I am the child of a monster!

There was chaos everywhere as people ran helter-skelter while screaming loudly.

Many ladies had split their pencil skirts in two to aid in their quick escape from the museum. Others threw off their costly wigs, some broke their heels, others threw away their designer bags.

A black-haired lady who wore no make-up, and was clad in a black knee-length gown and low silver sandals, stood in the midst of all this chaos wondering: "What's going on?"

She was someone who doesn't quickly react to emergency situations. Now everyone was running aimlessly from something she couldn't even see. She adjusted her silver bag and looked around in puzzlement.

"Why are they running?" she thought.

"Run for your lives, the devil has descended on our land," an old man shouted as he ran past her.

The lady saw that the parking lot of the museum had no soul in it. No one had bothered to even ride their cars. Many had apparently even lost their car keys.

It was then that the lady began to run, she was heading for the entrance gate.

"Stop right there!" she heard a voice that was loud, deep, rough and scary.

The lady stopped in her tracks and turned around to see a scary sight. There was a monster looking at her. He was almost 2.5m and his hair was green and in several braids that reached his waist. There was the tattoo of a serpent on his chest which trailed down to his stomach.

A/n: "he has 6 packs!"

He had green snake scales on his hands, belly, face, neck, and chest. His ears were pointed like an elf and he had long, sharp, black fingernails. He had a nose ring with tiny chains that were joined to the golden earring in the shape of a serpent that was worn in his right ear. His teeth were yellow and sharp, his tongue came out and she saw it was forked. What was even scarier was the fact that he has a black and red stripped snake's tail that was very long!

"Don't you dare try to escape!" the monster said in a baleful manner.

When the monster was speaking to her, she had seen that he had developed long vampire fangs, and his eyes turned from gold to red. She gulped and turned around.

She then broke into a run, passing the museum's entrance gate and heading for the streets.

The monster chased after her; leisurely gliding on the ground with his tail, his arms folded.

"Silly human, keep running. No matter what you do, or where you hide, you will become my meal. I can't wait to taste you." the monster said with a sinister laugh, not increasing nor reducing the speed he used to chase her.

The lady kept running until she got to the main roads.

She was surprised to see a great lineup of cars with no one inside them. As she ran in the midst of the cars on the highways, the monster behind her kept lifting cars like they were as light as a pencil. He would then throw them away, not caring where they fell to or whom they hit. Many buildings were destroyed in the process.

*******

3 minutes later.

He was closing in on her.

The lady did not know what to do. She was getting tired, but she knew couldn't stop. This monster here will also easily catch up to her, no matter how hard she ran. She saw that there was no escape for her. She also couldn't turn back to face that unsightly monster.

"Help! Help! Save me!" she kept screaming as she ran, but no one came to her rescue. She started crying.

"Why? Why me? Girl, why were you so stupid? You had the chance to escape this trouble. But now look, you're being pursued; struggling for a chance to see tomorrow's sunlight." she condemned herself for having a slow brain.

Everyone around hid in their homes; praying that this devilish monster wouldn't come to kill them.

"What do I do? Who will save me?" she thought as she ran. The lady suddenly kicked against a stone and fell down.

She fearfully turned her head to look back, only the see the monster 3 feet away from her.

He stopped moving and stared at her for a moment.

"Pfft! Hahaha! Hahaha! I told you, didn't I? No matter what you do, I will still catch you." he said.

"Time to have a taste of you... lovely one!"

All hope was lost!

"Girl, you are so unlucky. You'll die young and unmarried. You haven't even seen much of life yet." she thought.

She wiped her tears and closed her eyes, bracing for pain and death, when suddenly, she heard sounds of sirens.

"Sirens! Yes, the police are here. Thank goodness. I can live. I have hope!" she encouraged herself in her heart.

She heard sounds of shooting and opened her eyes.

Indeed, the monster's attention had been diverted. He had turned around to face the police officers and soldiers that had just arrived. They were continuously firing bullets at the monster, but the monster's skin seemed impenetrable. All the bullets shot at him always fell to the ground.

The lady did not care anymore as she immediately took off her scandals and retreated slowly. Then she turned around and began to run away.

The soldiers and police officers were determined. No matter what, this monster must go down. They kept walking closer to the monster while firing a series of bullets. The monster turned his head and saw that his prey had escaped.

Furious, he roared and smashed two cars on his right and left.

"Idiots! Do you think these toys can hurt me?" the monster yelled and then spurted out a green mist that enveloped all the soldiers and police officers.

It resulted in a lot of cars being set ablaze and all the police and soldiers dropping to the ground dead. The monster hissed and then glided to one of them. He sank his long fingernails into the chest of a police officer and pulled out his heart.

He then threw it into his mouth and chewed it noisily, like it was the most delicious food ever. Then he gouged out the two eyes of the deceased cop, which he swallowed. He began to this to every dead person in the place, pulling out their hearts and eyes to eat and swallow.

The corpses were beginning to fester and then the monster started cutting out all their di*ks and chewed on them.

Blood flowed down his hands and mouth down to his chest as he did this disgusting thing.

"Boy! I'm so thirsty," the monster muttered.

He saw a five-month-old baby left inside a small car and his eyes lit up.

"Fresh and pure wine to drink," he said happily as he rushed to the car and broke the glasses.

The baby had been crying, but when he carried the baby, it suddenly stopped crying and smiled.

The monster's eyes then lit up. He bit the baby's wrist gently and blood flowed out, making the baby start crying again. The monster then spoke some incantations in a strange language and the wound on the baby's wrist automatically healed.

"That's right, my dear! You will continue from where I stopped. You will cause the greatest havoc, one that I can't even imagine. In 15 years, your power will awaken, my dear. Do not fail me!" the monster said before putting the baby back into the back seat of the red car.

Then he turned around and glided in the direction that his prey ran to.

"Silly human, you can never escape from my hands," he said with a sinister laugh.

***********

The lady who had finally arrived at her home, locked the door to her home with many keys.

She then sat tiredly on the floor to take deep breaths. She crawled to the kitchen to get water from the fridge, which she finished in one go.

"Aahh!" she sighed deeply.

"That was tough! Hopefully, the monster will be taken down soon. I'm so fortunate to get in here in time." she thought.

She switched on the Tv to watch the news and was terrified to hear that the monster had brutally killed and mutilated the poor soldiers and police officers.

Was she next? Her heart began to beat wildly. Her whole body became red, like the temperature in the room was too high. She was afraid to turn on the fan and decided to hide in her cupboard. She covered herself with clothes. No, she must survive. She must survive!

If she can make it till tomorrow, she'd leave this damn place and go far, far away to a super remote village. Life was important!

Suddenly, she heard a knock. Her heart nearly jumped outta her chest.

Who was there? Was it the monster? The monster couldn't possibly know her place, right? What kind of nose did he have?

"Cheryl, open up. It's me Rebecca. I finally got the job. I know you're in there. Come on, open up."

A female voice was heard from outside the door.

The lady came out from the cupboard and crawled into the kitchen to get a knife. Better safe than sorry!

She then slowly tip-toed to the door.

"What's the code?" she asked nervously.

"Girl power!" the voice replied anxiously from outside.

The black-haired lady became relaxed.

It was indeed her friend at the door. She was just too worried. Haha, time to see her friend and get a warm hug!

She excitedly unlocked all the padlocks and opened the door.

"Hey honey!" the lady said and happily hugged her friend. However, her friend did not wrap her hands around her and try to raise her up like she normally would. The lady broke the hug and looked at her friend.

"Rebecca, are you alright?" she asked in confusion.

"I'm sorry, Cheryl. I don't want to die early. I also don't want my family to die." Rebecca started crying.

"What's wrong with you?" the lady was further puzzled.

"I... had to bring him here. He... He wanted to see you... I couldn't resist... I'm sorry. Please forgive me, bestie!" Rebecca couldn't say anything and just continued weeping.

"You brought who here?" the lady was having a bad feeling in her heart.

"I... I..." Rebecca stammered.

"My dear prey, she brought me here. Ta-da!" that scary monster materialized in front of the lady and Rebecca ran away yelling: "I'm sorry, Cheryl." in tears.

"How do you like my surprise?" the monster asked with a creepy smile.

The lady was stunned by her friend's betrayal and seeing this monster in front of her. He was here. He indeed came to find her, just as she'd feared!

"Rebecca Willows, I will not forgive you!" she swore in her heart.

"Dear, let this king take a good look at you." the monster used his hand to raise her chin up. She trembled at his action. To say she was scared, was an understatement.

"Vana! You are Vana!" he exclaimed in shock.

"I'm not Vana. I'm Cheryl. Please leave me alone!" she yelled and went back in. She tried to lock the door, but she found to her horror that his snake tail was already in her house. How would she lock the door then?

She started weeping.

"Please let me go." she begged from behind the door. She didn't want to see him at all.

"Vana, just open it. I won't hurt you. I may look evil, but deep inside, I only have you in my heart, Vana." the monster said in a surprisingly tender voice.

"No! Please, just go away!" she cried. "Just leave me alone. I don't know you. If I've offended you in some way, then I'm sorry. Just please go find someone else. I don't have enough meat to fill your teeth."

"No, Vana! How could I think of hurting you? Please, just open the door."

"No! Just get lost you sicko!" she barked and hit the door.

He gritted his teeth and his eyes changed back to gold.

"Well then, you leave me no choice but to do this!" his tone was harsh this time. He pulled out the door easily and threw it into the passageway.

Cheryl had fallen to the floor butt first from the surprise action and before she could get up and run, he easily picked her up and carried her bridal style.

"Vana, it's me! Open your eyes and look!" he said, but she just closed her eyes tightly. She was too scared to see him so close. She might as well die.

"Save me! Someone, help me!" she cried in her heart.

The monster turned around and glided away quickly,

He left the area, tossing people and things in his way to the side. He headed to the direction of the Arlone forest which was 20km to the south.

**********

An hour later.

He placed Cheryl gently on a smooth huge rock.

"Vana, my love, I can finally taste your pure sweetness." he said with a chuckle.

Cheryl had long fainted before they even got to the forest.

"Vana, back then, we were unjustly separated. I missed you so much. Now, we can finally be together." the monster said.

He sat on the grass and grabbed on to a tree.

Sss! Sss!

He kept hissing as the scales in his face fell off and got replaced by human flesh. It soon progressed to other parts of his body.

He was transforming into a human form.

His long tail shortened and split in two in the middle; causing him to scream miserably for a few minutes until the split tail could form legs.

His eyes became clear blue and his lips red.

In human form, he had eight packs, lean waist, broad shoulders with a snake's tattoo on his neck and right leg.

After two minutes, the pain was gone, and he got up and scratched his head a bit.

Then he stood up, reaching two meters in height. His ears remained pointed like an elf's.

He knelt beside the unconscious Cheryl with a meaningful smile on his lips.

"Vana, I won't last long. But I am glad that I met you. You will carry my seedling if I am lucky enough."

He then tore off her coverings!

********

Cheryl woke up in an unfamiliar room.

The bed she lay on was five times bigger than the one she had at home.

This room was so big, her head spun for a moment. This is a rich person's room.

How did she get here, or was it just a dream?

She rubbed her eyes and pinched herself.

"Ouch!" she cried. It wasn't a dream then.

Oh right! She was even placed on drip too! What happened to her that she ended up here?

"Hello? Anyone?" she called out in a hoarse voice.

The door suddenly opened and a young lady dressed in a black suit and gray heels came in and then made for Cheryl.

This lady wore no make-up or jewelries. Her hair was tied in a simple bun, but her beauty could not be overlooked.

"Young miss, you are awake, that's great! Please, relax while I go alert the young master for you." the lady said before turning around to leave the room.

"Wait..."

The lady closed the room's entrance door before Cheryl could ask anything.

"What's going on here?" she thought in confusion.

Who was this anonymous 'young master' and why was she referred to as 'young miss' by that stern-looking lady?

Before long, the door was opened again and the stern-looking lady came back in and waited three feet away from the door. Her head was bowed.

In no time, a man came inside the room, dressed in blue denim jeans that were ripped at the knees, red t-shirt with a gold dragon's logo, a silver chain around his neck, silver wristwatch on his left wrist and black and silver stripped leather sandals on his feet.

He wore a peony perfume scent.

His brown red hair was shoulder length and partly tied in place with a white jade Ming dynasty hair pin fastened to it.

He wore some make-up and looked like some korean K-pop idol.

6ft tall and slim, his solid 8 packs couldn't be hidden by the red t-shirt.

Cheryl marvelled at this delicious sight she was beholding. Such a man existed? He is indeed a young master!

"You're awake." the man stated as he sat on the chair beside the bed. He looked at the drip bag and said that there was still a long way to go.

Cheryl didn't know what words to say. Many scenes were playing in her head. She felt she had committed a sin to even see him. Ahh, this handsomeness overdose!

"Sir...I...Uh...." she stammered.

"We found you in the forest when we went camping so we took you here." the man explained. His voicewas melody to the ears. She wanted to listen to it all day.

She subconsciously smiled.

"You were severely injured when we saw you. What did you encounter?" the man asked.

"I..." she held her head. When she tried to recall what happened, there was this sudden headache.

"Your head hurts?" the man asked in concern.

"Yeah...Really hurts!" she managed to say with one eye closed.

"Then rest! When you recover, you might remember. By the way, I'm called Shane Whitlock. You?"

"I'm... Cheryl... Cheryl Adler." she replied. "Thanks for saving me. I appreciate." she said with a smile.

"That's nothing. It's my duty to help a vulnerable person. And what would you like to eat?" Shane asked.

"Anything edible... but I really want spicy... spicy food."

"Oh? You can't eat that right now."

"Then... anything nutritious and delicious. Sorry for the trouble." she said in a small voice.

Shane patted her shoulders after rising from the chair.

"I'll be back. Relax! Visiting La-la land isn't a crime either." he said and she chuckled.

He then turned around to leave the room with the stern-looking lady who helped close the door behind them.

Cheryl felt tired and closed her eyes. She couldn't still believe how she landed here with this hot pie. She tried recalling previous events but another headache bout came. She decided to just relax and soon went to La-la land.

30 Minutes later.

Shane returned to the room with a lunch box in his hand. He placed it on the table beside the bed.

He saw that Cheryl fast asleep and a smile crept up to his lips.

This Cheryl may be average, but the scars on her face did not diminish her charm in any way.

He sat on the chair beside the bed and touched her forehead with his right palm.

"Her temperature's okay" he muttered.

Sensing someone touching her forehead, she opened her eyes and beheld Shane.

"I'm back, Angel." he said and retracted this hand.

He then pointed to the lunch box.

She smiled and tried to get up, but he stopped her.

"Don't worry, miss. I'll feed you. So relax!" he offered, but she shook her head in refusal.

"No, you can't! You've done enough. Please, just let me eat by myself," she pleaded, but he also shook his head.

"No miss, I insist!"

He helped her sit on the bed and opened the lunch box. He brought out a steel cooler and carefully opened it to reveal golden fried noodles. The aroma was heavenly to foodie Cheryl as her eyes shone with delight.

"This is the Legendary Kim Joon's noodles. Where did you get it?" she asked excitedly.

"Well, Kim Joon isn't the best noodle chef out there. I can cook as well." he said while pouring the noodles into a ceramic plate.

He then picked the chopsticks and told her to open her mouth. When she obeyed, he blew on it gently and fed her.

********

A white Rolls-Royce car parked outside a twin duplex building that was in a rich neighbourhood. The driver's door opened, and a man attired in grey suit, Teal Blue colored Shoes, black sunglasses and silver-gray stripped hat alighted from the car.

He walked to the other side of the car and opened the back seat's door on the right and two feet wearing silver heels came down first. Then the owner of the elegant feet showed her full self and left the car.

The driver bowed and closed the backseat's door gently.

This lady had fair skin, long, slim legs, was 5ft tall, lean backside, but she had some curves. It's evident on the blue denim miniskirt that she wore.

Underneath the short skirt are fish net stockings. She wore a Yellow tank top and a blue denim jean jacket.

She held a silver purse and donned a silver necklace. Her dyed red hair is nek length and held in place by a blue hair band. The gold sunglasses she put on made her look like some bad chick!

"Gildo, stay here. I need to say 'Hello' to my friend," she said in a sweet voice.

"Yes, young miss!" the driver nodded, and the lady walked to the gate of the twin duplex. She took out a badge from her purse and raised it up slightly. Immediately, an automated voice was heard:

"Access allowed. You may go in." the lady placed the badge back in her purse and walked in. Then the gate closed by itself.

***********

Inside the main living room.

Several men and women dressed in black and red clothes greeted the pretty lady; contrasting the white color of the Walls and chairs. They were the servants who welcomed honored guests into the residence.

She climbed the stairs gradually until she got to a certain point. She then looked back down at the servants and continued climbing upstairs.

The lady passed through several doors and finally got to a passage which had some rooms.

She walked on till she got to a certain golden door with the crest of a serpent engraved on it.

The lady opened the door to see Shane feeding Cheryl the noodles.

He tried to coax her into eating more noodles even when she said she was already full. The young lady dropped her purse, which fell to the tiled floor and broke as it was actually part glass!

This alerted Shane and Cheryl as they turned to see this pissed lady before them.

"Oh! Nerissa, you are here. You should have called," Shane said as he gently put the cooler into the lunch box back.

"Who is she, Shane?" the lady (whom we will now refer to as Nerissa Ferryson) asked with a frown.

"I am called Cherry. Nice to meet you, miss," Cherryl said in a small voice and flashed a smile.

Nerissa felt disgusted by the scars on Cheryl's face.

"Shane, what is she doing here?" Nerissa asked in ire. This damn lady with scars was an eyesore. She was only away for a week and then this low life had somehow crept into his home? What big guts she has!

"Nerissa, I can't believe you are like this. It's obvious! She needs medical attention, can't you see that? Or are those fake eyelashes of yours obstructing your view? Better take them off so you can see clearly." Shane replied unhappily. He was annoyed at her presence. This spoilt missy who wants everything going her way. Sigh!

"... You... then why not take her to the hospital? She is an ugly lowlife. Not worthy of your attention and time. Why bring her here?" Nerissa yelled.

"Young lady, it seems the old man has spoiled you too much. How can you be so insensitive to the predicament of others? She is a woman like you. Nerissa Ferryson, I'm sorry, but I can't take this attitude of yours any longer. Lisa?" he called.

"Yes, young master?" a slim, short brunette lady dressed in a black gown adorned paired with red and white stripped heels and red earrings entered the room quickly.

"Sir, Lisa is here. Please, what are your orders?" she asked with her head bowed.

"Please, kindly throw her someplace she deserves. Make sure she looks even 'prettier'." Shane commanded.

"Roger that!" she said.

Nerissa became more livid at Shane's words. What did he mean by this? What did he take her for? She wasn't some item. Was he also saying that she wasn't as pretty as that scarred, ugly lady on the bed? That bitch! She clenched her fists and her long artificial nails dug into her fair, soft palms.

"Shane, how dare you?" Nerissa barked.

Cheryl wanted to speak, but he signalled her to be silent and rest. The short lady dragged Nerissa away from the room. She may look frail, but she is actually the 10th strongest among Shane's bodyguards.

*******

Nerissa's hair was now in a mess as her blue hair band had fallen off when she kept resisting.

No matter how she tried, she couldn't break free from the short woman's tight grip

One of her heels broke process and Nerissa's ire reached the top.

"I said let me go of me. You are hurting me, you bitch! Are you jealous because I'm tall, sexy and pretty? Let go of me! Let go of me, dwarf!" Nerissa barked.

"Young Miss, I'm only obeying orders from my boss," the short lady coldly stated and continued dragging Nerissa down the stairs in an impolite manner.

Nerissa's other heel broke too, but she couldn't stop the lady from holding her right hand tight.

Her strength was no joke. A pampered missy like Nerissa was like a newly hatched chick.

"Damn bitch, don't think you won today. I will make sure you suffer and beg for mercy." Nerissa yelled as the lady continued dragging her down the stairs. When they reached the lowest floor, the lady tossed Nerissa onto the hard marble floor like some sack of grain.

"Now, you can leave all by yourself. Master's orders!" the lady said flatly and climbed back the way they had come. (i.e. upstairs)

Nerissa struggled to stand up, as no one amongst the servants had bothered to help her. They just remained in their spot, watching her actions.

"Shane Whitlock, if I don't make you kneel before me and beg for mercy, then I'm not Nerissa. You actually had me thrown out for that lowlife, ugly bitch wearing human skin. I'll teach you both a lesson, I swear!" she barked.

"Noisy, keep your voice down, Miss." one servant said coldly.

"You..."

An angry Nerissa pointed at all the servants.

"You all. I'll teach you all some lessons too. Then I'll render you jobless..." another servant interrupted her.

"Us, unsatisfactory lives, shall wait to see how you, the dragon queen, will fulfill her vows. Until then, let this ant be rude to you today." said the servant.

She bit her lips hard and ran out of the twin duplex.

Her driver was stunned to see her dishevelled look, but he quickly opened the door for her to get in.

******

Back in the room.

Shane told Cheryl that Nerissa was his childhood friend who had been over pampered by her family, as she was the only daughter.

"I kinda feel bad for her," Cheryl said sadly.

"No, don't be! She's very annoying. I'm glad she's out. I can't stand her." Shane said.

"Shane, please let me be a servant to repay your kindness." she offered, but Shane immediately refused with the excuse that she was too weak

"All my servants are well trained in martial arts." he said and she sighed

"How about I do a little cleanup for a month. Take it as me doing it for fun. Please?" she begged with puppy eyes.

"Fine, you win! But that will happen only when you are done recovering." he finally compromised, and she smiled.

3 weeks later.

Cheryl had completely healed and ever her scars were gone thanks to the miraculous cream that Shane gave her as a gift two weeks ago. Her skin was soft as a baby.

Shane gladly gave her a tour of his home and they cater went out to have fun in the amusement park.

These days, Cheryl felt her heart flutter whenever she is around him. She had fallen in love with him.

Shane had also realized his feelings for her too.

He had long investigated her background and found she was a waitress at Meyner's restaurant

He told her she didn't need to go back to working there.

"Your pancakes are the best I've ever tasted. How about you just stay here and work for me? Although it won't be as fun as meeting fresh faces every day like your old job." he asked.

"I can be your personal chef then," she replied.

So she became his private chef and their friendship grow so close that Shane decided to confess his love to her.

He proposed to her a month later with a diamond ring and she happily agreed.

******

4 days later, Shane was invited to a party by one of his associates. He decided to take Cheryl along.

But she wasn't confident. She said she would look weird to them all.

Shane then recruited a talented make-up artist and two fashion designers to turn her into something out of this world - a goddess! When Cheryl was finally shown to him after 3 hours, he gasped.

"Angel, please marry me now." he said desperately, and the others laughed. Shane circled around her with hands on his chin.

"There is something missing." Shane said.

Cheryl blushed, but gave him a kiss on the right side of his cheek.

"Now you are a perfect, hot babe." he said and gave her a hug.

The door to the main living room opened, and a lady dressed in a body hugging, black lace gown, gold heels and a few gold jewelry.

She put on no make-up and the stunning thing was that she looked identical to Cheryl.

"Babe, this is Amariya, one of My Shadow guards. She's currently wearing a mask. Nerissa will be there and she might want to harm you." he explained.

"That's great! You are so sweet!" she kissed his left cheek.

"Hehe, anything for my babe." he said flirtingly.

The female bodyguard greeted Cheryl.

"Future madam, you are too stunning. Can I marry you? " she joked.

"Like I'd let you get close to her." Shane said confidently, causing the ladies to laugh.

Amethyst hotels.

One of the 5 star hotels in Y city. A lot of moneyed second generation men and women were in a booked hall dancing to loud party music.

They were all dressed like bad boys and girls and some even carried fake guns to add to their charisma

At this party, Nerissa is with a group of 5 girls. These girls wore black clothes, yellow accessories, and dark makeup. Nerissa is however, dressed in gold and red short gown (that stopped just below her butt), green iron chain belt, silver 8-inch heels, scary make-up and her hair is made in two ponytails.

She looked more like a bad girl trying to imitate a cute, good girl but unfortunately cannot hide her true taste- bad girl style!

Share entered the party hall wearing a white suit. The inner t-shirt was black and transparent. He paired it with a red and black stripped hat and black leather shoes. He wore Smokey make-up and looked like an ethereal Greek divine being.

The moment he stepped in with the bodyguard disguised as Cheryl, the spotlight was on them.

The Chairman of the event walked to them, holding a microphone and showered them with praises.

Everyone cheered when Shane smiled. The bodyguard shyly waved at the crowd staring at her and flashed a bright smile.

Shane then placed his hands around her shoulders and secretly tapped on it.