In this Chapter I will finally explain the real reason why Slender is stalking and killing the group and explain why Linda was spared in that house earlier in a shocking twist you will not see coming.
Manny and the other three finally reached the cabin in North Dakota and got out of the car.
"We're here guys our temporary home."
"We can't live the rest of our lives on the run Manny." Natalie said "I want my old life back before all of this."
"You think I want to live like this? I don't" Manny said. "But you've got to realize that we won't get our normal lives back. Our lives will never be normal again. For now the best thing we can do is try to survive."
"He's right." Ann said "As much as I hate to admit it our lives will never be the same again because of that monster. Whatever life we did have before is gone and now we our doomed for a life on the run."
Natalie felt tears streaming down her face when she heard that. Then they all walked inside the cabin.
"We should be safe from Slender and the cops at least for the time being but just in case any of them shows up we need one person each night to take a night shift guarding the place and keeping a sharp eye for any of them.
"You'll take the first night Manny since you got us into this mess." Evan said
"Fair enough." Manny said then he went into one of the closets and pulled out a sawed off shotgun.
"If anybody shows up they are going to eat lead. Welcome to your new lives people."
Meanwhile back at Linda's apartment it was 12:30 at night and she was asleep in her bed when suddenly the windows flew opened causing Linda to jump up and gasp. She looked at her windows to see fog coming in and then out of the came Slender. Linda screamed and jumped out of her bed and ran to the door only to see that the door was locked from the inside.
"No please! Somebody help!" She cried as she saw Slender coming closer. "Please don't kill me!" She pleased to Slender "Why are you doing this? What have we done to you?" Then to her surprise Slender stopped and then spoke.
"I'm not going to kill you Linda. I am here because of you."
Linda just froze when she heard that. "What?"
"Don't you know about your family history Linda?" Slender asked "About the very first girl who crossed my paths a hundred years ago?"
"What are you talking about?" Linda said
"Her name was Nicole Adams. She crossed my path one hundred years ago in the very same woods where you camped out at. Her body was never found and people assumed she was dead. But she wasn't."
Linda looked up at him when she said that.
"I took her to my world my secret cave in the underworld to be my bride. Do to her human traits however she died about a year ago. So I needed a new Adam's family member to take her place that's when you came around."
"Why are you killing my friends then?" Linda said.
"For you to be mine I must get arid of every mortal you are close to. Every earth friend you have been in contact with. Then when that is done you will be mine."
"I don't want to dammit! Leave me alone!"
"You have no choice in that matter. You're family has been marked because of Nicole. There is no way avoid this. Everybody you have been close to will indeed fall then you will be my bride." Then Slender started disappearing in the fog.
"NO!" Linda yelled NO!" NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Then Linda jumped up in her bed gasping and sweating. It had all been a nightmare but Linda knew that the nightmare was real. After a few seconds she got up from her bed and walked over to her bedroom mirror and looked in it. Her face was white as a ghost and all she could see was an image of the monster Slender. The nightmare was real she knew it. It all made sense now why she was spared the other day in Reggie's house. Slender was killing everybody else because of her. She was the reason for the deaths. Slender wanted her for his pride and was going to kill everybody who stood in his way. Then Linda just burst out crying and sank to the floor and buried her head to her knees.
"This is all my fault." She cried. "This is all my fault. I'm so sorry, I'm so, so sorry." She continued weeping then raised her head back up. She had to warn the others about the truth. She had to stop this at all cost. Without a moment to lose she reached for her phone and called Nicholas.
"Nick get out of wherever you are and run away now!"
"What the hell are you talking about?" Nick said "What's wrong?"
"I know why Slender is killing us. It's to get to me. He wants me as his bride and is killing you off to get to me. You've got to run away now before it's too late!"
"Where would I go to?" Nick asked
"I don't know just somewhere far, somewhere where Slender will never find you." Then as soon as she said that she heard what sounded like a crash coming in from the other end of the line. Nicholas turned around to see Slender had busted into his room.
"NO!" Nicholas screamed as he saw Slender in his room as he started backing up as far as he could.
"NICK!" Linda screamed on the other line realizing what was going on.
Nicholas was still backing up when he suddenly tripped backwards over his desk that was right beside the window and fell backwards crashing through the window and fell four floors from his apartment to his death.
"No!" Linda screamed when he heard the sound of glass breaking and quickly through some pants on and ran to her car. She drove over to Nicholas's apartment that was five minutes away to see Nicholas lying on the ground. She ran over to him and wrapped her arms around his body realizing that he was dead.
"I'm so sorry Nick!" she cried. "This is all my fault I'm sorry!" Then she knew that Slender was going to go after the rest of her friends who fled to North Dakota. Without a moment to lose she left Nicholas lying on the ground and jumped in the car and drove as fast as she could to North Dakota.
"Please don't be too late!" She cried "Please don't be too late." As she was saying this however Slender was on his way to the rest of his her friends planning to finally finish the job once and for all.