A/N: Well, this chapter is waaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy too long XD Grab popcorn, a drink, your bed covers because this one will take long XD Still, thank you for reading it! Since I have quite a while to upload, there will be a second chapter coming up! Reviews are always welcomed my darlings :3 :D
Chapter 12 Catch Me If You Can
'What the hell?' you say looking down to yourself and then towards EJ.
He immediately stands up and rushes to your side, with the curiosity of a crazed scientist being emitted from every fiber of his existence.
'Allow me to examine you.' he said as he took your once injured hand in his. Gently resting your hand in one of his, he takes his scalpel out with the other one and with a swift move, starts to cut the bandages and pull them away from your hand, in order to reveal the wound underneath. But when the last bandage is successfully cut, what lies underneath makes you gasp from the surprise.
Were once was the pretty deep bite of the Rake, with a clear print of its teeth on your skin, now lies your untouched, (s/c) skin, not only fully recovered, but with no marks whatsoever. The moment your eyes fall on your healed skin, your eyes open wide with surprise and you immediately place your hand over it to make sure you were not dreaming. But the soft surface of the skin and the absolute absence of pain makes you turn towards EJ for some answers. He, on the other hand removes your hand and examines the hand carefully, mumbling to himself under his navy-blue mask.
'It appears to be fully healed. Your Creepypasta regeneration abilities have awakened, but are far faster than ours.'
'You don't say E-agh.' You choke on something stuck inside your neck. Your hand flies on the bandage, as EJ looks up to you 'There –ugh- is something on my t-throat!'
He gently pulls your hands away and with a swift move cuts the bandages. Before he is able to stop you though, you place your hands back at the wound, only to feel the thread sewn neatly inside the skin of your neck. You gulp hard as you feel disgust and shivers running down your spine.
'Stay still.' EJ advises you and as you let him remove your hand, he carefully passes the scalpel over your skin, cutting the stitches and releasing your neck. You breathe out heavily.
'Masky, Hoodie, hold her down.' EJ simply says then.
'What? Why? Hell no!' you try to avoid the two males, but with shift moves, they manage to grab one hand each and hold you down on your chair, despite the furious gazes you throw them.
'It's for your own good _.' Masky says, his voice painted with understanding.
'H-he…m-must…p-pull the…stitches out..' Hoodie mumbles, and you are barely able to hear him.
'This will hurt a little bit _.' EJ says turning to you 'Jeff cover Sally's ears.'
To your utter surprise, the forever smiling killer pulls the little girl near him and covers her ears, while smiling slyly to you, giving you the urge to punch him unconscious. But you have other matters to attend to right now, other than beating up Jeff. You turn towards EJ, tensed like an animal ready to attack, but remaining in place and not giving the two proxies any further trouble. All the pastas have their eyes nailed on you ready to act in case of an emergency, but also, to see how you will react to the stitches. Even Ben is looking over his PSP and looks at you with interest painting his bloodshot eyes.
'Ready?' EJ asks you.
You swallow hard but stick to your poker face. How much is it going to hurt anyways?
'Ready.' You announce in an even voice.
He gently grabs one of the loose strings and pulls it out with a sharp move.
There is absolute silence.
All eyes are on you, but you have an impenetrable poker face on. Not even the proxies that were holding you felt any major change that acquired them to use their strength to keep you down. Not even a single movement is shown from your side. Not even a single sound. Jeff looks at you with even wider eyes, while EJ remains inches away from you and in complete silence. He is waiting for any sign of pain from your side. A tear, a scream, something. But you are completely silent which is more disturbing than the screams. The only thing that is heard is your breathing. Slow, controlled and even. All the other pastas are currently holding their breaths so see what you will do.
Then, to the utter surprise of everyone inside the now deadly silent room, you smile. You flash them a really big smile, from one ear to another, that easily can be compared with Jeffs' and is equal in madness too. Still, the only thing you do is turn to Jeff.
'Are you covering her ears tightly?' you ask him, pointing at Sally with your head.
'Yeah.' He simply says.
You turn to EJ.
'Holy f*cking sh!t that hurt like a dense m*therf*#$%^er! Jesus Christ superstar! Pull one more out and I'll give you your guts to eat for lunch!' you say smiling to EJ with the cutest smile you could pull.
All Pastas laugh loudly and EJ tries to pull the next one, only to be kicked by you straight in the chest. He falls back and you make a run for it before…wait! It's already too late, Masky and Hoodie tackle you to the ground, before you even passed the kitchen door. You try to fight them off, kicking and turning like crazy. They hold you hard, one from the arms and the other from the legs, still, you are kicking and screaming. From the corner of your eye you see Ben rushing over to a really surprised EJ, while from your left, Toby charges towards you with a large, sadistic smile on his face.
You manage to pull one of your hands away from Masky's grasp, and punch the boy straight in the face. He falls back, releasing his grip on your other hand also. Toby charges straight at you, trying to grab your hands again, but even if you are laying down, you grab his hands and putting all your power, you tackle him, throwing him over your head, making him make a small turn in the air, before he fell above you. still, he stalled you long enough for Masky to recharge towards you and grab your hands, pinning them above your head, where Toby snatches them and hold them with all his power down.
'Think logically _! This is for your own good!' Masky tries to pacify you.
'Shut up!' you yell still fighting.
'Doesn't matter how long you fight it, we won you kitty.' Toby purrs from above you, as Masky rushes to help Hoodie immobilize your legs for good, his eyes flashing with a dangerous glow behind the goggles.
'EJ now would be a good time.' Masky says to the blue masked man.
He just nods and walks towards you. Seeing him, you scream once again and struggle, only that his time, they're holding you pretty damn good. EJ passes one leg to the other side of you and sits on your stomach, immobilizing you further. He grabs your head to keep it in place and grabs the second thread.
'Did you really have to go the hard way?' he asks wearily and pulls the thread.
There were eight threads. Eight threads made from hell itself especially to torture you with every pull. By the time the last one was pulled, your screams and swearings were heard all over the house, as if someone was getting killed. On the inside, you were actually glad that Jeff was covering Sally's ears and that muffled the sound a little bit. EJ had explained you –or at least he tried- that the pain was due to the fact that the skin had healed around the wounds and the only way to take them out was like that and the pain came from purely that. If you were a human, they would have to open you up again, but since you were a Creepypasta, the quickest way was like that.
By the time though he pulled the last thread, Slenderman charged inside the kitchen.
'What on earth are you children doing? Who is screaming and why is the kitchen in disarray?' then his face turned towards all of you.
First at you, lying on the floor, with blood coming out from small holes on your neck. Then at EJ who was sitting on top of you, holding a bloodied thread on his hand and holding your head down with the other one. Masky and Hoodie were holding your legs down with Masky's mask a bit out of place and both he and Hoodie were breathing heavily, while Toby was restraining your arms with his goggles slipped out of place, revealing his eyes and the mouth guard fallen beside him, revealing an irritated frown. Jeff was laughing his heart out and every now and then hit his hand on the table, making everything on it bounce and some flour on a glass to roll over and fill the place with the white powder, Sally was crying due to your pained screams while hugging her teddy bear as a life vest and Ben trying to calm her down, only to fail miserably and lead to his PSP to be thrown on the floor.
'EYELESS JACK STEP AWAY FROM _ RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT! _ GET UP AND TREAT YOUR NECK BEFORE THE WOUNDS GET INFECTED! THE PROXIES RELEASE THE WOMAN RIGHT NOW! JEFF, CLEAN UP THE MESS AND ALL THE FLOUR, BEN RAISE YOUR PLAYTHINGS FROM THE GROUND BEFORE THEY GET DAMAGED AND CHILDREN, EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT ON EARTH IS HAPPENING IN MY HOUSE!' he says in a deafening voice.
Static noise fills the room making all of you cover your ears and feel your head pounding loudly, while black tentacles appear from behind Slenderman. If you weren't already fallen on the ground, you would have fallen from all the noise and the pain it caused you. The first to collect their minds and stand up where Masky and Hoodie, followed by Jeff, Ben and EJ. They quickly started to explain what was going on to a clearly irritated Slenderman, who had taken Sally in his arms and tried to calm the poor kid down, patting her in the back. You groan in pain and try to sit up, only to feel two hands grab you hard by the armpits and pull you up in your feet. The moment you are officially standing up, one of the hands is thrown over your shoulders and someone pulls you next to him. You turned surprised, only to see Toby with his mouth guard on and his goggles in place.
'You're welcome kitty.' He says and shuffles your hair.
'Child, as I understand you have healed completely?' Slenderman asks you, after all the others are done with the explaining, while you were raised from the ground with Toby's help.
'Yes, I believe I am.' You reply calmly, collected once again.
'Splendid. Meet me in the garden after all of you clean the kitchen. We are going to evaluate your powers.'
It took you and the other ones a good part of the afternoon to clean the whole kitchen up. Jeff and Toby were constantly complaining about the additional chores and their constant nagging didn't help at all of you who just cleaned in silence. At some point your anger took the best of you and you yanked them both in the head with your hand, making Jeff furious beyond words and Toby to not feel a thing due to his condition. But, your point went across even with the little impact it had. After you were done cleaning, you went to your room to take the rest of the bandages off, where you discovered with delight, that your skin and condition was not only back to normal, but even better than before. No more depending on the crutches to move around nor to the help of the other Pasta.
So, you went out of the house with your head held up and your normal pokerface on.
There, just in the middle of the garden, Slenderman was standing and waiting patiently for you. on your right and on your left, under the covered balcony of the front door, the other Pasta were all gathered, having pulled the living room sofa and armchair out and with each one holding a bowl of popcorn, ready to see the spectacle that was about to begin. Toby, Ben, Masky and Sally greeted you the moment you walked outside and wished you good luck. EJ only nodded towards you and Jeff completely ignored you, sitting on the armchair a bit far away from the rest, playing with his knife mindlessly. Walking towards Slenderman, he immediately turned towards you.
'Ah, welcome child. I believe you are ready for your evaluation?' he kindly asked you.
You nod 'Just tell me what to do Slender.'
'The first task that I acquire from you for a start, is simple. You have to climb on my back. But there is a catch to that.' He says 'You'll have to climb on my back while I will try to fight you off. Fear not, this is not a battle. I will simply try to prevent you from reaching your goal. There will be no fighting.'
'Agreed.' You say and take battle position.
The faceless leader of the house remains still in his position. Again, there is a static noise, only now in a lower degree than before. As soon as the noise starts, six black tentacles appear behind the faceless man, whipping the air around them menacingly and appearing intimidating. They are all in the size of your leg, and are as flexible as the tentacles of a octopus, as they spread protectively around their tall master, obeying his every command. Still, they are not attacking just yet.
'Remember child. Evade not fight. Are you by any chance ready?'
'Ready.' You simply say, lowering your torso in battle mode.
Then the tentacles move.
Fast, faster than you ever think was possible, they launch against you. They hit the ground that separates you with power, making the snow and the ground underneath them crack and small stones are thrown into the air, as they launch against you, sharper than any blade. Yet, they are not as fast as you. You ran straight forward, moving first to the right and then to the left, avoiding the two tentacles with great ease, launching straight forward for Slender's face.
There is nothing getting in your way from grabbing yourself from his neck. Is it that easy? Really? Still, it would be a disappointment if the evaluation is already over. Yet, here you are, inches away from grabbing his face.
Right then, another tentacle gets in your way, blocking you from grabbing him.
You smile to yourself and step on the tentacle with your right foot, using it as a step to eject yourself against him. The tentacle moves right at that moment, ejecting you at the air above the faceless creature and away from grabbing him any time soon. You smile wider and make a turn in midair, falling behind him, the impact making you slide several meters behind him, grabbing the snow underneath you to nullify the collision, leaving a row of freshly dug snow. Wolf-whistles are heard from where the other Pasta are sitting, but you just don't care who is making the fuss.
Slenderman turns towards you, his aura being a little bit lighter than before.
'Very good my child.' He praises you.
Then the tentacles move again.
Three of them coming rushing towards you from your right, one inches away from the other and an inch higher than the previous one, swiping the ground underneath them and coming towards you fast and threatenly, as you once again charge against Slenderman. You are fast, but the distance is far greater than what you had calculated, so the tentacles find you in the midway. Swearing loudly to yourself, you step down with power and using the speed you had gained, you jump in the air, not too far up and make a twist. As you had predicted the tentacles have a difference in the sequence, making one come some inches later than the other, thus enabling you to literally slide among them, bending your body backwards and changing your legs position swiftly from up in the air to down, just in the right moment, before they got hit by the upcoming tentacle.
This time though, he was one step ahead of you.
The moment your feet land on the ground, a fourth tentacle comes swiping towards you. Your eyes open wide with surprise as the tentacle finds you straight in the stomach and ejects you many meters back, crashing on the stairs and finally falling on the ground near the front door. Some of the Creepypasta raise themselves to come to your aid, and somewhere in the middle you hear Sally calling you, but you ignore them all together, as you stand up fast and launch yourself once again against Slender. He, seeing you coming, deploys his tentacles and sending them against you, they form four spears ready to stop you. You smile widely to yourself and jump many meters in the air, leading the tentacles to crash and destroy the wooden stairs, where one second ago, was your body.
Skillfully, you step on one of the tentacles and start running against him.
If Slenderman had a face, the smile that would spread on his face right at that moment would be the largest and brightest anyone had ever seen. Your evasive abilities were far superior to that of any other Creepypasta inside the house, making you a hard-to-get target even for him, he must admit. With a little bit of training, even his brothers would have to face a big difficulty into capturing you. The way you bended your body and managed to slide in the little gaps between his tentacles was something utterly remarkable. Right at that moment, he was proud that you belonged in his family; that you were one of his daughters.
As he saw you running on the tentacle with movements equal to a cats' and your determination being clear in your bright orange eyes, he was about to give up and acknowledge your victory. Still, that wouldn't be fair.
As you run, two more tentacles are sent against you.
You jump and manage to avoid the first one, but the second one manages to catch you, wrapping around your waist with power and raising you on the air. You remain calm and raise your hands in the air, looking up with your head, and manage skillfully to slide out of the tentacle, much to your viewers' surprise. You fall down, stepping on the tentacle right under you, and then jump against one of them that is on your left. You grab him steadily with your right hand and slide him down, sliding around him fast, bringing yourself closer and closer to Slenderman. Another tentacle tries to block your way, only for you to twist your body and avoid its grasp for mere millimeters. Yet, as you avoid it, you find yourself just in front of Slenderman, who is yet to process that you are no longer on the other tentacle.
Stepping hard on the one under you, you eject yourself forward, towards the now unprotected man.
You grab him from the neck, twisting yourself, you manage to bring your body behind him where you grab him from the shoulders with all the power you had.
Absolute silence follows immediately afterwards, broken only by your husky breathing. The tentacles, viewers and master of the house are in need of some seconds to process the information, being completely still. Then, the tentacles disappear.
'Well done my child. I am proud.' Slenderman says, making sure you are properly sitting on his back, while the enthusiastic cheers that sound from your left, coming from the thrilled Creepypasta, soon make you unable to hear anything else.
They all come towards you, as Slenderman gently puts you down using one of his tentacles, but as soon as your feet touch the floor, your knees subside and you kneel down in exhaustion. You let out a tired breath, before something literally collided with you with power and shoved you inside the deep snow. You immediately look for the attacker, only to see a sea of sand-brown hair and the aroma of cinnamon reaching your nose, as Toby bear-hugs you to death.
'_ you were amazing! Good job kitty!' he says, delighted.
'Toby…I..can't…breathe.'
Someone slaps the back of Toby's head hard, making him twitch and turn only to see Masky who is clearly irritated.
'Let her breathe Toby. You're killing her.' He says in a strict tone.
'Screw you, Masky.' Is the answer he gets.
Nonetheless, he releases you and sits back. The other Creepypasta –excluding Jeff- seemed to be enthusiastic about your abilities and comment on your progress, until Slenderman coughs and everyone is put back to order.
'Children we indeed have a long road ahead of us, so retreat and let the evaluation continue.'
Most of them groan, others shrug and they return to their sofa.
'Not you Toby. I will be needing your help.'
The goggled boy gleamed with happiness and straightened his back full of pride 'Whatever I can help ya with Slendy!'
'Child, don't call me that.' The man said slightly annoyed and then turned to you 'This will be an evaluation about your raw strength. Again, the rules are the same; do not kill, just defend yourselves. Whoever is unable to continue first loses the match. Am I clear?' he says and you nod as you stand up, but Toby is too distracted into cheering and proudly say that he's Slendy's favorite, being a little bit too hyper and sarcastic.
'Toby, am I clear?' Slender repeats annoyed.
'Yeah yeah, of course. No killing, just scratching.'
Slenderman just sighs 'Are you ready my children?'
Both you and Toby take your places across each other.
You look at him seriously, trying to concentrate your mind and pull your strength out, while he keeps being himself, acting spoiled and making various faces to you, trying to distract you, twitching more and more as the moments passed. Eventually, both of you nod to Slenderman.
'Begin.'
You bend forward and charge at Toby, right at the same time as he does. You run against each other and before you know it, he is right in front of you.
He swings his hand that he had clenched in a fist, trying to punch you in the side of your head, but you bend your body to the side and manage to avoid it, sliding behind him. You turn and try to kick him in the head, but as your foot is inches away from his head, his fist pops up and stops it, inches before it touched his cheek.
'That won't get me that easily.' He says cockily.
He grabs your foot with both hands and acquiring all his strength, he flips you over to the other side in front of him, crashing you with power in the ground in front of him. Your back hits the ground hard and an exclamation of surprise leaves your lips, that was quickly turned into a scream of pain, as Toby's foot lands in your stomach. He hits you again and again; a wild furry lighting up his face and a sadistic laugh is heard under his mouth guard. Blood shots up from your mouth and you choke it out, as Toby's kick once again tries to land on your stomach. This time you had calculated his movement. You raised your feet with the help of your waist and as the foot was mere inches away from your abdomen, you wrap your legs around his own, twisting both you and him and tackling him into the ground.
He swears loudly and turns on his stomach as both of you struggle to stand up.
You are the first one to do so, so you take advantage of the situation and clenching your fist tightly, you try to land a hit on his face. Still, his hands manage to stop it once again, trapping your hand and holding it tightly with both hands.
'Now I gotcha for good.' He says in a wild frenzy and twists your hand.
You scream from the pain and try to free yourself, but then you watch terrified, as Toby knees your hand. The bone inside your hand cracks and pain shots up to your head, making you scream loudly and hug your hand as Toby releases it. Before you even realize what the hell is happening, his fist lands hard on your face, sending you flying on the tree behind you, crushing on the tree trunk and collapsing on the ground.
You growl loudly at the male that is approaching you menacingly, as you feel your hand twist and heal in no time again. You rise on your feet and launch against him once again.
He, seeing you, opens his hands to grab you, but inches away before you reach him, you just jump above him, making a perfect arc in the air and falling behind him. You waste no moment and kick him straight in the waist with all the power you've got, hitting the key spot that immobilizes the opponent. Still, to your utter horror, Toby remains in his place, slowly turning towards you. The glow his goggles emit is terrifying and you can see the large smirk he had despite the mouth guard. He snatches your leg tightly, an inhuman strength that makes all alarms on your head go off.
'Gotcha now kitty!' he announces triumphantly.
He pulls your leg towards him, making you move towards him and kicks you so hard on the stomach, that you can feel the pain cut your breathing utterly. You are sent five meters back, crashing on the snow heavily and remaining there unable to move for a few minutes. Toby slowly approaches you as you try to breathe and choke up more blood. The monster inside your head has gone crazy with anger. Your whole vision is now a bright red and the taste of blood only adds to your frenzy. You want to kill him right there, right now. To chop him down into little pony pieces and drink his blood to the very last drop. Just wait you m&ther #%#$er until you get up. You're going to slash him open and make him beg for mercy.
You let out a growl, a growl full of insanity and bloodlust as you see him approaching, feeling your heart beat inside your chest loudly and your teeth in desperate need for something to chew. But you want to chew him; you desperately want to chew his face off, to make him wish he was never born.
But no matter how much your insanity fueled you up, to the point that you had to kill or you would die from the insanity and anger, your body just refused to moved at all. And Toby only came closer and closer, with his own madness shooting in him. Just a few steps and you would be able to snatch his neck and end him. To paint the snow with his luxurious blood.
Come. Come. Come. Come, Toby, come. Come. Come. Come.
'That is enough.' Slenderman announces right at that moment.
Both you and Toby are pushed back into reality. You blink surprised and look around you, just as Toby does. Slender nods to EJ and he immediately comes towards you to help with your wounds. But right at that point, you feel yourself being pulled up. You once again look up, to see that Toby had picked you up bridal style.
'I'm sorry _ for hurting you. I didn't mean to. Well, I meant to but not so much. Please don't be mad.' The childish boy pleaded you with puppy eyes.
You just sigh and smile wearily at him 'Don't worry Toby. I wouldn't get mad at you no matter what.' You pat his head.
He carried you towards the stairs where EJ tended your wounds with just another blood pack. You hungrily drank it down, feeling the slightly warm liquid to energize you and soon afterwards, you were back on your old self, completely healed and energized. Slenderman just left you take a ten minute break, were you talked with the other Creepypasta about their own results in the evaluations. It appeared that Toby was all about brute force, Hoodie was about stealth approaching, EJ about techniques and Ben about strategies. Masky said that he was the sharp mind among them and that he had one more ability that you would find out soon, while Jeff didn't even bother to join the conversation.
'Children gather up.' Slenderman nodded to you to approach him 'As night is soon to fall upon us, we will end this day with one more evaluation. Masky, it is your turn to share your abilities. EJ, Jeff and Ben, go to the usual cliff beside the lake.' He gave them a strange advice.
The three of them nodded and quickly ran off to the distance without a second word. You turn towards Slender, obviously puzzled.
'What is going on?' you simply ask.
'The third part of the evaluation is a speed race. You will be running straight forward from here, until you meet a cliff that leads to a small lake. That will be your finishing point. The other children will await you to note your results. Now if you may wait here.' Slenderman said and teleported.
You look at Masky puzzled.
In response he just chuckles 'Just keep running straight forward and you'll find it.' He advises you as Hoodie pops up by his side, silent as always.
'You better win this _. It will be fun to see Masky angry for once. Right Masky? Right? Right? Right? Right? Right Masky? Right? Right? Right? Right?' Toby tries to annoy the boy, who just ignores him.
'Do your best _.' The boy says as Slenderman teleports back in front of you.
'It appears everything is on place. Now, take your positions.' Slenderman says and you and Masky stand beside each other, facing the gate that was now open.
'On my mark. Now.' Slenderman says and you eject yourself forward.
The feeling you get once you start running is beyond comprehension. You employ all your strength and just run as fast as you can without looking back. Your feet are as if they are flying and you are barely feeling the need to step down as you literally fly among the tall, naked trees. Your heart beats fast inside your chest and an overwhelming feel of complete freedom soon devours your whole being. It is even stronger than your insanity; you can feel it spreading even towards the dark side where the monster lies inside your head and literally feel the monster purr in absolute happiness at the strong and pure feeling. You never knew –no- you never even imagined that there would be a feeling stronger than that of your own madness that was capable of devouring you. Yet, here you are, racing with little to no particular effort, completely ignoring the fact that you were racing against someone.
The forest around you seemed amazing as you ran through it.
Due to the high speed, the trees and everything around you had turned into a compact wall, full of colors. Still, you were fascinated to discover that you were in fact able to see everything. The trees, every little detail of their trunks, every little snowflake that gently rested against them, soon turning into little drops of water, only to be accompanied by the rest of her sisters, the small animals that tried to hide themselves in the presence of the strange figures that were racing among the trees. You could literally see every little detail, hear every little sound and smell even the faintest of the aromas of the forest.
Your sharp senses had returned to you.
You could feel, see, smell and hear everything that was in an 800 meters radius around you, with little to no trouble. Everything around you just became finely tuned and you were able to see and experience the beauty of nature in its whole magnitude. And you were taken aback by its glory. It was stunning and took your breath away as you ran among it. A large smile of happiness made its way on your lips, as the overwhelming feeling of freedom and the beauty around you had crept their way inside your heart, warming the now cold organ with their glory and making you want to laugh and smile for the first time since you were turned into a Creepypasta.
You would have never even thought that everything around you would be so beautiful and even more exciting and amazing to a completely crazed mind that only lived for blood and destruction. Insanity was there; but along with it was beauty.
You saw the guys far before you reached them.
The faces of Jeff and the green elf were full of surprise, but you just were too overwhelmed to care.
Just as you did when you finally reached them; you didn't stop. You didn't even want this whole dream to end.
So you jumped.
You jumped from the edge of the cliff, flying all the way to the other side of the lake, letting out a scream full of happiness and managing to land with great ease on your feet. You couldn't care less if you won or lose. This was far more exciting than just this race.
'_ care to come here?' EJ shouts out to you from the other side of the cliff, beckoning you to return.
'I'm coming!' you say and jump back on the other side.
Landing back up, your gaze immediately falls on a bend over Masky, who was desperately gasping for air under hi white mask. He had rested his hands on his knees and bended over, trying to relax and breathe normally once again. Jeff and Ben are right beside him, trying to make sure he wouldn't collapse and holding him by the armpits.
'What happened?!' you ask immediately, scanning the forest for a potential threat.
'….H-How…..on…earth….d-did yo….do that?' he breathes out, pointing at you.
'Did what?' you ask surprised.
'You…..you where beside….me…and…the next minute….you were gone…..I-I nearly died…trying to catch up…with you.'
Your jaw drops to the floor as all of them look at you with surprise 'Well don't look at me, they said run, so I ran.' You just shrug, still surprised with the whole incident.
'Better go back at the house.' Jeff announces, passing Masky's hand over his shoulder to support him.
'Yeah, Slender will want the results.' Ben said.
'Let's just go home.' You breathe out.
