Well, sorry it's been awhile since I updated, but I had to go to my college over the weekend to register for my freshman classes. I don't really know how much I can write in college, but I'll try, I promise. Anyway, thanks for all the support, and here's the next chapter.

Chapter 11: The Search

Mithos wasn't about to let Lloyd's group get to the children before he found them. He had a big advantage over them anyway. He had an army of angels that could cover much more ground than their little group. Mithos had managed to bring the angels back into his own power by creating them into his lifeless beings once again. They were all now his servants and he was going to use them to find where the children were.

He couldn't believe that Sutra had actually deserted him. That left him with Anna and Storm, and he knew that Storm was the only one he could rely on. Even after her short episode earlier, he knew that he was still in control of her. He looked over at Storm, she was standing next to him watching the angels fly off in their separate directions.

"Where do you think they are?" he asked her as she slowly turned her head towards him, showing off her raging eyes. She still looked like she was having some sort of conflict in her mind. She always showed off her anger in her eyes, like she was still going through everything she had seen with the Derris Emblem.

"Mizuho...,"she replied simply as she turned her attention back to the angels.

"We'll send Anna, I might need you," he told her as he walked back into their new hiding place. He didn't want Lloyd's group to find them once they kidnaped the child. They were using the remains of the old Meltokio castle as their hideout. Actually, they had built underneath the remains of it so no one could find them even if they came to Meltokio. He walked through the new place until he found Anna.

"You'll be going to Mizuho, we think that the children are there. Bring both of Lloyd's children. I'm not sure which one we'll need," he told her. She stood up as she made her way to the door after giving him a nod.

"This little search is just a bump in the road. I will get what I want," Mithos said to himself as he went out once again and watched his army as they moved out across Symphonia.

"Did you see the look in her eyes?" Yuan asked the others as they tended to Raine, Genis, and Colette. They were the only ones who had not yet woken up since their attack. He received many solemn stares from the others. "I can't believe that she's really gone. I've never seen her look like that."

Before anyone else could comment on the subject, Raine began to stir as her eyes fluttered open.

"Wh...what happened? Where am I?" she asked as she looked around at the others who were all staring at her.

"We rescued you all from Mithos' attack," Kratos explained as Raine soon realized that the others from her group were still with her.

"You mean from Anna and Storm's attack. When we were attacked, Mithos was just on the sidelines, offering healing to anyone who needed it," she said bitterly to the others. "I told you we couldn't trust her."

"Look, I'm getting tired of everyone getting upset with Storm. I'm sure it's not her fault that she's the way she is right now. Who we fought...it wasn't Storm," Zelos told her his anger and agitation growing rapidly.

"Well, what could possibly cause her to act that way?" Raine asked. "I mean, didn't she have everything she'd wanted in her life. She must have just wanted to return to Cruxis," Raine concluded.

"For being a scholar, you didn't study her situation too well," Sutra told her as she appeared from behind a few of the others. Raine hadn't really noticed her before and grew worried at her appearance.

"What is she doing here!" she asked, shocked that the group would actually let in yet another enemy after what had just happened.

"Don't worry, she's with us now. She's trustworthy," Sheena comforted Raine.

"Yeah, well, that went real far last time. I'm watching you closely hunny," Raine commented, almost bitterly.

Since this conversation had started Genis and Colette had both been coming to. Lloyd, Kratos, Yuan, and Zelos all helped them get up and explained to them what had happened. They all sat up and began to listen in on the conversation beginning to take place.

"That's your choice, but I'm here to tell you that what Storm is doing is not of her own free will. Mithos used the Derris Emblem to bring out Storm's worst fears and most painful memories to increase her rage until it took her over," Sutra explained.

"Why would he want to increase her rage? I thought he wanted lifeless beings. Wouldn't she be displaying too much emotion then?" Raine asked her, intruiged by the subject already.

"Well, you see, with her rage growing inside her, so does her power. But, he hasn't left that unchecked. He used to talk to her, whisper in her ear, when the images appeared in front of her. She soon began to block out her conscious mind as he rage buried it, and his voice became her mind's voice," Sutra explained.

"So when he speaks to her, she thinks that her own mind is speaking to her? She thinks that her unconscious mind is speaking to her?" Raine asked.

"You're not as dumb as you seem to be," Sutra commented.

"So basically she's a lifeless angel that completely listens to him, but she's still got emotions? This is all so confusing," Lloyd sighed.

"But it makes sense. Mithos learned how to harness her emotions to make her more powerful, but by keeping her mind and her other feelings buried and under control, he has a lifeless being that wouldn't try to defy him," Genis commented.

"She's still in there somewhere, she's just buried under all her rage. We just need to find her and get her to listen to us, not him. That'll be hard, I mean, we were the ones that started the rage after all," Sutra told them.

"What about Anna? Did he do the same thing to her then?" Colette asked nervously.

"Unfortunately, Anna has decided to join him on her own. She's a big reason why Storm's rage increased so easily for him. Because of Anna's hatred, Storm was able to believe all of the images from the Derris Emblem," Sutra told them.

"But, why would Storm get upset with us? I mean, she shouldn't have that many fears or that many painful memories, right?" Colette asked.

"None of you really know anything about Storm. She wouldn't tell you anything about what she's been through," Yuan spat back at Raine, he was upset with everyone putting her down without knowing anything about her past. Storm had fought so hard to push forward in her life, but when people put her down when she was having a difficult time because of her past, it upset him.

"What happens now?" Presea asked Sutra.

"We have to find Kagerou, Martel, and Merlin before it's too late," Sheena burst out suddenly, as if waiting for someone to ask already.

"Why, where are they?" Genis asked anxiously.

"We don't know. Regal took them away from Altamira. It's a good thing because Mithos wants them. He would have been there first, but he didn't get them because Regal moved them. The question is, where?" Lloyd told them.

"He must have worried when we didn't return for such a long time," Raine offered.

"It's a good possibility, but we need to hurry and figure out where they are before Mithos does. Where would he take them?" Kratos asked, hoping someone in the group would get a good idea.

"What about Heimdall? Or maybe Altessa's house?" Genis threw out some suggestions.

"I know...what about Mizuho?" Sheena asked. "I mean, wouldn't he think that they'd be safer with all the ninjas?" Sheena asked.

"That's a likely choice, we should begin there," Yuan told them.

"Okay, I guess we're off to find the kids before Mithos does. If Storm does show up, we need to try and find a way to wake her up inside," Sutra told them all as they nodded before getting up and heading towards the village. Little did they know, Anna was already at the entrance.

Well, that's it for this chapter. It's kind of a summary of everything we know so far. Plus, now we get to find out if Mizuho is really where they are. Maybe we'll find out what Mithos even wants with the kids. Well, thanks for all the reviews and I have to say thank you so much to Kararu Rinamino to all the help she's been with this story. I don't know what I'd do without you helpful ideas and support. Thanks! Oh, and Raspedra Twilight has just finished a picture of Sutra, colored and everything and I will be putting the link on my profile page. Go check it out, it's pretty awesome. Thanks for reading, please review!