1Sorry it took me so long to get this chapter up but I was very busy and I'm happy to say that at the present moment there is nothing to do so I get to update. Please don't hate me for making you wait! When I get days off I will update as much as possible. I only have one day off and that is January first (yes I have to work on Christmas day) but even then I'm having another Christmas with my family. So, sorry if I'm slow over the holidays, bear with me.

Chapter 4: Captured

"You let what happen to my daughter?" Kratos yelled at the top of his lungs at Zelos who cowered in fear at the seraph. Raine jumped in front of Zelos before Kratos was able to grab a hold of him. Lloyd managed to grab his father by the arm to calm him down.

"It wasn't his fault, we didn't do anything, if we tried to save her Kvar would have killed her then. She's alive for now but we have to find her before they do something horrible," Raine said to Kratos.

"She's right Dad, don't blame Zelos. If I know him, I know that he would have tried to save her, but I'm sure that she's fine. You know, she can take of herself pretty well if she has to," Lloyd said, trying his best to reassure his father.

Kratos stared down at the ground, trying to avoid the gaze of the others as his eyes began to fill up with tears. He refused to allow himself to cry so he held back all the emotion that was trying to rush out of him. He looked up at the group and nodded.

"You're right...I just would never be able to forgive myself if she was...killed...like Anna. I don't know what I would do," Kratos replied.

"Dad, nothing will happen to her, I won't let anything happen to my sister. But, you know, standing around here isn't going to bring her back so I say we get going and rescue her," Lloyd said.

"You're right, and when I find Kvar he will pay for what he's done," Kratos said as he led the others to the Rheihards.

"You know Lloyd, you manage to say smart things every once in a while," Genis said as they left Dirk's house.

"Thanks Genis. Wait, what do you mean, 'every once in a while?'" Lloyd asked.

"Never mind Lloyd," Genis said as he ran ahead. Lloyd, wearing a very confused face turned around and saw Zelos with a very concerned and depressed look on his.

"It'll be okay Zelos, we'll find her," Lloyd told the ex-Chosen.

"Yeah. I never told you before, but I really like Storm," Zelos said.

"We all do. That's why we're all going after her," Lloyd replied oblivious to what Zelos was trying to tell him.

"Yeah, I know," Zelos replied giving up on giving Lloyd any more hints to his love for Storm.

"There's one thing that I can't figure out," Lloyd said to Zelos.

"What's that?" Zelos asked.

"Why does Kvar only want to kill Storm?" Lloyd asked.

"I don't know," Zelos replied.

Storm woke up with her head screaming in pain. She put her hand to her head, only to find blood coming from a large gash on her head. It was fresh, which told her that she wasn't knocked out for very long. She tried to look around her surroundings but she couldn't see anything past her hand. The room was almost completely dark. The only source of light was from the small crack from the door. Wherever she was was damp and cold, she tried to get up and move around but she was restricted to a small spot in the corner of what seemed to be a small cell. She had chains that were attached to the walls, attached to both her arms and legs. She tried to focus on the events that had just happened, but was unable to concentrate very long, due to the reoccurring pain in her head. She was unable to stand or balance without feeling sick and soon decided it best to sit down. She could tell that someone had used the butt of their sword to knock her unconscious and she was afraid that she may have suffered a slight concussion. Of course, they were the same kinds of pain she often felt at the hands of Cruxis while growing up.

Suddenly, the door opened spilling a ton of light into the room. Storm had to close her eyes. Her eyes were not adjusted to the light and her head injury made everything ten times worse. After a few seconds she squinted and saw Kvar and three Desian guards standing in front of her. Storm slowly sat herself up so she could stare her attacker in the face. She leaned up against the wall as she was unable to sit or stand up straight from the pain in her head. Kvar smirked at the pain she was in and slowly walked up to her.

"Don't worry, the pain will be gone soon enough. Once my master arrives, they'll make sure that you are good and dead," Kvar said.

"Why does your master want me dead anyway?" Storm asked.

"Well, with you dead, the prophecy can't come true," Kvar replied.

"What prophecy?" Storm asked.

"Why do you care anyway? You'll be dead soon anyway. It's none of your business," Kvar replied.

"You know, it's pretty pathetic that you're so desperate to kill a seventeen year old off. What, you can't even complete your plan with me in the way? How sad is that?" Storm replied with a small laugh.

Kvar grabbed her angrily by the chin and stared her in her face. "You know if it wasn't for my master, I'd kill you right now. I'd kill you right in front of your pathetic excuse for a father too. Just like your mother was. I can remember her screaming and your father begging me to spare her life. That was truly pathetic," Kvar spat back at her.

Storm spat in his face causing him to let her go and jump back from her. "Don't you dare insult my family, I'll kill you," Storm replied with rage in her eyes.

Kvar was enraged by this time he whispered something to one of the guards who left the room. "That attitude is something I think we need to sort out before my master gets here," Kvar said.

"Yggdrassil couldn't get rid of my attitude, what makes you think that you or your master would be able to rid me of it?" Storm asked.

"We'll see how long that you think that way," Kvar replied as the Desian guard returned with a whip in his hand. Kvar grabbed the whip and prepared himself to strike Storm. He raised his arm and began to strike her with the whip.

The whip was slicing through her clothing and flesh. She held in all of her cries of pain. She didn't want Kvar to think that he was winning this fight. Finally, Storm decided she had had enough. When Kvar went to strike her again with the whip she quickly grabbed it. She flung the whip, along with Kvar into the wall near her. Once he was slammed into the wall, she used all the strength that she had and moved towards him ready to bring her own form of punishment. (A/N pretty much beat the crap out of him, go Storm!) But, before she could reach Kvar, she herself was slammed into the wall. The three guards had managed to all tackle her at once to prevent her attack. Her head was slammed into the wall, causing a huge amount of pain as she felt blood once again trickle down her forehead. One of the guards had sliced into her arm and another in her side with their swords as they pushed her into the wall. Storm couldn't hold back her cries of pain. The guards held her in place as Kvar slowly got to his feet and kicked her hard in the stomach before they all left her again in the dark prison.

Maybe I'll just die here, then it will all be over, Storm thought as she was lying on the cold, hard floor of her cell.

"Are you sure this is where they took her?" Kratos asked as the group continued to search the abandoned looking human ranch.

"This place looks exactly like it did when we blew it up, there's no way that they're here," Sheena added.

"No! This is where I saw them take her. We can't give up yet," Zelos replied.

"I'm getting tired, if she's not here we shouldn't keep looking. If we stay here too long we'll never find her," Lloyd said as he sat on what used to be a wall. When he sat down on it, one of the stones pushed in, opening a secret passage that led underneath the human ranch.

"Lloyd! Your short attention span actually helped us!" Genis said to his friend.

"Thanks a lot Genis," Lloyd replied happily, oblivious to the insult that was just thrown at him.

"So, how are we planning on getting Storm out?" Raine asked before the group entered.

"I'm planning on taking her out by force. I will kill anyone who dares to get in my way," Kratos replied, eager to enter the passage.

"Okay...that sounds like the quickest way to me," Lloyd replied.

"Fine, I guess that sneaking in may be too slow and time is not on our side," Raine replied as the group prepared to enter the passage to rescue Storm.

Sorry that I didn't write any responses but I wanted to get this up today please don't be upset. Just know that I thank each and every one of you for reviewing my story. It takes awhilr to right responses and I barely finished this story today. Hopefully next time I will be able to get them in the story.