Vanished into the Hands of Darkness (Closed//Stalkers Enabled)

Rose thanked him and started to eat the burger.

Mark nodded and stood up again. "Crap. I gotta do the dishes…"

"I can do the dishes for you." Rose suggested.

"No, no, don't worry about it." He smiled at her over his shoulder.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I'm sure."

Rose sat at the table kicking her legs back and forth.

The front door opened about fifteen minutes later and Oliver came in with clothes.

Rose got up to go find Emilia.

Emilia was still in the shower.

"Hey Emilia, food is ready and Oliver is back with some clothes."

A few moments passed and she didn't respond.

"Hey Emilia. Did you hear me?" She spoke louder this time.

Still no response.

Rose ripped open the shower curtain to see why Emilia wasn't responding.

She… wasn't there.

Rose ran out to Mike and Oliver, panic written all over her face. "Emilia is missing."

Oliver was holding a pretty light blue shirt and Mike was in the middle of saying, "Yeah, that looks good." when Rose ran in.
"What?" Oliver hopped up out of his chair.

"Emilia is missing. The shower was still running and she wasn't in it."

Oliver was on the verge of freaking out when Mike said, "Perhaps she's in her room?"

"But the shower was still running." Rose mentally kicked herself for not looking.

"She probably just left it on." Mike stood up.

"I know but who would waste water?"

Oliver scowled. "Half of America?"
"Oliver, dear, please."

"I know, but its not right."

Oliver grunted. "Anyway, we're gonna go look for her right?"

"yes," Rose sighed and headed toward the bedroom.

The bedroom door was closed and Rose heard Oliver tapping after her.

Rose knocked on the door. "Emilia are you in here?"

"Hmmm? Oh, yeah." Emilia stirred. She'd fallen asleep in her towel.