Chapter 4: Google it was a bad idea

It had been a week since I started having the weird and uncomfortable sickness, and I had had enough of it. At first, it was just nosebleed, cough, vormit and other stuff; although they sure were annoying, I could still handle them. But as days went on, this had gone too far.

Recently, my cough became stronger and lasted longer as well; sometimes, I had to covered my mouth and tried as best as I could not to cough too loud during class and I got very scared when I saw blood after my cough. The pains became more painful that sometimes I couldn't move at all. I started getting bloodshot at my eyes too, and I always wondered about that because I never stays up late unless I had to study for exam or just simply is too into books or movies. I vomited more often too, and blood also started to be found in my vomit. When I ate, I hardly could swallow the food, much for Delin's worry. My breath became very painful. And I forgot things very easily, even if they were so important that I had to write down in my small notebook. But the most important thing is… I kept seeing the unusual tall figure who continuously flashed through my vision, and this confused me a lot.

"Urg… That's it!" I groaned out loud as she grabbed her handbag. "I'm going to see the doctor, RIGHT NOW!"

And yes, I hardly super raged like this.

"Next, please." The nurse said as she looked at her clip board.

I was the next patient, so I stood up with my handbag and walked into the room. When I was in the room, the doctor smiled at me and I returned it. I sat down the chair beside him.

"Good afternoon. You're Konna Fujikama, correct?"

"Correct."

"And you're a college student at Cambridge University, right?"

"Yes, doctor."

"Okay, let's get started then." He then took his clipboard and started asking her. "So, what's your problem?"

"I… honestly don't know, doctor." I said tiredly. "I get so many strange illnesses that I couldn't count."

"For examples?"

"Like, I keep vomiting, and sometimes there is sometimes blood in it. I cough strongly a lot, and there's blood in my cough as well."

"Please tell me more." He said while writing down his clipboard with his pen.

"I started to find it hard to swallow food. The pains inside my body are very painful, as well as my breath. I have major amnesia too while I hardly forget things, especially important ones. And my eyes keeps seeing this… weird-looking figure."

"And you have bloodshot as well, right?" He said as he looked at my eyes.

"Ah yes, that too. That's quite unusual because I rarely stay up late at night."

"Alright, thank you miss. Now, let me see…" He looked at clipboard for a while, well, for a very long time actually. He fused his eyebrows which you could tell that he was a little frustrated. He stopped looking at it and grabbed his stethoscope. "Miss, may I checked your heartbeat?"

I nodded and he listened to my heartbeat carefully. It was completely normal, which made him more frustrated and confused. He took off his stethoscope and slightly shook his head.

"I'm very sorry, but… for the first time, I don't know what kind of sickness you have."

I closed the door to my room and put my handbag on the table. I flopped on my bed and placed one forearm over my forehead, I was sweating a lot. I started to breath heavily because of tiredness and shock.

The doctor told me that the things I had doesn't match with any symptoms of any sicknesses. I asked him to check again and he did, but found no use. So he gave me some medicines that could ease down my pains, cough, vomit… instead.

"Seriously… what's wrong with me? Just because of this, I had to skip a few classes even though I didn't want to." I let out a long tiring sigh. "Wait… Delin said that I had Slender sickness…"

I quickly shook my head. "Oh come on Konna! You still believe in that silly thing? Slenderman isn't real, so Slender sickness isn't real as well, right?"

I paused for a while before thinking more about this problem. I started to remember that I often caught sights of a man with unusual height, blank face and black suit, and I suspected him to be Slenderman. I hadn't told Delin about this yet, and if I had, she would be squealing all over the place like a child who just saw a unicorn.

"If that 'thing' really is Slenderman, then… am I really having Slender sickness?" I asked myself and then slammed my hand to my face. "Okay, this is very confusing me because I don't know a damn thing about this. Let me grab my laptop."

I took my laptop and I laid on the bed on my belly with the laptop in front of me. After it had been turned on, I went to Google and typed in "Slender sickness". The results quickly popped up and I saw a Wiki page about the thing I was searching for, as I clicked on it.

The Sickness, sometimes called Slender Sickness, is the name given to an apparent sickness consisting mostly of coughing fits and coughing up blood, along with occasional nausea, paranoia, vomitting, and extreme exhaustion due to an encounter and being stalked by the Slender Man. Many have also had bloody noses, fever, and sometimes amnesia. It is experienced mostly by those stalked by Slender Man.

"Okay, so this is what Slender sickness is." I said and strolled down.

One theory is that the sickness is directly caused by Sigma Radiation, or radiation in general, which has a long history of inclusion in theories regarding Slender Man and its powers. This may mean the sickness is a form of radiation poisoning. However, many symptoms are also similar to symptoms of various chemicals entering the body system.

"Hmm…" I rubbed my chin… until I saw the symptoms section. My heart was beating fast as I read the texts.

The theorized order of illness is as follows:

Stalked:

* Nose bleeds with fever like the common cold, mild amnesia

First Encounter:

* Nose bleeds, exhaustion, nausea, strong cough, vomiting, amnesia, slight signs of radiation poisoning, aches and pains, slight trauma of the eyes (i.e. blood shot, vesial popping etc...), deja vu is commonly seen at this point.

More than five (5) sightings:

*Coughing up blood, blood in vomit, many signs of radiation exposure, painful breathing, difficulty in swallowing, violent convulsions and major amnesia.

As I had finished reading it, I was completely speechless. I… I had all of these symtomps… I was shocked, I was scared… Did it mean that I had Slender sickness, and that Slenderman was stalking me? No, it couldn't be true! He isn't real, isn't real at all!

As I was wondering with my mind, something sent shiver down my spine. I then suddenly started to feel darkness surrounding me, was it a blackout? I tried to reach for the lamp on my nightstand before pains came to me again. It was the same pains I was having, but this time they were even more painful than ever as if they wanted to rip me into pieces. I gripped my head and messed up my hair as I held my head close to my knees, my eyes were tightly shut. Unable to hold it anymore, I screamed in pure pains. Please, stop it, STOP IT!

My vision then went black.

Yes, I left a cliffhanger there… just because I could! Gosh, poor our Konna…

And yes, I copied those information from The Slender Man Wiki. XD

But anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter. Please leave a review and I'll see you again next time.

Bye!