(Please note. When Eyeless Jack and Laughing Jack are in the same place/chapter, I will refer to them as their respective full names or nicknames.)

"How is this possible? Is such a short amount of time, two of you have come back injured. One more so than the other." Slender let out what sounded like a sigh as he patched up LJ's face in the kitchen. EJ was sitting on the couch flipping through the channels. "He got beat up by some chick in the woods. Ben and I saw it go down. Was kinda funny actually." LJ glared at EJ with a growl. "Shut up!" he winced as Slender put pressure on his injury. "Quiet! Who was the girl?" EJ shrugged stopping on Animal planet. "When you forced me and Jeff to go on a walk the other day with Sally we found this lake clearing and saw her there with the same kid that LJ attacked. The kid called her Mallory but also someone we've all heard about these past three years. The Wanderer." Slender stood up straight now done with patching LJ up. "The Wanderer? Are you sure?" EJ nodded moving his mask to the side of his head with a sigh. "Yup. She doesn't look like much though." LJ shuddered slightly remembering his encounter. Even though he was a killer, he was actually somewhat intimidated. Her aura was that of a malicious demon ready to rip apart anything that stands in her way. Slender held his smooth chin seeming deep in thought.

How curious. This one girl could take down both Jeff and LJ, and seemingly with ease. While Jeff came back far more physically damaged, LJ seems to have something...trapping his normal mental state.

He slightly turned his head to LJ's direction, taking in his even more hunched posture and the even more dead look to his black eyes.

It's as if he just became a killer all over again. Restarting from the very beginning. This is very intriguing. I must see this girl in person. But how can I get close…

EJ's words suddenly replayed through Slenders head.

-We found this lake clearing and saw her there with the same kid that LJ attacked.-

I see...So...Yes this could work.

"Jack." LJ and EJ looked toward Slender. "Yeah?" Slender pointed towards EJ. "Eyeless. You mentioned that she was with a young boy. The same boy that Laughing had attacked today, correct?" EJ nodded, adjusting his mask as he 'Watched' animal planet. "Yeah. What about it?"
"I want to meet her." Everything thing seemed to freeze after he said this. EJ's hand was resting just above his mask as he stared ahead, his brow furrowing in confusion. LJ's face was blank, but his body trembled slightly, like a scared lamb facing a wolf head-on without any courage to truly battle it.

Mallory sat on the roof of the motel watching the clouds as they passed overhead. She thought about what happened with Neil and the clown. She was curious on who it was. It had been a long time since she saw someone who was like her through and through. He was a killer. She was a killer. It was clear to Mallory, that he too knew the rush of pleasure when going for the kill. The warm feeling of watching the cold embrace of death take someone. Mallory played with a strand of her hair.

He may be a killer too, but that doesn't exclude the fact that he attacked Neil. Though I guess it's hard to blame him for doing so. I know what it's like to find that one little thing you wish to destroy.

Mallory looked down at the ground below her. Nothing but plants, cement and dust. It was basically just barren. But if she looked up and let her eyes trail the town around her, she found it less lonely. Less sad. "Mallory!" she looked down again and saw Neil waving up at her with a big happy smile. "Hey, Let's go to that lake again! I packed us a lunch!" he called up to her. Mallory stared down at him before a soft smile formed on her lips and she jumped down. Mallory ruffled his hair a bit. "That sounds nice. Let's go." Neil smiled and ran over to the porch grabbing a small basket before running back over and taking her hand shyly. "Sorry but I'll feel much safer this way." Mallory shook her head and started walking, Neil right next to her. "It's fine. Oh wait a minute." she turned back to look at the house. "What about Gramps?"

"Grandpa's taking a nap." Neil answered. Mallory nodded and started walking again. "Let's go then."

The walk to the lake was one filled with small conversation. The two of them would take turn asking the other a question. Neil wouldn't ask too many that he found would probably be too private for Mallory to answer, but the young boy had one that stuck in the back of his mind.

What was Mallory?

Was she like that clown? Or was she something different? He wanted to ask her so bad but felt that it would be too personal for her. He was also somewhat scared on what the answer was. As his mind wandered, he didn't notice that Mallory had stopped and bumped into her. He looked up and noticed her tense expression as she stared ahead with a cold hard glare. "Mallory? What is it?" he asked. She shushed him and took a few steps forward looking around. Neil was so confused by her actions but trusted Mallory. So he just stayed put and watched her. He suddenly felt himself be yanked off the ground and he let out a cry of fear and surprise. Mallory spun around and growled as she lunged forward. Neil felt himself jerk off to the side in a pair of strong arms and began to feel dizzy. He suddenly felt something cold being pressed against his neck. He stared at Mallory who remained frozen in place. "W-What's going on?" he whimpered. Mallory took a step forward and the cold object was pressed harder against his neck and he felt a warm trickle go down his skin. He then realized that it was some sort of sharp weapon, most likely a knife. He trembled slightly as a deep voice spoke up from who had grabbed him. "Don't move. If you do, I slit his throat. Say anything before I'm done speaking, I slit his throat. Nod if you understand." Mallory slowly nodded to what he said and Neil heard the man chuckle. "Guess you do have a weakness. Remember me bitch? Nod if you do." Mallory slowly nodded once again. Neil glanced up and saw nothing but dark hair and pure white skin. He looked back at Mallory who just stood there unmoving. "Now listen up, and listen close. A buddy of mine has taken an interest in you. In fact, just from a few days of observing you, a colleague of mine found out that you're rather famous, especially among us killers. The wanderer." he narrowed his eyes. "You've made quite an impression." everything fell silent and the man let out a sigh. "Well, guess I better get to the point. The buddy I mentioned, the one that wants to meet you, has instructed me to take your little friend here. Guess you can already get the rest of this dumb idea. Nod if you do."

Mallory nodded once again.

The man let out another chuckle, Neil trembling in his arms as he tried to put together what they were talking about. "Guess you're smarter than you look. So…" he kept an arm around Neil keeping him off the ground as he reached into his back pocket and threw some sort of beeping device to Mallory who caught it. "That's the meeting spot. Get there tonight right at 1:00. Any minute later and he dies. Got it? Nod if you understand." Mallory nodded once more. Neil heard the man chuckle and watched in horror as he was slowly being pulled back into the dark of the forest. "MALLORY!" he cried.

AN: Hello! Sorey that this chapter is short. I was on a writers block. Well...sort if. I knew exactly how this was going to play out. I had planned it months prior but a lot has been going on and my mind has been so overwhelmed that I wasn't able to get this down until know. Sorey for taking so long, part two of this chapter will be out soon.