Through the Fire

Chapter 1 - The Start

3rd Person pov

The mansion was surrounded by soldiers under the orders of him. The demon. And Slenderman's arch enemy; Zalgo. The creepypasta's of the Slender Mansion were huddled in the center of the main room on the first floor. Their backs facing one another as they all face outwards, having eyes looking in all directions. Each 'pasta had their main/favourite weapon out, ready to hack and slash, shoot and kill the enemy that threaten to break in.

"Alright everyone, this is it. Time is up, are you ready to stand tall and fight till the end?" The head of the mansion, Slenderman himself "spoke" to the residents. His answer was nods and "yes" or "yes sir(s)" and from Jeff the Killer; "Hell Yeah Slendy." And at that moment, the door busted open, and the windows shattered as different smaller classed demons rushed in, ready to fulfill their orders from Zalgo. The creepypastas stood their ground as they were ready to kill and defend their fellow 'pastas, comrades/friends and their home.

~Hours Earlier~

The Slender mansion was having a peaceful day, well as peaceful it can get with the more rowdy 'pastas arguing about which movie to watch together. The mansion's doctor, Eyeless Jack or Ej for short reads a medical book silently. Despite physically not having eyes, the male could still see, and no body questioned the male's mysterious sight. He "looked" up from his book before saying his own opinion in a calm and rather indifferent manner.

"We could just watch the Purge" The Eyeless killer suggests. Jeff was the first one to object and reject the idea. "No way Ej, we watched it last time! It's either Saw 1, which I think we should watch, or IT! Not that dumb shit" Jeff scoffs. "Dude, Saw 1 is overrated! It's IT we gotta watch!" BEN retorts from behind the forever smiling killer. "Fuck off Link wannabe! We're watching Saw!" Jeff snaps back. Jeff's comment caused Ben to argue back. It was clear that the argument was going no where.

Ej sighs and goes back to reading, though blocking out the loud voices of Ben and Jeff was a struggle, the ashen grey skinned man was used to the commotion and therefore was unbothered by them. "My god just PICK one! No one cares what we watch except you morons" A female voice pipes up. The two arguing males turned to the voice. "Shut up Jane! No one asked for your opinion!" Jeff snaps. Said female rolls her eyes and growls lowly under her breath. Ben and Jeff returns to their argument, going back to yelling in each other's faces.

Then a new voice arrives, but in a much louder, shouting manner. "Holy SHIT! WATCH THEM BOTH! JUST QUIT THE FIGHTING ALREADY!!!" The male voice screams out. The bickering stop and the few pasta's in the living room, which consist of Jane, Ej, Ben, Jeff, Toby and Bloody Painter, turn to look at Hoodie, who was the cause of the sudden yelling. The six were shocked that such a quiet male like Hoodie could be that loud when wanted to. "Sorry about that Hoodie. I know that they can be obnoxious" Ej apologizes to the proxy.

Said proxy nods before turning to go back into the kitchen from which he originally emerged from. Then suddenly, Slenderman appears in the room. "Everyone! I have some terrible news!" The faceless man telepathically called out to the entire household. The creepypasta's looked over, confusion and worry on their faces. "What is it sir?" Asks Ticci Toby, another one of Slenderman's proxies. "It's Zalgo. He's back and he's going to attack soon" He spoke. The others grew silent as the thick, serious atmosphere grew over their heads.

"How soon?" Asked Masky, walking in from the Kitchen as well. Slender turned to the third and final proxy. "Soon enough." He answers shortly. "Do we have time to prepare?" Asks Ej. The tall man nods. "Yes, a little. I suggest you guys start preparing now because I don't know how much time you have" He spoke calmly but the edge and nervousness in his "voice" was still prominent. A few 'pasta's nod and those who were sitting before, got up and ran to get their weapons. Those who already had their weapons on them, went to a training room or outside to start sparring with one another or just practicing their aim/swings.

It was clear everyone knew the dark situation that was going to happen and no one took the time mess around. Even Jeff, Ben and Toby didn't even bother making dumb comments or fool around. There was no time for relaxing or jokes, this was a serious matter and Slender wasn't sure if the outcome of this entire thing would be favorable for them or Zalgo. He didn't know who would come out of the pit of violence victorious, and didn't know how many would die or get injured. The tall creepypasta leader could only hope things will go well for him and his pastas.

~Present Time~

Before the three proxies of Slender could jump into the fight, their boss stopped them. "Masky, Hoodie, Toby. I can not guarantee that we will win this fight. You must go and get someone for me. They are key in to helping us win and defeating HIM once and for all" Slender told them. The three shared looks between themselves before nodding towards Slender, accepting this sudden and new mission.

"Here. Take this, this will help you get an understanding of this person and what they're like. It could help you find them too" Slender said, handing the leader of the three, Masky, a folder. Said proxy takes the folder and keeps a firm hold onto it.

"Quickly, go and find them" Slender orders before grabbing a hold of the proxies and teleporting them out of the forest and out of Slenderman's Territory. Thus, leaving him and the others to continue fighting the minions off. 'Please get there in time my proxies' Slender thinks worriedly. 'I don't know how long we're going to last.'

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Masky's pov

Being teleported suddenly like that really takes its toll on you. I brought a hand to my forehead as my head pounded from the searing headache the quick teleportation gave me. A soft groan of pain escaped my lips from under the white mask I wore. Glancing at my close comrade, friend, brother in arms; Hoodie, I could tell he was in the same state as I. Toby, however was unaffected due to the lack of pain receptors. Lucky bastard, can't feel a single bit of the pain that should have hit him.

I sigh in discomfort as I turn to look at the other two males. "Alright, Slender sent us away from the fight to get someone that may very well help us win this right and beat that bitch-face demon" I spoke up to them. "Yes but how do we even know that this person can really help? That this was just a desperate call for help from Slendy" Toby asks, twitching and ticking more than usual. I guess he's as stressed out as I am about this. "I don't know Toby, but we've got to trust the boss on this" I reply back to the teen.

I notice Hoodie nod after me. "I know that the situation is dire, but trusting Slender that there's someone that can actually help us win, is something we should focus on. It's best we can trust his word because it's the only thing we got" Hoodie spoke in the most calmest voice I have ever heard. But being so close to the male, I knew that he was tense and nervous about this whole thing just like us. Toby lets out a sigh in defeat, twitches then ticks before looking at me.

"So the boss gave you some folder Yeah? Let's take a look in it" The twitchy teen suggests. I nod at this, actually agreeing with Toby for once. "Right. Hopefully what ever is in here, and whoever this person is useful and can actually help us" I comment. I take a hold of the folder in my hands before opening it. Toby and Hoodie walk and look over my shoulders to peer at the contents on either side of me. What we saw in the folder was a bit surprising.

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