Kratos got a far away look in his eyes and walked back over to the window. "Timebarrier: extend by twenty minutes. Rylie. sit down."<br/><br/>Raphael cheered "Yaaay! Story time!" to which Kratos waved a hand, and suddenly the room turned into a huge battlefield. "Memory link, lessen gore to a tolerable level for the twenty-first century."<br/><br/>As he said this, the ground around them lessened the body count considerably, but left quite a few dead soldiers on the field. "Demon encampment, 4:32 AM."<br/><br/>Once again the scene shifted, this time to a younger looking version of Kratos, however this one had horns and a samurai outfit on, as well as a pair of swords attached to his sides. "Ahh... I remember that outfit... pinpoint audio segment 83 sub-segment 42." the real Kratos said, as if commanding the images.<br/><br/>At this request, there was a lapse in the scene, then another very regal looking demon and one that looked around Kratos age, but had a helmet on were seen approaching him.<br/><br/>"Do you have your orders?" the Elder one asked him.<br/><br/>"Yes General Astaroth, I do." the young Kratos said. "but why did you choose to bring-"<br/><br/>"Oh what? Am I not important enough to you to be next to you when we approach the enemy?" a surprisingly feminine, and very familiar-for-some-reason sounding voice said. Lifting the helmet, she smirked at him. "I can handle myself just fine, thank you very much!"<br/><br/>Raphael looked at the Demoness, then at Rylie, then at the Demoness again, then back at Rylie. "AAAAAAAIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE!" he screamed, scared out of his wits. Kratos just smiled. they looked identical. well minus the horns anyway. "Memory link, terminate." he said, and they were back in Rylie's house. "To answer your sixth most important question in order of how important it is to me... the U.E.M. killed her. the next question I will answer before you ask, is yes, we were..." A hint of sadness crept into his voice. "close friends." He, much like Rylie had done, covered it up quickly with a false outward smile. "I am still trying to figure out who gave the order to attack them, because the last thing she said before true death took her away was:''You son of a bitch, this was supposed to be a peaceful mission!"<br/><br/>Kratos looked at Rylie with a curious expression now. "I don't think we met by chance." he finally said.