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CHAPTER 6
"Why did you do that?"questioned Raine angrily.
"It's Evidence for Cruxis to find us," Lloyd said, before turning away.
"Explanations later." Presea added.
They continued onwards, killing any monsters they came across. They walked for nearly two hours when the two combined groups reached a dense forest, where they stopped and made camp.
Except for Tanya and Joshua, the Rogues went to guard the surrounding area. After an hour, Tanya and Joshua ran into some shrubs while Sam and Andy walked out. Kratos watched, amazed at how organized the Black Rouges appeared. The hours past like minutes, as different Rouges came to the campsite, the heroes sat fidgetingand impatiently,until finally what they have been waiting for arrived. Lloyd and Presea came out of the darkness of the shrubs and walked towards them. They all stood up, all wanting to say someting, not sure where to start, so they just stood there quietly.
Sheena couldn't take it anymore. she walked up to Lloyd. He looked at her but she was unsure what to say, she threw her arms around him. Surprised, he returned the hug, enjoying the warmth it created in the pit of his stomach before releasing her. "Hello Sheena," he said, smiling.
"Hello, Lloyd...ummm." Embarassed at her impulsiveness, she searched for something to say. "How are you?"
"I'm good, how are you?" Lloyd asked.
"I'm feeling great." Sheena answered, looking at him shyly, smiling.
The group watched curiously as Sheena talked to Lloyd. Genis stood while trying to build up the courage to talk to Presea but he found he just couldn't.
Lloyd looked over and saw the group watching him. He straightened his shoulders, sneered at them,then said, "I'm going for a walk, see ya." He then started to walk away.
"May I come?" Sheena requested quickly before he left.
"Sure," Lloyd shrugged, then he started off with Sheena on his heels. They walked north-east for awhile, she thought they were just walking randomly but suddenly they entered a clearing. Sheena was amazed at the beauty. In the middle of the clearing there was a pond that was so clear, you could see the fish swimming along the bottom, and surrounding the pond, there were flowers of all shapes and colors. Off to the side, a fox laying nearby, staring at them hesitantly, before deciding to ignore them. Lloyd sat down took off his boots and put his feet in the pond.
"How did you find this?" She asked quietly, not wanting to disturb the solitude.
"I found this as I was patrolling, I found it very calming and stayed." He stood there beside her, wondering why he brought her here, she probably felt believed he was a murderer too. He turned to her,"Is there a reason why you came along? Not to be rude or anything," Lloyd added quickly.
"What I really want to know is why you left us." Sheena said.
"What do you mean? why I left us. I was kinda kicked out, literally." Lloyd answered, trying his best to stay calm, but failing.
Sheena looked at him strangely, "Raine told me that Presea was killed by Yuan and you took it badly and ran off. What really happened?"
"I'll give you the long reason. Yuan was trying to catch Zelos but instead he caught Presea. She was taken to the renegade base in the desert. There they made a robotic copy of her out of their technology. That's why she disappeared for a time. But it wasn't until Yuan kidnapped Tiga that I found out that the Presea with us, was a robot doll. She attacked me so I had to defend myself, but while defending myself, I cut open her arm to see wires,no blood. I finally kicked her from the cliff as the rest of them caught up with us, Genis then called me a murderer and all hell broke loose. Regal beat the shit out of me while Genis cast Thunder blade, almost killing me, but Regal wasn't done," Lloyd said growling. "While I was on the ground Regal kicked the living hell out of me again. Then while I was fighting off unconsciousness, they discussed sending me to the Meltokio authorities, they didn't want to listen to want I had to say. I tried to tell them that wasn't our Presea, but would they listen? Hell, no. So I left."
They stood looking over the pond, Lloyd feeling himself becoming bitter at his friends' betrayal and Sheena trying to process what Lloyd told her.
So how's been the journey so far?" Lloyd said, changing the subject.
Sensing Lloyd's need to not continue the former line of discussion, she reached over and squeezed his hand quickly before responding, "It hasn't been that good. I mean defeating the summon spirts was really easy but when the Kharlan tree went crazy, we barely stopped it."
Lloyd became silent. Unsure what to say, Sheena didn't say anything and let the awkward silence continue.
"Well, I'm going back." He said as he got up.
The walk back was really quiet.Sheena was trying to understand why her friends turned on Lloyd so brutally without first trying to understand. Howthey attacked him both physically and emotionally, she could see why Lloyd wouldn't be able to trust them again. She felt a pain in her chest at that thought.
She looked at his swords and saw that he was carrying three instead of his usual two, she wondered at the third one but kept silent. The two reached the campsite and Lloyd sat down on a stump. Sheena wondered why Lloyd wasn't his always happy self then it hit her. He was asked to protect people who almost killed him, called him a liar and a murderer falselyand drove him away. She couldn't even fathom how he felt right now. Remembering the peaceful feeling at the pond, she was glad that he let her see it.Hoping that their friendship wasn't totally lost, she decided to join hi. She sat on the ground and started some inconsequential small talk and gradually, they talked aboutall they have been doing since they last saw each other.
Suddely, Joshua ran out of shrubs, panting. Lloyd asked what was wrong but all he said was "...Saria..."
"CRAP! Excuse me." Lloyd said to Sheenabefore jumping up andrunning away.
"What's that all about?" Sheena said.
Then out of nowhere a purple blur come out ofa group of bushes at the skirt of thecampsite and went through to the other side. When the blur was gone there was a black briefcase laying on the ground. Raine walked to the briefcase and opened it to see the most advanced technology she was ever seen. Joshua slammed it shut took it away then they heard a blood-curdling scream.
He said, "the black case is classified," then he started laughing.
"What's so funny?" asked Regal.
"You'll see," Joshua managed to say before going back to laughing.
They waited for a few minutes then they heard a bush rustling and Lloyd came out more bite marks, more bruises and more kiss marks on his face and arms. Saria followed with a smile on her face. They all stared at her because of her cat ears and cat eyes.
"Who are you and what did you do?" asked Sheena.
"I am Saria. I'm the head medical doctor for the Renegades. I'm also a protozoan." Looking over at Lloyd with a smug smile, " Don't worry, I just overpowered him, not that hard."
"IT DOES HELP THAT YOU HAVE SUPER-HUMAN STRENGTH." Lloyd yelled as he scrubbed at his face and ams.
Joshua walked up from behind Lloyd and said something in his ear. Lloyd nodded then the other Rouges came out of nowhere and surounded Lloyd and Saria. They couldn't see that Lloyd was being injected by something.
"LET ME GO YOU LITTLE ASS!" Lloyd shouted in anger.
"It's anger, you know what to do." Saria said.
They took out a chain while Frank tackled Lloyd to a tree then Sam tied the chain around him and the tree. Sheena was watching this with great confusion. Lloyd was trying without victory to get out of the chains. They continued to watch him as he cussed and swore at them when they wouldn't let him go. After a couple of hours, he finally went to sleep.
Seeing he was asleep, Sheena asked worriedly, "What's going with Lloyd?"
"If you all shut up I'll tell you Lloyd's life story...tomorrow. Go to sleep." Joshua said very rudely.
"Whoa, snippy," Zelos said but Joshua just grumbled something under his breath.
The next morning, Lloyd woke up chain to a tree. He knew why he was there but he still screamed for help. Nobody helped as they were with Joshua who was telling about Lloyd's life for the last two months.
"Someone help me down from this tree!" Lloyd yelled as loud as possible.
Zelos walked over with a grin at Lloyd but he just sneered back at him. Zelos inched towards Lloyd uncertainly, Lloyd used the tree as leverage as he lashed out and kicked him in the mouth. He got up, looked at his hand and saw the blood, he ran at Lloyd but he still managed to kick Zelos hard causing him to fall back again, saying, "You little..."
Sheena walked in on the two a few minutes later to see Zelos on the ground with a nose bleed with Lloyd squirming to get out of the chains. She sighed and released Lloyd from the chains.
"What happened?"
"Zelos came near. So I kicked him. Hate him."
Sheena says uneasily. "Oh you hate him?" She shrugged. "Well, so do I. He annoys me to no end. Ummm...Is Saria...your girlfriend?"
"G-girl..Saria..the thing is...she...I" Lloyd continued to stumble over his words. He stopped and cleared his throat, collecting himself. "No, why do you ask?" Lloyd asked back.
"No reason," she said watching the sky. "But I do have another question. Why do you have a third sword?"
'What is Sheena acting so nerveous?'
He pulled out the sword and Sheena was shocked to see that the sword had no blade.
"What will that do with no blade?"
"Watch." He smiled at her and closed his eyes, his face started to become slightly pale, when a light shot up from the handle. It was four feet of mana in the shape of a sword. He lifted the sword over his head and brought it down slowly but sword sliced right through a tree. He handed the sword to Sheena and said he will be right back.
She stared at the handle in her hand in amazement.
Lloyd walked up to Kratos and asked, "Wanna come for a walk with me?" Kratos agreed.
They walked into the forest for awhile before Lloyd stopped. Kratos saw a few people around him in the darkness. He turned around to see Lloyd pull a mana gun on him.
"Wh-what are you doing?" Kratos asked in a bit of fear.
"Lord Yuan needs the seal to be broken for his plan to work." Lloyd answered.
"Let me guess, you're going to kill me if I don't break the seal." Kratos said.
"No HA, I'm going kill me." Lloyd says this as he puts the gun to his temple.
"Why should I care?" questioned Kratos.
"What would Anna think if you let your own SON die like this." Lloyd said with no regret.
Kratos didn't know how Lloyd knew and he didn't know what to say, so he stalled for time. "What about your dream to make a world with no suffering?"
"Oh, I'm still doing that but under Yuan's leadership. He will crush Cruxis and put a end to this madness. Now enough stalling 5...4...3...2..1."
'If this is end. I kinda wish I spent more time with Sheena.'
He slowly started to pull the trigger, he took a deep breath. A blow came, across his face knocking him back a yard or two. He wiped some blood off his face and heard someone yell. "What the HELL are you doing!"
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