Zuri woke up with a start when she realized that Chaos was not beside her. She extended her hand to find him, but the ground was so cold, which indicated he had gone for a long time now.
She immediately opened her eyes and sat down, while skimming around her to no avail. She couldn't find Chaos anywhere. Her heart was beating so fast at this rate, as she stood up and kicked the old tree.
"Old tree! Come out! Where did you take Chaos!?" she shouted at him. She had warned him before not to play these kinds of tricks on her, or else she would burn this tree to the ground. Ancient or not, he shouldn't piss her off at a time like this.
And when she didn't get what she wanted, Zuri kicked the tree until the old familiar face appeared from the surface of the bark. He scrunched his brows, as he stared at her disapprovingly.
"I don't remember that you are very violent like this," the old tree complained. "The nymph that I saw…"