Chapter 9
An owl hooted in the distance, the sudden sound piercing through the suffocating silence.
Cathy jerked her head from her lap, startled by the late-night noises that were beginning to appear again in the darkness. She darted her eyes around, seeing no one within the pitch blackness. Breathing softly, the blonde noticed that her skirt was dirtied, much to her irritation.
'Dammit...And I liked this skirt too…'
Grumbling as she sat up, Cathy casually dusted herself off; fixing her hair quickly, she then started to walk again. She looked up into the night sky, noticing the moon was way off in the distance now; a lot of time had passed by since they entered the woods.
The moment she heard Pamela scream out in fear, she hid within the trunk of a hollowed tree. She kept still, hoping to wait out the terrifying demise of the poor girl. She didn't wish to risk her life to save her, so the blonde just listened, hearing the horrifying screams echoing in the Far East.
Then...after what seemed like forever...the screaming stopped, an eerie silence following soon after.
'Seems like he's finished with her...' Cathy snorted rather haughtily, continuing to walk further into the darkness. 'Figures...Pam was always the weak one...'
Cathy didn't exactly see Pamela as a friend; more of a submissive associate, if you will. To her, Pamela was just as weak and useless as everyone else, and she would've targeted her as well.
But...her willingness and eagerness to follow her every word...
The blonde needed that type of puppet around to feed her ego. But now...Pamela was gone...
'No worries...' She thought casually in her head, as if Pamela dying wasn't a big deal. 'I can always find another doormat'
She continued on into the dark woods, unaware that she was being stalked within the blackness.
After walking for awhile, Cathy was exhausted; when she'd get home, she hoped for a nice, long bubble bath.
Of course, she would survive this chaos. Her ego was very certain of it. Why, already, she was thinking of what she's do when she escaped the woods.
And the first thing she would do would be to bring hell to Alexandra's life.
Hers and Wendy's for fucking with her plans.
Just who did they think they were? Acting all noble and uppity, like they were superior to HER! Looking down at her, DESPISING her...all because of that fucking little pest...
So what if she killed Momoko?
She had it coming anyway; the girl thought she was so high and mighty with her perfect grades, and her perfect hair, and her perfect everything…
'The little bitch was so agitating. Nice girl, my ass! She was just a little showoff who thought too high of herself...I wished I had killed her sooner…'
She smiled darkly; Cathy was still satisfied that she didn't have to deal with her now. Momoko was long gone. Dead...Just rotting in the ground where she belonged. And when Cathy got out, she would take care of Alexandra and Wendy as well.
'That is..' She thought smugly, giggling shrilly. 'If that MONSTER doesn't get to them first~'
Now THAT would be funny to see. She began to laugh louder, the thoughts bringing a sick joy to her heart. And as she walked on, her giggling fits getting louder, a demonic and maniacal laughter joined in with her.
''HoW sHAMEful…"
The blonde girl stopped suddenly, freezing in her feet. Her heart raced slightly at the dark voice and she and swung around quickly. Her blue eyes were widen in surprise, peering out into the darkness. When she saw nothing, she huffed and rolled her eyes in slight irritation.
'This is the last time I come in here…'
"YeSSS…IT WiLL…"
She flinches and looks around again, becoming more unnerved by the second.
No...she heard it that time. She clearly heard it that time...
That damned voice.
It was so broken and croaked; it almost sounded like a demonic Angel of Death.
'Get it together, girl' She cursed herself, disgusted that panic was seeping into her veins. 'You're letting yourself go crazy…'
"ArE yOu? Or HAS the InSANity AlReaDly taKen OvEr?"
It was that dark voice; she recognized it now...
The voice that made her hallucinate in school...
The voice she heard in her dreams...
The voice that...made her feel so vulnerable...
She felt the wetness fall along her cheeks; Cathy knew she was crying in deep fear, something she hated to do. Grinding her teeth together, the blonde hollers out, angry tears blinding her sight.
"SHUT UP! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?! ARE YOU THAT MUCH OF A COWARD?!" Cathy shakes into the ground, her blonde hair hiding the rage her eyes showed.
"C-C'mon! I'm not afraid of you!" She looks up, trying to maintain her confidence and manage a smug smile. "Do you hear me?! I'M NOT AFRAID, YOU BASTARD!"
"…So SaD…"
Cathy jerks and looks back, her eyes growing to extreme sizes as she looks up.
There he was in the darkness...
Slenderman...
Her neck cranes to see the towering body that was the Slenderman. His head looked down at her, all the folds and wrinkles on his faceless feature fusing together.
How he loathed this girl.
"YoU DarE tO ChaLLenGE Me, ChILd?"
Cathy staggers slightly, intimidated by his icy presence; she stepped back a bit, try to stand tall.
"S-Shut-up! I'm not afraid! I'll beat your stupid little games, you freak! And then I'll get out of here!" She stared him down, daring him to do something else.
Slenderman chuckled amusingly at the girl's pathetic bravery. He lifted one long leg and moved closer, his foot softly pressing into the ground.
Of course, he wasn't frightened by this mere mortal. Whatever gave her that silly notation? Though…it would be intriguing to kill this never had a soul as dark and disgusting as this one...and..it didn't hurt to experience the taste.
Cathy jerked as he stepped closer, watching him taking careful steps towards her.
His gaze never broke from her as his being looked arrogant and certain, as if to say "I could kill you in my sleep".
That is, if he ever slept at all.
"S-Stay where you are…" She stammered a bit, backing away as he drew closer; distorted laughter filled her mind, echoing at her pitiful state.
"WhaT'S WroNG, CHiLD? i THougHT YoU WeRen'T AFRaid~"
Slenderman multiplied his tendrils; they slithered from his broad back, grossly large and expanding outward to his prey.
The anxious blonde backs away even more, sweat starting to fall down in clumps to cling off her face.
"No…" She whispers in fear; his entire being was overwhelming, more dark than she could ever imagine. It hurt her pride to think this...but this man...this THING...was something beyond her control.
Turning away, she races through the dark forest. "NO!"
She only got so far before her body was yanked back roughly, tendrils wrapping around and hanging her high in the air.
"NOOOOO!"
The blonde struggles furiously in his hold, cursing wildly as her eyebrows frowned in panicked anger.
"Lemme go, you bastard!"
"NoT sO ToUgH NoW, aRE You ChILd?''
"GO TO HELL!"
Slenderman makes a disapproving look, tsking lightly before squeezing his tendrils around her body air-tightly.
Cathy gasps in pain as her lungs were crushed in the strong firm hold. Her arms began to grow painfully numb while his tendrils blocked the flow of her blood flow.
The worse pain she felt was around her waist, which slowly started to cave in; this particular tendril was large and thick, wrapping even more around her. Gasping out in breathless pain, Cathy gritted a plead to the mysteriously dangerous being.
"S-Stop…"
"You'RE PaTHeTiC…" He whispers menacingly, enjoying the way she squirms feebly in his grasps. "TO ThINk sUCh A hEAthENisH being eXiSTs…"
Cathy, with all her remaining strength, glares at the powerful figure and scoffs: "What do you know? I'm normal! I'm no creep that lurks in the dark!"
She gives a haughty look, trying to provoke him and, foolishly, demean him.
"You, on the other hand…you're a FREAK! A MONSTER! YOU JUST WANT TO EAT THE BLOOD OF INNOCENT PEOPLE LIKE ME! YOU ARE EVIL!"
The tendrils grip harder, making the the young girl scream out even more in agonizing pain. Her body began to throb horribly all around, begging for her blood to continue its circulation.
She looks back at him, not ready to give him the satisfaction of her misery.
"Don't act like it's not true" The blonde retorts as she smiles pompously, despite the agony. "You're scum on this earth. You're a demon that plagues everything you touch. You shouldn't even exist…just like Momoko."
She chuckles lowly before breaking out in a series of demented laughter; she cries out insanely to the dark sky, all traces of her sanity beginning to slip away.
"I'm gonna die anyway! So I might as well spill my guts to you, you vile creature!"
Staring into his pale faceless features, Cathy's pretty face splits in half with a sicken smile.
"I killed Momoko." She gloated evilly. "I bashed the little bitch's head into that boulder with one good slam."
Slenderman says nothing as he stares at her darkly, a twitch echoing somewhere on his body.
"When I heard that satisfying crunch of her skull…I thought I'd died and went to heaven. I felt so free; it was an ecstasy like no other…"
Unknown to the sadistic girl, the woods grew more caliginous around her; the moon had already disappeared again, remaining inconspicuous to the girl's increasing madness.
His body hung over the girl, seemingly growing more menacing by the minute. In all honesty, he was growing irritable, for her slipping sanity would put a damper on her soul's taste. It would be no fun if she caused her own self-destruction in his awake.
That was his job.
Slenderman began to summon more slithering tendrils from his body, glaring down at the laughing mortal.
"SiLeNT yOuR MoUtH…"
But she didn't stop; if anything, she sank deeper into her hysteria.
Cathy was too far gone to cease now.
In her deranged little world, the blonde smiled softly, seeming almost angelic if it wasn't for her clear insanity.
"The way her body twitched in agony as she died… the way her breathing slowed down, her eyes losing their colors...and the way her blood flowed around her." Cathy grins at him again, her blue eyes glazed with pure rapture. "It was so beautiful…And I loved every minute of it."
Her dazed eyes regain their focus, widening in pain as a rough hotness seared her throat. Blood soaked her lip, trickling along her chin as a tendril punctured through.
Cathy gasps in sheer agony and struggled to breathe for a minute; she looked at Slenderman shakily, fright immediately replacing her bliss.
Slenderman looked at her rather gleefully, letting the slimy tendril slide slowly up her throat and rest in her mouth. It only made more blood slip out, staining and dripping along the black thing.
"ThaT VOICE oF YOurS Is raTHer AnnoYinG…LeTs geT RID Of iT…"
To her horror, he rips away her tongue.
Bright blood splattered thinly against a tree as rasp screaming filled the air. Darker crimson ran down from her mouth and throat, blue eyes becoming blood shot with tears.
SlenderMan tilted his head softly, the small bloody tongue hanging from his crimson tendril. He grinned darkly, enjoying how much Cathy twitched in agony.
"WonDERful…"
He tosses it to the side causally…right at the feet of adorable black Mary Janes.
Such soft and slender legs bent down gracefully to retrieve the organ with a small hand. Their skin was the only light shining through the deep darkness, apart from Slenderman's own albino skin. They gazed upon the tongue, the same one that spoke of horrible evils and insanity just moments ago.
"ThERE, mY ChIld…ThE VOiCe iS gONe…"
The soft hand slowly clenched the ripped tongue, squeezing crimson out with pacified anger; their eyes were dead as plump tears ran down their smooth face, watching the blood slip along their fingers.
Surprisingly gentle, SlenderMan used the same bloodied tendril that preformed the ghastly deed to wipe away the sorrow.
"NoW, nOW…nONe of ThAt…"
The smaller being didn't bother to wipe the blood away; they complied with a small nod before stepping closer. The Mary Janes clicked against the forest floor, dead and dull eyes staring at the blonde's pitiful form through thick bangs.
Cathy's own eyes enlarged, her bloody mouth hanging open to express her awe.
'...No…'
Cathy watched as her dark blood slowly slid down the person's smooth skin ; she did her best not to retch when a pink tongue stuck out to lick the plasma away.
Savoring the taste of her terror and her battered form, the small being raised their hands towards Cathy. They softly made two thumbs-up before sharply throwing them down in anger; their petite body shook with deep outrage, sporting a sneer fueled with hatred.
Of course, Slenderman responded as such.
Casting to Cathy, he seemed to grow taller, larger…
The blonde watched in horror as he surrounded her, the smaller person coming closer to watch. The tendrils drew her closer to his lanky body, his suit mixing with the darkness of the night.
The slimy tendrils tighten around her body, making her wheeze pathetically from her torn throat. Her once peachy skin turned an ugly dark purple, her blood screaming to be release and flow once more.
She struggled in pain as another tendril slithered its way into her ripped throat, trailing slowly to wrap around her spine. A whimper escaped from her mouth, but there was no way she could plead for release.
'Dammit! It HURTS!'
"WeLL…SeeMs tHe DeCisIOn hAs BeeN maDE…"
Slenderman leaned back a bit, letting her body dangle in the air. Then, with a sickening and delighted chuckle, he yanked his tendrils every which way.
A crack followed and a unearthly shriek bellowed behind it.
Dark gore soaked down her blonde hair, staining it to a repulsive orange as she writhed in pain. Her waist was ruptured greatly, her spine hanging in the air by a bloodied tendril; the bone shined brightly with crimson, dripping along her clothes in dark spots.
Cathy's eyes stared wide at a bare tree, the pain too unbearable while tears leaked even more. With the remaining strength she possessed, the girl gazes up at her misshapen body, her realization overlapping with a new fear.
Her back was cracked with her upper torso hung limp; in other words...she had been basically snapped in half...And yet...she was still alive...
Pure numbness shot throughout her, tearing at her skin and unleashing a heat that burned her soul. Cathy began to cough up blood, the darkness of the gore dripping to the ground with a unpleasant plop.
Her blue eyes, which took on a more darker look, gazed towards the smaller person; they stared at her with a calm smile, their noticeable hatred rolling off them with a thickness so very suffocating.
They were enjoying her misery.
Whimpers echoed softly in the wind as the pieces were all coming together. The more she thought about it, the more she realized that she was in too deep.
The smaller feminine being was covered in her blood; looking upon the dark crimson smearing their dress, the smaller person sneered in disgust. Their small hand tugs at Slenderman's bloody pants leg softly, turning their hated gaze back to Cathy.
He looked down with a nod and slowly stretched over the poor girl's form.
"KeeP sTILL…"
In her horror, Cathy was forced to witness the pale skin rip away, darkness slipping through as his face opened up. The muscles in his head contracted and slumped in layers as the void became bigger and bigger.
Suddenly, thin worm-like strands lunge out and latch on her cheeks. A growl bellowed deep from the darkness as blackish green goo dripped onto her face…
He yanked her upper body up, erupting a deep cry from the blonde.
'NO! STOP! IT HURTS!'
'WhAT's wRoNg? I thOUGht yOu wAnTeD tO dIe…''
Cathy jerked violently, her eyes staring into the void as they widen in growing fear...
He was in her thoughts…he was in her mind…
A dark chuckled echoed through her brain, making more tears slip down to mix with her blood.
'YoU'rE sMaRtEr ThaN You LooK..'
'Please…' Cathy pleaded in her mind, for her mouth no longer capable of such. 'I-I take it back…a-all of it'
She was shaking now; her body was numb with pain, her heart slowing at the amount of blood she was losing...She didn't want to die...
'I didn't mean it! I DIDN'T! P-please—'
'AnnOyinG…' The strands pull into her cheeks, yanking her head closer; had he had yanked any harder, it would've ripped off.
But he didn't want that~...That wouldn't be any fun~
'i WilL EnJOY tHis meAl…'
'N—'
Slenderman ignored her mental pleading as he began to consume her flesh.
The smaller person watched as the monstrous demon ripped into the pathetic girl.
Dark blood and gore sprayed everywhere, painting the bare trees crimson as he eats her; the forest floor became littered with vile clumps, which dropped down harshly and unleashed an off-putting smell of death.
There was an ungodly and terrifying sound that filled the surrounding areal it could only be known as Cathy's desperate wail of terror, which grew higher in several pitches.
The person stood back, their eyes being all they needed to express their absolute glee at seeing her demise.
Silence began to overwhelm again as the frantic screaming was ceased with a sickening crunch. Anything that remained fell to the ground with the rest, the place a total scene of gore.
Blood and pink brain matter oozed from his mouth, Slenderman savoring the taste of Cathy's death.
Her soul had a stronger taste than the previous, due to her insanity and wickedness, but was satisfying nonetheless...
"HoW joYiSh…"
The taller being straightened up, his suit stained bright red; he looks back to the small person, placing a bloodied hand on their tiny head.
"cOMe, cHIld…wE hAVe MoRe gUeSTs to MeeT…"
Blood soaked their long hair and dripped slowly down their smooth face. Despite the gore they saw…
Despite seeing the ultimate and brutal demise of another living soul...
They still gave a soft smile...
The darkness edged away at that point, showing the moon again to the dark woods.
End of Chapter 9
(And Cathy is gone for good. Her death was more gruesome since she was the most hateful. I hope you guys are enjoying this side story ^^)