A/N I'm so sorry for the long wait! I'm moving to a new place and I had to pack all my stuff, thank you so much for waiting though! I understand this chapter is seriously short compared to the last one but I needed to ask you guys something before I could start on the next chapter, and the question is at the end of this chapter! Thank You once again and enjoy the (very short) chapter!
"Well I'm in a load of crap!" Tony declared as he turned to face the tall, faceless man. He was a little startled to hear a chuckle echo around him.
"Yes I think you are. But not to worry just yet Mr Seroliey, I see you've met Jack, Jeff, and little Sally." the teen glanced at the three and saw Jeff trying to inch away from Jack's enormous claws. Sally was sitting on Jack's shoulders with a smile as she played with his hair and Jack had a matching small smile.
"Y-yes I have! A-and the Rake... He's nice... I think..." Tony trailed off when he saw Slender seemed to be watching him very closely. "Uh... Do I have something in my teeth?" Jack laughed behind him then quickly smothered it with a large hand.
"No... No you don't Mr Seroliey. I was just thinking." Jeff at that moment managed to get to his feet a good ten feet away then he quickly moved to Slender's side.
"Jack threatened me again!" The pale boy declared once he was slightly behind Slender Man. Jack smirked and Sally giggled but Slender simply sighed slightly and pinched the bridge of his nonexistent nose.
"You are a twenty three year old man Jack, you should be old enough to not simply threaten now." Jack's smirk grew.
"Of course Slender, I just didn't want to make a mess in front of our guest." That sentence turned Slender's attention back to the blond teen who gulped.
"Oh yes. Our guest, Tony." Tony had a feeling the Slender would be smiling slightly if he had a mouth.
"Yep! That's me! Just waiting for a good chance to run!" He smiled innocently. Tony saw out of the corner of his eyes, a flash of some emotion go through Jack's eyes and Sally hug the man around his forehead.
"No, I don't think you will be running, Mr. Seroliey. You see, people don't just leave my mansion." The faceless man said this with a dark tone.
"Mansion? And here I was thinking it was a hotel! You do board a lot of people do you not? This place should be called Slender's Hotel! Not Slender Mansion!"
Now, there was a very good reason for Tony's pointless monologue. Even as he and Slender through remarks back and forth, all about the Mansion for some reason, the teen's eyes tracked around the room to find a way to escape. In his searching, Tony found that the mansion was indeed very old, despite the modern look to it. The vents in the corners looked like they were falling apart and only then did Tony notice that the house held no electricity. The room was lit up with many candles that didn't seem to melt and the mansion was cooled probably by the open windows that caught the slightest breeze in the forest. Tony couldn't find an explanation for how the CP's cooked but it didn't really matter. What did at the moment was the thought that there must be a lot of dust in those old vents.
"Mr Seroliey, I beg you not to remain silent. It makes you look like you are up to something." Tony's eyes moved up to the nonexistent ones of Slender Man and he smiled.
"I'm sorry Mr Boss Sir! Did you say something? I'm afraid I was a little busy thinking about the other residents in this home."
"Exactly who had your attention held so tightly?" Slender asked with a tilt of his head. Tony thought quickly and glanced at Jack, who was currently trying to grab Jeff's feet, and Sally who was putting little braids in the clown's hair.
"Eyeless Jack!" Tony said quickly. "I was wondering if he seriously eats kidneys, cause that can't be healthy." The teen heard Jack snort and Jeff mocked barfing before he slammed his foot down of Jack's claws. The clown hissed and backed off, glaring at Jeff. Sally at this moment, slid down Jack's back and walked over to Tony.
"EJ doesn't eat Kidneys actually! He likes eating Ben's pie though!" Tony didn't have any idea who Ben was but didn't care. He just saw his savior.
Slender and Tony had moved to the middle of the room by now so the door was easily opened by the Rake. The twisted humanoid crawled in slowly and stared unblinkingly at the scene before him. Jeff hiding behind Slender, Jack glaring at Jeff from his hammock, Sally holding Tony's hand, and Tony himself standing there. The blond saw the Rake snap his mouth open and shut a few times and Tony had a feeling the Rake was speaking to him. While Slender was distracted by Sally who was still going on and on about EJ and Ben (Slender seems fond of Sally) Tony glanced at the vent, then back to the Rake. He did this a few times before, to his surprise, the Rake nodded and crawled over to the old vent. Tony could see Jack watching the Rake but he didn't really care, Slender at least hadn't noticed. Or at least he thought he hadn't.
"Hello Rake." Slender said suddenly then turned to the corner where the Rake now sat.
*snap snap*
Slender turned his head back to Tony. The teen could practically hear the wheels turning in Slender's head but before the tall man could do anything, chaos took over. The Rake had quietly pried open the large vent and managed to climb into the thing. After a moment, clouds of dust filled the room plus about thirty rats and some pigeons. Jeff actually screamed and ran out of the room while Sally started to cry at climbed up Slender's leg. Because of Sally, Slender couldn't move quick enough and actually fell over from stepping on rats. Because of his height, Slender also revived a face full of bird during his descent to the floor. Tony was so busy scrambling out of the room and dodging rats, that he didn't really notice that he never heard Slender's tall form hit the floor. Out in the lobby, Tony turned and tried to leave the ought the front door. It was locked.
"Gah! Who locks a door from the outside!?" Tony yelled then turned and sprinted up the stairs. On the right there were three arches leading into three different rooms and on the left there was three doors. Tony turned right and entered the center room, which was obviously the biggest. To his right there were two couches and a coffee table with a few boxes on it. To his left there was a long table with 17 chairs and on the table, there was a huge map. Looking around, the teen was happy to see there wasn't anyone in here. Below he could hear the squeaks of rats and squawks of birds but, other than that, there wasn't any other noise in the mansion. It was an strange silence.
After taking a deep breath and thanking the Rake silently, Tony approached the table to look at the map. It was a map of the US and it was covered in red dots and black X's. The state of Wisconsin had a particularly greater number of X's and next to no dots. Tony, out of curiosity. Looked to his home state, Tennessee. Towards the southern end where he lived, there was a red dot.
"Huh, I wonder what the red dots mean." Tony muttered to himself. He looked at the black X's and decided that those marked where they killed because it just made sense in Tony's mind. Now the teen looked at the eastern end of Minnesota and found a red dot where he guessed the Base was. This confused Tony but, before he could think anymore on it, he heard voices coming up the stairs and angry ones at that.
"You let the bloody idiot escape! Can anyone do anything around here!? Or did I rescue a bunch of wimps!" It was the voice of a very angry Slender Man. The blond teen quickly scrambled to the floor and hid under the long table. He saw 5 pairs of feet plus a set of hands as the Rake crawled in. This scared Tony because the Rake could very easily see him but, luckily, the Rake didn't seem to notice him. Tony didn't forget about the Rake helping him but he was still a little scared of the twisted being.
The large black shoes walked all the way to the far wall before turning back to the others. The rest besides the Rake were wearing black shoes as well. One pair, Tony recognized as Jack's combat boots buy the other two didn't remind him of anyone.
"Of course you didn't hire a bunch of wimps Slendy! I was a little distracted by a few rats, as you know, but I'm not sure what these two were doing." Jack's voice spoke happily.
"I was busy beating up Jeff." A man's voice spoke. Tony didn't recognize it but it reminded him of a guy who either smoked, or coughed a lot.
"Don't beat up your fellows Masky." Slender reprimanded with a sigh. "The point is none of you even NOTICED that the boy just ran out!"
"You didn't notice either." The voice sent shivers down Tony's spine and made him want to cry out. It was a hiss of a voice that was so quiet, Tony was surprised anyone heard it. He saw Jack back away as well as the other two people. Slender stood still and, Tony guessed, stared down at the Rake who had spoken.
"Don't go there Rake. It was you that helped the boy yes? Why did you betray me."
*snap snap*
Tony heard Slender sigh and start to pace. The teen stared at the Rake's face and suddenly, he thought he saw something familiar in that jaw or something. The structure looked familiar.
"Masky, Hoodie, Jack. The three of you are to find the boy. He most likely will warn the CPH so we can't reach him there. I need the boy captured, and I need him broken."
A/N Alright! Now, in case you are confused this is what's happening. Slender wanted Tony at Slender Mansion for reasons you will learn soon. Tony escaped the bedroom (hammocks, not beds) thanks to the help of the Rake who went into the old vents and released a bunch of rats and birds that had been hiding in there. Tony ran upstairs because the front door was locked and found a map of the US covered in red dots and black X's. The point of the X's is to mark where they killed but the red dot's function is still Unknown. Slender Man, LJ, Masky, Hoodie, and the Rake came upstairs and Slender was mad at them for not catching Tony and now has sent Masky, Hoodie, and Jack to find him.
Ok! Hope that helps if it didn't make sense. Now here's my questions for all you my wonderful readers, do you want Masky and Hoodie to be like they were in the Marble Hornets series? If you haven't seen it than I highly recommend it as it's their backstory basically. But if you have, would you like Tim and Brian to come in or should I just not mention their pasts or who they really are?
