Ch.3- without him

*Petra's POV*

Ten years.

Ten. Full. Long. Years.

And Jesse is gone.

The OOTS (order of the stone) have been searching for him for years, We even search the portal hallway. We search sky city, crown mesa, and the spleef place. But there was no luck. There was no trace of him, just… nothing. Eventually everyone gave up on finding Jesse and rumors began to spread that he is dead. But I don't believe those rumors. Jesse was a hero, he faced many things that could have killed him , he couldn't just die. I know deep down in my heart that Jesse is alive and he's searching for us. Somewhere.

And as fo r the OOTS, we're not doing so well without him. Axel miss hanging out with him and joking around with him. Olivia miss his goofy nature, always making her laugh. I miss fighting along side with him. I always had his back and he always had mine. And Lukas, well, he misses Jesse more than any of us. I'm beginning to worry about him. Ever since Jesse disappeared, he barely eats or sleeps, he can get aggressive once in a while, and I can sometimes hear him cry to himself whenever I walk past his room. Me and the others asked why he was like this. He told us that he and Jesse us to date, Lukas wanted to tell us from the beginning but Jesse was afraid that we would look at them in disguise. So Jesse made Lukas promise not to tell anyone until he's ready. To be honest, none of us thought it was disguising. We were all happy for their relationship. I was a bit jealous because I had feelings for Jesse, but if he was happy with Lukas, then I okay with it. Jesse will always be my closest friend.

So anyway, I was walking down the hall to Lukas' room to talk to him. He has been obssess on catching this one thief called ' The Shadow Thief'. He thinks that he had something to do with Jesse disappearance even though we don't know for sure if he had something to do with it or not. I already talked to the others about and we all agreed that Lukas need some rest. I stood in front of his door and knocked.

"Who is it?"

"Its me, Petra. Can I come in please, we need to talk?"

I heard Lukas' footsteps coming to the door than he opened the door. He looked like a mess. His eyes had bags under them and his clothes and hair was all mess up. Usually he would keep his hair great looking as possible but I guess he didn't care anymore.

"Come in." Lukas said.

I walked into his room, which was also a mess. There was thrown balls of paper everywhere on the floor. I looked up at the wall seeing different pictures of the Shadow Thief. One picture had a arrow on it. Scary.

"What do you want talk about?" Lukas said sitting on his bed

"You." I simply said.

"What about me?"

"You are so caught up on catching the Shadow Thief, that you don't even eat or sleep. You need to rest."

"I don't need rest Petra I'm fine."

"You are not fine. Look at yourself, you look like a zombie with good, but messy, hair. I know finding Jesse is really important to you and I know how much you miss, we all do, but you need to sleep."

"I can't sleep!" Lukas stood up and walked over to the wall with all the pictures of the Shadow Thief. "Not with that thief running around her. What if he comes tonight?"

"I already had Olivia set up guards to watch the gates. So IF he comes tonight we'll be ready. Now you need to rest, please Lukas."

Lukas was silent. He didn't say anything.

I signed. "At least do it for Jesse. Do it for him. Please."

Another long silence before I heard Lukas sign in defeat.

"Fine, I'll rest. But only for Jesses sake."

I smiled and nodded. I left his room so he can get some rest. To be honest, I really miss the old happy and innocent Lukas. The new Lukas can get aggressive. Scary even. I signed.

"Jesse, if only you were here…"

*Jesse's POV*

I rode outside of the gates. I jumped off of Shadow and hid him under a tree. I tied him around the tree and fed him a few carrots to keep him quiet. I looked on top of the gates there were guards everywhere. I took put my potion of invincibility and drunk it, making me completely invincible. I claimed over the wall and snuck past the guards with ease. Once I got past them, I ran striate towards Ivor's lava treehouse. I claimed up the tree and opened the door seeing Ivor looking for something in his chest.

"Ivor." I said.

He jumped startled a bit. "Who said that?"

Right, the potion haven't worn off yet. But its about to in 3…2…1.

"AHH!" Ivor Screamed. " surprise is the number one thing that kills the elderly you know!"

" sorry Ivor, I didn't mean to scare you."

"It's fine. What are you doing here anyway, how are the kids?"

"They're fine, but Jace is really sick and he's getting worse. I need something called a heal potion to save him. Do you have one?"

"I do. But its not here."

"Where is it?"

"Its in the temple, in your room. along with most of my important valuables. I had to put it there because Magnus keeps taking my stuff without my permission. So I had to put somewhere where he can't get to it."

"okay, so I just need to sneak in, get the heal potion, and sneak out without being caught. I can do that, no problem."

"Yes, but be careful. Lukas isn't himself when you left ten years ago. He really dose miss you Jesse. Do you ever consider on coming back here. Back home?"

"No." I said crossing my arms. " I'm never coming back here. My home is with my children and Lukas will get over me. There's plenty of other guys for him to date here. I don't love him any more."

"What ever you tell yourself." Ivor mumbled.

"And by the way, you didn't tell them about me or where I am, didn't you?"

"Harpor and I kept our word didn't we Jesse? Your safe, now go. Jace needs you."

I nodded and left Ivor' s tree house. Lucky for me the temple wasn't that far from Ivor's treehouse. I ran around and snuck through the window, which led me to the treasure room. Looking at all of the treasures me and the others have gotten during our portal adventure: The fleet & steel that started the whole portal hoping mess. The eversource we got from that sky city dimension when Aiden and the Blazerods tried to take it over. Jerks. I still wonder if they ever got out of jail. The White pumpkin mask from Cassie Rose the murderer. She's probably dead by now. The red stone heart I ripped from PAMA's main core from crown mesa. I hated that computer so much. And finally the atlas from the sleef competition where I had to fight Hadrian and Mevia for it. I Thought I lost Lukas during those adventures.

I shook my head at that last thought. I don't need Lukas anymore, its over between me and him. I ran out the treasure room and quietly went to my old room. The floor creaked a little but it wasn't loud enough to wake any one up. I opened the door to my room to be greeted with a cold, dark, dusty room. This place looked liked it haven't been clean in years and it looked the same when I left ten years ago. I quickly went into my old chest looking for the heal potion. I saw a shining dark blue bottle that labeled 'Potion of Healing'.

"gotcha." I said with joy. Now Jace will be healed and everything will be okay!

"You got some nerve coming in here pal."

I jumped and turned around when I heard that all to familiar voice. Standing in the doorway was none other than… Lukas.

Bum bum buuuuuummmmm! CLIFFHANGER! Will Jesse be able to escape Lukas' wrath and get to Jace on time before it to late? Or will Lukas get his Revenge on 'The Shadow Thief' (A.K.A. Jesse)? Your gonna have to wait til I post chapter four to find out what happens next. Later!