As the World Caves In

Chapter 8

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤

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3rd person POV:

Petra and Jean had been running for a while and a trail of bodies had followed them.

She wandered down the street, eyes darting everywhere, Jean behind Petra. He was also scouting the area. The buildings that had nature growing up them seemed to stare down on the both of them. 

"You see anything suspicious?" Petra calls back to Jean hesitantly. She turns to see the brunette shake his head. A bird suddenly fluttering from the side of a building scares the shit out of her and the ginger jumps. Holding her hand to her chest, she closes her eyes in relief. Jean lets out a breath but then suddenly looks worried.

"Where are Levi and (Y/n)?" Jean gives one final glance to the area before slowly dropping his gun to his side.

"No idea... could have sworn they were right behind us." Petra suddenly feels a chill run down her spine. They were fine, she knew that. Right?

"You think something happened to them. Remember that shot we heard? That wasn't ours." Jean almost looks sick. Petra feels the awful feeling in her stomach of anxiety. 

"They're fine, just like everyone else. I'm sure of it." Petra swears, but her head is full of racing thoughts. Jean sighs and turns back behind him. 

"How about we go back and try to find them? The cars' back there." Jean suggests. Petra nods and follows him as they follow the trail of blood and bodies. The gentle sprinkling of rain makes the air feel refreshing and the two breathe in deep. 

The sidewalk is littered with abandoned cars and trash blowing around. Somewhere a dog barking can be heard. But it's still so deathly quiet. And enough to make the ginger and brunette worry about their friends and what happened to the rest of the party. 

After a little while, they turn into a street with a pharmacy. It's a little bit near the end of the street. Petra smiles, if she knew either (Y/n)  or Levi, they would have looked for just that. 

"Petra do you remember this street?" Jean asks, turning back to her. Petra doesn't recall anything so she shakes her head.

Before Jean asks her another question, a loud banging sound can be heard in the pharmacy. Jean and Petra turn to each other, immediately going into survival instincts. They raise their guns, and Petra edges forward with Jean beside her. 

When they finally get to the pharmacy, Petra sees the door is busted in. More like kicked in, a creature didn't do that. Petra turns to Jean on the other side of the door, he signals Petra to look in the windows carefully.

Petra gets up, slowly. But it's too dark to make anything of it. She crouches back down to Jean and shakes her head. Jean's eyes dart to the door and the grip on his gun tightens. He turns to Petra again, eyes almost popping out of his skull when he sees Petra sneak in. He quietly groans and follows behind her.

Petra notes the trashed area of the pharmacy, she can't tell if it's been recent or been like this for a while. After stopping for a couple of seconds to listen for any groaning or creature-like sounds, she switches on her flashlight and stands up. Jean makes a small sound that sounds like a warning and then he's quiet as he shuffles over to the wall.