Lloyd was obviously scared about what was going on. Of course, being trapped in an enemy base was nothing new to him, but this time, the one person who he was sure could have saved him was dead, and no one else knew he was there. He was just about good as done.

Zyn looked at Lloyd with a devilish snare as he paced back and forth through the dungeon, not once taking his eyes off Lloyd. Lloyd, in an attempt not to look scared or chicken out, didn't take his eyes off Zyn, either.

"So, you're Lloyd Irving," Zyn said. "Kayne told me a lot about you. He said you helped him get the crystal to destroy your world."

"Yeah," Lloyd bitterly replied. "Did he mention that I also killed him and ruined your plans?"

Zyn just chuckled a little. "He thought he was all big and strong, but really, he didn't have much in him at all. Sure, he was in a higher rank than a lot of soldiers, but compared to me? I don't think so."

"Quit bragging and just do whatever you want," Lloyd challenged. "There's nothing you can do now except rebuild that weapon from scratch, and we'll have our eyes on you this time!"

Zyn emitted a small laugh again, but then he turned towards Lloyd. He almost looked sympathetic when he looked at the young swordsman in front of him.

"You know, I was given orders to torture you and to make you suffer a long time for thwarting our long-awaited and very expensive plan," Zyn said as he gave Lloyd an unpleasant look.

"Uh-huh," Lloyd said, doing his best not to look scared. "And?..."

"I really don't want to," Zyn said sympathetically. Lloyd was now getting very confused with what Zyn was talking about. Why was he sounding so concerned? "But what's an order is an order, y'know?"

Saying this, Zyn reached into his suit and pulled out a small device. The handle had a metal end to it, and after flipping a small switch on the under side of the device, it made the metal ends turn bright orange-no doubt it was making the handle hundreds of degrees.

"I hope you can take the heat, kid," Zyn said as he got ready to press the hot metal onto Lloyd's arm.

"I hope you can take a prisoner getting away!" Lloyd shot back. He reached into his red shirt and pulled out his teleporter. He pressed the button and, in just a moment, he was gone. He left Zyn looking very confused and annoyed.

Meanwhile, Lloyd found himself once again on Derris-Kharlan. He looked around for a long time. (actually, he wasn't really "looking"; he was walking towards a certain spot he had been to many times in the past several days)

Lloyd finally found Yuan, and Yuan looked fairly surprised to see him there.

"Can you go two minutes without getting captured?" Yuan asked. "You're worse than princesses in fairy tales when it comes to being kidnapped."

"And you're worse than anyone else when it comes to saying something original," Lloyd said as he called upon his teenage wit to snap back. It brought back awkward memories of when he and Yuan first met.

Yuan growled at Lloyd's remark, but decided against taking the discussion any further. "Are you ready to get to work on that weapon now?" he asked.

"Uh…I guess," Lloyd said, pretending to be scratching the back of his neck. "Are you sure you want to actually go ahead and make this weapon? I mean, think of all the innocent Tiberians who will get killed if something goes wrong and our weapon goes off early."

"Lloyd, have you forgotten what those Tiberians have done?" Yuan asked. "Have you forgotten what they did to Kratos? They killed him!"

Lloyd closed his eyes, but still maintained a serious appearance. He looked down towards the floor and shook his head.

"…no," Lloyd finally said. He opened his eyes and looked back up at Yuan.

Yuan looked at Lloyd, not sure what he was trying to say.

"The Tiberians didn't kill dad," Lloyd said, still refusing to make eye contact with Yuan. "Kayne did. And I know that not all Tiberians are like him. When Kratos and I went there for the first time, Kratos and I saw the civilians in that world, and they were no different from the people here."

"What are you trying to get at?" Yuan asked.

"This entire time, I always thought Tiberians in general were our enemies," Lloyd said. "But I was wrong; it's only the people high in their military ranks who are our enemies, not the innocent people who have no part in it."

Yuan still wasn't sure what Lloyd was trying to say.

"I don't hate Tiberians like you may have thought," Lloyd said, finally looking up and staring Yuan in the eye. "I only hate what their military has done and what they hope to do next. The one responsible for Kratos's death is gone, so I have nothing else to hold against them."

"Hmmmmm," Yuan murmured to himself. "Personally, I'd have rather listened to your speeches about everyone having the right to live once they're born, but I guess you have a point."

Lloyd didn't say anything. He was about to, but Yuan spoke up first. "Well, you realize we still need to gather everyone up to construct that weapon, right? It doesn't matter how innocent those civilians are. If the military on that world is still active, we still need to be one step ahead of them."

"I know," Lloyd said. "And I'm ready. Let's go get the guys."

Lloyd and Yuan took out their teleporters and used them to be warped to Iselia. From there, they looked around for Genis and Raine.

After finding the two half-elves in their homes, Lloyd and Yuan explained the crisis that was currently going on and said they needed their help. Without even thinking about their own lives, Genis and Raine were more than happy to help out Yuan and Lloyd. (especially since saving the world was part of the deal)

After Raine and Genis agreed to come along, the now-quartet started making their way over to Meltokio. There, they found Zelos (as always) hanging around with a bunch of girls and gloating about himself.

Once the four of them spoke to the former Tethe'alla Chosen, Zelos was all too willing to go along for one more adventure and to do something to save the world. As they started heading out of Meltokio with all the girls screaming at Zelos and wishing him luck, Lloyd started casting uncomfortable looks at him.

"What is it?" Zelos asked after he got creeped out enough by Lloyd's glare.

"Zelos…can I…" Lloyd started.

Zelos started laughing but looked annoyed at the same time. "Come on, Lloyd. This isn't the Hall of the Great Seed in case you forgot. The answer this time is definitely YES!"

Lloyd seemed comfortable enough now, and they were all off once again.

"BYE MASTER ZELOOSSSS!" the girls screamed when Zelos was out of sight.

The next stop was to Mizuho. The group walked in on Sheena when she was still training to take over as successor to Mizuho, but she was delighted to see her friends.

Once they all started explaining the details, she joined up with them without a word. (Of course, she asked Tiga if it would be okay first)

After getting Sheena, they all headed over to Altamira and headed towards Regal's office building. George immediately let them in and they were allowed to talk to Regal about the current situation.

Regal showed no signs of hesitation once the offer was given to him about helping them save the world again. He sided with Lloyd and his allies as soon as they mentioned the world was at stake again.

Standing right outside on the roof of the building was Presea, staring at her sister's grave stone and still talking to Alicia as if she were alive. Of course, she didn't have any trouble going along with them either.

The last one to recruit was Colette, who was back in Iselia where Genis and Raine had been found. They headed to Colette's house and found her, and she greeted them very warmly.

They told her about what they were planning, and not surprisingly, she was a bit reluctant at first. She hated the idea of constructing a weapon that would no doubt be capable of hurting several innocent people, until Yuan said that the weapon wouldn't be intended to kill.

Colette finally agreed after a little bit more persuading, and she was ready to help out once again as well. Now that everyone was once again assembled, they were back to Derris-Kharlan to discuss their plans.

"All right," Yuan said. "Since I last saw Lloyd before he got captured again by those Tiberians, I began working on plans to outlining the weapon we're going to construct."

Yuan took out a long piece of rolled up paper and laid it down on the sold rock floor of Derris-Kharlan. All of Lloyd's former allies carefully studied the picture and wondered what the heck it was that Yuan had in mind for it.

The weapon itself looked like a giant cannon. It could be wheeled around and it had one very long barrel, but it also had an ejector button on it, so the cannon could instantly function as a ram if needed.

"Everyone got a good look at it?" Yuan asked. For a reply he got a chorus of "yeah's" and "mhm's". "Good, now pay attention. I'm about to give all of you your jobs."

The blue haired Seraphim turned to Genis. "Genis, I want you and Sheena to help supply the mana that will power this weapon."

"Roger!" Genis exclaimed all too excitedly.

Yuan turned his attention back to Regal. "Regal-you, Presea and Colette are going to help move all the parts of the weapon and bring them to where we're going to construct it."

"Hold on a minute," Zelos said. "How's a sweet little angel like Colette going to carry those giant slabs of wood and all that other good stuff?"

"Zelos, don't you remember that time in the woods behind Mizuho?" Lloyd asked, starting to smile. "Where we first fought Regal and Colette humiliated you by having the strength to pick him up with one hand while you couldn't even drag him?"

Zelos didn't say anything. Instead, he just turned back to Yuan and said, "Speaking of which, where are we going to get all this wood, anyway?"

"That's where you come in," Yuan said as he answered Zelos's question. "I want you to speak with the king of Tethe'alla and have him ship all the necessary materials we're going to need to build it."

"No problem," Zelos very casually, yet confidently said.

"All right then, it's settled," Yuan said. "That just about takes care of everyone."

"Hold on a minute!" Genis outburst. "What about Lloyd?"

Lloyd suddenly realized that Yuan hadn't given him a job to do in constructing the weapon. "Yeah, what about me?"

"Lloyd, you and I are going to be supervising this operation," Yuan calmly answered.

"Supervise?"

"Yes, unless you think you're too much of a wimp to do the simplest job of all and would rather sit back and watch."

"Who are you calling a wimp?" Lloyd angrily yelled.

"Look, we need a few supervisors," Yuan said. "And I don't think I'll be able to keep a close enough watch on everyone at once. So, are you willing to work as a co-supervisor?"

"You bet!" Lloyd excitedly yelled, now bursting with energy.

Genis just scoffed and shook his head as he turned towards Raine. "I'll bet you fifty gald in thirty minutes he won't have that excitement anymore."

"So, where are we going to work on this?" Lloyd asked. "We can't bring all the materials here to Derris-Kharlan."

"Very good, Lloyd," Yuan said, almost sounding like he was praising Lloyd. "We're going to be working right outside Iselia. That way, we'll be in a place that's hard to get to unless you go through Iselia. And surely someone in Isleia would notice if someone tried to break in, right?"

"Uh…I guess," Lloyd said, not sure what else to say.

Yuan started looking right at everyone who was going to help them create this weapon that would help them save the world again: Lloyd, Genis, Colette, Raine, Sheena, Zelos, Presea and Regal.

"All right," Yuan said. "Let's get this project rolling."