Permanent Blood, Temporary Smoke

Sixteen

After several days, X had awoken with her wounds almost completely healed, well, except the one on her side that was still healing, albeit slowly. It didn't seem to bug her because she was up and moving around so the pain was no longer there.

The sun seemed to shine in through the crack in the dark curtains of Xana's room. She woke up, yawning and sitting up before standing and going to her dresser. It was a bit quiet as she couldn't hear any noise from anywhere in the house. She didn't mind as she started to hum, unaware someone was just outside her room.

In the hallway of the third floor where the twin's room sat among the others, a boy with black, shoulder length hair was being escorted to his room. Many colored doors lined both sides of the wide hall, many with either black or white associated with other colors in some way.

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This was Mikey and he was a bit short, usually keeping to himself as well. He liked to study Nordic, a language not really used anymore but he didn't care because he enjoyed it. His age was unknown, just like Ellie's age was unknown as well. He was brought to the mansion after he was found, bloody and emotionless in one of the clearings in Slenderman's Forest.

Eyeless was the one who found him and asked Slender what he should do. Slender had told him to bring in the boy and he would have Masky bring him to his room at the end of the third floor hall.
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As the boy was passing the black, charred looking door to X's room, he heard what sounded like humming coming from behind it. He stopped to listen as the one escorting him stopped too.

"What's wrong, Mikey?" The white masked killer asked.

"Do you hear that?" He said, pointing to the charred door.

The humming continued, slowly climbing into soft singing. Masky looked through the crack in the door and saw a dark silhouette inside, resulting in him knocking on the door. It was a few minutes before he heard a reply from the creature in the room.

"Yes?" A deep voice came from the room.

"I want to introduce you to a new resident, Miss Xana."

"Alright, just a minute, finishing up my morning routine."

That's when Mikey's eyes went wide as the person stepped out of the room. She was tall and had long, black hair pulled back into a tight ponytail. A tail spiraled by her side, wings tucked tightly behind her and lower arms that ended in claws. She was wearing an eye patch in the shape of a star and had teeth that poked out from her mouth. Her posture told him that she was a force not to be reckoned with.

"Xana, this is Mikey. He will be staying with us on this floor at the end of the hall."

"Nice to meet you." X said while looking down at the black haired boy.

"Likewise." Mikey said in a soft voice.

After they had exchanged names, X had left. Mikey wanted to know more about the girl but he was tired and just wanted to get to his room. Once the two men got to the door to Mikey's soon-to-be room, Masky told him that he could design it to his liking.

"What did you have in mind, Masky?"

"Can be anything you like, hobbies and whatnot."

"Oh, ok then. Is it the same for everyone here?"

"Yes, Slender wants all his children to be comfortable while here in the house."

The black haired boy then asked what X's room was like. He was told that it didn't consist of a regular lightbulb like most of the rooms. He also said that the doors of the twins were identical because of how they fussed when told that was weird.

"May I ask why?" He asked the masked man about the light.

"Xana is sensitive to certain light brightnesses so she uses a mood lightbulb just like her twin brother."

"Oh, ok. Thank you, Masky. I shall see you later then?" Mikey said, not looking at the male.

Masky said he'd see him later and left. Mikey entered the bare room and began to design it. He was hoping to see the twin's rooms soon just to see what they were like.

He tossed and turned that night, restless and unable to sleep. Rain began to set in that night, beating against the window of his room. He got up and went to his door, opening it and heading down to the kitchen. Heading back to his room with a glass, he crawled back into bed and fell asleep to the sounds the rain made.