Ellaina forced herself to stand. She wanted to simply go to him, to let him take her away from this place. It would be so easy to just fall into his arms and let him carry her away. That wasn't an option, though. The Master had video surveillance in this room. The minute that her constant savior had entered the room, that video feed had likely been disturbed. It would only take a matter of moments for the Master to show up. She had to get him to leave here before the Master had any chance to bring harm to him.
"You need to get out of here," Ellaina stated, taking a step away from him when he tried to come closer to her. "Please, you need to go. It'll keep you safe." She hated doing this to him. The last he had seen of her, she had been dying in his arms. Now, he had finally hunted her down, and all she was doing was trying to stay away from him. It certainly didn't give a good impression.
Safe? Since when have I worried over my own safety? Ellaina, I won't leave this place without you. I came here to save you, he replied. He couldn't understand why she was acting this way. He had expected her to be happy to see him. This certainly was not what he had predicted. She was pushing him away. I thought that you would be happy that I came to save you. He looked away from her as he was unable to read the emotion in her eyes. Why would she push him away?
She shook her head. This was not something she wanted to do, but she had to get him to leave this place if she wanted him safe from the Master. Ellaina had planned on calling him the one thing that she had promised herself she would never call him again. That was prevented when the Slenderman pulled her into his arms. Thoughts of the Master disappeared. Any internal force she had left that was keeping her from him melted away. It was wonderful to be in those long arms again. Even the tendrils on her back, which seemed to be searching for something, didn't bother her. They only soothed her.
Ellaina looked up at him, her eyes filled with tears. "You didn't kill me, you know. My heart stopped for a while, but it did start back up. That's when the Master found me. He was able to get the poison out of my blood but-" She was interrupted by the sound of a door opening. Her blood ran cold when she saw the Master…if she only could know how Slenderman's seeing of the Master made his blood run even colder and his heart constrict painfully.
The Master smiled at the two. "I told you that he would come. He always was so predictable." This man slowly made his way toward them. He was perhaps in his late forties and was balding. His eyes were a dull grey, but they did hold some sign of his intelligence and madness. He was taller than Ellaina, much taller. He was, of course, short compared to the One that his entire focus was on.
Stay away from her, Slendy stated, his voice shaking ever so slightly. He could only hope that neither had heard it as he stepped back as the man approached, pulling Ellaina behind him. She only looked between him and the Master. She had heard that tremble in his voice, but was it from anger or something else? Seeing as he kept backing them up as the man made a slow walk toward them, she had the feeling that Slendy had met this man before.
"So, you finally learned how to speak? How sweet. I am so proud. Aw, upset already over seeing me, boy? Or is it Slenderman now? You did always have a flare for the dramatic. Hmm, I would have thought you would be happy to see me alive. It is of no matter, though, my little escapee. We will finish what we started all those years ago," the man stated while he pulled some sort of device out of his pocket. The Slenderman would have torn the thing out of the man's hands, had the thing not been activated. The device triggered something in the room that set off high frequency electromagnetic fields. This instantly caused pain to shoot through the Slenderman. He should have known that someone would figure out how to harm him some day, how to render him completely useless and powerless. And that person only laughed at him like, as he went to his knees clutching at nonexistent ears in an attempt to make the painful ringing stop. It was a useless effort.
Ellaina was at his side, trying to figure out what was wrong. When the Master had flipped the switch, nothing had happened to her, but it clearly was doing something. Whatever it was, it was beyond her understanding. All she knew was that it was harming her friend and it needed to stop. Yet, she had no control over the Master, who continued to laugh at Slenderman's pain. She could only beg for him to stop, though she doubted that he would stop this anytime soon.
The older man only laughed again. "You can plead with me all you want, but the party has only begun." He turned his attention to the Slenderman, who had forced himself to stand to face this man head on. Blood was trailing down his face from where the normal human features should have been. The Master only smiled. "Well, look at you. You've finally became a man. I am so proud of you, my son."
A/N- Surprise! It's a Luke I am your father moment. Well, sorta. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. There is more to come, but for now we shall remain with this little cliffie. xD