Possessed (A MCSM Fanfiction)

Chapter 4 - Infected

Petra was slowly beginning to wake up. She was lying on her bed where she had collapsed earlier that day, Rascal fast asleep at her side.

Letting out a long yawn, Petra rolled over onto her back and reached up to rub her tired eyes. She was still pretty tired and probably would have gone back to sleep in any other case. Instead Petra rolled over again, drowsily looking over at the window.

Immediately she bolted up into a sitting position, her eyes widening. Outside the sun was beginning the set, the sky a dark shade. She had slept for almost the entire day!

Rascal whined, lifting his head. He gave his owner a few comforting licks. Petra reached up, raking her hands through her short red hair. She had intended to sleep for maybe an hour or so, definitely not for the entire day. Lukas hadn't had a wink of sleep that day, he probably had to be beat by then!

"I'll just take the entire night shift then." Petra decided, swinging her legs over the side of the bed.

She felt for her bandanna, grabbing it and pulling it over her mob of uncombed hair. Rascal jumped off the bed, trotting after Petra as she headed for the door.

Stepping out into the hallway, Petra's first instinct was to go check the living room. She was dying to go grab a bite to eat first, but searching for her friends was above her empty stomach on the priority list.

Petra stepped into the living room, almost immediately freezing to the spot. Lukas was the only person in the living room, sitting on one of the couches. Head titled back and fast asleep.

"Lukas!?" Petra bellowed, waking the blonde with a jolt.

"Who, what, where, Petra-?" Lukas mumbled sleepily, looking around in confusion.

"Where's Jesse?" Petra asked him, throwing her hands out to the sides.

Lukas blinked a few times, before his head snapped around to the empty spot on the couch beside him. His mouth dropped open, blue eyes widening.

"She-She had been lying here, sleeping-" He raised his hands up, grabbing at his blonde hair in panic. "I must have fallen asleep!"

"Okay, okay, maybe she's just somewhere in the house?" Petra suggested, feeling her own panic boiling. Lukas responded instantly, leaping off the couch and running in the direction of Jesse's bedroom.

Petra didn't wait for an invite, bolting off into the next best room she could think off – the kitchen. As feared, it was empty. There were breadcrumbs and a knife lying on the counter, to which Petra concluded that Jesse had at least made herself something to eat. But the girl herself was nowhere to be seen, Lukas and Petra's calls echoing through the house with no success.

"This is all my fault!" Lukas said, sinking down at the dining table and burying his face into his hands. "How did I let myself fall asleep!?"

"It's not just your fault." Petra said as she sunk into the chair beside Lukas, letting her forehead rest against the side of the table. "I meant to only take a nap, not sleep for the entire day. We're both at fault here."

Rascal whimpered, looking between Petra and Lukas with drooped ears. Unable to understand what was upsetting his people so much. Petra reached over, putting a hand on Lukas's arm and causing the blonde to glance up at her.

"If what we fear is true and Jesse did in fact get all wide eyed and weird again, our best bet is the lab." She said seriously. "We have to go look for her."

"You're right." Lukas nodded his head, determination flooding into his eyes. "Let's go now."

Both of them got up from the table, even Rascal jumping up from his position at their feet with an eager yap.