I apologise for the really late update, but its amazing how much work I got from school. Anyway here's the next chapter. Enjoy!
Sheena was running, running as fast as she could down the corridor. She didn't know how much time she had left to save Lloyd, but she knew no matter what, she had to save him.
After what felt like an eternity, she found what she had been waiting for, an elevator. She smashed the button, and to her surprise, the door opened straight away. She entered and pressed the lowest button.
"Damn!" she said to no-one, "These things are always so slow. Why did they have to use one he..." but before she finished, the floor seemed to disappear below her. When she looked down however, she realised that the elevator, was just extremely fast. Suddenly, she fell to the ground, as the elevator jerked and stopped.
Recovering she walked through out the elevator door, and stopped at what she saw. There, his head in the shadows, was Lloyd.
"LLOYD!" she yelled in joy. She ran up to him, and hugged him tightly, but was still unable to see his face. "I'm so glad your safe! For a moment there I thought...Lloyd? She raised her hand, and attempted to cup it over his cheek.
Lloyd grabbed her wrist, stopping it before it could touch him. Sheena felt pain as he squeezed harder. Without warning, he span around and chucked her towards the wall. She landed painfully, not wanting to believe what just happened. "L-Lloyd?" she stuttered.
He walked towards her, revealing his face, and Sheena screamed at what she saw, or rather, what she didn't see. His face was blank, his eyes a deeper crimson, and completely empty of all emotions. "No!" she whispered.
A loud, feminine laugh cut through her mind. She looked to where the noise came from, and saw Pronyma. "Hello Princess," she said, "I assume you've met our newest recruit?"
"What did you do to him?" she demanded, rising to her feet with tremendous effort.
"Oh, I believe you already know what has happened." She teased, "And I bet you can guess what his first mission's gonna be. Lloyd, kill her, but make it slow and painful."
"Understood." He answered simply. He drew his swords, and entered a stance.
"Lloyd, please." Sheena pleaded, "It's me, Sheena." He didn't even answer. She went for her short sword...but then stopped, and just stood still, not guarding a single part of her body. "I'm not gonna hurt you, Lloyd." She stated.
Pronyma burst into laughter, "You think you could hurt him even if you tried? How amusing!"
Lloyd, who hadn't made a single objection to Sheena's refusal to take a defensive stance, suddenly charged. He slashed at her, which resulted to Sheena having a large gash on her arm. She yelled in pain, but didn't move at all.
"Please, Lloyd." She continued to try and get his real self back, "You've got to remember all the good times we've had together."
Lloyd charged again, but instead of using his blades, he rammed into her, sending her flying across the room. She crashed into the wall, and slid to the floor. Whilst in immense pain, she gathered up all the strength she could muster, she returned to her feet, and held out her arms to the side, still completely vulnerable. "Lloyd..." was all she could say, tears freely flowing from her eyes.
Pronyma was watching, and laughing, "Put her out of her misery Lloyd." She ordered, "I'm getting of this mushy talk."
Lloyd nodded, and began to advance towards Sheena. She was watching him come nearer and nearer to her, knowing that the end was definitely coming. "Lloyd, I'm sorry I didn't save you in time, and just so you know, even though you're about to kill me, I still love you, and always will." He had finally reached her. He raised his father's sword, "Goodbye." Sheena whispered, as he swung it towards her.
Feeling nothing, Sheena opened her eyes. Lloyd's sword had stopped, just before touching her skin. "Sh-Sheena." He stuttered. Without thinking, Sheena flung her arms around Lloyd's neck, and kissed him with all the love she held for him. She heard to clanking noises, and felt two powerful arms hold her waist, as Lloyd returned the kiss.
"NOOO!" Pronyma screamed. "Kill her! KILL HER!"
"Sheena, I'm so sorry." Lloyd whispered into his love's ear, ignoring Pronyma completely.
"I order you to kill her! OBEY ME!"
"Don't worry Lloyd, lets just go home." Sheena replied, before feinting from exhaustion.
Lloyd picked her up, in a bride and groom fashion, and started to walk towards the elevator. "We're leaving!" shouted Lloyd, "And if any of you come after us, you will regret it."
"You can never leave!" she yelled, as she raised her mace. She charged, ready to kill the reunited couple.
Lloyd stopped pacing, and turned towards the charging woman. Without moving a faint green orb surrounded the two. Pronyma's mace connected with the orb, and shattered into pieces, all the way to the handle, which she dropped due to the force of the impact.
"I see you now have complete control of your angelic powers." Said a voice from nowhere. Lloyd looked towards the voice, and saw a man, dressed in complete white. He had mid-back length, blonde hair.
"Lord Yggdrasil!" Pronyma yelled, as she ran towards him, "My Lord, he somehow regained his emotions, I don't know how but..." She was cut short, as a knife was forced into her throat. She fell to the floor...dead.
"You failed me one too many times Pronyma." He told her, even though he knew she couldn't hear.
Lloyd just stared at him, shocked at how cruel he was to those who failed him. "So you're the one behind this all. Who threatened Sheena's life."
"Yes, I am." He answered, "And you are one of the original Angelus Projects."
"As I told her, leave us alone, or you'll regret ever crossing my path."
"I'm afraid I cannot allow you to leave, not alive anyway. You see, you are the only remaining person who can stand in my way, so you must be removed."
"You're forgetting the Renegades, I'm sure they've already made an army of Angelus Soldiers by now."
"You mean these Renegades?" he snapped his fingers, and two objects flew from nowhere and landed in front of him. They were heads, severely scratched and bruised heads, Yuan's and Botta's heads. "And these Angelic Soldiers?" He snapped his fingers again, and many soldiers entered the room, and surrounded them.
And there you have it, I'm not overly pleased on how it went, I thought it would go on a lot longer than this, but I hope you enjoyed. Please review and I'll update ASAP.