"When you last saw me, I was headed off on Derris-Kharlan with the rest of the angels of Cruxis. All was going well until there was a strange and massive discharge of energy somewhere. When that happened, I'm not exactly sure what it did, but you have seen the after effects. It drove the angels insane. A few moments after the awesome power faded, we crash-landed in this place. I'm not quit sure about the specifics, but I do know that there is no way for us to leave the way we came, and that the angels must be stopped; there is no telling what they are going to do in their current condition." Kratos finished his explanation, and an eerie silence covered the group as no one knew what to say. After a lengthy silence, Isaac broke it.

"I don't really understand what is currently happening, and I assume that you don't as well. I think it would be best if we sat down and began considering our options. These angels can't be pushovers if they defeated the rest of our village."

Raine nodded in agreement, so the group of 10 made their way to a long table and sat down.

"I think that at this time we have two things that need to be done. We need to rescue the villagers as well as stop the tyrant angels. I think that the later is the most difficult task that we must accomplish." Raine said, her arms crossed, as she appeared to be deep in thought.

"There is one more thing that you need to know." Kratos said uncomfortably. Everyone turned towards him again.

"The angels that you saw were just a portion of the entire group of angels that crash-landed with me onto this land. I'm not exactly sure where the other group went. I was following the group that you encountered to try and prevent them from the destruction that happened here." Again, an uncomfortable silence took over, but this time, Lloyd knew that there wasn't any time to waste.

"Well, according to what Kratos said, there are two groups of angels. The one that attacked Vale and one that we don't have much information on. It's pretty simple isn't it? We need to rescue the villagers and stop the angels. If we go rescue the villagers and then go stop the other group of angels, wouldn't that be enough?" Lloyd asked, not entirely sure that his plan would work.

"Well… Maybe; but we aren't even sure if the angels stuck together. They could have split up for all we know." Said Raine. She was always one step ahead.

"If that's true, how are we supposed to stop all of them?" asked Sheena. This question was more difficult to answer.

"There is no real way to stop every single one. I think that what we need to do is split up. One group can go after the angels that captured the villagers, and the other one will go warn other people about the angels, and if they run into any angels, they stop them." As usual, it was Raine that thought of the plan.

"Seeing our current situation, there isn't much we can do. Lloyd, will you split us up? I assume you're going to be going to rescue the villagers." Said Kratos.

"Me? Why is it always me? Hmm… I guess Genis, the professor, Garet and Isaac" said Lloyd, but instantly, Kratos shook his head.

"That isn't going to work. We need someone from Weyard in each group, because we don't know where we're headed." Said Kratos, shaking his head; Lloyd was still exactly as he remembered.

"Argh. Why do you always have to ask me? Ok then. Genis, the professor, Colette, Isaac and I will go to rescue the villagers. Regal, Presea, Kratos, Sheena and Garet will go after the other group of angels." Said Lloyd; all this thinking was making his head hurt…

"Sounds fine to me." Said Regal pensively, and nods all around the table seemed to appear. They got up from the table, but before anyone could leave, Regal spoke.

"Do we have enough food? I know that we should have enough, but we need to make sure." Lloyd searched through their stuff, then split the provisions into two portions. There seemed to be a large amount of food that should be sufficient.

As the group made their way to the door, Lloyd drifted towards his dad.

"Its good to see you again dad." He said, smiling at Kratos.

"Its good to see you Lloyd. My son." Kratos replied, and he offered a rare smile. It was probably the last one Lloyd would see in a long time.