"Hey Jacob. Where are you going?" One of the jocks on the football team called out to the young blonde who had a piece of medical tape across the bridge of his nose. Due to the fact that Luna had punched him in the face earlier that day. "I gotta take a piss, just keep playing without me." He responded waving his friends off, they shook their heads slightly and continued to play their game of volleyball. He began to venture out into the nearby forest walking until he found a decent place to relieve himself. As he finished up the sudden sound of leaves rustling further ahead of him caught his attention.
Jacob squinted slightly as he scanned the general direction the noise came from. Jumping slightly when his phone suddenly began to go off in his pocket. He reached for it, pulling it out he looked at the message he had suddenly received. He was expecting it to be one of his buddies but the person who had texted him was the last person he had expected in that moment. He went to respond to the message when the rustling of leaves caught his attention once again, but this time it had moved closer. He quickly looked up away from his phone screen into the darkness of the woods.
His heart was pounding inside of his chest at that moment. He fumbled with his phone turning on the flashlight and shining it, frantically looking around for whatever had made those noises. He was hoping to just see some nocturnal woodland creature...but he saw nothing. There was no breeze to make the leaves shift. So what else was out there with him. Turning to head back to his friends he came face to face with a dirty white mask that had a wide eyed smiling face crudely drawn onto it. He jumped, air catching on his throat as he quickly stepped back. He didn't even know when they had gotten there, or how long they had been standing there.
"Jesus fuck dude. Don't do that to me." He finally spoke once he catched his breath. Irritation lacing his words. The person, obviously male, tilted his head in response; watching as Jacob shook his head, glaring at the stranger.
"What are you doing out here? Halloween is months away." he laughed to try and lighten the tension he was feeling but the masked stranger said nothing, head tilted to the right now and Jacob's eyes darted down toward the male's hand when he caught a glimpse of silver.
His breathing stilled and he stepped back. "You're fucking kidding right? Is this some sick joke?" he yelled now, getting angrier as fear settled in.
The stranger stepped forward once, twigs snapping beneath heavy black boots, and Jacob scowled. He shouldn't be scared. He was a football star. He was heavier and stronger than this freak.
"Fuck this." spat Jacob to the masked man's amusement and charged at him. The male dodged, reaching out to grip the shirt Jacob wore and pull him back roughly. Jacob grunted, attempting to get to his feet, when a heavy fist collided with his face and then another. Blood welled up in his mouth, the thick substance clouding his vision and running down his nose.
"Help.." he rasped, crying out when the masked stranger shoved the heel of his boot into Jacob's stomach, kicking and stomping so hard he could feel his skin tearing and sticking to the inside of his shirt.
Jacob, reached up, grabbing the male's leg but it did nothing as that crude smiley face gazed at him.
"Ah fuck!" he cried, tears mixing with the blood on his face when he felt the sharp blade of the knife cut through his left arm first.
The masked stranger stared at him, raising the knife over his head as Jacob tried desperately to crawl away, pale moonlight shining down on his mangled form.
"Please..I won't tell anyone. Please.." whimpered Jacob, gasping when he felt his ankle twist and pop loudly, a scream tearing from his lips. "Why are you doing this?" he rasped, flinching when he felt a heavy weight on his back, then finger knotting in his hair to pull his head back.
