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Tales of Symphonia 2
The Return of Mithos Yggdrassill
Chapter 7: The Iselia Ranch
Lloyd used his angel senses to feel where Colette was. He found her, and and teleported to her location. When he got there, he saw Yuan on the ground, hunched over. "First Aid!" Lloyd said quietly. Yuan got up and turned to Lloyd. "What about Genis?" he asked. Lloyd looked down, and told him what happened and that everyone was watching over Raine. Yuan sighed.
"Lloyd, Kratos is fighting Mithos as we speak. I would have helped him sooner if Mithos had not stabbed me when I first appeared here. Colette is over there, all alone, because Kratos distracted Mithos." Yuan said. Lloyd walked over to Colette, who was sitting down, wishing for Lloyd to come. When he got there, Colette was so happy.
Meanwhile in Derris-Kharlan, Pronyma had just arrived. There she summoned Mithos's Desian army, which was just underneath Welgaia. She then commanded them to split into four groups and go to the human ranches for further details. After that, Pronyma left.
"Lloyd! You came just in time! If you had not, then I will have submitted to Mithos." Colette said.
"Come on Colette, let's go and get you somewhere safe." Lloyd said. Lloyd turned to Yuan and told him that he will be back soon and to help out Kratos. Lloyd returned Colette to the others and told them to go to Derris-Kharlan so they can be safe. They complied and left. Lloyd returned to where Mithos, Kratos, and Yuan were. Luckily, Yuan nor Kratos were hurt. Mithos was sweating, and Kratos was grinning. Yuan ran up and sliced Mithos's sword in two. Lloyd then ran up to Mithos and stabbed him in the shoulder. Mithos yelped.
"I will leave you now. If I die, the Giant Tree dies too." Mithos said, vanishing. Mithos reappeared over Genis's body, and took him to Derris-Kharlan, so that he could be revived.
Meanwhile, Lloyd, Kratos, and Yuan were regrouping. Kratos thanked Lloyd for helping him stop Mithos. Lloyd nodded his head and left. Yuan, Kratos, and Lloyd all got back to where the others were. When they got there, Raine was still upset. Kratos asked what was wrong with her. Lloyd told him what happened and what he did to Genis. Kratos was silent.
"Well, what now?" asked Kratos.
"We need to stop Mithos from gaining any more power, so let's form pacts with the Summon Spirits." Lloyd said.
"What about Colette? As time goes on, she will not be able to keep on fighting." Raine said, with her eyes closed.
"It's okay. I'll do my best for everyone!' Colette said, smiling.
"All right! Then, lets go form the pact with Efreet first." Lloyd said.
"Let's hope you maintain that enthusiasm." Kratos said.
The group decided to go and rest at Dirk's house for the night. How they slept there with only one bed there I don't know. But they did and the next day they went to the Triet Ruins-which had not been messed with since it was destroyed.
"Now what?" Lloyd asked, turning to anyone.
Kratos pulled out the Eternal Sword and had it open the way to the seal. The seal came up from the ground and everyone approached it. Efreet appeared, and said that he was bound to Sheena.
"I am Kratos! I ask that thou annulst thy pact with Sheena and establish a new pact with me." Kratos said.
"Let us fight." the Summon Spirit said. Efreet went to Kratos and grabbed him. He the let him go and sent an Explosion at him. It hit him, and Kratos was sent back. Kratos then took the Eternal Sword and slashed Efreet across the neck. Efreet seemed to bleed fire from his neck. The Summon Spirit quit fighting, and went back to the seal.
"Your power is admirable, you may make your vow." Efreet said.
"I vow to protect the world for as long as I live." Kratos said.
Efreet became red light and went into Kratos. Kratos got the proof of Efreet's pact. Lloyd was excited about this. "I wish that I could conjure up Summon Spirits and say cool things like 'Burn to Oblivion'!' Lloyd said. (See note at the end of the chapter).
The group then decided to leave and head for Triet to sleep. On the way, they saw one of the forces of Desians that Pronyma sent. They were heading for the Iselia Human Ranch.
"This is not good, these Desians will spell terror for everyone in the world." Regal said.
"I know. Let's go stop them!" Lloyd said.
"Wait. Let's go warn the people of Iselia so that the world can be informed eventually." Kratos said. Lloyd didn't like this idea, but Kratos said that the Desians were not going to hurt anyone right now, for they would go to the ranch and receive orders. He said he knew that because he was with Cruxis before, after all. Everyone liked this idea, and they went to Iselia.
When they got there, everyone was busy and running around.
"What's going on?" Sheena asked.
A random person wet up to the group and told them that they were going to "The Ranch". Everyone froze. They then told that person that "The Ranch" was one of the Desian Human Ranches that were used to kill people over one-hundred years ago. The person didn't believe this though. The group decided to take him to the Iselia Ranch to see for himself.
When they got there, they saw five hundred humans enter the ranch on their own free will. They stood there, with their mouths open. Everyone went after them, and went inside.
Inside, they saw the humans being taken to different locations. They took the person who came with them to where the exspheres were extracted. The person was petrified. He saw humans go in, and exspheres come out. Lloyd told him that exspheres were made from human lives.
"I never knew. Please, let me help you defeat these Desians." the person said.
"Sure thing, you can help us!" Lloyd said, smiling.
"Thank you, I will not be a burden to you, I use an exsphere, and I am one of the strongest people in the world. And by the way, my name is Thorvald Magnusson." Thorvald said.
"Welcome to the group! I'm Lloyd."
"I'm Kratos."
"I'm Raine."
"I'm Sheena."
"I'm Presea."
"I'm Yuan."
"I'm Colette.
"And, I'm Regal."
They all introduced themselves to each other and decided to smash the exsphere remover where the humans were dying.
"Let's shut it off, and then destroy it." Yuan said. They did, Kratos shut it down, and Thorvald showed his strength-by taking the track that the new exspheres were on and ripping it apart. He then took a refresher, tore it off the floor, and threw it to exactly where the exspheres were extracted. Te contraption exploded, and the humans that were about to die cheered. Thorvald told them to take his lead and to go free the humans that had just arrived.
"Thorvald, After you do that-go see-" Lloyd said "Dirk. I know, he'll remove the exspheres and save these people." Thorvald said. Thorvald left the party, and went to rescue the humans.
"Let's go stop the leader of this ranch!" Lloyd said. Everyone cheered. They went to the control room, and they saw Forcystus. They saw his wings, which were green now, and fell back. He turned around, and smiled. Lloyd asked why he had wings, and Forcystus replied that Lord Yggdrassill gave them to him.
Forcystus rushed everyone, which was not a good idea, for Lloyd, Kratos, and Yuan sliced his head off and then his Cruxis Crystal.
"A very anticlimactic battle." Kratos said.
Everyone agreed, and left for Dirk's house. There, they saw Thorvald, and all the humans getting their exspheres taken off. When the exspheres were off, they left, leaving the group there to talk with Dirk. They all got to know Thorvald well, and it seemed that Thorvald was once a Summon Spirit. He wanted to assume a human form for a while, so that he could have some excitement in his life. He was the Summon Spirit of Strength.
While they were talking, Colette felt hungry. "We just ate, Colette." Lloyd said. Kratos, feeling stupid fo saying this, told Lloyd that since Colette is bearing your son, she must eat not for her, but for the child as well. Lloyd understood this, and had Dirk give Colette more food. She ate it all, and fel asleep.
Everyone followed suit, and they slept for a good long while, happy, and hoping that they would see better days to come.
But, that was not the case.
In Derris-Kharlan, Mithos had finished reviving Genis. Genis woke up, and he looked a lot different. He was an adult now, six feet tall, his gray hair covering his eyes, and mechanical parts replacing the body parts that Lloyd cut off him. Genis's wings were now a mix of blue and white, and the mechanical parts of his body were covered with a false skin. He opened his eyes, looked at Mithos, and grinned.
Well, that's chapter seven. I know it's not that long, but if I had made it as long as I first wanted it to be, it would be about 150-200 kilobytes in size. So, I split it up into shorter chapters so I can update sooner. Anyway, thanks for the reviews, and keep on reading. Until later, goodbye!