The little boy woke up to a new sort of vision. Everything was just a bit too focused and he quickly developed a horrible headache as he looked around. Taking in his surroundings he found that he was no longer in the cage but rather in some sort of holding cell. Thick, iron bars surrounded him on all sides, so there was no way he could escape. As he made himself stand up, he found that he just kept going up and up and up until he hit his head on the ceiling that was some ten feet up. He fell back into a sitting position and went to rub his sore head. It was bald and perfectly smooth.
The little boy gasped, or he tried to, rather. Something was wrong with his mouth. He went to touch it and found that he had none. His hands desperately searched the rest of his head, searching for those normal human features he was so used to. None of them were there. Looking down on his hands, he found them to be long and skeletal. He looked around with this new vision of his and found a mirror hanging just outside of his cell. The sight that reflected back at him was a monster. He tried to back away, thinking that the monster was standing behind him or something. Then he noticed that the monster moved when he did. Looking into the mirror, he slowly raised his hand to his now nonexistent face. The monster in the mirror did the same. The monster was him. What had he become, and why had his father done this to him? There had to be some reason behind it. His father wouldn't simply experiment on him. Then again, the man had done nothing to try and help him. But, there had to be some reason for this. The boy didn't want to accept that his father had merely used him as a test subject.
"You need to wake up, Slendy," a voice suddenly entered his mind. He knew that voice. It was a voice that was beyond this time though. "You need to wake up and come to save me. Keep Anne safe."
"Come on, it's time to get up!" Someone was poking at his shoulder and repeated in quite an annoying tone that he had to wake up, for she had thought she had found where Ellaina might be. Anne could not understand how Slenderman could sleep so easily and so soundly at any given time. It was really an annoying quality. He needed to wake up.
Slendy simply pushed her aside to stand up, careful not to hit his head on the ceiling. The room was so blasted small. Or, maybe he was just too tall. It was likely the latter. He really needed to find Ellaina. Perhaps finding her would end these dreams, these nightmares. These dreams were not something he exactly enjoyed, and they were only getting worse. At the very least, this Anne had managed to wake him up twice now from those sleeping torments. Whether she knew this or not made little difference to him. He certainly didn't plan on telling her that she had done so. She would likely have a field day with that little fact. The sooner they found Ellaina, the sooner this irritating woman would be out of his hair, well, so to speak.
"Are you listening to me?" Anne asked, poking him again. It could not be that hard for him to follow her conversation. He seemed to be at least somewhat intelligent. He should be able to pay attention to her. She began poking at his sides.
That earned her what she interpreted to be a glare. Stop that. Why did she insist upon being so annoying? He had no idea why Ellaina would want to be friends with someone like this. Perhaps she had befriended Anne because the woman could provide some entertainment what with her sometimes ditzy actions. Or, perhaps it was the fact that this woman was the polar opposite of Ellaina. Didn't they say that opposites attract? But, now wasn't he overanalyzing things? He hated it when humans did it and here he was doing the same. He looked at the short woman. You say that you know where Ellaina is?
"That's what I've been saying," Anne replied, exasperated. She quickly explained the location of a strange looking underground cavern that was hidden in the middle of the desert. She wasn't entirely sure if Ellaina would be there, but Slendy really didn't care. He took a hold of her, quite unexpectedly, and they were suddenly standing in front of this underground cavern. The large doors closing off this place from the rest of the world were quickly ripped off of their hinges by the Slenderman. All this time, Anne hadn't said a word. She simply stared at the Slenderman's back as he made his way into the cavern, following the path that led deeper and deeper into the Earth. "Be careful," she muttered. She could only hope that Slendy could find and save their friend. As an armed guard made his way toward the entrance of the cave, Anne quickly hid herself. Apparently, she would be seeing some action too.
The path twisted and turned, leading him deeper and deeper into the earth. Eventually he was led to some sort of heavy-set door. Clearly, something important was being held in the room beyond this door. He planned on simply breaking through it, only for it to open of its own accord. He hid away to the shadows as two men exited from it, saying something about it only being a matter of time until something happens. Ignoring their comments, he slipped into the doorway and into the room beyond it before the door had the chance to fully close, before he was noticed. And there, sitting in the middle of this brightly-lit, white room was the target he had been searching for. There was the one he had thought he had killed. There was his Ellaina. She was alive and he couldn't be happier. Had he a mouth, he would likely be smiling like an idiot. At the moment, though, he didn't really care what he looked like or what emotions were running through him. All he wanted to do was save her. Slenderman wanted his Little One back with him at home. Putting it simply, he had missed her.
Someone had entered the room; she knew that much. It was likely just another one of the workers who had come to taunt her by eating in front of her. She was only fed once every three weeks. She was currently on week two. At the very least, the Master provided her with water on a daily basis. It kept her alive, barely. Upon looking up to her visitor, Ellaina was quite surprised by who had shown up. He stood there just at the entrance of the room, seeming to be waiting for her reaction to seeing him here. She could only look at him in disbelief. He couldn't be here. He had thought her dead. That's how it should have stayed! Now, he was in danger from the Master. The Master had always said that the Slenderman would come back to save her…
A/N- Well, you now know what everyone's favorite neighbor hood Slenderman has been dreaming about. Clearly, the past hasn't been kind to him. Poor Slendy. D; Anyway, thanks for the continued support and more chapters will be posted soon.