Hey all you people. It's that time again. This fic is winding down so lets just get things started.

DISCLAIMER: "When Iown Tales of Symphoniathere will be changes. That day, all femalecharachters will be required to wear...TINY MINISKIRTS! But I don't right now Muwahahahahahaha." And again if anyone can guess where this is from you may find something special.

Chapter 15 Stop Them Part 3

Raine

When the dust settled she looked at a determined Raine showing no fear, but she soon fell to her knees panting. Pronyma strolled over to where Raine kneeled saying, "This is pathetic. Soon your companions will die and we'll finally have that age of lifeless beings." Raine just kneeled there waiting for the death blow to fall.

She heard the sound of the blow making contact, but she didn't feel anything. She opened her eyes and gasped when she saw someone was standing between her and Pronyma, and the person was coved in blood. She looked up to see if she could identify the face of this person, but as soon as she had she wished she hadn't.

"I'm glad to see your safe." The voice called to her.

"Kratos. Why…why did you do that?" She stammered trying to regain her senses.

"No time for that look behind you." He muttered pushing her to one side. From the previous wound he was slowing down so he couldn't avoid another attack. The attack hit him square in the chest pushing him back a ways. He just clenched his teeth and stopped the moving by digging his feet into the ground.

"Since you're here that must mean Kvar has finally met his fate." Pronyma stated. "Well it is of little consequence. With those wounds you shant last much longer."

"I don't think so." Declared Raine, whom Pronyma forgot about for a moment. "Photon." The same familiar light surrounded her and bombarded her with large amounts of energy. Kratos followed in suit bringing up his sword as the light began to fade and drove it through Pronyma's gut. Lightning then fell from the sky knocking her back a few feet. "Plasma…blade." Raine heard him fight to say, as he fell to the earth.

"Kratos?" She asked rushing to his side. "Kratos!" She asked louder and pulling his unconscious head onto her lap. "KRATOOOOOOOS!" She yelled in despair.

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Sheena

"I summon the heavenly messenger. Come Sylph." Sheena bellowed. A whirlwind suddenly sprang from the air making her have to cover her eyes. The three fairies known as Sylph floated in front of her.

"We won't let you harm the pact maker this time Mithos." They said in unison. They disappeared but almost instantaneously sprang up right in front of him. The first one used her sword and knocked him ten feet into the air. The next one vanished and reappeared to him in the air firing a hail of arrows at him as he fell. The third one waited for him to fall and as soon as he was about to hit the ground she lunged forward and swatted him down with her shield.

"Not bad." He said jumping to his legs. "Your new angel powers have really helped you become stronger. You can thank me by dying for Lloyd." He said firing a beam of light in her direction. She froze for some reason. Maybe it was that he had mentioned his curse to her and she didn't want to believe it. The beam nailed her in the left shoulder sending her to the ground while turning her back to him. She gripped her shoulder and gasped for breath. Her mind then went back to when they went to save Colette in the Tower of Salvation.

Flashback

"Whoa!" Lloyd yelled jumping back three feet.

"Hold on." Sheena said walking up to the bridge where there was a small part of the trunk of the giant tree. "Yup it's definitely the remnants of the giant tree. Just stand back." She moved herself into position.

"Servant of Mother Earth. Disciple of Everlasting Ice. Hammer of Godly Thunder. Envoy from the Dark Abyss. Gatherest before me and unleash thy power." She called and a giant gnome with his shovel called Gnome, a young navy blue girl called Celsius, a ball of purple electricity called Volt, and a blob looking monster called Shadow formed around Sheena. In a flash of blue light a small amount of energy formed in front of her.

"What are you doing?" Lloyd asked, clueless as ever.

"My impression of the Mana Cannon." She stated. "Well it won't be nearly as powerful, but it should be enough to take care of this thing." She said knowing Lloyd would think it would be just as powerful. "Lloyd when I give the signal run under it as fast as you can." The small energy had formed into a tiny ball which she grasped with her wrists and shoved a blue ray of pure mana against the tree.

"Now!" She cried as the tree writhed in the anguishing pain. Lloyd dove under the tree and stood up on the other side. When she saw he was safe she poured out the rest of the mana in her body to destroy the tree.

"Sheena, are you all right?" Lloyd asked looking across the chasm. When she came into view her close looked dingy and a little tattered. She also looked like she had many bruises and scratches all over her. "That was amazing." He called enthusiastically.

"Just don't tell me to do it again." She heaved. "That drained all my mana. I'm gonna rest here for…" She was seized by a living branch of the tree she just sent into the abyss. Using her quick ninja skills she latched onto another branch and held them up.

"Sheena! Hold on we're coming to help you." He gasped. But he wasn't prepared for what followed next.

"Ha. Hahahahahahahahahaha." She laughed.

"What? You're laughing?" He asked taken back.

"No. I was just remembering the first time we met. Looks like I have an affinity for falling into holes." She said looking up at the clad swordsman. "Don't worry about me just go rescue Colette." She said, but the name left a bad taste in her mouth.

"Now's not the time to act all tough." He declared.

"I'm not acting. It's just like that time I fell down that pit, but I climbed out and took you on. Only this time I'm not going to miss the main event." She said struggling to say those words.

"All right. Just be careful." He said, turning his back and walking away, which was one of the hardest things he had to do.

"I'm so stupid." She muttered to herself when he had left. "Stubborn to the very end. I really need to start acting more feminine at times like this and let him rescue me." She grunted. "That wouldn't be my style now would it?" She sighed as she let her hand slide down and the darkness consumed her. The last words that could be heard were, "Lloyd, good luck."

End flashback

Mithos towered over her looking like he was ready to kill her, and he would given the chance. She wasn't going to give him the pleasure however. He raised his fist to bring down the final blow. She quickly rolled out from under him summoned her wings and took to the skies in the knick of time. He had hit the ground so hard that it formed an enormous crater which he filled with white mana to kill her. The shockwave from the mana sent her flying into a building, and knocking the wind out of her.

Her eyes flickered and drooped while her head throbbed with pain. She attempted to stand but to no avail. Her vision was going hazy and the last thing she saw was a bluish red blur standing right in front of her.

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Sheena squirmed and wriggled inside an actual bed. Groaning from the pain of her encounter, and maybe the nightmare she was having helped with that. She went calm when Lloyd's hand came to her cheek and moved down to her chin. He simply looked at her when she had calmed down. His gaze then went to the professor who had been pawing over Kratos, but hadn't forgotten about Sheena. He just sat there looking at the lifeless form of his two companions. He then proceeded to do something he had not done in years. He sunk deep into his chair beside Sheena, put his hand to his face and wept. He wept not only for the pain of Sheena, but for the pain of Kratos, the pain of Raine, and for the hatred and pain of Mithos all at the same time.

An arm slowly rested upon his shoulders. His head shot up to look at who was comforting him. When he looked into his face he wished he hadn't been crying.

"Sheena. You're all right." He exclaimed looking into her face.

"I couldn't sleep with all the noise you were making while you wept." She replied sarcastically.

"I'm sorry, but if you look over there in the other bed, you'll understand that I couldn't hold it in any longer." He said pointing to where Kratos lay.

"No. I'm the one who should be sorry." She said looking back at Lloyd. "How did I wind up here in the first place?" She asked looking at him more intently. Raine decided it was time to let them have some alone time, 'Besides it's time for some fresh air for me.' She thought as she stepped outside.

"Well I figured out from Magnius that you were fighting Mithos by yourself so naturally I got there as fast as I could." He explained. "You were pretty much out of it by the time I arrived. He then just ran away for some weird reason."

Very important question. I know that this is my fic, but it's my job as a writer to please my audience so, what should happen to Kratos, and depending on the answer it maybe that big Sheloyd chapter I've been promising.

See Ya Later Space Cowboy.