For The Love of Chaos

Chapter 7

Part I

On Bed Rest or is it House Arrest?

Anna opened her eyes to the sound of noise. It was coming from her kitchen…AGAIN. She sighed quietly, before getting up out of bed and making her way down the hall, and around the corner. Her feet made contact with the cool ground, making her shiver as she entered the kitchen. She let out a heavy sigh, seeing someone going through the refrigerator AGAIN. "How many times must I tell you not to…" she stopped as the person brought their head out of the fridge.

"What are you talking about Anna?" the man asked. He had short black hair and dark eyes, a suit on his tall frame as well.

"V-Vincent?" she stuttered, taking a step closer. He smiled at her.

"Who else would I be Anna? The Boogie Man?" he asked, laughing a bit as she stared at him.

"But…h-how? I…I saw you…g-get…" she couldn't finish as he came closer to her, placing his hands on her shoulders.

"What's wrong Anna? You act as though you've seen a ghost" he said, his voice fading.

Quickly, she shot up in bed in a cold sweat, her hair clinging to her face. That's when said heard noise in the kitchen. Quickly, she stood up, running out of her room and down the hall. She glanced in the kitchen, finding someone going through her fridge once again, she paled. "V-V-Vincent…?" she cried out, only to have the person turn around, revealing Chaos. Slowly, she slid to the ground shaking as her eyes grew wary. Confused, Chaos came to her side, kneeling down beside her. As he touched her arm, she flinched, continuing to shake. His brows furrowed as he looked down at her, confusion evident on his face. You act as though you've seen a ghost…What are you talking about Anna?…V-Vincent…Boogie Man?…What's wrong Anna?… it all kept repeating itself through her head as she continued to shake, tears falling as she sobbed in silence. Quietly, he took hold of her arm, pulling her toward him. He just held her there as she gripped the leather that covered him, crying and shaking, not one word escaping from her quivering lips. He sighed, picking her up and carrying her back to her room, before placing her back down on her bed. After a while, she just fell asleep, shaking occasionally as she lay there beneath the sheets.

What is going on? he asked himself, still confused as to what was causing her so much grief. Wait a moment…she had called out to that Vincent person again, didn't she? He sighed, now knowing what was wrong, she must have had a bad dream or something again about him. He honestly wished that she would just stop all together, then maybe she'd actually get some decent sleep now and then. Before he could leave the room though, she grabbed his hand in her sleep, making him groan. He was still hungry… He hadn't even been going through her refrigerator for very long when she had come in, so his stomach was still growling and making noises. So, with a sigh, he climbed onto the bed with her. He laid his head down, before pulling her to him, holding her close. This time, he knew that no one would bother them or at least he hoped not, he'd kill anyone that did though. So for a few more hours he laid there, just breathing in her scent and warmth, enjoying the feeling of her laying there against him. After he thought about it, it really wasn't so bad being there with her, even though his stomach was killing him right now. He just laid there with her, waiting for her to wake up as he quietly dug his face into her hair, realizing how soft and smooth it was. It was like silk to him, though he body wasn't quite the teddy bear that one would hope for, but still. It was still something to hold onto and enjoy. He knew that some of his thoughts seemed childish, but he couldn't help it, after all he was never really a child to begin with. Yes, he had some memories from when he had first come to be, but that was many, many, many years ago. One thing that he did remember though, was people shouting "Monster!" or "Demon!" no kind words ever met his ear. Eventually, he fell into sleep, this time it would be his own monstrous memories.

He was walking through the forest, his currently bare feet padding on the moist dirt beneath his feet. It was something, a feeling in which he found calming to him. He quickly turned his head upon hearing voices. "Are you sure this is the area you saw the beast in?" a man asked.

"Yes, I'm sure of it Hallend" a young voice said.

"Oliver, you had better not be playing another one of your tricks on me, you know what happened last time that you did that" Hallend said, a bit of bitterness being directed toward the boy.

"But I'm not lying Hallend…not this time at least. It must be here somewhere" Oliver said, moving through the brush. Chaos let out a faint growl, accidentally alerting the two that he was there. "D-did you hear that Hallend? It was the beast that I told you about, no normal animal could make a growl like that!" the boy quivered, fear lingering in his voice, Chaos could even smell it on him.

"Oliver, stay behind me" Hallend said, cocking his shot gun, and holding it up warily. "He has to be somewhere close by. That growl was only a few yards away" he said quietly to himself. Suddenly, a twig snapped underneath Chaos' foot, alerting the man of his position. Then, the sound of a gun shot rang out through the woods, embedding itself in his shoulder. He let out a roar of pain, causing the young boy to fall back in fear, quickly running out of the woods. "Oliver!?" Hallend shouted, but the boy kept running, wanting nothing more to do with the monstrous beast. "Come out where ever you are!" the man shouted, slight fear radiating from his body. Chaos growled heavily, his lip curling a bit in anger and rage. He didn't like being shot at, not one bit, and he was going to make that known. He came out from behind some trees, scaring the man half to death, causing him to drop his gun. "M-m-monster!" he yelled, before retreating the same as the boy, running for his life as Chaos growled at him one final time.

After a few moments, Chaos fell to the ground, trying to nurse his wound. He licked it a bit, licking the blood away. Eventually, his body would push the bullet out.

Next scene

Houses were burning, the town was a light as fire broke out. Fiends were attacking all around as Chaos flew above the small town. The sound of women and children screaming could also be heard. Some thing had attracted them, but he didn't know what, he just came to take a closer look. "Ah! Look! Up there! It's another one!" a woman shouted, pointing up at the sky toward Chaos.

"It's Chaos! The bringer of death!" one man yelled. Yes, that had become his name, "Chaos, the Bringer of Death" it was a name that the people had oh so lovingly bestowed upon him. Just because he had appeared in times of Chaos, that is why people had named him that. It was like an omen, where ever chaos occurred, so would Chaos. He growled as someone shot him in the wing, his control faltering as it pierced through it. Another shot rang out, clipping his wing, causing him to plummet towards the earth.

"You got him! You actually got him!" a man yelled with glee, but that soon changed as Chaos slowly stood up, a hideous look upon his face. He growled venomously, baring his large fangs, before tearing the man apart limb from limb. People screamed as they watched this, quickly running away. Chaos caught a few more though, ripping to shreds anyone who dared shoot at him. An angry roar filled the sky, lightning striking the ground and braking loose the earth, scattering it. He shot a ball of energy at one house, causing it to explode into pieces. He reveled in the feeling that it gave him, a feeling of control, a feeling of power as he continued to destroy all around him. It was times like this that he truly lived up to his name…Chaos.

Back in reality, Anna squirmed in his grip, feeling as it tightened. He was crushing her as they laid there. She tried to brake free from his grip, but only ended in having him tighten it further. She felt like her ribs would brake if it continued much more. "C-Chaos…Chaos" she called out, straining her voice as she gasped for air, finding that it would never truly return to her. "Chaos!" she finally managed to shout, his dream shattering as he fell off the bed, her still in his arms. She gasped for air as it quickly came back to her, coughing terribly as she laid there in his arms. He looked down at her, like a deer in the head lights, trying to find out what was wrong, what had happened. She just continued to cough. "W-water…" she spoke quietly, causing him to run out of the room, bringing back a glass of water for her. She carefully drank it down, before turning her gaze to look at him. "W-what were you dreaming about?" she asked, looking at him "You n-nearly suffocated me" she said, drinking down the last of the water. He looked down in shame, quietly stepping back from her. "Chaos?" she called, before he walked out of the room, leaving her entirely. She sighed, a tear falling, she didn't like being alone…

Quietly, she walked outside onto the porch, looking out at the sky. It was beautiful tonight, stars shining brightly above, shining without a care in the world. She sighed, her stomach grumbling. "I should get something to eat, then come back out" she said quietly "Maybe make something for Chaos" With that, she walk back inside and into the kitchen. "Maybe chile?" she asked herself, smiling a bit as she nodded. "Chile and garlic bread…one of…Vincent's favorites…" she sighed again, just continuing to put everything together as she made a big pot of it. She figured that Chaos would probably eat most of it, so why bother skimping? A while later, she smiled, opening the oven and retrieving the garlic bread. She nearly burnt her fingers as she brought it out of the oven, setting it down on a cooling rack. "Ahh…that smells so good" she said quietly, grabbing a piece of it with a paper towel and blowing on it. "Mmm…so good" she said, taking a bite of it and swallowing. Oh, how she loved garlic bread. She then went back over to the stove, stirring the contence of the pot some more. She then diced some more tomatoes, leaving them in semi large pieces, before dumping them into the pot. She then added some spices to give it a bit of a kick, but not too much because otherwise, she knew that she wouldn't eat it. After waiting a little longer, she finally turned off the burner, and turning the pot of bit. She took off the lid, stirring it a bit, before taking a taste. She smiled in satisfaction, she had done well, hopefully Chaos would think the same thing.

Carefully, she grabbed two bowls, filling them with chile. She put them on a tray, along with a few pieces of garlic bread and brought them outside. She smiled lightly as she set them down, placing Chaos' bowl on the rail and sticking a piece of garlic bread in it. She laughed at the fact that it would give him garlic breath in the end. "I can't believe I didn't realize that" she said, laughing lightly. She knew that it would only be a matter of time before Chaos smelled the food and then came running back, he loved food. She sighed, leaning back in her chair, nibbling at her piece of bread. It was nice and crisp, but not too hard, that would just be uncomfortable for her teeth. "I love garlic bread" she whispered quietly, savoring the taste in her mouth. "I'll worry about bad breath later…Chaos' will be worse than mine" she said faintly. She heard a rustle in the trees, startling her, but found that it was only a baby squirrel. She got up, walking toward it, a small piece of bread in her hand. She made a clicking almost, calling to it as she held the bread out. "Here little guy, come and get some bread" she called, smiling as it came over to the tip of the branch, sitting there. She reached her hand up to it, watching as it took the bread and chewed on it, squeaking in delight. She laughed softly, happy that it was enjoying it. "I made it myself" she told it, smiling a bit before sitting back down.

She opened her eyes, after hearing something on the porch, she smiled at what she saw. Once she opened her eyes, she found Chaos sitting on the railing, eating his food. "So…you finally decided to come back did you?" she asked, he just looked at her, biting the spoon a bit. She laughed at this. "Well, at least I'll know which one is officially yours from now on" she said. She got up and went back inside to get some more chile, after a minute, Chaos was following behind her holding an empty bowl. She filled hers up, before handing it to him. "That's mine, don't eat it" she said, taking his and pilling chile in it, before taking hers back and handing him his. She also grabbed some more garlic bread, placing two pieces in her bowl, watching as Chaos took three. She smiled slightly, before walking back outside and setting her stuff down. Chaos walked by her as she came back into the house again, walking to her room and closing the door. He blinked curiously, but stayed outside, sitting back down on the railing again and eating. After a few minutes, he said the heck with it and just brought out the whole pot. He looked up upon hearing Anna's faint footsteps, looking at her as she came back out, a medium sized blanket wrapped around her small body. She blinked when she saw him holding the pot in his hands, giving him a tired look. "You've got to be kidding me…" she sighed, laughing faintly "Are you seriously going to try and eat that whole thing Chaos?" she asked, looking at him. He nodded, grinning at her, the spoon hanging out of his mouth. "Lord have mercy" she said, sitting down and eating her own. When she was done, she took a look at the pot, trying to take it from him. This only resulted in him growling at her, she just growled back, snatching it from him. He was dumb struck, he couldn't believe his eyes, she had actually growled at him and taken the pot away. He watched as she scrapped about half a bowls worth into her bowl, before giving the pot back to him, the sound of his spoon falling out of his mouth and into the pot could be heard. Ok, so she took some of his food, so what? She made it after all, so she was entitled to take it. After a few moments, Chaos picked his spoon up out of the pot and continued eat, bent on getting every single last bit out. "Here" she said, holding a piece of garlic bread up to his face, only to have him snatch it away with his teeth. She laughed as she watched him devour it in moments, munching and chewing at it, shredding it to bits with his mighty teeth. He really was something else. In fact, he was like a human garbage disposal, demon disposal I mean. The way that he sat there and ate everything, it surprised her that he hadn't choked yet. "Um…here?" she said, holding out a glass of milk, which he quickly took and downed in a matter of seconds.

15 minutes later, there was absolutely nothing left. In fact, the pot itself had been scrapped clean from Chaos, and he was sitting on the railing in satisfaction. Anna raised an eye brow at him, trying not to laugh. "Are you done yet?" she asked, standing up and walking over to him, looking at his slightly messy face. He nodded his head happily, grinning at her with a toothy grin, his fangs showing in the mixture. She laughed lightly, poking one of them initially catching him off guard. He blinked, looking at her as she stood there, smiling at him. "You wouldn't bite me would you?" she asked curiously, this caused him to smirk, before snapping his teeth at her. This caused her to fall backwards, her hand quickly reaching out to grab something, that something happened to be his leg. So as a result, he came toppling down on top of her with a large thud, both of them groaning. She groaned, having the weight of his entire body on top of her, crushing her slightly from the fall. "Ugh…heavy…" she groaned, trying to push him off of her, but he wouldn't budge. He just laid there, looking down at her, a strange emotion in his eyes.

He couldn't remember the last time that he was actually that close to a female. Granted, he had held her on many occasions, but this time it felt different for some reason. He guessed it was because he was never face to face like this with another female before, but still, this was something else entirely. He gazed down at her curiously for a moment, before letting his eyes roam her face. He had never really taken the time to actually notice her many qualities. All the way to her finely shaped nose, her soft and subtle lips, her at the moment slightly rosy cheeks, her smooth brow, and the depths of her warm and inviting eyes. He felt his breath catch in his throat for the first time in his life as he looked down at her.