Chapter 2: The Decision

After years of living safely from any supernatural harm, the Ellis children and their friend Sherry are being targeted for attacks and must rely on a retired SCP Soldier for help.

Mr. Mobley was right. I sat down and started looking up the children and animal disappearances on the internet and the first thing I see is a sub-article saying “Children and Teenagers go missing not long after seeing Strange tall skinny man in Pineville, Massachusetts”. I start to look at the comments of a news report about the children and teens on YouTube, and that is when something catches my eye.

Four comments down was a suspicious looking comment by a user named "Destroyer756". His comment read “I hope and pray that these mysterious disappearances are not because of Slenderman. He has been taking children ever since his very first sighting”. I decided to ask this "Destroyer756" some questions about this so called Slenderman. He answered back about 2 minutes later and told me some things about Slenderman before stating his conclusion to the disappearances. 

“Slenderman is a demon that originated somewhere in Europe. He has been sighted ever since the early times of the newly formed era after the death of Christ. The story with Slenderman is that when sighted by a person, they go missing soon afterward. He has almost always been spotted near or beside young children. Especially children at playgrounds, schools, and in the woods”. 

I decided to wait for his conclusion before asking another question, this is what he said: “Rumor has it that he slipped away onto a cargo ship leaving from Northern France to New York, causing him to be on US soil. As Slenderman trails around, he usually stops at wooded areas and stays for awhile until tired of staying”. Confused about this strange creature, I asked what exactly Slenderman looks like. He replied “He is reported to be tall, lacks facial features, pale white skin, and wears a black suit”.

I called Angie and wondered if she could ask Sherry if she remembered what the man looked like, she said she would ask. About 5 minutes later Angie called saying that Sherry wouldn’t answer her phone. At first I started to worry, thinking about what "Destroyer756" said. Then out of nowhere a hand appeared by my door and I started to jump out of my chair and tried to run to the corner of the room. Then my mom came in and said that someone was waiting for me in the living room. Relieved, I went downstairs and saw Sherry sitting down on the couch, though she looked very pale and was crying. 

I called Angie and told her about Sherry and she hurried over to my house. “What happened?” Angie asked “Why is she crying?”, I started looking at Sherry and wondered. “I don’t know why, she just appeared here and was crying” I replied. Then something happened that surprised me as much as Angie. Sherry spoke. “It was Him.” She said to interrupt us. We stared at her puzzled, then Angie finally broke the silence and asked “Who is Him?”.  Sherry looked at us and started speaking again, except in a sadder voice, “The man we saw at school yesterday, by the pine tree at the Elementary school”. All three of us were sitting down now and I decided to tell them about my conversation. By the time I finished talking about the conversation , Sherry started getting scared about what would happen to all of us. She then told us that the reason she was crying and why she wasn't home was because her parents were killed right in front of her by that mysterious man.

I called her house phone and an officer from the police department picked up and answered. “Hello, this is Officer Gomez of the Pineville Police Department, who may I be talking to?” he asked. I started to reply “Hi I am Hunter Ellis, I am a friend of one of the residents that live in the residence you are currently in.”, I started to wonder why I said that, but still, not answering would make it seem suspicious. “Are you aware of what happened here?” he asked, then I said “No sir”. “The owners of this house were murdered, with what looks like stab marks.” He said, then asked me “Did you say your last name was Hunter Ellis?”. “Yes sir, that is my name.” I said. “Where do you live?, I have information for you. Information from your parents.” He said. “My parents are asleep, why would they have information for me without telling me?” I asked. “No, your real parents. Not the Valentines.” he replied. I was slightly surprised that he knew about the Valentines, let alone the fact that they were my stepparents. So I gave him my address and he arrived with a customized, armored, shiny black Hummer. Officer Gomez said we needed to go with him somewhere that most people are not supposed to know about, and that it was very important.

Author's Note

This is somewhat confusing at the end in my opinion, but that is how this chapter ends. Please leave some feedback if possible.