So, who's ready to see Klay and Krystella? I think this chapter really shows just how selfish and evil they are. You'll see what I mean.

Disclaimer: I don't own Chaotic

When Van Bloot came back from hunting for dinner, he wasn't surprised to find Rose Dust trying to run away again. What did suprise him was a that she was heading away from her home. Either she knew he would go there looking for her, or she was up to something more than that. He landed on a walkway a bit higher up the mountain. From up there, all he had to do was take a few steps back and she wouldn't be able to see him. It was the perfect place to watch her from. He dropped the carcass of a large, deerlike animal on the ground. He could sniff it out later, but for now the human was proving to be amusing.

She eventually made her way to a river, which was surprisingly clean considering what the M'errilians had done to the Overworlder. It made Van Bloot wonder how far he was into the future, but he knew he must have traveled a bit for Klay and Krystella's daughter to be an adult. How far would it be before he saw them? Were they even alive? Knowing them, they probably got the death sentence by now.

Rose Dust stopped for a moment. She crossed her arms. Judging by the look on her face, she was in deep thought. Van Bloot assumed she was thinking about the consequences of running away from him, even though he could only see half of her face. Her face changed to that of surprised fear. Van Bloot backed up before she could see him. He considered taring her apart, but the moan she gave in desperation turned him on.

Van Bloot waited a few seconds then went back to where he could see her from. She had continued walking away from the plantation. She started running. Van Bloot continued to watch her as she continued. There was a split in the river. There was a forest on either side of the middle split. It went three ways, so Van Bloot was sure she would just run beside it.

To his surprise, she soon saw a bridge and stopped. She clung to a rope which was clearly meant for that reason. She was so slow, Van Bloot's impatience made him almost fly down and grab her, but he wanted to know what she was doing. She was clearly terrified, but she didn't let that completely stop her. A few times he could hear the old wood breaking under her feet. She gasped every time. He would have to train her to not be such a wimp, even if it meant beating it out of her.

Now that she was on the other side of that river, she made her way back to the split. Van Bloot flew to the trees. Rose Dust heard the noise. Her breathing got heavy and she started to shake in fear.

"It was just an animal." she told herself "Just an animal in the trees."

She kept walking. The plantation was too far from the cave for Van Bloot to not catch up with her, and if she had gone there he would have known where to look. She hoped she was making the right decision; surely the woman who gave birth to her and the man who had spawned her would hide her for a while.

She hadn't seen them in years. She hadn't been entirely sure where to find them until she had seen the split in the river. She had not been this high up into the mountains since the day they abandoned her, but she was sure that they must have missed her. They were her parents; they had to- it was part of nature!

Van Bloot's interest in her motives increased as she started skipping happily, but the innocence of it sickened him.

A cabin in the woods was not something he was expecting. The evil creature thought about taking her away before she could knock on the door, but her screaming would catch the attention of whoever lived there. Besides, it wasn't like he wasn't up for a fight. And making Rose Dust watch as he tore someone's guts out would be a good way to start her punishment.

She softly knocked on the door. Even with his well-developed ears, Van Bloot could hardly hear it. But he did hear a familiar voice.

"Is someone there!?"

Van Bloot knew who that was.

"Y-yes." Rose Dust answered

"Well go away!" a more feminine voice yelled at her "We don't like uninvited guests!"

"I-it's me. Rose Dust."

"Not you!" both voices screamed in unison.

Van Bloot narrowed his eyes in anger. It was no wonder this girl was so pathetic; if those two had raised her, she would have been as evil as them. With that body and her adorable voice, she could have been so manipulative.

"But I need you!" she whined "I'm in big trouble and I have nowhere else to go!"

"What makes you think we'll help you?" Krystella asked loudly and with a hint of sarcasm

"Because you're my parents."

Klay and Krystella laughed at her. Rose Dust sunk down to her knees and cried. Her own parents were to busy to help her in her time of disparate need. She rested her forehead against their front door and continued to weep. How was one supposed to react to that? She was heartbroken, and to an extent, she blamed herself for not being good enough for them.

Van Bloot was now bent on training her to be exactly what he wanted. She was vulnerable and unappreciated. If he could just get her to start trusting him, it wouldn't take long at all for her to become completely dependant on him. She would do everything he said and never turn on him.

"Please!" she whined "You're the only family I have."

As if that actually touched their hearts, Krystella opened the door. Klay was right behind her. He had put on a few pounds and his hair was almost completely white. Krystella had aged more in the face than her husband had, but she only had a single streak of grey in her now shoulder-length hair.

"It's been so long." Krystella said.

Van Bloot could tell by her voice that she was up to something, but Rose Dust was too naive to suspect anything from her birth mother. The young human rose to her feet and embraced her mother. Krystella returned the hug, but Van Bloot snarled at the evil grin on her face.

"How have you been?" Klay asked as he walked out of the cabin

"Good enough." Rose Dust said as she passed the hug down to her father "Until yesterday."

"What kind of trouble have you gotten into this time?" Krystella asked as she started walking

"It wasn't entirely my fault." Rose Dust started to explain, turning her attention to Krystella

"Of course it wasn't." Klay assured her as he started to follow his wife "You're our daughter. I knew it was only a matter of time before you learned how to pin the blame onto others."

"So, that makes you proud?" Rose Dust smiled as she started to walk with them. She really felt like she was bonding with them.

"Not yet." Krystella said.

"Just tell me how to prove myself to you guys, and I'll do it." Rose Dust told them before remembering why she was trying to find them in the first place. "But I need you guys to hide me for a while."

"You have changed." Klay said "Maybe you're more like your brother than we thought you would be."

"Why is everything always about my brother?" Rose Dust was clearly irritated, but she soon changed her tone of voice "How is he anyway?"

"Last I heard, Lilac was going to Kiru City to learn more about battlegear." Krystella told her as she started walking closer to the water.

"He used to visit me from time to time." Rose Dust reminded them "Last time I saw him, he told about how he wanted to visit Kiru. I didn't think he would be gone this long."

"How's that plantation we dropped you off at?" Klay asked her. He was on one side of his daughter and Krystella was on the other. Van Bloot didn't trust that.

"Not too good." Rose Dust admitted "We had a little mishap yesterday. That's kind of why I'm here." She looked at her hands and continued "I can't go back."

"Surely sweet little you didn't hurt somebody." Krystella came to a stop. Van Bloot knew it was not out of mere suprise.

"I didn't have any choice." Rose Dust tried to think of a way to explain it to them with making herself sound crazy

"If it was just self-defense, I'm sure they'll take you back." Klay stopped walking and put a hand on her shoulder.

"How much do you know about Lord Van Bloot?" Rose Dust closed her eyes as she asked that question. She didn't want to see the looks on their faces.

They didn't know whether to be scared or to laugh at her.

"Why do you want to know?" Krystella asked "Did someone say something to you?"

"Van Bloot disappeared before Chaotic started glitching, so I thought you might know something about him."

"And why are you so interested in him?" Klay asked with obvious anger in his voice

"All I know is that he used to be an Underworlder before he sided with the M'errilians and tried to go back in time." she lied

"And you don't know how he learned about the Threshold?" Krystella asked

"I heard he used to have humans working for him, but I don't know their names."

Van Bloot grinned at her reaction to their questions. Rose Dust knew nothing about the trouble those two had caused, especially how her parents used to make deals with him. That reminded him of the how their last deal with him had ending. Those two seemed to be doing fine, but he was still an unwanted criminal and not the ruler of the world like they had promised. He just knew they were going to hurt her somehow, and when they did he would take some of his anger out on them. Not only would it be a delight, but Rose Dust would think he was coming to her rescue, completely unaware of his true intentions.

"What do you think of those humans?" Krystella wanted to know if Rose Dust had become any more evil over the years, but she was not going to flat out ask it

"I don't know what they were thinking. Van Bloot is so dangerous. Who would be selfish enough to help him take over the world just for the sake of some game?"

"Have you learned how to swim?" Klay asked as he grabbed one of her arms with both hands

"No. Why?" Dust was now starting to fear them

"We think it's time you learned." Krystella said as she grabbed Rose's other arm.

"No, please, you're my parents!" Rose Dust tried to reason with them as they lifted her off the ground.

"Not anymore." Krystella practically sang it as they threw Rose Dust into the river.

Van Bloot could hear her splashing around as she began to panic. Now he understood why she had ignored him back at the pond; she had been more afraid of the water then she had of him. Klay and Krystella stopped laughing as Van Bloot roared and jumped out of the forrest as if he was pouncing on them. The two ran, but Van Bloot didn't chace them right away.

Krystella looked back to see if the creature was catching up to them. She stopped running when she saw that he was in the water, rescuing the girl she had given birth to. She now wished he hadn't thrown Dust into the water, but seeing Van Bloot nuzzle her as soon as they were out of the river made Krystella take a few steps back before remembering that was trying to run away from the creature.

"Are you alright?" Van Bloot didn't really care about her- he just didn't like it when anybody messed with something that was his

"I'll never be alright again." Rose Dust said. The lack of emotion in her voice filled Van Bloot with rage.

The creature looked up at the direction the two humans had ran off in, but they were gone. Had it not been for Rose Dust starting to shake from being wet and cold, he would have tracked them down, but there would be plenty of time for that once he got his female dried off and warmed up before she could get sick.

This little human is making me go soft! he realized as he scooped her up into his arms. He would have to beat her when he got back to the cave to remind both of them who was in charge.

But by the time he got her back the their temporary home, he was more concerned with just enjoying her. She had a hard enough day, and since he had come to her rescue, maybe it would be best to try to convince her that he was her friend, and that the world was her enemy. He would start with her parents and move on to her former co-workers. By that time she would enjoy being evil. After all, she had Klay and Krystella's blood running through her veins. She just needed a helping hand to guide her down the path of evil.

He placed Rose Dust on the ground. Without saying a word, she walked to the back of the cave and laid down, using her backpack as a pillow. Her machete was stuck in the wall, but it was too high up for her to reach it.

"You've had a hard day." Van Bloot tried to strike up a conversation with her

"Yeah." she was quiet and sad

"I bet you really hate them after that." Van Bloot tried to bring out any darkness that was within her

"I think I need a little time for all of this to sink in." she said politely

"Suit yourself." he said with a shrug "But don't go anywhere this time."

"I won't."

Van Bloot didn't expect her to stay put, but he flew off to get the dinner he had hunted. When he came back, she was still laying in that same stop, staring at the wall. Van Bloot made a fire and started to roast the animal.

"What's that?" she asked, not bothering to look at it

"Meat." Van Bloot didn't really know what kind of animal it was, and he didn't care either.

"It smells good." she said "I suppose I'm next?"

"Only if you try to run off again." Van Bloot said as though it was a joke. When she didn't respond, he wanted to make her say something. "So how do you want to get back at them?"

Rose Dust knew he was talking about Klay and Krystella. "First I want to burn their house down." she didn't mean it, but it was a fun fantasy.

"That sounds like a difficulty for a human." Van Bloot reminded her "You can't just make a flame orb like I can."

Something clicked in her mind when he said that. She didn't want to hurt them yet, but burning down their house may not be such a bad idea. After all, why should they get to sleep in a warm cabin where they could feel safe when she was stuck in a cave with a murderer? They were supposed to be her parents- they were supposed to care about her. Maybe once they had a few nights in the cold, possibly with a killer watching them, ready to strike at any minute, they would start to understand how she felt.

"You've already come to my rescue once." she reminded him "What do I have to do to get you to back me up?"