Warnings: Blood and death
Effects: None
Smoke billowed from the burning ruins of the city, obscuring the darkening sky. The stench of death filled the air, its source obvious as Lloyd stepped over the broken bodies. A girl-
Rise.
-lay sprawled on the street, unmoving as blood pooled around her. A man with blond hair and a whip-
Dino.
-stared sightlessly up at the sky. Two slashes through his torso made it obvious how he had died.
Blood dripped from Lloyd's swords. He moved on.
"Lloyd!" Someone wasn't dead. A man with red hair sat on the ground, cradling the body of a woman in his arms. The woman looked familiar, with her dark hair and strange clothes - Sheena - but Lloyd was more interested in the man.
The man who was still alive.
"How could you do this?!" the man shouted at him.
Lloyd smiled and raised his swords. "Do I really need a reason?"
A hand fell on his shoulder as someone came up behind him. Tall and strong and intimidating, but Lloyd wasn't afraid. Kratos was on his side in this. "Lloyd, quit wasting time."
He was right. This needed to end. Lloyd took a step forward, then ran his sword through Zelos's chest.
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"NO!" With a shout, Lloyd bolts upright in his bed. The view on the Dreamberry spins as he accidentally knocks the thing off his pillow - then abruptly the feed shuts off.