Chapter 4

(Chalen POV)

I had the dream again. The dream I have almost every night. I was in my old room. It was painted the same colors as my tail. It was covered with ocean pictures. Lines from Macbeth played through my mind. "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red" and "Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under 't." Were the main ones I heard. My father stood in the doorway. His glowing green eyes and his Blonde hair. A knife was in his hand. He smiled at me.

"It'll be all over soon." He said. He walked up to me, knife in hand and held me back. He pulled back his hand and....

I woke up screaming and crying. Covered in sweat. I took deep breaths. If only Iggy could come in and comfort me. But he couldn't. The walls were sound proof.

"He can't get me. He can't get me." I said over and over again. But I couldn't sleep. I just sat on the bed until morning.

(Dr. C POV)

I had just woken up to a strange noise. I was having the most wonderful dream of me and Susan. I pressed my ear against the wall. It was crying and screaming. Coming from Chalen's room. I hope she's okay. I thought as I returned to my wonderful dream.

(Susan POV)

It was morning. I walked out of my cell for breakfast. I took a seat at my table and began to eat my oatmeal. Chalen left her cell and took a seat at the "smaller" table. She looked nervous.

"Hey Chalen." I said to her. She jumped. Then realized it was me and waved.

"What's wrong?" I asked her.

"Nothing." She said. I didn't wanna pry so I went on day dreaming about a certain scientist.

(Link POV)

I was the third person up. Susan and Chalen were eating their breakfast. Chalen was a little jittery and tired.

"Hey Kid what's wrong?" I asked her. She looked at me freaked out.

"Nothing." She said to me.

"C'mon somethings obviously wrong." I said.

"She said the same thing to me." Susan informed me.

"Tell me." Link said.

"Just.....bad dreams." She said to me.

"Kid there's nothing to be afraid of." I said to her. She just looked at me. With a look of pure horror.

(Iggy POV)

I carried Kendra out of our cell. Link was talking to Chalen and gave him a look. A look I knew very well. I walked up to her and put Kendra on the ground. She had a lot of fun playing with Link's tail. I looked at Chalen. She looked at me. I gave her a big hug.

"He's gone. I promise." I told her. She nearly cried but she held the tears back. She would never cry in front of people she just met 2 days ago.

"He's out there." She whispered to me. That's when Doc, Butterflyosaurus and B.O.B walked out of there cells.

"I swear to god that he'll never get near you." I told her.

(Doc POV)

As I walked out of my cell I saw Chalen. I looked into her eyes and saw a look that made me shiver. A look of fear. I walked up to her.

"What happened?" I asked her. Iggy looked at her sister.

"You wanna tell him?" He asked me.

"I can't talk about it," She started as she stood and picked up her sister, "You tell him.....tell all of them." She took her sister and walked over to the TV to watch another adventure of Max and Ruby.

"Two years ago, My father found my mom in the bathtub, as a mermaid. She explained to him about mermaids and he seemed to understand," The young boy began. All of us monsters started paying close attention, "I was at my aunt's house with Kendra. Chalen was going swimming with mom. Chalen was getting ready when dad walked in, knife in hand. He was going to kill her. Mom walked in just as he was about to stab her and my mother jumped in front of him. She died right there. I walked into the room just after mom died. I threw a fireball at him and it burned his face. He fled the scene swearing he'd kill us all. Ever since then Chalen's had nightmares about it almost every night." I looked at Chalen. Poor thing. Her own father tried to kill her.

"Oh my gosh!" Susan said. Iggy walked over to his sister and comforted her.

(Chalen POV)

Now they knew. Everything. It was weird that they knew nearly every little detail about me. Iggy walked up to me. He wrapped his arm around my shoulder. While I was still holding Chalen.

"Do you know why I love you?" He asked me.

"Because I'm your sister." I answered.

"That and every time I look at you I see mom." He said to me.

He kissed me and Kendra and walked back to the table. Max and Ruby ended and I joined the monsters.

"Chalen I'm so sorry about what happened." Susan said to me.

"It's fine." I replied.

"No it's not. You can't just keep all this stuff bottled up." Link said. I smiled.

"I don't." I told them.

"My dear, what happened to you is awful. If your nightmares keep coming back then I think you should see a doctor." Dr. Cockroach advised me.

"I'm looking at one now." I told him. B.O.B. put his arm around me.

"After all you've been through you still have a sense of humor!" B.O.B. cried as he burst into tears.

"Guys Chalen doesn't need a doctor she's completly fine. I talked to her after we moved into our apartment and she's fine really." Iggy explained to 's when Monger hovered in on his jet pack.

"Monsters! A man just got run over by a train and survived! We need to go and investigate." Monger said. And off we went on me and my siblings first mission.