The hike goes on without any other significant events to speak of; you do, however, find yourself constantly blushing and giggling in an almost annoying manor. You can't seem to help it, every time you catch Tim or Brian's eye, you smile like an idiot. They don't seem to mind; in fact, every time you smile, they do, too. If they're close enough, they even kiss you, which (just as before) makes your mind shatter and your heart flip.
Is it bad that you think you could easily fall in love with both of them?
You break for lunch (or an early dinner, you guess) at some point before continuing on. Eventually you reach the burned building. It's exactly the one from your not-so-dream, and it floors you to be near it, and that's before the feelings begin to hit you. The closer you get to the building, the more intense the feelings become. Anger, fear, sadness, loneliness, and a deep set hate battle for dominance, and it's almost unbearable, that is, until Tim takes your hand. Then you begin to feel calm, and you wonder why this is. The thought slips from your head as fast as it had come.
You look around the building and come to the conclusion that it was probably a school of some sort, right up until you actually reach the door. At that point, you notice a maintenance tunnel, and you change your assessment. It's not a school; it's a hospital. Why is there a burned down hospital in the middle of the forest?
"This place... how did you find it? It's so deep in these woods..." Your voice is soft, mostly because you are afraid to speak any louder. It's an irrational fear at best, and you're sure that it's sprung from your new irrational belief in Slenderman. These are, after all, his woods.
"It's kind of… well… umm, I don't exactly know." Brian glances toward Tim and then back at you. Tim sighs from behind you, and you face him.
"I… I was sent here when I was younger. I had some… Problems." He's staring at the burned building, his eyes slightly unfocused. You feel a slight tug on your heart at his statement. Who would put their child in a hospital of any kind simply because they had problems?
"Well now you don't. Let's go inside." You turn and stride purposely toward the building, Brian and Tim rushing after you.
"Hey, no! We can't go in there!"
"(Name), wait!"
You laugh, but your heart isn't really in it. "Nothing bad is going to happen if we go inside." You blink, and when you reopen your eyes, standing in front of you is a tall, slender figure. There's a sudden noise in your head, something that resembles a cross between white noise and a blaring siren. You clutch your ears, but the noise seems to be inside your head.
"Sir, stop, you're going to hurt her!" You faintly hear Tim and Brian arguing with the man.
"Please, don't do this to her! We need her!"
The noise in your head fades away slowly as you start to teeter, the sound of shoes connecting with rocks the now prominent sound. You feel your head connect with the ground, and with a short snap, everything goes black.
