A/N: Hey there everybody and welcome back to chapter four of 'The Arrival' now that Dick is the woods he's going to have to put the memories of last time to good use if he wants to make it out of there alive.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything what so ever in this story, they all belong to their respective owners.
(Oakside Park 7:45 pm)
"Is anybody out there? HEY! Somebody say something anything at all! Look don't worry I'm only here to help you so stay calm." Nightwing shouted out into the dark woods as he checked each part of it with his flashlight.
Every since he heard that scream from the house he didn't waste anytime trying to find the source of it, but after an hour of searching he couldn't find a thing. That was when he came to the conclusion that Slender Man had gotten a hold of them and right now he prayed that they would be okay until he arrived.
As he continued he with his walk through the woods he came across a shack and when he got good look at the building and learned from the red sign that it was a canoe rental shop, he chuckled a bit as he thought back to time when he went canoeing with the team a few years back. Nightwing then proceeded to check the side of the building saw that it had a flyer for the park's canoeing rules and a pamphlet for the park itself.
"I wonder what that is over there?" Nightwing asked as he shined his light over to what was reveled to be a map of the area.
He walked over to the map and studied it for a while with his flashlight, wanting to make sure that he had the area memorized just incase, so after studying it for a few more minutes he made his way into the woods.
"Alright, now the map said that there should be a watchtower down this path and hopefully that might help me get a better view of this place." He said to himself as he walked down the dirt path and spotted the light shining down from the watchtower.
As he approached the tower he noticed a piece of paper attached to it, he found it a little strange that it would be there. So as he shined the light on it and as he got closer to the tower he removed the paper from it and then his eyes were as wide as saucer plates.
'Always WatchesNo Eyes'
It was that exact same page from last time; it had the same writing and same drawing on it and everything! A feeling of both dread and dejà vu started to wash over on Nightwing as he stared intensely at the piece of paper in his hand.
"No this just a coincidence, I mean there's no way I could be going through the same thing all over again. I just need to stay whelmed and stay focus if I want to make it through this." He said to himself trying his best to keep his composure.
He walked away from the watchtower and walked right through a patch full of grass and spotted a light blue outhouse, Nighwing was about to walk pass it until he noticed a piece of paper on the side of it that had a drawing of Slender Man on it.
'Leave me Alone!'
"Funny how he wants to be left alone when he's the one stalking and kidnapping people, talk about being a hypocrite." Nightwing said to himself as he realized that he is really relieving that awful night all over again.
As Nightwing began to walk away from the outhouse he began to get a feeling of dread and he remembered what happened the last time he collected two of these pages. Unlike last time though he doesn't plan on getting caught.
He figured that the best course of action would be to go into a little sprint so he could put some distance between him and Slender Man. He kept running for a little while longer before coming across a little campsite, he thought that whoever the tent belonged too must've been the person he heard screaming earlier.
He checked around to see if there was a backpack laying around that might contain the owner's identification, but when he checked the side of the tent he discovered another one of those pieces of paper.
"Looks like there's no doubt about it, I really am going through this whole damn thing again and that means that I better keep moving and get the last five pages." He said as he made his way back to the path and headed towards the location of the water tower.
As he approached it he discovered another page stuck to it, so he pulled it off of the tower and dashed through the woods with page number four in his hand. He then spotted light from the other side of the forest and thought that it be some lost camper or something, but when got to the source of the light he saw that it was coming from the headlight of an old abandoned car.
"looks like I'm almost done looking for these pages, and that means he's going to be a little bit more persistence on trying to stop me." Once Nightwing said this he looked out of the corner of his eyes and in the distance he saw a figure watching him.
The figure was tall, deathly pale, bald, and was wearing a black suit. The thing that stood out the most was the fact that it didn't have a face, Nightwing knew right away that it was none other than Slender Man.
Nightwing did waste a single moment as he threw down a few smoke bombs and vanished from sight as soon as the smoke cleared up.
"He's not the only one who knows how to disappear." Nighwing said to himself as dashed through the forest before stopping in front of a storage yard.
He walked into the storage yard and noticed several old barrels and crates with 'Kullman Mining Company' written on them, he made sure to make a note of that for later. Nightwing then shined the flashlight on one of the crates and saw a piece of paper attached to it and knew that he just found number six and that only left two more to go.
So with that in mind he dashed out of there and kept running for what seemed like an eternity, stopped at an old canoe that was leaning against a tree. He knew that could only keep this brief because the longer he stayed there the better chances of Slender Man getting him are, just as he got back up he seen another page attached to the tree.
"Page number seven and if Slender Man gets me, then I won't be going to Heaven." He said in a dark sense of humor before bolting from that spot.
He kept running until he came across the service center that he learned about from the park map and walked on inside, he saw several old boxes just laying around and took noted of the boarded up windows as well. He inspected some of the lockers in the hopes that he might find the last page in one of them but sadly they were all empty, he continued looking in the building until he entered the restroom.
"Bingo number eight!" He said as he picked up the last page, then suddenly he started to get a cold chill and as soon as he turned around Slender Man was right there behind him and grabbed a tight hold of Dick's arm with no intension of leting him go.
Nightwing wasn't about to let Slender Man take him that easily so he pulled out a wingding and stabbed Slender Man's hand and ran right passed him and into the dark woods. He didn't know where he was heading but as long as it was as far away from Slender Man then it didn't really matter to him.
Then all of sudden from out of nowhere Nightwing felt like someone had just delivered a powerful punch right to his face, the force of the blow was strong enough to knock him out, and as he lay there flat on the ground he started to lose conciseness and then suddenly everything went dark.
A/N: Well there you go guys chapter 4 and before you ask, yes Slender Man did in fact punch Dick in the face, it was payback for stabbing him. Don't worry this isn't the last chapter there is still more to come.
Well I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I will see you all next time.
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