~ I really thank all of you for being such great people. I love you all, my reviewers. Okay, I kind of sound like Richard Simmons, don't I. *shudder* Ewww. * composes self* Anna's POV, and the drama continues!!!!! Enjoy. ~

I ran my fingers through my hair and winced at the agonizing feeling the movement created. My side was paining me to the point that I felt like I would scream. I felt like I was being stabbed, impaled with the dagger that had long left the wound present there. I never want to feel a hunter's blade again. Ugh. I saw gentle empathy in Chaos's eyes when he looked over at me. I sighed and let myself touch his cheek tenderly. He had been on the verge of crying fifteen minutes ago. He had laid his head on my shoulder, and we had stood there, in silent companionship. My arms had been wrapped around him and his aura had been wrapped around my own. We have such tenderness for each other. I was kind of fearful about what he would be crying about, but I was extremely curious as well. What would stir that kind of emotion in Chaos's usually cold heart? He leaned forward and kissed my forehead.

"I never want this moment to end, Anna." I smiled at when he said that. How he had changed over the few years I have known him.

"It doesn't have to, Chaos." Chaos frowned severely and looked over at me. I could tell he wanted to say something, yet he still held back. We were standing at the window, in silence, when Aaron came into the room. He looked quite shaken up. I noticed the fear in his face. What the hell is going on around here? Chaos is crying and Aaron is terrified. I had a vague feeling of doom. It washed over me, as if I knew that this was a bad omen. I looked at Chaos who was looking over at Aaron with narrowed eyes. Aaron was whispering something softly, so softly that I could not hear him. Evidently, neither could Chaos, because he barked at him to speak louder.

"I'm so sorry Chaos. I didn't mean to. Really. I just didn't want to get killed." Chaos had an alarmed look on his face and Aaron was wracked with sobs. He was terrified of his brother. That terror was making my head spin.

"What did you do, you idiot?" When Aaron said nothing and just sat there sobbing, Chaos struck at him with his aura. Aaron whimpered and backed away.

"Chaos, he's obviously distressed. Is that really necessary?" Chaos ignored what I had said and struck at his brother again. This time Aaron cried out in pain. I struck Chaos with my own aura and he stopped. He looked over at his brother, awaiting the answer he sought out. I had a feeling this was an incredibly bad situation. "Chaos? Aaron? Can I please know what the hell is going on? I don't like being left in the dark, especially when it creates this." I gestured to them, one sobbing and the other had a look of extreme distaste on his face. "Please, enlighten me."

Aaron spoke up, but not to me, he spoke to his brother. "Chaos, the hunters, they know your name. They'll know your whole past. It wasn't that Vida that followed me and Anna, it was an older looking one, though I'm sure she wasn't Dominique. She said she wanted to know your name and that she would let me live if I told her it. So, I-" Chaos interrupted him by striking out at him once again. Aaron fell to his knees. I stepped forward, so that I was in between the two quarreling vampires. Aaron was a lot weaker than Chaos, I couldn't let Chaos bully him. Chaos allowed me to intervene.

"Chaos, it can't be that bad. What's the big deal about them knowing your past?" I asked him this and he looked on the verge of insanity, it terrified me.

"Anna, you will never forgive me." Chaos then disappeared. There was no way for me to follow him, he had left no mental trace of where he planned to go. Damn him. Aaron was still huddled in a ball, crying. This was too weird for my liking. I disappeared from the mansion, seeking out Caryn. She was at SingleEarth, of course. She was perturbed, like everyone else I knew. She looked at me, kind of startled.

"Anna? Have you heard about your creator?" Since when was she in on the grapevine, really? I felt a sense of foreboding, but I was wild with curiosity. What could he have possibly done? She had a look of disgust on her face.

"No, Caryn, but a lot of people seem to know things that I am ignorant about." She shook her head and was about to leave the room, when I grabbed her arm and prevented her from leaving. She turned to look at me, she looked quite alarmed. "Please. Tell me what I don't know." Caryn turned around and sat down in a chair in the small SingleEarth room. She gestured for me to sit down in front of her, so I did.

"Anna, he killed his family. All of it." I didn't think it was THAT big of a deal. I mean, Moira had ripped someone's heart out when she was changed. Caryn must have guessed the way I felt, she continued. "When he was alive, Anna. There was no vampiric blood in him. He was a killer when human and he is a killer as a vampire. And that's not all Aaron told us. He said that he killed them in spite. He cut every lock of golden hair off of his sisters's heads." Okay, that was mildly bad. But the worse part was what she said afterwards.

"Anna, the vampire, Aaron, also said that in a letter Chaos had wrote to him, he said that you were a total annoyance and that he hated your very presence. Chaos also went on to say he didn't know why he created you. That letter was quite recent. About a month ago." My eyes filled with tears. How could he say that? He acted as if he were madly in love with me, but maybe he was using me; using me for some alterior motive. Maybe he was trying to kill the witches, maybe that was his way of bringing them to him, through me. I felt the tears spill from my eyes. I felt loathesome feelings towards him. How could he do that? Why would he betray my trust? Caryn walked over and patted my hand. I felt her comorting magic, run over my skin. It felt so warm and tender, it calmed me, but did not stop the pain and tears.

"Do you love him?" I studied Caryn's face through the tears in my eyes. She looked sad and protective. I knew that if she had been in the Vida line she would have killed him for hurting me, but she could not. She is a Smoke witch, they always protect life. "Anna, he's not worth it. He hurt you, badly, let him go." Caryn was right. I would let him go. He betrayed my trust and I would never let him live it down. I squeezed Caryn's hand and disappeared, leaving Caryn sitting by herself, clutching a phantom hand.

I let my aura expand to search for Chaos, that bastard. I figured out that he was in Midnight. I made sure that he would not be able to tell that I had been crying; I would not give Chaos the pleasure.

As soon as I appeared in the room, I could tell Chaos had braced himself. Gabriel made his exit, he had no desire of getting caught up in this mess. I attempted to punch Chaos, but, of course, he evaded the attack. "Anna, you can't understand what happened. I don't expect you to." I landed a punch in his stomach, but he quickly recovered and made a warning strike with his mind. He spoke to me, in his thoughts, 'You don't want to do this.' He gently caressed my mind and I let myself fall for it. I then remembered that he was a fucking murderer so I pulled my mind away from his.

"Don't try to control me. You are a bastard. I never knew until now, that you had so much control over me. But no more. No longer will you govern me. You are an imbecile, you controlled me with lies. Do you actually expect me to feel sorry for you?" My voice was cold and harsh when I said this, I could tell that the words stung. Chaos made no sign to show that he was hurt, he just tried to figure out what I was mad about.

"I don't expect pity from you. I expect nothing from you." Chaos said it in a controlled tone, I could tell that he was confused.

"Fine, then, don't expect me to come running for you. I hate you and never want to see your blood stained eyes again." I saw his pain then, but I left him there nonetheless. He deserved it. My anger would not cool. It would never cool when it came to him.

~ I just realized that she really doesn't have a reason to be mad at him, but let's all pretend she does. It's crucial to the plot. Maybe I'll rewrite the story, so it actually makes sense. I don't know, I'll figure something out. Review. Happy Hunting. *Hey, I rewrote it so it would make a little more sense. I think* ~