Anne now came rushing into the room. She had finally managed to find a weapon that she could use against the one Slendy was facing down. Her weapon of choice was a cookie dough roller. The girl had grown up watching Courage the Cowardly Dog, and the cookie dough roller always worked for Muriel against both Eustace and various monsters, so she figured that it could work for her. She paused at the doorway upon the sight she was greeted with. There was a man in a mask pinned up against the wall, Ellaina had something impaled in her neck, and Slendy had another woman pinned up against a wall and seemed to be harming her in some way. She could only guess that this woman was the root of all of their problems. "What is going on?!" This may be what Ellaina now defined as normal but it was anything but for Anne. Sure, she was used to Slendy by this point, but that did not mean that she was accustomed to scenes such as the one in front of her.
Ellaina merely looked up at her friend, unable to speak. Slendy didn't as much as glance in her direction. He did however add whatever bad memories she had to his mother's torment. The man pinned up to the wall looked her up and down once. He thought that this short woman was quite pretty, and considering that Slendy hadn't killed her and that she wasn't freaking out over him, it was clear that the two knew each other. That could be a good sign.
"Well," Totheark began, "the woman Slendy has thrown up against the wall is his mother. She isn't the nicest of people. Apparently, she was the one giving Slendy his nightmares. She also has been the one who has been torturing me in an attempt to draw her son here, though I don't know why she would want to bring him here. I would have thought that it would be obvious he would kill her for harming someone he cared about. He doesn't take well to that. He's so over-protective, but in this case I'm not going to complain. Anyways, mommy dearest got on Slendy's last nerve when she revealed that she had been controlling his dad. Turns out that daddy was the good guy and she had been controlling him with her mind."
"Like some sorta Jedi mind trick thing?" Anne questioned, coming to stand in front of the masked man. She found him to be quite interesting. How could he talk so easily when he had stakes impaled through his joints? She didn't know the answers, but she didn't bother with trying to find the answers to these odd questions. Ever since Slenderman had come into the picture, nothing was ever normal. Well, at least it was more entertaining this way.
"Exactly! You actually know what I'm talking about. Slendy never gets it when I reference the movie. He is so old school, but that is beside the point. You wanted to know what was going on. Well, Slendy isn't exactly happy, so he is using his own mind talents to make her suffer. She has to give Slendy the antidote so the pathogens in these things-" he nodded toward the wooden spikes in both himself and to Ellaina "-won't kill us. I would like to be able to live to see another day. Not to mention, if I die, who would annoy Slendy on a daily basis?"
Anne nodded, looking back at Ellaina. "Well, I sure did miss a lot. Alright, little miss, let's get you out of here. I'm sure Slenderman will be able to take care of our other friend here." She looked back to the masked man with a smile. "What's your name? I'm Anne."
"James Totheark Jr. I only wish we were meeting under different circumstances. I would perhaps have to ask you out for a drink," he replied. He could only hope that dear Slendy would consider Anne "good enough for him." Again, the over-protective nature could become annoying very quickly.
Anne laughed a bit, blushing. Still, there was no time for this sort of prattle for she had to get Ellaina out of here. Maybe there was some way she could stem the bleeding. She certainly didn't intend to remove the stake. That could cause her friend to hemorrhage. As she helped Ellaina to her feet, she waved a good-bye to both Totheark and Slenderman.
Slenderman could sense Anne taking Ellaina out of the room. With the two of them gone, he had only his own pain and that of Totheark to force upon his mother's mind. Forcing his own memories onto her would be bad enough, but perhaps if he granted her a brief reprieve she would be willing to give him the antidote. He allowed his mental control to slip from her, along with the tendrils. She dropped to the floor in a heap at his feet. He simply glowered down on her before demanding that she give him the blasted antidote to the pathogen.
The mother only laughed hysterically. She pulled out a vial of black liquid and held it up at him, showing it off. "You know what this is boy, don't you? I'm certain that you would remember it after all of the pain that it caused you. If you can manage to decode the chemicals it is composed of properly, you will be able to heal your little friend. Do you hear me? Friend, as in one. You cannot save them both, but I'll make the decision easy on you." She reached out to the one pinned on the wall. She could do more than just bring about memories. She could send the mind into a fit that would send the brain into a coma and then death. If she was about to die, she certainly intended to take someone down with her.
A/N- Do I get props for the reference to Courage the Cowardly Dog? I loved that show as a kid-and I don't own it, so there's the disclaimer. -_- Anyways, you asked for me to update right away, so here is what you asked for. Now, I am nearly done with this story, but I need you all to help me out with a little plot development. I won't give away anything, but I need to know what I should have Ellaina answer within a later chapter-positive or negative. Leave a review with what you want. One of you reviewers knows what I am taking about. 8D And, wow! Long note for me. _