AN: Ugh, I'm so sorry with how long it took me to get this dang chapter up, but I really think it was worth the wait.. I'm pretty pleased with this one! I've been desperately trying to get back to all my wonderful reviews and I just wanted to say how much I love you guys! I can't believe how popular my story has gotten! O.o It makes me so happy! I promise, I won't disappoint you all! Anywho, here's the next chapter to sum up my last cliffhanger. Enjoy!
I barely noticed Slendy's tight grip on my shoulder attempting to pull me away from the scene because of the rush of emotions flowing through me at the sight of the mutilated corpse of my mother. He was saying something frantically behind me but I paid no attention. My eyes were fixed on the grotesque message written in her blood. At first, grief hit me like a ton of bricks. The one woman who'd always been there, even when her daughter had got in countless amounts of trouble with the law and abandoned her. Then guilt was next. It was my fault. I hadn't been there to protect her. I'd turned into a bloodthirsty monster. Just like whatever had done this. Then... then came the anger.
My vision was red as I imagined viciously torturing the beings responsible for this. It would be slow and tedious. I felt my hands clench into tight fists at my sides and barely recognized the growl coming from deep within me. vengeance would be sweet, I'd savor every moment of their blood dripping from my bare hands and mouth. The bastards deserved it!
Finally I was drawn from my dreams of destruction by a sharp smack across the face. I whirled on my heel, growling like an animal and was met by the frantic, terrified look of the Slenderman. I'd never seen him so unnerved. His normally dark eyes shone brightly under the street light near by and his lips were quivering slightly. He looked as though he wanted to run and hide.
"We have to leave. Now." He tugged on my arm slightly, starting back into the trees. My eyebrows knitted together in confusion and anger at his lack of explanation.
"Just wait a minute. Do you know what.. what thing is responsible for that in there?!" My voice raised drastically into a horrified squeak as I pointed a shaky finger in the direction of my old home. He bit his lip and sighed audibly, obviously not wanting to take the time to explain.
"Charlotte, for once, do not argue with me. This is serious. I promise, if you just come with me now, I'll tell you everything. We have to get back to the house before them.." He trailed off and before I had another chance to ask who "them" was, I was being tugged into the trees.
We moved faster now, my eyes trained directly on the forest in front of me, trying to block out unwanted images from the last half hour. My mother's small figure ripped apart carelessly, her blood strewn across her precious kitchen. I didn't even try to keep the painful sobs in as I ran behind Slendy.
The moon was low in the sky by the time we made it back to the shack and it seemed eerily quiet. Slendy crept forward slowly and silently, his eyes open wide and scanning every inch of the area, not trusting the silence. I stayed close enough behind him to feel his heat and shook from the thought of what could have the master of fear so scared. As we moved closer to the door, he reached slowly for the doorknob but his action halted at the sound of a dark chuckle from across the clearing behind us.
"After all this time, Alistair, you'd think you'd know the rules about turning a human." We both turned painfully slow to see three tall, abnormally pale men all clad in blood-red suits and matching black ties. They all resembled Slendy some what but their hair and eye colors differed. The tallest one, the one who'd refered to Slendy as... Alistair.. had long blond hair which reached a little past his chin and pure red eyes as opposed to Slendy's - Alistair's - medium length jet black hair and matching black eyes. The two shorter men both had matching dirty brown hair and appeared to be twins with their violet eyes which starred hatefully at.. Alistair and I.
"Alistair?" I thought out loud, quickly realizing what a mistake I'd made as all three of the men trained their sights on me, making me want to shrink into a ball.
"Ah, but I can see why you'd want to change this one. She's quite a specimen. She'll be perfect as a consort once I've dispatched of you." He stared at me hungrily and I had the urge to slap the smug smirk right off his face.
"I've done nothing wrong, Ezekiel. We haven't intruded on any other demon's hunting grounds, we haven't taken more than we need. We have done nothing to deserve punishment." Alistair spoke evenly but I could hear the fear tucked behind his words. I was still in shock of the situation. There were more of us? What had he called us? Demons? There was order to all of this? Slendy had a name? The last question I asked myself seemed silly.. of course he had a name. Another dark chuckle brought me back to my confusing reality and I hoped someone would clear all of this up for me.
"Oh is that so? What do you call slaughtering an entire group of humans without cause in the middle of the woods? Did you really think that wouldn't get our attention?" I gulped nervously, remembering back to just the other day when I'd gained my tenticals in a rage as we both ripped apart the hunters.
"It was for protection! They would've killed us!" His tone was becoming desperate as he pleaded with the demon which obviously had power over him.
"That excuse won't hold up for a second when you go on trial. Balthazar doesn't even want to go through all the trouble so I've been sent to kill you and bring this one," He gestured to me with a sly grin, making my skin crawl, "back to my territory. Did you like our gift for letting us visit your wonderful area?" He was directing his statement toward me this time, his words laced with sarcasm and I felt my body tingling with rage as I slowly realized what he meant. It was them. They killed my innocent mother. Before my mind could even start to think through what I was about to do, I howled like the wild creature I was and flung myself at the smirking demon, my tenticals stretched forward. I felt thin fingers wrap tightly around my ankle as I leapt which threw me into the dirt and leaves before I could reach Ezekiel though.
"You son of a bitch! I'd rip your dead organs out through your throat! Let go of me!" I tried to get up in a wild, flailing haste but Alistair held me firmly on the ground with a foot and a tentical, giving me his best "shut the fuck up before you get us both killed" look. I trembled angrily below him and seethed as I glared up at the monster responsible for the bloody murder of my mother.
"So feisty! You sure found yourself one tasty little morsel here, Alistair. Especially if she tastes anything like her mother." Ezekiel watched me with amusement and I wanted nothing more than to peel the skin from his face.
"I highly doubt Balthazar told you anything of the sort! There is no way he would let you execute me without trial. And I also don't think he would approve of what you did to that woman. That was highly unnecessary." Alistair pressed me further into the ground as I fought furiously against him. He sounded much more calm than he looked.
"It doesn't matter now. I have you just where I've wanted you for a long, long time my friend. Umus, Umi.. take care of him. I'll get the girl. Make it quick." Then they were on us.
The last thing I remember seeing before Ezekiel's thick black tentical came down hard against the back of my skull knocking me unconscious was the twins tackling my precious partner to the ground, his pained shouts echoing through my mind as my mind darkened into oblivion.
AN: There we are! There's more of them! And they aren't just Slendymen. They be demons! ;D I know that may seem unoriginal but I don't really care at this point, I'm pretty pleased with how it's going. BUT! My opinion isn't the only one which matters! That's where you wonderful people which I love dearly come it! Leave me a review! Tell me what you liked, what you didn't like, what you'd like to see in the future. :3 Your views and ideas mean the world to me and I promise I'm not just saying that! I should have the new chapter up within the next few days but homecoming at my school is this week so it could be busy..:/
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~Roxy Lynn and her Demon Friends ;]