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Chapter 14: Something's Wrong
Kratos walked into the room where Zelos was hiding after he escaped the fight that took place between Storm and her father. Kratos walked in and sat down on a chair in the corner, waiting for Zelos to react. Zelos finally sat in a chair on another side of the room. Kratos looked up at him resting his head on his hands. He looked at Zelos as if he were searching for any sort of imperfection in him. Finally, Kratos broke the tension in the room.
"So, Storm really seems to want to be with you," he began.
"Yeah, and I really want to be with her," Zelos replied.
Storm was sitting in her room as strange thoughts began to race through her mind. She suddenly had the desire to go out and search for Pronyma. She knew her father wouldn't let her go and fight her yet, but for some reason she felt as if she couldn't control it. She had to destroy Pronyma, even if it destroyed her. She was about to sneak out the window, when suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her head. It was the same pain that she had experienced back at the church. The room began to spin around her like it had before. Another familiar sensation swept over her as she felt her stomach begin to do flips and it felt as if someone was twisting her stomach into knots. Her legs began to get shaky and she decided to make her way to where he father was. She felt like she had back when she was stuck in bed from the poison before.
"I know what you're like Zelos, and I don't want you to hurt my daughter," Kratos said threateningly.
"I would never try to hurt Storm. It's because of her that I was able to break away from the worthless life I once had," Zelos replied defensively, not for himself but rather Storm.
"I trust you Zelos, don't forget that. But remember, if you ever hurt her, I will hurt you. She's been hurt in too many ways already in her life," Kratos said.
"I wouldn't worry if I were you," Zelos replied.
Suddenly, the door to the room opened and Storm stumbled in and clung to the back of a sofa to hold herself up. She was pale and looked awful. She looked at her father and managed to say, "Daddy...I don't feel very well," before she fainted on the floor.
Zelos and Kratos rushed over to her and carried her to her room and Zelos ran to get Raine. Kratos looked at his daughter and tried to figure out what was wrong with her. Raine rushed in soon afterwards as she tried to diagnose her illness. At first, they wondered if it was what had happened earlier at the church. But then Raine began to notice that she had the same symptoms that she had when she was poisoned. She couldn't picture why the poison would be coming back again. Storm's temperature was rising quickly and she opened her eyes, only to cry out in pain. She held onto her stomach complaining that both it and her head felt as if they were going to rupture. There wasn't much Raine could do to help with the poison. The others decided to return to bed for the night when Kratos volunteered to watch over her that night.
Late that night Storm woke up with the strong desire to kill Pronyma returning to her. She noticed that Kratos had drifted to sleep and she decided to sneak out of the window. She stumbled out of bed, still affected by the poison. When she reached the ground she began to walk through Meltokio, towards the entrance. She was barely walking and her head and stomach were still in considerable pain. She stopped to get her breath for a few seconds and continued on. She was almost to the exit when Kratos ran in front of her.
"What the hell do you think you're doing Storm?" he asked.
"I'm going to find Pronyma," Storm replied as she continued to walk.
"Like hell you are. Where did you get a stupid idea like that? Look at yourself, you are in no condition to fight, let alone travel all over the place, you could die," Kratos replied.
"I have to, I don't know why but Ihave to go find Pronyma, I have to destroy her, no matter what," Storm replied.
"I don't think so young lady," Kratos replied as he picked her up and carried an uncooperative Storm back to the mansion. He set her back into the bed and began to watch over her again. Storm finally gave up and decided to go back to sleep. She figured once Kratos went back to sleep she could sneak out again.
Early the next morning, Storm would not wake up no matter how hard Kratos tried. She was so weak from the effects of the poison that she had blacked out again. Kratos left the room to get Raine. When he had left the room, someone else slipped in through the window and took Storm out. Raine and Kratos walked in a few seconds later and realized that Storm was gone again. At first, Kratos thought that she had run away again, but he saw someone carrying Storm, flying in the distance. He looked and noticed that Forcystus had taken her captive. Before Kratos could react, Forcystus disappeared behind the city walls. Kratos called Lloyd and Zelos and told them that they would have to save Storm.
When Storm woke up she noticed that she was no longer at the mansion. She looked around and saw Forcystus standing on the other side of the room. Storm still felt weak and in pain and didn't even try to get off the bed.
"Why did you bring me here?" Storm asked.
"Well...if you were thinking that it's because Pronyma asked me, that's not it at all. Storm, ever since we were engaged to be married I have always loved you. You're so beautiful, powerful, and intelligent. You may be a human, but you are really one of us," he replied.
"Wait a minute, there's no way that I'm going to marry you, we already went over this. I love Zelos," Storm replied.
"Why do you want Zelos? You know that he'll only hurt you, he's been with so many other women, what makes you different from them. He'd never appreciate you," Forcystus replied.
"That's not true, he said he wanted to be with me forever," Storm replied.
"How many other women do you think he's said that to," Forcystus replied.
Storm began to wonder if what Forcystus said was right. She began to think about what the half-elf told her and began to wonder if Zelos was really to be trusted. She wanted to but she couldn't ignore his past. Forcystus seemed to really love her and had always tried to get Storm to become friends with him in the past, maybe he was sincere. Then again, maybe it was the fever reasoning with her.
Well, that's it for this chapter, I'm sorry if it was too short but I was short on time, next chapter may not be a happy one for Storm and Zelos. Please review, pretty please. Suggestions are welcome..
