A Taste of Kaos Chapter 7

This chapter is dedicated to Paz. :-) Thanks for being a great friend.

Chapter 7


One Week Later . . .


Kaos wandered around the woods. He knew he was looking for something, but what? He felt as though he was being watched, and turned around. There she was, standing there, in a see- through dress that fell to her knees. It had a slit up the side, all the way to the hip. She turned and ran from him. Kaos gave chase. He wouldn't let her slip through his fingers yet again. Chrysalis Kelly would be his!

Kaos followed her through the undergrowth; tree limbs smacked him in the face, while bushes scratched his knees. He looked down and gasped. He was naked except for his guitar. He heard laughter; not thinking about why he was naked. He followed the sound until he found himself at a water fall. There she was! Her back to him. She was completely naked. Kaos moved one step forward.

Whirling around, with anger and surprise showing on her face, Chrys yelled. "How dare you! You pervert!” She turned and dove into the water.

Kaos pursued her screaming, "I'm not a pervert! I swear I just want to kiss you! Chrysalis, Chrysalis come back!”

He looked into the water, which had once been clear. It was now frosted. He reached down to touch it, but pain shot through him. He looked towards the ground; a snapping turtle was trying to bite his foot.

Suddenly, woodland creatures started flying from the trees straight at him, all shouting "Pervert! Pervert!"

Kaos tried to fend them off, but couldn't. He screamed, “I'm not a pervert! I'm not a pervert!" The animals continued with their onslaught. There was a strange buzzing sound and then he felt instant pain.

Kaos woke up on the floor, with a start. The sheets were tangled around his naked body; covered in sweat. His hair stuck to his face and he was breathing hard.

"Morning Pervert!” Roar said, bounding cheerfully into Kaos' room. Roar sat down on his brother's bed grinning.

"Shut up." Kaos muttered.

"You look horrible! What, not sleeping well? Dreaming that you're a pervert again?" Roar continued dismissively.

Kaos groaned and tried to disentangle himself from his sheets. When he finally freed himself, he stood up.

"Whoa, whoa, pervert, I may be family, but put some clothes on!" Roar said laughing, shielding his eyes from Kaos' nudity.

Kaos ignored him and headed for the shower. Today was the day that Remy had his interview with Chrysalis and Kaos wanted to be there.

As Roar was staying with him, he had to entertain his baby brother. Kaos adjusted the hot and cold taps until they were just right; then stepped into the stall. If only he could manoeuvre it so that they could end up at the Irish Emerald Bar and Grill, where the interview was being held. He had to make it look like an accident; pure coincidence. Unfortunately, Roar had insisted on going to the Romance Festival held in town. Roar's favorite erotica author, Jezebel Saunders was having a book signing.

Kaos groaned, he didn't want to hang out at a Romance Festival. He wanted to see Chrysalis again. He hadn't been able to stop thinking about her since that kiss they had shared over a week ago. He finished soaping his body, rinsing himself off and began shampooing his hair. Somehow, he had to end up at the Bar and Grill.

"Hey Bro, phone call.” Roar walked straight into the bathroom and opened one of the sliding doors. His eyes were closed as he handed the phone to Kaos.

"Give me that Dimwit! Go make breakfast or something! Be useful!” Kaos declared as he grabbed the telephone.

Roar saluted him, "As you wish your Excellency.” Roar left the bathroom, slamming the door behind him.

Kaos rolled his eyes and said, "Hello?"

"Good Morning, was that Roar I spoke too?" Vasili asked.

Vasili was the half brother of Kaos, Trace, Roar and Tigress Bella. The half brother that only Kaos knew about.

"Yup, that was the knucklehead” replied Kaos, with exasperation. “Are you here? You missed the concert."

Vasili chuckled. "Sorry, I had to take care of something.”

The response suggested to Kaos that Vasili’s business involved a lady.

"I will be in town for a week and then head back to England. Grandmother is arriving soon. She has decided that England should be the proper place for a meeting with her grandchildren, if they wished to meet her?"

Kaos mulled this over; he honestly wanted to see his grandmother. He missed her.

"She is changing the plans. Why? You still haven't told me how you know that Ti-Bell was mulling over her decision to see Babushka?”

There was a pause. Vasili voice contained an edge that was previously lacking. "She has her reason for changing the plans! As for Ti-Bell, a friend of mine has a sister who goes to college with her. They are friends and she confided in my friend's sister about the letter."

"Oh…..! Roar is here, so how do we play this? He'll be here for another week.” There was another pause.

"Test the Waters! See how he will react to having another brother. I think that is all we can do for now."

Kaos heard a woman's voice in the background as Vasya continued. "I must go. My cousin Mira has informed me that my taxi is here. I will see you in a day or so." Vasya hung up before he could ask him about his flight and arrival plans.

Kaos finished showering and stepped out of the stall. He began to dry himself off and pondered the possible reactions of his siblings. Trace may not be as receptive to the news of having a new brother, but perhaps Roar would be. In Kaos’ opinion, Roar would like Vasili; he was fun and all in all a good person. If they got along, then maybe by the end of Vasya's trip, Kaos would tell him. Telling his brother Trace would the hardest thing. Trace still had a lot of resentment and would probably hate their father even more. Once Vasya’s existence was revealed and Trace was told the real reason why they were exiled from the rest of their clan; it would probably result in a permanent rift between father and son.

Kaos dried off his hair and wrapped a towel around his waist. Picking up the phone, he wandered into the kitchen to find Roar eating some toast and watching the news. Kaos shook his head and placed the phone in its cradle. Roar's attention was so engrossed in the report that he was destroying the scrambled eggs he was cooking.

"Roar I'll take over. You watch the news okay?”

Roar looked up and then looked down at the pan sheepishly. "Ooops, sorry."

Kaos started up a new batch of scrambled eggs and cooked some bacon. "A friend of mine will be spending some time with us; he should be arriving tomorrow or the day after. He's from England; I think you'll like him."

Roar finished up his toast and asked, "What's he like?"

Kaos thought over what to tell his brother.

"He's fun, outgoing, lots of laughs."

Roar liked what he heard.

"Sounds like a good guy."

Kaos smiled.

"Yes he is. So no stupid pranks. Okay?"

Kaos felt something hit his bare arm and he looked down to see it was a napkin.

"Are you ashamed of me big brother?"

Kaos leaned down, picked up the napkin and threw it back at his brother.

"Yes, very ashamed."

Roar laughed, "Just for that, when we get to the festival I'm not going to help you out when the girls mob you."

Kaos shook his head. "I won't need help. I can handle all the women."

Yeah, except for Chrysalis Kelly. He thought.