I didn't see much of the strange, tall man after the shooting. I thought it best not to tell my dad about him- he's overprotective of me as is. Telling him a mysterious, rather creepy man with no eyes said he always watched me probably wouldn't be the smartest thing ever. But my curiously was growing. I wanted to figure out who the man was. I vividly remembered his frail, cold body, still as death, lying in a pool of blood when I came around the corner. A part of me, deep inside, told me I should tell my father what happened and let that be the end of it. Damn you, logic. No one wants to hear your opinion. One day, when my father wasn't home, I grabbed my laptop and searched for a tall, thin eyeless man. Tons of forums, videos, and pictures popped up. The top result was something called 'Marble Hornets'. The video said it was entry number one. I clicked it and watched as a shaky camera wandered through a dark house and then looked through what appeared to be a foggy glass window. Outside it was dark, but I could still see, there on the porch- the tall man. He stood still and silent before suddenly arching his neck and staring at the camera and it's holder. Static swallowed the camera and the video ended. Almost simultaneously, my entire laptop screen fuzzed over and pixelated, discolored words flashed all over it. Don't look or it takes you. I yelped and tossed my laptop away from me and scrambled off of my bed, thudding into something cold and soft. I screamed, but again a cold, pale hand clapped over my mouth and silenced me. I closed my eyes, remembering the words that had flashed on my screen.
"Must you always scream, little girl?"
I groaned, again with the 'little'!
The tall man behind me chuckled. I wriggled, keeping my eyes shut tight. The man leaned over and wrapped his other arm around my shoulders. What had the forums said? The Slender Man? He was skinny, I'd give them that. But the title made him sound like a horror character.I felt a headache forming in the back of my head and my knees began to buckle and immediately began to understand this man was extremely dangerous. Wait, how the hell did he get into my room in the first place?! There was a man my house! And I was alone! Yay for slow brain connections. Remembering what my dad had taught me when i was younger, I instinctively jammed my fingers into the man's elbow and bit his hand. He grimaced and let me go, sending me sprawling into my bed. I grabbed my binder off of the floor and spun around blindly, slamming the binder into the side of tall man's head. He grabbed it out of my hands and snapped it in half, sending ripped sheets of lined paper fluttering through the air. He grabbed my shoulders and shoved me back against the wall.
"I like you little girl, that's more than most can say. And yet this is how you repay me?"
"I'm not little!" I snapped. "And I have a name!"
I still had my eyes shut, too afraid to look at him as he inched closer to me. Something - I couldn't decipher if it was truly a hand - pinned my hands to the wall above my head and I felt what I assumed to be his knee press up in between my legs so I was in a way sitting on his thigh.
"I know you do, Juno. I just enjoy your frustration at being addressed by 'little girl'."
I rolled my eyes behind my eyelids and wriggled uncomfortably as his leg pressed closer against me so I had no other option but to allow my body to fall into his hold. I groaned my disapproval as I felt a cold hand grasp my chin firmly.
"You've seen me already, little girl. Why do you not look at me now?"
There was a twinge of pain is his voice, and I almost opened my eyes out of sheer pity. But I didn't, instead I yanked my head out of his hand and snapped back at him.
"I saw you once, that was quite enough."
The man released my arms, sending me tumbling down into his lap, my legs still straddling his thigh. Well, that's awkward. The man let me fall down into my bed before vanishing with a sharp, shrill static beep.
Author's Note:
Hahahahaha! So my story's not all that horrible! You actually read this far... Exciting! Please review if you want me to continue :)
