AN~I don't own any of the characters except for Amelia/Pandora. Also, I'm going with the fact that Tim/Masky has brown eyes like he does in the actual MH youtube series. I have this series over on Deviantart as well, so some of the characters belong to people over there as well. All new credit will be added at the end of each Chapter, previous credit will be posted at the top and bottom.
I laid there longer than I'd like to admit. I knew this. Tim wasn't mine, but still seeing such hurt still pained me. I doubted that I needed sleep here but my mind was exhausted.
My eyes opened, and I swathe dark cave. Fear reinstalled its grasp as I remember this cave as a voice boomed.
"Pandora, Amelia, whoever the fuck is in control wake up!" The voice boomed again. My eyes flickered through the dark cave till they landed on Jeff. Why was he here? Back up for the rescue mission?
"Hurry b-before yo-you get trapped," I managed to stammer before I got sucked back into my nightmare prison. I was still on the floor, but I think it was the next day. The nurse opened the door and stepped in. It was the same one from the day before. Her sedative needles still on her belt.
"Yesterday was no good. You know you hurt Tim yesterday don't you?" She asked with an accusing tone.
"I-I know," I stammered. "I-I do-don't know what ca-came over me," I lied, this was what I had to do, was make them think I didn't know what was actually happening. "I'm so sorry," I hiccuped. Her lips curled into a snide smile. For a quick moment I let my eyes unfocused and I could see her form was nothing more than a shadow person. I quickly refocused as I stood up.
"Good girl," she said happily. "This is a repeat, but in order to make progress you have to admit to the issue."
"I-I know," I stammered softly. I slowly hugged myself as thoughts ticked through my mind on how to get out of here. I knew this was killing my hold on reality. "Ca-can I stay in these clothes?"
"Sure, since you admitted to having an issue you may have this as a little reward," her smile softened. Now that I knew what her face looked like really I noticed that this facial movement was more mechanical like it had been programmed into her; they looked as artificial as well.
"Th-thanks," I managed to make myself say. "Can I please go color with m-my friends?"
"Sure," she chirped. She opened the door and I followed her out. As we were about to pass the office door I shot a thought through to Pandora, 'it won't be much longer, I know what I'm doing for once.'
'Good, I don't like being stuck like this,' she shot back to me. Inwardly I smirked. Oddly I kinda felt excited that this was up to me, but also kinda nervous as hell.
"Remember your manners," she said the same line at the door like a programmed NPC in video games did.
"Will do," I murmured. She opened the door and ushered me in. I quickly made my way over to the two girls that stood out. Today Inso sat across from SK at the round table. She sat in the chair the same way as yesterday in the rocking chair, with her lantern in the teddy bear form was in her arms. Her eyes darted to me as I sat down between her and SK. Today i could see SK perfectly in her normal form.
"They did it again," SK muttered. "They jabbed me with those damned needles."
"It won't have any effect if you don't think about it. It's a placebo, they're shadow figures. They have no real grasp on us." I explained in a hushed tone.
"Then...why can't...we leave easily?" Inso asked around yawns.
"This is a prison cell basically. They're programmed to hold us and break us down but not to actually kill us unless they have to, or at least that's how it works I think," I answered to the best of my capabilities. SK glanced over at the nurse then to the other patients.
"The rest of them, the others, they don't have faces, or am I just blind?" SK asked.
"Let your eyes un-focus and you can see their true form. I'm hoping, we can change things on our own. Otherwise I'm gonna be screwed on my plan. Have you guys been passed the heart beat office?" I asked as I grabbed one of the crayons. I brought it under the table and onto my
"No," both girls said as I focused on the crayon changing shape.
"How long after I left did they let you guys stay here?" I asked.
"About five to ten minutes," SK answered. I looked down and smiled at the knife that was now in my hand instead of the crayon.
"Alright, it shouldn't take me long once they take me back to my room. SK stay with Inso, do not let them split you two up for any reason. I'm going to destroy the heart, and then we should be back in that cave. Once back, we need to leave asap understood?" I said quickly in a hushed tone. SK nodded.
"What should I do?" Inso yawned.
"Stick with SK. Our goal is to get you out of here safely," I explained. "Do not let them split you guys up. I don't know how much they can do, so just stick with her." Inso nodded quickly and her grip tightened on her lantern. I shifted the knife back into the crayon form and slipped it into my pocket.
"Amelia, your visitor is here," The nurse chimed. I swallowed and stood up.
"Stick to the plan," I said under my breath. "You can change the crayons into weapons, just focus." After I said that I turned and walked back to the doors. As I walked behind the nurse I knew I should go after the office door but i didn't and I'm not sure why. The nurse opened the door to my room and I walked in. Tim stood there against the wall but this time he had a baby in his arms. The baby had light brown hair. I couldn't see its face so that was all I knew of the baby's appearance.
"Wh-who's the baby?" I asked without a second thought. Tim frowned but kept bouncing the baby.
"Our child, you had him when you were admitted in here. I was coming over that night you killed your father and brother, we were going to tell them that you were moving in with me because we had just found out you were pregnant. I would have moved out of my dorm and we would have found a nice apartment. You weren't capable of naming him so I named him after my bestfriends, it kinda weird combination but it's Brain Jay Wolowitz," he said trying to get me to break. "Amelia, please come back home. Our child needs you, I need you."
"Ti-Tim," my voice shook. This could be a reality if things were different. But I knew that this wasn't real. I swallowed and before I could say anything he repositioned the baby so the baby was faced towards me. He had my eyes but Tim's facial structure. I swallowed hard and let my eyes un-focus and see the shadow people. Not my Tim, not a child. I grabbed the crayon and pulled it out.
"You're not Tim! Shut up, shut up!" I screamed as I darted towards the door. As I got to the handle Tim had my wrist.
"Don't, just pretend this is our own home. We can be together and not have to worry about either of us dying, or slenderman tearing us from each other," Tim begged. What scared me more than anything is that it sounded perfectly like him but I pushed the door open and yanked my wrist free. I darted down the hall, I could hear the heart beats but it was under the commotion that was being made in the rec room. There was blood splatters over the plexiglass window, but the blood was evaporating as quickly into black smoke. I stopped in front of the office door and glanced back down the hall.
"Sorry," I mouthed as I twisted the knob.
"Finally!" I heard the familiar voice.
"Pandora," I said as a little girl hugged me. I looked down at the small child. She had shoulder length black hair, olive tan skin, and her eyes were completely black voids except for a couple of sprinkles of white like stars in the night sky. She wore a white robe like the did in Ancient Greece. "Wha?"
She sighed annoyed as she explained, "This is my weakened form. I'm not much use like this. When we get out of here I'm not going to be able to take over, I can boost speed and agility but not much else."
"Okay, then," I said.
"Yeah...but the heart should be just behind those doors," she said as she pointed towards another set of doors. I grasped her hand and quickly walked to the doors. With a deep breath I twisted the knobs and swung the doors open. Inside a heart the size of a man hung from the ceiling. It was encased by webs. I let go of Pandora's hand and started to hack at the web encasing. The doors from the first room banged open.
"Keep hacking at the heart I'll keep this door closed," Pandora demanded. She closed the door and started to chant something in another tongue. Her and the door both started to glow purple. I kept hacking and slashing the webs. I could hear the doors cracking under the pressure. It wouldn't be much longer. Sweat trickled down my temple as I started to panic. Just as the doors shattered and Pandora screamed I managed to sink my blade into the muscle and tear it open. Blood gushed out as I was swallowed by darkness.
A second ticked by as my eyes readjusted. I was back inside the cave; light was splayed across the cave's interior. I looked back and saw SK and Inso stand there in a similar daze.
"You two head out now," I said like a true leader. SK looked at means nodded. She grasped the other girl and the two of them fled as I raced further into the cave where I could hear a guy whimpering. This time I stayed quiet and against the wall. I found Jeff standing in the middle of the room. I found the mask before he saw me; my legs and arms took on a purple hue as I darted to the mask that floated behind Jeff and broke it down the center with my blade.
"Liu! I'm sorry," he screamed. For a moment I was quiet, his voice had held despair and sorrow.
"Jeff," I said softly. He whipped around and stared at me.
"Amelia or Pandora?" He asked as he regained control.
"Amelia," I answered. "We need to go," I said in a hush tone.
"Yeah, where's the others?" He asked as he followed me through the cave.
"Hopefully out of the cave," I said quietly as I sped up. We both were quiet as we raced through the cave. Once out we looked around the entrance of the cave, and found the other two. As a team we found the portal and managed to fall back to the mansion where we found Slenderman and Sleepwalker in the office.
"Insomniac!" Sleepwalker yelped happily. It was the first time that it didn't sound like it was about to fall asleep. Sleepwalker graced over to Inso and surrounded her in her black robe like a hug. "You've been gone...for so long." It sounded like it was about to sob.
'Oh thank the gatekeepers you guys are back,' Slenderman's voice echoed through my mind.
"How long was I gone?" Jeff asked as he crossed his arms annoyed.
'A month,' Slenderman answered. 'Meaning the three of you girls where gone for a month and a half.'
"A month and a half?" I screeched in surprise. They all glanced towards me. "It was only two days ago we were sent out," I defended myself from their stares.
"Didn't Masky go over that with you?"'Jeff asked.
"Y-yeah, I forgot..." I trailed off. "Slenderman, those holder minions they don't only can use what memories you have, they can create things as well. They'll use whatever you love or care for against you. They will be creative too," I said quietly.
'You did a good job Amelia. How's Pandora holding up?' Slenderman asked.
"She's being quiet. They spilt Pandora and me up. She was weakened a lot by it," I answered. He nodded.
'You'll be on rest till she reappears,' he said. 'You may leave. I believe Masky is waiting for you in your room.'
"Thanks," I said quietly as I walked out of the office.
Character List/Credits
Amelia/Pandora (c) Me
Insomniac and Sleepwalker (c) Dake-Naita
SK (c) ThePlantGod
