Chapter 3: The Bride of Slender Man
I waited patiently. Would this plan truely work? It was unlike Jeff to make such a notion. Masks looked up at me, "are you sure he wont kill her before this plan actually works?" he asked. I remained silent and looked behind me as sirens wailed, "at least he was smart enough to take his desire out on someone else," I said. Masks shrugged. Suddenly a bloodcurdling scream sounded. It was Auraelia's voice. Masks stood up to go see what was happening. I blocked his path, "Auraelia is a strong girl. I trust that Jeff knows what he is doing. I want you to stay here and take note of anything that might happen," I said. Masks nodded, "and if he loses his control?" he asked me. I thought about this for a moment and looked towards her house, "you know what to do."
Nothingness. A place that was black through and through. It held no emotion to it, no life, no evil, no good... It was a place I pondered my thoughts. I thought about the bloodcurdling scream that Auraelia let out. What was he doing? What was she doing? I wouldn't be surprised if she had become frightened by his appearence. But Auraelia was unexpectedly accepting of everyone, even if she didn't like the person. And Jeff understood the principals of everything; she was untouchable. But that scream unsettled me. Should I have gone in to help her? I know Jeff had moments where he could not control himself. Even with the current events going on, I have an inkling that something was not right. I can only hope that he can render his insanity to a minimum.
Darkness. Auraelia awoke to complete and utter darkness, though her eyes were completely open. Why am I still alive? She thought and tried to sit up, she couldn't. Panic flooded her when she found out she was hanging from something, a gag in her mouth. She yanked, tugged and writhed around but to no avail. She heard footsteps above her make there way towards her slowly. Auraelia let out a noise of anger as Jeff made his way down the basement stairs, removing her gag. She felt fear turn to rage, "What fucking pleasure would you get leaving me alive!? Untie me!" she yelled furiously. The permanent grin on his face intensified with his sudden surge of joy. His laugh sent chills down her spine, "I want to play with you Auraelia. You played a game with Slender didn't you?" he asked hugging her. She still wasn't wearing a shirt, leaving her skin open to the killers touch. Auraelia would have kicked him if her feet weren't bound. In an attempt to keep him away from her she brought both knees up to strike. He was entirely unnaffected by it. She froze solid when he brought out his knife, "y-you don't know anything... I am no one's property!" she said, her voice slightly shaking. He chuckled and brought the knife to her skin, cutting her smooth flesh. Auraelia bared her teeth and bit back the pain.
I will not give him... the satisfaction! She thought to herself. Jeff looked up at her, "aw what that doesnt hurt?" he asked. He continued to carve into her stomach, but not enough to make her bleed profusely. Clearly he was saving her for something else. He stopped cutting and began to shake, and Jeff suddenly erupted with a heave of psychotic laughter. Auraelia frowned at this, though her fear couldn't have been any more higher, "your going to have to do better than a few clean cuts Jeff. Whats this, you losing your touch? Can't bring yourself to bathe in my blood? Get off on my screams? Am I not enough for you?" she said in a cocky tone. He stopped laughing and suddenly swatted the knife above her head. Auraelia let out a yelp as she dropped to the ground. The knife was suddenly in her face, "Shut up! You!" He began, his voice loud with anger. "Are perfect... I haven't had this much fun in so long... So I want to make the fun last," he said again. This time in a soft tone. Auraelia struggled in his grip, "I am not a toy!" she said.
The desire rose. I want to see the life escape from her beautiful eyes, the life beneath her skin flow effortlessly from her body. I drew a thin cut across her cheek, "there is so much you don't know Auraelia. You were offered the chance to live, but you denied it willingly," I said. The knife gliding down to a more suggestive spot. Auraelia stiffened, "don't you dare! I never denied anything," she growled through her teeth. I licked at the blood seeping from the slice on her cheek, a shudder escaped. I couldn't wait to put her down. I began to strike her, I beat her till she bruised. Her struggling and pleas for me to stop were continuous, the fear and panic in her voice was altogether pleasuring to me. I was grinning so hard I felt a small tear where the slash mark on my face ended. I straddled her again, "still want to hear what I have to offer?" I slowly sunk my knife into her arm. She cried out so beautifully in pain as the knife hit the bone. I cackled with laughter as I continued to stab her; this girl was such a riot!
Tears streamed from her eyes, "Please stop!" she begged me. I continued with my assult on her by slashing deeper marks into her stomach. I leaned down and tasted at her blood, "I have a new game I want to play now."
Auraelia continued to struggle. Her thoughts bounced in her head sporatically; I'm being tortured... I'm going to be killed... But something about this still doesn't seem right. She heard a volley of footsteps and watched as Jeff was tackled aside. She looked up and gaped, "Your the guy who tried to strangle me!" was all she could make out. Jeff scoffed, "what, the big guy run off Masks? Your not much of a challenge," he said and then looked down at Auraelia, who was bloodied and bruised. She looked up at Masks, who kneeled next to her, "Are you alright?" he asked her. Jeff hoofed him in the face, "aw sympathetic are we?" he said and continued his assult on him till he lay still on the floor. Auraelia suddenly stopped as a feeling of rage entered the house. "Masks get up!" Auraelia begged as Jeff lay on top of her. He didn't move, "HA... hehehe... don't worry Auraelia, you can go to sleep after our little game," he said.
The pain from her wounds made it very hard for Auraelia to force him off. She looked over to the unconcious Masks, "Masks help! Jeff get off me!" she pleaded. Jeff belted her in the face, "your mine now," he said. Running out of options she screamed out the first thing that came to her mind, "SLENDER HELP ME!" The rage that filled the house previously intensified. Jeff chuckled, "I think I've been caught..." he said. Multiple tenticles peirced Jeff through the abdomen and threw him back, "What Have You Done!?" Slender Man leaned over Auraelia for protection. Jeff sat up, "she didn't follow through. So I figured I'd have a little fun," he said. Slender Man emitted rage like the sun emitted heat. Auraelia winced as her bonds were removed from her wrists and feet. Aurealia curled up in a ball and cried. Slender Man picked her up in his arms, "I will deal with you after..." he said.
Auraelia sniffed and winced as the revived Masks stitched up her arm, "sorry about before. I didn't know you were the girl my master had talked about," he said and tugged the wound closed. She was sitting in the bath tub while Slender Man went to go deal with Jeff. Auraelia wimpered and blushed as Masks stood her up and poured peroxide over her wounds. He looked at her, "why did you say all those mean things to my master?" he asked. Auraelia shivered as blood was wiped away from her body. She wasnt entirely fond of being so exposed to another male, but Slender insisted that she was in good hands, "I w-wasn't... t-thinking... Aft-ter everything that had happened... I d-don't know..." she stuttered out. Masks cocked his head to the side and began to run her a bath, "Master wants me to stay here with you. I don't entirely think Jeff planned on... His insanity makes his actions harder to control," he said, leaving out the obvious uncomfortable detail. Auraelia just hung her head and let tears fall down her face; What is happening?
Jeff just sat there, the grin on his face oozed out blood more profusely than ever before, "Gehaha... What an exciting woman," he said and looked up at me with crazed eyes. The skin at the ends of the tears on his face were ripping ever so slightly. I was beginning to regret sending him. Hoisting him in the air I relentlessly took my anger out on the killer and smashed him around, "you will not touch her!" I said. I leaned down into Jeff's face, "she is not yours to claim!" I said viciously. Jeff found this amusing, "C'mon Slender. She was never anyones to claim," he said. I bashed him into a wall, he just laughed, "fine then. Do what you will. She remembers nothing of you, nor does she remember-" I silenced him and stood straight for a moment. I pondered what Jeff said and then sighed helping him up, "exactly," he said in almost a smug tone. I shook my head, "you will apologize to her," I said. He whipped around, "are you serious!?" he exclaimed irritably. I remained motionless. My expressionless face making my actions hard for the killer to figure out, "I am completely serious," I said. He paused for a moment then snapped. He began beating the wall in an angry rush. He clenched his knife till he bled, "why should I? She is expendable!" he shouted. I stood defensively, "She. Is. MINE!" I said. My tone made him freeze, but not in fear. He froze with delight. "Alright then Slender. I'll apologize to her, but only if you keep this thought in mind," he said walking away. I stopped him, "what exactly should I be keeping in mind?" I asked him. he giggled, "Hehehe.. aha-a. Think of it like this; You may not be the only one she may come to cherish. Gehahaha!" His head bent back, his face twisted with pure psychotic joy. His laughter rang out througout the neighboorhood. Something about this does not forbode well...
Three weeks passed and Auraelia's wounds were still not as healed as they should be. Every morning Masks would knock on her door, each time she sent him away. She didn't even want to know what Jeff was doing... She had locked her door and window completely shut. The basement she didn't think she could ever enter again. The door made clicking sounds and Masks walked in, "I came to clean your wounds," he said. Auraelia wanted to tell him off and that she could do it herself, but she accepted the offer anyways. She guessed this was probably a time where she should start getting used to her new roomies. Masks ran her a bath and got out the first aid box. He poked at her stitches examining them, "well, I'm no doctor but I'd give it another week. Man Jeff really did some damage.. Though from him I guess its expected."
Auraelia flinched at Jeff's name, Masks helping her into the bath, "I learned about him on the internet... I didn't think he actually exsisted," she said and winced as the warm water touched her wounds. Masks shrugged, "how could you have known. We make our presence hidden to others unless we want to be seen. Jeff probably wanted to get a rise out of my Master. It wouldn't be the first time," he said and looked towards the door. Slender man had Jeff bound and walking forward. Auraelia's blood ran cold as she covered herself, "I'm..." Jeff began. He clearly didn't want to do this. Slender Man squeezed him till his arm began to make a splintering sound. Jeff grunnted and giggled at the pain, "I am s..." he tried to say again. Auraelia blinked and hung her head, "are you seriously trying to tell me that your sorry?" she said and looked up. No longer were her eye glazed with the stress of what happened. They had more of a murdurous look to them than Jeff himself, "Hell hath no fury than an angered woman," he said. Auraelia, suddenly ignorant of her injuries and lack of clothing stood up, "Masks since you've been taking care of me against my will, you can have the room at the end of the hall. This house is now yours as much as it is mine," she said suddenly as he helped her out of the bath and threw a bathrobe over her.
She limped over to where Slender Man was and let all of her fury out on Jeff, "You sick fucking son-of-a-BITCH!" she screamed and nailed him in the gut so hard the ribs beneath his skin cracked. He groaned in pain and then chuckled, "I find joy in pain. Your efforts are futile little Auraelia," he said. She collapsed to the ground, "Auraelia it is best you don't upset yourself. He wont hurt you anymore," he said. His voice was soothing to Auraelia as Masks helped her up, she glared at Jeff, "That isn't what bothers me. I think I'm going to start putting a little more faith in you," she said. Slender Man tilted his head in confusion and then nodded, "so your alright with that then?" he asked her. She nodded and limped out of the bathroom.
Masks bounded out of the room and towards his room, Jeff for once was baffled, "I'm not following whats going on?" he said. Slender Man didn't respond, Auraelia frowned and looked at him, "you kill to satisfy your need. I don't care what your intentions were, I'm just going to take it as a means of stopping yourself from ending my life," she said and looked at him, "besides. If I really think about it. I overreacted to the situation and blew it out of proportion. I guess it was the shock of realizing that a mythical psychopathic serial actually exsisted and was standing in my house," she said. He seemed frozen on the spot, "y-you aren't... Scared? After all that you suddenly aren't SCARED!?" he said in utter disbelief. She walked up to him and looked him in the eyes, "not anymore..." she said. Slender Man looked at her, "Auraelia it was a means of stopping himself. Though I am not fond of it... Even I too am slightly shocked that you suddenly have no lingering fear," he said suddenly and forced Jeff out of the room. Auraelia hung her head, "thank you..." she said timidly. He nodded, "I told you I would protect you. Jeff is a special case, but I guess you get used to him. If you play your cards right he wont try anything. Though I'm curious to know why you actually forgave him so fast?" he asked.
Auraelia sat down, "because I am a woman. We are tools in which men use to satisfy their needs. That and i see no true point in dwelling on it. I have an inkling as to why this happened," she said bluntly. This didn't seem to sit well with Slender, "What would give you the impression that you are a tool? I find that thought quite sad actually..." he said. Auraelia shrugged, "My Mother says otherwise. My own Father left us because he thought my Mother was getting boring..." she said. The convorsation was beggining to get very depressing, "anyways," she said standing up. Slender still seemed unhappy with the thought, "Auraelia, I'm not entirely sure that Jeff will leave you alone. He is under no ones control. Not even his," he said to her. She shrugged, "I don't know. I figured you'd say that though. I should be fine since you told Masks to stay here without telling me."
Speaking of Masks. There was a sudden knocking on the door. Auraelia looked over, "enter at your own risk," she called. Masks poked his head into the room, "I'm hungry," was all he said. Auraelia gave off a half smirk and stood up, "I like the sound of food," she said and walked down the hall and into the kitchen. Masks bounding past her. Jeff was already sitting at the table, Auraelia paused. She fidgeted, "oh and by the way, I'm not stupid Jeff," she said. He looked at her, "huh?" She scoffed, "you kill before question. Since when do you bargain with your victims so they can keep their lives? When have you ever made a deal with someone where you give them hopes of living?" She said sitting infront of him. Jeff paused and thought for a moment looking at Slender Man. Slender, who was looking at Jeff looked at Masks. He flinched when he realized what was going on and looked away. Auraelia caught this, "I KNEW IT!"
