Evelyn Dark: Hey this is Evelyn Dark and I'm giving you Part two of Secret Ingredient. Doesn't that title make you wonder; well you might find out in this chapter what it means. :D Oh and I finally got Yuan to be my muse. YO MUSE COME OVER HERE.
Yuan: My name is not muse.
Evelyn Dark: your name is muse now, got it.
Yuan: …
Evelyn Dark: don't you dot dot dot me mister…….. just do the disclaimer.
Yuan: Evelyn Dark does not own Tales of Symphonia (thank heavens) but does own the plot and story ( may who ever be in the story have the Goddess Martel rest their soul in peace.)
Evelyn Dark: more like pieces Well anyway hope you enjoy it. :D
Author Note-
Secret Ingredient: Part Two
Everyone in the party just stared in horror at the sight before them. They all wondered how this person they new could be beaten and left for dead. He was adorned with deep gashes and burnt marks all over him. The cause of the explosion was now clear on where it came from. His once clean cloths were torn and burned. Even his hair was a mess, colored red from his blood. His face was pale white and his lips were turning blue, the sight made some of them look away.
Everyone was shocked silent, in till one of them took the courage to speak.
"What happened," was all that came out of the blue haired man. With his shackles tight to his wrist he looked appalled. Lloyd just couldn't stop looking he was sad and angry, angry that this happened to him. He shook his head, and kneeled down to see if he had a pulse. He closed his eyes and put his hand to the man's neck; he felt a slight slow pulse Bump ……. Bump……. Bump …..
Lloyds eyes snapped open, his eyes filled with joy and hope. He quickly got up turned to the Professor.
"Professor Raine, he's still alive you need to help him can't you heal him," the teen shouted with determination.
"Even if I could heal him we need to get him to Flanoir fast so we could get him back to his normal temperature, or he'll die of the cold. But as I said if, he is still out enemy and if we leave him here we won't have to deal with him." Said Raine in a cold/quite tone. Lloyd just got angrier by the professor's words.
"We can't just leave him here to die; he may be our enemy but he did help us out a lot like when Colette was sick he told us were we could go to find information on the cure. And like I said back in Sybak I still trust him. Please Professor you have to save him." Lloyd shouted in the beginning but ended in a soft whisper. Raine just sighed in defeat might as well give up considering that speech; if she tried to persevere more the rest of the group would be on Lloyd's side anyway. And she knew there were other reasons to why he wanted to save him.
Without a word she kneeled down to the unconscious man and whispered a enchantment. With her rod above the mans heart a greenish-silver wisp of energy came out of the rod healing the man. Slowly but yet quickly all of his injuries were healed. Raine got up and turned to Lloyd. Lloyd just gaped at what the professor did.
"Well, are you just going to stand gap there or are you going to caring him to Flanoir so he doesn't die," Raine said with a cold toned yet with a hint of warmth toward her pupil. Lloyd was still shocked till he remember the dying form on the ground, Lloyd smiled big and wide.
"I knew you had it in you Professor, well anyone mind helping me pick him up. Because damn it I'm definitely not going to risk my back being snapped in half for him," Lloyd hollered to the group. Colette smiled she walked up to the cataleptic form and picked him up with ease. Lloyd and the men in the group stepped back in shock still not used to the chosen's strength.
"Thanks a lot Colette," said the sarcastic mage. The blonde turned around with one hand keeping the mercenary aloft and smiled big , "Your welcome, Genis." The Genis gave a subjugated sighed, Colette can be such a blonde sometimes. With those words said the party made their trek to Flanoir at a more faster pace, well more like running for you lives in this case Kratos Aurions life.
Soon after a half an hour they finally made it to their destination. With great hast they made their way to the doctor in Flanoir. With people still in line; they quickly made their way to the door with occasionally malicious glares, and some sympathetic glances if they caught the cataleptic man in the blonde's hand.
The doctor was looking over one of his patients; with the mans gray hair and glasses he seemed quite focused on the clip board he had in his hand. About to write something on the piece of paper, a brunette man burst threw the door breathing heavily. More people started to file into the small house. If the doctor could remember these were the same people who came when the dwarf, Altessa, was gravely injured. When the dual swordsman started to catch his breath, if the doctor could remember his name was Lloyd, he spoke up.
"You ….have to… help us…. this man is…. dieing," Lloyd said with short breaths. Then Colette came over and put down the mercenary onto the small bed onto the side. The sight of the man condition caught his attention, clearly he had been healed recently the man apparently was in a fight and left for dead out in the brutal cold weather outside.
"Hmmmm….. I see… well you have done a good job on healing his injuries, obviously he needs to be kept in a very warm room to stabilize his temperature to a normal suitable temperature," with that alleged the doctor turned around back to his previous patient. Lloyd was about yell at him, but Raine shushed him.
"Lloyd lets go the inn and do as the doctor told us" Raine whispered and with that understood the team made their way to the inn, Colette picked Kratos yet again, but with two hands, and followed the rest to the inn.
With the money paid for the stay at the inn the party gathered around to were Colette situated Kratos on to the bed.
"All right everyone, Colette, Sheena, Zelos, and Regal you go get some blankets to keep Kratos's body heat from escaping even more," Raine said the group nodded and made their way to get the blankets. Raine turned to Genis, "Genis, you and Presea get some warm water, and Lloyd and I will keep watch of Kratos, okay." Presea nodded impassive and Genis looked to Presea and nodded blushingly.
Lloyd had a chair near were Kratos was laid. With his elbows propped up to his legs, his head rested on his fisted hands. Raine looked at the sight before her, she hoped that everything would be ok, even if she was the one who thought of the idea of leaving Kratos out there to die.
Lloyd was worried for Kratos's life, he wasn't even sure if the mercenary could pull it threw. Just then Sheena and the others with the blankets came in and piled the blankets on to Kratos. Raine came over to move the blankets in a more suitable way then the others did. Zelos walked over to the mercenaries side and looked down on the sleeping forms face.
"You know he still looks scary even when he's sleeping. I wouldn't be surprised if he knew how to sleep with his eyes open," The red headed chosen said. Everyone just glared at him, and Zelos flinched at his comrades edginess. "Whoa, well some people woke up on the wrong side of the bed." "Oh would you shut up, you stupid chosen," Sheena yelled at Zelos. " Both of you shut up," hollered Raine as Genis and Presea came back with the warm water.
What they both saw was one red faced Raine, one shocked face of Sheena, and one cowering figure of Zelos. Genis about laughed at the sight. Lloyd on the end near Kratos's bed seemed to have not heard the shouting triplet. With his impassive face looking down at the sleeping form of Kratos, he seemed deep into thought. Genis thought it was about time to announce both, Presea and his arrival with the warm water.
"Hey Raine, were do you want Presea and me to put the water?" Genis asked the red faced Raine. Raine turned around to the two with the water and told them to set them over somewhere.
" And Genis, it's Presea and I not Presea and me," Raine scolded Genis. That was about time when Lloyd realized everyone was in the room. Lloyd catching that talk sniggered.
"Hey Genis, aren't you suppose to be the smart one of us," Genis turned around to Lloyd and fumed at what the dual swordsman said "Shut it, Lloyd" Regal smiled at the two teens, Lloyd laughing at Genis and Genis being mad at Lloyd for laughing at him. It was good for Lloyd to get his mind of Kratos's current state at the moment.
Author Note-
Evelyn Dark: What do you think of this chapter. It's a lot more longer than the last one for sure. I hope you like it. I have nothing else to say but … please review I like review a lot. Next chapter I definitely should be able to finish Secrete Ingredient.
Yuan: You lied.
Evelyn Dark: What?
Yuan: You lied when you said they might find out what the title Secret Ingredient meant.
Evelyn Dark: key word might, so technically I didn't.
Yuan: But you did imply.
Evelyn Dark: shut it Muse.
Yuan: My name isn't Muse.
Evelyn Dark: Whatever, well cya later.
Secret ingredient Part 3
Let there be hope for those who struggle for survival. Help can come from the most unlikely ways.
Evelyn Dark: Hello this chapter has been edited June 30, 2008. I hope you have enjoyed the chapter. :D