Steve followed the little girl closely calling after her, "I'm here to help; there is no reason to be scared. I can get you some help and you will feel better." The girl continued to run until she reached this clearing in the forest. She stilled in the middle of the clearing and abruptly turned around; keeping her gaze towards the ground. Blood continued to seep through her nightgown, and she appeared to be crying blood.

"She..she won't play with me." The little girl sobbed. Then behind her an older girl appeared out of no where, and another little girl. Steve stood there shocked at what he had just seen. How..but... Then he felt these large tentacles wrap around his arms, and he was flipped around to see who was behind him; Slenderman.

"It's his fault that Layla doesn't want to play with us! HE made his friend come over and thanks to his friend Layla was too busy. Look he made Penny cry!" The eldest of all of the children pointed an accusing finger at Steve, and the tentacles around Slenderman whipped around furiously.

The dark ominous voice boomed in everyone's minds, "Then he shall receive punishment." The tentacles behind him wrapped around Steve's mouth and then he blacked out.


Layla finished drawing the operator symbol and waited for someone to appear. Then the lights in her room flickered and then by the operator symbol, Geira appeared. He looked somewhat furious and somewhat sad. "Layla, why did you call me, and most importantly, why did you not want to play with Penny?" Geira gave her a fierce glare which was alarmingly scary, but yet not enough to scare Layla. She simply shrugged.

"Uncle John was home, and I wanted to see my Uncle John. I barely get to see him. I'm sorry though, Geira." Layla said as she gave a small pouty face. Geira's features relaxed slightly, and knelt down to be eye level with his little brunette. He ruffled her brown hair; messing it up, and she couldn't help but giggle and hug him. He hugged her back and then released her, looking her in the eyes.

"Layla, the others and I had made you a gift. That's why Penny wanted to play with you; she wanted to give you the gift herself." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a black necklace. The small charm that adorned the middle of the black chain was the operator symbol. He unclasp the lock on the back of the necklace. "Turn around so I can put this necklace on you, Layla. If your mother or father asked you where you got it just tell them that you got it from the barn couple. Okay?" She simply nodded and let him put the necklace on her.

Once he had it around her neck, she heard a small click and assumed it was just the lock closing. However, it wasn't. The lock disappeared and the necklace couldn't be removed. She lifted the small charm on the necklace so she could see it. The operator symbol was black and had red splatters on it; much like blood. Layla smiled and turned around to hug Geira, but he was gone. She shrugged and admired the necklace he had given her. The small gift was almost hypnotic to her. As she was staring at the small charm it pulsed and sent a black electrical shock through her neck and hands and she blacked out.


Marcia had a bad feeling about all of this. She felt Layla was connected to this, and that who ever was in the room next door was not her twin sister. It was around 1 A.M. and her mother and Uncle John had found her father stumbling around the edge of the woods near the house. When they had seen him, he looked up at them and collapsed onto the forest floor. This is all wrong. Layla it's all your fault! Marcia said as she watched her father resting on the bed. Her Uncle John had left about half an hour ago to arrange a day off for him and Steve. Marcia watched her father twitch in his sleep, whimper and cry. She was watching his breathing and looking at the strange bruises on his arms and neck. The bruises were oddly black and they seemed to be moving.