I'M BACK! Sorry for the second week of holiday, but it was with my family. Well anyway, thanks to all you who've reviewed, and enjoy the next chapter!
Sheena was now flying over the centre of the Triet Desert. She did not know how long she was flying, all she could think of was if Lloyd was still ok...whether he still had his emotions...whether he still loved her...no! Of course he still did. Even without emotions, he must still remember.
A glimpse of light from a sand dune put a halt to her train of thoughts. She had arrived at the Renegade Base. She headed down, still not overly sure how she would convince Yuan to tell her where Cruxis' base was. She landed, and without putting away the Rehaird, banged on the metal doors as hard as she could.
"What is it?" asked a disgruntled guard, he looked out and saw her, "What the hell do you want?" he asked rudely.
"Let me in right now!" she ordered, shouting at the top of her lungs.
"Why do you need to enter?"
"None of your business now let me in now!"
"If you won't give a reason, then you can't enter." He was about to shut the eyehole, when Sheena punched him, right in the eyes. "AHHH!" he yelled in pain, "Oh you're gonna get it now girly!" he opened the door, raising his sword.
Sheena acted fast, she punched him again, right in the stomach, severely winding him. She ran through the open door as fast as her legs could carry her.
"Damn you bitch!" he yelled. He crawled back into the base, shut the door, and hit the red button on the wall.
Every wall around Sheena flash red, and a computerised voice was saying loudly, "INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!"
Many Renegade soldiers were entering the corridor, both in front and behind Sheena.
"Open fire!" one of them yelled, and every one of the soldiers fired a gun all pointing at her. Amazingly, they all swerved away, harmlessly hitting the wall. "Damn it, she has an exsphere! Draw your swords!" But as Sheena was still running, she jumped over all the soldiers, before they even touched their handles, and kept on running.
Only two Renegades stood in her way now. She drew her short sword and kept on charging. This completely took the two by surprise, meaning they couldn't draw their weapons in time to defend themselves. They were both striked down at the throat, without making Sheena even slow down. She wasn't gonna let anything stop her from getting Lloyd back.
Sheena carried on running for another five minutes, completely leaving the other Renegades behind, until another figure stood before her, making her freeze in her tracks.
"Lucrus?" she said stunned, but then got to the chase, "Lucrus, Lloyd's gone! Cruxis got to him! He was fighting Presea and...what's wrong?" For Lucrus hadn't made any type of reaction at all, even when she said about Lloyd. She looked at him again, and noticed his eyes looked blank...no emotions what so ever. "Lucrus...?"
"There's no point." Said a cocky voice behind Lucrus. The voice made their appearance. Botta stood before her, "He won't make any action at all, with out our say so. Not even if it's got something to do with the most important thing in his life."
"What do you mean?" Sheena demanded.
"He is now a completed version of the Angelus Project. One of many we have in our possession. Your friend here was...very helpful." He laughed.
"Listen," she said remembering why she was here, "Cruxis has Lloyd so tell me where their base is NOW!"
"And you'll do what?" asked a smug voice, Yuan had appeared right next to Botta. Sheena also heard the sound of running footsteps coming up behind her. The Renegades had caught up with her.
"Lord Yuan sir." Panted the one in front, "I apologise for the intruder sir, I'm afraid we underestimated her sir. I'll dispose of her right now."
"No." He replied simply, "I wanna hear her plan. So what is it? You somehow break into Cruxis' stronghold, then what?"
"I...um..." she hadn't thought of any type of plan. Just get in, get Lloyd, get out.
Yuan started to laugh, "You planned to get in, and just expect to free him from the most heaviest guarded place in the base. I bet you don't even have a plan to get in, do you?"
Sheena growled in her throat. She was getting angry, she was being humiliated. Every Renegade was laughing at her. She couldn't retaliate, it was too dangerous.
"Now the question is what to do with you now?" stated Yuan.
"Huh?" Sheena was totally confused, what did he mean?
"Normally, we kill all intruders, but you've told us about Lloyd, so we now know that now is our time to attack before they create more Angelus Project soldiers." He thought for a minute. "I know, we'll get you into their stronghold. Then you can do, whatever it is you're planning to do to retrieve your boyfriend." He laughed again.
"R-Really?" asked Sheena, shocked but happy that it was that easy, "You'd do that?"
"My dear Princess, it's the least we can do, considering you'd most likely die before reaching anywhere near him."
Her tone changed instantly, "Gee, thanks for the vote of confidence." She said. There was a moments silence, before she asked the question she knew she must ask, "Tell me...if I do get to Lloyd, but they've already removed his emotions...is there...is there anyway I could change him back?" she was trying to hold back her tears of fear of the answer.
"After hearing what Lucrus told me," Yuan started, and Sheena couldn't help but notice his voice turned serious, as if feeling sorry for her, "it's sounds impossible, yet it should've been impossible when it happened the last time, but they still got them back. So truthfully, I have no idea, They might have found a way to stop it from happening again, but I have no idea if they know how they regained their emotions."
"Ok, thanks." She replied, still a bit upset, 'All hopes not lost. I can still save him. I will save him!' she thought determinedly.
"I assume you've got a Rehaird?" Botta asked.
"Yes." She replied coldly.
"Lucrus! Alert all Angelus Soldiers, tell them to prepare to attack the enemy stronghold." Yuan ordered.
"Understood." Lucrus replied, in the same robotic voice as Presea, and he walked off without another word.
"I do hope you're ready for battle." Stated Botta, "Cruxis' stronghold is a dangerous place, especially for little girls like yourself."
This was too much for Sheena to take in without retaliation. SMACK! "Oh, I'm ready alright!"
And there you have it, they're off to attack Cruxis, and, in Sheena's case, save Lloyd. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll be pleased to except any type of review.