Chapter 2
My proxies were silent as they stepped into my office, I had kept my legs crossed, and watched them with curiosity. None of them had ever disobeyed me, I saved them from the eternal hell, and gave them the solitude of darkness. Of night. Something they grew to work with, and love as much if not more, then I. I wanted to smile, and be full of pride with my son like creatures standing before me. However, I had to keep my emotions in check.
"We have a girl, a girl with sapphire eyes, whom come to find out, her name is Kari. I need Hoodie and Toby keep an eye on her, gather as much information as you possibly can, and return to me as soon as possible. I have to visit another item of mine." As I leaned forward I watched my children move in unison. Toby watched me with amazement. My eldest of proxies, Toby. My pride.
"Keep them in check. If Kate finds out that there is another female, that I wish to stalk, and bring into our humble home of darkness, she just might go out and kill her, herself…and we don't wish to lose Kate…now do we?" I asked, leaning over the table, and Toby gave a shake of his head. He understood what I was getting at.
For years, I chased Kate and her dear friend CR…they dared to walk upon my earth, my home…thinking they had owned the place. It made me angry…it made me…so angry. Yet as soon as I take a step close to Kate, my first infatuation, was why she had kept coming back. Less, and less without the man CR…and I wondered, why? Why would she tread upon such…uneven grounds? I thought back to it, did I really need any more help? Anymore proxies? I had plenty! But none of which were female…and I looked at Toby, so lonely, with no one to share his insanity with. And I thought, why not? Why not drag her into insanity with us? And show her the beauty of no longer caring. She was my puppet, and I had controlled every action she made. However, when I send her out on a hunt, and it comes to other females, she could get…testy.
"Make sure, Kate DOES NOT catch wind of this mission Toby. You are the leader; you control how this goes. I know you won't fail me…" I leaned back, and I finally relaxed. The sun was rising, breaking through the small cracks, of the boarded up windows.
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I sighed, leaning forward, staring at the damn smart board. I've been in school for a solid three hours, and already I was bored with the lesson. It was about different mechanical schematics. What the hell was I going to do with this later on in life? Yeah it was free credit class, and I needed the extra to get into next year. What I had wanted to go for, was photography…that's what my real passion was. Taking a beautiful DSLR, and taking amazing scenery pictures. Mr. Chalmers, kept droning on, and on about different nuts and bolts. And I just turned my head to the side, and watched the wind brush against the tree tops. It was a beautiful, spring morning, and the sun just barely broke through the hazy clouds. I let a smile creep across my face, watching the birds flap their wings, and singing a beautiful melody.
Something moved in the underbrush; narrowing my eyes, scrunching up my brows, I sat a little straighter, lifting my head and took another careful look.
Just a rabbit. I told myself, nothing more.
But the movement came again, and it was a bit bigger than a rabbit. And moved much faster.
What the hell? Seeing my own reflection in the mirror surprised me. The little bit of makeup I wore, covered a black eye, and a small cut on my upper lip. I was in college I was a big girl, and the sapphire blue eyes stared back at me, proved me otherwise. I wanted to watch whatever it was move again, but I was captured by myself…how horrible and deflated I looked. I had no life behind those eyes, and no emotion on my face…and my pale lips, cold as stone.
What was wrong with me? I couldn't believe it…how did I come so far? But fell so hard? I couldn't leave, he knew where I was, I couldn't stay, because it's killing me…slowly. Mentally, physically, and emotionally.
Get help they said, it'll help they said. Bull shit. A burst of anger ignited in my stomach. Either I felt nothing, depression, or anger. The only two emotions that even tried to spark inside me. But today…today when I was running, I felt eyes upon my body, and it made me feel safe. No, I didn't feel threatened, I felt comforted. But scared, it had almost felt…possessive. And I had felt enough of that, for a lifetime.
Movement again, and this time, I decided to stop moping and actually look at what it was. And it almost looked human…just…darker? I couldn't tell. I squinted my eyes and finally got up from my seat. The teacher, didn't even seem to care. He looked at me once, and went back on the topic. No one ever listened to him anyway. Why would they on such a boring topic? Learning how to build stupid things…
You never know girl; it might come in handy. Hah…right! I rolled my eyes at myself.
SHHH
SHHH
SHHHK
There, behind my eyes, started to sting, within my ears I could hear, the static of the television. I turn to look over my shoulder, and the television wasn't even on. Confusion…my heart started to pick up.
What the fuck…? Rapidly blinking, I leaned forward, my forehead pressed against the cool glass, it felt…nice. Those prying eyes, staring at me…through the darkness within my head. Hands touched my shoulders, muscles tensing. And I shivered, feeling the vomit rise in my throat.
Who's touching me? Who is touching me?! When I turned around, and opened my eyes, I tasted it. I tasted the familiar copper penny, on the front of my lips.
"Kari, open your eyes. Your fine, what did you see? What's going on?" It was another girl, touching me…I didn't want to be touched.
The light touched my pupils as I opened them, my nose kept bleeding, and I didn't care. I wanted this girl to stop touching me.
"Get your hands off me." I growled. Her eyes flashed fear, but she took a step back palms raised.
"Sorry freak. Just wanted to make sure you're okay. You were freaking out." She rolled her eyes, and went back to her seat. The people were watching me in my class, watching me close. Hands were wrapping around my throat, suffocating me.
"Do you mind not fucking staring?!" I snapped, Mr. Chalmers gave one glance at me, and pointed to the door.
"Take care of that bloody nose. Your dismissed."
I stood appalled; hanging my head, I followed slamming the door hard behind me. The pain eased, and I could finally breathe. My fingertips touched the blood, finally clotting. My breathing was rapid, and I had to lean against the wall. Leaning my head back, letting the cool wall ease my throbbing headache.
What's going on with me? Should I go to the doctor? My vision blurred, feeling nausea. My heart, refusing to calm down.
Anxiety? I haven't felt this in forever…I closed my eyes, and started to breathe slow. In through the nose and out through the mouth. I could relax just a moment, my chest tightened, my throat started to itch. Touching my throat, I started to cough.
Did I breathe something in? From the forest? I couldn't stop, my chest ached, as I kept coughing. Lights started to dim, collapsing onto my knees, I couldn't breathe, my eyes watered.
"Help!" I gasped, and I coughed.
On the white tile floor, splattered red, forking in all directions.
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I couldn't help myself, I followed my proxies, and I watched from afar, Toby doing his job, and Hoodie following. I stood taller than the trees, and she wasn't concentrating on whatever was going on, she was looking outside; I watched her eyes flicker, and look to the ground underneath her. She saw him, she saw Hoodie, dodging. Trying to keep out of sight. However, it seemed that her vision was better than I had thought. Keeping myself blended I watched her step closer to the window. Her body covered in a plain hoodie, no designs, no…nothing. And her yoga pants were plain gray. Never the less, her eyes kept staring outside, I wanted to step closer, touch her, and see what she was made out of. See what was so special about this woman…this HUMAN. My stomach rolled in disgust. She was a disgusting human. Nothing special…
You keep telling yourself that, and yet you take it in your own hands, to make sure your proxies are doing their job? What excuse is that? It was true, there was no reason for what I was doing, and I couldn't lie to myself. As disgusting, and revolting she is, there was something else, something…that made me want to gut her, and see what was inside her.
Kate, was back at the saw mill patrolling, I gave her something to do, so she wouldn't have bugged me, or Masky. She was a smart girl, that Kate. She knew something was up, when I sent Toby and Hoodie out, and not Masky and Hoodie. Her eyes locked onto me, and she started to squint.
Bad mistake human…I couldn't help it. I snapped back at her, and she cringed. Taking a step back from the window, looking over her shoulder. Her nose, dripped with crimson, and I was proud of myself, I had controlled just enough, to be sure she wouldn't collapse there. Another woman had touched her, and I saw the instant reaction from her. I knew, she felt revolted just as much as I do from humans. Her face was angered, and her eyes flashed a deep blue…almost black. I, for once was stunned at how easily she was provoked. Was this the reason I was so intrigued by such a human? I took a step closer, and the wave of nausea hit her. I could feel it, I was coming on too fast, too strong…she was tasting her own blood. She looked over to the side, and she disappeared. I searched for her, and finally, I reached out, and just ever so slightly caressed her throat. I just so slightly touched her, she thought she was safe, she thought she would leave my grasp. I laugh at her attempt. This human, was mine. And I was going to toy with her, like the little human pet she was…as fragile as this human piece of ceramic was…she just might not make it to be a proxy. But, a nice meal would be better.
If Kate doesn't find her first.
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"Masky, this SUCKS! I want to be out hunting!" Kate scoffed, I turned and looked at her, I was irritated by her annoying voice. She was the one who wanted to pursue a proxy career, and now, she couldn't stand being controlled. She loved it the first few months, and now she was just begging me.
"I can't help you. Go patrol the area again." I turned, tossing my knife up and down. She gave me an irritated look, her nasty disfigured face made my skin crawl. Thankfully I put on a mask, she, on the other hand, refused too. Saying that it made it easier to scare humans.
"Please Masky, I wanna be with Hoodie!" That whining voice again. I held my knife tight in the palm of my hand, and I started to grit my teeth.
"What do you WANT from me woman?!" I snapped, the anger leaked through my voice, and she bucked down.
"There's something going on and no one is telling me what!" She cried out, crossing her arms.
Great, fucking smart broad. I took in a deep breath and sighed.
"Boss is just stalking another human." I rolled my eyes, and she pouted. I cringed at her disgusting face. Slender did a number on her…he really tore her up. She was pretty…ish.
"Slendy is stalking another?" There was that jealous tone in her voice.
"Was it a girl?"
Why did she care? I shrugged.
"Don't know." I lied. Of course I knew, but I wasn't going to tell her. Shit, Slends would kill me. I leaned back, and closed my eyes, listening. I could hear Kates rapid wheezing; it had sounded like she had been through the flames of hell. Breathing in tons of smoke. Each proxy had to go through some sort of test, get their memory completely erased, and start a new life. Kate pulled at my sleeve; something cracked. Sitting up straight, knife in hand, I narrowed my eyes.
"Kate, you should've been looking out! Now look!" I snapped, pushing her gently.
"Fucking rookie mistake! You shouldn't let your emotions get in the way!" I growled, taking off at full speed.
I felt Kate's eyes on the back of my head, and I could feel the jealousy and anger dripping from each and every scarred pore. She thinks she was Slenderman's favorite. She was far from right. I let myself smile underneath the mask, little did she know, this new woman, will be his favorite. After all, we work under cover of darkness, and this, this woman was different. I had never seen Master want to fuck around, and toy with a human like her. In my eyes, there was nothing special about her, but, hey if he saw something in her. Why not. Let him have his fun, after all, he kills everything he touches.
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"I swear Guy! I'm fine!" I snapped, sitting up right. I had refused to tell him that I basically coughed up a lung, and blood. But the less he knew the better. If he knew what happened, I wouldn't have been able to actually go out on my afternoon walk.
"Bull!" Snapping at me, he knew I was lying, and he read right through my voice. I sighed, and stood up. He walked up to me, his hands out.
"Is it okay if I touch you?" He asked, I shrugged.
His hands were on my face, and forced me to look at him. He knew different, he could see inside me. And it made my insides melt. He was handsome, beautiful even…and I could see how much he cared…I could see…how much…
Guy was leaning in, and I was following…his breath was hot against my lips. We were close enough, I could see the green flecks in his hazel eyes…my heart was skipping. His thumbs were caressing my cheeks, the skin on skin contact, didn't frighten me, or bother me as much as other people.
"I hate what that fucker has done to you Kai…I really, really do…" His jaw was clenched, his lips tight. My heart, kept stammering, jumping. I knew who he was talking about. Anxiety crept up my spine, and I held onto his wrists. Just the sound of his name made me jumpy.
"I promise; he won't ever come near you again. I swear to God; I'll make sure of it…" He meant it…he really, truly meant it…
Guy I…I…His face turned cloudy, his beautiful eyes shone, as my tears dripped over my cheeks. Was it love I saw in his face? Was it hope, that we could be something more? I wanted it too…I wanted him to, so bad…I wanted to feel…
Normal, just once in my life, I want to fucking feel normal. He was getting close again, I could smell the aftershave, and his peppermint toothpaste. Being this close to someone, had always made me nervous…his thumbs gently stroked the tears away from my cheeks.
"I've missed the girl that I had fallen in love with Kai…you meant everything to me…before that fucker fucked you up…" His voice was on edge; he placed his forehead against mine, and he just held me. He didn't force anything else, he gently put my hair behind my ear, my skin flushed as he said those words.
I had always gone with the fuckers; I had admitted that. I just, never wanted to lose Guy as a friend, I never wanted to lose him period…it why I had never dated him. It why, I never wanted to break his heart. Somewhere, deep inside my heart, I knew I had loved him for years. And maybe, I always would.
"Is it okay…if I kissed you Kai?" He whispered, I looked around, and no one was around us, just the nurse who had stepped out. I gave him another look, and I saw, he had truly never lost feelings for me.
"Please Kai?" He asked again. I gave a slight nod.
His lips were so soft, so warm, and comforting, I melted into his arms. I could feel his heart pound against my breast. I had missed him, so much. I had missed the comfort he had given me for years. I just, I just missed him. The person I had fallen in love with when I was a child…the comfort his arms had gave me, made everything, that much better.
I didn't feel alone; it didn't feel wrong. But…it didn't feel…as happy as I thought it would've been. It felt good, not to be alone…but what the hell was missing? I've been wanting him to show me, what he had been feeling for me, the last few years. Could it be, that…he…he could've fucked me up to the point I can't feel anything else? No…no…I wasn't going to let that happen. He was warm, he was comforting…and his heart was steadily beating just for me. I wasn't going to let this slip from me. Not now, not ever…
He pulled away, when I didn't want him too. He had the same confused look on his face.
"Did I go too far? You could've said no…" He had almost looked hurt. I kept shaking my head, to the point I had started to feel dizzy. I wasn't letting him slip away.
"No! No! I promise…" He didn't look as if he had believed me.
But he gave a shrug, and wrapped an arm around my neck. It seemed he didn't mind getting in my bubble anymore. And somehow, I didn't mind it either.
"Let's go back home." He said, his head lifted. He didn't seem affected at all after our kiss…I didn't understand it. I didn't feel any different either…why?
Why did he fuck me up so bad…that I can't feel anything…damn you, damn you Damon…damn you…I closed my eyes, and allowed him to push me out of the collage. The feeling of eyes peering out of nowhere made the hairs stand on the back of my neck. I turned to the side, to look. The sun was just starting to set.
How much time was I out? I thought, blinking. Something moved again, it was too fast to be an animal…the lunch I had in my stomach lurched up to the back of my throat and it tasted foul. I stepped a little closer to Guy, and he didn't seem to notice my sudden change. It was a flash of clothing that caught my eye…I was being watched. I felt it deep down in my gut…could it be Damon? Could it be? My palms became slick, and I stood still. I trembled.
I have to know if he's still here…I have to know if he's following me. I turned to Guy who gave me a questioning look...
"Go ahead, I'll catch up later. Tell MoMo I'll be home for dinner." I gave the best smile I could come up with, and he nodded.
"I'll see you soon. Just don't take too long, or MoMo will come out here and find you herself." He gave me a beautiful smile and I felt myself relax again. Guy…Guy was a life saver, and his mother, was another amazing life saver, I don't know what I would have done without her. I gave another wave, and took the trail. The sun was setting, but it was still enough time to walk the trail, and back. To check it out.
Girl your fucking stupid, this had better be fucking worth it. I snapped at myself, taking a deep breath.
The eyes kept staring at me, the paranoia was getting worse. I had to keep clearing my throat, it itched so bad, I wanted to cough. But I didn't allow myself. I wasn't going to have another coughing fit…no matter how bad my lunged screamed, no matter the static blaring in my ears.
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She was following Toby, he was, as instructed, making her follow him. And I stood in the back, watching as she stepped deeper into my home. The darkness was rising, the light sinking away. It was my turn to prowl.
"Toby, Hoodie, go back." I ordered. I heard their feet freeze. They didn't even know I was there. I am shadow, I am the darkness. I am, what everyone fears. I am, the tall man. She was taking her time; her body had relaxed…until I laid my eyes upon her pale skin. She was already showing signs of The Sickness. And I was surprised, she wasn't as strong as she pushed herself to be. She was rather weak. Like all other disgusting humans. She, was weak. She was nothing but a pile of plucked weeds. Or a pile of timber. Easy to burn, and turn to ash. I followed silently, taller than the trees. And yet, she still smelt of gooseberries. It was odd…she kept looking from side to side.
"Damon, this isn't fucking cool! Get off my ass!" She screamed, she was screaming…her voice was cracking, and I stopped. She was afraid…not afraid of me, not of my presence, but of someone else by the name of Damon. Who, who was this Damon? She had tears glistening her eyes, making them like wet blue sapphires.
"Aren't you happy that I'm still living through all the hell you put me through?!" She was standing in the middle of the trail, and I was stunned. Tilting my head to the side in wonder. The pain, the remorse so beautiful…what?
Beautiful…? Pain? Remorse? Beautiful on her?
I stepped closer, I was shrinking, wanting to get a better look. I moved from the front, to the back. I could hear her wheezing as she screamed.
"I loved you more than the pain you had put me through! I can't even love another because of all the fucking lies you put me through! You don't know how much pain I went through. You have no FUCKING CLUE! How much harassment I went through because of you!" She collapsed on the ground, grasping her chest and coughing. I was pushing too much onto her. She couldn't stop, I was stunned, her black hair fell over her face, and through the coughing, I could hear pleas. The begging, the cries of help. I shook my head, and shrunk back. As I moved away, I watched her catch her breath. The mixture of blood and gooseberries made me sick. Made me sick…made me sick…
Her blood is making me sick…? I was confused. She, was confusing me.
"You ruined my life! I can't love Guy because of you! I can't stand it! You ruined everything for me!" She lifted her face.
"I HATE YOU! I FUCKING LOVE YOU! I FUCKING HATE THAT I WANT YOU!" I winced.
"I…I fucking miss you Damon…through lies…through deceit…through it all. I stuck by your side, till you let me go. And now…now…" She laid her face in her hands.
"All my feelings are a mess…" She whimpered.
Without warning, I had reached out, and placed a hand on her shoulder. And I stood there in absolute shock. She didn't move, she just cried. And I knelt down, both hands laid on her shoulders, I didn't say a word. Her shoulders had relaxed, her muscles became lax…
"I can't put anyone else above him…" She whispered. I remained silent. The slightest bit of contact was more then I should have allowed myself. Through the revolt I felt, there was something else. Something dormant…and I felt fear skyrocket.
Tell me your story child…The words wouldn't come out, the urge to kill her, was still there and begging me to act on it, so I could end this torment. So I could get over this strange weirdness.
"I don't know who you are…I don't know if you're going to kill me. And if you are…please hurry the fuck up…" She didn't turn around, she didn't move. I saw the blood drip from her chin, I was killing her from the inside out. She wanted to die…she wanted to leave this world. How was I going to introduce the darkness to her then?
I let her shoulders go, and I turned from her. She didn't move. She didn't even try to fight back.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare anyone nearby." She said, and I almost laughed at her. I had almost laughed, at the stupidity of her.
I heard her turn around, and I watched the shock register on her face when she had realized I was no longer there, I had merged with my forest. I watched her stand, and I could see, the trauma in her eyes, making the blue pop out just a bit more. She was going to be an interesting tool.
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I walked inside my home, and I saw my small family of proxies lying about. Kate jumped up from sharpening her already sharp nails, I watched her sniff around and her damaged eyes lit up. She was about to ask something and I raised my hand to silence her.
"I need information on a male named Damon, and on another named Guy." I watched Kate start up again.
"What can I do master?" She asked, nearly jumping around. She was well over three years into the proxy business and yet, she still acted like a child sometimes, and it used to infurate me, now…it somehow mused me on bleak boring days.
"Kate, I need you to relax." I snapped, and she winced. I watched her cross her arms as she scoffed at me.
"I knew you guys were hiding something from me! What is it?" She snapped at me. Both Toby and Hoodie looked at her.
"Y..Y…You s…shouldn't s…snap a…at m…m…master l…like…t…that." He stuttered. Kate huffed and I nodded lightly.
"It's understandable." I waked passed her, and she sniffed again.
"It's a woman." I felt her jealousy within my mind, and I turned around.
"I swear to Zalgo, if you fuck with this girl Kate, I'll impale you on the nearest tree. This woman, is MINE!" I growled, the male proxies looked away, as Kate stared up at me.
"You took me away from my old life Master. Do you think I'll get jealous over a woman who'll share the same peril as I?" She asked crossing her arms. It took me a second to get over what she had said, I shrunk back to a decent height and gave her a look over.
"You failed to do your job today Kate. You were supposed to be on watch, and someone nearly got through. How do you explain yourself?" I asked, crossing my arms, attempting to keep the anger at bay. Seeing Kari scream at nothing, made me on edge. I watched my proxy shrug.
"I got bored. And this is the one time someone almost got through. So what? We'll slaughter them and have them for dinner anyway." She started walking away from me, I reached out, grasping her by the back of her neck.
"Do NOT walk away from me child…you're asking for a death wish…" I breathed out. She looked over her shoulder, and I saw the scarred up face of what used to be a beautiful woman.
"Death would be a beautiful release." The emotionless words spilled from her lips, made me freeze.
"You made your bed, now lay in it." I tossed her against the couch, and turned from them. I stared at the door to my room.
"Get that information, and get it fast. Kate, as punishment, you stay inside for as long as I say so." I growled.
My door was right there, my darkness was waiting for me. I needed the solitude, I needed to work through this. This, was different. Kari, was different.
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MoMo was already waiting at the dinner table when I walked through, and she was on her feet in a second. She was in front of me, hands all over my face, and she was staring at me. Shaking her head. She was getting ready to say something but I raised my hand.
"MoMo, I'm fine." I was tired, I wanted to sleep. And it was only five o'clock. This, wasn't normal. She placed her hand on my forehead and gasped.
"Lair. You're burning up, and that isn't good. Look at your beautiful eyes…they're bloodshot. How long have you had this cough? Trouble breathing?" She was in my space, as much as I loved MoMo, I didn't want anyone else near me. Guy, wasn't at the dinner table. I pulled away for a moment.
"Mom, I just want to go lay down. It's nothing I promise. I just have a chest cold or something…" I rubbed the back of my neck, and she placed her hands on her wide hips.
"Eat." She ordered. I shook my head.
"Mom…" She pointed at the table.
"EAT." I sighed, and pushed passed her sitting down at the table. Staring at the food. The smell made me nauseous.
"Guy has been telling me you've been having nosebleeds. Did they just start?" She asked sitting down across from me. I sat up straight.
"MoMo, what's with the third degree? It's been chilly and I went out on a walk. My nose was just dry." I played with the food in front of me.
"Eat Kari Michelle. You're not going anywhere until you eat." She sat back, and took a sip at a glass of white wine. I looked back down at my food and felt my stomach heave.
"Okay fine. Mom, I really, really don't feel good. May I please go to bed?" I asked, lifting my head and looking right at her. Her face seemed to pale, and she caved.
"Yeah, go ahead. I'll bring something else up later if you feel up for it." I gave her nod, as I stood. I did feel weak, I felt tired…and I just wanted to sleep. I managed to crawl upstairs and fall face first into my water bed. Feeling the waves roll underneath me, my eyes started to drift close. A deep silence pierced my room, within the silence I could hear my ears start to ring. I wanted to go to sleep so bad…but the deep ringing wouldn't go away. I forced my eyes shut, the waves of the bed were a deep comfort. I turned to my side, within the darkness, eyes stared at me. Within the darkness, my nose began to bleed. I still ignored it. Sleep eventually came for me.
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The darkness morphing into something. A tall figure standing at the foot of my bed. Tall, taller than any tree, arms longer than its body touching his knees. Deep black roots sprouting from its feet, crawling over to me, I sat up in the woods, and I screamed. But no voice came from my mouth. Just blood, I touched my face, my jaw was gone. I felt my wet tongue dancing, and the warmth of blood. My clothes were soaked. My hoodie, to my yoga pants. I still could breath, I kept coughing. My lungs ached. My body shivered, he was so tall, he was shrinking, and shrinking. Lower, and lower, he was about the size of a regular adult. In his hand, he held my missing jaw. It was just as simple as I could get, tentacles waved around his head, he had no face. His skin was shite as paper. He started to smile, as the smile grew his skin ripped, black tar oozed from his mouth, a spiked tongue jetted out, his teeth were shark sharp, he leaned forward his hand forcing my ripped jaw back on my face.
"Scream if you can little human. I dare you." He laughed in my ear, and I whimpered.
"There's no one else for you, they're going to be no one else here…" He started licking my face. Cleaning the blood. I shivered, his hand wrapped around my throat, as he lifted me into the air. I watched the tentacles wrap around me. Squeezing bit by bit more by more. The static filled my ears, and I closed my eyes, warmth dripped from them, down the sides of my face. His hand grew tighter. I couldn't breathe before; I couldn't breathe now. I reached out, my hand touched his, and his laughter filled every crevice of everything. I couldn't escape him. I couldn't leave. He was there, and he wasn't going anywhere.
"You'll come to the darkness. One way, or another. I'll make you see, the beauty in the night Kari. And you'll love it." He chuckled, I didn't want to give in…I didn't want to die. The scream was lost in my throat, I had no choice. I had no choice…
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"NO!" I screamed sitting up in my bed, sweat dripped from every part. I looked over my room, slowly, I started to relax, but in the corner of my room, a blackness so deep, I couldn't see through it. It was where my window was supposed to be. The shadow moved, a flash of white. I screamed, falling from my bed and grasped for the light. Once it flicked on, I saw him. Tall, white, black suit, red tie. He was standing there, his head tilted, in that moment something shot out, and knocked the lamp over. Leaving us, in total darkness.