Hey there sorry this is late. I had a bit of a brain fart for a while.
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Chapter 9 Rodyle,Regal, and…
"Well, well. I guess I'd better take care of these inferior beings and win back some trust. And I know just how to do it. Bring her to me." Rodyle snickered in his dark, Remote Island Ranch.
"Sure thing, lord Rodyle." Vharley said stepping out of the shadows.
"Where am I? Where's Regal?" A voice piped up from the darkness.
"Excellent. Now I have to figure how to some way lure them out." Rodyle said laughing maniacally.
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The next place they were off to was to go see shadow, the summon spirit of darkness. Lloyd was a little sketchy on this one, because the last time they had been there he made a pretty good observation and the Professor had been hounding him to be an archeologist ever since.
The group headed out into the warmth of the sun. They had been inside Celsius' temple for so long they were all starting to feel a little numb from all the frost, and snow.
"Finally I was starting to not be able to feel my toes." Lloyd sighed.
"Are you sure that you're not just getting bored again." Genis replied giving a slight chuckle.
"Shut it." Lloyd snapped.
Colette, who was watching giggled a little and thought, "That's pretty funny. Why don't I feel so sad, but it still hurts a little."
Raine and Kratos were walking behind them just sighing to themselves. They turned to one another and took each other's hand and staying in a mind state of blissfulness.
"Well. I'm can't say that I'm surprised." Regals' voice came from behind the two as they dropped their hands and turned around.
"It's all right, I could tell on our journeys that you two felt for each other just as Sheena and Lloyd did, or Presea and Genis." Regal said putting his hands to his face.
"You won't tell Lloyd or Genis will you? It would confuse them so much." Raine pleaded.
"I told you it's all right. I was in love once too." Regal said looking away.
Zelos turned back just in time to see the three of them walking normally thinking, "There's more to this than meets the eye. I believe that since Kratos and Raine are looking and actually smiling, scratch that I know that these two are in love. But Regal he's either sad about it or just lost in deep thought."
"Hey it's getting late, and I could use a break from these summon spirits, so why don't we go to Flanoir." Zelos called. He was actually thinking, "Maybe I can get some answers from everyone while we're there."
"All right I'm tired myself." Raine said.
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"Hey Regal can I talk to for a sec?" Zelos asked.
"What about Zelos?" Regal asked.
"Do you have any feelings for anyone in the group?" Zelos asked looking away.
"No, and I'm assuming that you saw me talking to Raine and Kratos. I was just thinking of Alicia." Regal replied.
"Oh, thanks for the info Regal." Zelos said going back to his usual happy go lucky self.
"Now can I ask you a question?" Regal asked catching Zelos before he could leave.
"Huh? Yeah, okay." Zelos said a little confused.
"Since we're on the subject of relationships do you have feelings for Colette?" Regal asked.
"What?" Zelos said a little startled. "Well actually, yes in fact I think I love her."
"I thought so, you're not the only one who catches on to relationships fast, if you remember I was in love once too." Regal said. "Well I'm off to bed."
"Um, Mr. Bryant there is a message for you from George." Said an attendant.
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"Hey Kratos can I talk to you?" Zelos asked.
"You want to know if I have a relationship with anyone in the party." Kratos said calmly.
"Huh? How did you know?" Zelos said a little startled.
"I'm an angel and I could here you down the hall. And to answer your question yes I love Raine and I've already told her you should tell Colette before it's to late." Kratos said turning and walking away.
"He's right I must tell her even if she doesn't fell the same. She must know." Zelos thought.
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"WHAT! Presea go get the others." Regal said with a scared look on his face.
"What is it?" Presea asked concerned.
"Soon. I'll tell everyone soon." Regal said.
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"Everyone I ask that you don't interfere with what I'm about to do." Regal said turning to everyone. "I'm going to the Remote Island Ranch."
"Why Regal?" Lloyd asked jumping out of his seat.
"All right. A couple of hours ago I received a letter from George saying that the Lezereno Company was destroyed by Rodyle and if I want to save Altamira I have to go there and fight alone." Regal sighed.
"We'll come along too, but we won't fight. Right?" Lloyd asked.
"Of course." They all said in unison.
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"There's more to this than meets the eye isn't there?" Lloyd asked Regal.
"You'll understand because you're in love too. They have Alicia with them and it wasn't only Altamira they were threatening, it was also her life." Regal said looking at the door to make sure no one was coming in.
"I do understand your predicament, and you should've told us. Wait what do you mean they?" Lloyd asked startled.
"It's both Rodyle and Vharley." Regal sighed as he opened the door and left.
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"All right I'm here." Regal said into the darkness of the control room.
"Heheheheheheheheheheheheh. I knew you'd come, now's my chance to kill you once and for all." Rodyle cackled.
"Fulfill your promise." Regal demanded.
"Oh you won't have to worry about that anymore, now my darling pets feed on his wretched carcass." Rodyle called as the lights went on and a group of adult dragons appeared.
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"Regal, I'm quite impressed to have defeated all those dragons by yourself, but you won't succeed." Rodyle said stepping into the arena. "We'll see if you can go if you can beat me alone."
"Regal help me." Came a small voice over the intercom.
"Huh? It can't be." Presea stammered in disbelief.
"Presea, help master Regal I don't know how much longer I can hold Vharley off." The voice said.
"Damn. Alicia must have escaped." Rodyle cursed.
Rodyle then charged at Regal catching him off guard, but was stopped short when Presea knocked him back with "Beast".
"Ugh. I can't take them both on without a Cruxis crystal, and I don't have one." Rodyle gasped standing up. He just smiled and said, "Well if I go down I'm taking you all with me."
A white circle appeared under him and he started to chant under his breath.
"ARMAGEDON!" He yelled as the roof around them began to collapse. Regal ran towards the next room where he found Alicia desperately trying to fend off Vharley. He took off his shackles and struck him down with one punch.
"Well Alicia, it seems that I can finally die with you." Regal said pulling her close to him.
"Yes, I'm glad that I could see you once more before we die." Alicia said her tears welling up.
"What are you two talking about?" Lloyd asked pulling out the rheairds.
They lacked the time to explain they just jumped onto the rheairds and flew away just in time to see a large amount of mana came hurtling down on the ranch.
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"You finally took your shackles off just like I asked you to." Alicia said letting her pink hair come out of her pigtails.
"I did it in order to save you, besides I had vowed that I would never kill anyone with my hands again I don't think it's justified to kill with my feet." Regal said looking happy for the first time in a long time.
"By the way," he began, "how's your journey to collect and destroy all the exspheres?" he asked turning to Lloyd.
Sheena and Lloyd looked up in shock as they remembered why they started, but a voice chimed in before they could say a word.
"Don't worry pact maker, the summon spirits you retained destroyed all the exspheres in that region and as you make more pacts they will continued to be destroyed. However yours you will have to do manually, and then there is the matter of Verisius." Origin said.
"Well that's helpful, now Alicia I've been wondering, how are you and other people back from the dead?" Lloyd asked.
"When you defeated Abyssion, you gained access to Nifheim the underworld. When you destroyed the book that opened up a temporary whole that could only be activated by killing Mithos. When that happened it allowed eight people to go through."
"There are the five Desian Grand Cardinals, Alicia, and Vharley that we know of so that leaves one more person." Raine explained.
"Yes and the last one was Mithos himself." Alicia said.
"Why are you here though, couldn't some one else just as easily come through?" Kratos asked.
"Not really they have to want to come back." Alicia exclaimed.
"What about Anna, didn't she want to come back?" Kratos said starting to get angry.
"No in fact I pleaded that she should go before me, but she knew that I was needed more than her." Alicia said looking away. "I'm sorry Kratos."
Wow this is probably my second or third longest chapter and a lot of explanations.
Please Review, I spent a lot of days trying to make this work and I'm very happy with my success, but if you think it needs tweaking feel free to review.
Until next time, See Ya Later Space Cowboy.