A/N's: hi it's me and I'm back again!
Kratos: hiding in change room …
Me: come out, Kratos! I wanna see!
Kratos:…never…
Me: You will do it because I command it and because I'm a hyper! Now come out! I wanna see how you look in the uniform I bought you!
Kratos: walks out of the change room holding… POMPOMS AND WEARING A MINI SKIRT! …I hate you…
Me: HAHA! Lol yes I love it! Now do the cheer I taught you!
Kratos: No way…
Me: evil glare
Kratos: … 1, 2, 3, 4 Lloyd-forever's cool to the core… 5, 6, 7, 8, her chapters will never late…
Me: laughing insanely
Kratos: …9, 10, 11, 12… She doesn't own TOS or any of its characters… can I go now?
Me: NO NEVER! … Ok on with the story! ;)
Chapter 2: Gift of the Sky
Lloyd and Colette reached Palmacosta a little after noon. The great city was thriving just as it was before it was destroyed. Lloyd looked at the scale the old lady had given him as the two of them walked towards the Governor-General building. The turquoise scale glowed slightly in his hand.
"I wonder what this can really do," he whispered to himself.
"Did you something, Lloyd?" Colette asked him.
"Uh, no, I didn't say anything," he replied as he rushed to put to the scale somewhere as they entered the building. He was instinctively put it underneath the locket Kratos had given him and it somehow stayed there without moving.
"Ah! Chosen One, Lloyd, how goes your journey for the expheres?" Neil greeted them.
"Hello, Neil. It's going great. We've found many of them," Colette replied.
"Yeah but there's still many more out there still," Lloyd told them.
"Yes, unfortunately there are. Oh, that reminds me, Lloyd, you wouldn't believe who showed up here a few days ago," Neil told him.
"Who was it?" Colette asked.
"It was Kratos." An eerie silence followed after that. Lloyd stared at Neil in shock. Neil handed him a letter and he slowly opened it.
Dear Lloyd,
I hope that you are happy to know that I'm back from Derris Knarlan. Although I am only here to stop someone who had escaped from there. Apparently, she can change into any form she likes. She kept going on about powerful winged creatures. Meet me at Mizuho… I'd hate to bring you into this but I need to know if you've seen anyone who may look like her.
Sincerely,
Kratos
"Dad…" Lloyd whispered softly.
"Wow can you believe it, Lloyd? He's back! Isn't this exciting?" Colette told him obviously happy for Lloyd…extremely happy for Lloyd.
"Yeah it is. Ok then, let's head to Mizuho right away."
"Oh before you do that you should get some supplies at the item store first. There have been rumors of powerful mages wandering around Mizuho, Luin and Asgard recently. Please take care," Neil told them.
"Bye, Neil," Colette told him as they left. They visited Chocolat at the item store then after a short conversation they left for Mizuho.
Kratos was patiently waiting in a room Sheena had given him to stay in until Lloyd came. He'd truly missed his son and couldn't wait to see him again even though he had other work to do. He stared at the black scale he'd been given at Derris Knarlan by that person. She said that it would cause his only family the worst of luck but by throwing it away it would only give his only family even worse luck. He clenched the scale terribly hard in anger against that vile woman for casting such a curse on his son. Then his grip softened as he looked out the window towards the sky.
"Please be safe, Lloyd," he whispered to sky, though the sky made no reply. He stood up slowly as he heard footsteps approaching his room. Sheena shoved the door open in a rush. Something was amiss.
"The mages are attacking someone near the village! There's a high possibility that it's Lloyd and Colette," she exclaimed.
"Let us hurry then," he replied calmly as usual but his mind was far from calm. Lloyd, don't die on me now of all times.
The two of them ran to the entrance and stopped when they saw Zelos standing with…Colette!
"Mr.Kratos! Oh Mr. Kratos please hurry, Lloyd's in danger!" she told him worryingly.
"Where is her Colette?" Sheena asked her.
"The mages are still fighting him close to the entrance of that dark forest over there," she replied.
"Don't you worry my dear little angel. We'll bring Lloyd here in one piece," Zelos told her. Colette nodded and watched as Sheena, Kratos and Zelos raced off towards the entrance of Goraorcchi (can't remember how to spell it srry) forest and lowered her head.
Lloyd was panting as he hid behind a tree waiting to spring his ambush. He was dead tired. He had attacked the mages with 4 Rising Falcons, 6 Hunting Beasts, 3 Psi Tempest and 9 Raining Tiger Blades along with Colette's Judgment before he had told her to find help yet he had only defeated one of the six mages. When he was battling all six and Colette was leaving they surrounded him and cast a spell that required all them and it was just by luck that he had survived.
He put hand to his chest. He had given his locket to Colette the night before without her knowing when he had a sniper trying to hide in the trees. Lloyd luckily chased him off, but he wanted to be sure that Colette would be safe in case anything happened. So he gave her his locket that had protected him once before when he was trying to save Colette from Mithos.
He could hear a mage coming towards the tree he was behind. He jumped out and attacked him Raining Tiger Blade only to realize much too late that he had dodged it.
"Lloyd!" he heard a voice shout from behind him. It was Sheena followed by Kratos and Zelos. He turned around to see the mage appear. He then attacked it with Sonic Sword Rain. It couldn't move after being surprised by that attack and was defeated just as the three of them reached him.
"Dad!" Lloyd shouted as he embraced his father in a hug. Kratos was slightly surprised to receive such a reaction. He hugged him back. (Aww touchy moment… where's my Kodak?) After the awesome hug, the four of them slowly made their back to Mizuho while cautiously watching out for the four other mages.
"So where did these mages come from?" Lloyd asked.
"The chief doesn't know. They just started attacking anyone who got near the village," Sheena replied. Suddenly there was a strange high pitch noise. They all froze.
"Was that a scream?" Zelos asked slowly.
"That sounded quite different than a scream," Kratos replied.
"I think we should investigate," Lloyd said as he took a step forward. He stopped when he heard a rustle in the tree behind them. He turned around when suddenly something whizzed from the leaves. The other three turned around just as an arrow blackened with hate pierced Lloyd's chest with complete accuracy.
Me: HAHAHAHAHA! Cliff Hanger!
Kratos: You're evil…
Me: Yeah so what? You got a problem with that?
Kratos: uh…well if you're going to make me wear a mini skirt yes…
Me: Well that's just too bad.
Kratos: …fiend…
Me: Anyway it's time for all you to…
Kratos: Review and plead for my rescue… please.