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Chapter 1
You sit in your room, headphones blasting music by your favorite band (f/b), and you think about the events that led up to you being trapped in your head only able to think of one person.
Reader POV: (earlier that day) I began my daily routine which consisted of getting out of bed at 8:00 am, getting dressed, brushing my teeth, and leaving for the (usually calm) walk to school. This morning was a bit different as I grabbed the doorknob to leave for school, my mom grabbed my arm and held on very tightly, nails digging into flesh. She seemed to want... me? She wouldnt talk to me because her throat hurt from all her drinking, even so I asked her what was wrong. Thats when she passed out. I didnt know what to do so I put her on the couch hoping she would wake up soon. Finally able to get out of the house, I grabbed my backpack and ran out onto the street where I hoped to catch a glimpse of the sunrise before it was gone. I missed it... Again.
While walking to school, I happen to pass a bus stop. Coincedently this is the very same bus stop that Randy and his gang hang around at. Luckily, they were occupied with some other kids this morning. As I got closer I could make out some of their facial features. They were the new kids. One of them had brown hair and emerald green eyes. This kid seemed to be the victim of Randy's rage while the other stood staring at Randy and his gang with a particular frightening intensity. I hadnt realized I had stopped walking until Randy pulled a knife on the green eyed kid and I heard the other kid yell "Liu!" Liu turned around to see his brother grab the knife from Randy bury it up to its hilt in Randys friends arm, four times, blood spattering his white hoodie. Randy and his gang ran back down my street away from Liu and his brother. Just then Liu's brother looked in my direction and caught my eye. My heart began to pound as he broke eye contact and ran towards the school.
I took off running after them but soon lost them in the thick wooded area they wandered into. I reasoned that going to school just wouldn't be worth it seeing as I was already really late. I slowly wandered back towards my house and my waiting drunken mother...
Chapter 2
2 years later
I can't think.
Nothing is coming to my head. Nothing except...
But I can't think of that. I can't. Its not allowed.
But still.... Blue eyes alight with insanity
No don't go there.
The trauma and pure terror in the blue eyes when he came to school the next day.
No.
He kept saying "Liu." "Liu,"..."why'd you do it Liu"
NO!
"Liu, why'd you do it Liu. You knew it was me." He seemed so disconnected from the rest of the world. And then that weekend...
Stop right there.
No, that weekend, when... he.. he... LET ME THINK
NO!!!
He burned. killed his family. and almost killed his brother. People started disappearing left and right. It had to be Jeff. There was no other explanation for all of the stabbings, but still. Those blue eyes...
Chapter 3
It was 3:31 am when it happened. You were home alone because your mother was out drinking and she hadn't returned home, when you heard a car door slam. You looked out the window of your second story room and you saw nothing out of the usual. Moving back to your bed you heard the soft creak of the staircase that led up to your room. Scared, you locked the door to your room and grabbed the kitchen knife you always keep under your pillow. There you sat on your bed resolved to stab anything that dared make its way into your room. The lock on your door slowly began turning and you heard it click as the door creaked open and you saw a figure standing on the other side. The figure stepped into your room and you saw the familiar hoodie but that is where the similarities between the boy you met 2 years ago and this boy end.
This boy had burnt black hair, burned-off eyelids, eyes of pure insanity, and a gruesome smile that had been cut into the soft flesh of Jeff's face.
Frozen in fear, you allowed this new Jeff make his way towards your bedside table, and pick up the picture of your once complete family. "Hello (y/n)," he said in the voice of a killer. "I have been looking forward to the day I would see you again." You sat, still frozen, not daring to say anything back. "You could've helped us that day. It would have been an even match. But you stood there and watched Liu get hurt." You began to think of an escape plan. The door was still open and Jeff seemed to be occupied with the photo of your family. You remember when that photo was taken. Your little brother and your dad were still alive then. Just a year later, the accident happened and your mom turned to drink. 'Stay focused' you thought to yourself. Your eyes flickered from the door to Jeff and then back to the door again.
"I wouldn't bother trying to escape," seeming to snap out of a trance Jeff turned around and focused his attention on you. This was enough to send you running for the door. As you reached the door Jeff's knife hit the wall where you just were with a dull thud. Jeff swore as you yanked the door open and bolted down the stairs. You yanked the home phone off the wall and dialed the police. You heard the dial tone and by that time Jeff had managed to get his knife out of the wall and reach the top of the stairs. You drop the phone, and run out the front door with the intention of going to the warehouse just down the road. You had a hiding place there that nobody, not even Jeff the Killer, could find you in.
You heard the front door slam behind you as you took off down the street........
Chapter 4
You reach the warehouse in a desperate state. While Jeff didn't seem to follow you, you have the horrible feeling of being watched. As your hand closes on the handle of the door of the warehouse, you notice a symbol carved into the door that you had never noticed before. It looked like an X carved through a circle. As your eyes locked on this symbol you felt an overwhelming wave of nausea crash over you. Holding your stomach you yanked the door handle. It came off into your hand. Sighing, you kicked the door in. You needed to get to your hiding spot.
You had never been here in the dark before so every small shadow seemed like something bigger than it was, but even so you kept feeling like you saw something out of the corner of your eye. Just a small flash of yellow and sometimes tan. As you reach your hiding spot, the feeling of being watched increases, now to the point of you panicking, and then ceases all together. You climb into the boiler, that has served as your hiding spot since you had moved to this new house.
You hear two voices just beyond the door to the boiler room. "I lost her," said one with a frighteningly monotone voice. "DAMMIT HOODIE," said a second, much rougher voice. "Sorry Masky, she was too fast, and she seemed to know this warehouse much better than us." There was a long silence, then, "Hoodie you failed a mission for us. You know what is going to happen." The fear from the one called Hoodie was nearly tangible. You heard footsteps heading away from the boiler, and you let out a long breath of relief. "GOT YA!" The one called Masky ripped open the door to the boiler and grabbed you by your neck. He lifted you out and threw you to the floor, your head cracked against the concrete and your vision went blurry.
As if from through a long tunnel you heard a familiar scream and as you screamed, your mouth filled with hot, wet, blood, until you couldn't scream any longer. You fell still. "She's as good as dead," said Masky as he left. Slamming the door behind him. You realized that they had been watching you suffer with no intention ending your suffering. Something about this rubbed you the wrong way and you struggled to roll over onto your stomach. You pushed yourself up onto your elbows and threw up blood. Blood still dripping out of your mouth, you managed to push yourself up onto your knees and open your eyes. You saw you were in the same room as you were before. That was a relief, at least you hadn't blacked out and been dragged somewhere else. As you shakily get to your feet you realize that if you were attacked now you would be as helpless as a newborn deer thrown to the wolves. You would be easily slaughtered. You will your legs to move you across the room and you fall into the door.
Your hands move to the doorknob and you turn it. It turned but not all the way, as if someone was holding it from the other end. You hear insane laughter that feels you with an immediate feeling of dread as the doorknob turns all the way as if of its own free will. You move out of the way of the door and begin moving towards the back of the room, when the door bangs open and in comes Jeff, fresh blood on his hooded sweatshirt.
Chapter 5
"Hello again (y/n)," Jeff says as you back slowly away from the door. "You have no reason to run from me," he says, a wild grin crossing his face. You feel your back press into a wall as you watch the new Jeffery Woods approach you with malice in his eyes. "(Y/n), your mom got home," he says as he wipes fresh blood off of his knife, "she decided to take a little... rest." You realize what he has told you and you feel momentarily sad. A single tear makes its way down your bloody face and drops to the floor. You look past Jeff shoulder and out of the broken window, only to see smoke and flame where your house, and your mom, used to be. "Now (y/n), I think its time for you to go to sleep, right after I make you beautiful." He lunges for you and the impact of his body hitting you sends you crashing to the floor. He locked his knees around your hips, pinning you to the ground. He presses the sharp blade of his knife to your cheekbone and increased pressure on it until you bled. Tears streamed out of your eyes and onto the ground. "Oh, does that hurt (y/n),"" he says as he presses the knife harder into your tender flesh. With the last bit of strength you could muster you coughed blood into Jeff's "beautiful" face. His grip on you loosened a little bit, and as it did you saw a shadow detach itself from the wall. The shadow slammed into the weakened Jeff and knocked him fully off of you. You happen to see a flash of a syringe needle before it plunged into the neck of a thrashing Jeff.
"go to sleep," you hear a slightly mocking whisper. The whisper came from behind the blue mask of the shadowy figure you could now see had a black hoodie and dark jeans. He turned his head and looks at you. He walks over to you and offers you a hand. You take it and he helps you up. You watch as he walks over to a sleeping Jeff, pulls a pink unicorn stuffed animal out of his pocket and places it on Jeff's chest. You giggle a little bit at this. Giggling makes your head hurt so you stop. The shadowy figure paces back over to you and then takes your hand. He introduces himself as Eyeless Jack or, EJ for short. You stay quiet. If this person knew Jeff he could be a dangerous ally. An ally for sure. But a dangerous one. EJ gestures for you to follow him out of the room and you let him lead you to the door and out of the warehouse. You expect him to lead you towards more civilized areas but instead he takes you deep into the woods.
You feel that sense of unease and your head started to feel a little fuzzy as you walked deeper into he woods with EJ. There was a point you didn't want to go any further and EJ had to drag you with him. You began noticing the soft sound of static that you had back in the warehouse, steadily growing louder. You looked over at EJ to see if he was suffering the same discomfort, but the emotionless mask gave nothing away. of course. All of a sudden a huge wave of static hits you along with visions of EJ. Not the kind EJ you knew now, but a vicious, cannibalistic, killer. You double over and cough up blood. You glance up at EJ with fear in your eyes. He catches and holds your glance. In this short contact he seemed to sense your plan to run and escape from him. You hear a small sigh as he takes your hand firmly in his own and, with his other hand, stabbed a small needle into your wrist. Your ears start to ring and your struggles became weaker. Your vision blurred and the last thing you saw before blacking out was the blue mask and you heard a softly whispered "I'm sorry (y/n)."
Chapter 6
You open you eyes to see a mostly empty room except for the cot on which you slept, and the table beside that cot. The table had a tray with surgical tools and two syringes full of an amber liquid. Seeing this liquid you shiver, thinking of what it could do to you, you begin backing away. Once at a safe distance, you bring a hand up to your cheekbone and, expecting to feel an open wound, you are surprised to feel stitches covering a nearly fully healed scar. You run your tongue on your teeth as you often do when you are unsettled and you find them sharper than usual. This was fine...
You snap out of examining yourself when you get the feeling like you are being watched. You turn to see EJ watching you from a dark corner of the room. He seems to be thinking about something. All of a sudden you remember the visions you had about him. Him being a cold-hearted killer. You shiver, but you manage to ask him where you were. To this he responded with a low chuckle. "Someplace safe," he said. If it was away from Jeff, you were fine. EJ slowly stood up and walked over to you. "Stay still," he demanded. You followed his order and you stood rigid as a board as he walked around you. Once he had finished and seemed satisfied he turned to face you and took three steps back. "(Y/n) if you are ok with it, I'd like to try something," he said. You thought about it for a second and then simply said "Ok." Suddenly he lunged at you with his scalpel in hand. You dodged his attack, and as you felt your heartbeat quicken, you felt your senses sharpen as well. He turned to face you and attacked again. You feel a growl rise in your throat and escape your mouth. You sensed his attack this time, more than seeing it. You ducked as he threw his scalpel and you reached up with your hand and grabbed it out of the air. EJ, impressed, produces three more scalpels from seemingly nowhere and you two resume your deadly dance. He cuts your arm with a scalpel and you bury a scalpel in his mask, twist it, and pull his mask off along with the scalpel.
Your eyes meet the empty sockets in front of you and you giggle. 'What was everybody so afraid of? Why was I afraid?' You hear his heavy breathing as you push him to the floor but catch him on the way down so he dosent land hard on his head. You then step on his chest and say "I win." You catch sight of yourself in the broken glass on the floor and realize you have become something inhuman. Your ears have become those of a wolf and your eyes a reddish shade of amber. You smile and your sharp teeth gleam in the rising sun. You glance down at EJ who seems utterly relaxed and then glance back up at the glass. All of your animal features were gone and you were yourself again. You take your foot off of EJ and help him up. You have this new sort of confidence about you. A confidence that says you could face Jeff and win a fight against anyone....
Chapter 7
Ej slips a new jacket over your shoulders and zips it up for you. The jacket was red with white patches on the shoulders with the slender man symbol burned into them. The jacket was not too warm but not too cold and it seemed to fit you perfectly. EJ hands you a small hunting knife normally used for deer but he explained that he had a mission today so the knife was not for a deer. Slipping silently out of the 'abandoned' hospital. You and EJ make your way through the forest. Unaware of what you were supposed to be looking for you were surprised when EJ stopped you dead in your tracks. You two had come upon a campsite that seemed to be occupied by two humans. One male and one female. Ej scaled a tree quickly and quietly and you followed suite. After that EJ picked a branch and snapped it loudly as to draw the attention of the two campers. You heard the tent unzip and saw a male figure step out and walk towards the sound and, consequently, EJ. Ej dropped out of the tree onto his chosen victim and quickly slit his throat with his scalpel. The female stepped out of the tent as to follow the male but she stopped short when she saw you appear in front of her. You felt your senses sharpen once more as your ears shifted to wolf ears and your eyes turned a stunning shade of amber. You grin wildly as you plunge your hunting knife deep into your victims chest and watch the blood bubble out of the wound and onto your hand. You look over at EJ and you see him silently enjoying one of the kidneys of his victim. He offers you the other and you take it gratefully. You decide that it wasn't so bad and finish it in three gulps. Ej looks out into the forest on sudden high alert and you follow his gaze. A dog trots out of the forest and moves to EJ's side. "Hey Smile," EJ says while rubbing the dogs head.
You go over to Smile and pet him between the ears, he looks at you and wags his tail. You laugh a little. "You're so cute!" you tell the demon dog. He looks pleased. As you continue petting Smile, you hear a disturbingly familiar voice coming from somewhere near in the forest,"SMILE DOG GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!!" Immediately you scale a nearby tree and survey the situation from above. Jeff walks into the small clearing and his eyes set on EJ. "EJ I have been meaning to talk to you... but thats a little hard when you are left alone in an abandoned warehouse dontcha think?!" says the angry killer. Your heart beats faster and your senses are sharper than than they were in the fight with EJ. You focus of Jeff who was nearly right beneath you now you watch as he pulls a knife from his pocket and glares at EJ. You see your intended landing and drop right onto Jeff's shoulders, knocking him to the ground. The knife flies out of his hand and Smile Dog catches it in his mouth then runs. Jeff struggles to get up"OW WHAT THE FUCK!" he screams, "GET OFF!" With a small laugh you reply "No, EJ please pass me my knife." Ej stands silently staring into the woods. Concerned, you glance in that direction as well. This allows Jeff enough time to flip you off of him and onto your back. He puts his hand on your neck as if to choke you. You stare blankly into those insane eyes that you couldn't stop thinking about, and your heartbeat quickened. No not in fear... something else. "(Y/N)?" Jeff exclaimed, in this moment of weakness you manage to escape from underneath him and stand up. Jeff stand up and calls for Smile. Smile didn't come. You call for Smile and he came bounding towards you with Jeff's knife in his mouth. You take the knife, and, after petting Smile, balance it on your finger. "See, He Comes," you say. EJ and Jeff both clap their hands over your mouth in fear and look around as if they were being watched. Jeff managed to allow a few words to escape him, "don't say that," before He and EJ both doubled over coughing up blood. You look up to see Slenderman staring at you. You stare defiantly into the empty face that was your new master. That is when your head exploded with static and among the static you hear two fateful words, 'Welcome, Child.'
Chapter 8
You wake up in the arms of the one that you were so desperately trying to escape. 'This passing out thing has to stop,' you think to yourself, suddenly feeling safe. You shift your weight, so you held onto Jeff's neck, and press your face into the folds of his hoodie. All of the shock of the past few days seemed to hit you then. You felt the tears begin the decent down your face. You buried your face deeper into Jeff's shoulder so nobody would see you crying and think you were a weakling. Jeff's grip on you tightened as he felt your sobs. This was somewhat comforting... somehow. What had you done to change his mind about killing you? Why had he decided to protect you, at least for now? What made you attractive to him? Was it your willingness to fight? Your new appearance? It was all so confusing. Just a few days ago he was trying to torture and kill you! Wait... What if he was still trying to kill you? What if this was all just a ploy to gain your trust then destroy you later? What if...?! No... Don't go there.
'You are going to be alright, my child.' You flinch as you come to the realization that most, probably all, of your thoughts weren't private anymore. 'Correct child,' said the voice in your head. THIS was going to take some getting used to. You cough a bit of blood onto Jeff's hoodie, and he looks down at you with... concern? No. Not the right word. Sympathy, maybe, but not concern. He was trying to kill you for goodness sake! This whole situation makes you want to scream in frustration. It took all you had to keep quiet. Jeff's blue eyes locked with your amber ones, and your heart skipped a beat. But it was different this time, it wasn't fear that caused the increased speed of your pulse. It was something else, something better, something wonderful.
He breaks eye contact with you and you let out a long breath. Suddenly calm and content, you let yourself get lost in the rocking motion of Jeff's walking.
Chapter 9
You awake feeling more refreshed and awake than you had in quite a while, more than that, you truly felt alive. You smile to yourself, and notice the feeling of a comfortable pillow behind your head and a soft blanket surrounding your body. You open your eyes to take in your dimly lit surroundings. You were lying down on a king sized mattress with a black comforter wrapped snugly around you. You push yourself into a sitting position as to better see the rest of the room.
On the walls you see to Linkin Park posters and one Then Neighborhood poster. There is a big magnetic board on the wall to your left, completely covered in knives. To the right there was a desk with a mirror. On the desk there was a picture of Jeff and Liu. The Jeff and Liu you knew before, whatever happened to make Jeff become like this. On either side of Jeff and Liu there were two figures that had been completely scribbled over with black and red sharpie. You tear your eyes away from the photo and glance at the end of the bed. There sat smile, wagging his ail and waiting for you to notice him. Smile was sitting on a much smaller version of Jeff's bed. Nailed to the wall above the door was picture of Jeff and Smile, they both looked happy. Smile hops onto the bed with you and licks your face gently. You pat him on the head and then give him a great big hug. The kind reserved for dogs only.
Smile heard something out in the hallway, so he jumped off the bed, shook himself, then ran to the door. You push yourself off the bed and join him at the door. You put your hand on the doorknob and turn it. The door opens with a creak and light floods into the room. You take a moment to allow your eyes to adjust to the sudden brightness. Once they were adjusted you walk into the hallway and close the door behind you. On the closed door, carved in capital letters, was the name JEFF. Makes sense.
You smile to yourself as you turn around and walk down the hallway, following Smile dog. As you reach the end of the hallway, you noticed an empty door frame to your left. You walk through the doorway, and up the staircase it revealed. Walking up the stairs, you traced your hand along the bloodstains that marked the last minutes of peoples lives. This didn't disturb you as it should. Infact, it does quite the opposite. You giggle a bit as you imagine the twisted looks of pain that must have been on these peoples faces as they were dragged, either up or down this staircase. You hear a bark that sounded strangely like laughter, behind the door at the top of the stairs. Hurriedly, you rush to the door and open it to another hallway. This one appeared to be above ground, unlike the one from which you just came.
You counted four doors and one window. Next to the window was a door to another staircase. You hear a Childs delighted laughter from the farthest door to your right. You follow the sound and listen at the door for a minute before deciding to go in. Upon entering you were met with an unexpected scene. A little girl in a faded pink dress sat crosslegged on a large pillow. She was holding a chipped tea cup and her long light brown hair flowed around her. She was stalking to Smile in a voice as clear and sweet as bells. You ran into the door by accident, and it creaked very loudly. The child looked up and held you there with her penetrating green eyes.
Just like your little brothers.
Chapter 10
**FLASHBACK**
You were sitting across from a little boy with his shaggy hair tied up in a red bow. His green eyes practically glowed with joy as he took a sip of tea from his fancy tea set. Your brother had always been sort of a stereotypical 'girly girl' kind of a kid. Meaning he liked to have tea party with his stuffed animals, and sometimes, you. You smile a sunlight glints off of his golden-blonde hair as he turns to look at you. "Come play with me Sissy!" he calls. You sit down next to him and throw yourself into a land of make believe where your brother was a King and animals talked. A part of your conscious mind feels the green-eyed Childs hand on your own, before you are plunged back into this cruel alter-reality. You heard your fathers voice calling your brother, asking him if he would like to go to the store with him. Your brother cheerfully agreed and kissed you on your forehead before grabbing his favorite stuffed panda and following your dad out the door. Part of your reality-self felt the Childs hand tighten on your limp one, possibly at a memory of her own.
It was getting late and your brother and dad hadn't gotten back. Your mom was getting slightly nervous and you are completely losing it. WHERE WAS YOUR BROTHER!? It was near Christmas and the roads were icy. Any number of things could have happened! Worst case scenario they would just slide a little... right? They would be home any minute. You calm yourself down and sit on the couch, still freaking out. When the doorbell rang your heart jumped then fell. Why would your dad ring the doorbell. You answer it to find two police men standing on your porch. Seeing your mom behind you, the policemen began explaining what had happened. "They hit a patch of black ice, and by the time anybody noticed, it was to late for the adult. When we arrived at the scene the child was still alive, but barely. He kept saying 'sissy, sissy,(Y/n), sissy.' When he noticed us, he fumbled around for a second and pulled out a stuffed panda. He said 'give this to sissy,' I held his hand as the ambulance was driving to the scene, but by the time he got there it was too late." The police officer handed you the stuffed panda you had gotten him for his birthday this year. His eighth birthday.
**FLASHBACK**
As soon as you had thought this, you were pulled out of the nightmarish state you had been forced to endure. You wiped the tears from your face and looked down at the child. In that moment you two understood each other completely. You didn't understand how but you did.
"Im Sally," the child said, "Please Play with me."
Chapter 11
"Of course I will play with you," you say to Sally. You had both suffered horrible trauma. One of you was a victim and one was a bystander. She grabbed your hand and pulled you to a pillow next to hers. "Sit," she commanded. You sat. "Jeffy, and Jacky, and Benny said they would be here soon," Sally laughs as she hands you a ceramic teacup. You sit there completely in comfort and you didn't even notice when Sally got up and left until you felt a pinch on top of each of your wolf ears. Immediately your ears twitch, flinging the pink bows off while a low growl escapes your lips. "NO WOLFY!" Sally exclaims. Not wanting to disappoint the smol angel, you tolerate the slightly painful pinch as you are transformed into a 'cute wolf'. At that moment, Smile.Dog bounds into the room tongue lolling out of his mouth in a goofy grin. Smile sits still while Sally ties a bow around his neck and around his right paw.
Down the hall somewhere, you hear a scuffle, it grew louder as it approached the slightly open door. The door burst open and EJ dragged a struggling and swearing Jeff through, followed by a boy with yellow scruffy hair, and blood dripping from his black and red eyes. The new boy slams the door to prevent Jeff's escape. Sally rolls her eyes. You giggle as you watch the new boy hold Jeff down as EJ forces a pink fluffy dress onto him. Once Jeff was firmly seated on the other side of Sally, EJ and the Link-Lookalike kneeled obediently kneel to receive the required pink bow.
The new boy slips onto the pillow next to you and whispers in your ear. "Hello there, my, you are sure one of the prettier ones, My name's Ben," the feeling of his hot breath on your head makes you shiver and pull away. He catches your gaze and winks seductively. 'Ugh.. Perv,' you think to yourself. Jeff was too busy looking at his own situation to notice you yet. EJ gives you a friendly wave as he takes off his mask and sets it beside him on a smaller pillow. Sally hands out cups to Jeff, EJ, and finally Ben, before giving him his cup she said, "be good to (y/n)" How did she know your name? Never mind you weren't really surprised anymore. "(Y/N)!" Jeff gasped as he looked up to see you sitting next to Ben and Sally. You smile at him but something about the way he looked at you made you blush and look down at your tea.
Sally then clears her throat and says, "Everyone this is (Y/n) as Jeff so rudely pointed out." She says this with a death glare at Jeff. Casual conversation ensued and you tried your best to stay out of it, though EJ tried several times to pull you in. You sneak a few glances at Jeff, something about him... he was... cute? No, to weak of a word. 'Cute' he was for now though. Something in his eyes drew you in now, something that would've repelled you a week ago. Something that DID repel you. You couldn't like this guy, could you? You realized the sudden silence and look up to see everyone staring at you. "What?" you ask somewhat defensively. Sal
ly giggles and EJ says, "I asked you how your new ears felt," suddenly nervous, he continued, "I mean, I did my best to make it as painless as possible." "Fine," you say. 'Wait, EJ did this to you! EJ was helping me, somehow he heightened my fighting ability as well as changing my appearance'. EJ looks at you with somewhat of a suspicion. "OK (y/n), down to business," announced Sally, "Where are you going to be sleeping?" "WITH ME!" yells Jeff surprising both of you. You both catch each others eyes and look down blushing at the same time. "I... I meant in my room," Jeff mumbles with a sudden stutter.
EJ's face goes completely blank for a minute and a bit of blood trickles out of the corner of his mouth. "Slender needs you Jeff. You too (y/n)," Ej says, replacing his mask. "Sorry Sally," Ben says as he rises from his sitting position, only to glitch out of existence. Jeff sets his teacup down and takes off the dress, revealing that he was shirtless. You set down your cup and get up, avoiding your shirtless companion's gaze. EJ tosses Jeff a clean white hoodie, and you follow them out of the room with an apologetic glance at Sally. You knew she understood.
Chapter 12
You follow the back of Jeff's white hoodie down the seemingly endless hallway. Finally the two of you reach a staircase leading upwards and he gestures for you to lead the way. you oblige and go up the stairs with Jeff one step behind you. at the top of the stairs was a heavy wooden door with a silver knob. The door appeared to be locked, but as you tun the knob, it slides easily open and bright daylight floods the hallway. You step back, nearly falling down the stairs, but Jeff catches you by the waist and stands you back up.
"Ladies first," Jeff says while gently pushing you into the room. You step into the room and have to blink a few times to let your eyes adjust to the blinding daylight. Once your eyes adjusted, you see the outer wall is lined with windows, and the ceiling is a huge cone shape, completely made out of glass. The other walls are completely lined with books, so many books. In the center of the room stands a desk made out of the same wood as the door. Behind the desk is a tall man in a black suit. The man is reading a book, which is covering his face. Jeff clears his throat and the tall man looks up revealing, nothing but a blank slate. This was the same man from earlier. Great.
The static surrounds your head again, this time it felt almost, soft, comforting. 'Hello Children,' Slenderman addresses you and Jeff. You both nod. "I suppose EJ told you to come here?' The man speaks again and you give the same response. 'Not very talkative today Jeff. Is your new friend distracting you?' the teasing in his otherwise serious voice is unmistakable. Jeff blushes and clears his throat again, "Why'd you call us here slendy." 'Oh, I apologize, I have a mission for you. Training more like. You must watch, and possibly assist, (y/n) in finding Toby. I expect nobody to get killed in the process. Seriously, Jeff, no side trips to the city.' Slender nods expectantly, 'well, get going.'
Chapter 13
You and Jeff retrace your steps and soon exit the building, which turns out to look much more broken-down than it truly is. You see boot prints in the soft ground, leading into the forest. Jeff comes ups behind you and places his hand on your lower back. "Its really obvious," he says, pointing at the prints, "plus can't you just, go psycho wolf or something." You shiver at the closeness and glare at him through your blush. "Sure," you say. You concentrate on the bootprints and think of your target, a shudder wracks your body and you close your eyes. When you open them you can smell the faint scent of your target heading in the same direction of the prints.
You follow the scent, your eyes practically glowing as the sunlight glints off of them. You can feel Jeffs gaze on you as you fall into a steady rhythm of steps. The prints had vanished and all you had to guide you was the ever-growing scent of Toby and the occasional crushed plant or two. Soon you reach a shallow river and the scent ends. By this time, it is early evening, and the sun is going beyond the treeline, causing the shadows to become longer and darker. You decide to cross the river and try to find the scent on the other side. You find it again about 50 feet down the river. Jeff's already there, waiting for you.
He smiles and something about it made you nervous. Not anxious, but a new kind of nervous to you. He just continues observing you as you follow the path. The scent now fresh against the leaves and ground. The scent was oddly comforting, the warmth of it seemed huggable. You shake this thought out of your head, the person that carries this scent, Toby, is your target. He's the one you're hunting. You look up, realizing the scent doesn't continue out of the small clearing you had entered. Your ears perk up as you hear a small crunch behind you, a crunch like someone landing from high up. From a tree possibly.
You stand still, ears perked, muscles tense, and senses on high alert. You turn around and grab the hatchet that had been silently aimed and thrown to hit in between your shoulder blades. You smile at your opponent who appeared to be around the same age as Jeff, maybe a little older. He smiles back as you speed to the side and forward to gain advantage over him from behind. He easily keeps his trained eyes on you even as he fights back, blocking all of your attempts to hit him with his own hatchet. On a sudden whim, you dart into the woods and climb a tree swiftly. By jumping from tree to tree, you were soon silently watching him from above. He didn't seem to know where you were. He begins heading into the woods and you drop behind him, putting the hatchet against his throat. "Drop the hatchet," you growl in his ear. He drops the hatchet and raises his hands in surrender.
You giggle and pick up the hatchet, giving both of them back to him. "I won," you say. "I-I s-see th-that," Toby says with a stutter. He smiles at you and you feel a happiness that you can only feel from a friend. Jeff steps out of the forest with a smug expression on his face. "I told you she could beat you," he says. Toby glares at him, "You d-didn't t-tell me that sh-she c-could run so f-fast!" You smirk. "Sorry," you say. "(Y/n), help me set up these tents," Jeff gestures to three tent bags just outside of the clearing, "and Toby go find some firewood." Toby nods and heads off into the forest.
Chapter 14
Once you finish setting up the tents with Jeff, and Toby had returned, the boys went into their tents and you were left outside with the firewood and some matches. You set about trying to light the fire with just the matches. You weren't having much luck and you were so concentrated on the frustration the unlightable fire was causing, that you didn't hear toby come out of his tent and walk up behind you. He snapped you out of your concentration by saying, "n-need some help?" You jump up and are immediately tense but you relax when you see its just Toby. "No, thanks," you say before crouching to continue lighting the fire. He smirks, "D-do you want t-to have a f-fire," he says pulling a flask from his belt. You look at him and finally say "Ok you win, yes I want a fire." He grins and opens the flask, the smell of gasoline reaches you and you move a bit closer to Toby as he pours a small amount of gasoline on the lower logs. He offers you a dry match and you strike it, dropping it onto the gasoline, lighting the fire immediately. As the fumes burn Toby says, "Now t-thats how you st-start fires! Just a b-bit of gasoline a-and a match."
You and Toby sit down and watch the fire burn. You remember your house and feel sad at first but then you realize that it was for the best. Your mom would've just beat you if you had gone back anyway. You chuckle to yourself, thinking of how painful it would be to burn, then you think of Jeff and laugh a bit more, shaking your head. "What's so funny," you hear the growl of Jeff's voice and feel the warm breath on your ear. You sit up straight, "Nothing!" You blush at the closeness of Jeff. He sits next to you and brushes the hair off of your neck and smirks at how tense you are. He strokes your collarbone before chuckling to himself and looking into the flames.
You look away from him and at Toby, who is enjoying a sandwich. "Where did you get that?" you ask him suspiciously. He swallows before saying "S-sorry, I forgot, I h-have them here." He tosses you two sandwiches and you give one to Jeff. "Thanks Toby!" you say, tearing into your sandwich. "N-no p-problem," he says. Jeff just looks at you in a way that gave you the same nervous feeling as earlier. Once you finished your sandwich, you stood up and yawned. "I think I'm going to bed," you announce to nobody in particular. "Goodnight (y-y/n)" Toby says with a smile. "sleep well," says Jeff with a smile that sent nervous shivers down your spine. Jeff looks you up and down, focusing on your chest for just a moment before you turn around and hurry to your tent.
You find a sleeping bag and unroll it. In it was a note that said 'He Comes'. The note gave you a disturbed feeling in your gut, but you ignore it and put the note under a hoodie. 'Its probably nothing,' you think to yourself before falling asleep.
Chapter 15
You awake to the sound of someone or something walking around outside of your tent. You hear a distorted voice from somewhere to the left of your tent. "sHE Is dEfINeTly PaRt oF HiS teAm," the voice filled you with unreasonable fear. Then a deep earth-shattering voice came from the same being, "Rake, Is she turnable?" To which The Rake responded with, "I doNt ThINk sSsoOo." "Then you know what to do. She may be part of HIS team, but she hasn't earned HIS protection yet. I will be waiting. Don't disappoint me Rake." Once this voice had gone the terror has dissolved with it. Soon you hear the same movement that you heard earlier, louder this time. The creature called Rake drew closer to the tent and then stopped, probably listening. You sit silently in your sleeping bag, not daring to move, confidence completely gone. You were back to your normal awareness, so you couldn't tell what was going to happened.
The tent door slowly starts unzipping and you sit up as slowly as possible and stare directly at at the small opening. You see a hunched figure beyond the door. A skinny gray claw reaches for the zipper and continues unzipping the tent door. Your senses are steadily increasing their intensity. Suddenly the hand rips the tent zipper and the figure launches itself on top of you. Knocking you to the ground and digging its claws into your chest as easily as a knife cuts through soft butter. Blood pools to the ground around you as you look up at the figure on top of you. You never felt pain as the figure disappears and Jeff runs into your tent, followed by Toby. Jeff drops to his knees by your body and try's to patch you up. Through your blurring vision you see Jeff's tears beginning to fall rapidly. "(Y/n) no. NO. NO NO NO!! Please NO! (y/n) no n-no... n....," Your eyelids become heavy and you have no choice but to let them slide closed.
Your whole body feels heavy and you feel a release of sorts as your body is dropped into a floating sensation you can't control. You open your eyes and see nothing around you but as you continue floating you begin seeing bodies floating around you. Most of their bodies had their intestines floating around them. It was sort-of beautiful in a twisted way. It was like they were placed there with intention. You couldn't tell if the bodies were moving up or if your moving down, in this endless abyss you couldn't tell. The feeling that this place went on forever was calming and you soon drifted to sleep among all the bodies without a thought of what had happened to get you here.
Chapter 16
You smile as you begin slipping into consciousness. You feel a pleasant warmth in your chest. The warmth spread throughout your chest to the rest of your body and it felt nice, comfortable almost. Like you were wrapped in a cozy blanket on a cold day. The warmth soon grew into heat which was mildly uncomfortable but bearable, you soon became accustomed to this new heat. The heat kept growing more uncomfortable as you floated in eternity. This mild heat couldn't prepare you for what happened next. Your heart felt as if it exploded in flames and the liquid fire was now rushing through your veins, burning every inch of your body. You couldn't open your mouth to scream, you couldn't move at all. To any outsider, it would've looked like you were dead asleep. Yet your only company was the bodies. The flames grew impossibly hot and you felt as if you were going to break. With one final surge of the flames your eyes fly open in panic.
The scene was different. The emptiness was real this time. No bodies to keep you company. You see a soft red glow in the distance and wonder what it is. You experiment with your limbs, seeing if you could move at all. You find that you can move your limbs a little bit but with the price of experiencing the burning with every movement you make. You bite your lip to keep from screaming, as you will yourself to make your way to the soft glow. The light becomes harsher as you get closer and you feel heat emanating from it. You hear a rough chuckle and the same deep voice from before. "hahaha, welcome (y/n), I'm impressed you made it this far. You have some potential." You try to open your mouth to respond but your voice is shot. The only sound you manage to make is a raspy chuckle.
"Ha! You could use some work but I like you. Come closer," the voice beckons. You float closer to the light and the fire in your veins cools a bit, causing you to seek more of this relief. You come closer and you feel better but you also feel less in control over your body and mind. Once you reached the light you felt as if someone grabbed your ankle and was pulling you into the bright red light. You black out and don't come to for a while.
Chapter 17
When you finally awaken, you find yourself in a stone room with no visible door and the only light was coming from a small window, too high up to reach. You sit up and shake your head to clear it. That was a mistake, as you soon discover you have an awful headache. You wince and proceed to look around the room. The stone was a darker kind and there were some brownish-red stains splattered around, mainly by the chains that were hanging from the walls. You smile at this, but soon turn serious again. You felt like you were being watched, observed, by the same presence that brought you here. Was this a test? Were they just going to leave you here until you died? Weren't you already dead? Again with the confusing stuff.
You stand up and walk over to the nearest wall. There was nothing to interest you on it, no cracks that may aid your escape. You move to the next wall and come up with the same results, nothing. However, on the third wall you discover an outline of a possible door and a keyhole in one of the bricks. You try pushing the brick door but nothing happens, so you step away in frustration. Soon the last wall there is a body that wasn't there before. You go over and look at it, there is a key-shape carved into its chest. You know exactly what you need to do at this point. You look around for a weapon and find nothing, so you walk up to the body and begin clawing at its chest. Digging for the key proved effective as you soon came to the chest cavity and as you ripped it open, a glint of gold catches your eye. You grab the key and wipe it off on your hoodie.
Walking over to the door you chuckle, that was easy. You stick the key in the lock and turn it, you hear a clicking noise as the door slides open with ease, despite its weight. You step out of the room and into a huge chamber. At the end of head of the chamber was a throne made completely of human skeletons. On the throne sat a demon you immediately knew the name of. "Zalgo," you say without reason. The being chuckled and the whole chamber seemed to shake with it, "You mean Master." Your chest was gripped with fear and it felt like your insides were gripped in an iron fist. "Yes, Master," you correct yourself. "I'm glad you came around, finally. You will be quite valuable to me. I won't bother explaining to you what happened, Liu can do that for me," Zalgo says this as he pushes a scowling figure out of the shadows. "It's Sully," the figure growls.
"It doesn't matter to me," Zalgo says, "Show our new 'friend' around, will you." "I don't have much of a choice, do I?" says Liu/Sully as he walks towards you. You try to look tough as Sully approaches, he grabs your wrist and yanks you towards to the large chamber entrance. He continues roughly pulling you down the hallway and through several rooms until his grip on you loosens and he stops. "I'm sorry about Sully, He can be a bit rough sometimes," Liu flinches. You notice Liu's green eyes were growing slightly lighter. "I-Its ok," you say, looking at your bruised wrist. "This place in general is rough, you're going to have a hard time adjusting. What killed you?" Liu asks. So you were dead, that was confirmed, "The rake, you?" "Me? Oh, my brother Jeff," Liu's eyes darken, "I'm going to kill some day." You shudder and pull your wrist out of Sully's grasp. You wouldn't let Sully kill Jeff. But why?
Chapter 18
After the tour, Sully took you to a room next to his. The room had the same stone walls as the rest of the place, but there was a small cot to sleep on. "You should sleep when you can, and don't worry, If you're needed HE WILL let you know," Liu says as he leaves you your own devices. You sit down on the cot and try not to think. Soon enough you feel a piercing pain in your chest and Zalgo's voice boomed through your head. "GO KILL MASKY AND BRING BACK HOODIE. WORK TOGETHER," an image of Liu/Sully appears in your head. The pain disappears and you find yourself on the floor clutching your chest. Liu knocks on your door and opens it just a crack, "How was that for you," he says sympathetically. "Nobody told me how bad it hurt when I first came. Sorry, I forgot to say something," Liu apologizes as he helps you stand up.
"I-its ok," you say again. "If we don't go soon, It gets bad," Liu says as he grabs your hand, pulling you to a chamber a few rooms down. In the chamber was a huge crack in the wall with a red portal just beyond. "Ladies first," Liu says as he gestures towards the portal. You smile, remembering that Jeff had said that to you while visiting-...... Nevermind. You step not the portal and feel a flash of the horrible heat before landing in the forest about a mile from the mansion. Liu appears next to you and takes a deep breath. It felt nice to be out of hell. The air was so cool and fresh. Liu frowns and closes his eyes, when he opened them, they were their dark color again. Sully smiles and says, "lets go kill those bastards." You nod and follow him in the direction of the mansion.
You were the first to notice a faint glimmer of light through the trees, you grab Sully's sleeve and pull him to a stop. You point out the light even though a part of you said not to. As you both approach the mansion, you grow more tense and indecisive about killing Masky. You clench your fists, digging your nails into your flesh. You pass a window and there is a woman in there. The woman was undressing herself and you thought nothing of it until Sully caught a glimpse and stopped to watch. "Sully!" you whisper loudly. He pushes you to the ground and continues watching even though you could see Liu struggling to take over. You try pulling Sully away from the window and he keeps brushing you off. You are struggling to pull Sully away from the window again when you hear it, the click of a pistol.
Chapter 19
"Turn around or my friend here will blow your brains out," a rough voice says in a way that implies no kidding. You sigh and Liu says, "thanks a lot Sully," as you both turn around and feel the hunter become the hunted. Hoodie was pointing the gun directly at Liu's head and Mask was holding a knife in your general direction. "Thats it, now, Who the hell are you," Masky says. "Liu," says Sully. You remember before in the warehouse and how powerful these two were then before saying quietly, "(y/n)" Hoodie's gun fell a bit and they both looked skeptical. "Liu, Liu Woods?" Masky says quizzically. Liu nods and is visibly struggling to keep Sully in check. "And (Y/n)? Both of you are supposed to be dead," Masky shakes his head and Hoodie holds the gun tighter. Liu stays silent and you think of Jeff, both of you were in so much trouble.
"Come on," Masky says, gesturing for the two of you to follow him. You both silently oblige and hoodie follows with the gun. You enter the mansion through a side door and Masky leads you to the basement. You pass Jeff's room and a few unwanted tears slide though your eyelids. You pass a few more rooms before Masky stops and opens a door, pushing Liu through the door and saying, "slender will talk with you in a bit," before slamming the door shut and taking you to the next door. Hoodie pushes you through that door and says, "same for you," before closing out the light.
You sit in almost absolute silence, the only sound being your occasional sobs. You would've never gotten into this situation if it hadn't been for that stupid, beautiful killer. And now you missed him.... Why?! Why did you miss a killer?! Your stomach twists as you think of him crying over your dead body. You feel bad for him. You feel bad for Liu. You feel bad for everyone except Zalgo. Zalgo caused this all. If it hadn't been for Zalgo, you would still be alive right now. Were you alive? You felt different. You suppose that you are alive. Static fills your head and hurts you more than it should've. You collapse and try to steady your thoughts. Slender appears over your body and lifts your chin with his tentacle. 'It really is you, Child,' slender says as he drops your head and you try to push yourself onto your knees. 'I suppose this is my fault, I didn't give you my protection, I wanted to test you first,' slender says as if you weren't there, 'I should've known that Zalgo would've taken his chance.' You manage to shakily get to your feet.
'His proxies can still find you, unless you accept proxy-hood to me, you are going to be killed,' Slender says this with such authority that you immediately accept. "I accept," you say and Slender holds his hand out to you and you shake it. When you pull your hand away, the symbol of the proxies was burned into your flesh. 'You and Liu are both smart,' Slender says, ' the door's unlocked, child,' then he disappears.
Chapter 20
You rush to the door and yank it open, running into Liu as you run through the door way. He steadies you and holds you there, "woah (y/n) whats the rush?" You shake your head and look at Liu, afraid he's in Sully mode. He looks sane enough so you say, " I need to see someone." He smiles and says, "me too, I was just checking in on you first." You move out of his grasp, "who are you seeing?" he asks nicely, "it's ok if you don't want to tell me." "I-I'm going t-to see Jeff," you say quietly. Liu stiffens and shakes his head to clear Sully away. "Me too," he says, "why do you need to see him?" You look down at the floor, "I-I-," Liu cuts you off. "Its ok (y/n) I think I know why," you can hear the smirk in his voice and you look up, blushing. "Just don't break his heart or I WILL kill you," Liu says. "I-... We're-...," you take a breath before continuing, "he thinks were both dead. And you might kill him, why don't we see him at the same time. I can hold you back if-..." Liu nods and says, "I think thats a good idea."
You walk down the hallway and begin to shake with adrenaline, you hold your hand up as if to knock and then put it down, too nervous to do it. Liu smiles at you and knocks three times on the door. "What the hell do you want!" a familiar voice answers. You open your mouth, then shut it. "Can we come in?" Liu responds. Jeff is silent for a good minute before answering in a tearful voice, "b-brother?" You look up to see tears in Liu's eyes and you hug him to comfort him enough for him to respond. "Jeff, just open the damn door," Liu says in an equally shaky voice. You hear a click of a lock and then Jeff's voice, "Ben this better not be another one of your fucking pranks." Liu sobs a bit before saying ,"Jeff, please open the door." You hide behind Liu and watch as Jeff opens the door a bit, just enough for him to see Liu before throwing it open and hugging Liu so hard that you thought he was going to explode. "L-LIU I M-MISSED Y-YOU SO M-MUCH!"
Liu looks taken aback as he tentatively hugs Jeff back. "Shhhh.. I'm here now," Liu sobs with Jeff in his arms. "I-IM SO S-SORRY! I WASNT T-THINKING!!!!" Jeff continues sobbing and apologizing and Liu is holding Sully back from killing Jeff with all of his sanity. You watch this and can't help fee like you're intruding on something, so you look down and cry silently. Liu manages to get Jeff calm enough to look at him. "You've grown," Liu says, still teary. "You're still taller," says Jeff with a shaky laugh. Thats when Jeff looks under Liu's arm and sees you. He ducks under Liu's arm and sprints towards you, catching you off guard. He runs full force into you, knocking you to the ground and landing on top of you, pinning you to the ground. "WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME?!" Jeff yells before hugging you. You just start sobbing and apologizing. Jeff stands up and helps you to your feet. You hug him and apologize over and over before he puts his finger over your lips to shush you. You fall silent and hug him again, this time he hugs you back. Liu smiles and says, "my little brother's all grown up." Jeff blushes and punches Liu gently in the arm.
Chapter 21
After a few minutes of reunion, Jeff shows Liu a room across from his, that he had been keeping incase something like this ever did happen. The room was painted green with a black trim, and the door had a silver plaque with Liu Vicki Woods imprinted on it. The bed was black with green sheets. Liu hugs Jeff and thanks him for the room. Jeff hugs Liu back and they exchange, "I love you's," before Jeff left Liu's room and closed the door behind him, leaving you alone with him.
Jeff walks up to you and pushes you into the wall, holding you there. "Don't ever leave me again," he growls in your ear. You blush and nod. He pulls away from you but keeps you pinned against the wall. You blush harder as he looks you up and down again, the same way he did before. He smirks as he leans closer to you, shoving you against the wall as he did so. He crushes his lips against yours in such a fury that you have no time to react. His tongue traces your bottom lip as you struggle to break away, with no luck. He forces his tongue into your mouth and kisses you with such an intensity that you give up and let it happen.
When he breaks away you stare up into his face, the look in his eyes scared you a bit, as it was one you hadn't seen before. He kisses you once again before laughing, letting you fall to the floor, and going into his room, slamming his door. You kneel on the floor, hand over your mouth, and tears pouring out of your eyes. Why would he do that? He didn't really love you, did he? You shake your head and stand up, wiping your eyes with the sleeve of your hoodie. You take a deep breath and knock on Jeff's door.
Chapter 22
He opens the door and grabs the collar of your hoodie, pulling you into his room and slamming the door. "What do you want?" he growls. You try to look brave, despite being shook AF. You stare him right in the eyes, and say, "I think you know." He lets out a low chuckle,"heh... I thought so." He kisses you ever so gently and your heart begins racing. He continues kissing you roughly as he shoves you to his bed. He pins you down and bites your shoulder hard. You let out a small squeak but accept it and return the.... uh.... favor. He holds you to his bed and pulls the blanket over both of you.
****Time Skip because I'm lazy(and didnt know how sex worked when I was 12 apparently)****
You open your eyes and smile woozily. You see Jeff lying next to you with his back turned, so you sit up and the room spins. You look down at your body and see bruises... everywhere... uh oh... You start hyperventilating a little bit, thinking about what you were going to do. You were extremely hungover from last night, you have bruises all over, and Jeff was lying right next to you. You take a deep breath and steady your heart rate enough to get up, find your clothes and sit back down on the bed. Your clothes showed too many of your new bruises to be worn out of the room, so you find a black turtleneck in Jeff's closet, and put that on. You look at yourself in the mirror and deem yourself acceptable apart from the huge bags under your eyes.
You slip your hoodie over the turtleneck and, with a glance back at Jeff, you open the door to find Liu, about to knock on the door. You quickly exit the room and close the door. "Hello Liu," you say and find that you're voice is extremely rough, almost nonexistent. Liu looks at you in suspicious concern and tilts his head before saying, "Good morning (Y/n), are you alright?" "Yeah I'm fine," you respond, looking down. "Could I see Jeff?" Liu asks. You stiffen up and your eyes widen slightly, "NO! No... Not right now. He's...um... still sleeping." Liu notices the turtleneck and looks you directly in the eye, "Oh, I see." He smirks, looking away. "Well, just tell him that his dear older brother want to congratulate him," Liu chuckles as he walks away.
You walk back into the room and see Jeff sitting on the bed. "You weren't gone for very long," he says with a hint of dark humor in his voice. You blush and look down. He pats the bed next to him and you walk over and sit. He pulls your hood down and traces his finger above the turtleneck. "Tsk tsk, the turtleneck doesn't cover it after all. Shame...," he gets up and walks over to the dresser and pulls... something... out of it. He turns around, revealing a collar with silver studs and (Y/N) carved into it. He walks over to you and gestures for you to turn around, so you do and he moves your hair out of the way. You feel the collar around your neck and you turn to face Jeff. He's smiling in that way of his that makes you nervous, even after what healed last night. You watch as Jeff gets dressed and cleans off his knife, getting ready for the day as if nothing happened.
Chapter 23
Jeff helps you to your feet and walks with you to Slender's office to receive your daily mission. Once you enter with Jeff, Masky and Hoodie were just leaving and you notice Masky wearing a turtleneck as well. He sees yours and you share a brief knowing look before the door swings shut behind them. Once Masky and Hoodie were out of earshot, Slender starts off the conversation with, "I hope you two had a pleasant evening." You blush intensely and look at the ground. Jeff rolls his eyes and replies with an arrogant, "yes, I quite enjoyed it." Slender stays silent for a few moments before shaking his head and looking at his paper. "There are two campers just a few miles south of here, I feel as if they are beginning to come to close," Slender sighs. Jeff nods and pulls on your sleeve to get you to come with him.
The door closes and you both continue to the south entrance of the mansion. Smile Dog bounds out of the woods and knocks you down, licking your face and getting you all slobbery from doggy kisses. Jeff tries to get Smile off, but Smile refuses. You giggle and say, "Smile, down." Smile obeys and backs off, still wagging his tail, furiously. "Are you gonna help us find those bad little teenagers," you say to Smile in the special voice you reserve for dogs only. Smile jumps with joy and starts spinning in circles. "Ha.. I'll take that as a yes!" you grin at the crazy dog. Jeff looks confused, "I'm normally the only one he gets excited to see." You giggle at the expression on his face.
"Lets go," Jeff says. You and Smile follow the disgruntled Jeff through the forest, the only sound being Jeff's footsteps, as you and Smile treaded very carefully. It must be the canine blood in both of you. Jeff had to constantly check over his shoulder to see if you were both still there. Once you were reaching the targets, you scale a tree and jump from branch to branch, until you were directly above the campsite. You watch as Jeff runs past the tent and the talking in the tent stopped. "Who's there?!" you hear a voice call from inside the tent. You giggle audibly and Smile quietly laugh-barks. "WHOS THERE?!" the voice came again, louder this time. 'I-I'M WARNING YOU," the voice threatens as the tent door unzips enough for someone to look out. Jeff laughs a bit more and one of the targets emerges from the tent. "Y-You don't wanna m-mess with me!" the teenager shouts, trying to sound confident. You roll your eyes and giggle, knowing that he has no chance. Thats when he pulled the gun and pointed it in Jeff's general direction.
You freeze, on high alert. You don't believe that he sees Jeff but you can't be too sure. "I know you're there, I can see you!" the kid shouts. Jeff looks up at you before walking into the clearing, hands up. At this point, the other target has climbed out of the tent and they were both now a few feet away from it. 'Just one more step' you think as Jeff stops, just in the light of the clearing. As if obeying your thoughts, the first target takes a step towards Jeff. "Put the knife dow-," thats all he managed to get out as you land on him, pushing him to the ground and snapping his neck. You hear a satisfying thump as Jeff's knife hits the second target in the chest. Blood pours out of your target's mouth and onto your hand. You bring your hand up to your mouth and lick it, tasting the sweet blood of your victim. Jeff chuckles as he watches you cut open your victims chest and drink his blood. Once you were finished you stand up and wipe your mouth with your sleeve and stare at Jeff. "well that was fun!" you say. He kisses you and Smile tries to join but only succeeds in making both of you laugh.
Chapter 24
"We still have some time before we have to be back at the mansion," Jeff smiles, " do you want to go into the city?" He says this with such an implication that you shake your head, sigh, and agree. "Cool!" he says, "Lets go!" You follow him deeper into the woods and you start to be able to hear distant sounds of the occasional car. You continue following him, allowing him to lead you into a city, dodging cars and people on your way. Once you had reached the outskirts of the town, the place where people don't lock their windows, you choose a house and Jeff opens the window, ushering you inside. You gracefully slide through the open window and a dog hears the thump as your feet gently hit the floor.
The dog sleepily makes its way into the kitchen and when it sees you it begins a low growl. You dart to its side and place your finger on its snout. It looks surprised until you begin petting it. It leans into your vigorous petting and doesn't notice Jeff struggling to get through the window. Jeff hits the floor with a loud thud and the bed upstairs creaks. Jeff signals for you to be quiet and you stick your tongue out at him, still petting the lovely German shepherd by your side. You hear muted voices upstairs and the bed creaks again, this time accompanied with a thump of feet hitting the floor above. Jeff rolls his eyes and sits on the table in the kitchen, awaiting the arrival of the human.
You hear the sound of footsteps going down stairs and you tense up, waiting for the moment the man would walk into the kitchen. Tangling your hands in the dogs fur, you whisper in its ear, "You want to listen to me, don't you." The dog looks up at you and nods. Jeff rolls his eyes. "Good, now when your former master walks into the room, I want you to knock him down, ok?" the dog smiles and nods again. You smile back and the moment the middle-aged man stepped into the kitchen, you let go of the dog's fur and she knocks him to the floor. "LEMON!" the man yells as he falls to the floor. Lemon, the dog, playfully bounds back to you as Jeff slides off the table and plants his foot, firmly on the man's chest. "Heh, you should've stayed bed," Jeff says as he plays with his knife. "Then again, you would still end up in the same place as you are now," Jeff says as he presses the knife against the mans throat, "maybe you should just Go. To. Sleep." The man tries to scream but it is quickly cut off by Jeff slitting his throat. "No need to look so sad," Jeff whispers while carving a permanent smile into his face.
Once Jeff was finished with the man, he stands up and you lead him and Lemon up the stairs towards the room where he came from, where his wife, Karen, was waiting. "Derik is that you?" Karen calls when you reach the door. You lean down and whisper in Lemon's ear, "distract her." Lemon nods and bursts into the room, jumping on the bed, tail wagging furiously. "Lemon! Get DOWN!" Karen scolds your dog as you dart to the end of the bed, Jeff watching from the doorway, "Come," you whisper, and Lemon immediately jumps to your side. You wait, muscles tense, for the moment Karen would look over the side of the bed. When the moment came, you launch yourself up onto the bed and on top of Karen. You put your hand over her mouthing dig your nails into her cheek. "Don't say anything, you'll be with Derik soon enough," you say as you hip her chest open and watch the blood bubble over the cut you made. You continue shredding her body until you could hardly tell that it was human.
You raise your hand to your face and lick the blood and bits of flesh from your fingers. Jeff chuckles and hugs you from behind. "That was quite a show," he says, "I wouldn't have thought you capable of such savagery. You look so cute and innocent on the outside." You blush and pet Lemon on the head. Jeff spins you around to face him, kissing you fiercely for a moment before saying, "lets get out of here." You nod your head and take Lemons leash off the wall, attach it to her collar and exit through the back door. Running through the woods and back to the mansion.
Chapter 25 (finally)
You finally make it back to the mansion with Jeff and Lemon, and when you arrive, Sally is there to greet you . She jumps into your arms, surprising you. "(Y/n)! Was wondering when you would get back!" You look at Jeff and he rolls his eyes, "Sally-..." You hug her for a brief moment before setting her back down on the ground. "I was wondering as well," you say, patting her on the head. She giggles as she sees Lemon behind you. "Who's this?" she asks cheerfully. "Oh, her? She's a new friend. Her name is Lemon, she's really friendly," you say in an equally cheery voice while Jeff leans against the doorway looking bored/amused. Sally giggles and sticks out her hand for Lemon to see. Lemon cautiously sniffs her hand before knocking her over and cuddling up next to her. "Awwww!" Sally giggles as Lemon gently licks her face. You smile, "Looks like you've got yourself a dog." Sally stares up at you and you shiver at how much she reminds you of your brother. "Really!" her eyes widen in joy as she hugs Lemon. "Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou!" she squeals.
You smile and usher Sally inside. Once inside, Jeff turns to you and kisses you on the cheek. You jump a little and blush in an annoyed manner. Jeff shrugs and wraps his arm around your waist, pulling you closer to him. "Do you want to go to sleep?" he asks, smirking. You look at the ground, blushing. "I'll take that as a yes," he pulls you with him down a hallway and only stops when Slender blocks the way. 'Hello children, You completed your mission quite efficiently. Would you like to explain why Sally is in the living room playing with a German Shepherd she calls lemon.' You grin and look up at the faceless man. "Sally likes her, does she not?" you say, boldly. Slender pauses before continuing. 'She does seem to enjoy having a friend. So I suppose it doesn't matter. What does, however, is the fact that you are now permanently one of my proxies. You will be under my command unless you die permanantly,' Slender continues, ' you may stay wherever you want but you must respond when I call otherwise I will have no choice but to kill you.' Slender disappears.
"Now thats out of the way..." Jeff pulls you down the hallway and opens the door to his room with a smirk on his face. You giggle knowingly and roll your eyes as you walk into his room.
He smiles widely before shutting the door, sealing you off from the rest of the world...