This is the last chappie. I'm probably not going to update When Death Gets Boring 'cause I need to get my grades in math up. My parents kinda kicked me off the computer until I get better D:
But I'll start working on it as soon as I can :p
Disclaimer: I don't own Tales of Symphonia
Lloyd's jaw dropped. "What?" He said.
Yuan looked at Kratos, who was being held by a few renegades. "Now, if you value your children's lives...you'll release Origin's seal..."
"No...Kratos can't be my father...I can't believe it...I won't believe it!" Lloyd almost yelled. I watched helplessly, crying my eyes out. I had been wanting to find my father for so long...and this wasn't the way I wished for it to happen.
"How does it feel to be rejected by your own son?" Yuan laughed.
Kratos tried getting away from the renegade that held him there.
"One move and your kids die!" One of the renegades said.
Just then, the door burst open. Colette and Genis were now looking at a very stressful scene : Lloyd and myself, weapons held at our throats and Kratos on the other side, not being able to do anything to stop it.
"Lloyd! What's going on!" Genis yelled.
Lloyd somehow managed to push one of the renegades away. When the others were distracted, I used my bow to knock the ones around me out. I was about to attack the ones around Kratos when I tripped and fell. Yuan was charging up an electrical blast. There was no way I could dodge that one. What happened next was a déja-vu. Kratos somehow got rid of the renegades surrounding him and threw himself in front of me.
My eyes widened. Lloyd and I got to his side as quick as possible.
"Are you alright? Good..." Kratos said, before passing out.
Lloyd grabbed his head and yelled as loud as he could, as I started crying on my unconscient father.
"Heh, how pathetic." A voice came from behind us. A familiar voice.
"Mithos...!" Lloyd said as he turned around.
"L-lord Yggdrasil!" Yuan said.
"Yuan...you were naive to think I didn't notice the scheme you had going on..." Mithos said, then attacked Yuan with one of his energy balls. He fell to the ground in pain. Mithos walked over to him and kicked his side.
"If it weren't for my sister's wish to spare your life, I'd kill you right now..." Mithos seemed aware that Genis was witnessing the whole thing.
"Mithos...why?" He said.
"You never trusted me, did you? You weren't even my friend..."
"No! That's not true!"
Altessa, Raine, Sheena, Tabatha and Presea then burst outside.
"What's going on?" Altessa said.
With Genis distracted, Mithos charged up an attack...and aimed it at Presea. Genis turned around quickly, but not quickly enough.
"NO!" He cried. But Altessa jumped in front of Presea. He fell on the ground, unconscient.
"Altessa..." Presea said, shocked.
Raine's attention turned to Altessa and she started healing him. Tabatha took a step forward.
"MITHOS SAVED ME..." She said with her robotic voice.
"Shut up! Shut up! You're just a failed vessel for Martel's body!" Mithos cried then attacked Tabatha. She fell near Altessa.
"MITHOS...SAVED ME...MITHOS..." She said those words repeatedly.
"Mithos...why? You got along with them so well..." Genis said.
Pronyma appeared beside him before he had time to answer.
"Lord Yggdrasil, your wounds are not yet healed. Leave this to the angels." She said.
Feathers appeared under the boy and he transformed into what Yggdrasil looked like at the Tower of Salvation. Then, Pronyma, Mithos and Kratos (who was still unconscient) lifted into the air and disappeared. A few angels appeared where they disappeared and attacked Lloyd and I. Luckily, Sheena and Presea took care of them quickly. I don't think Lloyd and I would've been able to defeat them after finding out that our biological father was the man who had betrayed them.
"I just...can't believe it..." Lloyd seemed to still be in a state of shock. I nodded.
"I knew you looked familiar. I was sure...I had seen you somewhere before."
"I had that feeling at first...but I thought it was just my imagination..."
"Hey, are you guys okay? You seem shocked." Sheena asked. She was now standing in front of us. I looked up at her, with my eyes still wet from all that crying.
"You were...crying?" She added. "What happened!"
"I...found my biological father...and...I found my...brother." I said.
I didn't need to tell her anything else, she understood. I got up and walked over to Raine.
"How's he doing?" I asked. Raine had been trying to heal Altessa, but it didn't look as though he was going to make it.
"Not good...I think we're going to need a doctor..." She said.
"There's a good doctor in Flanoir. When the chief was sick, we hired him." Sheena said.
"Okay...we'll go to Flanoir and get the doctor." Lloyd was now standing behind me.
With the help of the rheairds, we flew to the snowy city. We looked everywhere we could think of and ended up in a small house, which was the doctor's.
"Oh, hello Sheena. How is the chief doing?" The doctor asked Sheena.
"There's no time for that! We need your help!"
"Well then, shall we discuss a price?"
"Our friend is dying! We'll pay whatever you want!"
"Hm, I'll establish the price when we get there. Oh, then there are the traveling fees..."
"There's not time for that! Quickly!" Sheena started getting mad.
Presea and Regal accompanied the doctor to Altessa's house and we payed a night at the Inn. We could only afford two rooms, Genis, Lloyd and Zelos shared a room and Sheena, Colette and I took the other one. My bed was the one closest to the window.
That night, I couldn't sleep. I'm not sure you'd be able to sleep after all that's happened. I decided sleeping was futile at this point. Then, I heard a door close. I looked at the time. It was one o'clock in the morning. Who could be up at this hour? I decided to find out.
Slowly, I got up and tip-toed my way to the door, making sure not to wake up anyone. I turned the knob slowly and opened the old door. I walked down the hall and outside, where Lloyd was standing at the balcony.
"Lloyd? What're you doing out here?" I asked. He turned around, startled.
"Oh, I couldn't sleep..." He answered. I walked beside him.
"Neither could I. I don't think it would be possible to sleep after all we've been through."
"Yeah..."
We stood there in silence, enjoying the view. The city was beautiful to look at during the night. Then, footsteps broke the silence. We turned around at almost the same time to see a person we'd have never expected to show up...Kratos.
"Dad!" I said.
"Kratos..." Lloyd said.
I took out the blue feather from my pocket and walked to Kratos.
"Dad...why did you abandon me?" I asked. I wanted my questions answered. Now.
"It was for the best." He answered calmly.
"Why? What made you..."
"I was a member of Cruxis at the time. Then, one day, while I was sent to inspect the Asgard ranch...I met Anna, your mother. I saved her from the horrible things Kvar were doing to her. We...fell in love. But we were constantly on the run. Then you and Lloyd were born, on the same day. After a few more years of running, Kvar finally caught us...and removed Anna's exsphere. She turned into...a monster."
"I've heard enough." Lloyd said.
"She attacked Lloyd, but Noishe defended him. Then she attacked Mist. She regained control of herself and begged me to kill her. I...was shocked. I didn't know what to do."
"I said that's enough!" Lloyd said, louder.
"She asked me again...and before she was able to turn into a monster again...I...killed her." Kratos looked away, then continued.
"You two, along with Noishe, fell down the cliff while I was fighting off Kvar and his men. I searched for hours and found Mist, crying at the sight of half-eaten Desian corpses. But I never found you. Mist and I lived together for a few more months, until we were caught by Mithos. He brought us to the Tower of Salvation, where I left you. I knew that if Mithos succeeded in bringing you to Derris-Kharlan, he'd do horrible things to you. I left you along with one of my feathers. Heimdall's elder and I were friends, long ago and I knew he'd come back to examine the Tower of Salvation soon enough. That's why he took you in and raised you."
"So...you didn't abandon me because you hated me..." I said.
"Of course not. And I didn't abandon Lloyd on purpose either."
I cried for the second time that day. But this time, they were tears of happiness. Without thinking, I just jumped into my father's arms. He was surprised at first, but then he wrapped his arms around me.
Lloyd stood there, grinning. He wasn't the huggy-type and he still hadn't totally forgiven Kratos. But I had forgiven him. I must've been the happiest girl in the world at that moment. I'd finally done it, I had found my biological father, the person I had been searching for all this time.
That night in Flanoir will be a night I will always remember, for the rest of my life.
That's it, people! I hope you liked it :)