Chapter 4: They're Back…

Lloyd was not scared, he heard voices, but they weren't the really creepy guy, it was the voices of his comrades, "Guys? Are you there? Are you ok? Guys?"

The room lit up, in a circle, was him and the rest, but their feet were chained to the wall, and there were electric shocks coming from the wall.

"Welcome everyone. I am your last opponent, Yggdrasill," the voice called out.

"Hey! You stole that name from Mithos!" Genis said out loud.

"No I didn't, he stole it from me, his family stole it from me, they said it was a cool name so they stole it, I would've crushed them, but they ran away," Then he turned to face them, he had big red eyes, small black nose, wrinkles, and a huge zit on his forehead.

They then turned to each other; the girls were creeped out because of his ugliness, "Eww…What happened to your face?" Sheena asked and the thing got a bit angry.

"You have no idea how long I had to live just me sitting here, watching the world, all alone, for 1,000,000 years!" the demon boomed. His voice echoed all around the chamber.

They all gasped, they were shocked at how big the zit was, and Zelos actually thinking a bit and realized something. "Hey, this place is only 5,000 years old, how can that be possible?" he inquired.

The thing stood up and showed them pictures on his screen, "Here is us three when the first monster you fought was only 5 thousand years old, pretty young among us you know. Ok so you see it was his birthday and he saw a human, he picked it up, it yelled in horror you know the usual, then he began to command it, and it worked, but then others came, so we ran and hid in this cave and renovated it. But then several people were brought here to kill us so we have to stay, I wonder how mom is?" A catchy tune could be heard coming from Yggdrasill's waist. "Wait a sec," He then turned and took out a cell phone.

They all sweat dropped and waited patiently, except for Lloyd who was struggling wanting to escape. But he got shocked and Kratos shook his head, "Lloyd, don't move, don't you see the electric stuffs?"

Lloyd turned to the walls and shrugged and turned to the thing, I mean Yggdrasill; he was still on the phone, "Mom! Not now! My other brothers just died, and the people who killed them are right here… No you cannot come over. Yes I'm wearing clean underwear… Fine when I'm finished I'll go shopping with you ok?"

He then hung up and turned red as he turned to them, "Mom says hi."

Regal shrugged, "This is ridiculous."

Raine nodded and so did Genis, "So what are you going to do to us? Call your mommy to destroy us all?" Genis began to laugh but then felt a shock.

"Don't insult my mother!" He then shocked everyone.

"So why are you keeping us in here you old geezer!" Sheena asked.

"I'm not that old, I'm still an adult, I'm not that old yet, not for another two million years. Anyways, back to all seriousness," He shut off the lights and there was a spotlight on everyone.

"Ok, let's play a little game, I ask the questions, you answer simple enough, survive, and I will allow you to fight me."

He then took out his game cards and the screen flashed, it read "The Shadows In Our Life" And there were five categories, 'Love' 'Betrayal' 'Strength' 'Racism' 'Random'.

They all scanned the questions carefully and wondered how he knew it all, but at his age, he should know everything.

"Ok kids, now lucky number one is… Presea! Now choose your category."

Presea looked at the screen and thought, but then when she took too long he shocked her, "Oww…I'm sorry, I choose Strength…"

"Good choice! Now let's see, answer this! What is the source of all your strength?" He then sat down waiting for her to answer.

She thought about this for a second, and tried to pretend that Yggdrasill was actually serious about everything. But the main thing she has to focus on was her answer. She felt a jolt go up her spine, she must be taking to long, 'Grr…What is the source to my power? Oh wait, that's easy,' She then turned to him and said, "My friends."

"Oh, how corny, are you all like that? Well anyways, not exactly but you're close, there's one in particular that makes you feel safe and fight your hardest, now you must tell me that…If you don't I will torture you, with this!" Some helmet thing went on her and she saw it, she saw her past, how monotone she was, and how much she was tortured, but then he took it away before if was too late.

"Oh…I think, I think it's…umm…" Then she turned to all of them, and then to Genis, she then blushed, but he gave her a look that said, 'don't let him get to you,' he always made her feel comfortable, his shyness was…cute, 'Oh, now I know, he always was shy, but he's strong, and he always meant well for me, I believed in him and he believed in me, he made me strong, he's, he's my strength!'

She smiled at Genis and he blushed, and then she turned to Yggdrasill, "Genis, the one who had always tried his best to protect me and the one who made me feel strong."

"Congratulations, the prize you get is a blushing brat, but that's okay, at least you didn't die. Now, don't think you're done yet, everyone has to answer each of them. Now next up is, Regal! What do you choose?"

Regal frowned, he looked at Presea's condition, she looked a little burned up, and it smelled like something was burning, but too late he got his first shock, "Oww…Ok I apologize, I choose Random."

"Well done, let's see random question is, how do you cook with you're feet? Just kidding, the real question is, do you really believe in everyone here?"

"Of course I do, why wouldn't I? I've been through quite a bit with these guys…"

"Oh, yay you win, I just didn't have much of a random question for you…Anyways…"

Everything got dark, Yggdrasill screamed like a little girl, and the others only panicked a bit. They heard a voice, "You, what are you doing here? And, you, why did you steal lord Yggdrasill's name?"

"I did not! Let go of me!"

"No, you were supposed to rid these inferior beings, now! What have you been doing this whole time?" The dude said, and then he turned to them, "This is your fate," And he shot some energy ray at Yggdrasill and hit his head off.

A/N: Lights are back on…

"That. That's disturbing, but why did you do that to your own comrade!" Raine said, still attached to the chains.

He stepped from the pile of blood and pieces, and it revealed Forcystus, "I'm only working with him because he received mercy from Lord Yggdrasill and Klopan. He took too long in his process of destroying you, and he was such an old geezer brat thing…Anyways, you are motionless."

The chains were unlocked because Yggdrasill's head rolled over his remote thing. Now everyone was ready. Forcystus

"Darn it! You were lucky, I will destroy you! You can't defeat us! For I am only one of the four guardians of the underworld, sent back here by Torturatos, and told to work for Lord Yggdrasill, and we are more powerful than ever! Farewell inferior beings…"

He dashed out and they just stood there looking at Yggdrasill's remains.

"Oh man…It's only been one month, how can this be?" Colette said, looking down, feeling sad.

"I can't believe it! We fought them, defeated them, and they come back to life!" Sheena yelled out loud, frustrated at the new threat that was upon the world of Symphonia.

"Calm down, I heard about the powers of the devil, but why is he wasting time on them? Maybe he wants to control the world with them, maybe, the pain of these people make him stronger, we must destroy this evil, but, this task is way too difficult," Kratos said, making sure everyone was alright, he led them out.

"Dad, I think, I think we might be ready," Lloyd began after realizing that if they don't try soon, then when they do fight Torturatos, he would be even more powerful than ever.

"No, but you do have a point," replied his father. "If we don't try soon, we will die trying after, he'd be too powerful and the other Grand Cardinals might destroy us. So now onto the underworld, let us destroy Abyssion and then get rid of the devil."

As they walked through the cave, everyone thought about what situation they were in at the moment.

Presea, healed by Raine was now ready, but not so confident about fighting Abyssion, the first time they tried, after he took the devil arms, they were almost killed, 'Hmm, What have we gotten ourselves into? I hope that everyone will be strong, and Genis, don't give up on me or yourself. We're going to need each other and everyone else too.'

Zelos still trying to process everything that had just happened was in a bit of a shock, 'I hope we won't die, no we won't, everyone is strong, Lloyd and Kratos and the brat with his ass kicking magic, and my hunnies… And don't forget about that butt kicking guy Regal… yeah, we won't lose, I know it…'

Regal was very frustrated, 'It's what happened before, but worse, this time they are five times stronger, and we have so much to deal with, and we have so much to risk, our lives, and the lives of other people around the world who may be tortured… But we have the strength, hopefully, no one will give in, no one will lose hope, we must all work together, and we must each believe in ourselves…'

Sheena, looking at everyone was worried, 'Argh… Too much to worry about, too much new information jammed into my head, so much fighting, again, and I was used to it me just being with Lloyd. Oops, hope he didn't see that, no he couldn't, knowing him, he's probably thinking about this too.'

"You guys. Don't feel so down," Colette said trying to help, but everything was still silent, 'Oh this is horrible, I thought we finally had peace, now we have to fight again, why do we have to fight? Why can't everyone just get along?'

Kratos turned to his son, he was flustered, he couldn't believe what was going on, 'I don't blame you my son, and how can anyone not be frustrated in a situation like this?'

'Wow, what Presea said earlier has got me blushing, but I'm sure that Lloyd is pretty mad. Everyone's pretty much mad. I hope Raine won't take out her rage on us. No no Genis, don't think about that, I hope I'll be strong enough to take him on…'

'Wow, I can't believe it's happening again. But this time it's five times worse, I thought that Mithos was happy in heaven or wherever he ended up with Martel, but that Klopan just had to ruin everything, it even only lasted for a month. I must brush up on my magic, I have to be able to support them…'

Everyone turned from angry to sad, and worried, Lloyd thoughts were still angry. 'That bastard! He's ruining our new peaceful life! But I guess there always have to be a downside and evil in our world. There has to be a balance, but this is too much on the evil side, but maybe it's a sign that we are powerful enough, or evil got an overdose of power. I must fight, as an angel, I must be able to protect the world we live in, for mom, for dad, for Sheena, and everyone else. But I wonder, why I always point out Sheena, why I always think about her safety first. Must be because I have that special feeling around her all the time. She makes me strong, so I can't let her down, the source of all my strength…Sheena.'

A/N: Ok, I thought it would be longer though… Anyways, next chapter, can he finally realize what his feeling really are? Can they defeat Abyssion? Or will they fail and let the world be succumbed by the darkness or Klopan's vengefulness… Oh yeah, and shout outs to J.G the Game Master for prereading thanks again!