"So you've become feisty over the past few years huh? You've never stood up to me before... Though I'm not sure you actually would in person. But anyway back on topic.
This isn't just about me messing with you sweetheart. Don't be so self centered. This is something much more serious. I don't like beating around the bush so I'll just get straight to the point. I know about the monsters living with you, and if you want to continue living with them happily you're going to listen to me. I need you to get some information on them for me, got it? I work for a certain organization that's, lets just say less than fond of monsters. And we need to get more information on their emotional capabilities. That's where you come in. All I need you to do is observe the 2 in your house. Give it a few weeks, and then report back to me on what you know. I need to know how much empathy, sadness, anger, and happiness they are able to display. It may be harder to put them into a situation where they feel sadness or anger, so if you have to create a situation that makes then feel those emotions, I expect you to do it.
This is really all I can say as of now. You know what you need to do, so I'll be messaging you in a few weeks."
This is the message that has me frozen in place... This is why Joey has been trying to contact me. What the hell is wrong with him? I don't intend to do any of these things for him, and he's going to know that.
I start to type a message back.
First of all, you're disgusting. Second of all why would you expect me to do any of this, and why do you need to know about monsters emotional capabilities? It's not as if me observing 2 of them would even determine how the whole monster race reacts emotionally anyway. Just these 2. So I'm pretty much going back to my original statement of leave me alone.
I hit send and anxiously wait for a reply. It takes a few minutes before I get one back, but as soon as I do I open it.
"Oh, so you don't plan on doing it, hmm? Need I remind you of all the things I know about you, most importantly where you live. You wouldn't want your new monster friends to have to miss you right? Because something unfortunate might happen to you. it would really suck, yeah? Yeah I'm sure it would. I don't want it to have to come to that so just do what I say. And well, let's just say it's easier to hurt something mentally than physically, you know? So if monsters are indeed emotionally driven beings, then we'll change our tactics from physical violence to a mix of that and emotional manipulation. It also really doesn't matter if you're only observing 2, they're all the same.
Now I don't want a reply back until I've messaged you again in a few weeks. If you do not have any information for me in a few weeks just know things won't be good for you. Don't bother going to the police. I haven't made an explicit threat. It won't do you any good sweetheart."
I start to shake after reading the message, and I feel tears welling up in my eyes. He can't hurt me! Is that what he's threatening?! I won't listen...
This is a new low... even for Joey. To threaten something so disgusting... he really is a piece of crap.
So what do I do..? On one hand I can just not listen to Joey, but then he possibly hurts me, which... I can't let happen... I know the right choice but... I'm so scared of the outcome.
It doesn't matter... What has to happen will happen. And in this case it means me ignoring Joey. Though now that I think about it, It's not like I have to let Joey in if he comes over, and he lives pretty far away from here. Maybe it's an empty threat... That'sall I can hope.
I may be afraid of most monsters, and that has to do with Joey... However, I don't despise them like he does. I don't wish harm on them, and I really do want to get over my fear of them. I'm used to Sans and Papyrus at this point. So maybe that's a start.
All I can do right now is ignore that threat and pretend it didn't happen.
Actually... I'll go ahead and delete my Facebook. It's really not something I need. I don't use it to talk to many people... except for Joey today. and it's getting kind of boring to me anyway... Considering it's the only social media I use. Joey won't be able to contact ne with that form of communication anymore.
I quickly head to my account details and click through a few buttons to delete it. In a few seconds it disappears and I feel just a little worry drift away.
Ha, that'll send him the message that I'm not listening to him, and don't plan on trying to contact him anymore.
I shut my computer and put it on the ground. Then I lay back on my bed, and sigh, exhausted from the stress this all caused me.
Just when I close my eyes to try and take a nap, I gear a knock on my door.
I tiredly say "come in." and notice Sans walk into my room.
I don't even bother to sit up, and he sits down on the bed next to me with a worried expression on his face... I don't even know how he manages to look worried. He can somehow move his brow bone to form expressions, and he can sort of lessen his grin.. I can just tell he's worried.
"Hey, you okay kid? You look a little tense, and you sound tired." He asks.
"Oh, uh I'm fine. Just tired. That game wore me out." I say trying my best to sound convincing.
Sans expression turns into a frown. "I know that's not true. You're not exactly the best liar ya' know?"
... What do I say now?
"No, really I'm fine." I say a little shakily, because Sans caught me off guard.
"No you aren't and I don't wanna push it, but the last few times I've asked you I've suspected that you were lying when you said you were fine. So what's going on? Ignoring it isn't gonna help you." Sans says almost sounding a bit upset.
I don't know what to say... Can I tell him? No... I'll just tell him bits of it...
"Some guy I'm not too fond of keeps trying to contact me on facebook and they're saying things that are stressing me out." is all I say, hoping that's all I need to say.
"What are they saying? Maybe I can help think of a response that'll shut him up." Sans says sounding a bit annoyed... That's weird.
Now what...
"Oh, It's nothing to worry about. Just some weird stuff. I'm just ignoring him so it's not a big deal to me. I blocked him after he messaged me when we were walking through the city." I say reassuringly.
"But... didn't he just contact you again? You seemed to hbe hinting that."
"Uh, yeah. He made a second account."
"Just to contact you...?" Sans says worried.
Oh no, he keeps asking questions... I'm running out of answers...
"Yeah, so I blocked him again."
Sans looks at me quizzically. "But couldn't he make a third account and contact you again?"
Oh no
"Well... Yeah, but I deleted my Facebook... so no worries."
Sans looks a bit suspicious now.
"What did he say that made you so upset that you'd actually delete your Facebook... You could always ignore his new messages so... that's a pretty big move."
Stop trying to get me to answer that question Sans...
"Uh, well... I didn't need it." I say with a sheepish grin.
"What's going on Shilo? I wasn't going to push it very far, but now I'm thinking this could be something I should know about. Is this guy stalking you or something?"
Oh no, now he thinks he's a stalker... This is getting out of hand. I have to do something... But I don't know what to say.
"No, but... I can't tell you what he said... I'm sorry..." is all I manage to say, not meeting Sans eyes.
"Shilo, it's okay. Tell me. This sounds serious to me. I'm not going to get mad at you or something. Just tell me what was in those messages." Sans says determined to get an answer.
Fine, I'll tell him. He's not gonna let it go, and I don't have anymore tricks up my sleeve.
"His name is Joey. He... tried to contact me three times. The first 2 times you were there as you know, but I blocked him. Then he contacted me today... saying that he's in an organization of people who... don't like monsters, and he basically wanted me to get information for him... I told him no, and he replied to me again, saying vulgar threats. So I deleted my Facebook." I say looking down. Scared of what Sans response might be.
He looked at me for a moment before clinching his fists and speaking.
"Okay, so I see why you weren't going to tell me, though I won't deny that it kinda pisses me off. But I'm much less mad at you right now than I am at this Joey kid. So you said that you told him no, correct?" Sans asks.
He seems mad...
"Yes, I told him no. I'd never go along with that." I say honestly.
"Okay, I want to believe you, so I'm choosing to. I know you have a fear of monsters however, so it almost makes me doubt you. Please don't prove my trust wrong." Sans says seriously.
I immediately start to feel guilty and become defensive. I look up into Sans eyes and frown.
"No please don't think I'd do something like that! Yes... it's true that I do have a fear, and that fear actually came from Joey... But, while I do have a fear... it just means I'm scared. I don't wish any harm on monsters and want them to live happy lives... So please don't think I'd be a part of this." I say pleasingly, hoping that Sans can tell I'm being serious.
He looks at me for a second as if he's trying to find something and speaks.
"Okay I believe you. I don't think you have intentions of harming monsters, so unless you prove me wrong I'll trust you. I'm just trying to watch me, my brothers, and the rest of the monsters backs, and you'll have to accept that. Though I am curious as to how you know this Joey guy. You said you developed your fear because of him, how? and has he always had a hate for monsters or something?"
Okay he trust me. Good, I'm less afraid now... I guess I can tell him about my fear. He already knows I have it, so I might as well tell him how I've developed my little problem."
"Thank you, and yes I understand you need to be protective of the ones you care about." I say reassuringly. "I know Joey because we went to the same school through elementary school to middle school. He was always kind of a jerk, and he'd constantly taunt me by telling me that a monster would come and scare me, ...or eat me, ...or hurt me. You get the point. Sometimes he'd come with a group of kids wearing creepy monster themed masks during recess or after school and jump on me and scratch me or even bite me. They told me not to tell anyone or they'd make another monster come and hurt me. When the teachers saw us, they didn't do anything... They didnt want to bother. It was a bad school, with bad teachers... This is why I've always had a fear of monsters. I know that you guys aren't the monsters like the ones in the movies... I know it's not logical but I just haven't been able to stop being scared... And well, I never knew he had a hatred for monsters, and I don't know why he does... He never seemed to be afraid of them." I say, honestly feeling a little better after telling Sans this... I'm not sure why. I just feel lighter now.
"I see. It makes a little more sense now, and it at least isn't just ignorance. I hope you can get over that fear because you seem like a good person, and I don't want you to be clouded by a false sense of fear. But it is up to you to get over it. You have to be willing to change for change to happen, and that means facing your fears head on whether you like it or not. You're talking to me so you're obviously making progress." Sans says almost sounding like a guidance counselor at the end there. "I guess you don't know why Joey is afraid of monsters... or just hates us. So that can't help anything.
What is the organization hes part of called?"
He is right. I do need to face my fears... I won't get over them if I don't so I have to try... It'll be hard, but I have to.
"Er well. He said he wouldn't name it... So I don't know, sorry." I say feeling like I did something wrong by not trying to get him to tell me.
"No, it's not your fault he didn't tell you. I know these types of organizations exist, so we probably won't be able to figure out which one he's a part of... It's also pretty hard to track any of them honestly... So the best bet here is to just ignore it. I was stupid to think I could possibly take down a whole organization anyway, it's pretty hopeless. I guess I'll just have to hope these groups die out." Sans says sounding disheartened making me feel a pang of sadness for him and monsters as a whole.
"Hey you look upset, don't worry about it okay? Those groups can only do so much harm. And it's not your fault. Don't get upset because I'm upset."
Sans has a worried expression on his face that makes me feel much worse.
"I know, it's just not fair. Monsters have done nothing wrong to deserve this, and I'm sorry humans are doing this." I say feeling guilty.
"Don't be sorry, it's not you doing this. You don't have anything to feel guilty about. Now just focus on not worryiworrying about that dude anymore." Sans says, making me remember Joey's threat.
He can't do anything...
"Right, I'm glad I told you about this. He shouldn't even know that you guys are here and I'm not sure how he does but... I'm glad he can't contact me now, through social media anyway."
Sans lessens his frown, and gets up. "Come on let's go watch a movie." He says trying to cheer me up.
Yeah... a movie sounds good right now.
The rest of the day is spent with me and the skelebros watching movies, and eating dinner when dad got home. Then more movies.
Eventually it gets late and I tell everyone goodnight before we all head to our rooms.
I lay down on my bed and close my eyes.
Maybe Sans is a lot nicer than I first assumed. Or at least he was pretty nice today. I'm actually glad he was there and that I could talk about this. Papyrus seemed nice from the beginning, but Sans just seemed kind of neutral... I don't know... All I know is I'm tired, and I'm going to sleep.
I lay awake for a couple more minutes before eventually drifting off into a deep lengthy slumber.