"Brother, Wait up!"
"Ember, sweetheart, you know mom and dad don't like you out this late"
"I know but i wanted to go with you!"
*sigh* "Alright, Stay close to me"
"Okay."
"Hm.."
"Why are we out here brother?"
"Because I'm searching for an anomaly, It's the supposed answer to these missing persons cases"
"Really?"
"Yeah. And to find it, you apparently just have to look around the woods. Keep a keen eye kiddo, cause it blends into the trees"
"Ooo! So is it tall?"
"Very. It has a suit on and no face"
"Oh that's scary"
"Rightfully so. Oh- I heard something over here. Come on, this way"
"Oo okay okay!"
"Holy shit.."
"That's the anomaly?"
"Yes. Now we need to be quiet. We don't want to get hurt"
"Brother it's staring at you"
"Shit- Ember RUN"
"HUH-?"
"I SAID RUN! NOW!"
"BROTHER!"
Ember woke up in a sweat. It's the third time this week she's had that nightmare. She sighed and got up, Deciding to just get the day started. "Why does that memory keep haunting me.." she muttered, whispering to herself the promise she had made. "I promise to avenge you.. even if it takes years of work..". She felt herself begin to cry. She didn't even try to save him, And yet somehow she got away. The only piece of evidence she had of the anomaly was a photo she had taken on her camera before running. She looked down at the photo, Anger flooding through her body as she decided what to do. "I'm gonna find out what the hell you are. I'm going to stop you. For all the people you've killed, all the people you've made go missing, for everyone. Don't think I'll break this promise cause i won't." She stated, Walking over to her car keys. If she wanted to find out what it was, She would have to start now. At the store she bought paper and notebooks along with binders. She then heard some others talking in a nearby isle.
"Did you hear about the new missing persons case?"
"Yeah. Poor girl and her friend went missing"
"They're saying that it feels like the person doing this has people helping it"
"I did hear about that! I actually looked it up myself and they're right!"
"Really? What are their names?"
"There's too many. I only remembered the ones that were said to be his 'right hand men' or something"
"Well come on tell me!"
"Alright so the first one is Ticci Toby, Apparently he went insane after abuse and killed his step father and nearly his mother. Then there's Tim and Brian, But they don't go by those names. They go by Masked Man and Hooded Man. They used to be against their boss but some are speculating that they joined it after a while of fighting it off. Then there's Kate, Not much known about her though. Only thing known is that she killed her friend after joining that things side"
Ember heard all of this and quickly wrote it down on a notepad, She would need that information. They paid for their items and walked away, Confused on why it seemed like nobody saw them. The shrugged it off thinking they were just having a bad day and kept walking, Getting into their car and driving home. Ember had a new computer delivered a few days ago after their old one broke, So they decided to set it up and use it as a computer for this research. Opening it, They named their account "Black Roses" and decided that if they became a myth over this, that's the name they'd want. They began their research, starting on the people the two people at the store had mentioned. They made separate docs for each person, Titling it their accorded name. Each person added made Ember feel more confident, As they had a feeling they were already on the right track. Starting with Toby, They went through his story and police reports, Along with therapist and asylum reports. As they learned more about him, They began to somehow grow fond of him. "No," ember said, shaking her head "I'm not gonna idolize a killer behind multiple deaths and missing persons cases." She finished. Continuing to write the page, a sudden sense of dread ran over her. She turned around, seeing the anomaly. "NO-" she yelled, covering her ears and closing her eyes tightly. She felt a tentacle wrap around her arm, as she tried her best to not react besides keeping her eyes closed and covering her ears. When she opened her eyes, it was gone and she suddenly felt dizzy. Closing her computer, She got up and stumbled around to try and reach her bed, fainting onto it as soon as she closed her eyes again.
