Let get goin'...

I was goin to make them both hate eachother because Lloyd's clearly better than Jack but...

Come one! who can't get along with Lloyd?! he's awsome!

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"Hey..." Jack called over to Lloyd before he fully entered, not even looking at their new apartment at all. "I'm actually wondering where my captain is, so..." he said, pushing passed Lloyd and leaving.

Lloyd looked at Jack, "Your captain?"

"Yeah, The captain trained our squad when I was in the knights."

"Really? Cool, I was going to go into the knights." he said.

Jack frowned, shifting with his arms crossed, "well... you say it as if it's a piece of cake... it's hard work being a knight... and the knight trials are killer..."

"Doesn't sound that hard..." Lloyd muttered.

"Hey! It took me a lot to beat those trials! Like you would know..."

"...For some reason, it seems like you didn't win anything at all... but I guess if you really were in the knights then..."

"Yeah that's what I thought! I'm better than you..."

"Right, sure kid... So... why aren't you in the knights anymore anyway?" Lloyd asked, following Jack who exited the apartment. The cool breeze met their skin as they walked into the dim light.

"It's... a long story."

"That's okay, I like long stories."

They walked up the stairs when jack started.

"Well... I-Hey! Captain!" Jack shouted, spotting his former captain who leaned against the side of the bridge. Standing in the light of the streetlamp.

"Hi, nice to meet you!" Lloyd came up from behind him. "I'm Lloyd!"

"...Hello Lloyd..." Ganz started, looking a little put-down. "Hello, master Jack." he faked a smile up at his former squad member.

"I thought that you..." he started, looking like he was having difficulty breathing. "I heard that you failed..."

"Ah, yes well..." Ganz laughed.

Lloyd stared, he couldn't believe that there were so many people who used 'the Colette tactics' in lying...

Then, something caught his eye, he stared off to the side, acrossed the bridge, trying to figure out what that was in the darkness.

"D...da...h?" he mumbled, squinting.

"Say somethnig, Lloyd?" Jack looked from his captain to the eternal swordsman.

"N-no!" Lloyd said, keeping a straight face regardless of the stuttering. "I'm just going to go... over her for a second."

Jack gave Lloyd a weird look, "Um... oookay?"

"...Be right back."

xxx

"What's up, Kratos?"

"...I'm being tailed... I think I know why." The auburn-haired cruxis angel replied.

"What?" Lloyd flinched in alert, "Where?" he said loudly, "where are they?"

"I think they want something..."

"Well, yeah, that's usually why people follow people around..."

"...Not in all cases..." Kratos said, his angelic hearing detecting something.

"...So, I heard you say my name... why did you call me over here?"

"I... was going to check on you... but when you approached, someone went behind that building..."

"And started watching your ass-- I-Imean watching... y-you..." Lloyd said, holding in a snicker. "Sorry..." he said, having earned a death-glare from his father.

"... Have you checked on Colette lately?"

"...Well, no... I was going to after I seen my apartment but... is something wrong?" Lloyd asked, concerned now.

"I thought so." Kratos said calmly, "I checked on her shirtly after you left the doctors office, that's where you were headed and... I wanted to see if you had fully healed. There was nobody there but I found this..." he pulled out a note.

"...Let me see that." Lloyd said, taking the note and readng it over.

"What?!" Lloyd said suddenly, Kratos didn't flinch at the outburst. "WHAT THE HELL do they think they're doing?!" he roared. "Taking Colette like that I'll KILL them!!"

"Lloyd, calm down..." Kratos said. "If you act rashly then--"

"Those jerks following you are probably the ones!! Lets question them-"

"LLOYD." Kratos hissed. the boy fell silent immediately. "If you act like that, keep in mind that they still have her in their posession. So if you do something reckless, thy could still hurt her."

"But..."

"Listen, we have to play along until they give away her position." he said.

"B...but...!"

"...It says to come to the sewers if you want her back." Kratos trailed. "The sewers under Void, so I can get us in safely... but, this isn't even safe to start..."

"I know."

"...I don't want her to be held captive for long, but we have no choice. Lloyd, get your rest and meet me here tomorrow. Clear?"

"What?! How can you expect me to just sleep at a time like this?" he asked.

Kratos's expression became more intensely scary as he leaned in and whispered to Lloyd, "Lloyd, listen to me... as your father, I'm ordering you to get some rest... if you don't, you might not have the strength to fight whoever these people are."

"..." Lloyd said nothing, there was a long pause and he stood there with his eyes to the ground. "...I get it. I understand... Dad."

Kratos's lips parted a bit, as he stood upright again. "...Good." He said. "I don't thinkt that we'll have to consult anyone else about this for now."

"But... Doesn't the professor and... Sheena and everyone... have a right to know?"

"I already informed Raine about this." Kratos said, "she told me that she wanted Genis to stay uninvolved because he'll act... reckless under your unfluence."

"..." Lloyd hesitated, "...Hey! what's that supposed to mean?!"

"Get some sleep, I'm going to..."

Lloyd grinned, "scare your stalkers?"

"...Something like that."

"I'll see you tomorrow, but... why are we going in the morning?"

"I want to memorize the pathways of the sewers first before we move in."

"Oh I get it... Um... I want to come too."

"Maybe you should wait until midnight." he said. "...I'll go alone in the morning."

"No, I... I want to come too."

"...Alright. But be careful. Rest well tonight."

"I will."

"Good. Now... if you'll excuse me..." Kratos said, turning from his son and starting to walk in another direction. Lloyd went back the way he came. He was at the bridge when he heard a shrill scream.

"So it was one of his girl-stalkers..." he muttered, a smile tugging at his lips.

"Hey!" Jack shouted from the steps leading down to their room.

"Oh, it's jack..." Lloyd said to himself quietly.

"Lets get some sleep. We have to be at Theatre Vancoor in the morning, remember?"

Lloyd flinched, "Oh, right..."

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing...!"

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That was short...

Ganz:... Bad memories.

Hm? you mean when you failed?

Ganz: you could... er, say that I suppose.

Well, anyway... I'd appreciate it if you guys reivewed!