Yay, update time. I know that I left you all on a cliffie, be prepared that may happen a lot in this story. Anyway, I have the list of ages of the two new characters and then I'll start the chapter. Enjoy!

Kagerou: 10

Martel: 8

Chapter 2: Under Attack

Storm and Sheena couldn't believe what they were seeing. There were buildings on fire all over Meltokio and they saw people fleeing for their lives all over the city. It was utter chaos all over the place and Storm and Sheena had never seen anything like what they were looking at. They couldn't help but freeze where they were at as they stared at the disaster taking place right in front of them. Fortunately, Martel's shrill voice snapped the two back into reality.

"Mommy, what's going on? Why is everyone screaming?" she asked, an immense amount of fear built up in her voice.

"We have to get out of here quickly," Sheena told Storm who nodded her head in agreement. Sheena and Storm took their children and began to make their way through the flaming city as they tried to find the safest way to the exit.

Suddenly, Storm and Sheena saw a group of soldiers making their way through the city. At first they could have been mistaken for the Renegades, but Storm had been around them enough to know that it wasn't their group. She looked at them carefully and was able to draw a horrible conclusion.

"It's not...," Sheena started.

"It's an army of Desians," Storm stated sadly as they watched the soldiers set fire to buildings and capture innocent civilians, even killing some of them.

"Desians? But I thought that you guys defeated all of them a long time ago," Anna asked.

"So did we, but it looks like they found a way to reorganize themselves right under our noses," Sheena replied.

As the large group of Desians approached, Storm and Sheena took the children into a broken building as they hid under some of the rubble. The city was a dangerous place as buildings burned and collapsed and people were slaughtered in the streets. The two had to get their children out of the city. Storm suddenly became worried for her father and Zelos, she didn't know where either one was. She wanted to look for them but she didn't want to leave Sheena alone with all of the children.

"Sheena, Storm," a voice called from a few buildings away. Storm and Sheena looked over in the direction of the voice and saw Lloyd coming through the fire to greet them. When he got there he hugged his children and wife tightly while checking to make sure they were okay.

"I saw the smoke coming from the city on my way here and I knew that something was wrong," Lloyd commented. "We need to get out of here, it's a war zone. They're killing everyone and anything in their path," he told them as he started to move them towards the city's entrance.

"You guys go on ahead, I need to find my Dad and Zelos. I have to make sure that they're okay. I'll be okay, I'll just fly through here, they won't even see me," Storm assured them.

"What are you talking about Mom?" Anna asked.

"Ask questions later, get mad at me later, but now I need to go and find your father," Storm told her as she released her blue wings and took off in the sky.

"What is going on around here?" Anna asked herself as Sheena and Lloyd dragged her and her cousins out of the city.

Storm flew off in the direction of the castle, hoping that she could find Zelos somewhere around there. She was almost to the castle when she saw a woman with her child in the street. The woman was desperately clutching her young toddler as she watched the terror ensue around her, as she sat frozen to her spot in fear. Suddenly, one of the nearby buildings began to crumble and Storm could tell that the woman and her child were in harm's way. She didn't know if she would make it in time as the building collapsed, large pieces of rumble threatening to fall on the woman and her child. Storm flew in and pushed the two out of the way in the nick of time, snapping the woman out of her fear as she ran for it. Storm; however, didn't completely make it out of the buildings path and her leg was caught in the collapse. She was stunned by pain for a few moments and didn't notice that the buildings destruction caused the building next to it begin to crumble. Storm didn't even notice as the building collapsed, threatening to trap her under it's pieces.

Fortunately for Storm, someone else saw what was about to happen and flew in to save her, picking her up and getting her out of danger's way. Yuan set Storm down across the street as she tried to get some feeling back into her leg. She hoped that she just stunned it and didn't manage to break her leg. She couldn't believe that Yuan was in Meltokio and that he had just saved her life.

"What are you doing here Yuan? What's going on?" she asked desperate for answers.

"I don't know how it happened or why it's happening, but Desians have reorganized and are taking over Symphonia," Yuan replied.

"Symphonia? You mean...," Storm questioned.

"Meltokio is not the only city under attack right now. Iselia, Izoold, Luin, Mizuho, you name it and it's begin attacked right now. I don't know how but the Desians have a larger force than ever and they all slipped by unnoticed over all these years. I'm afraid that we can't stop it now," Yuan told her sadly.

"This is horrible, I can't believe all the killing, all the destruction. Who would do something like this?" Storm wondered.

"Your guess is as good as mine. But, what are you still doing in here?" Yuan asked her.

"I'm looking for Kratos and Zelos. I'm not leaving without knowing where they are," Storm told him, daring him to stop her.

Suddenly, another explosion occurred near them as both Storm and Yuan covered their heads when they heard its roar. Yuan looked up and knew that she wasn't going to change her mind. "I'm going with you," he told her.

"That's your own choice," she warned him as she pulled out her wings since her leg had regained slight feeling and she continued to make her way to the castle. Soon, she saw Zelos trying his best to fight off a large group of Desians. He began to slash them with his sword as he knocked out a few. Yuan hopped in and began to use his lightning attacks to paralyze them temporarily for Zelos. Storm hopped in and began to use her angel feathers attack as she blasted away a few of them at a time. Finally, the Desians had enough beatings for the day and decided to retreat from the group.

"Zelos, you're okay," Storm cried happily as she threw herself into his arms.

"Yeah, I'm fine, but where's Anna?" he asked, concern and fear evident in his voice.

"She's with Lloyd and Sheena. They're trying to escape the city. I want you two to go that way and see if you can help them get out. I can find Kratos on my own," Storm told them.

"There's no way I'm leaving you with all of this," Zelos told her.

"Well, you're going to have to. Now, you two get over your differences and help protect those children, they're the most important people here, not me,' Storm told them.

Zelos couldn't disagree with her and he knew that it was pointless to try anyway. He and Yuan both made their way to the entrance of the city. Storm flew off in the direction of her father's house in the hopes of finding him.

Not too far from his house, Kratos was trying to fight off Desians as he helped civilians escape from their homes. He was beginning to get a little frustrated at the number of Desians as they kept on coming after him.

"Lightning Blade," Kratos called, his sword ramming into two Desians, knocking them out cold on the ground. "Sacred powers, cast light upon these corrupted souls. Beware sinners, Judgement!" Kratos roared as the sky grew dark and beams of light began to fly out of the sky, killing off quite a few of the Desians. Suddenly, Storm jumped in and fought off the few remaining soldiers with her Outburst attack, sending them flying.

"Dad, we need to get out of here, it's too dangerous," she told him.

"I know, I had to help these people though," he replied as he willingly followed his daughter out of the city as they made their way through soldiers and fires to get out of the city. Unfortunately, they were too late to stop what was already taking place near the entrance. Storm made it to the entrance and saw the assumed leader of the Desians, and she had Anna in her grasp. She was seated on top of a nearby roof with Anna being restrained right next to her and almost the entire army of Desians surrounding Yuan, Zelos, Sheena, Lloyd, and their children. Storm didn't know what was going to happen next.

Well, that's where I stop today. I hope you like it so far and don't worry, more action to come. Next chapter will have action and then it may slow up a little so everyone can tell what's going on a little better. Don't feel bad if you're confused now, it will get better. Tell me what you thought, please review. Thanks!