Okay, it's update time. Yay! I'm finally done with school except now I'm working a job with 40 hours a week. Man, is it rough, but soon I'll be off for college. Well, anyway here's the next chappie for everyone, hope you like it. Enjoy!

Chapter 4: Family Affair

Zelos and the rest of their small group were making their way towards the Renegade base, hoping that it wouldn't be too hard to get in. They all knew that if Storm really was alive that they only had a limited amount of time to help her before it was too late. Not only that, but they had to rescue Anna too if Storm wasn't able to. They had a lot to worry about and they tried to get to the base as quickly as possible.

"I can't believe that everyone decided to give up on her," Zelos complained.

"I'm a little disappointed myself. I never knew that Raine felt that way," Kratos added.

"Raine was never one who really trusted people very often, especially when they've betrayed her in the past," Lloyd explained.

"I suppose that means that Kratos, Zelos, and I are not in her circle of friends then," Yuan observed.

"I don't know, after all this is the second time Storm's done something like this," Lloyd told them.

"It almost sounds like you don't really trust her either," Zelos threatened him.

"Well, I am a little upset by what she's done, but she's my sister and I'm going to help her get out of it. I know that she wouldn't betray us because she hates us, she did it for Anna," Lloyd explained himself.

Zelos stared down at the ground as they walked. He was really worried about Storm with what she had done. He had no idea what was happening to her, but he did know how terrified she was of going back to Cruxis. She had told him so once before, she wouldn't go back because she really wanted to. She had to have another motive for it.

"We have to hurry, she may be in danger," Zelos urged the rest of the group as the Renegade base came into view over the horizon.

torm was woken upas her cell door slammed open, causing her to jump awake as she stared at Yggdrasil. He grabbed her by her wrist and threw her out of bed as he pushed her out of her cell. Storm was forced back into the small room, ready for another day of training. Storm; however, didn't really know she was being trained, she just assumed that everyone she knew was lining up to tell her how much they hated her. Her anger seemed to be building up more and more to the point where she couldn't control herself when she really tore into her friends. She never really wanted to yell at Colette but when the anger built up enough she couldn't hold it in and she lost control. She hoped that she would be better able to control herself today.

Once they reached the room Yggdrasil and Storm were interrupted by Anna and Sutra who brought their leader some news.

"There is a group approaching the Renegade base that you might want to look at my lord," Anna informed him. Yggdrasil looked a little confused, but decided to investigate the matter himself.

"Sutra, watch over Storm as her visitors come today and don't let her get depressed. Make her force out that anger," he whispered to her, emphasizing the last part as he left the room with Anna.

Storm looked at Sutra as she took Yggdrasil's usual spot next to Storm as they waited for the visitors to arrive. Soon, the Derris Emblem created an image that made Storm's stomach turn. There, in front of her, was her father. He didn't look to happy to see her as he stared at his daughter who almost cried when she saw him.

"Dad, why are you here?" Storm asked him, her voice choking. She wanted to see him so badly, but she didn't want him to see her like this.

"Isn't it obvious?" he asked her. "I came here to let you know how upset I am with you. I can't believe that you would do something like this after everything we've all done for you," Kratos told her.

"Dad, it's not what it looks like," she pleaded, hoping that he would believe her somehow.

"How am I supposed to believe you?" he questioned her. "You always lie to me about things like this. I always believed you in the past and let you get away with it, but not this time. This time you're on your own," he explained to her.

"Daddy...please," she begged him.

"I always knew that Lloyd was a better child than you. He was the child that I never got to raise. I wish that I would have found him at the bottom of that hill instead of you," he snapped at her. "Storm, it's over with us. I don't even want to think of you as family," he told her.

Storm couldn't believe what she was hearing. Normally she would have just broken down from depression, but for some reason she could only feel anger pulsing through her veins. She couldn't help herself as the anger began to flow out of her.

"How could you like someone like Lloyd! He always hated you, always thought of you as a traitor and even tried to kill you. I was always loyal to you, that's why I picked Lloyd's group over Yggdrasil, because you did! Now, you're going to abandon me when I need help. Thanks a lot! Maybe I'm better off without you!" Storm yelled at him as she threatened to start something as her anger grew. Sutra forced her back into her seat as she watched Kratos walk out of the room. Storm couldn't believe what she had just said to Kratos, she knew that it wasn't like her and she wished that he would forgive her. Yet, no matter how much her depression tried to take over, her rage always controlled her.

Soon, another person walked into the room and she felt her anger grow more at the sight of this one. She looked to the doorway and watched as her brother Lloyd walked into the room.

"Lloyd, what could you possibly want?" Storm asked sarcastically.

"Storm, do you remember that talk we had in Flanoir a long time ago (A Storm Was Brewing in Cruxis)? Well, I want you to know that I still feel that way about you. There's no way you could be my sister. I refuse to believe that my sister would be such a horrible person, betraying her friends and family so much. You should just leave and never return, we'd all be better without you," Lloyd told her coldly.

Storm was already upset with Lloyd after what her father had just said, and now he had the nerve to come in and say these terrible things about her to her face. She didn't want to put up with it anymore. Storm leapt out of her chair and launched herself at Lloyd, but Sutra and a few of the Desian soldiers caught her and held her back. If she managed to attack the image she's realize that everything was fake. They struggled to restrain her as she continued to fight against their hold to get to Lloyd.

"If you hate me Lloyd, then I hate you too. You've taken everything away from me. If it wasn't for you, Dad and I would still be in Cruxis just like it used to be. I wish that you were gone for good," she yelled at him as he walked out of the room. Storm finally managed to calm down, and when she did she realized that she had almost blacked out during her rampage. She couldn't remember anything about her attack on Lloyd and she couldn't remember why she was upset, just the fact that she was mad was all she could remember. She was over her spell, but she could still feel the presence of her rage flowing through her.

"Well, here it is, but how are we going to get in?" Zelos asked as the finally made it to their destination.

"Well, if we cause a distraction we might be able to sneak past the guards," Yuan offered.

"I say that we just fight them all off," Lloyd suggested.

"Do you really want to get caught that quickly?" Kratos asked him critically.

"I thought it was a good plan," Lloyd pouted.

Suddenly, the entrance to the base opened as someone walked out of the building. Everyone strained to see exactly what was going on, but no one could really tell. They all looked to each other, hoping someone knew what was going on, but when they looked back they saw that the figure was gone.

"Everyone knows that you're here," a chilling voice said. Everyone knew exactly who was talking, but they refused to believe what they were hearing. They all slowly looked up to the source of the statement and were met by Yggdrasil, hovering over them.

"He's really back," Yuan said, shocked at what he was seeing.

"And that means...," Zelos added, not wanting to finish his last statement. Everyone knew what he was talking about as they stared at the figure.

"That's right, you're precious Storm is gone. She's helped out a lot though. She really tried to save her daughter, but things didn't really work the way she planned," Yggdrasil laughed.

"You bastard, you didn't let my daughter go?" Zelos asked, his anger raging as the angel mocked him and his family.

"Well, yes, but you see she didn't want to leave, she just loved us that much," Yggdrasil informed them.

"You liar," Kratos spat at him. "You just tricked Storm into giving up her life for a promise Sutra didn't keep," he accused the seraph.

"Believe what you want, but I know the truth. You may as well go home, Storm isn't coming back to you," he told them.

"Well, if you think we're leaving after what you did to her, you're wrong," Yuan threatened him as he pulled out his weapon, followed soon by the others.

"Hmm...I don't have time for this, but we'll meet again," Yggdrasil said as he left, leaving Kratos, Lloyd, Yuan, and Zelos to fight off a group of Desians.

"Here we go," Zelos said as he rushed into battle.

Well, there's that chapter. I hope that you liked it and I really hope that everyone enjoys the next chapter as well. We're getting to the end of this section of the story. Then, moving onto after Storm's training. Yay! Anyway, thanks for all the awesome reviews.