natblue0

All I could see around me was darkness. I had been through a rough battle, battered and bruised as my sword was plunged in the ground, now the only think keeping me from collapsing completely. In front of me is a shadow of an old adversary I had fought in the past. Lloyd, wearing his gold crown and adorned in a black and green cape, had defeated me and had taken my two friends hostage. Maria and Alex floated inside two spheres of dark energy to each of his sides, floating lifelessly inside each one as if they were underwater. I cried out to them, but no voice came out of me, as if I were mute. Robbed of my voice, my powers, and my friends, I could only fight my dwindling stamina, drifting in and out of consciousness. Lloyd could only sneer at me, cackling at my sorrow. He was talking to me, in a sinister yet triumphant tone, and yet I couldn't hear one word. With a wave of his arms, he sent Maria and Alex skywards, both spheres exploding in a blaze of green fire. Despair overtook me