The trees loomed over the forest, its darkness inviting safety as well as covered in uncertainty. This was exactly what young Casper High student, Mikey, was feeling as he looked around the darkness.
"Lester!" the nerd called out to his chubby friend. He was supposed to be helping him with a project when he disappeared. Mikey had found his camera and checked to see if there were any clues. The only thing he saw was a picture that was covered in white; he had thought nothing of it at the time.
A chill ran though his spine as he turned to find nothing; he had sworn that something was behind him. He was starting to grow panicky, as they were supposed to be home a half an hour ago! "Lester! This isn't funny!" Mikey called out again, the scared tone not going unnoticed.
He saw it again, a flash of white, out of the corner of his eye. He turned and, once again, found nothing. He shook as if he had a fever, backed up slowly, and stopped only when his back hit something.
He felt around, noticing it was not a tree. He turned around and became face to face(less) with the white head of a thin and suited man. Mikey saw his blank face and screamed.
Clockwork looked away slightly as the straight 'A' student's soul was ripped out. The Master of Time returned his gaze to watch Slender Man continue to make his way to Amity Park.
"See? You must deal with this menace Clockwork!" an Observant yelled out, being agreed with by the other two, "If we don't deal with this, he'll return to take over the Ghost Zone!"
Clockwork turned from the screens to raise an eyebrow, "What do you mean 'we'? You'll order me to do something, which let's face it, that I won't do but it'll all work out in the end anyway." He smirked lightly, "Look at what happened with young Daniel."
All three narrowed their eyes at him, "Now is not the time to get smart with us Clockwork."
"Yeah, yeah," the Time Ghost said monotone and turned to the screens again, "All is as it should be."
The Observants muttered to themselves and headed out, not noticing the scenes of a battle between Slender Man and Danny on the screen. After that, it showed Sam and Tucker dying with Danny in a wreck afterwards.
"Of course, nothing wrong with a little tweaking to make it right."