Chapter 49 Who Are You And Who Am I?


Your hand grabbed the thick branch of the tree hard, using it to help you climb up higher and higher into the majestic pine tree, your hands and legs clawing hard on the rough surface of the trunk, using any crack and hole to aid you into climbing it even faster. The full aroma of the morning humidity that had wrapped the tree gently as soon as the sun had set, was still evident, even if today's sun had long ago climbed the perfectly clear sky, with the sharp aroma reaching deep down into your lungs. With your mind completely focused on the task at hand, you drown out all the other distractions around you, such as the strong songs of the various birds around you, the distant sound of water crashing hard against the rocks that awaited them in the bottom of the waterfall and even the more distant growls, produced by the Rake.

Carefully placing your foot to the large branch, you manage to step on it completely, with no actual consequences other than the faint tilting down due to your weight, making your way to stand to the very edge, careful of where you were stepping on, as well as not to be seen by anyone looking at the tree right then. With movements equal to a cat's, you lean your torso with exceptional ease and gaze downwards to a small purple tent that is located right in the middle of the small clearing. You didn't even need your supernatural hearing ability to be able to hear the beating of the two strong hearts that resonated from deep within the tent, their beat strong and steady, accompanied by the soft sound of breathing, as the humans inside –one male and one female- slept peacefully, completely oblivious to the horrors that awaited them outside their tent. Still, it was strange that they had managed to slip so far inside the forest completely undetected by Slenderman himself, but maybe the faceless master just let them be for just once. But this did not, in any way, mean that you would do the same.

Checking the rest of the surroundings with a quick scan of your eyes, you turn to look to the bottom of the tree trunk that you had climbed, only to see EJ's tall figure looking up at you to give him the signal to go, which you do, with a small nod of your head. Almost immediately, the cheerful song of a mocking jay comes out of the eyeless man's lips, sounding a lot more louder than it would be if there was a real mocking jay somewhere around. As E. J. had explained to you earlier this morning, he was using this particular trick every time he was plainly bored to hit town and just searched for some campers inside the wounds to supply him with his usual meal easily and without the need to be extra careful not to get caught. And he was totally right that the trick always worked.

You heard the male's otherwise relaxed breathing get caught inside his lungs and his heartbeat immediately changed, turning from his calm and sleeping one, to a much faster one, signaling to you that he was waking up. Stirring uncomfortably, he eventually sat up upon the second false signal by E.J. and you heard him inhale a sharp breath before he turned to his side and started shaking the female lightly, trying obviously to wake her up.

'Babe, com' on wake up. You got to hear this.' his surprisingly heavy voice sounded like a bell in your ears, limiting his age to twenty five at best inside your mind.

'Waa-?' the female mumbled, her voice annoyed by the early wake up.

'There's a mocking jay near. C'mon, let's go take a look.' His voice sounded ecstatic.

'Really?' now it was the female that sat up 'Well go out and I'll be there in a sec Bob.'

That was the pont were E. J. whistled for a third time.

'You hear that?! I'm checking this out.' The man was heard moving some pieces of clothing. You almost wanted to laugh at how easy it was to fool those ignorant people.

'I'll be out in a sec.' the female responded.

'F*cking morons.' E.J. whispered under his breath and you smiled silently, watching the entrance of the tent open and a half dressed man coming out. He must be around twenty four years of age, with blonde hair and whiskers around his mouth and strong jawline, standing easily at 5' 9' and being rather muscular. He was wearing his shorts and a plain t-shirt, carrying no weapons whatsoever along with him, being completely unarmed, confident that nothing bad would happen to them so deep inside the forest. Heh, this was going to be a piece of cake.

'C' mon Tatiana, you're going to miss it.' He urged his girlfriend that was hurrying herself to get dressed up.

Leaning further towards the clearing, your watchful and predatory gaze followed the unsuspecting man, as he carefully circled the tent walking on the right side of it, towards the place where you were hiding, looking around him at the luxurious and dark trees in order to locate the beautiful bird with his eyes. In his sight, the monster inside your head let out a low, menacing growl as its orange eyes flashed bright from the deepest shadows that occupied a vast space in your mind. Almost immediately, you felt its warm presence spread around your whole existence like a wildfire, making you close your eyes tightly, allowing the ecstasy of insanity to take over you. One by one, the sanity switches inside your mind began to turn and your sharp senses flexed and spread even further, making you feel even the blood flow in the man's veins. You opened your eyes sharply, a deranged smile gracing your lips, as your whole vision turned in a bright red shade.

How long had it been since you had last hunted? God, it seemed like years had passed and you now couldn't help your mouth watering as you heard the luxurious blood run in abundance inside his and her veins. How much you wanted to slice his neck in half and drink him dry, letting his unmoving corpse here to rot… how much you wanted to feel his life slipping through your fingers as you reap it away from him…oh, how much you craved his blood. That simple yet so important aspect of everyone's life… the liquid that gives life…but more importantly the liquid that energized you… that set you on fire every time you sunk yourself inside of it. Blood… you wanted blood… and you just couldn't wait any longer.

Luck was on your side this time, as the man was now facing opposite from you, his gaze still wandering around the tall trees in search of the mirage bird that wasn't even real.

You let out a small, full of madness growl, as you step back and charge forward with all the insanity and might that your body could produce, ejecting yourself many meters into the air ready at all times to attack, your eyes always nailed at your prey. The sudden gush of air whips your hair backwards and the bright sun does his best but fails to blind you, as the adrenaline that courses through your veins enables you to surrender completely to the animalistic killer that you are, hiding your presence away completely from your prey. Your smile this time is ready to rip your cheeks open, as you jump over the man, twisting in mid-air and preparing your body to come in touch with the ground and as you land exactly a few centimeters away from the tall and unsuspecting man, your body flows gracefully in the air and touches the ground with a small 'thumb'.

Your knees don't even subside as you now stand in front of the taken aback man, your smile only widening and your bright orange eyes flash a dangerous dark glow. All has happened so fast, that the man is unable for a few moments to react, his mouth falling open in total surprise, as he gazes upon your menacing figure, his eyes resting on your smile, then your cuts and finally, your eyes. With your smile only widening, you tilt your head to the side, giving the man a few seconds of time and allowing him to take in the nightmarish spectacle that he is presented. You can literally hear his mind taking quick turns, trying to process all the info and slowly but steadily, his heartbeat begins to quicken, as realization finally sets in. His eyes fill with sheer and raging terror, as he inhales a sharp breath, ready to scream out something, but you are so fast, he fails to even see the moment of your hand.

In a blink of an eye, as he gathers his breath to scream by inhaling sharply, you have already reached for your knives, grabbing one and piercing him hard in the stomach. He gasps, the breath that he was gathering leaving his lips as his eyes detach from your deranged smile and gaze down to the open wound on his stomach, that has already started to stain his t-shirt. His eyes remain on it for a fraction of a second, before he raises them once more, gazing upon your ecstatic face, unable to utter a single word.

Judging by the deep shade of red that was now dripping down from his belly, your calculations were right; you had pierced his stomach, cutting it from side to side. He was going to die in a few seconds. Look! His face has already started to turn purple and his eyes to fill with a strange, silver mist. The mist of death.

'Honey, did you find it?' the female's voice sounded, as you heard rustling behind the man, indicating that the woman had also come out of the tent.

'Bob?' she questions to her unresponsive boyfriend.

This time you laugh out loud, a sound that reverberates at the silent clearing like a gunshot. You withdraw your knife with a sharp move, allowing his now cold and lifeless body to fall to the side right in front of your feet, revealing you to the now wide-eyed girl that desperately tried to process what was going on.

'Bob can't hear you now darling.' You bring the bloodied knife to your lips and lick it provocatively 'He's unfortunately gone. Dead gone.' You chuckle, as you hear her now racing heart ready to explode from the fear that was coursing through her veins, only making you tilt your head 'Sorry, you're dead too.'

In your last sentence, she turn around immediately, preparing to run as far away from you as it was humanely possible, to get away from the nightmare that was prepared to take her precious life away, but she stumbles hard on a sturdy chest, as EJ had crept his way behind her, leading her to fall on him and take a few steps back, her terrified face gazing up to the menacing killer with the forever crying mask.

'This might hurt a little.' E.J.'s cold and demonic voice comes behind his mask.

There is a bright metallic flash and a gorging sound comes out from the girl's lips, as she reaches out for her neck. The scent of fresh blood immediately laces the air as she gulps once again, before her legs give away under her feet and she falls on the ground, with her heart taking its last beats. In another few seconds, she is already dead.

'Way to go EJ! That went better than expected.' You cheer on as the tall man looks down at the dead girl, wiping his scalpel on his black shirt, his navy-blue mask betraying no emotion.

'I believe that I've already told you that this trick never fails.' His voice is tainted with excitement and a bit of pride inside.

'Yeah, yeah, I know. God, it has been so long since I last hunted.' You say, pulling the neckline of your hoodie up, trying to cover up your neck as much as you can mindlessly, as you gaze at your own victim with hunger eating your stomach away.

The empty eye sockets of the auburn haired man fall immediately on your movement, his vision studying you up by each move you take. From the moment you came out of your room today, you were constantly trying to pull your neckline up, is if you were trying to hide something. EJ had noticed that from the very moment you had sat beside him on the breakfast table, but since there were many people around, he couldn't ask you away, so he instead chose to watch you closely. And what he noticed only made his curious nature come out, as well as his uneasy feeling that something was going on, something he didn't quite like.

You had sat beside him in the morning table, cheerfully smiling to him and brightening his day up immediately, as if you were in possession of some switch inside his mind, before you took Sally in your hands and proceeded to help the little child eat. The smile remained at your lips, but this time, it seemed like a forced one or a fake, something that the man had never seen you pull ever before. He and Jeff chatted away silently with you, but you didn't turn your gaze to look at none of them, looking straight ahead or at Sally, never meeting eyes with them, something that was highly unusual. EJ would have dismissed it as just the anxiousness that had washed over you after the meeting with Offender –which he learnt from Toby and Ben who happened to see you getting rescued by Jeff, much to EJ's annoyance- but you also repeated the same action, trying to pull your hoodie up to cover your neck. This would have puzzled him further, if he hadn't seen the arrogant and dark smiles Jeff was giving you from the side. He immediately knew that something had happened; his best buddy was never this happy without a reason.

So seeing you doing it again, an act that by now seemed like a natural reflex, he chose to take his chances and ask you.

'Why are you continuing to pull your hoodie up? Is there something wrong with your neck?' he asked, pretending innocence.

Your smile widened, but a faint pink tinted your cheeks 'Nah, it's nothing, don't worry about it. So, I'll take the big guy over here, but I'll save you his organs.' You say.

Turning to the corpse of the man, you hold back with much difficulty the sigh that was about to leave your lips. So he had noticed that huh? Well, of course he would have noticed, you idiot, he is not blind. Well, he is blind, but he can still see. Anyways, the matter is that he has noticed your movement. It wasn't your fault; you were doing it subconsciously to hide…well….that. It wouldn't be good for him to find out what you wanted to hide, so you were still trying your best to not let anyone know since this morning. Damn you Jeff. Damn you! Since you had stormed out of his room yesterday, you passed your time around with Sally, trying to forget about what had happened and staying away from all the others as possible. Sally slept over to you yesterday, since with Offenderman inside the house, you were more than just reluctant to leave the little girl alone, but as dawn graced you with its light, Sally pointed at your neck and asked you what was that red mark. It was your fastest trip to the floor mirror that you had ever done, your eyes nailing themselves to where Sally pointed, only to discover a pretty sizeable red and purple bruise, just where Jeff had kissed you yesterday.

Your knife landed hard against the corpse of the man, cutting his torso wide open and enabling you to reach the bloody inside. You had stabbed him harder than you should, but only in response to the anger you felt bubbling inside of you.

And as if the hickey wasn't enough, you had to fight back the urge to slice his neck open and hit his head on the table with such force that the wood would break, as when you joined the others for breakfast, your gaze fell upon an arrogantly smiling Jeff. No, no, you can't afford to lose your temper again, just ignore the whole thing happened at it will hopefully go away. Focusing your distressed mind once again, you indulge yourself into your meal, drinking the blood dry from the dead man and satisfying your hunger to the point where it completely disappears. Licking your lips, you grab the two kidneys out of the man and stand up, only to see EJ eating the last bites of what was left from the girl's lungs, his mask resting beside him as he was kneeling down.

'Bon appétit.' You smile to him as you toss him the organs, with him grabbing them in midair and immediately downing one of them with one go.

Sighing once again, you look around you at the clearing. Thankfully, you hadn't made a mess with them, so there was no need for you to clean up and from what you were hearing, the Rake must be coming this way since he must have smelled the blood, so there is no need to dispose of the bodies as well. EJ must have heard it approach as well, as he sharply nods to you towards the road where you came, grabbing his mask and rising to his feet. Focusing for a little bit to your senses, you can actually hear the monster coming closer and closer fast towards the clearing, so it was a good thing that once it found them, you had already left the spot far behind you.

'So, _, may I ask you a question?' EJ brings you back to reality. His voice is even and betrays no emotion, but your mind has already started to freak out. Was he going to ask about your neck? Or maybe Jeff?

'Go ahead EJ.' You give him a bright smile, trying both to keep your cool and push away the pestering thoughts.

'Are you trying to hide something you don't want me to see on your neck?'

Upon hearing his question, you are pretty much sure that he is totally able to hear your mind exploding right now. Act cool _, he is just worried, that's all, there is nothing to worry about. Look, his face is calm and relaxed. Thank God he didn't wear his mask yet. Just smile and reassure him.

'What? Of course not. It's just a reflex I have when I'm uncomfortable and with Offender around, it's only natural to have it.' You try to reassure him, your voice calm and cheerful.

His eyebrow arcs above his empty eye socket 'Are you sure you are telling me the truth _?'

'Of course!' you look at him with a bright smile. Oh, god, please tell me the smiles will work.

In response to your question, the next thing you feel is the world around you turning into a blur, before your back hits something hard. Disoriented, you wince at the sudden pain and try to focus your blurred vision, only to feel someone grab you hard by the wrists and pin you against the rough surface. After a few more milliseconds of blurriness, you manage to see EJ standing literally a few inches away from you, his face still calm, as he has pinned your wrists to a nearby tree, trapping you there for good. Surprise shots up at you and you swallow hard, your eyes opening wide with surprise.

'Why do I not believe you _?' he grins, revealing his razor sharp shark teeth 'Why do I think there is something more than just that?'

'I don't understand what you are telling me EJ. I told you the truth and didn't hide anything! Be reasonable!' you fight him back with your words, but in response, his grin drops into a frown.

'Reasonable I am, but I saw the way Jeff grinned at you and I know that there is something going on.' His voice has turned ice cold, something that you don't like at all.

'There is nothing going on, you have my word.' You say, trying to calm him down.

His grin returns once again, only that this time, you can actually see what is left of the humans' organs among his teeth. This smile is definitely not a good one and you dread to see what he'll do next. This wasn't the EJ you knew; no, this was the same EJ that didn't hesitate to attack you back when you had first joined them.

'Then you will not have a problem if I take a look.'

'What?! No! Don't you dare touch me!' you scream and try to break free from his steely grip, but he has you nailed down for good.

He releases one hand, gripping both of your hands with one of his own. You feel his hand lower dangerously towards your neck, the cold skin almost brushing against your skin, until he reaches the edge of your hoodie and pulls it down, revealing your neck fully to him. Under his even gaze, you freeze like a deer in headlights, trying desperately to see any reaction coming from his side, feeling the mark burning hot on the side of your neck. Instead of speaking, EJ stays quiet for what seems like an eternity, studying the mark closely and with his eyebrows furrowing above his empty eye sockets.

'What kind of bruise it that? I haven't seen something like that before…' he mutters, more to himself than to you, but right as he utters those words, his gaze widens and you can literally hear the clicking sound his mind makes, as realization dawns to him.

'That is a….. d#mn you Jeff! How dare he touch you in such way!' Anger is literally boiling inside of him, as he releases your hands, but grabs you hard by the shoulders, shaking you violently, his face a mask of anger. It was the first time you saw his raw reaction without the mask and you had to say that the man was holding back many emotions under his mask. Still, you wanted him to let you go right at this moment, before you rip his hands off.

'Get your hands off of me right now!' you demand angrily, your voice sounding dual as the monster speaks along with you.

'How dare he do this to you?! I'm going to rip his head off, I swear! How did you allow him to do this to you _? I would never do this to you, not in a million years!'

'I didn't allow him to do anything! None of you ever listens! Now, let. Me. Go.!' You struggle against him, but he tightens his grip even more.

'I bet he knew that I would see this. That bastard! But I won't let him slide like that, oh no, not anymore.' He is again pulled deep in thought, talking his thoughts out loud, more than to you.

'EJ! LET ME GO NOW! IT WAS NOTHING, IT MEANT NOTHING, BUT LET ME NOW!'

In response, he cups your cheek tenderly with his black-gloved hand, his empty stare falling on your eyes, making you stop your struggling and gulp hard.

'I will never let him have you _. You've seen what he is capable off, I wouldn't even dream of hurting you like this.' his voice is stern as he utters those words, but his gaze softens as he looks upon you, the close proximity of the two of you making you feel uneasy.

And for a good reason.

Before you have the chance to push him away and free yourself, his lips crash hard against yours, as his hands free yours and grab you by the sides of the neck lightly, keeping your head in place. The chain reaction with your brain is immediately triggered and your hands fly to his chest, trying to push him off from you, but he has you pinned down for good, as he kisses you, so desperately, that you gasp. There was a longing in this kiss, a small but really powerful flame that was eating the man alive allowing itself to be revealed only now, only when he had finally dropped all his defenses. As you gasp though, he takes the opportunity presented and slips his tongue into your mouth, deepening the kiss and filling you with the taste of cherries. His kiss is not like Jeff's; it's sweeter and more careful, but your reaction to it is the same.

In a sudden rush of adrenaline, you push him back hard, freeing yourself from the tight grip and before he has the chance to realize what suddenly gotten over you, your hand lands so hard against his cheek, that the sheer power you used makes his head turn to the side, while pain shots up your own hand by the impact. You were so pissed off though, that you didn't even think about it. You see his hand fly to his cheek, as he is unable to even think what just happen, something that only infuriates you more.

'I AM SICK OF YOU! BOTH OF YOU! HOW DARE YOU TOUCH ME SO FREELY ALL THE TIME AND DO WHATEVER THE F*CK YOU WANT WITH ME?! I. AM. NOT. YOUR. PERSONAL. TOY.! I AM NOT HERE TO HAVE YOU FIGHTING OVER ME LIKE I'M SOME KIND OF PRIZE THAT HAS TO BE WON, LIKE YOU ARE SOME KIND OF FIGHTING DOGS! I HAVE MY OWN MIND AND MY OWN FEELINGS, SO I WILL DECIDE WITH WHO I WANT TO BE WHEN I WANT TO BE! YOU ARE NOT THE BOSSES OF ME AND YOU SURE AS HELL WILL NOT TOY ME AROUND!'

As you scream the last part, a sharp pain shots up in your brain, making you scream loudly and place your head among your hands. Suddenly, you see Liu standing above you with a sly and dangerous smile on his face, while you were laying on the cold floor, but the image fades as soon as it appears. In the sound of your pained scream, EJ that was silent for all the time you were screaming takes a step towards you.

'DO NOT COME NEAR ME!' you order him, with your head pounding loudly, nonetheless, you look at him straight in the eye once again 'I am the one that has to go to bed and think of what was forced onto me every day! You are so engulfed into your little game for dominance that you forget that you are battling over a living creature! Have you ever stopped and thought how I am feeling about all this? The time will come when I will decide, but it will come with MY time NOT yours! Either way, I think it's pretty clear who I love, so BACK OFF MY BACK BOTH OF YOU!'

Ignoring him completely, both he and his gaze full of shame, you take the way towards the house, trudging hard against the faint path of the forest, with the various flora crushing under your feet.

'I'm sorry _.' EJ's voice comes from far behind you, but his steps echo as well as yours, meaning he is also walking.

'You better be. But thank the Lord that I only slapped you, because Jeff got kicked.'

But of course, it wouldn't be that easy for you to relax after the second incident since yesterday, so returning to the house, you were pretty much pissed off to no ends. Making your way directly to Sally's room, you avoided all the other residents of the house, as well as the guests, and went to the only place where you knew you would be relaxed, or at least be left on your own to ponder about the incidents while hugging the little girl to death. And you were mostly right, because the moment Sally opened her door wide open, her little face being graced by a pretty ear-to-ear smile while pointing out that you had just arrived for her small tea party, you couldn't help but leave aside your troubles for a little bit and just enjoy the company your little sister kept you.

Sally's continuous good spirits always helped you relax and after some more moments in the small child's company, you found yourself talking happily and peacefully both to her and to her little toys that kept you company along the small table. But of course, this wasn't going to last long, since the kid wanted some of your famous chocolate chip cookies and since you had a soft spot with her, you just couldn't say no to that adorable face. Picking her up in your arms, you made your way down to the kitchen, feeling the very same irritated feeling returning to you once again. You kept your gaze pretty much nailed to the little girl or downwards, but that didn't mean that you didn't feel two pairs of eyes nailed on to you as you passed the living room. You didn't really need to look up to know who was looking at you, so instead, you downright ignored them and made your way to the kitchen.

So here you are now, trying your best to shape the little cookies, angrily punching at the tough mixture, both to shape it and to relax your nerves a little bit. As if the rest of the residents had sensed the threat, no one even dared to come inside the kitchen, with Masky and Hoody giving you a small nod as they passed the kitchen door, since no one was crazy enough to come close to you. Sally was currently on the living room, playing with LJ and laughing her heart out, her little voice echoing in your ears as you kept an eye out for her, grabbing the kitchen knife and starting to cut the dark chocolate.

'Ah, I see that you are quite the cook of the house.'

The chain reaction of your hand was immediate. In a flash of a millisecond, you raised the kitchen knife and threw it against whoever was the one that entered the kitchen and dared to break your calm and silent environment, before your head even had the chance to look up to see who it was. As you did though, you saw Offenderman standing leisurely on the door, leaning against the doorframe and lowering the knife. He had managed to catch it in midair by using one of his white tentacles, so he was now smiling widely at you, giving you a full view to his shark-like teeth.

'I see that you are distressed. But still, your aim is perfect.' He chuckles lowly.

'What do you want Offender?' you reply coldly as you grab another knife and resume your work.

'I wanted to continue our conversation from where we left it. I believe there is no ill will in that.' he grins, folding his hands over his chest.

'To freshen up your memory, you messed with my mind and the conversation ended right then and -of course- not on good terms. So if you try anything or come any closer from where you are already standing, I'll personally kill you and cook your sorry $ss.'

'I expected nothing else from a fair lady such as yourself. My older brother takes pride in all of his children and has told me a lot about you. How you joined the clan and so on.'

You shrug indifferently 'Well, they were the ones that invited me in, in the first place. I didn't even know what I had become, other than a plain monster.'

He laughs once more 'This sounds exactly like my older brother. His beliefs that all of you deserve a chance to life, especially a somewhat normal one, are very strong. Me, I cannot relate with the way he is thinking. We are all monsters destined to kill.'

'It is your right to believe that. But your brother is a noble and honorable man and he is right to think like that. No one can really define the term of who is a monster and who an innocent one. I have seen both sides and all I have to say it that the boundaries are, at best, shadowy and vague.'

'So you believe, just like he does, that power doesn't matter? That family is the most important thing?' there is a serious tone in his voice as he asks that question, revealing to you that he is somehow irritated by your response. Still, you couldn't care less.

'What I believe, comes from what I've seen.' You reply evenly 'I have seen great men that relied purely on strength, go down faster than a shooting star. But I have seen and experienced that it is in family that pure strength comes from. It is the union and trust among the members that makes it unstoppable. All you see in us, in all the killers inside the house, may be a bunch of teenagers with killing mood swings and no chance for salvation, but what I see in us, is my family. The ones that will stand by me if the time demands it and the ones that will fall for me; as well as the ones that I will fall for and be proud about it. You may see a stupid idea, but I see a dysfunctional and deadly-loyal family, with bonds so tight, that it will need something much more than a god to bring it apart.' You conclude as you place some of the cookies inside an oven pan.

'You truly speak like my brother's daughter, even if this is not your real fa-'

'Family comes in many terms. These are my brothers and sisters in there.' You cut him off.

'From what I've heard though, two of them might not share the same sibling love with you.' he gives you another wide grin, trying to drive you into a corner.

'That is none of your concerns.' You reply plainly.

'Your answers though make me think; I will not lie. Would your previous family agree with you if they saw you now?'

You sigh. This guy just never stops right?

'I believe they would have told me to follow my heart, no matter where it leads me.'

He laughs; a sound rather…dark….as it seemed to you for a split second.

'I believe so too to be honest with you.' he detaches himself from the doorframe and takes a small step towards you. Immediately, your eyes nail on him, only for him to grace you with another large grin 'I have heard from older brother what happened to your family and I have to say that it was tragic. My sincere condolences.'

'Thank you.' you plainly reply to him, your eyes narrowing at his tall figure. Something on him just triggers every possible danger switch inside your mind…you just don't know what it is though.

'But I have to say that your resemblance with your father is astonishing. The same hair color and facial expressions, it's quite exhilarating. Still, it appears that you have your mother's feminine qualities, as well as her eyes; or at least you used to have them.'

At the sound of his words, you tense up immediately 'You knew my parents? How?' you question him immediately.

In the sound of your words, his dark aura only intensifies 'Oh, I know everything about them. (Y/m/n) and (y/f/n) (y/l.n), two of the most brilliant minds I have ever seen on humans. It was a shame to meet such an ending, even if they deserved it. But, my lovely, lovely _, I also know everything about you. Your small little secret is the one that I treasure most. Your small, beating secret.'

Surprise mixed with a good amount of sheer terror begins to run in abundance inside your veins, burning everything on its path and reaching your heart and mind in split seconds, setting them onto a ruthless fire that burns everything in its way. How? Just how does he know that?! How? How? How? How the hell does he know about your family?! Scratch that, how the hell does he know about your beating heart?! He couldn't possibly mean anything else with the kind of words he used, since it's the only thing that pulsates still inside your body, defying the rules of Creepypasta creation. Just how the hell does he know that?! Only you and E.J. know about your secret and E.J. would probably die before he revealed it? Then how does he know that?

The beast inside your mind awakens harshly. It's bright red eyes flash with insanity and danger, turning all the switches inside your mind off and driving you to the edge of sanity, a little bit before it will allow you to fall into the animalistic frenzy and kill the tall being that is now grinning even wider at you, reading your thoughts through your terrorized and crazed eyes. The knife feels a lot lighter inside your palm and you can already see yourself jumping on the table and slitting his throat with a single move. You wonder if he will have blood like the rest of you…When you speak, your voice sounds hoarse and deadly.

'Who the hell are you?' you whisper, poison and lunacy dripping from the sound of your voice.

'The question is not who am I, but who are you _.' He says, turning and walking towards the door with his tentacles waving lightly and your frenzied gaze nailed on him.

'I wonder though, how will your new family react when they find out your secret.' In the sound of his words, you freeze up, terror and fear striking you from every possible corner of your very existence.

'See you again, lovely _.'