Never Alone

I don't really have anything to say or talk about so yeah...I still don't own Slender only my OC's.

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It has been about 3 hours since my encounter with the suited man, he hasn't given me a clue as to what to call him, and in that time I had wrapped my foot with some medical wrapping from under the sink. The swelling had lessened a bit since I was keeping it elevated but the pain was nearing unbearable, I had to find my bag. I moaned in pain as I hefted myself off of the couch and hopped over to the door, hoping to find my bag on the other side, but when I opened it I only got a face full of wind and rain. I slammed the door shut and turned towards the bedroom, using the counters to maneuver my way over to the door and open it carefully so I didn't fall. I was a bit surprised to find that my bag was resting on the bed but I focused on the task at hand, I hopped over to the bed and jumped on it before opening my bag quickly and grabbing the painkillers and a bottle of water. I popped three into my mouth and drank down at least half the bottle before closing it tightly and laying back against the pillows, waiting for the pills to take their effect and ease my pain for now. As I lay there I saw that my journal was, once again, laying on the bedside table, so I decided I would write in it to try and relax my mind before I tried to get some sleep.

I dug through my bag and smiled triumphantly as I pulled out my green pencil, I sharpened it a bit before opening my journal to the last page I had left off on. 'There are many things that I could have gone an entire lifetime not knowing o seeing...seeing my family die...knowing that there was about 30% or less of the human population less...and knowing that the monster from my dreams wasn't just in my head. He was real...and now he's going to kill me. I wouldn't have guessed I would die like this to be honest but I suppose it's better than being eaten alive by your own, or maybe it will be worse I'll just have to wait and see. I would say that famous line 'but on the bright side' but the truth here is, there is no bright side...my already gloom world is now going into complete darkness and the only thing I can do is stay alert and hope for the best...' I huffed and closed my journal on that last sentence and placed it and my pencil on the side table before rolling over and closing my eyes to try and get some rest.

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I awoke to a very loud roll of thunder and I winced as my ankle made itself known, I tried to roll it a bit and was satisfied as I found it was a bit easier to move. Good thing because this meant it wasn't broken so I would only be hindered for a week or two, but that was still a dangerous amount of time to be held back by an injury. I decided to try and put some weight on it but it was too much so I decided that I would hop around until it could take my weight, as I ate one of my packed sandwiches on the couch I winced as I felt the slight pain of the static noise in my mind, reminding me that he was nearby and watching. Why does he insist on doing this to me? I would rather him just end it here and now instead of this torment. But no matter, I was just going to have to ignore him as best as I could and try to get myself back in shape so I could leave, the longer I stayed here the more vulnerable I became. Sometimes I heard the moans of a group of dead moving slowly by and I always had to hold my breath until they passed, for if I had to run from any I would surely fail. For some reason they had been a bit more frequent in this part of the forest whereas last time I was here they were almost none existent...maybe they migrate?

I chuckled a bit to myself and sighed as the static noise receded but the watching feeling stayed with me, I'll have to admit that it doesn't bother me as much as it did but it still makes me a bit uneasy, just knowing that he's out there. If there world hadn't gone to shit maybe I would have been able to research him but that wasn't going to happen now was it? Now that I come to to think of it my phone and laptop were at my shack, they were just dead so I never even paid them any mind even though I could have probably charged them here when I had the generator going...oh well. I shook myself as I noticed that the rain had stopped and the sun was actually peering through the cracked I had left in between the boards for light...that and the back door had pieces missing from when I busted it open, but I relocked it so it was okay for now. I stretched and felt that it was too hot in here so I decided to head outside and sit on the steps for a bit to get some fresh air, I made sure to grab my rifle that was leaning against the wall before unlocking the front door and heading out to sit on the steps. It took a minute and me being careful not to fall off the steps from the water but I eventually managed to settle on the top step comfortably and look out into the now moderately lit forest. Sure it scared me a bit still but now I was confident that I've seen pretty much anything that this place could throw at me, ergo the tall faceless tentacle man. So it was no surprise to me when I felt his presence appear beside me and I heard his dangerous voice, "Good morning young hunter, what brings you outside? Curious to see if I would still be here?" "No, I knew you were here I could feel you. And you kept making that damn horribly noise in my head."

I saw him grin wolfishly and I clenched my head as pain racked through my body at the noise, "Oh that? Yes I do believe I do that quite often, it's how I catch my food. It will get so bad that they are practically paralyzed." I nodded a bit, not really paying attention as it seemed to get worse then fade away, leaving me with a headache border migraine, "So, what exactly are you anyway? Some weird demon from hell or something?" He turned and seemed to shrink a bit more down to my height, odd, and looked into the forest before answering, "I am what is formally known as Slenderman. I usually kill children but ever since your world has turned out for the worst I have been feeding on pretty much anyone...and the occasional animal." "So your like a vampire?" He chuckled darkly and turned to 'look' at me with a smirk, "No, I do not need to feed as often as 'vampires' and I am. Much. More. Dangerous." I shrunk back a bit as I saw his already pointed teeth elongate as he smiled at me and I turned my head to the side, trying to think of something else other than all the children he's probably killed. "Why don't you just go away-" But when I turned to try and make him leave he was already gone, leaving me with that static noise in my mind as a reminder that he was still here. I grumbled and shook my head as I got into a standing position and hobbled inside to take another pain pill then read some of the books I had gotten.

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It had been about four days since I had injured my ankle and I was up and walking on it yesterday because I had to hunt for something to eat, my rations were getting low and I planned on going back to the shack withing the next day or two. I grinned as I managed to take down a doe with an old hunting bow I had found in a dusty closet, thank the spirits that my uncle had been a bit of a redneck. I limped over and pulled the arrow from its head and placed it in my quiver before I tied a rope around the front of the deer and started to drag it back to the cabin so I could prepare it for dinner. As i drug the doe through the woods I winced as my ankle began to throb a bit from the over exertion and stress I had been putting on it, I had to be careful or it would end up being messed up for the rest of my life and crippling me. I could see the cabin up ahead but I could also hear the sound of a few dead moaning somewhere to my right and it sounded to close for comfort, I looked over and saw they were only a few yards away and were bound to notice me before I could get in the cabin. I felt my heart quicken as the gnashed their teeth and moved ever closer to the location I was moving to, "No no no no, I can make it...almost there..."

I whispered the mantra to myself over and over but it did not relax my nerves as I saw one of them turn and notice me, snarling and drawing the attention of the other two on its sides. "Shit!" I moved as fast as I could not ready to drop the deer but feeling damn near close as I was about a foot away from the back door, I quickly shoved the deer in and was about to go in myself but I was pulled back by the walking corpses behind me. Feeling thankful that I had a jacket on but wanting to thrash as I was pulled backwards didn't really help the situation, I pulled away and stumbled to the ground as I lost my balance but I pulled out my silenced pistol and shot one in the head, making it fall on top of me and smashing my head back against a small rock. I cried out in pain and my vision was blurry as I tried to push the other two away with my feet, watching their teeth snap just an inch away from my legs. I thought I was done for as one practically smashed itself on top of me and I made a futile attempt to push it away from my face, but all of a sudden the weight was off of me as well as the one near my legs. I didn't try to look up as my head lolled back and I heard sounds of bodies being dismembered but I didn't care, all of a sudden Slender man popped into my view and made a disappointed noise in my direction, "I expected better of you my young hunter, what were you thinking?"

I said nothing as he extended his dark tendrils and scooped me up a bit roughly before bringing me in the house and putting my pills beside me on the bedside table, "Why are you even helping me, you're going to kill me anyway." He seemed to get a bit frustrated as he watched me take three pills and swallow them down with a whole bottle of water, "Because...because I don't know...I-I I do not understand why I have not ended your pathetic life human! Do not question my motives!" The static noise pierced my head and he stalked across the room to stand by the end of the bed with his tentacles waving angrily around, "Just make up your mind either you're going to kill me or your not!" "Why are you asking me this?! Me. The Slender man! You should have been whimpering and begging the moment I stood before you yet you act defiantly and question my motives?" I narrowed my eyes and stood up shakily while staring at his faceless head, "You want to know why? Because I used to be a whimpering little child who couldn't even figure out how to shoot a gun, but that had to change since this shit storm came threw.

I couldn't sit there and be afraid of every little thing that came in my way!" He growled, showing his teeth, and a tentacle shot out to wrap around my body and he pushed me roughly against the wall, "Insolent human! You should listen to your head, it's stupidity such as that in which most of your kind dies! But for some reason...I feel as if i shouldn't kill you. I want to but I cannot. I. Don't. Like. It." He was about an inch away from my face and I turned my head away and closed my eyes, actually feeling a bit frightened as danger practically oozed off of him and from his voice. "Then why don't you just leave me alone..." It was barely a whisper but I knew he had heard it for his grip on me lessened and I heard him give a barely audible sigh, "...I can't." And with that he disappeared and I fell back against the wall, catching myself so that my head didn't smack against the wall and injure myself further. I knew he was around but it felt as if he was uncertain about his motives now, we had talked for a few hours everyday but I had figured that we had a mutual disliking for one another, him being the killer and I being the lowly prey. Feeling overwhelmed at the events that had just occurred, for some odd reason I felt kind of relieved that he was still around...it felt like it was supposed to be that way. I hobbled over to where the deer lay, a bit of blood pooled on the floor from the wound, and I took it out to the front so I could skin it and cook it for tonight and make food for tomorrow. It was about time that I go back to my little shack in the woods even if Slender was going to follow me, at least I knew that I am really never alone...