Here's Chapter three! Gah, I need to work on my other fanfics for a change -.-
Disclaimer: I'm getting tired of this...so just check the other chapters for a disclaimer, 'kay!
"That was incredible!" Sheena congratulated Raine as soon as we were outside.
"Thank you. Now, we should try finding a portal to get back to the Tower of Salvation."
We walked through the city. I could see the stars shining from the ceiling, since it was made out of glass. Were we in space? Derris-Kharlan was a comet, right? I remembered that when I was young, I used to look at the stars with my father...such happy memories were quite rare in my childhood. I was too busy daydreaming to realize we had arrived to an area with a few portals around.
"This big one...it's gotta be the one." Lloyd said. We approached it, but angels stopped us.
"Identification, please." They said in a robotic voice.
"Aw man! What's with that identification crap?" Zelos complained.
"How are we going to get back?" Lloyd asked.
"I'm not sure..." Raine said, bringing her left hand to her chin.
"Well, there's gotta be another one somewhere else. Because, if that one breaks, they're screwed." Zelos suggested.
"Yeah, you're right..." I said. Even someone as perverted as him could come up with intelligent things every now and then. "Maybe we should try exploring that area..." I pointed to another tunnel with moving floors.
Everyone else agreed and we entered the next area. This one had a few shops and elevators. On the other side of the room, which could be attained by riding the lifts, was a warp.
"We should try that warp." Genis suggested.
"Yes..." Presea replied.
"Look! Those are the prisoners! Get them!" A few angels had spotted us. We quickly got onto the lift, turned it on and moved across the room to the ledge with the warp. Two by two, we warped to a small room, with a staircase leading to another section.
We went through this weird place quickly and found the elevator to the giant warp, which warped us all the way back to the Tower of Salvation. I wasn't very thrilled to return to that horrible place, but I had no choice.
"We're back..." Lloyd said.
"Don't be so happy. Your life ends here." A man with blond hair, dressed in white, with multi-colored wings, charged an attack. He struck Lloyd with something that ressembled Judgment.
"Yggdrasil! Sheena yelled then she and Presea charged at him, while Raine healed Lloyd. I was able to shoot the man in the arm. He winced in pain and turned around. He was after me now. He charged at me and I didn't have time to move out of the way.
I let out a short gasp when I saw someone taking the blow instead of me. Someone jumped in front of me.
"Ugh!" Lloyd's voice cried. He...saved me? I looked at him with a horrified look, while Zelos distracted Yggdrasil.
"Lloyd! Why...! Raine! Lloyd's hurt!" I barely had time to call for Raine, she was already there and using a healing spell. Then, a woman warped in the room. She had green hair and some kind of thing was surrounding her. She charged up a spell in Genis' direction.
Fortunately for Genis, someone jumped in front of him. The man that was attacking us had just saved Genis' life.
"Lord Yggdrasil!" The woman yelled from her position.
"Ugh...Pronyma...what're you doing here?" He asked.
"I...uhm...I was here to report the activity--" Pronyma began.
"Understood."
Yggdrasil joined Pronyma, then they warped. Before disappearing, though, Yggdrasil shot a glare at Genis, who was still shocked.
Genis noticed something laying on the floor. He picked it up, then his eyes widened.
"It can't be..." He said, in almost a whisper.
We headed to Altessa's house once Yggdrasil left.
"Lloyd...why did you do that?" I asked. I felt like it was my fault if Lloyd was wounded.
"Well...you're a friend and...I'm always willing to help a friend in need." He answered.
"But...you're hurt. It's all my fault. I'm so sorry..." I started apoligizing like crazy.
"Don't be! I wanted to protect you and I did. You're starting to sound like Colette." He chuckled.
We entered the dwarf's home, where a doll greeted us. She might've been human, but she didn't seem like she was breathing. A dwarf with grey hair, Altessa seemed glad to see us. He invited us for dinner.
"So, can you make a rune crest?" Raine asked the dwarf.
"Do you have the materials?" He asked.
"Yes."
"Hm...give me one night." He answered.
"Well...I think I'll go to sleep now." Lloyd said, leaving the room.
"You're not going to eat anything?" Zelos asked. He was pigging out on the food already.
"Nah...I'm not hungry."
The door closed softly behind him. I sighed, still feeling guilty even though he insisted it wasn't my fault. I wasn't very hungry either and I was pretty tired. It had been a long day.
"I think I'll head to bed too. I'm really tired." I yawned after saying that.
"Aw, man...you people are no fun..." Zelos complained. I laughed a bit, then entered the room with the beds. Lloyd was already fast asleep. I guess he must've been really tire. I layed down on my own bed and drifted to sleep.
"What the...!" I woke up outside. There was a man...with blue hair. I tried getting up, but some other men kept me from doing anything. I looked around. Kratos was being held by some of the same men.
"You're awake..." The blue-haired man said.
"Who are you? What's he doing here?" I asked, starting to panick. The man laughed.
"You still haven't figured it out? The blue wings didn't give it away?"
My eyes widened. It was true...Kratos...was my father. I took out the blue feather and held it out.
"Y-you're...I knew it...I...I..."
The door opened behind me. Lloyd came out and the scene before him startled him.
"What on earth? Mist? Yuan...Kratos? Aren't the Renegades and Cruxis enemies?" He was confused. I looked at him with a desperate expression.
"Lloyd...Kratos...he's my...my..." tears started streaming down the sides of my face.
Yuan laughed. "Kratos is a father to both of you!"
MWAHAHAH FEAR TEH CLIFFIE OF DOOM! XD
...Eh, don't mind me.
KrAtOs LuVeR : Thanks. Now that you mention it, it's true! I couldn't remember why, but now I do!