Family not by Blood Chapter 10 To The Slender's Dwelling

I stumbled upon that car by accident. It served as the final proof to what I already knew. I was unprepared, I only observed. Those poor people, they don't know the monster they are helping. That boy..he will kill them all, surely. They are all demons! Horrible creatures! They were the ones who brain-washed my sister and took her life...

I remember that day I tried to save my sister from the demon. I remembered her telling me that that beast she married couldn't use his power of teleportation when he was under the effect of sleeping pills... So I brought one. It was easy to invite myself over, even easier for me to slip it into his drink, although I could feel it the whole time...that horrible ringing in my ears. He wanted to read my mind. Once he was groggy enough, I tried to strike with a frying pan.

That's when he showed what he really was. That faceless abomination... I managed to break it's leg. While he was vulnerable, I took my matches and started that fire, making my way out the window. I knew that my sister's son, and my nephew, was still in that house...I knew he may perish as well, but I also knew there were good chances he would turn out being a demon like his father... And here was my proof. I was right.

What I hadn't expected, was for my sister to run into the flames. It was him again...he must have done something to her mind! He brought her to die. I will get my revenge...

I woke-up, my neck feeling stiff. I could hear a sound that reminded me of...bells?...No, that wasn't it. I blinked slowly, wincing at the bright light. I was in the car...I remembered last night, but as I gazed to my side, Jake wasn't there. Lee wasn't there either. It was then that I looked at the hood of the car. The two boys were using it as a table. Jake was back to his little human appearence... The sound I had heard was a bowl of cereal being poured.

They both aknowledged me as I walked out of the car. "Hey Jakey! You're back to normal already? I wanted to see how tall you'd gotten..." He reddened, tilting his head downwards until his blonde hair hid his eyes. "I...I don't know mom...I feel safer when you're taller." That simple sentence brought a whole new joy to me. I smiled and hugged him. "Now then, why don't you two save some for me!" Lee pondered this, gazing at the cereal box intently. He then took it in his hand and raised it high above his head.

"Hmm...I don't think so! Early bird gets the worm." I crossed my arms and looked at him with a death glare, preparing myself to pounce on the cereal. Just as I was about to grab it, he moved out of the way. "Hey! Let me have some! I'm a lady, you need to be polite!" The man only laughed, pulling the box away and above his head once more. What he didn't see though, was the black tentacle slowly creeping up behind him. Lee looked up in confusion as the box was yanked from his grip and tossed into my hands, Jake giving me a high-five.

"Family 1, government dude 0!" We all enjoyed a good laugh. It was the first time in so long I had actually fully laughed like this. We all got in the car and finally checked in to that hotel. Upon reaching our room, Jake flopped down face first on the bed. His muffled voice reached my ears. "Uuuuh finally! A real bed!" I giggled slightly, sitting next to him. We looked at each other for a few seconds, maybe a minute. The air started to buzz with his static, in a feeling of anxiety. He then looked down to his feet, crossing his arms and extending his tendrills to curl them around himself. It had become a natural gesture for him. We stayed like this for a bit more, Lee watching from the side, understanding he shouldn't interfere.

"So...mom...you really want to see the...other me." I placed my hand on his shoulder, lifting his face up with my other. His brown eyes met my grey ones. Suddently, I also filled with worry when I had the simple thought that I was asking him to make those wide and innocent eyes dissapear, even if only for a few minutes. I nodded. "Jake, you're my son. I want to know who you are, no matter what...because I care about you." He looked to me again, then smiled.

He backed up a bit and stared to his feet, seemingly lost in thought and deeply focused. Soon, once more, I witnessed his changes. this time though, it was much faster and he didn't seem in distress. Huh, guess he practiced while I slept. Once the change was complete, I stood up slowly, in a state of awe. He was, indeed, taller than I was now. Only by a few inches, but still. We stared at each other once again, and then I opened my arms and he hugged me. I felt his chest rumble as he laughed. "This is so awkward...I'm like...a giant." I laughed too and massaged his back, right above his tendrills.

A few minutes later, Jake was back to human and we all sat at a small table to discuss what we would do next. Lee was the most knowledgable, me and Jake only being here to agree or disagree with what he had to say. Finally, after some thought, we came to a conclusion, a single plan. We would rest early tonight, then get up at around 8 PM. We would drive off to the forest where The Slenderman was rumored to live. However...once we were there, it was preferable and maybe even safer for all of us if Jake went alone to seek his help...

I had wanted to object to this, but Lee's arguments had silenced me. "Cat, suppose we go alone, or just you or me... the slender might be hostile and try to harm us, seeing as we are humans. If we all go together, he most likely won't show up at all... A family taking a stroll isn't too uncomon, and with a slender among us, he probably won't see it fit to go near. That just leaves one option... if he sees a young slender alone in his woods at night, he most likely will approach to offer assistance to a younger member of his kind."

Jake and I had to agree... so we set up our clocks, spent the rest of the day trying to relax and finally went to bed at about 6. Only two hours later, the clock rang...why did we need this two hour nap anyway? I'd be surprised if I even managed to sleep fifteen minutes of that! We packed our things, got out and left. Jake was holding his teddy close, squeezing it tightly. He anxiously gazed out the window. I reached my hand back, humming to calm him...humming in the same way I had yesterday... I gasped slightly though when I felt a warm but cool feeling on my wrist and turned to see that he had clung to it with one of his tendrills. His gaze met mine, looking guilty, but I quickly smiled to him and nodded, resuming my humming.

We didn't even bother trying to listen to the radio. The whole thing was static thanks to poor Jake's stress. We finally pulled up into the parking lot of some run down building, which I imagine must have been a school. Stepping outside, closing the doors, we all just looked at each other. There was a small dirt road that led from the school to the woodland. It was hard to see in the dark though. Lee pulled out a flashlight from his bag, handing it to Jake. I took my son, my eight year old son's shoulder and pulled him back to me in a tight hug. "Be careful out there."

He gave me an other determined look. "I'm a slender, mom. I'm strong!" I smiled, patted his head and sent him off. As I watched him wander down the dirt path, I noticed he was still holding on to his teddy. Right before he fadded from sight, his silhouette paled and increased in height, and then the darkness took him away into the realm of the unknown, into the slender's dwelling. At that very moment I could only think one thing: What kind of horrible mother am I?

AN: Hey! I haven't been writting many Author's Notes recently...I just have other things to do so I try to save as much time as possible *caugh* playing Pokemon X *caugh*. Anywaaaay...one can not imagine the pride a new author feels when they have MORE REVIEWS THAN THEY HAVE CHAPTERS ¦'3 Thank you all, or more like you two...and YOU, YOU...You know who you are... You, reviewing every single chapter! Ok, you might look like a stalker or something Idk...BUT IN A GOOD WAY! Thanks for being there... So... Those italic backstory things I put in sometimes...ya...you'll be seeing lots of those...all the same story, but told from various points of view... It'll help build the full picture of what happened that day, and I do hope that last one I will write will bring forth some feels among you all...Anyway, thank you for reading...God this AN is long... I could probably just do like...: Z, M. LOOOOOOOOOOL