Title- An Entity's Adoption
Author- OroKabuLover
Rating- M
Author's Note/Artisan's Chronicle- I bring you Chapter 28! Once you are done with this chapter, please read the little note at the bottom, I would appreciate it greatly.
The three beings watched as Mr. Goodman walked back to them.
"Who's the youngest?" The officer asked as the two elder brothers looked over as Splendor. "Come on," he said a the youngest stood up and was removed from the cell, shaking slightly.
Slenderman and Trenderman watched as the two vanished behind yet another locked door.
"W-What's going on?" Splendorman asked, looking down at the ground.
"I'm going to let you see Valerie," Splendor's smile instantly returned.
She jumped out of the bed and hugged him tightly as he was pushed into the room, the door clicking locked behind him.
"Splendor... I'm so confused," she sobbed loudly as he picked her up and sat on the bed, holding her in his lap as he rubbed her back gently. She cried out against his shoulder. "Y-You wouldn't lie to me... would you?" She asked as she looked up at him.
"I could never lie to you Valerie," he smiled as he wiped her tears away quickly.
"Those things they told me about Slender... a-are they true?" She asked. "Does He really kill people?" More tears formed in her eyes, only to be wiped away by a dark hand.
"W-well..."
"The truth," she reminded him. He nodded, shaking slightly once again.
"It's all true," he confessed. She looked up at him, tears streaming down her face quickly now.
"H-How... Why?" She asked.
"He cannot help it... it's how our type are." She jumped off of His lap, staring at him wide-eyed.
"Y-You too?" She asked, her voice a whisper now.
He looked down at the floor then back up at her.
"Th-they were accidents," he said, frowning before covering his face with his hat once again.
"How do you accidentally kill someone!" She yelled.
"I... I didn't mean to..." He mumbled, peeking out from the top of his hat at her. "I really didn't mean to... it was a long time ago, I haven't done it since..." He said.
"And Trenderman?" She asked.
"He never has..." Splendor said, still hiding behind the hat. "Please don't get mad at Him, He didn't mean to cause you any harm," she looked over at Him. "Don't hate Him."
"I... I don't hate Him. I'm just... I'm so confused! Do you know how weird it is to find out that the person you have been living with for your whole life isn't the person you think they are?" She asked him. He sighed and nodded before putting his hat back on.
"I know it's hard to understand, He didn't tell you to protect you and didn't want to scare you away from Him, you were too young to understand it all. He was planning on telling you eventually," Splendorman explained to Valerie.
She walked back over to him and sat on his lap once again. He rubbed her back gently, trying to calm her down. Valerie sighed as she wiped away the remainder of the tears on her face.
"What's going to happen next?" She asked, looking up at him.
"I'm... I'm not sure. I've heard a lot of stories about what happens when people come here..." He said, trembling slightly. "They won't do anything to you though, you will be safe," he assured her as she looked up at him.
"What about you and your brothers?" She asked. Splendorman shrugged his shoulders.
"I have not a clue," he replied, gently nudging her face back against his chest, holding her tightly.
After about ten minutes or so Splendorman was taken from the room and taken back to his brothers. Valerie clung to the pillow on her bed tightly, not used to being lonely.
"Well?" Slenderman asked as Mr. Goodman left.
"All I did was go in and talk to her," Splendor said.
"About? You have to be careful about what you say around here, there are cameras and microphones everywhere."
"I know. She just had a few questions."
"About what?" He asked, becoming angry.
"She knows about what you do to people. He told her," he said, talking about Mr. Goodman. "She was crying and bawling, I couldn't lie to her."
"Damn it Splendor!" Slender cursed, infuriated now.
"Come on you two. Slender, she already knew before he went in there, it was obvious that she was going to be told," Trender interrupted, not wanting the fight to escalate any further. "We need to focus here and not try to kill one another." Splendor sat on the bed, sighing.
"Wakey wakey Valerie," a man's voice said, pulling her from her slumber. She opened her eyes, only to close them as a bright light was shone in them. "Oops, sorry about that," he chuckled as the light was turned off. She reopened her eyes, finding that she was no longer in the same room that she had fallen asleep in.
She lied on a steel table, the table was warm, indicating that she had been there for a while. Valerie tried to sit up, only to find that her wrists and ankles were tightly bound to the table. "Don't worry dear, that's just a precaution," he said as the light was shone once again in her eyes. "I'm Doctor Robert, but you can call me 'Rob' for short," he smiled as her pupils shrunk when he shone the light in her eyes. "I will just be conducting a small medical evaluation."
"Why?" She asked.
"Well, when people spend too much time around others, it can take a toll on our health."
"You mean Slender," she corrected him, seeing if he would recorrect her or not.
"Exactly, it doesn't have an official name, but we nicknamed it 'Slendersickness'."
"Slendersickness?" She repeated, a hint of question in her voice.
"Similar to radiation poisoning, fever, headaches, cough, nausea, throwing up blood, coughing up blood, bleeding from the ears or nose, passing out, amnesia," he listed off the side-effects. "It would appear that you have very little of those symptoms though, as you seem to remember quite well."
"I've only had nosebleeds," she informed him.
"Nothing else?" He asked, slightly surprised.
"Nope, that's all."
"And how long have you been around Him?"
"Ever since I was a few days old."
"Impressive, normally after a few years the symptoms become fatal," he chuckled as he looked inside of her ears quickly before writing some stuff down on a clipboard. "Now I will need a blood sample," he said as he grabbed an empty shot.
"Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah," she panicked, never having to have something like this done. "You are going to take my blood?"
"Just a little bit of it dear."
"That's going to hurt though!" Fear shone in her eyes.
"See this needle?" He asked as he held it for her to see. "It's so small, you won't even feel a thing," he said as she looked at it, the needle was indeed very thin, and it was less than half an inch long. "And the whole needle doesn't even go in, it's that long in case if the veins are deep," he assured her as he moved closer to her arm.
She nodded, still trembling slightly. "Just close your eyes and it will be over before you know it," she nodded softly and closed her eyes tightly, trying not to think about it at all.
He smiled as he quickly stuck the needle into her forearm, causing her to gasp softly. He filled the syringe with the crimson red fluid before pulling it out, covering the small hole with a pink band-aid. "See? That wasn't so bad now, was it?" He asked as she shook her head. "And I'll tell you what, we'll even give it back once we are done with it," he said as he set the syringe on the counter top.
"When can we go home?" She asked, looking over at him.
"I'm not sure, that's not for me to decide," he replied, writing stuff down on the clipboard once again. Valerie nodded softly. "Now, I'm going to put you to sleep for a while."
"What? Why?" She asked, becoming nervous once again.
"Just so we can transport you back to your room."
"I can walk you know," she spat.
"I am well aware my dear, but it is my orders," he said as he brought a small plastic mask over to her. "Just a few inhales, and when you wake up, you will be back in your room," he assured her.
"A-alright," she nodded, trembling slightly as he pressed the mask over her nose and mouth, flipping a switch on a tank.
Her vision blurred and her mind became fuzzy, she tried to fight it, trying desperately to stay awake a little while longer, but sleep eventually pulled her under.
"Are you sure about this?" Rob asked as Mr. Goodman came in, looking at the blood test results. "She's so young."
"I assure you, she will be fine," he said as he handed the doctor a syringe filled with a dark black liquid. "We have done plenty of tests, it is safe." Rob gave a nod before hesitantly taking the syringe from him. "Don't worry about a thing," Mr. Goodman said before exiting the room.
"Alright," he mumbled as he swiped a cotton ball along the inside of her arm, spreading around the rubbing alcohol to clean the skin. Rob sighed as he gently pushed the needle into her arm before quickly injecting the black fluid into her bloodstream.
Another band-aid was placed over the spot and the needle was tossed into a small plastic container. "Let's see how you react," he said, grabbing the clipboard from off of the counter, waiting to record anything and everything.
Author's Chronicle: I apologize for taking so long to get this chapter up, I would like to thank Slender Alchemist and glustoria for getting my backside in gear. I didn't mean for this story to sit dormant like this for so long, I have been busy with school, Christmas, the fact I am flying soon for the holidays, and have been preoccupied with other fanfictions. If you feel I am taking too long to update, please do not hesitate to shoot me a PM and tell me to get a move on, I don't mind at all, it serves as a reminder, and it lets me know that people are still reading this story.
I am also contemplating changing my username, I am not sure what to change it to yet, if any of you have any ideas, please let me know. You can leave it in a review for this chapter. I would personally send a message to every one of my followers to notify them of the username change, because I do not want to cause any confusion.
Thank you again and Happy Holidays!
