in different directions. Raine, hoping not to miss anything, was going very slow. Passing below a large tree, she carefully peered into the dark before quickly moving on, Lloyd, silently watching from above. After Raine moved on, Lloyd quietly jumped down from the tree. He headed back to the campsite hoping the backpack was still there so he could grab a few supplies. Using the cover of night, he steathily made it back the campfire. He was relieved to see the pack on the ground just a few yards away. He went quickly and strapped on his swords, took some gels and finally grabbed a wing pack.
Lloyd was just about to leave when he heard a voice call his name. He turned his head only to meet the blue eyes of Sheena who was barely awake. He walked up to her, "Feeling okay?" his voice full of concern.
Sheena answered "Yeah."
She looked down and saw what was he was carrying. "Where you going?"
Lloyd just got up and started to walk away. He stopped before quietly saying, "I'm so sorry." Without turning around, he opened the wing pack bringing out a rehairad. He boarded the rehairad and flew off into the night, leaving a very confused summoner laying by the campfire.
"I'm so sorry? What do you mean by that?" Sheena asked into the night.
Chapter End
I'm done this chapter yay!