Hey! So I got a day off from school today (inset day) and have some time on my hands, so I figured I'd do a NEXT DAY UPDATE! Wooooohoooooo! You're lucky to get one of those from me. Anyway, all rights to respective idiots, and on with the chapter!

"I can't believe she's doing one of these!"

"What?"

"Well, she never does a next-day update." Shut up, Skul.

"I'm not kidding!" I said, on with the story.

"Fine…"

Slender took his tentacle back, and began walking towards the Repository, still carrying Erskine, Saracen, Dexter, Anton and Tanith. Skulduggery and Valkyrie didn't say anything, just began following him, as if in a trance.

"He seems quite nice for a murderer." Valkyrie whispered.

"I told you, I haven't murdered a soul! They all… they all have heart attacks…" Slender sniffed.

"Well, maybe you should try being less scary?" Skulduggery suggested.

"And how do you propose I do that?" Slender called, dodging another sword swipe from Tanith.

"Turn around and face me." Valkyrie said, producing something from her pocket. The tall man did so, and Val approached carefully, trying to dodge boots, fists, and magic streams. As soon as she got within three feet, Saracen started laughing manically.

"I- I KNOW WHAT SHE'S GOING TO DO!" He screamed.

"Shut up, Saracen." Val muttered. "Any chance of a leg up?" she asked Skulduggery, who came forwards and interlocked his fingers. She stepped backwards, allowing him to lift her into the air, so she could just about reach the blank space where Slender's face was supposed to be. (If anyone starts singing 'Blank Space' in the comments I will personally ban you. It's not that I've got anything against Taylor, just that I'VE HEARD IT SO MANY TIMASDFGHJKL) she prepared the crayon, thinking out where she could draw, and then muttered something along the lines of 'screw it' and drew a smiley face on Slender's blank one.

"Perfect!" Valkyrie beamed, hopping down from Skulduggery's hands. She stood back and admired her handiwork.

"It looks like something a three-year-old drew." Skulduggery murmured.

"Don't lie, it's fabulous!" Val retorted. Slender shook his head, wiped his face with a tentacle, and continued down the corridor.

~I'm too lazy to write another document so here's where another chapter would start~

Slender entered the Repository, and stopped dead. There, in the middle of the room, sat his six proxies and Smile Dog. They were messing with all the equipment, and guess what? Playing Slender with Tipstaff.

"Argh no no no no no!" the Administrator screamed, and leapt up from the seat (much like Tanith had previously), running to the door. He saw Slender standing there, and screamed again, tripping over his own feet and falling to a shaking heap on the floor. Skulduggery sighed and walked forwards, offering Tipstaff a hand.

"Get up, Tipstaff," he said wearily, "and go get yourself a coffee. Send Ghastly, too."

"O-O-OK, D-d-detective P-P-Pleasant…" Tipstaff stammered, and moved to the door, not taking his eyes off Slender. The tall man stepped out of the way, and the Administrator shrieked before hurrying off down the corridor. Slender returned his attention to the proxies, who now stood in a sheepish line, glancing at the three occasionally but mostly keeping their eyes fixed to the floor. All except for Smile Dog, who ran up to Valkyrie and started to lick her face.

"Um, hello." She said. Smile gave her one last lick before wagging his tail and running back to a black-haired boy in a white, blood-stained hoodie, who had a – oh god, was that a smile carved into his face? She discreetly nudged closer to Skulduggery, who stayed slightly in front of her. The room was silent; even the fighting Dead Men and Tanith had fallen quiet at the sight of these new arrivals.

"Heeeeyyy, Slendy!" a boy in green with blonde hair called. Another boy wearing a dark blue mask and hoodie slapped him upside the head.

"Ow!"

"Shut up then!"

"Why are you here?" Slender demanded. Another proxie wearing a porcelain mask and yellow raincoat shuffled his feet.

"Well," he sighed, "We wouldn't actually be here if JEFF hadn't snuck Lucozade into L.J's sweets."

"Hey!" the guy in the white hoodie exclaimed. "Ben snuck it into Hoodie's cheesecake first!"

"And where exactly are L.J and Hoodie right now?" Slender asked impatiently. The proxies looked around wildly.

"Um, Slender," Valkyrie started. The faceless man turned to her. "Where are our friends?" Slenderman looked down at his empty tentacles.

"Oh, hell." The room chorused.