The Monster I've Become

Part Four

After many hours, the golden sun began to rise from beyond the city's horizon. The sky soon became a deep lavender as the bright golden sun began its ascent into the sky. A crimson blaze tinged the pink and orange clouds as the sun slowly began its way above the horizon. Light frost had begun upon the leafy coat on the ground.

A cold breeze rushed through the empty branches of trees; causing them to creak in protest. As more time passed, citizens were soon coming out of their homes. Many of them heading to work, while others were on their way to their own personal destinations. As the day grew brighter, small rays of sunlight began to shimmer in through the roommates' bedroom window; casting everything with a dim light; which was slowly growing brighter.

Mordecai began to stir as he soon awoke. He opened his eyes; only to close them again at the suddenly. After his eyes finally adjusted, Mordecai rose from bed; rubbing the sleep from his eyes. He stretched his arms; wincing at the pain from his cut he had gotten the night before. He also felt extremely tired; as though he had been up the entire night. He soon froze as his bright coffee eyes landed on the digital clock at his bedside; which read 8:34 am. He was late for work; which usually started a seven o'clock in the morning.

"Oh God! Oh God!" He continued to murmur as he got ready and ran down the steps; nearly falling on the way down.

He skid to a halt in shock and anxiety as he saw an impatient Benson standing before him. "Well, look who finally decided to get up this morning." Benson scowled; tapping his foot impatiently.

"Benson! I'm sorry I'm late, I-"

"I don't want explanations, I want results!" Benson angrily replied; cutting Mordecai off. "So... Since you had taken so long to come to work, I want you to mow the lawn after you've finished raking the leaves. Rigby's already out there. Now do your job or you're fired!"

Benson then left the room and Mordecai soon headed outside; where Rigby was grudgingly raking leaves. He soon stopped when he saw his friend approaching.

"Well, look who's finally up." Rigby grunted.

"Dude! I'm so sorry." Mordecai apologized sincerely. "I don't know what's wrong with me."

"I'll tell you what's wrong," Rigby replied; dropping the rake. "You were up all night messing around and now the door to the room has a big black stain or something and you didn't even let me know about what you were doing."

Mordecai gave him a shocked look; not knowing what his friend was talking about. It was then that he remembered the marks that were on the door inside of the room; which looked like it had been scorched. But how could that be?

"Oh." Was all Mordecai could think of saying at the moment.

"What were you thinking?" Rigby then asked.

"It kinda serves you right for ditching me last night and letting me get attacked by that weird dog thing." Mordecai replied.

"Ugh! Again with the weird dog thing!" Rigby moaned. "I told you, you were probably hallucinating."

"Dude, hallucinations don't give you this!" Mordecai argued; pointing to the bandage to prove his point.

"You probably just fell and cut it or something." Rigby replied; picking up the rake again.

"Well, actually... I did trip while I was running."

"Hmph. See? I told ya." Rigby grinned.

"Even so, I didn't have this gash until after I was attacked."

"Dude, you probably were freaking out and when you fell, the adrenaline rush made you block out the pain when you got the cut on your arm."

"I don't buy that." Mordecai replied.

"UGH!" Rigby groaned.

"C'mon, Dude." Mordecai started. "We should get back to work before Benson comes and thinks we're slacking."

"Whatever." Rigby murmured.

And soon, the two of them got back to work. As time came and went, the duo were soon finished with their work and were finally able to take their usual break. The lights of the TV flashed as they played their Xbox 360 in the living room.

They were playing a recently bought video game called Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit; which consisted of racetracks in dense forests, snowy mountains, deserts, and so on; with over sixty cars to choose from; most of which being available to both racers and police in cop vs. racer chases(A/N: This is an actual game). The duo continued playing. Then Mordecai shouted.

"Dude! What the heck!" He had hit a spike strip Rigby had dropped from back of his car; which let Rigby win the race.

"OHHHHHHHHHH!" Rigby cheered as Mordecai stared at the screen in awe.

"In yo face!" Rigby continued.

"Dude, you can't do that!" Mordecai argued; still in shock.

"Well, I just did! So in your face!"

"That's what you think!" Mordecai growled as anger washed over him.

Without warning, he grabbed Rigby by the shoulders and slammed his back against the nearby wall with unnatural strength; nearly cracking the wall as he did so.

"Mordecai!" Rigby gasped.

"YOU CHEATED! I KNOW YOU DID!" Mordecai snarled; bearing his teeth. "AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR IT!"

"MORDECAI!" Came another voice.

The blue jay turned to see Benson and the others accompanying him. One of which had just come in from the other room. He was a well-aged yeti with thick white fur wearing a pair of blue pants. His name was Skips. They all stared in shock at what was going on.

"That's enough!" Benson said; unimpressed by Mordecai's behavior.

"Dude, what's your problem?" Muscle Man asked; angrily as Pops stared in shock and fear.

Mordecai's eyes soon grew wide in shock before he let Rigby go; letting the young raccoon fell to the floor as he soon sprinted up the stairs and ran into the bathroom; slamming the door shut behind him.

"I don't like the new Mordecai," Pops whimpered. "He scares me."

"I know, Pops." Benson replied; placing a hand on his shoulder.

Rigby turned his attention toward the direction Mordecai had gone. Upstairs, Mordecai locked the door to the bathroom and rested himself against the door; before sliding into the sitting position.

"How could I freak out like that?" Mordecai questioned quietly; grabbing his head with his hands. "What the heck is wrong with me?"

He soon scrambled to his feet and looked in the mirror. To his surprise, his saw his bright coffee eyes flash and glow an eerie blue. Shortly after it came, it was gone. Shortly after this happened, he heard a knock on the door; causing him to turn around in surprise.

"Mordecai?" Rigby asked quietly as he knocked on the door again.

"Go away, Rigby." Rigby heard from behind the door. Rigby knew he was still upset about what had happened.

"Aw c'mon, man," Rigby said. "It wasn't that bad."

"Yes it was!" He heard Mordecai say. "I could've hurt you."

"Look dude, I know you're stressed, but you just need to relax and let it go."

After a moment, Rigby heard the door unlock and then the door opened; revealing a sad looking Mordecai.

"C'mon, dude. Let's go to the coffee shop. That'll cheer you up." Rigby grinned.

"Yeah, I guess..." Mordecai frowned. And so, they headed down the stairs.

As they went outside Mordecai could feel everyone's gaze burning into him as he and Rigby went out the door and headed to the coffee shop. With the looks he had gotten from the others, Mordecai knew they were not happy with him for how he was acting. Mordecai didn't knowing how things could get any worse.

CLIFF HANGER! D:D: Anyways, here's part four :D And I've gotta say, I kinda freaked myself out with this part and I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out :D:D Sorry for it being a bit short -_-; Anyways, I'll try to get more up soon so I'll get working on the next part :D But for now, I'll cya later! Bye! :D:D PLEASE R&R! THANKS! :D:D:D