Okay, I decided to update because I really want to start the next story. Sorry ahead of time if these next two chapters are really short because they have ending points that make sense where I put them. Anyway, thanks for all the reviews and I'm glad that everyone is enjoying this. I am really excited for the next story though and I'm sure that everyone is really anxious for it too, along with the entrance of Storm's child. Whose will it be? Anyway, here's the next chapter, enjoy!

Chapter 16: Emotions

Storm wasn't able to stay with Zelos as the doctors worked their hardest to save him from his attack. Raine and some of the others were on their way for emotional support. Raine, though, was on her way to see if she was too late to help. Storm hoped that there was still something she could do for him, but she thought that her help was arriving too late.

Storm had been sitting in a field outside the city for a few hours now, trying to stay away from everyone. She didn't want to be around anymore nurses and doctors in the hospital or pedestrians in the city. She wanted to be alone so she left the city. She had stopped crying after Zelos left her side, she didn't want anyone to see her crying and she began to hold it in again. As she sat in the field, she tried to bury her feelings inside as they all tried to force their way out of her. She just couldn't seem to express any emotion without Zelos around and she couldn't bear to think about what he would think.

She felt the wind blow through her hair as she closed her eyes and sighed. She just wanted all the pain to go away, she wished that Zelos wouldn't have saved her, it would have saved her a lot of pain. Storm could handle physical pain, but she couldn't stand emotional pain, especially something like this. Suddenly, someone put their hand on her shoulder. Storm didn't even bother to look at them, or even acknowledge their presence. She could tell that it was Yuan and she didn't want to talk to anyone. She wanted to be left alone.

"Good news Storm. We caught the attackers. They're two ex-Desians, there are still some Desians that we have allowed to proceed with normal lives. Of course, they knew that the punishment for any serious crime is death. We told all of these former Desians this so they have been killed. It was a young couple, Kratos said that he saw them the other day at a diner, but that's all he told me," Yuan told her.

Storm didn't respond at all to anything he was saying. She heard everything he was saying, but she had no response to it, no emotions. She didn't even lift her head to look at him, she continued to stare at the ground.

"Storm, please, say something. This isn't good, you need to talk to someone about how you're feeling. You can't keep burying your emotions," Yuan warned her but Storm didn't budge. Finally, he left to go get Kratos, hoping that he would be able to convince his daughter that she needed to let out her feelings.

Storm was so happy when he left, she wanted everyone to leave her alone. She didn't care if she was burying her emotions. Emotions didn't matter to her if Zelos wasn't there to share them with. Storm laid down on the grass and looked up at the sky before closing her eyes.

Not long after she had her eyes closed she heard footsteps come up next to her. She knew who it was going to be and didn't want to talk.

"Storm?" Kratos asked her, wondering if she was asleep.

He received his answer as Storm flipped over on her side and faced away from him. She kept her eyes closed and tried to get her point across to him.

"Storm, you can't keep doing this. You need to talk to someone," Kratos told her as he sat down next to her. Storm was as stubborn as ever and refused to budge.

"Storm, you know what will happen if you keep this up. I do not want to see you become a lifeless being again. I do not want to lose you again. Please Storm," Kratos pleaded.

Storm once again refused to do anything and wouldn't even look at him. She wasn't going to talk to anyone, not even him. She could feel her pain begin to disappear as she began to lose her emotions. This is what she wanted, she didn't want to feel. If she couldn't feel, she couldn't hurt. One last tear ran down her cheek, containing one last expression of her emotions in it.

Finally, Kratos was called away by Yuan who was waving him back towards Meltokio. Storm was happy that she was finally alone to enjoy the peace of being emotionless. She began to wonder why she had tried so hard to get them back, it was much easier to keep them inside.

Soon, she heard someone else making their way across the field. She decided that she had spent enough time in the field and she was going to get up. Her emotions were buried down deep enough now that she didn't think that anyone could bring them back. She got up and looked back at who was coming. The person coming through the field stopped when they saw her get up. She turned around and couldn't believe what she saw.

It was Zelos and he was healed. He looked fine, almost as if nothing had even happened. Storm didn't know what to make of the situation. She didn't know how it happened but Zelos was alive. She wasn't sure if she was dreaming what she was seeing, it couldn't really be him. It didn't matter who it was though, illusion or not, her emotions began to resurface as tears began to well up in her eyes. She ran towards Zelos who braced himself for impact.

Storm knocked him over as she threw her arms around him, tears now flowing down her face. She was sobbing again, but these were tears of joy, this was no illusion.

"Zelos...you're okay. How did you get healed?" she asked him.

"Raine came and she was able to heal me. She's pretty good at those healing techniques now," Zelos replied as he added a chuckle.

Storm was smiling so much, her emotions were exploding out of her and she couldn't hold them back at all. Finally, after regaining her composure, Storm got angry with Zelos.

"You jerk!" Storm yelled at him as she pushed him.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"Why did you jump in front? You could have died. I don't think I could have lived if you died," she yelled, tears threatening to fall once again.

"I couldn't just stand back and watch that person kill you and our child. What do you think I would have done?" Zelos replied as he pulled her close to him.

"You're such an idiot sometimes," Zelos said as she nestled her head in his chest. She wanted to stay there like that with him forever. Unfortunately, something came up. Storm winced in pain and Zelos pulled her away from him.

"What's the matter?" Zelos asked her, worry in his voice.

"I think I just had a contraction," Storm told him, causing his eyes to get huge.

Well, that's it for this chapter. I really hope that everyone liked it. Okay, I think that the next chapter is the last, I think. Anyway, the suspense will be over next chapter, I know that for sure. Anyway, please review and tell me what you thought. Thanks!