(Okay, this will be the last Claus chapter for now. The next time we see him will be a bit. Anyways, I figured we'd go thru his recovery and see how his parents responded to ANY of what was going on. Enjoy the chapter!)

Claus grunted, trying to pick himself up. "M-Must've blacked out…" He thought to himself. "Boney…?" He asked, looking to see his dog in the bed next to him.

Boney whimpered and woke himself up, "Ruff ruff!(Claus! You're okay!)" Boney shouted, happily. He jumped on him and licked his face. "We're both okay! Okay, hey…Boney! Hahaha—Stop!" Claus was being tickled and tried to gently push Boney off of him.

"Where are we?" He asked. "Ruff ruff ruff!(We're back at Wess's room in the retirement home! Mom and Dad found us! We fell into a stack of hay!)" Boney explained, recalling the unpleasant feeling of hay in his mouth.

"W-Wait…Mom and Dad? Oh jeez…" Claus said to himself. "They don't know we were at the Thunder Tower, do they?" Claus asked himself. "Woof woof!(Come on, let's go see them!)" Boney said. Claus nodded his head and walked out.

(Is Claus about to be in trouble?)

Claus walked outside to see his parents talking with Duster. "Claus!" Hinawa immediately caught sight of her son and hugged him tightly. "Baby, I was so worried about you! You came falling in from the cliffs, I didn't know what to think!" Claus hugged back when he realized his mom was crying.

Flint hugged both his son and wife. "I'm glad to see you're okay, kiddo." Claus realized how much his parents missed him.

They were worried he was dead when he fell from the sky suddenly.

"I'm glad to see you, Mom and Dad. But have you seen Fuel and Kumatora?" Claus asked.

"We only saw you and Boney, Claus. Wess and Alec are out looking for them." Duster said.

"Honey, did you see the Thunder Tower? It's been destroyed." Hinawa explained, though it wasn't news to Claus.

Hinawa looked so happy that the Thunder Tower had been destroyed. "Y-Yeah, I did." Claus said.

Flint and Hinawa knew that look on his phase. "Claus, where exactly WERE you in the woods?" Flint asked. Claus felt a pressure on him, "I-I wasn't near Thunder Tower when…ahh!" Claus said.

Hinawa was shocked, "It's good you raised him to be honest, guys." Duster said. "Claus, you WENT to Thunder Tower? Why?" Duster asked.

Claus looked to his side, "Kiddo, don't tell me YOU blew it up?" Flint asked.He wasn't mad, but he wasn't happy.

"No, I didn't! I promise!" Claus said, defensively. "I was…kinda trying to destroy its controls, but that's it! I didn't do it!" Claus explained.

"Did you or didn't you, Claus? Which is it?" Flint said, folding his arms. "I didn't! Because Fassad did." Claus said.

"Mr. Locria? He saw you? There?!" Hinawa asked, grabbing Claus's arms. "Th-That's not important. He's dead." Claus said, "What?!" Flint asked, shocked. "Claus, did you—"

"No! No! No! I didn't kill him, he ate a banana and slipped off the tower." Claus explained. Claus continued to explain his whole situation. The powers he's awakened, the entire crusade into the tower, "But there's something else…" Claus said, smiling strongly. "Lucas is alive. And he's AWAY from those people!" Claus said, Hinawa and Flint had looked so shocked, they didn't comprehend most of this story. It was especially shocking when Claus showed off his PSI.

"Honey, wh-why don't you give me and your father a moment? All this…it's a little hard to take all at once." Hinawa said, she couldn't UNDERSTAND all that was happening.

Claus was given superpowers, Fassad fell to his doom. And Lucas is alive? How could Claus even be sure of that?

"S-Sorry! I'm just…a lot happened, but I heard it from Fassad! Lucas is alive! I don't know where, but I knew it!" Claus was beginning to get excited. "Easy, kiddo. Fassad could've been bluffing." Flint tried to remind his son. "Dad, I know it may sound like a lie, but a part of me always knew he was alive and I didn't want to give up—" Claus tried to explain.

Flint didn't know how to respond. He didn't know whether or not Fassad was lying, but at the same time. He DOES want his second son to be alive. "Honey, you need to calm down." Hinawa tried to say. "Why? This is great news! I'm sure if we can find any leads and—" Claus stopped and frowned. "M-Mom, why aren't you happy about this?" Claus asked.

"Honey, I'm happy to hear that Lucas is alive, but I don't want you driving yourself crazy trying to find him." Hinawa realized what was happening.

"What? I'm not driving myself crazy, Mom. We know he's alive, I don't know where, but if we can bring him home, he'll be back with us." Claus was getting confused by how his mother was feeling. "Mom, you can't be serious about ME. It's like you don't even want him back." Claus said.

"Sweetheart, it's not like that."

"Then why aren't you happy about this?" Claus asked, unconsciously clenching his fist.

"Because it's a lot to take all in at once, Claus." Flint said. "Kiddo, you've been looking for him for so long. We worry about you going off and this time, you stormed a giant tower! We'll find him, but you need to calm down."

"I don't need to do anything except fix this, Dad. I'm able to. He's my brother…he's your son…" Claus said.

Flint and Hinawa held him in an embrace. "Look, you've been through a lot today, Claus. Why don't you get some rest?" Flint said.

"We'll put together a search party for Kumatora and Fuel. You can join after you rest." Hinawa said, still hugging her child. Claus looked to his side, but he reluctantly nodded.

"Okay, Mom." Claus said, before she kissed her head. "Mom, I'm too old for that…" Claus said.

Flint just chuckled, "That's what all kids say at your age, kiddo." Flint said.

Claus walked away and finally gave Hinawa and Flint a moment alone.

"He definitely takes after you, Flint." Hinawa said, remembering those days Flint went to go search for Lucas in the mountains and the Drago Plateau.

"What are we gonna do, Hina?" Flint said, unsure of how to handle this situation. "I believe him if he says so, but…a lot to unfold comes from if Lucas is okay. Claus said he wasn't with those people Fassad was leading." Hinawa recalled, "But…where could he be? Is someone taking care of him? What if…they raise him in a way that…" Hinawa was scared at the possibility of Lucas being raised to be something bad.

"You gotta have faith, hon. If this is God's way of saying he's still with us, that's good." Flint explains. He straightened his cowboy hat, "But right now, let's focus on Claus and make sure he doesn't get hurt again." Flint said.

"You're not going to stop him?" Hinawa asked.

"I couldn't, even if I wanted to. Kiddo doesn't stop until he finds a way to get to where he's going." Flint said, knowing that Claus's determination was so strong.

"But we need to be there for him. He doesn't need to keep fighting alone." Flint said.

Hinawa shut her eyes and quietly hoped for God's grace on her sons. "Please Lord…Flint, this might not be healthy for him. I'm still not sure." Hinawa said. There were so many things she was worried about.

She wasn't sure if Claus was mentally prepared to handle anything like finding his brother. And if Lucas really WAS alive…where has he been.

(The next day)

Claus grabbed a bag and ran toward the Chimera Research Lab. After spending a bit of yesterday looking for Kumatora and Fuel, he and Boney were on their own, and they thought Murasaki and Sunshine Forest was a good place to start.

"I hope they're still alive." Claus sincerely hoped, "Woof woof!(Claus! I'm picking up a scent!)" Boney said.

"Really, where?!" Claus asked.

"Ruff ruff!(It's Kumatora! I think she's further ahead!)" Boney said.

Claus and Boney immediately started running and rushing the Chimeras as quickly as possible.

"Okay, let's head to the Lab! I know it's somewhere out here!" Claus said, looking forward.

"I just hope Kumatora hasn't been captured by the Pigmasks at the lab. Still…Fassad and his…"king", what did they want with the two of us?" Claus asked himself.

"Fassad wanted to use me for my powers. But…Kumatora isn't a princess anymore and…she didn't have powers. Or…does she?" Claus thought to himself.

(Meanwhile)

Fuel had felt himself wake up in a nice warm bed. "What…happened?" Fuel thought to himself. The boy looked around to see he was in some sort of cylinder shaped building. "Wh-Where am I…?" Fuel asked, "O-Oh my gosh! Claus! Kumatora! Boney!" Fuel immediately got out of bed and tried to hurry out the door.

As he got outside, he saw a bunch of small houses, and he looked like he was in some sort of valley. What Fuel DIDN'T understand were the creatures he saw walking around. They weren't any animals he's seen before, "ꔠ ƌℓی ƌƌ𝕂! ꔠ ƌℓی ƌƌ𝕂!" A voice behind him had said.

These creatures looked like nodes with legs and whiskers! "Am-Am-Am I dead?!" Fuel asked, freaking out when he saw the unfamiliar creature.

"یℓℓɣ ƌℓ ηơ ɗƌɗ, βơη𝙶! ɣơ η یℓφɣ Ⴥơ ƌ ɗƌɣ!"The creature said, Fuel was weirded out by these guys. He hoped Claus and the rest of the Nowhere Gang would be here someday soon"ᨓ. یƌη ی ᨓɣ ηƌᨓ! ɣơی, ƶơơᨓ?"

(Okay, we're done for now! I know I'm hyping up Fuel's minor role, but he'll contribute a little bit more in the series soon. Don't worry about Boney and Kumatora, either. They should get some moments, too. But yeah, looks like Claus and his folks are having a bit of turbulence about this whole situation. But that's all I'll say for now. Next chapter will return to the MHA side of this. I hope you guys enjoyed this. Stay strong and awesome!)

Jeremiah 17:7 KJV:

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.