Friday, February 24, 2012

Conflicted

I want to get out of here. That note Chastin left me a few weeks ago is still disturbing me. I know he's here in town. I know it was him that distracted Slender Man that day I found Aiden in the ruins of our old house. The only question that remains is a simple one: what does he want from me?

I'm afraid he's going to ask me to kill him. God only knows what terrible things Slendy makes him do when he's in rabid proxy mode...If I were him, I would rather die than hurt anyone in His name.

I couldn't do that...I couldn't kill him. He's still my friend, after all.

Yet another important note, I'm worried about Ai. He seems so...down...lately. I'm not sure if it's because he's haunted by what happened in the labyrinth or if it's something else entirely. I hate seeing him like this...I wish there was something I could do to help him. Whenever I try to talk to him about what happened he changes the subject and goes back to being distant after a few moments of idle chatting.

I wonder how often he sees Slender Man. I wonder if that's whats bothering him. I wonder if he can't help but think of all the people he lost after meeting them again in the labyrinth.

I don't know where to go from here. I feel lost and afraid and I know Aiden feels the same way.

I have no mouth, and I must scream.

Friday, February 3, 2012

Safe

I found him. I went back to the house two days ago and found Aiden lying on the ground shivering. Above him stood the Slender Man and the moment I saw that I was afraid it was all over. He looked up from Aiden at me and tilted His head. I stood my ground, fighting the urge to back away.

It was odd, He wasn't making any move to attack either of us. It would have been so easy for Him, vulnerable as we were. There was no one around to help us, after all. He just stood there and looked at me and I stared back at Him unsure of what to do next. After a few minutes, Aiden gave a feeble whimper that snapped me out of my reverie. I began inching slowly towards Ai, taking care to keep my eyes on Slender Man. He didn't make any move to stop me. I shook Ai fiercely to get him to move away from Him as quickly as possible. Aiden's eyes widened when he saw me. He looked so relieved to see me that I nearly cried because of the expression on his face. Ai struggled to get up and I did what I could to help, though it wasn't much with my one arm. Suddenly, I felt a cold hand on top of my head and felt fingers squeezing my skull tightly.

My next thought was that that was it for me. I was dead. He would pull my head off and Aiden would be left choking on my blood. But, He didn't. He just held on for a few minutes while I stood frozen in place and Aiden stared up at us, dumbstruck and frightened. Then, He was gone. Either something distracted Him or He just got bored and left, I don't know. I do know that Aiden and I are lucky to be alive.

By all rights we should be dead right now...Aiden broke out of His labyrinth. He should have been absolutely furious and out for blood, but He didn't do anything. He didn't leave a scratch on either of us. I guess that just shows we don't know anything about Him. We can't predict what He wants or intends.

Aiden's safe now and that's all that matters. I plan to keep him that way. He's mostly been sleeping since I brought him back from the house. I don't know if he'll ever want to talk about what happened to him in the labyrinth, but that's alright. I know it must have been horrible...I'm just happy he's with me again.