Chapter 5: The Bleak Mind of a Monster

== Quote ==
"Nothing is as bleak as the future, except the past." - Arthur Golden
== Story ==
Blake Narrating: I remember it was exactly 3:33 AM. It was in the middle of a cold night... but what made this night strange was the fact that the alarm clock was ringing at 3:33 in the morning. And I never set up the alarm that early. I remember I was walking out of my room for some reason I don't even know... and I looked to my left, at my parent's room. I saw this silhouette of a man in a hat! The man wore some sort of long coat or something... but he was standing there and- and h-he didn't even move a muscle! He was just looking at me! But then... then this loud noise of static started playing out! The static slowly covered my vision, and the man grew these- these tentacles out of his back!!! (Alarm clock noise cuts in) 
(5:35 AM, December 28, 2015): 
Blake: (Startles awake and frantically slams the alarm clock to turn it off) "Uh... f*ck!" As embarrassing as it sounds, Blake was always afraid of the alarm clock ever since a blurry incident. He can't remember why he hates them, but anyway he chose to forget it. After some deep breathes, Blake got up and washed up. As he realizes that he's in winter break, a sigh of frustration lets out and he knew this animal that preys on him, what he calls a stepfather, was going to abuse him once again, just because he woke up early. As Blake heads down the stairs, he knew he will see an angry stepfather that is going to abuse him about waking up early. Cloud: (Angrily) "HEY!!! WHAT ARE YA?!! STUPID?!! IT'S WINTER BREAK YOU A**HOLE!!!" Blake: (Silent and ignores his stepfather as he's retrieving cereal from the pantry). Cloud: (Laughs) "So, I see how it is. You're just going to try and ignore me... pfft! F*cking coward!" Blake: (Talks to Cloud with his back turned away from him) "At least I'm not the guy who thinks he's a man! *Mutters* "You're nowhere close to being a man." Cloud: "HEY!!! I F*CKING HEARD THAT B*TCH!!! LOOK AT ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU, STUPID!!!" Blake: (Still turns his back on him). Cloud: (Visibly getting angry) "THAT'S IT!!!" (Marches towards Blake and aggressively turns him around to grab him by the collar) "LOOK! AT! ME! YOU'RE PATHETIC!!! YOU KNOW WHAT, AT LEAST I'M NOT A NOBODY LIKE YOU... AND YOUR MOTHER!!!" After Cloud mentions Blake's mother, he starts looking Cloud dead in the eyes and he starts to see flashes of the man in the hat. Then he could hear a voice, echoing inside his head. The Voice: (Echoing voice of a man) "Unleash your power. He deserves... to die!" As Blake doses off for a few moments after hearing the mysterious voice, he then felt a fist to his face. This knocks Blake to the ground, and Cloud kicks his ribs that made Blake lay flat on the ground. Blake: (Grunts in pain). Cloud: "HA!!! PATHETIC IDIOT!!! Learn your F*CKING LESSON FOR ONCE, A**HAT!!!" Blake: (Keeps his eyes locked on Cloud and whispers) "Oh I did. You'll see." 
(4:21 PM): 
As Blake stands and ponders about his forgotten past, he knew it would end up the same... he'll discover that his mother died, but he always wonders how she died. As he ponders on, he suddenly feels as though someone was watching him from the woods. He turns around quickly to see the same tall man in the hat. But the moment Blake laid his eyes on him, a flashy static appeared, and the man disappeared after the static disappeared. Blake: (Whispers) "What the hell?" Suddenly, a snowball hits Blake's back and a laughter from a group was heard. Blake knew it was his bullies... and yet he did not care. Ralph: "Well, WELL!!! I didn't expect to see the emo kid here!!!" *Laughs along with his gang* "The emo kid is my neighbor?! I didn't even know he had a damn house!!!" *Laughs again* Blake: (Sighs) "Shut up, Ralph." Ralph: "Or what? You'll kill me?" *Laughs* "Yeah right. You'll be jealous if you did." *Chuckles* "I remember when you were actually cool! You used to hang with us all the time!!!" (Mockingly sounds worried) "B-but w-w-what happened?" Calvin: "Oh I know!!! His w*ore mommy died!" (The whole group laugh). Ralph: "You are mourning over the wrong f*cker dude. So, stop being a f*cking emo before literally everyone starts hating you, loser!" Blake: (Angrily) "Well at least I don't need 7 other b*tches to go to one person!" Ralph: (Angrily) "Excuse me?! I think you forgot who I am..." Blake: "No. I know who you are. You are a loser, a coward, and an a**hole who needs b*tches for every little f*cking thing!!! I think you've gotten a little too fat a little too quickly in this winter break if you need your h*es around to do everything with you! I ain't emo neither... f*cknut!" Ralph: (Mercilessly punches Blake in the face and kicks him two times in the abdomen) "Look at you!!! Weak and pathetic! Just like your w*ore mommy!!!" *Turns to his group* "Let's go!!!" As Ralph and his gang leaves Blake in the cold, Blake looks at them angrily and starts to imagine killing every single one of them in thousands of different ways. After a little while, he goes back inside the house. As he enters his house, he could have sworn that he saw a man in mask outside the window to the side of his house. He remembers the man wore a skull mask with a strange symbol on the forehead area, and a black jacket with shoulder straps. He also saw the man wielding a crowbar. After seeing the man behind the window, the man quickly ran away. When Blake caught up to the window, the man oddly disappears without a trace. Blake: (Annoyed) "What the f*ck!" 
(3:33 AM, December 29, 2015): 
As Blake knew Cloud wasn't going to be home for the whole day, he also knew that the radio that turned on by itself was normal for Faraway. While he is annoyed of the weird broadcast, he is also scared of it. Blake saw the time, realizing that it was 3:33 AM. Blake: (Confused as he wakes up) "Aw... this again!" *Yawns and cautiously goes downstairs towards the radio" (Radio full of static, beeping, weird voices and noises). Women Voice: "Unit. Unit. Unit. Unit. Unit. Unit." (Women voice and beeping gets muffled, a strange voice tops them as they continue) ??????: "I̷̝͐ ̸̨̇w̴͖͠i̴̼͠l̴̮̂l̴̯͊ ̷̖͊r̴̳͆e̷̛̹ṫ̵̳u̷̼͊r̸̜͂n̷̝̾ ̶͇̈́ṭ̸̀ò̵̘ ̴̖͒y̵̅ͅo̴̻͝ū̶̜r̶̒͜ ̴͉̚ẃ̷͖o̴̠̎r̷̩̈́l̴̪͑d̵͚̃ ̸̠̕a̵̢͑n̵̝̽d̷̹̾ ̵̩̅d̶͍̆ẽ̸̦s̵̊ͅt̵̼̾r̶̕ͅo̴̩͆y̶̩͌ ̶̜̚w̴͉̅h̴̬̅ȃ̸͈ṫ̸̼ ̶̤̄y̷̔͜o̷̠̚ų̵̒ ̷̡̓ć̷̣å̸͕l̷̏͜ḻ̶̔ ̴̼̋b̶̺͝e̷̹͝ǎ̷̡ù̷̟t̴͚̊i̵͉̾ḟ̵̯u̶̘͐l̴͚͂.̴̨̈́ ̷̻̕I̸̙͋ ̸͍͑A̷̘͐Ḿ̷̼ ̵̹̓T̶͎́H̸͓͠Ē̵̫ ̷͖̀E̸͎̓N̶̛̰D̷̔͜!̸̢̑!̶̗̽!̶̺͂" *Demonic laughter as static ends the strange broadcast* Blake: (Turns off the radio) "What kind of broadcast is that?" *Scoffs* "Certainly doesn't sound normal to me." After Blake turns off the radio, he returns back upstairs and slept... but when he woke up again... he doesn't remember anything about the broadcast. 
(12:00 PM): 
After waking up from a long sleep, Blake washed up and went down to eat brunch. As he was cooking himself a cheeseburger, his instincts told him to look behind and he sees 3 people in masks behind a window watching him. He saw the same man in the skull mask, with another man in a mask of what looked like a man's face in a painful expression, and another man in a blue mask. Blake: (Scared) "W-what the f*ck?!" (Turns around to see another person in a mask watching him from the kitchen window) "WHO THE F*CK ARE YOU PEOPLE?!" (Turns around to see a whole army of people in masks outside every window) Blake starts to freak out as masked people surrounds his house, and the moment the front and back door of the house start to get slammed on, he ran upstairs and hid in his room. He locked his room door and called the cops. Blake: (Panicking as the phone dials to 911) "Come on! COME ON!!!" Police Operator: "911, what is your emergency?" Blake: (Scared as the doors downstairs continue to get slammed on) "P-PLEASE SEND THE POLICE!!! T-T-THERE ARE THESE MASKED MEN OUT THERE, AND THEY ARE TRYING TO GET IN RIGHT NOW!!!" Police Operator: "OH MY GOODNESS!!! HELP IS ON YOUR WAY!!! PLEASE DO NOT HANG UP!!!" Blake: "O-OKAY!" Police Operator: "Sir, do you know who any of these men could possibly be? Or why they are attacking you?" Blake: "I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THEM, SIR! AND I-I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY THEY ARE TRYING TO GET IN!!!" Police Operator: "Hmm... I see." As Blake is hoping that the masked men don't get inside the house, his head starts to hurt, and he can see and hear the same static of the tall man. He turns around to find the tall man, staring at Blake. Blake then slowly sees his vision blackening, as he looked at the tall man in the hat; Then, Blake eventually blacked out. Police Operator: (Getting concerned as the phone call is being filled with static) "H-hello?! HELLO?! HEL-" *Phone line gets cut off by the static interference*. 
(12:17 PM): 
After a few minutes later, a familiar car shows up to the crime scene. However, the detective seems to be hesitant to enter the scene. This was because this crime scene wasn't an ordinary crime scene... but it was his old home. It was the old home of Detective Landon J. Harris... and what he is observing did not satisfy him at all. He already sees bad signs, as he observes broken windows and a broken-down door. Detective Landon: "Jeez... I didn't expect to ever come here again..." (Talks into the walkie talkie) "This is dispatch 1, I am at the crime scene!" Police Operator: "Do you see anyone in sight?" Detective Landon: "No. Not at the moment." Police Operator: "Alright. Please proceed with caution!" Detective Landon: "I will." (Cautiously walks in the house while pointing his gun) "Holy sh*t! What the f*ck happened here?!" As the frightened detective observed every clue, he hears an intense coughing upstairs and he cautiously walks up the stairs. The detective prepares to open the door and when he opened the door, he sees Blake on the floor coughing out blood and he immediately helps him out. Blake: (Coughing out blood intensely) Detective Landon: (With fright) "Holy- HOLY SH*T!!!" (Talks into the walkie talkie) "This is dispatch 1! I just found the victim and the caller of this situation! He seems to be coughing out blood right now!!! Bring the EMT just in case!!!" Police Operator: "U-understood!" Detective Landon: "Kid! Are- are you okay?!" Blake: (Weakly and coughing blood out at the same time) "Y-yes." *Coughs* 
(12:39 PM): 
(Detective Chris Buckley walks in Blake's room to meet Detective Landon) Detective Chris: (Shocked) "What the hell happened here?" Detective Landon: "Apparently people in mask surrounded this house, and they barged in! It's still unclear if they attacked Blake or stolen anything." Detective Chris: "Yeah... isn't this your old home?" Detective Landon: (Becomes hesitant) "Y-yes." Detective Chris: "I see. Jeez, it's always this house!" Detective Landon: " I know. And I don't like the flashbacks I see in this house. Speaking-" *Landon sighs before speaking again* "Speaking of which, let's investigate the basement of the house." Detective Chris: (Confused by Landon's decision) "What? What for?" Detective Landon: "There uh... there was um... something that I left down there... and I feel as though that it relates to this whole incident." Detective Chris: "What makes you think that?" Detective Landon: "You'll see." Detective Chris: "Does it relate to Sarah?" Detective Landon: (Visibly gets furious) "Shut up!" Detective Chris: (Pauses for a few moments) "S-sorry!" Detective Landon: (Sighs before he speaks) "No, it's- it's okay... you're right, though." 
(12:45 PM): 
Detective Landon and Chris both walks to the basement cautiously, but the fact that there were no intruders present in the scene makes Chris wonder why they were walking cautiously. For Landon, however... the feeling was all too familiar. It's not only because he's literally walking in his childhood home, but it's also because of a past incident that still lurks in his head and that haunts him forever. The incident with Sarah Hillinger. Landon was always very scared and hesitant to talk about what happened back then. Therefore, he would always choose to forget it as best as he could... but it never works... especially now as he walks in the darkest part of his childhood. Detective Landon: (Visibly scared and shaky as he approaches a small, barred door) "Oh sh*t." Detective Chris: (Worried) "Bro, you... you alright, man?" Detective Landon then aggressively unbar the sealed door with a crowbar, as if he was forced to do so... and when he opened the door, a familiar bright blue light shined upon the scared detectives. Detective Landon: (Covering his eyes from the light and scared) "H-HOW IS IT STILL HERE?!" Detective Chris: "WHAT THE F*CK IS THAT?!" As the light dimmed, it was like a curtain unveiling a dark secret. When the light dimmed, it revealed a bright, glowing crystal orb... something that was supposed to be beautiful. It was supposed to be an ancient treasure for humans... but to Chris's surprise... Landon screamed and backed away from the orb, looking at it in fear! 
(11: 53 AM, June 28, 2002): 
As Landon's life flashed before his eyes, he suddenly started to relive what happened back then. He woke up back to when it all started. An incident that occurred when he was 17 years old. An incident that will haunt him forever. Landon: (Walking in the woods with a young Sarah Hillinger) "See! I told you the ball would be here!!!" Sarah: "No, you said it would be gone forever, remember?" Landon: (Hesitant as he knew Sarah was right) "Pssh... what? N-no! I-I-I knew that it would be here!" Sarah: (Smirks as she lets it slide) "Hm, I guess your right then!" The two laughed in joy, until they heard a screaming not too far away. Landon: (Visibly scared) "Woah! W-what the f*ck was that?!" Sarah: (Scared as well) "I-I don't... I don't know! I think a man is in trouble!!! Maybe- maybe we should help?" Landon: (Hesitant as Landon doesn't know what to do) "Y-yeah... I uh... I guess so!" The two ran towards the screaming man, and after a few minutes of searching for the location of the screaming, they found what looks to be a hidden cave. Landon: (Slowly as he's shocked) "Holy sh*t! Sarah, since when was there a cave in these woods?!" Sarah: (Shocked as well) "I- I have no idea!!!" Landon: "That's where the... um... the screaming came from." Sarah: "I guess we... we go in? Do we have a flashlight?" Landon: "Y-yeah. Let's... let's go!" 
(12:01 PM): 
Landon: (Scarred as he calls out in the cave) "H-hello?! We heard screaming in here!!! Is anybody in here?!" As Landon and Sarah walks deeper into the cave, they can see a strange symbol drawn on the walls of the cave. The particular symbol was appearing more and more until a terrifying amount of them filled the cave walls. The symbol was some sort of... circle with two x's on the circumference that are in the opposite sides. And in between the x's, there was a drawing of a lightning bolt striking through the circle. Sarah: "I-I don't like that those symbols are appearing more and more!" Landon: "Yeah. What is this place? Is this... a hideout for some cult?" All of the sudden, light was starting to become present on the far corner in front of them. The light was bright and blue, but what made it stranger was that it was letting out a humming sound... like a humming power source. Adding on to that... it also was letting out a strange voice chanting something unintelligible. Sarah: (Whispers in fear) "I don't think we're alone in here!" Landon: "Yeah. What should we do?!" As the two slowly and cautiously walk towards the mysterious light source, low and behold the source of the light is the same orb that was in Landon's old house. The mysterious orb was placed on some sort of pedestal... and there was some sort of blue portal behind it. There were also clocks placed around it, but the clocks' arms all were moving around the hours and minutes rapidly... the clocks didn't work! Landon: (Shocked and scared) "Oh my gosh!!! What the- what is that orb?!" Sarah: (Shocked as well) "I-I have no idea... it looks beautiful but powerful!" Landon: (Observing their surroundings and notices the broken clocks and the portal) "You can see these clocks. They aren't working! What the f*ck! And- and is that... IS THAT A PORTAL?!!" Sarah: "Holy sh*t! I think that is! WHAT IS THIS PLACE?! AND IS THAT REAL?!" Landon: "That has to be! There's no way we're seeing things here in our head! THAT'S REAL!!! I want to grab that crystal orb so bad!" Sarah: "C-careful!" Landon: (Grabs the crystal orb and looks upon it with excitement as if it was a billion dollars) "Wow! This thing... it's like I could feel the power inside of it!" Sarah: "Ugh, stop with that cringy sh*t!" Landon: "It's true though!" As Landon holds the glowing crystal orb, they can hear more than one footstep behind them. As they turned around, they finally realized with fear that they were in a trap. There was an army of masked men and one, that was the leader, had a sense of dread coming from him. He was wearing all black. He had a bucket hat on with a trench coat and his mask was what made the fear more inferior. He wore a golden mask, and the eyes of the mask was similar to those of a theatre mask, except one was longer while the other one was shorter. The mask also had eyebrows that indicated an angry expression, and the mouth was full of sharp teeth. His mask alone already expressed the anger and hatred the group had. He was also wearing black gloves, and he wielded a black baseball bat. He then spoke in an oddly benevolent way, but his voice was filled with anger. The Leader: "Please. Put the orb back on the pedestal. You would want to heed my words right now, young man." Landon: (Slowly puts the orb back into place) The Leader: (Hits the baseball bat onto his left hand, which signaled the gang of masked men to beatdown Landon mercilessly) Sarah: (Shocked and worried) "NO!!! LANDON!!!" (The masked men stop beating Landon and they grabbed him and made him look at the leader of the masked men). The Leader: (Mercilessly grabs and pull Sarah by the hair as she screams in fear) Landon: "NO!!! PLEASE!!! LET US GO!!!" The Leader: (Sighs out of frustration and pushes Sarah to the ground) "Why would I let you two go? You guys already seen too much!" (Immediately hits a helpless Sarah with the baseball bat two times as she screams in pain) Landon: "NO!!! PLEASE!!! WE JUST HEARD A MAN SCREAM... A-AND IT LED US HERE!!!" The Leader: (Viciously grabs Landon by the head and looks at him dead in the eyes) "I never asked how you ended up here. I'm just doing my job and serving a purpose." (Shoves Landon by the head and notices Landon looks desperately at the orb) "What's wrong? You feel the power, don't you? You just feel its value and see what it's capable of, don't you?" *Laughs* "I know... it feels so good, right? But let me tell you something... it DOESN'T belong to you!" As the golden masked leader was getting ready to strike his bat on Landon, Landon kicked the leader's bat and his abdominal and he rushed for the orb. Once Landon grabbed the orb, the orb shined so brightly that it blinded the other masked men, and it gave the opportunity for Landon and Sarah to run out of the cave. They were being chased throughout the woods, but until they reached the town of Faraway... there were no signs of masked men following them from behind. They were safe... for now. 
(1:01 PM): 
While the two were safe for now, the feelings of fear and paranoia still never left them. Even when there were no masked men in sight, the two were still speed walking as fast as they can to avoid the woods. As they rushed, Landon was still holding the crystal orb, gripping on it so it doesn't fall out. He was doing a great job, until he ran into a man. As Landon dropped the strange orb, he was hesitant to grab it, as he was anxious. Then a pale hand reached the orb and grabbed it. Landon looks up at the man, and he was this tall man in a black suit and red tie. He had a charming look, but oddly a smile that looked like it was a part of the darkness of the world. The Man: "Sorry, young fella. I think you dropped this." *Looks at the orb for a moment and slowly gives it to Landon* (In a strange tone and an unsettling smile) "Quite a treasure you got there. Keep it well... you don't want to lose such a valuable item." As Landon gets back the orb, he looked dead into the stranger's eyes, and it felt like he was looking into the darkness, with no light. He felt this strange coldness, this strange and awful feeling that was racing all throughout his body. And it only got worse when he realized the man was smiling as well. Landon then slowly walked away from the man, with Sarah. Landon was looking behind him to see the stranger one last time... but he was gone, as if he never existed. 
(1:15 PM, July 1, 2002): 
It's been a few days since obtaining the strange and mysterious orb... but Sarah observes that there was something wrong with Landon. It was like he was a completely different person. Landon was slowly becoming more and more aggressive and selfish. He even seemed to be aggravated when Sarah suggested Landon to report to the police about the masked men and the orb... strangely enough, Landon even blackmailed Sarah to not to report to the officials. Sarah was becoming reluctant to even hangout with Landon anymore. She could have stopped hanging out with him; but the truth was that she was afraid to stop hanging out with him. While she was slowly fearing her best friend, her fear seemed to cease when a young Chris Buckley hung out with them. She was always comfortable having Chris around, because she knows Chris will handle a situation if Landon gets angry. Not to mention, Chris would beat Landon in a fight. Chris: (Accidentally bumps into Landon) "Oh, sorry bro!" Landon: (Visibly aggravated) "Watch it! Oh, that's right. You can't cuz you are too fat to even have personal space." Chris: (Clearly getting defensive) "First of all, these are muscles, which you don't have. Second, all I did was accidentally bump into you and you get aggravated from that one little thing. What's gotten into you?!" Landon: "Nothing. And no, those are not muscles. I don't remember muscles being chubby and flabby." Chris: "Well, they're not." *Laughs* "Man, whatever's gotten into you, it clearly affected your brain as well!" *Laughs* Landon: (Angry) "Nothing is wrong with me!!!" (Storms out and goes upstairs to slam his bedroom door shut). Chris: "What's gotten into him?" Sarah: (Concerned) "I don't know... but he's been like this in the past 3 days." Chris: "3 days ago? What happened 3 days ago?" Sarah: (Becomes hesitant and whispers to Chris's ear about what happened) Chris: (Quietly) "You- you serious?" Sarah: "Yeah." Chris: "Holy sh*t!" 
(8:37 PM, July 9, 2002): 
It's been days later, and Landon's personality continues to shift. As each day passes, his behavior seems to be getting increasingly severe. He starts to drink alcoholic beverages secretly and brings other friends over. They drank along with him, but the only one who wasn't drunk among the group was always Sarah... and she became increasingly frantic over his change of behavior. Sometimes, he even claims to Sarah that there was something talking to him in his head, and in every corner of his house, there was a shadowy figure with a red eye watching his every move. As Sarah starts to get extremely concerned for Landon, she confronted him while he was drinking. Sarah: (Angry and concerned) "THAT'S IT!!! I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!!! I'M DONE WITH ALL OF THIS, LANDON!!!" (Snatches Landon's beer away from him) "STOP DRINKING FOR GOD'S SAKE!!! AND REPORT TO THE POLICE ABOUT THAT DAMN ORB AND THOSE MASKED MEN!!!" Landon: (Laughs as he's drunk) "OR WHAT?! OR WHAT, SARAH?! What ARE you going to do?! You can't make me... and that orb is safe with me. THOSE MASKED MEN AREN'T AROUND!!! WE! ARE! SAFE! DAMMIT!!! DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND ME?!! ARE YOU F*CKING DUMB?!!" (Landon stands up in a suspicious manner) "I think I need to remind you who you are. I think... I need to show you what I am capable of. (Landon immediately hits Sarah on the head and drags her by the hair) Sarah: (Screaming in horror) "LANDON!!! STOP IT!!! YOU'RE HURTING ME!!! PLEASE!!!" Landon was like an animal that night. He was clearly not who he used to be. He dragged Sarah to the guest bedroom, which was in the basement of the house, and he slammed the door shut. That night was a traumatizing experience for Sarah... one that Sarah will forever be haunted by. You can hear the muffled screams inside the room... and you can hear the laughter of Landon. But as this was going on, the radio in the floor above them turned on by itself. Of course, the only two in the whole house couldn't hear the radio as they were having a physical commotion in the basement. (Radio turns on and a strange broadcast was playing) ??????: "H̴̗͌e̶̹͊l̵̝̈́l̶̘̃ ̴̘̈́i̴͉͛s̶͚͗ ̷̻̆r̴̯̀i̴̪͛s̴͎̑i̶̛̝ń̴̙ğ̷̭.̴͇́ ̶̼́W̶̲̉e̵̯͠ ̵̹̑w̸̛͍ĭ̴̖l̶̰̚l̵͖͗ ̶̠̈r̷̪͠ḯ̵͍s̴͎͝e̶̥̿!̴̞̌ ̵̺̈́S̴̡͐a̵͉͠t̵̤̐ă̸̱n̷̩̈́,̶̛ͅ ̴́ͅm̵̡̈́y̷͓̐ ̶͘͜f̸̈͜ã̵̧ṯ̴̃h̸̑ͅe̵̤͛r̶̤͂,̷̱̄ ̶̱͌w̷̮͑i̴͉͝l̴͍͊ḽ̵̔ ̴̠̓d̶̻̉ḙ̷̑s̸̲̏t̵̢̄r̸̺̂o̵̻͌y̸̜̅ ̸̥̔e̷̗͝v̷͚͊e̷͙̓r̷͓̀y̴͍̔ō̵̘n̶̫͝e̵̮̍ ̶̣̌i̶̥̐n̶͇̿ ̷̟̄t̶͚̑h̴̤̏ẹ̶̛ ̴̻̋l̸̩͐ǎ̶͉s̵͔͝t̵̳̀ ̷̡̂w̷̦͛ä̶̱́v̸̠̽ẹ̶͠!̸̱̌ ̷͔̚A̸̼̽ñ̵̤ḓ̵͝ ̸͙̇I̶̼̒ ̸͊ͅw̸̬͠ḯ̷̟l̸̳̂ľ̴͎ ̶̦̃d̵͚̉e̶̯͋s̴͎̊t̸̏ͅr̶̝̂o̶̰͂ÿ̶̼ ̶͔̉i̵̮̔n̶̺̓ ̸̮͋t̵̯̋h̴͓͂e̵̮̊ ̶̳̒f̵̬̋i̶̞̇r̶̳͛s̵̰͆t̶̩͝,̵̰̒ ̸͍̀f̷̬̾o̴͕̾r̷̞̕ ̵̢͋I̸̠͊ ̶̣̒A̷̗͊M̷̳̓ ̴̤̿T̸͔̾H̷͖͆E̷͇͝ ̸̺͠E̷̜̐N̴͉̐D̸͔́!̶̤̕!̵̩͑!̵͚́ ̵̺̔I̸͈̕ ̷̗͝Ǎ̴̘M̸̪̄ ̸͎̓M̵͓̈́A̵͇͂D̸̼̏M̶̞͝A̵̰̔N̴̹͌!̸̨̏!̴̞̈́!̶̻̈" *Evil laughter* The radio then was filling up with static... then it turned off. And after it turned off... the whole night was disrupted by an unexpected thunderstorm. It was a night that will never be forgotten... a night when evil took over. 
(3:14 AM, July 22, 2002): 
It was days later after the incident. Landon's life was spiraling out of control. As he made a move against his own girlfriend that he thought was going to be worth it; Instead, it was regretful to him. There have been rumors, that were in fact true, that Landon r*ped Sarah... and that was the part that Landon was afraid of... it was true. While the public doesn't know it was true, Landon has still gone to hiding as if the whole world was out to get him. Landon is also driven to insanity and horror. Ever since he did what he did to Sarah, he has been seeing the shadowy man with a red eye more and more. It wasn't only the eyes of the man that was completely filled with a blood-like red... but it was also some strains of his hair, and his mouth when he smiled. It was like Landon was getting much more insane the more he looks and stares at the man. This was also the same to his voice... Landon can still hear the unholy voice of the demonic shadow. He tries to deafen the voice of the shadow by watching T.V... but instead, it was more like the shadow's voice was deafening the T.V. Landon: (Drinking beer and watching the news, while a voice is talking to him) ??????: "T̶̫̓h̵̘́ḛ̶̈́r̴̦͠e̸̠̚ ̵̰͝ï̵͉s̶͕̀ ̸̩̅ń̸̢o̵̞͠ ̶̼́ẗ̶̗u̸̮͗r̸͈͐n̸̤͂i̴̹̋ń̴̯g̴̠̈́ ̶̪͠b̶̤͌á̷̢c̸̹̚k̸͈̆.̶̖͊ ̸̺̽Y̵̲̽o̴̭̔u̶͓͂r̴͉͠ ̸̗́ŗ̷͒e̶̖͋g̶̠̅r̸̨͘e̷̘͝t̶̩̀s̴̳͛ ̵̰̀m̸̳͠e̴̪͝ȃ̴̲ń̸̼ ̷̝̅n̵͐͜ö̶̖́ṯ̷̀h̷͉͛i̷͙͒n̶̼̍g̵̼͂.̸̞̈ ̵̜͐Y̸͚̔õ̶̱u̸̩̍ ̴̧̐d̴̨̓î̵̩d̶͔͗ ̷̜͝ẗ̷̥h̵͇̏e̵̯̐ ̵͉̔r̴̖͊i̷̘̊g̵̛͖h̶̠͝t̶̢̋ ̵̰̊ț̴̓ḧ̷̳i̸̹͐n̵̰̈́g̵̻͑ ̵̭̌t̴͙͆o̶̼̓ ̸̑͜S̵͙̃ä̴̲r̴͍̋ä̷̗́h̵̙͒.̴̼͒ ̵̹͋Ỳ̶͍o̵͓͗u̸̜̐ ̴̖̌c̵̙̒a̶̖͋n̸͔̒'̵̻͑t̴̝͠ ̶͍̆g̸͓̋e̷̖͝t̷̜͌ ̶͙̐r̷̹̋i̵̺͠d̷͖͆ ̴̝̓o̴̖̐f̷͓̑ ̴͇̈́m̵̞̊e̸̹͊.̸̩͠ ̷̭͂J̵̕ͅe̸͔͊ ̴͈̕k̴̨͝e̴̼̓ẻ̸̖k̸͇͝ ̵̠͘ả̴̡l̵̡̑ ̵͍̅t̶̝̾e̸͜͠ ̷̟͛d̴̳̊ĭ̸͎ë̴̱́p̵̽ͅ ̷̯̿n̷̩̅a̷͔̓a̶̯̍r̶̬͆ ̶̯̍b̷̒͜i̸͙͗n̵̨̄n̵̲͊e̷̯̿ǹ̴̥.̴͖͝ ̸͙̑Ě̷͖t̵̘̾ ̸͉̿n̸͍̎u̷͙͊n̵̮̈́ç̵̇ ̶̬͠e̶̪͆s̵̼͑ ̵̟͛p̴̡̄á̵̬ŕ̵̮ṡ̵̘ ̵͓͠t̴̻̎e̴̟͝n̶̦͐e̸̼̽b̴͇͝r̵̝̓a̴̭͝r̷̖̐u̴͍̓m̸̠͝.̶̖͛" *Chuckles sinisterly* Landon: (Visibly terrified and annoyed, letting out a sound of increasing anger before yelling to the shadow) "SHUT UP!!! SHUT UP!!! SHUT UP!!!" *Turns behind to look directly at the shadowy figure* "LEAVE! ME! THE! F*CK ALONE!!!" ??????: (Laughs evilly and Landon for being angry before disappearing into the shadows without a trace) Landon: (Calms down a little and watches the news) News Reporter: "There has been a horrifying increase in the number of murders from a mysterious suspect or suspects! Officials have just found three other bodies that apparently has the same dent marks of a baseball bat on the head. They were also found impaled on sticks and all three of them have missing body parts. Another pattern has been found that could possibly prove that this was resulted by the same suspect or group. The murders are always happening on thunderstorms! This has been identified as the signature of the suspect or group. If you know anything that could be useful to-" As Landon was watching the news, the basement door opened, and a frightened Sarah descended down the stairs. There were hints of fear and reluctance that were marked on her face. While it is surprising, she showed up to Landon's house, the place where her haunting memories originated, all Landon did was laugh as if the incident between the two was funny. Landon: (Laughs) "Hey... come to me." Sarah: (Slowly walks toward Landon) Landon: (Visibly annoyed from Sarah's slow walking. So, he gets up and aggressively charges towards Sarah, in which she screams, and grabs her arm and practically forces Sarah to sit down as he sits.) Sarah: (Cries in horror as she sits down and as Landon uncomfortably grabs her closer) Landon: (Laughs again) "Why are you crying? There's no need for your tears. I NEVER ASKED FOR YOU TO CRY, B*TCH!!!" Sarah: (Cries more and becomes hesitant to talk) "L-Landon! P-please! What has gotten into you?" *Sniffs* Landon: (Getting annoyed again and yells out in anger, which makes Sarah cry again in fear) "UHHH!!! THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ME!!! DO YOU HEAR ME?!! EVERYONE IS ASKING THE SAME DAMN QUESTION... AND THEY THINK THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME!!! THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH ME!!! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!!! I DID WHAT WAS RIGHT!!! Even the voice in my head IS RIGHT!!!" Sarah: (Looks upon Landon with immense horror, and tears does not stop coming out of her eyes) "Landon! That's what's wrong with you!!! T-there is no voice!!! You're... you're hearing things, Landon! Landon, you- you're drunk!" As Landon heard those words coming out of Sarah, he shoves Sarah to the ground, which she becomes helpless. Landon grabs a knife and gets on Sarah. He hears the voice of the man, urging Landon to stab Sarah and kill her for good. Landon's eyes become horrifically red as blood, and he notices that he was not in control of his body. He helplessly watched Sarah being a victim to a few slashes and cuts from the cold steel of the knife, that all came from him: which he clearly wasn't in control of himself. But then as the final stab was about to be delivered to Sarah's warm heart, Landon came to a sense, a sudden realization that he wasn't himself anymore. He snapped out of the odd moment, and he starts to cry along with Sarah. He dropped the knife, and the redness, that looked like it was from Hell, in his eyes disappeared. Landon knew that he messed up everything. He realized that he r*ped his own girlfriend. He knew this insanity changed him into an animal that was wild. And he knew it all came from the orb. There was one thing Landon was striving to do. To destroy the orb. 
(3:33 AM): 
Landon placed the orb on the table. As strange as it sounds, he was vengeful against an orb... something that was supposed to be valuable. Something that was supposed to be powerful. He seemed to be vengeful against a non-living thing. But deep down inside, he knew it was something that causing problems in his life... like it was living. He grabbed an axe with a cold steel, probably colder than the knife, and he positioned himself to break this cursed treasure once and for all. Sarah: (Confused and scared as she sees Landon) "W-what are you doing?!" Landon: (Looks at the orb in anger and is ready to break it) "Breaking this f*cking orb!!!" Sarah: "Why?!" Landon: "I've had enough of this insanity that was coming from the orb this whole time!!! I'M GONNA BREAK IT ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!" As Landon landed the sharp steel of the axe on the crystal fragile orb with all his strength; it is expected that the orb would break... but surprisingly it only caused the orb to have small cracks. The orb was glowing brightly, but there was brighter light that escaped through the cracks, and it illuminated the whole room. The power of the orb definitely unleashed throughout not only the whole house, but also the whole entire neighborhood. Lights of all the houses began to flicker and the ground began to shake. The alarm clock of Landon's room rang loud and clear, while the unnatural event of the neighborhood was happening. He tried to hit the orb again, but his action was interrupted by a familiar voice of a man. Landon looked behind to see the charming man in the black suit and red tie. As strange as he was, what was stranger and odder was the fact that the man was calm throughout the unnatural event. The Man: "You don't want the orb? Even after you've seen the power of it. If you don't want it... at least don't destroy it and give it to me." The man smiled at Landon strangely. He had his hand out... like Landon would give it to him. But Landon refused to give it to the man and questioned him. Landon: (Scared as he realizes the man is inside his house) "No! How the f*ck did you get in my house?! And... why do you want it?!" The Man: "To take care of it. Now, please..." (Tone becomes stranger) "Give it to me." Landon: "I'm not giving it to you!!! I'm destroying it!!!" As Landon was about to land the axe on the orb one last time, the strange man, all of a sudden, became a taller entity that was shadow-like with a red eye and a red mouth as a smile. When Landon realized that it was the same entity that was driving him insane all along, Landon was immediately being dragged by an invisible force. Even though the shadowy man wasn't doing it physically, Landon knows that this aggressive invisible force was the shadowy man. Landon was being dragged towards the mysterious shadow, until Sarah got up quickly and hit the crystal orb with the axe. The effect of the axe made the crack a little bigger, and more light began escaping through the cracks. The bright light illuminated the room again, and it seemed to weaken the shadow. The shadow then disappeared again, and the mysterious light was even affecting the two. Both Landon and Sarah's heads were extremely hurting, and the two was struggling to reach for the door. After a little while, both of them finally reached the door and they were struggling to close it, as the power of the orb was strong. The two finally closed the door, and oddly enough, the strange and unnatural event of the whole neighborhood stopped. The night was silent... and it certainly was a night that Landon and Sarah will never forget. The rumors after that night worsened, as the whole Faraway seen the cuts and slash marks. Of course, they suspected highly of Landon to be the one to cause the cuts. The rumors never left Landon. It continued to haunt him... until 3 years later. The rumors finally stopped making Landon's life into Hell, as most of the other students were moving out of Faraway. As one by one left, the rumor finally died. The next generation rose, and it practically buried the dark conspiracy... which was partially true. But the one thing the rumor was wrong about was that it was entirely Landon's fault. It forgot the fact that Landon wasn't in control. When the rumor was buried, Sarah left. She moved into Haymarket City, to avoid the chances of the rumor coming back. She also moved there to restart her life. While things were working out for her, it never worked out for Landon. Even when the rumor was finally gone... the voices still haunted him. The voices kept reminding Landon of what he had done. As Landon lived with the voices... it was finally gone when he became a police officer. While the voices were gone... the memory stayed. And that's why he was afraid of the orb... because it will always remind him of a night to never forget. 
(3:25 PM, December 29, 2015): 
After Landon relived his memory in his blackout, he finally felt a slap to the face and Detective Chris's voice. He woke up and he certainly was relieved to see Chris. He was relieved to realize that it was all from the past and that the past is gone. Detective Chris: "Thank God you're okay! What happened?" Detective Landon: "I... I don't know. What happened to the orb?" Detective Chris: "That's the strange part. It just disappeared when the officials dropped it." Detective Landon: "Disappeared?" Detective Chris: "Yeah. Why are you afraid of that orb? How was that thing glowing? What are you hiding?" After Detective Landon explained what the orb was, Chris was upset that Landon did not report about his past. Chris was upset that the rumors of the past were true and was shocked to find out that the supernatural was real after all. As much as he wanted to scold at Landon, he knew that his best friend has already been through a lot... and like any good friend, he kept it all a secret. Detective Landon: (Shocked) "You're going to keep this as a secret?!" Detective Chris: "Yeah. What? You want me to tell everyone?" Detective Landon: "No!" Detective Chris: "I just wish you told me this a long time ago." Detective Landon: "I'm sorry man... I regret everything." Detective Chris: "Who wouldn't regret something like that? Anyway, I guess our job here is done." Detective Landon: "How is Blake anyway?" Detective Chris: "He'll be fine. It's nothing serious. Plus, he hasn't been attacked strangely." Detective Landon: "Really? Isn't that odd to you?!" Detective Chris: "Yeah, but criminals are just weird as sh*t sometimes. We can never tell what they were thinking. Bunch of a**holes." Detective Landon: (In suspicion) "Yeah..." 
(4:42 PM, December 30, 2015): 
Chris: (Notices Landon packing his stuff in the office) "What's going on?" Landon: (Lets out a sigh) "I... I decided that this place doesn't fit me anymore." Chris: "Is it cause of... ya know?" Landon: "Yeah. I... I talked to the chief this morning if I can move as this town doesn't fit me anymore, and he said Haymarket was the only option as of now. Sarah seemed to successfully start a new life there... I thought I should as well. I just want to get out of here... this town is dangerous, and I would be no different from any of the criminals here... if people ever found out about my incident." Chris: "Oh... I see. I'll be right back!" Landon: "Okay!" 
(5:11 PM): 
Chris: "I'm going with you!" Landon: "Wait, what?" Chris: "I just had a word with the chief... and he said there was one more spot at Haymarket as well... and I told him to sign me up there with my buddy!" Landon: "Well... great! Let's get the hell outta here." Chris: "Yeah... ready to start a new life?" Landon: (Takes a deep breathe) "Hell yeah!" 
Blake Narrating: It's been a week for our house to be investigated. Of course, during that period, my so called "father" has been scolding at me for calling the police and emphasizing his anger by abusing me. That was my New Years party... nothing but abusing and yelling. We've been staying in a nearby hotel... and that was also the bad thing. The room was literally a trash dump. Flies were everywhere. And I bet some couple had a "lovely time", because the beds felt "wet". *Blake chuckles* But we came back to our house, because the authorities said that there was no evidence to determine what happened in the scene or who those masked men were. *Blake sighs in disappointment* But when we came back home... life was almost the same again. But something felt off about it. I didn't know what was "off". It just felt more different than before. 
(3:33 AM, January 6, 2016): 
It was at 3:33 AM, and Blake's alarm clock went off again, and he oddly got up out of bed as if he was doing it against his will. He walked out of his room after he heard a distorted voice of a woman calling him. He can hear the distorted voice from his parent's room. Blake knew that investigating the room for the noise was a bad idea, but somehow the distorted voice felt comforting, and he slowly walked towards it. He went in his parent's dark room, and there was nobody in there. The chanting of his name also stopped as he entered in. Blake knew something was going to happen, and as soon as he turned around to exit the room, Blake seen a weird looking entity. The entity had a humanoid head and torso, but instead of having legs, it had 12 long, human arms surrounding it like it was a clock. All 12 arms were grabbing on to the wall to the entity's side, and the entity was making weird noises. Its mouth was gooey and the top and bottom jaws were connected on together. And it had a clock on its forehead. The entity was also pale, and it had eyes of an angry dragon. It was like it was telling Blake something, but it wasn't speaking English. In fact, it was like it was speaking a language that was from outside of the world. Blake backed away into the room from it, but he bumped into something that was in the darkness. When Blake turned around, he saw the same horrific tall man in the hat. He still couldn't see his face, but he saw his mouth that was sinisterly grinning. Blake felt this slimy sensation that was quickly surrounding him, and it immediately turned into a grip. He felt more than one of these slimy substances, that was all over his body. He then realized that they were these tentacles and he immediately started crying for help. As he moved around, in hopes of freeing himself, he can hear the distorted women voice screaming in horror. The distortion started fading away, and as the voice unveils, Blake realizes that the voice was the voice of his mother. After the sudden realization, static started disorienting Blake's vision and hearing until he suddenly woke up. 
(9:49 AM): 
After eating breakfast, Blake went outside into the snow. It seemed quite comforting to Blake, as the skies were covered by the blanketing grey clouds. Snow was dropping in a perfect pace. It wasn't dropping too fast nor too slow, but the perfect pace to being peaceful. He opened up the palm of his hand and felt the snowflakes landing on his palm. It was like the fright and the pain faded away as he observed the beautiful bleak landscape. There was no green in sight, except the greenness of the pine trees, in his backyard. Just the peaceful and wonderful whiteness of the cold, yet tranquil snow. The peace lasted longer than he expected, until he looked closer into the woods. It was at least peaceful for a brief moment, as he seen the ice dragons flying in peace and a rabbit hopping through the beauty, until all of the sudden, he spotted the man in the hat. He was as tall as the trees, but as pale as the snow. The man's clothing, his hat, his cloak, was as dark as the night. It was no wonder why Blake couldn't see the man's true face, as this black eerie ooze was running down the upper half of the man's head. The man's grin was still as sinister as the nightmare Blake experiences at 3:33 AM. Blake didn't know if he was just seeing things or not, but his heart started racing as he stared into the man's dark ooze where his eyes were supposed to be. Blake could see the same static slowly fading into his vision, until he blinked. When Blake blinked, the man was gone with absolutely no clues or trace as if the man was never even there. Blake immediately went inside after. His peace was short lived, as the horror returned to his life. 
(3:33 PM): 
News Reporter: "It has been announced by officials recently that 5 more graves were found in front of a couple's front yard, and of course, underneath those graves were dead bodies! Officials still has not yet identified who these victims are; but if you don't recall, this mysterious pattern of killing has been going on in Faraway for 7 years! This anonymous serial killer has been known to bury their victims, after killing them, and place a homemade grave on top of their burial! We caution you to be careful if you ever venture outside! Now, onto the weather!" Weatherman: "Good afternoon, Faraway! So, as you can see, snow has been dropping for the past few weeks; However, it has been seen that there will be a blizzard just next week! Bad news about it is that the upcoming blizzard might possibly keep up for about 3 weeks for now! If you are driving or-" (The radio suddenly turns on by itself with static and beeping playing) Woman voice: "Unit. Unit. Unit." Deep Man Voice: "We are coming." Light Man Voice: "We will purify." Muffled Man Voice: "He will purify us!!! He will save us by ending it all!!! He must be released!!!" ??????: "E̶̬̐v̷̗̅e̸̗͋n̷͈͗ ̴̳̄h̷̥̋e̵̟̽ ̶̟̓w̴̱̚a̶̤͆s̸̗͌ ̵̬̾ŕ̶̥ȉ̴̙g̶̘͘ḧ̶̻t̸̝͑.̷̛̻ ̶͍̚Ì̶̩ ̴̟͌ẉ̵͑i̵̜̎l̸̮̓l̶̩̀ ̸̞̾p̴͓͐u̶͔̅r̵̤̂i̵̞͐f̷̦̔y̴̜͝!̵̲̔ ̴̰͑I̷̭̿ ̵̖̽w̵̗͊i̶̖͆l̷͙̇ḷ̸͌ ̴̲̂s̷̰͊a̷̲͌v̵͕̓e̷̖͘!̴̤͗ ̵̺͌Ȉ̵̳ ̶̫̅ẅ̶̞́i̷̯͌l̸̙̅l̷̩̈́ ̴̡̂è̵̼ṇ̶͛d̸̓ͅ!̸͙͆ ̶̺̽F̸͎̔o̸̝̅r̵̮̈́ ̷͍͘Ì̴̙ ̶̗̿a̸̢͛m̸̗̏ ̸̠͆M̶̧͌ȁ̴͎d̶̖̕m̸̼̑a̴̰̕ń̸͚!̸̡́" *Demonic laugh* Blake: (Annoyed that the radio is acting strange again) "Ugh! For crying out loud!" (Talks to the radio as if it was someone else) "Can you just stop being weird as sh*t?!" (Radio silences as Blake turns it off) "Thank you! Jeez!" 
(8:32 PM): 
Blake's stepfather, Cloud, returned home from work. As usual, Cloud ignored and didn't care what his stepson was doing and immediately went upstairs to his room. Blake didn't care about him as well, of course, but he went downstairs to the basement. As Blake descended down the stairs, he began to realize that he never actually went downstairs to the basement for a while. Blake couldn't remember why he never went downstairs, but he already began to feel something strange. He can feel that same tall man in the hat watching him from the corner behind him. He knew the man was watching him, but he didn't dare to look back at him. Blake turns on the light, but as soon as he did, things were already looking unnatural. The whole basement lights began to flicker in an unnerving manner. Blake thought it was normal, because it was old. He also thought it should be normal anyway if the radio was always playing strange broadcasts. As it was the first time after a while he visited the basement, he somehow felt like a stranger. The basement smelled different than the whole house, not to mention that there was a hint of the smell of alcohol present. It also had a different vibe from the upper two floors. As Blake felt like a stranger, he observed the whole basement, until he heard a loud banging on a door of a room. He immediately turned around and he finally noticed a door that was sealed. He was more curious about the room as he never noticed it before. It was like it was never supposed to be there. He cautiously approached the sealed door, and he began to smell a disgusting odor. He tried to use his senses to at least get a hint of what was inside. But then, a loud thud interrupted his investigation, and he noticed there might be something or someone inside! Blake tried to hear if there was indeed someone inside, but he couldn't hear any human voice besides the constant loud thuds. Blake immediately turned off the lights and ran upstairs. Maybe that was why he abandoned the basement in the first place... because there might be something living in his house. 
(9:01 PM): 
After such a frightening encounter, Blake decided to have a night stroll through the cold, snowing night. What seemed to be relieving was the fact that it was as peaceful as before. However, like before, the peace was short lived. The peace was eaten by the darkness of the night. Blake's relief died by what sounded like someone walking through the snow. He can hear the same crunch of someone's footsteps. After hearing such a thing, he can feel that sensation when someone was watching. He was being followed. But it didn't only sound like one person was following him, it sounded like multiple people were following him. He looked behind, closer to the darkness of the woods; until he sees a glimpse of a mask. He knew it was the masked men from before. He immediately began to run as fast as he could! He could hear the crunches of the multiple shoes stepping into the snow. He ran faster, but carefully as he knew if he ran any faster then he would slip. After a few minutes of running, he wished to be more careful as he could feel the slippery ice taking over... but he knew he has to keep running. As he ran as fast as possible, he then saw the man in the hat appearing right in front of him after flashes of static. Blake slipped as he looked onto the man, and he hurt his whole backside of his body. He couldn't get up. As he was already in pain, the army masked men started surrounding the helpless Blake and they severely beat him up. 
(10:23 PM): 
Blake woke up in the middle of the snowy, cold, dark woods. He can see a campfire and a bunch of masked men surrounding him. He realized that he was hanging on a tree, as he looked on his body to see the ropes tied around his body. As he tried to look around more, he heard a sudden smacking noise of a latex glove. He can hear it coming closer, until he seen a man in all black clothing and a bucket hat. He also wielded a black baseball bat, and he wore a golden, grotesque mask. Blake knew he was in danger. The Leader: (Slowly walks towards Blake and the gang of masked men. Before talking, he let out an aggravated sigh) "So... I'm going to make this simple, kid... where is it?" Blake: (Scared and angry) "Where is what? W-WHAT THE F*CK DO Y'ALL WANT FROM ME?!" The Leader: (Let's out another sigh and hits Blake with his bat, as if he was a piñata) Blake: (Let's out a painful scream) "W-what the f*ck?!" The Leader: (Aggravated) "Where is it?!" Blake: "I-I actually don't know what the f*ck you're talking about!!!" The Leader: "We've been after your house for years, because we know the orb is in there!!! AND YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT THE ORB!!!" Blake: "I-I SWEAR!!! I DON'T KNOW ANY ORB THAT IS IN MY HOUSE?!!" Another Masked Man: "Sir! The Master has a message for you! And it includes that boy!" (Approaches the leader and quietly whispers into his ear) The Leader: (After the man whispered him something) "Ah, I see!" *Sighs and steadily shakes his head* "Well then..." (Hits Blake 3 times with his baseball as hard as he can, leading Blake to let out more painful grunts and screams). "Untie him and beat him more!" After releasing Blake, like a pack of wolves, the gang of masked men started beating up Blake viciously without mercy. Blake can feel nothing more than constant pain in his bones and muscles. What made it worse was the cold snow on the ground. Finally, after what felt like years, the masked men stopped, and they let packed everything up. There was no more warm light from a campfire, and they packed every single tool. They left Blake in the cold darkness, and snow was still dropping... the snow was not helping at all. Blake couldn't even move a limb nor a muscle, and he was struggling so much to move. Every movement he made caused pain to fill his body. And crimson droplets of blood were dripping from his mouth, nose, and every exposed wound on his body. Then, as helpless as he is, he sees the tall man in the hat appearing right in front of him. He was frightened and he knew he couldn't do anything to avoid the man. The man in the hat started twitching and he tilt his head to his right. Blake then began to mysteriously levitate off the ground. He couldn't move any part of his body, and he was positioned to face the man. As he began to look at the man more and more, static started to fill his vision and his hearing again! He looked down, and he can see that he was still levitating above the ground. This was all real... it couldn't have been fake. He then looked back up at the man, and finally static filled his vision completely. The loud, irritating sound wouldn't stop... until he sees nothing but the blackness. 
(3:33 AM, January 12, 2016): 
Blake woke up in his room as the alarm clock rang in 3:33 AM. He then got up out of bed and he heard screaming of his mother and stepfather. He cautiously got out of his room, and he hears screaming from two directions. His stepfather from downstairs and his mother from their room. Blake looked downstairs and he sees that his stepfather was being beaten up by the same army of masked men. Somehow, this didn't feel like an ordinary nightmare as Blake knew he had to be dreaming again. Somehow, this all felt too familiar for him. He then heard his mom screaming in horror and fear. He cautiously approached her room, and he slowly opened the door... but every move Blake made was all too familiar. He slowly opened the door just in time to see his helpless mother's neck snapped from the tall man in the hat. Blake realized that he was a kid, and he wasn't moving himself... this wasn't a nightmare... it was a memory. He can hear his own voice... it was lighter. He was crying as he looked upon his dead mother. Then, he could feel his young body being lifted up by the tentacles of the man. He was looking at him and he was crying out of fear... but the man got one of his tentacles out and he drew a little symbol on the back of the little Blake's leg. He put Blake down gently and he disappeared in a blink of an eye. Blake was crying and crying as he saw that his mother was really dead. And after experiencing and reliving his memory again, he woke up in his room. As it did finally answer what happened to his mother, and as he finally remembered what happened... he began to cry. But then, Blake realized that he was in his room. He looked at the mirror, and he can see all the blood and wound from the masked men. How did he end up home? As he wonders how and what happened, he slowly got out of his room, and he looked to see if Cloud was home. He wasn't. 
(4:30 AM): 
After reliving the forgotten memory, Blake pondered about his life. He wondered what this humanoid creature in the hat really was. He wondered if this was a memory at all. It all seemed too surreal. Did his mother really die the way he remembered it? He asked so many questions he wished there were answers to, but of course, he was talking to himself in his room alone. He pondered if he really was meant to be somehow connected or a part of the mysterious man in the hat. After all, why did the man follow Blake? As Blake pondered on, his mind was disrupted by his worry about what his stepfather will do to him when he comes back for being missing for days. Blake started imagining all of the sudden. He saw himself being beaten up by his stepfather... he imagined the pain of it. He imagined that his wrath would make every single punch and kick as painful as the masked men. As he imagined this on and on, he suddenly saw the tall man in the hat in the corner of the kitchen. The thing was making Blake stand, shockingly. Blake was imagining himself standing up, even when he's being punched and kicked by Cloud! Then, everything turned red... and all of a sudden, he was overcome with rage and this powerful feeling of disgust. He grabbed a kitchen knife, and he started stabbing his stepfather multiple times. At that point, his stepfather was already dead; but he seemed to be enjoying every single moment of it! He was torturing the dead corpse with the knife in so many ways he could think of! Blake was imagining this all morning... but after imagining such violent desires, he heard a static in his head. Beyond the static, there was a voice of a man. He looked to see if it was the radio, but it wasn't. Then the voice somehow showed Blake how there is absolutely no love for him and there is only hatred. Blake saw multiple visions of his stepfather and his bullies saying things about Blake and how much they hate him. After seeing everything, Blake had tears that were streaming out of his eyes. After experiencing this powerful depression, Blake concluded one thing after all the pain and suffering... there is no love for him anymore, and that love died when his real mother died. All there is, is pain... and now, as the voice told him he knows what he has to do... Blake understood the assignment. He knows it's their turn to feel pain. Every. Single. One of them. 
(9:43 PM): 
After hours later, Blake's stepfather finally returned home. When he returned, he already knew something was off. He stepped inside the house and attempted to turn the lights on, but they wouldn't. Cloud also noticed Blake's boots were back... and it was all wet with melted snow on it. Cloud: "Blake! WHAT THE F*CK DID I TELL YOU ABOUT DIRTY STUFF?! YOU DIDN'T EVEN CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF!!!" As Cloud yelled at Blake... there was no answer. Cloud: (Angered) "ANSWER ME YOU C*NT!!! AND WHAT THE F*CK DID YOU DO WITH THE LIGHTS?!!" There was still no answer from Blake. Cloud: "OH, I'LL KICK YOUR A** WHEN I FIND YOU!!! AND WHERE THE F*CK HAVE YOU BEEN ALL THIS DAMN TIME?!! ARE YOU TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM ME?!! WELL GUESS WHAT!!! I'M GONNA PUNISH YOU AFTER I FIX THE LIGHTS, B*TCH!!!" Cloud went to the circuit breaker to fix the lights; And as soon as he opened the panel, water was mercilessly thrown at the circuit breaker which caused it to explode and electrocute Cloud. As Cloud was on the ground with a few burnt body parts, he sees Blake with a forest green raincoat on. Under his hood, his long blonde hair covered his eyes... and his face had no emotions whatsoever. His face was completely cold and empty, and he was wielding a machete. Blake slowly approached Cloud and his face didn't even change a bit. Cloud: (Grunts in pain as he grabs on his burnt hands) "W-WHAT THE F*CK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" Blake: (Cold and emotionless) "Nothing. All I'm doing is showing what I felt every single f*cking day. I've felt nothing but pain... but now, it's your turn." Cloud: "WHAT THE F*CK!!!" Blake: "Your hands hurt? I'll fix that." (Blake viciously chops off Cloud's right hand, leading Cloud to scream in pain) Cloud: (Kicks Blake, but Blake gets right back up) Blake: "Stop kicking me." (Chops off Cloud's left leg). Cloud: (Screams in pain and let out a painful wince) "W-why? I-I-I cared for you!" Blake: "No. You didn't. You never did. I don't remember loving and caring being full of pain and suffering. All you did was abuse me from your anger... so, here's my wrath now. I am serving a purpose... and his will. I am doing nothing wrong. And even if love is full of pain, you should be happy... because that's exactly what I am doing... 'loving you'." Cloud: (Aggravated) "How dare you f*cking mocked me!!! I WILL KILL YOU!!!" (Cloud tries to kick Blake with his left leg, but Blake catches his leg and chops of Cloud's left feet). Cloud: (In immense pain) "Y-you will regret this!" Blake: (Crouches down and looks at a helpless Cloud) "You don't seem to regret it at all. So, no. I won't regret anything." Cloud: "F*ck you!" Blake: "Shh... it's time for the grand finale." Blake gets up and position his machete above his head. Before swinging his machete in his strongest, he took a few moments. After a few moments, he finally swung his machete down directly at Cloud's neck, beheading Cloud. As he was relief that Cloud was finally dead, he knew his work wasn't done... that there was more to do. He knew exactly what to do next, and who to go after. 
(10:02 PM): 
Blake quietly traveled to the other side of the neighborhood, and into the snowy woods of the other side. He knew Ralph and his gang was going to camp in their backyard out in the blizzard. Blake elaborately planned and planned before making his move. Then, he prepared carefully, as if this was a normal hunt, before finally making a move. A move that will be as cold as the night blizzard. Ralph: (Vaping) "Man Calvin! You got the goodies!" *The gang laughs* Calvin: "Hehe! Hell yeah, man! Been hiding this stuff for a while now, and I guess tonight is the best time to use it!" Lisa: "Yup! Our parents won't be here for a while because of the blizzard!" (Everyone freezes as they heard the backdoor opening and closing) Gabe: (Whispering out of fear) "Uh Ralph, d-did you invite anyone else?" Ralph: (In fear as well) "No. Who the f*ck was that?" Calvin: "I don't know, but I don't like this one bit!" Ralph:"Sh*t! Where's my baseball bat?" Fred: "H-here!" (Hands Ralph the baseball bat) Ralph: "Who's coming with me?" Gabe: "Why don't we all go? I don't think that one piece of sh*t can fight against all of us." Calvin: "Y-yeah! Let's all go!" Ralph: "A-alright, but we need to be careful." The 8 of them cautiously approached the house and they were attempting to look in through the door window to see if anyone was in there. They slowly opened the door and they immediately got prepared to defend themselves, but nobody was in there. All of the sudden, Ralph's right hand that wielded the baseball bat viciously got chopped off by a cold, bloodstained steel of a machete. This caused him along with the whole gang to scream. Then, the same machete swung right into Ralph's cranium. Ralph slowly collapsed lifeless as more and more blood ran down his head. After Ralph dropped to the ground, Blake came out from the corner; immediately beheading Calvin and chopping his lifeless body aggressively. As he was chopping Calvin's and Ralph's lifeless bodies, the rest of the gang ran into the dark, cold woods. The problem was that they couldn't see anything through the fog-like whiteness of the blizzard, besides the fluorescent, bright light of Ralph's home. Fred tried to call 911 on his phone, but then he suddenly felt a tight rope wrapping around his ankles, and he flew into the air. He then sank down, hanging from a rope on a tree. As Gabe and Lisa tried to free him, they were too late as an emotionless Blake chopped off the left arm of Fred. This led the gang to run away, and Fred beg to Blake. Fred: (As he's hanging upside down) "P-please don't kill me! I-I-I swear! I won't tell the cops and I-I... I will fix everything!" Blake: (Looks dead into Fred's eyes) "Enough with that bullsh*t. Shh... quiet down. Everything will be okay." (Blake ruthlessly stabs Fred's heart, causing Fred to die slowly and painfully). 
(10:15 PM): 
Gabe: (Walks backwards to keep his eyes locked into the woods behind him) "Holy sh*t! I-I think- I think he killed Fred! Did any of you called the cops?" Jess: "I did! Hopefully they come soon!" As they walk backwards, two loud metal clinging sound echoed throughout the woods, along with Austin and Lisa's scream of pain. Gabe turns around to see that both of them got caught into bear traps. Austin: (In pain) "Holy sh*t!!! THIS HURTS AS HELL!!!" (Austin screams in pain again along with Lisa). Gabe: (Tries to silence both of them) "Shh! Shh! Quiet! He's going to hear us. We have to stay quiet." As they tried to stay quiet, footsteps started approaching rapidly, and Blake immediately swung his machete onto Austin's right shoulder. Blake savagely squeezed the machete into the shoulder until Austin's whole right arm fell off onto the cold snow. As Gabe tried to fight Blake by throwing a punch, Blake grabbed his arm on his next punch, and he twisted his right-hand too far back. He then, ruthlessly chopped his right hand off of his arm, and Gabe fell to the ground. Blake then stomped on the exposed wound on his right arm, where the hand used to be, and he landed his machete straight down to the center on Gabe's head. He then approached a helpless Lisa, and he crouched down to her left leg that was caught on a bear trap. He then viciously kicked the bear trap causing more blood to rush off of Lisa's left leg. He did it more and more, until Lisa fell to the ground out of weakness. He then chopped of Lisa's leg, and as she was screaming, Blake beheaded Lisa. After beheading Lisa without hesitation, like a savage animal, Blake immediately tackled Jason on the ground. As Jason begged and begged for Blake to spare his life, Blake had enough with Jason's voice, and he aggressively plunged his machete into Jason's mouth. Blake's rage was so unstoppable that he began to twist his machete inside of Jason's mouth repeatedly. More and more blood flew out of Jason's mouth, until he died. Blake then looked at both Jess and Linda. He didn't only look at them with emotionless rage... but he looked upon them as if he was a monster who was ready to tear their flesh and drink their blood in an agonizing way. Jess and Linda ran as fast as they could. 
(10:30 PM): 
Jess and Linda ran back to the house; but on their way, Jess slipped and fell on her back. She tried to get up and Linda tried to help her up as quick as possible, but Linda knew she is too late when she heard the rapid crunches of footsteps landing on the snow. Her dread filled her to the brim, and she was hesitant to help. She couldn't decide if she should continue to help Jess or not. When the footsteps were getting louder and closer, she knew she had no choice but to leave her friend to die. Linda: (In guilt and let's go of Jess) "I-I'm sorry!" Jess: (In dread) "What?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Linda: "It's too late Jess! H-he'll kill me if I save you!" Jess: (Yells at Linda as she runs away, leaving her to die) "ARE YOU F*CKING KIDDING ME?!! WHY?!!" (Begins to cry and sniffs) "DON'T LEAVE ME HERE!!! PLEASE!!!" Blake: "And this is why love is nothing but a lie. Look at you... your own friend betrayed you. She didn't love you all along. She used you this whole time. She manipulated you so you could be used in moments like this to take her place. But do not worry... she'll die as well. She can't escape me. I'll kill her... for it is my purpose." Jess: (Begging for her life) "PLEASE!!! PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!!! I-I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU!!!" Blake: (Steps on her leg as she tries desperately to crawl away, and scoffs) "What a bullsh*t you're letting out. You agreed with the bastard all along. You supported a bad omen all along. You never cared for me... not even a little bit. You piece of sh*ts never care for people like me. You guys always emphasized it by hitting us, assaulting us, and throwing things at us like we were garbage. So now, it's my turn to emphasize. It's my turn to serve a purpose. It's my turn to make things in order... and serve his will." Jess: "NO! NO! PLEASE!!! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!!" Blake: "Don't ask me for forgiveness, when the master doesn't forgive your soul. Don't ask me for forgiveness, when the master already reaps your soul." Jess: "P-PLEASE!!! I-I-I'LL DO ANYTHING!!!" Blake: "Shh... your time is up!" Jess: (Louder and more frightful as Blake positions himself to execute Jess) "NO! NO!!!" Blake: (Ruthlessly lands his machete on Jess's cranium). 
(10:38 PM): 
Linda made it inside the house. She immediately hides and grabbed a knife... she knew that Blake would find her... and she prepared to fight in order to keep herself alive. As Blake slowly entered the house, he shut the door behind him, and he went to the basement of the house. He threw water at the circuit breaker, and all of the house lights turned off. Darkness took over the house... and it was on Blake's side. As Linda didn't expect this, she slowly moved out of her hiding spot, and she moved upstairs. After ascending up the stairs, she was trying to think quickly in fear, as she knew Blake was going to come soon. She didn't know where to hide next, but she finally knew where to hide, and she crawled under the bed. She was waiting for Blake, and she could hear Blake's footsteps going upstairs creepily. Blake went inside the room where she was, and Linda's heart started to pound faster and faster as he neared. Blake then got out of the room and descended the stairs. She slowly and silently crawled out of the bed, and she cautiously walked out the room... until Blake chopped off her right hand that wielded the knife. She screamed in pain, and she fell to the floor out of pain. Blake slowly approached her, and he crouched down to her level. He tilted his head in a slow, scary manner as he was looking directly at the chopped of hand. He then grabbed the knife off the floor, and he aggressively plunged it onto her left hand. Her hand was now stuck to the ground, and she yelled in pain, hoping that someone would hear her. Blake: "Stop screaming. Do you feel it? Do you feel the pain?" Linda: (Nods her head as tears are filling up her eyes) Blake: "This..." *Points are the chopped off hand* "This is what I feel every day. This is what people like you deliver onto people like us. You guys always think high of yourselves... like you're on top of the hierarchy. But even if that's true... you guys should know one thing... that the higher ups always fall." Linda: (Begging for her life like Jess) "P-PLEASE!!! PLEASE SPARE MY LIFE!!! PLEASE!!!" Blake: (Lets out a sigh) "Look at yourself. Now you're in the same place where Jess was. You never loved Jess. All you did was manipulate all along and used her tonight to try and make her take death for you. But no... there is no escaping death when it's already reaping your soul. There is no escaping death, when it already sent his agent. There is no escaping me, when I am serving a purpose and his will. Overall, there is no escaping death... and death chose you for execution. You did this to yourself as you never cared for me. And now... I must fulfill my purpose." Linda: "PLEASE!!! NO!!!" Blake: "Shh... your time is up." Linda: "NOOOOOO!!!" As Linda yelled her final word out of fear, Blake stepped on the knife stabbed onto her left hand and he beheaded Linda. Her yells have gone silent, and the silence was oddly peaceful as the blizzard for Blake. Blake sighs out of relief, and he knew there was more to do... but he also knew the cops were nearing as the red and blue lights of justice was flashing more and more, and as the sound of the sirens became louder and louder. Before Blake gave up himself to the cops, he left one sign for him to be remembered. He slit himself on his left forearm... and he drew a familiar, yet mysterious symbol with his own blood on a piece of paper. He drew a familiar symbol of a circle with two x's on the opposite side of the circumference, which looked like a cartoonish drawing of a dead man, and a lightning bolt in between the x's. He then smiled after all his work, and the police arrested him. But even behind bars, Blake felt no remorse or guilt... he felt the enjoyment he's never felt for a long while. And he smiled again, remembering all the blood, the gore, and the faces of pain on all who has hated him. Blake thought he was a hero... but all he is, is a monster. 
(The End) 
 
Category:Scary Story
Category:Monsters
Category:Mystery