Okay, it's time for the next chapter. This one is hard for me, I wasn't too sure how I wanted to do this, but I think I finally figured it out. Anyway, I hope you like it. Enjoy!

Chapter 15: Spiritua Reborn

Storm and Zelos looked up as they held onto each other. They could see that something was forming in front of them, but they couldn't tell exactly what it was. Was Spiritua really dead? They were all having their doubts. Suddenly, they could see a large black monster rise up in the distance.

The monster was tall, probably about fifteen feet or so. Storm looked at it hard, looking at it and trying to figure out what it was, and wondering if this was the form that Spiritua had really taken on. All of a sudden, the beast roared before opening its two bright red eyes to stare at the group. Those eyes caught Storm's attention as she remembered the red eyes that Pronyma had gained when she became Spiritua's reincarnate. She knew then that this was truly Spiritua's reborn spirit. This was the wrath that people had feared for so long in both worlds.

"That thing is Spiritua, I just know it," Storm yelled at the others as they stared up at the almost dragon-like creature.

The beast became more like a dragon when two scaly wings erupted from its back as it cried out from the pain of its new appendages. It looked hungrily at the group as it showed off its two front canines. It took one step towards the group, and in doing so, made the whole earth shake as they all held on to their footing the best that they could. This battle was going to be tough indeed.

"Well, I beat this as Pronyma's reincarnate once, I suppose I should be able to do it again," Storm said, not quite as confidently as she had hoped it would be as she stepped towards the monster.

"You're crazy if you think you can beat that thing!" Sheena yelled at her.

"Well, we have to fight her, right?" Storm shot back. Sheena stared down at the ground, knowing that the girl was right. No matter how difficult the battle in front of them seemed, they had no choice but to fight.

"Colette...Dad, do you think you guys can help me? We need to attack it at once," Storm told them as they came over towards her to hear her plan. Before long all three of them had revealed their wings and were flying towards the giant monster.

"Okay, now!" Storm yelled at the others down on the ground as she, Kratos, and Colette were within a good distance of the dragon.

"Tidal Wave!" Genis yelled.

"Ray!" Raine shouted.

"Lightning!" Yuan called out.

"Light Arrow," Sutra called out as she released her arrow.

All four attacks hit the dragon head on, but didn't faze it at all. It didn't even flinch when it was hit. Storm was at least hoping that they would be able to distract it, but it was focused on its new floating prey.

"Okay, let's go guys," Storm yelled out to her own party as the three of them began to chant. "Sacred powers, cast thy purifying light upon these corrupted souls. You ready for this? Judgement!" Storm chanted before releasing her attack as Colette and Kratos released their own at the same time. They sky began to prepare to release its powerful rays at the deadly beast, but the dragon stared up at the sky and roared loudly. As its roar echoed across the realm, darkness spread out from its body as well.

As the darkness hit Storm, Kratos, and Colette they were thrown backwards before collapsing motionless on the field. As it came towards the others they all tried to outrun it, but with no success. They were all thrown across the field before dropping over unconscious. The dragon roared at its success as it watched its prey being killed off from its darkness.

"What's going on? What happened?" a very confused Lloyd asked as he looked around at his surroundings. He couldn't quite remember what had happened or what he was doing, but he was at home so he wasn't too concerned.

"Lloyd, you're home!" Sheena's voice rang out from their home in Mizuho.

Lloyd looked up to meet gazes with his wife who was being followed by Kagerou and Martel. He stared at them happily. His family meant so much to him, and he didn't know what he would do without them.

Suddenly, Lloyd's happiness vanished in front of his eyes as his wife's eyes grew huge. He had no idea what was wrong with her, but when she turned to the side he saw a sword stuck through her stomach. Sheena dropped over suddenly, dead instantly. Lloyd was about to run towards her, but he became frozen from shock and fear as he looked back to where his children should have been. He soon heard Martel scream before silence came to his ears. He ran towards where he had heard her scream and saw both her and Kagerou dead on the ground, Spiritua was standing behind their now motionless bodies as she laughed at the swordsman.

Lloyd was so angry he was seeing red behind his eyes. He came at the girl who vanished as soon as his sword touched her. It was as if she had never been there at all. The only thing that let him know that she had been there was the sound of her laughter being carried away in the wind. He stared down at his children as he picked Martel up and cradled her in his lap. He began to weep for his loss of the one thing that he had cared so much for.

Raine had no idea what was happening. She couldn't remember what had happened to her, but realized that it wasn't anything good. She could hear the sound of drums being played solemnly as she looked around and saw many people staring at her. She was on a stage with her arms tied behind her back and her legs were also tied together. She looked to her right and saw Genis in the same situation as she was. She was suddenly forced onto a small box where she stood. She didn't know what was going on, but the situation revealed itself as a noose was put around her neck.

Raine began to panic as she realized that she and Genis were going to be hanged. She tried to get away, but couldn't move. She then began to hear people screaming in the crowd.

"Kill the half-elves," someone shouted harshly at them.

"You can't stop discrimination. Why would you think that we'd accept your kind?" someone else shouted.

Raine couldn't believe it, they were being killed for trying to end discrimination. She couldn't believe that these people were so selfish and barbaric that they would kill someone because they wanted change. Humans could be so cruel and heartless.

"Kill the mage first," someone yelled as Raine watched a man walk up behind Genis. He came over and kicked the trapdoor that Genis' box was sitting on causing the door to open and Genis and the box go down with it. Raine looked away quickly before she could watch his rope tighten at the end. She heard him struggle for what seemed like forever before she heard silence. Raine's vision was blurred as she tried to look over at Genis, but she saw the man begin to walk towards her.

Kratos woke up feeling very disoriented. He had no idea where he was or what he was doing there. He looked around and realized that he was in the middle of a forest. He wondered why he was alone and where Lloyd or the others had gone to.

Suddenly, he saw Lloyd stagger out of the brush. He was covered in blood as he caught sight of his father. He tried to get to him, but he collapsed on the ground. Kratos ran over to his son to find out what had happened to him and to help him out. When he got there he realized that he was too late to save him. He had lost too much and he was barely alive as it was. Kratos didn't hide his tears as he looked down at his dying son.

"I'm sorry Dad...I couldn't protect her...I'm not a good big brother...," he struggled to say before he finally let out a long sigh, his last.

"What?" Kratos questioned as he gently laid Lloyd down and looked around for his sister. After a few moments of searching he saw something on the ground in the distance. He ran over to the already lifeless body of Storm. She had a large wound in her chest. She had been stabbed there violently from what he could tell. Kratos assumed that Lloyd had tried to protect her, but was unable to. He must have battled whoever killed her for a while because her body was already beginning to get cold. Kratos couldn't believe it, he was alone. He didn't know if he could handle losing everyone that he cared for at the same time...and he wasn't there to protect them.

"Hah, I told you that I would kill them. They were just worthless maggots anyway. Why did you even care about them?" Kvar's voice rang out through the forest as Kratos tried to find the source. He was going to tear him apart limb from limb.

Zelos didn't know what was going on. He was pretty sure that he was doing something pretty important and suddenly he blacked out and ended up wherever he was. What was going on? He looked around and caught Storm staring at him.

"What's going on?" he asked her.

"I told you that I was leaving with Yuan, don't you ever listen?" she asked him angrily.

"You're what?" he asked, shocked and hurt by her statement. He wanted to pretend that he hadn't heard what she had said to him.

Storm sighed before looking at him before continuing again. "I'm leaving you. I'm going with Yuan. How many times do I have to tell you? I'm leaving...we're through," she told him harshly before spinning around to go towards a waiting Yuan. She ran to him and hugged him as he wrapped an arm around her waist. They kissed as Zelos watched the half-elf walk off with his wife.

He then caught something that he wasn't prepared to see. Yuan glanced at the red-head with one eyes as he continued to kiss Storm. He reached to his back pocket and pulled out a small dagger. Zelos' eyes grew wide as he saw Yuan move it close to Storm's back as the Renegade leader rub her back with his other hand.

"No, Storm!" Zelos called out as he watched Yuan thrust the dagger into her causing her to doubled over in pain before collapsing to the ground. The only sound she made was a small whine.

Storm looked around at her surroundings. She knew them all too well, but she didn't know why she was there. She was in the small prison of Derris-Kharlan that she had spent a lot of time in in the past. She tried to remember what had happened, but she couldn't.

Suddenly, Pronyma stepped in slowly staring menacingly at the terrified girl. Storm could feel the hairs on the back of her neck stiffen at the sight of her former teacher.

"What's going on?" Storm asked cautiously.

"Don't you remember? You're worthless little friends were killed at Cruxis is back. You managed to survive somehow so we figured that we could use you somehow. So...how's it feel to be alone?" she asked her.

Storm stared at her in disbelief. What had happened that they had all been killed? Why did fate allow her to always live when she knew that she didn't deserve it? Well, now she was being punished for her cursed luck.

"I think I'm going to enjoy having you around. I have a lot of years of revenge planned for you. This time though...no one's here to save you," Pronyma laughed before grabbing Storm painfully by her hair and dragging her out of her cell.

Where was Zelos when she needed him the most? Why had he left her, she wanted him back so badly. Storm couldn't help it as the tears flowed down her face at the thoughts of her losses.

The dragon watched as the darkness slowly brought out his prey's worst nightmares, killing them slowly on the inside. Soon they would be this monster's to consume completely as their fears and pain would give it strength. It wouldn't be long now before they were dead.

Well, that's it for this chapter. Actually, it's a lot gorier and angstier than I thought it would be when I started writing. Now, I know that I didn't do a scene for everyone, but everyone is going through one. Everyone, use your own imagination. It might have gotten repetitive with some people. Anyway, thanks for all the reviews last time and I hope you liked it. Thanks!