Here's the re-do of this chapter! Disclaimer: I own nothing but Kristina, Faith, and Ricky.
Chapter Two: Heroes of Regeneration
Kristina ran quickly through the flooded grass along with Ricky and Faith. Her calves felt twisted into knots and her heart felt like it would explode out of her chest. She knew the other two felt the same. After their narrow escape from the Papal Knights they made a mad dash to Altamira, which was one of the only places they could rest at since the Lezerano Company didn't want the Papal Knights interrupting their business. When they reached the glossy Altamira walk way they collapsed in a heap. Kristina crawled over to Faith and Ricky to examine their wounds that Faith didn't get a chance to heal and grimaced. Faith had a nasty cut along her forearm, a deep gash in her thigh and some minor cuts and bruises here and there. Ricky wasn't as bad only a few minor cuts, since he was mostly a spell user they tried to keep him out of the line of fire. Kristina knew that the young healer was too drained to do anything, so she used her weak healing the best she could.
Kristina was about to talk to the other two, but the clanking of metal stopped her. They all shared looks of confusion before diving behind the entrance arch. She watched as the Papal Knights passed by and when she was sure they were gone, gave the other two a signal to come out. Before anything else could show up Kristina motioned them to follow her, using the motions that they made up. As they ran through the puddles and into the hotel she could have sworn she saw a figure looking down at them from one of the windows.
Scene Change
Lloyd sat in one of the chairs in the Altamira hotel room and looked over the picture given to them by the Papal Knights with Colette, Genis, and Raine. They had come to visit Regal and were sharing a hotel room with each other. Just a few minutes ago the Papal Knights had come in asking for help to lock away the seven children in the picture. He told them that they had taken down a group with fifty of their best soldiers at once earlier that evening. Lloyd along with the other three couldn't believe that these small children could take down so many skilled knights. But then again, most people he'd faced didn't look like much either. The picture showed seven children, three girls, four boys. The petite blond looked the youngest, and was clinging to a menacing boy that was identical to another boy. One girl was so innocent looking that she couldn't really cause any damage. In the front of the group was a brunette girl (obviously the leader) with a tall boy (he looked like a half elf) standing by her side protectively. Another thing they noticed was that all of them had exspheres. Raine had gotten a hold of the others and agreed to meet in front of the beach.
"They're just kids, how could they take down do many soldiers," Raine wondered out loud.
"Don't forget Professor, on our journey of regeneration Genis was only twelve, and he could do a pretty good amount of damage," Lloyd reminded her. The young boy smiled proudly.
"Yeah, and I think the boy in front is a half-elf," Genis said.
"Well, since they are kids, there must be a good reason for doing all the things they did, right?" Colette added.
"Colette, sometimes not all kids are good," Lloyd said to her.
"But if they are bad, maybe we could tell them all the wrong they're doing and give them a second chance!"
Lloyd perked up. "Yeah, you're right!"
"We'll talk to the others about it tomorrow, but right now we should get some rest," Raine told them.
"Okay," Lloyd agreed. He looked out the window one last time, and through the fog and rain he could make out three figures splashing through the puddles and into the hotel.
Scene Change
Kristina sat in the warm sand of the beach and watched Ricky and Faith splash and swim in the water. After last nights attack, she agreed to their pleas to play at the beach before leaving. She, of course, had a terrible fear of the water, and wouldn't go past knee deep water. But for some reason, she couldn't shake this feeling that someone was watching them. Every few minutes she would glance around at the people at the beach, but there was only a family of four, a man and his dog, and a fairly large group of people near the stairs. She caught the eye of the younger brown headed boy, but he looked away since one of his companions called him. Kristina couldn't shake the feeling that she had seen him in a distant memory. She knew this was impossible, since she can't remember anything before being in the human ranch. But still, his face, she knew that he was familiar. Faith's cry interrupted her thoughts.
"Kristina! Look! Isn't this shell so pretty? I found it in the water." Kristina laughed at the child like look in Faith's eyes. But she quickly frowned, realizing it wasn't a shell.
"Faith wait! That's not a shell! It's a-" Faith's shriek interrupted her sentence. A hermit crab had come out of the shell and, being very angry at Faith for moving his home, pinched her hard on the side of her hand and refused to let go. Ricky was having trouble prying the claws off her hands, which were now red with irritation.
"Get it off me, get it off, get it off!" He finally got it off and flung it out to the ocean. Kristina was sure the crab was pissed off at them now.
"Oh, Faith come here, let me look at it," Kristina called. She led Faith out of the water, with Ricky close behind. She saw that the red wasn't just irritation, the crab had been able to break Faith's skin, causing blood to ooze all over her hand. Kristina healed the wound, but it still didn't close all the way. She was able to heal, but not completely, since she had never been taught the right way to do it.
"If it still hurts, dip it in sea water, that should help," Kristina told Faith. She only nodded in response. The smaller two walked back to the water but didn't go in as far. Hearing shouts behind her, Kristina turned around to see a woman from the large group pull one of the men down on the sand when he started to walk away and yell at him. She recognized the man as the chosen of Tethe'alla and the woman as the chief of Mizuho. While Kristina met the eye of the brown headed boy again, and a memory suddenly flashed through her mind.
There were four people sitting in the canyon, a man, a woman, a little boy, and a baby girl. The boy was playing with a worm.
"He he, it's squishy," the boy said after he poked it. The baby struggled against her mother's arms. She set the baby down, and it crawled over to her brother. He saw her and smiled a big, goofy smile.
"Look, sissy, it's a worm," he told her and set the worm down on the palm of her hand. She giggled, and poked the worm. Then a growl came from the bushes and a large monster stepped out. The baby fell back words in fear and surprise, and her older brother stepped in front of her to try and keep her safe. Then their father ran forward. Before the memory could get any farther, a voice broke through.
"Hey, Kristina! I found something!"
Kristina recognized the voice as Ricky's and turned around. Before she even realized it she had a face full of wet sand. Kristina wiped it off and looked at Ricky and Faith's mischievous faces, before throwing some back at him. It missed and hit Faith in the side of the head. Soon enough they were laughing, throwing wet sand back and forth. Then Kristina ducked a throw from Faith and it hit the brown headed boy square in the face.
"Oops, sorry," Kristina apologized, a giddy smile still on her face.
"It's okay," he said wiping it off. But then he grinned and through some back at her.
"Hey," Kristina yelled. Then the other group, except the two oldest, joined in the sand fight. But unknowingly, a young woman stood over the beach watching the scene before her. Her night black hair shaped her face, and covered one of her icy blue eyes. The walkie-talkie at her waist crackled, and a man's voice broke through.
"Jasmine, have they been acquainted yet," the voice asked.
"Yes father, they have," Jasmine answered back.
"Good, start the attack tonight," the voice told her.
"Already on it," she promised. A sly smile crept on her face.
"Enjoy it while you can little ones, because you can be assured it will all come crashing down."
I didn't change a lot of stuff here, but I still fixed some stuff that I messed up. And I also noticed that the scene breaks that I put in here aren't showing up, so I'll have to find some other way to change scenes. Bye!