Tales of Symphonia and its characters isn't mine it belongs to their rightful owners of Namco. Sorry if this took so long. I was working chapter 3 on an archive of our own and working on chapter 7 up here. So yeah, I was on busy turtle who is a little sleep deprived for doing these chapters closing in on 3 am. (Nervous laugh) Anywho onto the story.

TALES OF A UNFORGIVABLE SINNER

CHAPTER: TWO

PART: ONE

Chapter: 2

Location: Luin city of hope/Lake Sinoa

Nighttime: 5:00AM.

She wanted to talk.

He knows that she wants to hear the information of her husband's disappearance, but some part of him wanted her to remain clueless on the situation. Just the thought to break his daughter's hopes of ever having him returning back safe & sound is not sitting well with him. And that's when it hit him. He can't keep this from her no matter how much he wanted to shield her from the pain in losing a spouse; the one that she promises to spend her forever with no matter the heartache... She has the right to know.

After all. He himself knows how it feels to lose a spouse.

"Let's talk downstairs so we won't wake up the children." She tells him getting up from the floor, putting her hand on the wall for support. Orion nodded his head in agreement. Walking ahead of her to the steps as she follows behind.

They made it into the living room where Orion had his meeting with his guest. There were two cups sitting on the coffee table, one was empty and the other was half gone and had already grown cold over the hours since Hannah had served them.

Orion went to take a seat back on the couch while his daughter picking up the cups in her hands to take them to the kitchen. "Before we start. Would you like some tea?" She asked. "No, I'm alright but I can take some water." He replied. Hannah nodded her head and went straight towards the kitchen. She came back a moment later with two cups on a carrying out tray and sat it down on the table. She hands him his water and took a seat next to them lifting her own drink to her lips.

"So how did your meeting went?" Did you find out anything?" She asked.

Orion drunk some of the water before replying to her question. "It went well. He manages to gather enough information in a short amount of time than me over 3 years." He said. Hannah had a look of almost hopefulness before calming herself down. Having reminded herself there is a 50/50 chance that this news may not be good news. "Okay, what did he say. Did he manage to locate my husband?" Hannah asked. Orion gives her the document in his hands and lightly took them from his hand. "What are these?" She said looking back in forth between her father and the papers in her hand.

"Those are records from the Tower of Mana. There you'll see writing over here is the amount of time he was working, here it says the last day he works there." Orion explained. And this document is for the time he was working at Izoold, Asgard, Hima, Luin and finally Palmacosta." He pointed out. "As you can see there is nothing here that suggest any activities with the Ranch. You were right to believe it. After years and years of defending him has come to this moment that she'd already known in her heart. He had absolutely nothing to do with the Desians or bandits which make the rumors just that rumors.

"I told everyone that he wouldn't do something like this and they didn't believe me..." She whispers.

Now that he'd told her the easy part now it is time for him to tell her the hardest part. "...There's something else you need to know." Orion said. Hannah took her eyes off the documents as her father reaches behind him to take out a locket from his back pocket and place it on the table. Her eyes grew wide as she recognizes the oval-shaped piece of jewelry. "I'm sure you recognized this locket," Orion said.

Hannah reached over to pick it up in her hands. Her finger lightly traces the vines over the top she then opens the simple lock to see inside that review a picture of her and the kids when they were younger. "W-Where did you got this from? This is...This is Anna's locket that her father give her but she'd...give it to him before he left. Dad, please tell me how did you get this?" Hannah sobbed.

"He found it in the forest that surrounds Asgard Human Ranch. It seems to be there for a while-"

"Dad I know he had this with him the night he left! So please stop trying to break it to me softly and just tell me!?" She said raising her voice. Orion nodded at her request. She's right. His daughter spent years preparing herself for this moment however it may turn out. "Anna's locket was there because he was also there laying next to him. Hannah... Your husband...He's...He's dead." Orion said.

Hannah closes her eyes and repeatedly nodding her head.

The truth is she already knew that he wasn't just going to come through that door and say; "Honey I'm home." After being missing for 3 years. But some part of her wishes he did just like that coming back into their home with the welcome arms of his family once again. Having her father confirming not only they found him but they find him dead. "My god...is he still there?" Orion nodded. "I made a call to some of my workers to help me retrieved him and prepare for a burial when we return."

"He was a good man, although we didn't always get along with each other the one thing that we can agree upon is you and the kids. He was not only a good man but amazing father as well a husband to you. I used to think that he wasn't suited to be with you, and I had my own doubts when you first told that you two were dating. When you told me that you were getting married I almost lost it right then in there. I remember you getting mad at me for reacting like the way I did and told me to apologize for the way I had acted." He said.

"I know now that it wasn't my place to tell you who should've spent the rest of your life with, I only wish the both of you made it farther as I and your mother had," Orion said solemnly.

Hannah's attention went back to the locket in her hands. It has a little bit of dried blood coated on the edges. 'Could this blood be his? Or someone else's blood?" She thought. "Dad there's blood on the edging. Did that man mention anything about a fight in the area?" She asked.

"He was found near the Ranch so I will assume that there was something that happened. But we need to take into consideration that he might have been a prisoner there, Hannah." Orion replied.

"A prisoner from the Ranch. Are you saying that my husband could've been there this whole time?"

"I'm saying there is a possibility..."

More tears fallen from her eyes but this time she didn't wipe them away. "What was the state of his body when he found him?" Hannah asked. "He could only be identified by his belongings because his body was already decomposed from what he had told me."

She looks back to the locket.

Anna will be happy to finally have this back in her possession. She thought. Firstly she needs to clean the dried blood & dirt off and a nice polish to remove the rust that builds up over by the harsh elements outside. Once she's done with that she able to give it back to her daughter. "Anna will be wanting this back... How am I going to tell them, Dad? She said voice starting to break. Orion places his hand on her shoulders and said. "You don't have to tell them alone, Hannah. I can try to explain to them to the best of my ability without reviewing too much on the situation. Hannah I know I wasn't always supportive of your decisions but please let me in this time around. Let me help." He said.

She wiped away new tears as she leans over to give him a hug. "Thank you, Dad. I appreciate your help."

Orion returning her hug in full and kissed the top of her head. " No need to thanked me. I'm here for whatever you need; just ask and I will come running." He spoke softly.

Orion glance at the clock on well which read; 6:00 o'clock in the morning. How much he wanted to continue with their conversation but they have to put it off for another to get some rest, and he has an early start in the morning to open the shop up and make preparation for a funeral once he gets back from retrieving his body. "Things are going to get better, not right away but down the road, things will get better for you and the kids in time...I promise you that," Orion said.

Hannah nodded.

"Okay, let's called it a night. When I find out anything else I would let you know. For the time being; Go to bed, get some rest and don't wake up until the clock says 12:00 pm."

"Thank you but I've to get the kids ready for school in the morning-"

I got the kids, you need to rest." He interrupted.

"Okay. I let you win this one. Thanks, Dad." She replied. Hannah stood up and take the tray before her father says something about her bringing it back to the kitchen. She came back a moment later and give him a hug goodnight before heading up the stairs.

Orion took a long breath of air and then releasing it.

There's a lot to get done. First; He needs to get the kids ready for school and then head to the shop to gather some of his equipment needed to go to the forest near Asgard Ranch. Secondly; He has to talk to the kids about their father which isn't going to be easy for either of them to explain what happened. Thirdly; He has to bring his body back so they can finally give him a proper burial. Orion looked at the table noticing that Hannah had left Anna's locket behind. leans over to pick up the item.

It needs some attention if this were to be giving back to Anna. He should take care of it so his daughter wouldn't have to when she wakes up. He gripped the locket in his hand and head for the stairs once he wakes up he has a lot to do but until then he should rest.

And there you have it.

If you are getting a notification but is it chapter two then don't be alarm it is just a redo chapter and not a newer one. But don't let me stop you from reading. Actually, I'm still working on the later chapters but when I look at the last one I did I wasn't satisfied with how wrote it. And that is why I've been going through pest chapters so it can match up with the later ones.

Unfortunately, It is going to take me quite a while to get enough chapters done to be able to do regular updates. Sooo... If you are still with me after all this thank you so much. Xoxo

If you haven't already guessed this story has multiple parts with part one of Anna's childhood for the first time she was taken to the Human Ranch. Part two takes place in 10 years after the attack in Luin which you all know was coming eventually. Part three will tell the story of Anna's freedom from the Ranch. If you have any questions you're welcome to ask them and I will answer without spoilers.

One more thing. *Insert Uncle Chan's voice* I have a copy of this story on my Ao3 account and while I was writing this one I notice I had made some mistakes here and there. I'll go fix that sometime later to focus on ahead. Anyway, Happy-belated mother's day to all of the mothers. especially the ones who take time to write wonderful stories for us and being a mommy to their kids. You are the best!

Well, I have to cut this short or it may become another extension to the chapter. Lol until then, see you next time.