Lloyd stared as the shock and surprise finally registered on his face. His father, whom he had thought to be gone forever, was standing right in front of him.

"Lloyd! Behind you!" Kratos warned. Lloyd turned around to see an angel charging forwards. He lifted his sword to block, but there wasn't enough time. He braced himself for the blow… But it never came as a sword sprouted from the angel's stomach. It collapsed onto the ground to reveal Lloyd's saviour. Isaac.

"Thanks…" Lloyd said, still accepting the fact that Isaac had just saved him. Isaac nodded, then was off, brandishing his sword through a few angels before they had a chance to react. Lloyd stared at him, in awe of his talent. He drew held his own sword in a readier position as he dashed forwards towards the nearest angel as Kratos came running up beside him. Lloyd ignored him, focusing on the task at hand.

"Rising Falcon!" he shouted as he leapt into the air, diving through the nearest angel. He turned towards Genis.

"Ready Genis?" He didn't say what he was going to do, but Genis could tell. He leapt into the air as the familiar lightning struck an angel as he jumped into the air screaming as he brought down his sword on the angel:

"Lightning tiger blade!" By the time the attack was over, the angel was gone. He looked around most of the angels had been defeated; only a handful of them were left. They looked around, then began to retreat. Garet began to run after them, but a look from Isaac stopped him dead in his tracks.

"Garet we have no reason to follow them now that they are retreating. They are not a threat to us anymore." Isaac said as Garet began to trudge slowly towards the group.

"Is everyone alright?" Raine asked tentatively as she looked around the group. Everyone seemed to be fine, except that Lloyd seemed to be totally stunned.

"What's wrong, Lloyd?" She asked, but he was too busy staring at something behind her. She turned around as well, and gasped when she did.

"I see you are all surprised to see me, but I am surprised to see you as well." Kratos said scratching the back of his head. No one seemed to want to break the silence; but Lloyd finally asked the question that he knew was probably on the minds of all of his friends.

"How did you get here?" He blurted, not able to think of anything else to say. It was silent as Kratos shifted uncomfortably, but finally Raine spoke up.

"I think that we need to rest before we do anything else." She said, looking straight at Isaac.

"Sure… You can go stay in my house." He said as he began to make his way towards the houses.

They all followed, but Kratos hung back. Lloyd noticed this, and reminded himself to ask Kratos why.

"Mom, Dad! I'm home!" called Isaac. He waited a while for a reply, but he received none. He took his sheath off his back, then motioned for the others to come in. He looked around the house, and almost immediately noticed a small piece of paper lying on the table. He picked it up and began to read it; his face immediately turned pale.

"What's wrong?" asked Garet, a look of worry crossing his face. Isaac began to read the note aloud.

"Dearest Isaac, if you are reading this, then us villagers have failed. Angels suddenly descended from the sky and attacked the village. Please rest assured that no matter what happens to us, we will stick together and help each other; you have no need to worry about us.

Love,

Mom & Dad"

"… Kratos. I think that seeing the present circumstance, we deserve an explanation." Said Raine, staring intently. Kratos let out a sigh as everyone turned to look at him expectantly.

"I guess I have to. All right. Here's my end of the story."