Well, here we go, chapter 8. Enjoy.

Colette just stood there shocked, "What do you mean? Don't you want to help Lloyd?"

"I…I want to but…but…" she trailed off, tears flowing from her eyes, "I can't. I'm afraid…" she then laid herself back down on her bed, and curled back into a ball.

"You're…afraid?" Colette was confused, Sheena was the bravest person she knew, she never let anything get to her…nothing. What could have possibly made her so afraid, so much so that she wouldn't do anything to help a friend. And then it hit her; there was one other time she had heard about Sheena's refusal to battle. When she was kidnapped by Rodyle, she heard that to save her, they needed to make a pact with Volt, and se also heard how Corrine was struck down. "Sheena?" she asked almost in a whisper, "What happened to you exactly at the Tower?" Sheena didn't answer, but her sobbing became louder. "Please, Sheena. You're my best friend, and I want to help you get a hold on yourself, but I need to know what happened before I can help." She placed a hand on her shoulder. "Please."

Sheena sat up enough to look at Colette, and nodded.

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"How the hell is that suppose to work?" asked Lloyd. Yuan had finished explaining his plan to him.

"As I explained to you, if you could wield the Eternal Sword, you could use it to destroy Yggdrasil." He made it sound as simple as opening a letter.

"I'm not as dumb as you think I am Yuan; I do pay attention at times. From what you've told me you need to be a half-elf to wield it, which I'm not, I also need to form a pact with Origin. One; I'm not a summoner, and two; Kratos already told me Yggdrasil sealed him away."

"If you think that I have not taken these factors into account then you are indeed as dumb as I think." He replied cruelly. "The seal used to contain Origin can be broken, and then all we need to do is get your precious summoner to form a pact."

"No way! Sheena's been through enough." Lloyd replied angrily, "And you're also forgetting about me needing to be a half elf."

Before Yuan could respond, however, a flash of light, and Pronyma appeared beside them. "Ah, Lord Yuan. I am glad you are here as well; it saves me the time trying to track you down."

"What is it, Pronyma?" Yuan asked irritated.

"Lord Yggdrasil has requested all of us to be present whilst he…official welcomes our new recruit." She smiled evilly at Lloyd.

"Fine." said Lloyd, and he began retracing his steps, to meet his new lord.

"You know it would be much faster just to teleport there." She taunted.

"Well, I'm sorry I guess I missed that class." He retorted.

"Simply concentrate on where you want to be." Yuan stated, before Pronyma could push Lloyd further.

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Lloyd appeared next to the other Seraphim, and stared directly at Yggdrasil, trying not to think that what he just did was quite cool.

"Welcome, Lloyd." Started Yggdrasil, "Welcome, to our ranks. Above mere humans and elves. You are now the new member of the Four Seraphim. This is also a great occasion for me as I can now class myself as the Grand Seraphim of both these pathetic worlds."

Kratos growled to himself quietly, 'The idea of us being classed as the Three Seraphim was to show that we are still equal.' His eyed drifted to Pronyma, 'Even when he brought her to our ranks we remained equal.' His eyes veered back to Yggdrasil, 'His power must fully consume him now.'

"To welcome you," he continued, "I have arranged a gift for you." He snapped his fingers, and a Soldier Angel entered the room, carrying two blades. Yggdrasil took the blades and offered them to Lloyd. "Come forth, and accept this gift, Lloyd."

Slowly, Lloyd walked towards him, knowing and hating what he would have to do. He kneeled before him, took the blades, and said, "Thank you, my Lord." Yggdrasil smiled. Lloyd stood up, and unsheathed his new weapons. They resembled somewhat, of Kratos' favoured sword, his Flamberge, in terms of its shape. It was curved, like a cutlass would be, but the blade itself appeared to be feathered angel wings, though when he ran his hand across it, it was hard, and the edge was extremely sharp. The handles were also of a pure white, and they felt very light, which is how he preferred his swords. It was almost as if these swords were created especially for him.

"Now," said Yggdrasil, after he had finished examining the swords, "how about trying them out." He snapped his fingers again, and without warning, the Soldier Angel charged, with its club like swords at the ready.

Even though the angel attacked without warning, and was moving very fast, it appeared to Lloyd, as if he had all the time in the world to raise his defences. He blocked the first attack, and then lunged forward with his new blade. If any bystander had blinked during this action, all they would have seen was the angel lying crashed and battered on the wall.

'Woah!' Lloyd exclaimed in his head.

'Hmm,' Yggdrasil thought, 'It appears I underestimated the power Lloyd would receive from becoming an angel.' He looked at the other Seraphim. Pronyma looked angry at how easy the boy won, and Kratos and Yuan appeared quite happy. 'Maybe I should take a little acquisition to ensure his loyalty.'

"Now, Lloyd." He began, "I think it's time for you to undergo your first mission."

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Zelos had his ear to the door, Colette had been in there for a while, more so than it seemed necessary to look after someone who possible mentally disturbed for life. He could hear a voice coming from the room, and realised that Sheena was awake. Instead of barging through the door however, he tried listening to what they were saying. What had Sheena experienced whilst being held captive, and more importantly, had she learned about the fact he was a traitor. He knew Pronyma liked to taunt anyone she was near to, and maybe a bit too much. Anyway, he wouldn't want to barge in and get yelled, attacked and, well whatever Sheena would do to him. He was having difficulty hearing what was going on, when a sharp pain occurred in his ear, making him back away from the door.

"Hey! Ouch! What's the big idea?" he yelled.

"Let them talk, Zelos!" came the angry voice of Raine, not releasing her hand from his ear. "Sheena is upset and confused right now, the last thing she needs is you butting in whilst Colette's trying to calm her down."

"A bit rich coming from the person who wanted to let her rot in that hellhole she was in that caused her to be like that." He answered, quite angrily. Even though he was a double agent, he did care for Sheena quite a bit.

Raine released his ear, anger pulsing through her body. She slapped Zelos as hard as she could. "How dare you?" she asked, "What I did was for the best. It would be suicide charging into Cruxis stronghold, just to save one person."

Zelos rubbed the side of his cheek, and looked directly at Raine, "You know what I think, Professor? I think you don't like Sheena do you. If it were anyone else you would have been just as anxious as Lloyd to save them. But no. It was Sheena, and you couldn't wait to get rid of her could you." He wasn't sure what made him say it, but he did, and he kept going, "What's worse is you didn't even tell us about what really happened. Why? Because you knew we would want to go and save her too! And now Lloyd's stuck being Yggdrasil's lapdog…" he stopped thinking what he had just said. "His lapdog." He muttered quietly, suddenly disgusted in himself. He looked up at Raine, who almost looked as if she would cry. He was wandering if he should apologise to her or not, but a familiar warmth appeared beneath his exsphere. "I'm going for a walk." He said quickly, and hurried outside the village, into the outskirts of the Garrarochi Forest.

He looked around, waiting for the inevitable appearance of Seraphim. Then a voice behind him said, "Hello, Zelos." He turned to see.

"Lloyd!" he cried, and rushed towards him as if to hug him, but Lloyd raised his arm, stopping him. It was then he realised what Lloyd was here for. "How you doing, bud?" he asked chuckling slightly.

"I'm here for my first assignment, Zelos." His voice seemed to be forcefully calm. Then, suddenly, he grabbed Zelos shirt and threw him into a tree. "You know Zelos," he began, anger starting to raise in his voice, "I've been having a really bad day, and wasn't exactly glad to hear about you. So please, cut the crap."

Zelos groaned in pain as he used the tree for support, "Listen, Lloyd. I had no idea that Yggdrasil was going to hurt Sheena, I didn't want anything bad to happen to her."

"Yet you were willing to give information about us, slowing us down when we were on our quest. You were even willing to hand over Colette, weren't you."

"Lloyd, you don't understand…"

But before he continued Lloyd punched the tree, and inch away from is face, making it topple over. "You're as bad as Kratos." Zelos tried making another response to this, but was again interrupted, "And like Kratos…I am going to forgive you." And he gave a small smile.

"W-What? Really?" he seemed amazed. "Why?"

"Because I also heard from Yuan before I left that you were working for him as well."

"You heard that, huh?" he asked nervously, "And the fact I'm betraying you to both sides is a good thing"

"You could have handed Colette over to either side whenever you wanted. I've seen you two alone together quite often as well." He smiled again. "And the fact you have wings as well, means you could have easily escaped before we even knew"

Zelos looked down sadly, "I just couldn't betray her anymore than I have done. The last reports I've been able to give were simply what we have done. I said you guys were suspicious of me."

"Well one person seemed suspicious," he stated, "unfortunately the were looking at the wrong person."

"What. You think that's why Raine didn't tell us. She thinks Sheena was the one giving information." Lloyd nodded. "Damn, and I thought she just didn't like her." This made him feel slightly bad about yelling at her.

"How is she?" Lloyd asked, concerned, looking towards Mizuho.

"Well, I don't know. She's awake now; Colette's speaking to her. I mean if anyone could get her back to normal, it's her. Well, besides you." He added. "What did they do to her?"

"Imagine every person you have ever cared for, and watching them all die horrible deaths. Then imagine watching the person you love most die before you, over, and over again, whilst being unable to do anything to stop it.

Zelos just looked angrily at a nearby tree. "She saw all that? I'd be surprised if she's able to walk outside the house again. I mean…" he stuttered realising what he said.

"It's ok, Zelos." He said sadly, "Well, I need to go report to Lord Yggdrasil now." And he turned his back to the village.

"Wait! You've gotta plan right? I mean you know how you're gonna get away from him."

Lloyd, waited for a second, before responding, "Actually, I've been told the same plan twice, and both times sounded practically impossible." He laughed slightly, before he vanished in a flash of light.

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Colette, had left Sheena after hearing what she went through. She almost wished she hadn't asked her to say what happened. It made her shiver in fear at the cruelties of the people she once worshiped. She walked into the main room, where everyone…well, everyone except Lloyd was waiting for her to speak.

"Well…" she began, "She's awake," Everyone seemed relieved at this, "but…she's petrified, she's too scared to even leave the room, let alone try to save Lloyd."

"Man, whatever Cruxis did must have been bad." Said Genis.

"Agreed." Stated Presea, "Sheena is one who tries to not let things get to her."

"Well, what happened was…" she paused for a second, wandering how to put it. "Sheena was forced to see Volt attacking the village, and Corrine many times." She took a deep breath, "But mostly, she was forced to see Lloyd being murdered in front of her eyes."

"So Cruxis has the technology to cause illusions within the mind." said Regal, "What a low and heartless scheme."

There was silence for a period of time, whilst people imagined what it must have felt like.

"So, what are we gonna do now?" asked Genis. "Colette's still got her Toxicosis, but we can't just leave Sheena here."

"Don't worry about me." Stated Colette quickly, "We should get Sheena back to normal, and then rescue Lloyd. Yuan said we will need to, remember."

"We should split into two." Came the sudden voice of Raine. "We can't place either of our friends above the other. Colette; you're the best person to help Sheena, Genis and Regal will stay to both help you and protect you. The rest of us will go to Meltokio to start searching for a cure for Colette." Everyone simply stared at her. "Listen, I'm sorry for what I did. I know you won't ever see my reasoning behind it, but I want to help fix what I did wrong."

Silence loomed again, before Colette ran and gave her professor a hug, "Thank you, Professor."

"I'm sorry, Colette. We'll help both you and Lloyd at the same time." She then looked up at the group. Well, rest up. My group is leaving first thing tomorrow morning.

And there you go. I'll update whenever I can.