For The Love of Chaos
Chapter 4
Eventually, Anna found herself being awakened by sounds of noise coming from the kitchen. She yawned, before stretching, her arms rising above her head. She could feel the pulling of her muscles as she did this, along with the tugging of her joints. She did this until she heard her shoulder pop. "Ow…" she whined quietly, before setting her feet on the floor. "What in the world is that noise?" she asked herself, before getting up and walking out of her room toward the kitchen.
She could hear the sound of someone going through her refrigerator as she turned the corner. Her mouth then fell open soon after as she entered the kitchen. "What in the world…?" She nearly fell over as she took everything in. The entire kitchen was in shambles. There was flour all over the floor, sugar dumped, there were a few bottles of seasoning laying broken on the floor, the bag of bread had been torn open, a box of cereal was scattered about, and even the jug of milk lay busted on the floor leaking milk. She felt herself slide down the side of the wall, watching as Chaos continued to rummage through her refrigerator.
Eventually, he stepped away from the fridge, only to realize Anna sitting against the wall. They stared at each other for a moment, Anna slowly taking in his appearance. He had flour on part of his face and front, a bit of milk on his lip, he even had powdered sugar staining his hands, and to top it off, a piece of lunch meat hanging from his mouth. She couldn't hold it in any longer, and eventually, she started laughing. Chaos watched her as she laughed, falling over onto her side, curling up a bit as laughter escaped her. She just couldn't help it, he looked utterly hilarious.
Slowly, Chaos walked toward her, the piece of meat still in his mouth as he chewed on it. Upon reaching her, he crouched down in front of her, staring at her. She let out another burst of laughter as she stared up at his face. He blinked, not seeing what was so funny. It took Anna about 15 minutes or so before she was finally able to stop laughing, that's when she finally spoke.
"You're a mess" she said, looking up at him as she sat up, he just looked at her. She sighed. "And…so is my kitchen…" Quietly, she stood up, before grabbing his hand. She then led him into the bathroom, so that he could see for himself, how much of a mess he was. He just blinked as he looked at himself in the mirror, noticing the powder and stuff on his face. She tried not to laugh as she watched him. It was then, that she grabbed a wash cloth, wetting it a bit. He watched her in the mirror as she brought it to his face, gently rubbing it and whipping away the powder. She also whipped away the bit of milk that was on the side of his lip, before wringing out the cloth in the sink, and walking out of the bathroom to the kitchen. "What a mess…" she said, sighing as she stepped forward and looked around.
When Chaos came back in, he found her sweeping up a section of the floor, sweeping the cereal, glass, and different powders into her dustpan. She let out a sigh when she saw him, walking over to the refrigerator and pulling out a bag of lunch meat. She then walked over to him and placed the bag of lunch meat into his hands, before shoeing him into the living room. "Ok, you stay in here while I clean, ok?" she said, before walking into the kitchen. He just blinked, watching her as she walked away and started cleaning again. After a moment, he walked over to the couch, sitting down with the bag in his hands. He felt his stomach growl, and then grinned, before tearing into the bag of meat.
Mean while, Anna stayed in the kitchen, cleaning up the mess that Chaos had made for her. After she was done sweeping, she got a cloth and started scrubbing the floor. "Well, I guess the kitchen needed cleaning anyway…" she said quietly, continuing to clean. She stayed in there for quite sometime, cleaning the entire kitchen from top to bottom. She whined though, when a piece of glass embedded itself in her foot as she stepped on the small place mat. "Ow…" she whined, sitting down on the floor, looking at her foot. The piece didn't seem to be too big, but it still hurt. So carefully, she got up, making sure not to step on the spot as she made her way into the living room. She then hopped part of the way, using the wall for support as she made her way to the bathroom, Chaos watching her curiously.
Quietly, Chaos got up and walked to the bathroom, finding Anna sitting the toilet seat. She was fiddling around with her foot, a pair of tweezers in her hand. He pushed the door open further, catching her attention for a moment. "Look, if you're still hungry, there's more lunch meat in the fridge. Just don't tear everything up again, ok" she said, keeping her eyes on what she was doing. He just looked at her, not really doing anything in particular. After a few minutes, she sighed, finally bringing her eyes up to look at him. "Ok, what is it that you need?" she asked, staring at him. He just blinked, before taking hold of her foot and looking at it. "Hey, careful!" she shouted, almost falling off her seat. He examined her foot for a moment, before taking his nails and pulling on something. "Ow!" she yelled as he tugged on the piece of glass. He looked at her as she did this, before tugging again and getting the same response. "Would you stop doing tha…ow!" she yelped as he quickly pulled the piece of glass out, before looking at him with a blank face. "That hurt…" she said, glaring at him, he just grinned at her innocently. Before walking out of the bathroom though, Chaos threw the empty bag of lunch meat on her lap, grinning the whole time. "Pig!" she shouted as he shut the door on her, walking off into another part of the house.
A few minutes later, Anna walked out of the bathroom, a bandage around her foot as she stepped out. It was then that she noticed Chaos was no where in sight. "Now where did he go?" she asked herself quietly, walking around a bit. She stopped as she passed her room, taking a few steps back for a second look. She looked forward with half lidded eyes, a faint glare showing through. "Off the bed" she demanded, walking over to him as he laid there, lounging on her bed. "I said off my bed you lazy bum. You tired me out with all that cleaning and I want to lay down, now off" she ordered, pointing toward the door. He simply lifted his wing, using it to knock her to the side, his arm hanging over the side of the bed. "Hey!" she shouted at him, before grabbing one of her shoes on the floor and throwing it at his head. He let out a deep growl from his throat as she did this, but she stood her ground, not moving away. "Off!" she shouted once more, only to receive another growl from him. She grabbed the other shoe, throwing that one at his head as well, this only angered him further.
"Grrr……" he growled at her, glaring at her as she walked toward him, picking one of the shoes up again. She raised her hand to hit him with it again, but he quickly caught her wrist in the palm of his hand. She stared at him, pure shock on her face as he growled at her again. He didn't get very far though as the sound of voices met their ears, and her front door being broken down.
"Check every room" someone said, footsteps scattering through the house.
"Oh no…" Anna whispered, fear lingering in her voice. She turned her face to look at him, a sadness in her eyes, that's when they busted open the door of her bedroom.
"In here!" the man who busted down her door shouted, holding a gun in his hands. Anna took a few steps back, falling against the bed and against Chaos' arm. Quickly, he grabbed hold of her, pulling her onto the bed behind him. He growled menacingly at the men in front of them, more gathering in the room as he bared his fangs.
"We've come to take this monstrosity back to ShinRa labs" one of them said as they stepped forward, lifting up his gun. Chaos could feel Anna tense behind him as they continued to draw forward. One of them accidentally let their finger slip on the trigger, the gun going off in the room. This caused Anna to scream, covering her ears with her hands, a few tears spilling down her face.
"Idiot!" the one in front yelled at the one that slipped up. "Take him out!" he shouted, lifting his gun at Chaos and firing, the rest following suit. Anna screamed, trying to shield herself, bullets flying passed her. Chaos let out an angry roar, before taking hold of her and shielding her with his body and wings. She could feel his body tense, every time a bullet hit his back, and the sound of his angry snarls made her cringe. It didn't take long though, before she noticed the bullets were truly effecting him. They had been coated in something, and it was slowly drugging him. He let out a groan, turning his head toward her.
"No…no…NO!" she shouted "Stop it!" She then pulled away from Chaos, even against his protest of an attempt to keep her there. She stood up, a bullet nicking the side of her shoulder, this caused all fire to cease. "Stop it…just…stop it" she said, already feeling her shoulder going numb, the feeling quickly traveling through her body. Within no time at all, she collapsed on the floor, unable to fight the effects. Chaos growled angrily at this, rising from his spot on the bed, and attack some of the soldiers in the front. One soldier eventually knocked him back, causing him to topple onto Anna, a faint groan coming from her. Another soldier stepped forward to try and pull her away, but Chaos grabbed hold of her and growled, daring anyone to try and touch her.
"Fine, we'll take both of them then. We'll deal with the girl later" the one in charge said, before shooting a metal net at Chaos, the whole thing clamping around him and Anna. He growled again, but no longer had the strength to fight. So as a result, they proceeded to drag them away, and outside to the holding truck.
"Not so tough now, are ya, monster?" a lower ranked soldier asked, getting close to Chaos' face, only to have him lash out at him. Some of the other soldiers laughed at their comrade, watching as he fell to the ground, scared out of his mind.
"Come, don't taunt the poor thing now, you might get hurt" one said while laughing.
"Shut up!" he shouted, before kicking Chaos, only ending in kicking Anna instead. This sent Chaos over the edge and he grabbed hold of the boys ankle menacingly, nearly braking it in half as he screamed. Quickly, others came over and pried Chaos' hand from him, freeing the boy from his grasp. Chaos bared his fangs at them in warning, pulling Anna closer to him in order to protect her.
"I saw that soldier. Try that again, and you'll be out of here, understand?" one of the higher ranks came down and asked, standing in front of the young man. He nodded quickly, stepping away from the creature in front of him. "Now…" he started, walking behind Chaos and placing a hand on him. Chaos quickly tried to lash out at him, but before he could, the man injected something into his neck. Chaos managed to swat him away, before quickly curling up and wrapping his wings tightly around him and Anna, knowing that they would not budge until he awoke. Soon, Chaos was out like a light, the liquid still rampaging through his system. The whole time, Anna laid there in his protective arms, sleeping with him in their dazed dreams. Chaos though, dreamed of memories as he always did.
~A young boy and girl, could be seen running around outside, laughing. They seemed so happy as they chased after each other with various things. "I'm gonna get you" the young girl said, chasing after the boy who quickly vanished.
"Not before I get you" he said, coming up from behind her, only to have her scream. "Got you!" he exclaimed, laughing as she was now soaked with water.
"Vincent!" she yelled, before throwing a water balloon at his face, having it burst open on impact.
"Ow" he cried, getting water in his eye. The little girl just laughed at him, before hugging him and whipping the water away with the tip of her sleeve.
"There" she said, smiling. He smiled back down at her, before picking her up and throwing her into the nearby pool, causing her to scream. "Vincent!" she screamed, coming up from the water and gasping for air. She glared at him as he leaned over.
"Want some help?" he asked, grinning as he reached his hand out.
"Actually…yes!" she said, quickly grabbing his hand and pulling him in with her. He let out a slight yelp as she did this, water hitting his face as he fell in, completely soaking. When he came up, he stared at her through half lidded eyes, his bangs clinging to his face. She just laughed at him. "Now, you were saying Vincent?" she said playfully, smiling at her friend, before splashing him with water.
"Hey! That's it, you're mine!" he shouted, laughing as he splashed her back, before dunking her head in the water. They continued their play fighting for quite some time, before getting out and laying on the ground. Anna was shivering, seeing as it was now evening and a lot colder out, so Vincent wrapped his arms around her to keep her warm. She smiled at him, hugging him, enjoying the warmth that he was giving her.
"What are the two of you still doing out here?" an old woman asked, coming out of the house, seeing the two of them hugging and still soaking wet.
"Nothing Grandma, we were just getting ready to come inside" Vincent told her, grinning from ear to ear.
"Well, come inside before the two of you catch your death of cold" she said, ushering them inside of the house. They obeyed, running inside, Anna nearly tripping over her feet in the process. Vincent laughed at this, quickly scooping her up in his arms, and running around the house like crazy. He was always a lot stronger than her, and could easily pick her up, that was where the fun came in. "Vincent, put the poor girl down" his grandmother told him, walking out of the kitchen with two cups of hot chocolate in her hands.
"Hot cocoa!" Anna shouted, running to his grandmother with a big smile on her face as she jumped up and down happily. His grandmother laughed quietly at this, oh how she loved the child dearly, almost as much as she did her own grandson.
"Here you go dear, and here's yours Vincent" she said, handing the cups to the children in front of her. She smiled warmly at them, they were both so full of life and energy, it made her cry at times. She knew that they would always be friends.
"Thanks Grandma" Vincent said, smiling as he went and sat on the couch, sitting down Indian style.
"Thanks Grandma Valentine" Anna said, running over and sitting beside Vincent. She was always so polite and kind. Vincent's grandmother sat there and watched them for a couple more hours or so as they sat there laughing, Vincent making his usual jokes and teasing of Anna. Anna always laughed, enjoying the jokes and stories that Vincent told her. Eventually, the two of them fell asleep. Vincent laid there on the couch near the arm of it, his legs spread a bit, Anna laying between them. His grandmother smiled at them, before getting up, and walking over to them. She then pulled a blanket up, twisting it around the two of them to keep them warm, before going up the stairs to bed. It had been a long day, and everyone needed their sleep.~
By the time that Chaos woke up, he found himself confined to a small room. What he found most interesting, was that Anna was still in his arms, he was happy to find this. She was barely awake though, the drugs from the bullet still in her system. He knew that it must have been fairly potent to affect her for this long, especially, when it only nicked her shoulder. She seemed to be in a daze of sorts as she laid there, her eyes roaming around in a sluggish way, unfocused and slightly dilated. He moved his finger from side to side in front of her face, watching as her head followed it, not her eyes. He sighed at this, growling at what they must have used. He blinked and looked at her as she grabbed a hold of his finger though, trying her best to get a better look at it. Though as she did, she felt herself getting sick, quickly pulling away as she vomited on the floor. She groaned, trying not to fall over. Chaos took hold of her, bringing her to him, and letting her rest against him. He hated the fact of knowing they were likely going to experiment on him soon. Just then, someone came into the room.
"Come on, out you go" he said, a look of disgust on his face as he saw the vomit on the floor, his eyes trailing toward Anna. Chaos growled at him as the man eyed Anna. "So, this is the girl that you've held onto?" he asked, smirking at him. He stepped forward, but Chaos lashed out at him, daring him to come any further. That's when someone came behind him and hit him in the head, causing him to fall forward, the men quickly taking Anna from his arms. He growled and snarled at them, anger flaring inside him.
"No…" Anna said quietly, barely even able to stand, sickness taking over her once more. The man threw her to the ground as she got sick on him, enraging Chaos even further. She just laid there quietly on the floor, her eyes becoming slightly more focused as she looked at Chaos, reaching her arm out toward him. Those drugs, the bullets, they weren't ment for her body to handle. Not even the slightest touch, that's why it was making her so sick and weak.
"Someone, get her and drag her out of here. Put her in a chair or something and get her some coffee" the man said, not wanting her to get sick on him as she did the other one. Soon, she was taken from the room, against Chaos' protests.
After about a hour or so, she was a bit more stable, liquid flushing out her system. That's when she heard a mighty roar, along with some yells from the testing room. Quickly, she got up and ran forward, leaving her cup behind. She ran through the doors, shock on her face as she saw what was before her. Chaos, he lay there on a table, arms and legs strapped down with thick leather and iron. "No…" she said, running forward. Someone grabbed hold of her though before she could touch him. She looked up, glaring into the eyes of Hojo.
"What are you doing in here girl?" he asked, holding onto her wrist tightly, making her wince.
"Y-you're never going to get him to calm down this way…" she said quietly, turning her eyes toward Chaos.
"Hm…and you have a better way?" he sneered at her. She nodded her head quietly, advancing toward Chaos as Hojo let go of her wrist.
"L-let me help…?" she asked quietly, placing her hand on Chaos' arm, trailing her fingers over it. This seemed to calm him down a bit, shocking those around her, but this only caused Hojo to smirk.
"Very well then" he said, walking over to her, placing his hand on her shoulder. "You shall help supervise then" he cooed into her ear, this made her shudder as he then placed a needle in her hand. "Go ahead, you know what to do" he said, taking a few steps back. She looked down at Chaos sadly, trailing her fingers across his cheek, before ejecting the liquid into his arm. He looked at her in confusion, not understand why she was doing this to him. She just looked down, a tear falling from her eye, landing on his chest.
"I'm sorry…" she spoke quietly. Chaos could tell that she wasn't purposely doing this to him, she didn't want them touching him if she could help it. What he didn't know, was that she would refuse to leave him for the next two weeks, staying there and watching him.
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Ok, there's chapter 4. I hope everyone enjoyed it and remember, please REVIEW? I really need reviews.