Warning: This Chapter has some gore in it. I'm not sure if any of you have weak stomachs and get sick easily, but I'm just warning you now that there is some gore in this chapter!


Marcia watched in terror as she watched the 'bruises' on her fathers arms and neck slowly grow. It wasn't like the bruises itself was growing, it was as if the bruises were poison and were moving through the veins and capalaries. What is that?! Marcia whispered to herself as the 'bruises' were leaking further throughout his body. The ones on his neck began moving upwards towards his face, and his cheeks became a blackish grey color. His eye veins were becoming black; replacing all red from his veins. She could see through his pale eye lids; even the color of his eyes were becoming black. Marcia sat there in shock, not knowing whether she was imagining things, or she was really seeing something happen to her father's body.

Quickly and without haste, she shot up from the stool she was sitting on and ran downstairs to go look for her mother, whom was staring out the window in search of the poor little girl she had seen earlier in the night. "Mommy! Mommy! Something is wrong with Daddy! There's some kind of black stuff going all over his body; even his eyes are black!" She wailed as her mother snapped out of her revere and stared at her daughter like she was speaking the impossible.

"What are you talking about, Marcia?" Pricilla said in a voice full of fear and concern. Marcia tugged on her mother's hand and pulled her upstairs.

"Come look! Hurry, I think Daddy is in danger!" Marcia said as she tried to pull her mother up the stairs. I knew he was a bad man. I knew Layla was going to cause trouble. I knew it. I knew I should have told Mommy. I knew it! She led her mother into the bedroom, and cast a look of concern at her father who was still sleeping. His skin was almost completely black and it was like he wasn't breathing anymore. Marcia gasped and ran over to her father's body and began to shake it. "See! There's something wrong!" Marcia wailed as she began to cry from fear. Pricilla stared in confusion; there was nothing wrong with Steve. He was breathing normally, his skin is the right color of pink; he seemed to be sleeping.

"Marcia what are you talking about. There isn't anything wrong with him. He's fine. I think it's time for you to go to bed." Pricilla said as she gently pulled Marcia off of Steve's body. Marcia stared in confusion; she looked at her father and her father was just fine; as if nothing had happened and he was just asleep. She was gently nudged into her room and giving up, she went to sleep.

Pricilla sighed and went back downstairs to check on little Hercules. The small beagle puppy was soundly asleep on her office couch. She smiled and closed the door then headed back up the stairs and into the bedroom. Pricilla smiled at her husband, who seemed to be in an okay condition, and went to sleep.


The small charm around Layla's neck pulsed again and Layla sat up in her bed; breathing as if she had just ran the marathon. She looked around her dark room and turned on the night light to see. There, standing in front of her door, was Slenderman, the children, and Steve. Layla looked at Geira in confusion, but no one except Slenderman were paying any attention to her. They were staring at the ground while Slenderman stared at the small brunette child who was wearing the black chain. Why is Daddy there...and..why isn't anyone looking at me except for that Man? Layla pondered. Suddenly, Slenderman teleported out of the room, and the children and Steve slowly rose their gazes in unison staring at Layla. Geira spoke, "Layla...it's time to play." He spoke in a sad and ominous voice that wasn't like the usual Geira. Geira's voice...it's...different...

As soon as Geira's words were out of his mouth, they all began to walk towards Layla and stopped in front of her bed. Steve opened his arms as a hugging gesture, but Layla refused and with that, Steve's face became angry and his arms became long white tentacles which grabbed at Layla's arms and legs; restraining her. Juliana, Penny and Kara grinned large, unnatural grins and climbed onto Layla's bed. Geira backed up and stood in the corner where his eyes turned coal black and began to leak black; Slenderman was using his eyes to see what was happening.

Juliana pulled out a large kitchen knife and cut down Layla's chest and stomach; covering Layla's mouth so she wouldn't cry too loudly. She then stuck her hand into the open cut and pulled out all of the organs that she had found including her heart. Kara presented a bowl, that was covered in the operator symbol, to Juliana, in which she dumped all the organs into the bowl. Juliana closed up the large cut and handed the knife to Penny.

Kara carried the bowl to Geira, who was now completely black, and presented the bowl to him. He grinned a large unusual grin and grabbed the bowl with haste and downed the bowl of organs. Blood dripped down his face, onto his clothes, and onto the carpet. Once the bowl was finished, his skin returned to their natural pink, and Geira collapsed and teleported back to base. Penny watched Juliana and Kara teleport back to base, but Steve stayed here, for he still had a job to serve to Slenderman.

Penny took the kitchen knife and gently touched Layla's face, wiping tears and trying to keep her awake. "Shh. Layla, it will all be over soon. I would know. I've been through the ceremony not too long before you. I used to live in this house. After this, we can play all day together and never be separated. We are family." Penny cooed as she used her free hand to widen Layla's eyes, she then took her hand with the knife in it, and began the process of carving the operator symbol into Layla's brown eyes; making her eyes bleed.