MY GOD I AM SO DUCKING MAD I JUST EDITED 3,000 WORDS AND THEN IT DIDNT SAVE AGAUAIDKAKAKKDJAJQNBDBABABDNAN AND HERE I AM DOING IT AGAIN HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA IM GOING CRAZY HELP
"YOU DID WHAT?"
Several pasta winced upon hearing Slender's enraged yells echo around the house.
"Shit," BEN closed his laptop. "Jeff's really getting his ass handed to him."
Since Jane had returned yesterday (bloodied and with Nina of all people) Slender had been going batshit crazy with rage. Over the fact that Jane left, that Jeff had left, that they'd broken his rules…
Needless to say, people have been walking on eggshells around him for quite some time now.
But all that rage was nothing compared to what happened when Jeff came home, bloodied but uninjured…
Shit hit the fan, to be precise.
Slender went mental, and launched into a two-hour tirade about why he needed to be listened to and that rules were not meant to be broken.
Then he found out Jeff lost his teleportation stone…
Well.
It's a wonder Jeff's still breathing and not 6 feet under.
"JEFFERY DO NOT WALK AWAY FROM ME WHEN I'M SPEAKING TO YOU!" Everyone curled in on themselves/glitched into a computer when the teen in question stormed down the stairs, an enraged Slenderman following close behind.
"ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME?" Slender screamed. "HOW IS THIS ANY WAY TO REPAY ME FOR WHAT I'VE DONE FOR YOU? I'VE FED YOU, SHELTERED YOU, KEPT YOU SAFE FROM THE POLICE-!" As Slender continued berating the raven-haired teen, several tenants retreated further into hiding when they noticed the murderous look that was slowly spreading across his face.
"FUCK OFF!" Jeff exploded suddenly, turning around to face the Slenderman. "I GEDDIT, ALRIGHT? I FUCKED UP. BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT?" He turned around and marched up to the Slenderman.
"I did it to save your tennants," he sneered. "I went off and broke your rules to save your fucking tennants. And why?" He chuckled darkly. "You of all people should know what happens to people like me when they're cooped up with no escape, Slender. Blood is always shed." His hands made fists at his sides. "Whether or not that blood is from your 'family,' or from other people is up to you." He glared frostily at Slender.
"But know this," he breathed. "At the end of the day, there is always a knife in my hand, and I'm always going to put someone to sleep. It's a fucking reflex, a goddammed release if you will. And if you try to put a stopper on it…" he let the words hang in the air for a second.
"The pressure builds up, and it explodes."
With that, Jeff leaped over the edge of the railing and ran out the door.
Slender just stood there on the staircase, not moving. Everyone was dead silent, waiting for him to fly into a murderous rage and chase Jeff down but…
That didn't happen.
Instead, Slender sighed, put his head in his hands, muttered a weary chourse of "I'm to old for this shit," and retreated upstairs.
Everyone was dead quiet.
Then, BEN slowly lifted the lid of his computer up and popped his head out.
"What. The fuck."
~~~~~~Back with our protagonists- are they protagonists? I mean, I guess they are the good ones- but Chara's evil- and so is Flowey (sort of) and Frisk isn't that innocent either… *sigh*~~~~~~
So let me get this straight. You met Jeff the Killer-
"Check."
He was injured with a possibly fatal wound,
"Double check."
And you SAVED HIS LIFE? Undyne winced, resisting to cower in the presence of the absolutely terrifying fifteen year-old in front of her.
"That 'bout sums it up."
Frisk sighed and leaned back in their chair, glaring at Undyne with everything they were worth. Meanwhile, the fish monster squirmed uncomfortably under Frisk's judgemental gaze.
"Hey, Alphys and I didn't know who he was at first," she defended. "We thought he was just a human who was fell victim to the whole "wrong place/wrong time" scenario." Frisk sighed again and eased up on the glare.
Fair enough, they grumbled. Did you at least learn anything? Undyne thought about it for a moment, then snapped her fingers.
"Oh yeah!" She said. "We found out some stuff about creepypasta anatomy." Frisk blinked.
I was looking for something more along the lines of "don't think everything is as innocent as it seems," but this is better, they clapsed their hands together and leaned forward. What did you learn? Undyne frowned.
"Well, for starters, Jeff can run around with a reinforced chef's blade in his back for 30 minutes and not die of bloodloss," she began. "Secondly, Alphy and I are inclined to believe-"
Wait a minute, where is Alphys? Undyne looked a little miffed at being interrupted, but answered their question anyways.
"She's in the lab, running some tests on a stone we found," she explained, then added at Frisk's confused look: "I'll explain in a minute." Frisk nodded.
Continue. Undyne nodded.
"Alphys and I are inclined to believe that creepypasta have different anatomy than humans," she said. Frisk knit their eyebrows.
Explain? Undyne frowned.
"I'll try my best," she said. "God knows Alphys is better at this shit than I am." Frisk nodded in agreement.
"So, basically, when we found Jeff, he was laying in a pretty large puddle of his own blood. Which wouldn't be suspicious in and of itself, but he'd only been stabbed thirty minutes ago." she began. Frisk knit their eyebrows, and Undyne swore she could see the gears turning in their head; the kid had done their own research to couple with Alphys'; they knew their shit.
But there aren't any major arteries in the back-
"Exactly," Undyne said. "So, conclusion: creepypasta anatomy is different from human."
The fifteen year-old nodded. Undyne sighed.
"There's something else," she said. "Jeff dropped a stone. It may not be anything, but it did have something strange carved into it." Frisk knit their eyebrows.
What? They asked. Undyne frowned.
"It looked like a rune, to be honest," she said. "Again, it may not be anything, but Alphys decided to bring it along anyways-"
BOOM!
Frisk and Undyne shot to their feet, eyes wide as Alphys stumbled up from the lab, face and clothing black from soot.
"Alphys!" Undyne ran over to her girlfriend. "What the hell happened?" The scientist nervously fixed her glasses.
"U-um, t-turns out th-that stone Jeff had i-is a little radio-radioactive," she said sheepishly. "It- it kind of exploded on me." Undyne eyed the trail of smoke coming up from the basement.
"Aye. I can see that," she said dryly, just as Sans popped into existence next to her.
"Hey," he said, paying no heed to Undyne as she recovered from her near-heart attack. "I heard an explosion. What blew up?" Alphys sheepishly pulled a stone from her pocket.
"This did," she said. "It's a b-bit of a long st-st-story, but point is, th-the stone is r-radioactive-" she paused.
"Wait- why are you blue and sp-sparkly?" She asked. Sans flushed cyan.
"Bath bomb,*" he said shortly. "Now what's this about a radioactive stone?" Frisk sighed
Apparently, Jeff had a radioactive stone on him, they signed. It doesn't react too well to testing. Alphys nodded.
"I-it also survived the ex-explosion per-perfectly intact," she said. "Look." Sans peered at the stone in her hand. Sure enough, it bore no marks of the explosion.
"Strange," he said, scratching his skull. "Radioactive stones aren't admittedly in my area of expertise. I'll ask Tori about it later, she might know something."
No need to, Frisk put in. Chara's just upstairs. They're just as old as Toriel, maybe older. They're bound to know something. Alphys nodded and pressed the stone into Frisk's palm.
"Be careful," she whispered. "You of all p-people know Ch-Chara isn't as innocent as they seem." Frisk nodded and bounded up the stairs.
They knocked thrice upon their shared bedroom door, then walked in. Chara whirled around from where they were seated at their computer, murderous rage dancing in their eyes.
"What do you want?" They asked. "I'm busy." Frisk presented the stone to their "twin."
Do you know what this is? They asked, watching with rapt attention as Chara took the stone from them. They frowned in concentration, turning the storm every which way to get a good look at it.
"Well, this is a rune," they said, tapping the symbol in the center. "And unless I'm very much mistaken, it means 'teleport,'" they tossed the stone back to Frisk. "But I've no idea what it is beyond that. Ask Toriel." Frisk nodded and pocketed the stone.
Thank you, they said, and turned around to leave, when they noticed what site Chara was on. Green eyes wide, they grabbed ahold of their twin and whirled them around to look them in the eye.
Chara, why are you on cleverbot? The demon yanked their arm back with no lack of murderous intent.
"What?" They asked sarcastically. "Am I not allowed to chat to some artificial intelligence?" Frisk's eyes glittered dangerously.
Chara, you know full well that's not what you're doing, they said. Spill. Chara sighed and pushed away from the computer.
"Alright, fine," they said. "I was looking for BEN Drowned. Happy?" Frisk narrowed their eyes.
Why? Chara rolled their eyes.
"Did you read his origin?" They asked. "He's one of the most dangerous pasta out there. It's good if we find him before he finds us. Gives us an upper hand." Frisk eyed their twin suspiciously for a moment, then let the subject drop.
Alright, they said, an air of weariness about them. Let us know if you find anything. Chara rolled their eyes.
"Sure thing partner," they said faceciously as Frisk left the room.
~~~Meanwhile, at Slendy's house for psycho killers~~~
BEN eyed his computer screen, patiently (or impatiently depending on how you look at it) waiting for a reply from Chara.
Ding! He didn't have to wait long.
Sorry about that, Frisk came by. BEN grinned and cracked his knuckles, glad to know his partner in crime hadn't dissapeared.
What did they want?
Something about some stone Jeff dropped. BEN winced.
Ah, so that's where that ended up. Slender's gonna be pissed.
Why? BEN scratched his head, wondering if he should tell them about the stone's teleportation abilities.
It's not like they'd be able to use it, he reasoned. Only creepypasta- those in Slender's mansion, that is- can use the stones. Nobody else was charged with enough Sigma Radiation to even power the damn thing, much less use it.
In the end, though, he decided not to. Chara could easily be playing double agent on him, and while he was fairly confident that he could easily overpower them in a fight, he wasn't too sure he'd win against someone like Sans. Besides, the less they know about his world, the better. Can't be too safe after all.
It...has some special properties, he ended up typing. They haven't microwaved it or anything, have they? It's a very temperamental stone. Explodes very easily.
Ah. That explains the loud BOOM! earlier. BEN winced again.
Shit, sorry. Anyone die?
No, sadly. Though it smells like someone was partially BBQ'd.
BEN was in the middle of writing a reply (it consisted of something along the lines of "mmm, BBQ,) when his bedroom door crashed open and a very angry Jeff stormed in.
The computer virus knit his eyebrows when the scarred killer didn't react to his presence. If he didn't know any better, he'd say Jeff didn't know he was there.
But he did know better, so it came as no surprise to him when Jeff simply sat down at the end of BEN's bed, and asked if he could stay here for a while.
The videogame glitch frowned.
"Um… sure?" He said, though he felt it sounded more like q questuon. "Can I I ask what prompted this?" Jeff sighed.
"Slenderdick is looking for me," he explained bluntly. "And this is the last place he'll check." BEN blinked.
"Oh. Ok." he replied, then paused. "Wait, did you just call him Slenderdick?" Jeff snickered.
"Clever, isn't it?" He asked. BEN couldn't help nodding in agreement.
"Be mindful he doesn't hear you call him that though," he warned. "I can't imagine he'd be very pleased." Jeff snorted.
"Please. I could care less." He said flippantly. BEN sighed and closed the lid of his laptop.
"You're still pissed, aren't you?" Stating the obvious, always a good start when consoling a moody Jeff.
"No shit," the scarred killer scowled. "I mean, really, what did he expect to happen? For us to all go 'la-dee-da-dee-da, I can survive without killing!'" he scowled. "No. Fuck no. That would never happen. One of us would've snapped eventually. It just so happened I was the first." BEN nodded, deciding not to mention he'd cracked as well and gone out of a mass-murder spree the same day.
"Why did he ban us from killing though?" the virus asked, bringing up a good point. "He's never done that before." Jeff frowned-as much as he could with a smile cut into his face.
"I don't fucking know," he said. "Half the shit Slender does doesn't make sense." BEN hummed in agreement.
"Hey BEN?" The videogame glitch looked down at his friend.
"Yeah?" He asked. Jeff picked at the sleeves of his hoody- never a good sign. Usually meant that he'd done something wrong and wasn't sure how to tell anyone.
As per usual, BEN was right on the money.
"I ran into the fish lady and her girlfriend that night," he said quietly. "They came back early, and they know what's up." BEN's eyes widened.
"Shit, does Slender know?" Jeff shook his head.
"No, I wasn't stupid enough to reveal that," he said. "He's blissfully unaware." The sprite frowned.
"For now," he said. "Jeff, he's gonna find out eventually." The raven scowled.
"I know that," he said. BEN frowned.
"Not to be 'that person,'" he began, knowing Jeff was probably gonna hate him for this. "But the concequences will probably be much more dire if he finds out on his own as opposed to you telling him." Jeff gave him an irritated glare.
"I know what too," he snapped. "But like… how the hell am I supposed to tell him I accidentally blotched the mission without him ripping my head off?" BEN fell silent.
"You don't," he said at last. "You just have to hope to god someone nearby has a needle and thread so they can stitch it back on." Jeff rolled his eyes.
"Great advice BEN," He said sarcastically. "Great advice." The videogame glitch threw up his hands.
"Well what do you want me to say?" He asked. "That he'll be totally understanding? That he'll pay you on the back and say "oh well you you tried your best?" That's not very Slender-like, and you know it." Jeff groaned and shot BEN a glare.
"I know!" He snapped. "It's just-"
Whatever Jeff was going to say was drowned out when BEN's door slammed open and a figure dressed in purple launched itself at the smiling killer at breakneck speeds, shouting something that sounded suspiciously like "SEEEENPAAAAIII!" along the way.
"What the- GAAAH!" BEN snickered behind his palm when Nina's surprise attack on Jeff caused him to lose his balance and fall over, bringing Nina down on top of him. He briefly wondered how Nina had found Jeff so quickly, then immediately pushed the thought far away into the depths of his mind. Questioning how Nina's yandere-ness worked always ended up giving him a headache.
Meanwhile, Jeff stared up at the ravenette, bewilderment and slight panic playing in his unblinking eyes.
"Nina?! What the fuck are you doing here?" The yandere pouted, then seemed to cheer herself up by grabbing ahold of one of Jeff's locks of hair and rubbing it between her fingers.
"I live here," she said. Jeff frowned, batting his hair out of her hands.
"I know that," he said. "I mean what are you doing here. In BEN's room?" Nina's eyes flashed.
"I could ask you the same question," she growled, shooting BEN a glare that nearly made the virus wet himself. "But we can revisit that topic is looking for you." Jeff frowned.
"That's too bad. I want nothing to do with that asshat." He muttered. The corners of Nina's everlasting smile pitched downwards.
"But Jeff-senpai, he says he wants to apologize." Jeff fell silent.
"Does he now?" He asked quietly. Nina nodded and laid her head down on Jeff's chest.
"Mhmm," she purred. Jeff stared down at her.
Dead. Silence.
Then-
"Alright, fine," he mumbled, pushing Nina off him and walking out of the room, the yandere close behind. BEN rolled his eyes.
Once he was sure they were gone, however, he re-opened the cleverbot.
Sorry about that, I'm back now.
The glitch wasn't honestly expecting a response (he had been gone for quite a while) so you can imagine his response when Chara replied immediately.
Don't worry about it. What happened?
Jeff did.
What did he destroy this time?
Nothing, surprisingly. He needed somewhere to hide.
Hide?
Slender's looking for him.
Ah. That explains it.
Exactly. So, BEN cracked his knuckles, wanting to get on topic again.
What were you saying about the resets?
*Bath bombs temporarily dye bones the color of said bath bomb for skeletons.
DUN DUN DUN! (Does this chappy really need that? I'll let you guys decide.)
So there you go, chapter ten, which was written at the same time as chapter 9 and then edited a day later but uploaded a week later because I like to pretend I have an upload schedule. (Update: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA that was very funny, me thinking I could upload a week later. I tell such good jokes)
So there we go, BEN is well on his way to discovering the resets and such. I know at least one of you will have an internal freak out over that. (In all honesty though, I really need to plot some things out, so don't be worried if I don't upload till January.)
Side note: I wanted to include the Slenderduck in this chapter, but I couldn't figure out how to work him in. :( I'll figure it out next chappy.
Au revoir, little biscuits!
