The man cloaked in darkness stood on her room again. His messy black hair fell just below his nearly glowing red eyes. The little girl in bed smiled as he lifted his index finger to his lips to shh her.
"Hello, my little one" he said in a voice almost too sweet for the young girl of eight. She shuddered as his cool hand landed upon her warm leg.
"Mr. Birthday!" the small child whispered excitedly with a lisp. The tall man dressed in dark apparel gave the young girl a sly, cat-like smile. The little girl jumped form her bed and ran to her intruder.
"Nw, now my little accomplice, lye down in bed and Mr. Birthday will tell you a bedtime story" He said to the young girl as her feet made pitter patter noises across the floor.
"Okay! Who did you kill this time, Mr. Birthday?" the young child said a bit too loudly for the dark figure. She tried desperately to hide the joy she felt when her favorite intruder told her the stories of where the bad ones went.
"This time my little accomplice, I killed a women by the name of—"
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Beyond Birthday tried slyly to exit the young girl's room. After a night of questions and stories, he was desperate to get out into the crowded streets of L.A. to find his next victim.
"Can I go with you?" the little girl asked in a sleepy voice just as Beyond started to exit through her window. The young girl had wanted to ask Beyond that question since the day he had told her the first story.
A light became brightened within Beyond's eyes, and he slowly made his way back to her bed. Beyond Birthday smiled sadistically as he though of how he would break and rebuild his favorite and all too willing person.
"Grab your things, my little accomplice. You can come only come if you promise not to ask to come home." The little girl gasped with excitement and happiness. Quickly, she began to gather odds and ends from around her room.
"No games or toys, young one. You must only bring clothes" he said as he effortlessly took a doll from her hands.
"Okay…" the young girl pouted as she walked to her closet and carelessly threw open the door. Shortly after her clothes were packed, Beyond took his young accomplice out of the window which he had once entered.