Chapter 25: The War For Her Life Part 1
Slender was pacing, his body kept glitching. He held onto Prudence's wrist, pulling her as he went, glitching as well. "Slender, it's okay. We'll be okay-" Prudence tried.
"No... We won't," interrupted Slender. He was acting irrational. The proxies gather each other. Loaded up with weapons from guns to knives. Prudence, who was still dressed in only a Tee shirt stumbled and begged for Slenderman to calm down.
"Please, you don't understand, they can't harm me or you-"
"No! You don't understand," shout Slender, turning to face her. He had her wrists pulled up. She was caught off guard by Slender's sudden anger. "You don't understand what they will do to you, Prudence. They will take you away from me. I will never see you again, Pru. I can't have that!"
Prudence gasped. Her eyes narrowing to Slender's indents. "I-Im sorry..." She whispered. Slender lifted her up and placed her on his shoulders. She knew he forgave her for he held her hand in his tightly and kiss it.
"Where are my lead proxies!?" Slenderman demanded. Five to ten of them came front and center.
"Yes, master?" They all asked in unison.
"Head down to each city near the Tristate. And hurry! Hold back the people best you can! I am not prepared," Slender ordered. The proxies nodded and teleported out of Slender's way. "Where is Ralph?!" Slender asked, probably another proxy. Soon a very lean, muscular proxy came into view.
"Yes, Master?" He asked.
"Find Jeff, and hurry!"
Prudence rested her head in the back of Slender's neck. She could bot find the words to help calm Slender's nerves. She wished everything was okay. And no one would ruin this life for her... Se can't be taken away from her family again.
"You bastard!" Jeff shouted in the face of Fedrick. Fedrick was knelt near the corner of a dusty dim room. His hands clenching on a gun pointed towards Jeff's chest.
"I wouldn't say that Jeff... Without me you wouldn't be alive!"
"Bull shit! I might have been stuck in a dry place when you found me... But what I didn't realize was I had people waiting for me..." Jeff said referring to Slender and Prudence.
"Don't make me laugh, Jeff... Who would want you?" Fedrick teased with an eye on Jeff's knife that gripped at his throat.
"You sure did at the time..." Jeff whispered. Fedrick tightened his grip on the gun.
"I could shoot you know. I already killed my best dealer. Don't think I won't do the same to you," Said Fedrick gesturing to the fat man who helped Jeff get to Fedrick. His name was Danial.
"Your sick..." Jeff murmured. Fedrick made a desperate, but very brave move. He took the knife from Jeff's hand and shoved Jeff against the floor. He pinned Jeff down and pressed himself against Jeff's chest. Fedrick began to kiss Jeff's neck. Jeff struggled and screamed.
"GET THE HELL OFF OF ME!" Jeff screamed. Hoping this wasn't going to be like the old times.
"Jeff... You always seem to leave me intrigued..." Fedrick whispered. "I'm glad you came back..."
Suddenly Jeff seen where his knife had landed. He squinted his eyes best he could and tried his best to stretch his arm to reach it. Fedrick kept touching Jeff lower, lower, lower...
Got it! I got it! Jeff thought happily. He then took the knife and managed to jab it in Fedrick's stomach. Fedrick leaped off of him and screamed.
"WHAT HAVE... What have you done?!" Jeff stood up off the damp concrete ground and began to breathe heavily. Blood dripping from the knife to his palms. Jeff's eyes were wide with insanity.
"I have done... WHat I wanted to do from the time I met you... To now. You hit me. Abused me. Bossed me around... Raped me for the last time, Fedrick. It's my turn to rise against you..." Jeff said walking over to Fedrick who was now on the ground, gripping at his wound. "Die bitch..."
Jeff took Fedrick's gun out of his hand and pointed it to Fedrick's head. Fedrick was pleading with his eyes. "Please... J-J-Jeffery... P-Ple-ease."
"Nope..." Jeff managed to choke out and he pulled the trigger. Killing Fedrick instantly. Fedrick's body went limp and all that was left was the tension that clung in the air.
Jeff looked down at Fedrick's corpse that now was covered in blood. Jeff decided it was time to leave the apartment to which he was in. He stood outside. His eyes narrowing to the starlit sky. Clouds began to roll in and rain began to pour. Jeff fell to his knees, still looking up at the sky, still holding onto the gun. He didn't know what to do now. His heart had already slowed. His memories fading. He looked down at the gun n his hand. One bullet left. He held it up to his temple. His eyes were past swollen from crying. He thought about pulling the trigger... But something stopped him...
"Hey! Kid!" Said an unfamiliar voice. Jeff looked forward. His eyes still blurry. His body soaked in blood and rain water. "Don't do it!" Jeff still held the gun tight to his head. Soon a figure came into view. It was a man who wore a white hoodie and a mask... "One of SLenderman's proxies?" Jeff said aloud.
"The master wishes for your arrival. I don't think he wants me to take you back not breathing," Said the proxy. Jeff dropped the knife, as well as his body and blacked out. Before fainting he smiled to himself, a real smile that creased further up his cheeks to his ear. I did it... I killed Fedrick...
"Prudence get the poison!" Ordered Scarlet who was floating above Prudence's head. Her eyes rapid and glow dim.
"Alright Alright!" Prudence agreed running up the spiral staircase and to the room to which consisted of the bed she has slept. She rushed to the pillow that contained the flask of poison and she grabbed it.
"This is a bad idea, Pru..." Matt warned her, only the thousandth time this month.
"Shut up, Matt. You don't know what is good or bad. Listening to the voice in your head where did that get you?" Prudence asked Matt. Her mind-set on getting dressed. "Dead..." She finished. Matt went silent. Scarlet as well, knowing Prudence was changing her outlook quickly.
"Pru, you can't take the poison... Not yet. Wait until they see Slenderman..." Informed Scarlet, holding onto Prudence's neck gently. She stopped Prudence from rushing herself. She was directly in front of Prudence. Scarlet had her hands on either side of Prudence's neck. She then nuzzled her cold nose against Prudence's. Prudence's face flushed from the sudden display of affection from the spirit.
"I won't. I promise..." Prudence said. Scarlet moved away from Prudence and nodded.
"From now on..." Scarlet begin. She looked deeply withing Prudence's awaiting eyes. Scarlet began to realize it was a bad idea for Prudence to take the poison. "Listen to Matt..."
Prudence was confused. "But you told me to take the-"
"I know what I said, Prudence... And I could never have been more wrong..." Scarlet said. Her blue eyes shifted to the window.
"I'm still taking it... I don't care what you... Or Matt says... I think it's best if I just... Died..." Prudence said gripping the poison in her hands.
"Believe me... No it's not! Don't do it Pru!" Matt begged. Prudence shrugged him off as well as Scarlet who followed her profusely.
"Jeff!" Slender called, seeing that Ralph was carrying Jeff's limp body in his arms.
"He's okay, Sit. He just fainted. He was going to kill himself... But I stopped him," said the proxy to Slender. Slenderman took Jeff from his proxy and held hims like a baby. Jeff stirred, but did not wake.
"I'll take care of him. Help the others," Slenderman ordered his proxy. The proxy nodded and teleported away. Slender looked down at Jeff, reading Jeff's memories.
"He killed him..." Slender said happily. Jeff awoke, his head shaking and eyes watered.
"Did... Did I kill myself?" Jeff asked the tall man.
"No... You didn't... You are safe okay? And don't try to kill yourself again," Slender said to him, placing him on the ground. Jeff collected himself.
"What's going on?" Jeff asked.
"The humans are coming for Prudence..." Slenderman said.
"When will they be here?"
"Within the day."
Jeff bawled his hands in fists and looked up to the sky. "Where's Prudence?"
"She's inside getting dressed... She asked for no one to disturb he-" Before Slender could finish, the teenage boy booked it towards the mansion.
"Prudence!" Jeff called, running up the stairs. His feet aching. He barged into her room.
Prudence hid the poison behind her back. "J-Jeff?" She whispered. Jeff's eyes on her hand that wa snow behind her back.
"Jeff you're back!" Prudence said with a smile. Jeff shook his head and walked over to Prudence. He put his hand on her waist and pulled her closer to him. He was looking directly at her face. She didn't know what to do as Jeff began to pull her hand out of behind her back. She clenched onto the poison tighter.
"J-Jeff, what are you doing?" She asked. Her grey intent on his blue ones. He didn't talk. He was out of breath. He knew she was hiding something from him.
Jeff took her hand that was bawled around something and slowly began to open it. She bit her lip.
"Stop, Jeff," She demanded softly.
Jeff ignored her and opened it more. She tried closing it again,but Jeff stopped her by holding onto her palm. He felt the flask and his brow creased in an angry stare. Prudence began to cry. Jeff whipped it out of her hands and studied it.
"I-Is this... Poison?" Jeff asked her. Prudence fell to te ground and covered her face with her hands.
"It's not what you think, please Jeff," Prudence begged. Jeff fell to the ground in front of her and grabbed her wrists tightly. He pulled her closer to Jeff.
"What is wrong with you! We are doing the best we can to protect you and this is how you repay us?!" Jeff shouted. His heart filled with rage. "You were going to kill yourself weren't you, Prudence?!"
Prudence shook her head. "I was doing it to protect you!" She screamed. She was just as angry.
"How could you be so stupid?!" Jeff asked. He threw her against the bed. She shuddered, watching Jeff pace the room. He threw the flask of poison at her feet.
"Fine! If you want to hurt us again... Fine! Drink it! I don't care!" Jeff said, not meaning any of it. Prudence was holding her head. She was crying.
A proxy barged into the door. "They are here... They are in the meadow... They are asking for Prudence..." The proxy said. Prudence looked down at the flask of poison then to the window. Jeff was watching her, knowing exactly what she was thinking.
As if timed seemed to slow down, Prudence grabbed the poison and ran out the door. Jeff panicked. "Stop her!" He ordered. The proxy was hesitant but obeyed. They both ran after her. She was barefoot, he feet slapped the hard floor as she ran down the stairs. She took one look back and seen that a few more proxies, plus Jeff were running after her. She headed out the door past Slender. Who watched her run towards the meadow where all the people were waiting for her to emerge.
"Slender! She has poison! She's going to kill herself!" Jeff yelled. Slenderman's tentacles broke the surface of his back and he darted after her. Along with several of his remaining proxies and Jeff.
Her adrenaline burst in her stomach, causing her to run faster. When she reached the meadow, she seen there were at least ten camera trucks for seven different News channels were there. Police and the FBI were there as well. Several people. She narrowed her eyes to see that the police were holding back a crowd of people who were itching to find Slenderman.
"Look there she is!" Shouted a random woman. Everyone turned their attention to Prudence. She was still running towards the crowd. Slenderman, Jeff and the proxies emerged into the meadow. Everyone went silent. "It's... Slenderman," whispered a cop. Suddenly prudence seen Sherly. Who was running past the police and screaming her name.
"Prudence!" She shouted. Prudence stopped running as soon as she seen her parents with Sherly. In that moment she heard Slenderman's voice call to her. Begging for her to get back. She looked down at the poison. She couldn't hear the crowd's screams. She couldn't hear Slenderman any more. She was focused on the poison.
"Hurry are you getting this? We are here on this dreary day witnessing the internet meme come alive. Slenderman is in our presence just beyond the meadow. We found Prudence and the police are going after her!" Said many news reporters.
Just before The police could reach her or Slenderman she opened the flask of poison and drank it.
Slenderman and Jeff stopped running. The police also stopped going after her. Everything seemed to stopped. The crowd went silent as Prudence fell to the ground. Her eyes went cloudy.
"PRRRRUUUUDDDDEEENNNCCCE!" Slenderman screeched... Everything went black.
A/N: Sorry for the long wait and the crappy chapter... *goes in the corner and cries* Next one will be more detailed and less rushed. Anyway thank you for the reviews and enjoy :D Don't forget to tell me what you think.