Song; This Means War - Nickelback

I turned around and threw myself against the bars there. It was some black creature with red horns and mouths all over his body. My breaths came in startled gasps.

The mouth on his head smiled, and opened in a laugh. "My dear, what's the matter? It's only me, Zalgo." He purred at me. I swallowed reflexively. I knew who Zalgo was, of course, but what did he want with me? "Of course, I never meant for the spell to hit you too, it was only meant for him." He sneered. I glanced around, through the bars. I was in some sort of courtyard, but the sky was red….like in my head, when arguing with my other self. In fact, I think I've seen this courtyard! I looked back at Zalgo, who was still rambling on and on.

"Anyway, how are you? Oh that's a stupid question! HA! Like you would know anything about me! As in, well as in knowing each other!" Was he on crack or something? He wasn't even making any sense. He seemed more hyper than LJ, which was kinda impressive.

"Listen now and don't ignore me. I am NOT your subconscious, or a voice in your head that you created, or a split personality. Listen, do not trust Zalgo. No matter what he says, just wait and for Damien. Don't say a word, Zalgo won't hurt you." That voice in my head spoke. Wait, what? Not a split person? He's not just someone that my insanity conjured up to annoy me? "Dickhead." He snapped. Opps, forgot he could do that.

Umm, "Why?" I thought the question.

"If Damien said he couldn't tell you, than neither can I. Just trust me, though."

"Wait you were listening?"

"What is there else to fucking do? Play cards? Of course I was listening! AND that is NOT the point! DON'T TRUST ZALGO!" He snarled.

"Why?" I tried again.

"Are you even fucking listening?! I CAN NOT TELL YOU, YOU LITTLE FUCKING…" He rambled on for a few minutes before going into a rage silence. I focused on Zalgo again, who was still talking. I hoped if I ignored it that it would go away.

DAMIEN'S P.O.V.

I clenched my teeth as I looked around. Jeff was missing and the house was a wreak. Jeff's mother was pinned to the wall with knifes, and Liu was sitting on the floor, haunched over, arms laying limp, with a dent in the wall above him and a trail of blood down to where he was now.

"GOD DAMNIT!" I roared, kicking a chair, which flew through the living room and smashed outside. Masky, Hoodie, and Ticci Toby all looked in through the new hole.

"Master?" They all asked. I stomped forward, exiting the house through the hole, making my proxies scatter. While I walked, my body shifted, enlarging and stretching. My face disappeared and tentacles grew. Then a mouth split open, revealing razor-sharp teeth with a black tongue.

"Get the others." I ordered, not waiting to watch them run off.

"Master, what's going on?" Masky's voice came. I didn't look back as I answered.

"He took Jeff. Now go. I need to do something." I urged. I heard his footsteps run off. When I could no longer hear them I let my anger once again get to me. I gripped a small tree and snapped it. My entire body shook. I had sent the three away because I was afraid I would hurt them.

I forced myself to relax, taking deep breaths, and shifting back in my normal form. I leaned against another tree, looking at the torn stump of the one I destroyed. I closed my eyes, but all I saw was red. Not the color, blood. My teeth clenched as I tried to clam.

Zalgo. I knew he wasn't dead. Father had told me that he hasn't been seen since he cursed us. Somehow he found out that Jeff's curse wasn't up yet, and took him. I started to shake again. I fell to the forest floor, back still against the tree, and started to run my fingers through my hair, griping the locks tightly.

Which world would've he taken Jeff to? No, that was a stupid question. Zalgo never liked the mortal world, so he barely leaves ours. So where are they?

"Slender!" I heard LJ call. I shook my thoughts away for the time being. I stood up to see the guys with my proxies. "What's going on?"

"Zalgo took Jeff." I said through gritted teeth.

"How do you know?" Ben asked.

"Because he's the only one who dares to piss me off, and he's the only one who wants Jeff!" I snap, causing the blond to flinch.

"Hey! Calm down!" EJ growled softly.

"Would you be calm if someone took Ben?!" I demanded in a hiss. His eyes widened for a second then filled with understanding. I closed my eyes for a second before sighing out, "Let's go."

JEFF'S P.O.V.

"I wonder if you still have your ability?" He suddenly wondered aloud. I had been ignoring him, at least until he said that.

I just stared, not wanting to say a single word to him. I shifted uncomfortably, I was still in the cage, and I think once he said something about it being necessary. I didn't care, and wondered if Damien was coming. Zalgo hasn't hurt me, and I don't know why he's taken me, but I wanted Damien.

"Of course you wouldn't know what I'm talking about. But…Oh! Can you turn into your beautiful self?" He asked. I blinked at him. Was he talking about…the Killer? No I didn't have any control over that, not that I was gonna tell him, but still. "Oh I do wish you would speak to me. You used to before you met him, then he took you away from me." He sighed as my eyes widened. What did he mean he took me away from him?

"THATS IT!" The person in my head, apparently, screamed. Suddenly there was a slight headache, then I felt empty. As in alone empty. I never felt truly alone, not with what I thought was a voice in my head, but it was like he was gone. Wait, did he just?

I now felt as if I should know something, but couldn't remember it. Was it because of the voice? What did he even do? Or was it because Zalgo was revealing stuff that I've no doubt that Damien wanted to keep from me?

I don't know, but the way Zalgo is looking at me, he didn't take me to just ramble on.