Only one thing to say: this is all through Kratos' POV

I don't own Tales of Symphonia.

I was furious, and so, apparently, was Yuan. Yggdrasil had unveiled his grand plan for an Age of Lifeless beings – and used a live example. He seemed shocked that we were so angry. What were we supposed to do? Congratulate him?

The look on the humans face as he mutated into…a monster. His screams of anguish. And Mithos killed him, as simply as killing a fly. Had he forgotten that I was once human? How could I approve of this without being a traitor to my kind?

I stormed out of Derris-Kharlan, but not before taking my revenge on the computers. I downloaded the files onto a compact storage and viewing device, then deleted the files on the mainframe.

Later, outside of Derris-Kharlan, I flicked through the files. One file in particular stood out, a file called the Angelus Project. There was no information on it, besides the fact that: it was a type of Exsphere, Kvar was the project developer, and it was being grown on host body A012.

Since it seemed important, I thought I could postpone Yggdrasil's plans by kidnapping this Angelus project.

I thought it seemed unlikely that Yggdrasil would have spread the news of my leaving Derris-Kharlan, so I simply entered through the front door, where an underling greeted me.

"Lord Kratos, what brings you here?"

"I have been requested to transport the Angelus project to Derris-Kharlan." I said, keeping my voice icy cold.

"Of course, Lord Kratos. Please, wait here."

"As you wish."

The Desian went out of a door. After five minutes, he returned with a woman that was struggling, kicking, biting – anything that might make the Desian loosen his grip.

"Lord Kratos, would you like some tranquilizers to restrain this pathetic human?"

"No, I believe I can handle her."

"With all respect, Lord Kratos, she is very…feisty."

The woman started shouting. "Get off me, you bastard! What have you done to me?!"

"Do you dare imply that I am unable of restraining her myself?" I said in my coldest tone to the hapless guard. "I shall teleport to Derris-Kharlan as soon as we are outside the ranch, anyway."

"Of course, Lord Kratos. Very well, we leave the Angelus Project in your hands."

I grabbed the woman's arm roughly – far more roughly than I would have done in any other situation – and led her towards the door.

She was, by no means, going quietly. She pulled and twisted in an attempt to loosen my grip, she tried to lever open my fingers, she screamed, she yelled and used a lot of colourful language that I hadn't heard in a long time.

I took the abuse, reminding myself that I deserved every second of it, and more, for simply standing by Mithos' ideals for all this time.

Finally we were at the gates. I teleported – not to Derris-Kharlan, but to the lakeside at Luin. Then I simply let go of the woman's arm. She didn't react at first; she seemed shocked, but then she ran a short distance away from me.

She noticed that I didn't pursue, and stopped, a look of curiosity on her face.

"Why did you let me go? Do you want me to lead you to other humans to enslave, is that it?"

I remained silent. Silence is easy. No thought, no doubt, no blame, just silence.

"Just what is it that you want, Desian?" She said 'Desian' as if it was the foulest word in the worlds – and I didn't blame her for having such a negative view on them.

"I am not a Desian. I heard about the Desian's plans and I went to stop them – by rescuing you."

"That sounds like a pretty weak excuse to me. Why me?"

"The Desians choose you to grow a special project called the Angelus Project. I don't know much about it, except that it's important."

Eventually, I realised she wasn't going to move.

"I have two choices. My first is to kill you and destroy the crystal – which would ensure that the Desians would never get their hands on it again. Or, I could let you go, and there would be a slight chance the Desians regain it. Which would you prefer?"

She narrowed her chocolate-brown eyes. "I'm going."

"Just…do not remove the crystal. At least if you want to live that is."

I walked off into the distance, letting my legs take me where they would, and leaving the woman behind me.

Is this this the last Kratos will see of that woman?.. Alright, you already know the answer to that. But, if you want the next chapter, I want some reviews!