I just want to shout out to Elememtal1000, thanks for reviewing and faving me or my story at least. I guess the first chapter came off as a bit of a shocker, but trust me there are a lot of twists to come and I feel a bit sorry for Kaz too, but hey, its life, not to be cruel, besides, I'm known to be cruel to my characters, whether I own them or not.

Also, I want to apologize for any poor grammar right now, so sorry and here we go with Tom's Point of View.

Chapter 1 Part 2: (Tom's POV)

This. Fucking. Sucked. That is all I can say right now. To see my best friend react like I was something to fear, a monster. It really hurt to see Kaz's golden brown eyes stare at me like that; with such fear, like she was afraid that I'd beat her again. It just…left this ache in my chest for some reason. I watched Kaz's face smooth out as she fell asleep, she always did look ten times more peaceful asleep then she ever did awake.

I followed everyone out as Lulu and Nivenna volunteer to watch her so she wouldn't be alone in case of another freak out like before. I can understand why they jumped at the chance; Lulu and Kaz had the best understanding relationship out of the group, since they both lost a parent at a young age, and Nivenna knew Kaz ever since she first came to Chaotic as a kid, those two were as close as real sisters.

I didn't get far from the door when Peyton pulled me aside quickly without anyone noticing. You know, for a normally loud and cheery guy, he sure can be sneaky when he wanted to be. "Don't you dare start blaming yourself for any of this," Peyton hissed at me as not to disturb any of the guard or discussing creatures, Sarah was right beside him, also giving me a stern look, "How Kaz reacted was post-traumatic stress episode."

"A what now?" I asked though I had a good idea what that was. "Kaz is suffering a mild case of PTSD," Sarah explained, "It's a mental disorder that can happen to anybody; a person goes through a really traumatic event and has flashbacks from even the smallest physical touch or sees something that relates to it."

"Peyton knowing about it I get," I said scratching my head, before pointing at her, "But how do you know it."

"I'm from one of the last Amazon villages left in the world (1)," Sarah stated matter-of-factly, "A primitive warrior race, "I've seen plenty of different cases of it."

"Of course," I sighed remembering that Sarah was born and raised in a warrior village in Greece that had recently been discovered, "With all respect guys I really can't hear this right now." I walked away irritably, cursing Von Bloot that whole way to my room. If it weren't for that damn harpy, none of this would've happened. Due to me not watching where I was going, I went smack right into Maxxor, the last person I wanted to see right now; he must hate me for what I did to Kaz. We were all eavesdropping after all.

"Tom is you alright?" He asked clearly concerned, guess me must've heard me muttering curses. I only do that when I'm really pissed off and trust me if I saw Von Bloot again, it would be too soon. "I'm fine…" I tried to lie, only to practically wilt under his sceptical look, "Not…everyone must hate me right now."

"For what?" Maxxor asked clearly surprised that this was my worry, "Tom, what happened is Von Bloot's fault, not yours."

"Everyone says that, but I find that hard to believe," I reply honestly. "Tom trust me, none of this is your fault," Maxxor assured me, placing a hand comfortingly on my shoulder, "Tell me, would've you have done this to her had Von Bloot not intoxicated you?"

I looked at him in shocked-alarm, how could he even ask me such a thing? "No, never!" I almost shouted never noticing the small smile that ghosted onto his face, "I'd never hurt Kaz like that on purpose!"

"And she knows that," He said making me blink, "Why else would she be so insistent that you stay?"

"Only because its in her nature," I muttered depressedly, pulling away from him, "She must hate me right now."

"Kazlyn's still protecting you and its not because its in her nature to be helpful and kind," Maxxor finally snapped at me, much to my surprise as I looked up at him, "Her eyes were filled with panic at the thought of you leaving her now. That wasn't hatred, that was the friendship you two have always shared. Kazlyn won't heal is you don't help her, Tom. She needs all of you." As much as I didn't want to admit, Maxxor was right on this one.

I clenched my fists and had to take a few breaths to calm down before asking tensely, "What in the name of the Cothica did Von Bloot do to me?"

"From what I understand from Ulmar's research the tonic he and Peyton found was determined to be old times," Maxxor explained as we caught up to Intress, who was speaking with Takinom. "Old times?" I echoed in confusion as the two females looked at us.

"It's a native Underworld tonic made from the few plants that actually grow down here," Takinom explained, "Back in the times of Chaor's grandfather, war against the Danians really started to take its toll on us, so the mugicians invented a tonic to make the soldiers stronger physically."

"But it didn't turn out so good, did it?" I asked knowing that if this really was the same tonic, then what I did to Kaz was no unfortunate side-effect. "No, it didn't, it turned the soldiers savage," Takinom replied, "They couldn't tell the difference between friend or foe and had to be restrained until the tonic wore off."

"By going savage, I basically became an animal," I deadpanned making them all flinch, even Takinom's reaction was visible. "More or less," Intress admitted, "In Peyton's report, he said it effected your mind and body to act aggressively; most likely you saw Kaz as a threat and began to defend your 'territory'."

"So I beat her?" I demanded through gritted teeth, wanting to get my hands on Von Bloot so badly, "Intress Sarah told me Kaz was chained by her wrists and ankles, she couldn't defend herself!"

"We know," Intress admitted as I swallowed painfully, thinking of what I had done, "I saw bruises on her arms that looked a lot like handprints and Peyton said they matched yours, Tom."

"As much as I don't want you here, all of this is Von Bloot's fault," Takinom stated, "Not yours and I will make him pay for putting one of my girls through this." That wasn't a threat, it was a promise and even Maxxor shivered at it. This reminded me that Takinom had taken to Kaz like another daughter, like she had Nivenna. Something tells me if she had found Kaz like she had Nivenna, she would've taken her in without a second-thought.

It then occurred to me that Takinom wasn't blaming me for what happened between me and Kaz, and that meant Kaz really wasn't either. The fact the mother-figure of my best-friend was letting me in on the fact there would be a plan on revenge made me smile a little. That winged-bastard was going to pay, one way or another.

"I needed to hear that, Takinom," I said, "Thanks." She smiled a bit in response before I left and finally made it to my room. Today's events made me more tired than I realized, so with a quick drink of water and wash of my face, I changed into a pair of black pyjamas and fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.

Sleeping felt great, but then the dreaming started. I felt absolutely amazing in my dream and older, and I had a wife, whom of which I was riding hard. I could feel the delicious, tight, moist heat as I moved and I panted until I reached my limit and came inside her with a victorious shout. I startled awake and realized I had actually had a wet dream and needed to clean myself.

"God dammit!" I growled in anger, though at the same time I was praising whatever deity was out there for adjoined bathrooms so I could clean myself off in privacy.

As I returned to bed, I realized I never did get a good look at the woman in my dream. The only thing I had noticed was her snow-pale, flawless body and for some reason the word 'red' kept repeating itself in my head, like someone broke the repeat button. I figured whatever shit Von Bloot had pumped me full of was just putting my imagination into overdrive and fell back to sleep without another thought on it.

(1): I had to make Sarah more unique and lets face it, she has the perfect attitude for an Amazon warrior and she looks pretty enough. Her badass attitude also works and proves my point even more. It also explains her well-versed know-it-all whenever something had to be explained and no one else had an answer for.

And that's Tom's point of view, next up will be the first part of chapter 2 in Kaz's POV. Also, I'd like to say now that if there's any comments or suggestions or whatever you want to give me just put them in reviews or inbox me.

Well in the words of Tigger; T-T-F-N: Ta-Ta-For-Now!