Chapter 21 "The Tree That Was Never There"
Tyson looked alarmed when seeing her left side; he looked back at the water to see, it looked cold and normal.
Rosy's hand had just burned clean off.
She was held her arm in agony; it was burned up till the top.
"That water is lava, I can tell by the way her arm was..." Tyson said.
"Rosy!" Lalo exclaimed, wanting so badly to help her.
Rosy's left arm was half gone, there were third degree burns where she still had it, the bone was gone and was very unpleasant looking.
She was worse off then Tyson was now.
"How could water do that to her?!" Lalo said, reacting in fear.
"Because it's not really water."
Everybody jerked their heads backwards, except Rosy who was still in shock.
Anna was sitting upon on a rock that hadn't been there before.
Shaped straight up; that looked like nobody in their right mind could climb.
Behind her was a very anxious looking raccoon, continually bobbing his head.
"Can you see them Anna? Are they to kill or not?" Max said. "Me' lady? Are they to kill or not?"
"Who are you?!" Lalo called out in question.
Anna fixed her bangs. "A being untouched by your silly little attachments; It's a pity you're obviously effected by meaningless relationships, a real pity, I was hoping to have a little fun with you."
Lalo looked back at Rosy, and Tyson who was trying to calm her down.
Anna slid down the pointed rock and landed two inches away from Lalo.
She put her hand in his face, and then moved him back a few feet.
"Hey! watch it!" Lalo said irritated.
Out of the blue, Anna appeared behind him.
"Did she use Chaos Control?!" Lalo said.
"How did you know about Chaos Control?" Anna laughed. "No, I didn't. I was never there in the first place."
"never there, never there me' lady wasn't." Max said, with a fast paced tone. "I knew it; she's a tricky one she is."
Anna was facing him again, and smiled deviously.
She looked into Lalo's uneasy and suspicious eyes. "My name is Anna, though I've had a hundred different names over the course of my life. I am here to destroy the weak and boring, and preserve the strong and entertaining. By the way, the tree was never there, or the pool of water, I altered the reality you see with my ability, you saw a tree and a spring, when in reality your stupid friend stuck her hand straight into lava."
"You did this to her?!" Lalo said angrily.
Lalo didn't realize it, but his fur was turning red.
"Oh, a soft spot for the girl, how touching." Anna said. "Maybe you are entertaining, either way there's not much you can do about anything, no matter where you go you can't stop Iblis, or me."
Anna snapped her fingers so suddenly, and Rosy looked amazed at her hand, that had suddenly been restored.
"Lalo…? Why do I still feel as if my hand is gone?" Rosy said, moving her other hand straight through the one restored. "It's fake! It's a trick! How wrong!"
Anna laughed. "You guys are so easy; you really thought your hand was back! I can make you see anything I want."
Tyson put his hand on Rosy's hand. "Rosy, it's alright, think of something else."
Tyson stood up barely, on one leg. "Rosy, get up, now."
He leaned on her gently. "It's all in your head; you'll live without a hand, go on, let's go back and go for the town I mentioned. I have a friend I grew up with that could help us."
Rosy tried as best she could to do what Tyson said.
"Take care of her Tyson; I'll make sure she doesn't follow you." Lalo said.
Lalo's anger was festering, and little did he know, his ability was reacting to it.
Heat started to rise from his fingers, and the lava behind Anna started to move.
As Anna lost focus, the handle over her power to trick the eye wore down, and they saw what was really there.
The tree disappeared into the lake of lava, there was no field of grass or glorious apple tree, just a thin path where Lalo Tyson and Rosy were lucky enough to have staid on.
Anna snarled at him. "Another one of you guys, I can see."
Max looked back at Anna with curious eyes.
"Go ahead, burn me, and melt me down." Anna said grabbing his arm.
Lalo burned through her glove, by simply touching her.
Anna looked as if she was in no pain, and her knuckles shone white as steam rose from her hand.
Her arm glowed green, as if the hand wasn't even there but this green energy in its stead.
When she let go of his arm, her hand glowed brighter, then reassembled itself red like it was before.
"Your fur may glow red, and you may obviously have the ability to manipulate fire," Anna said, moving back on top of the rock. "But can you stop pure chaos?"
Max hid behind the large rock holding on tightly.
There was a sudden roar and a screeching sound.
Anna stuck her hand into the sky, and a beam of white and green came forth from it, boundless energy pointed up in the sky like a bolt of lightning.
The sky turned a dark blue with a greenish glow.
"CHAOS!!!" Anna screamed.
Lalo looked around himself, but Rosy and Tyson were long gone.
He started backing up in fear, but noticed he was very close to the edge of the cliff.
"What is this? A beam of light…coming straight from her hand?" Lalo thought to himself. "What can I do? I'm just a kid, there's nothing I can do! I'm a thief, maybe I deserve this. But Rosy…she doesn't deserve this, this thing, fox or who knows what it is, could destroy who knows what."
Lalo stood firm and planted his feet in the ground, preparing for whatever was coming.
End chapter