Okay, here's the next chapter. Sorry I didn't get this one out as fast as the others, but I got kind of busy. Anyway, thanks for all the support and I really hope you like the next chapter too. Thank you everyone. Enjoy!

Chapter 2: Raine and Anna

There was a loud crash as the metal door to Storm's cell crashed against the wall as light flooded into the room. Storm was lying on her slab of wood that was supposed to be a bed when she heard the loud noise. She was still resting, trying to gain back her strength and opened one eye to see who was coming in. When she looked she could see that it was exactly who she was hoping she wouldn't see.

Yggdrasil walked into her cell and looked at her laying on her board that was her bed. "Storm, get up! It's time to start your training. I'll be back in five minutes and you'd better be up and ready to go," he bellowed as he stormed out of the cell leaving her in the dark once again.

Storm went to move, hoping that the torment that she felt the day before in her chest was finally gone. She moved to sit up when she felt the sting in her ribs once again as she grabbed her bottom rib in agony. She knew then that it would be a rough day. Mithos wouldn't care if she was in distress from an injury, and he wouldn't take pity on her. She struggled to continue up, knowing that if she didn't get herself up, Lord Yggdrasil would be more than willing to pull her up himself. Finally, she made it to her feet as she walked around the room a few times so she could adjust the way she moved to cause the least amount of discomfort that she could.

A few minutes later and Lord Yggdrasil was back in her cell as he forced her out of the cell. Storm moved as quickly as she could, hoping that he would not notice that she was still in pain from the day before. She didn't want him to know that she was anymore vulnerable than she already was. Yggdrasil walked Storm throughout the halls of Welgaia as he led her towards his training room that he had especially designed for Storm. This part didn't disturb Storm as much as the fact that when she looked at all the angels she passed, she could notice the blank, emotionless look in their eyes. That's when she knew that Lord Yggdrasil was truly back. Storm put her head down, trying to avoid the now blank stares she received from the angels that she had once cared so much for.

Finally, they reached a small room that Yggdrasil opened, gesturing for Storm to walk in. She took a few steps forward but stopped when she noticed that it was dark and empty save for one chair in a corner. Storm began to grow worried about the situation she was in as she froze, not wanting to venture in any farther. Suddenly, Storm felt a sharp sting of pain run up her back as she was thrown to the floor. Yggdrasil looked at her as he placed his foot back on the ground. Storm rolled over and saw him looking down at her as she scrambled to her feet, trying to avoid anymore pain. She was beginning to learn how to push away and ignore the pain she was feeling as she got to her feet without even wincing.

"Sit down over there," Yggdrasil ordered as he pointed to the chair sitting in the far corner of the room. Storm obeyed, but walked over to the chair cautiously as she sat in it. She looked at Yggdrasil as he walked over to her and placed his hand on her shoulder. Storm glanced at his hand before looking back up at him.

"Good, now there are some people who want to talk to you," he told her as Anna and Sutra both came in and stood on the other side of the chair. Storm didn't know what was going on, they were all looking towards the door as if they were expecting someone to show up, but who? Suddenly, Storm saw someone walking into the room. She couldn't see them too clearly at first, but she soon saw that it was someone that she wasn't even close to expecting.

"You've always just been a burden on our group. No one liked you anyway, they all just trusted you because you were related to Lloyd," Raine began. Storm couldn't believe what she was hearing. She could always tell that Raine really hated her, but she never really expected her to say anything to her about it. "Everyone trusted you, but I could always see right through you. You haven't changed at all since you first left Cruxis. You still work for them and you always will, it's who you are," Raine finished as she glared at Storm accusingly.

"Raine, I never wanted for this to happen. You don't understand, I didn't want to come back. I tried to save Anna," Storm defended herself.

"Well, it looks like you did a good job of that," Raine answered sarcastically.

"I know," Storm replied sadly. "But you have to believe me, I didn't come back because I still worked for Cruxis. I never wanted to betray the group," Storm cried.

"But you did anyway and look where it got you," Raine screamed at her as she pointed at her current condition.

"Storm, stop acting so hurt by all of this, you know that it's not your fault. It's Raine and your entire group's fault. They didn't care enough and you were forced to take care of things on your own. Let her know how you feel, let her know how angry you are, let it all out!" Yggdrasil told her, his voice getting louder with each sentence. Storm was so caught up in her conversation with Raine that she had forgotten that he was even standing next to her and his voice didn't connect to him in her mind as she listened to the mysterious voice.

"So Storm, now that everyone hates you, how do you feel?" Raine asked.

Storm couldn't take Raine's accusations anymore as she glared at the half-elf. "It wasn't all my fault!" Storm screamed at the top of her lungs, from the bottom of her soul. Storm was surprised at her own harsh words as she threw her hands over her mouth in shock. Storm looked around the room for a few seconds before burying her face in her hands.

Sutra looked at Storm, not quite understanding what was going on. Mithos had said that he was using something called a Derris Emblem to produce the images that Storm was seeing. Sutra, Anna, and Mithos could all clearly see that this Raine was nothing but an image in front of them, so why did Storm seem to think it was so real? Sutra couldn't understand. She looked at Mithos and began to wonder how this half-elf was planning on helping the other half-elves back on Symphonia. She almost began to feel sorry for all the pain that her actions were causing Storm. The image of Raine disappeared as Storm's face was buried in her hands. Mithos gestured to Anna as she walked in front of Storm, waiting for her to look up again. Sutra didn't remember hearing about this part of the plan. She wondered what the two of them were up to.

Finally Storm looked up and found herself looking into her daughter's eyes. She also noticed that Raine had left and she wondered what was coming next.

"Well Storm, after everything that has transpired in the last two days what do you have to say to your daughter? I mean, how do you really feel? Let her know, she's ready for it," Mithos told her as he bent down to Storm's level to tell her all of this in her ear. Storm looked at her daughter then back at Mithos. Finally, she looked back at her daughter before responding.

"Anna, no matter what you decide to do just remember one thing. You're my daughter, you'll always be my daughter and I love you. Remember that," Storm told her.

"Wrong answer," Yggdrassil called as his hand hit Storm right in her face as hard as he could. Storm felt the burn of the attack as she held her hand to her head.

"Mom, how many times do I need to tell you. I don't really care that you love me and all because that's something that you're supposed to say because you're my mother. You don't really mean it," Anna told her calmly.

"Anna, I do mean it. You have to believe me, can't you feel it?" Storm asked, trying so desperately to reach the daughter that she thought she had.

"I don't feel anything that has to do with you. I don't believe you, you never really cared about me," Anna told her as she walked out of the room.

"Now come on Storm, you know that that makes you feel angry. Your own daughter hates you, it should be okay for you to hate her," Yggdrasil told her. Storm continued to stare out the door that Anna had marched out of.

"It doesn't matter if it's okay because I don't hate her and I never will," Storm replied confidently. Yggdrasil grew very frustrated at her cocky response as he knocked her to the ground once again and kicked her in her side. The pain that she already had there, plus the attack she was receiving at the moment caused her to scream in agony.

Yggdrasil heard her cry as he stopped momentarily. "So, it still hurts from yesterday?" he asked her, pretending to be sympathetic. "Deal with it. I'll get what I want from you eventually so you'll have to deal with the pain until I get it," he told her. Storm had no idea what he was talking about, but soon realized that she was being carried back to her cell.

Sutra watched as they took Storm back to her cell. She couldn't believe that Mithos could really be as heartless as he was. Of course Storm was a human, but no one deserved treatment like that, no matter what their race was. She wondered if he really was going to help the half-elves or if he was only out to get revenge on his enemies and to gain a new fighting machine. Sutra walked out of the room as she wondered the halls of emotionless angels trying to decide what was going on.

Well, that's it for this chapter. These next few chapters are all pretty dark and they pretty much are like this one as far as the plot goes. Soon though we'll find out what Mithos' motive is. Well, tell me what you thought. Oh, and thanks for all the reviews and support for the last chapter. Thanks!