Jayce woke up to the feeling of a strong and insatiable hunger, it had been three weeks since he got discharged from the hospital, he barely left his room and whenever he did he'd leave unnoticed and be back late at night. His boss as well as some of his colleagues from work would often come by to check on him but he'd always refuse to come see them, his new behaviour made his family worry.
It was noon that day and strangely he woke up with the urge to eat, he quickly opened the mini-fridge in his room and pulled out an apple before taking a bite, immediately he spit it out letting out a painful groan as his knee dropped to the floor. He got back up sticking his hands in the fridge again taking out some canned food, he quickly opened the first and as he got the scent he immediately felt irritated flinging all of it away. " what in the bloody-" suddenly he was staring at himself in the mirror as he noticed the color of his eyes, they were bloody red with a touch of black in them, he stared closely in disbelief then he noticed the deadly glare his image was giving him, his gaze was then pulled to the sound of the door shutting close.
Anika had arrived from school with a friend, "I'm so hungry!" She said as she threw her bag on the couch. "You like, always hungry " her friend Ethan said as he sat down on a sofa. " boy, I dare you to say that again " she said holding her shoe. Ethan raised his hands up as if surrendering to her words. " i'mma go get me something to eat, you good?" Ethan gave her a thumbs-up, seconds later he was in the living room alone, completely focused on his phone, he got distracted by the sound of something rolling down the stairs. He got up and walked close enough to see that it was Jayce, "hey mann, you okay?"
"Don't come any closer!" Jayce yelled with his back still facing Ethan. "Yo, it's me " He said as he kept moving forward, " stop!" He cautioned again but this time facing him making Ethan feel somewhat scared as he saw his fiery eyes. Just then Anika walked in holding a tray with some apples, a knife and juice box on top, she immediately dropped the tray as she saw her brother, "Jayce..." she then noticed the mess she had made and as she was putting everything back on the tray she accidentally cut herself with the knife, "arrrgh" blood gushed out from her finger staining the carpet.
"You okay", Ethan asked as he held her hand to see the cut," I'm okay " she said as she pulled back her hand, Jayce just stood there all the while with his eyes widened, he clenched his teethes, he was getting this overwhelming smell of something that seemed scrumptious and as he started to weirdly navigate the room in search of the source, he couldn't believe it was originating from his sister's wound. He started to slowly approach her, clenching his teeth tighter than before, Ethan was in front of Anika now picking up the tray as he turned to see Jayce right next to him, the next thing he knew he was thrown halfway across the room and as his body dropped, blood spilled from his mouth as he slowly lost consciousness. Anika couldn't believe her eyes, she screamed his name trying to rush over, she felt a tight grip on her wrist, there he was with saliva dripping out of the sides of his mouth, eyes more red than the blood rushing out from Anika's fingertip, "let me go! You're scaring me, Jayce!"
Inside Jayce's mind was a battle that had already begun for whom to gain control over his body, Anika still frightened tried her very best to get loose from her brother's tight grip, she then grabbed the tray flinging it at his face, he then let go. He was now staring at his image in the mirror, it was smiling ominously at him, "do it! You know you want to " his reflection said to him, immediately he dashed his hand at the mirror shattering it completely, he then dropped to the floor holding his head, running his hands through his hair. Before gazing back at where Ethan laid, bloodied on the floor, he again stood to attack them.
Suddenly, he felt a powerful cut in his stomach which sent him flying backwards. He laid on the floor for some seconds, eyes closed before opening them up again, he stood up and was grabbed by two people and pinned to the floor, he started growling like an animal, trying to rid himself of his assailants
" bloody hell! He's a real case, innit!" The one holding Jayce's right arm said, "shut yo' mouth and keep him still! " the other said. " move it already you two! I'll catch up as soon as I can", another said as he walked in
Just then a portal was opened and as soon as they got in, it got closed. He walked over to where Ethan was laying unconscious on the floor with Anika by his side, she panicked and picked up the knife pointing it at him, "stay back! Who are you!?..." her hands were shaking as she continued to point it at him. "Hey...stay calm. I won't hurt you, your friend doesn't look too good there" she turned to look at him. He continued to close up the gap between them, she continued pointing the knife, "stay away! " she yelled as he passed by her unbothered. Then the doorknob was heard flinching and as she turned to look at the door, her mother walked in holding a grocery bag and as she observed the wreckage she dropped the nylon bag she held, Ethan then became conscious. "Holy fvc..."