Guardian of the Heart

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"Yep kiddo that's me!" He laughed. "You're cute with that gun, now put it down gumdrop I ain't gonna hurt ya." He said contently. I lowered my gun, but kept the safety off.

"Okay...what do you want Laughing Jack." He approached the teacup I was siting in.

"You can call me LJ if you'd like." He smiled a pointed teeth grin. "But I'd like to strategize a plan. For your friend..." I he paused. "I'd tell you about Isaac but that's too long of a story. Anyways-"

"How do you know who I am?" I blurted.

"My friend, he never shuts up about you." He rolled his silver eyes. "But I see now you're super cool, and pretty too." He giggled.

"Also the boss, he's looking for Toby." He replied simply. "The boss has been waiting for him, and that's what I want to talk about." He said, before he was snickering and giggling but he was serious now.

"So the boss...like how does this work? I just want Toby back." I commented. A bit of pain in my eyes.

"Well, we call him boss though I don't really fall under his guidelines I just hang out at their mansion whenever I want, I usually just stay here. His real identity, is The Slender Man. Or Slender Man for short, no one really knows he exist because of the people who have seen him are dead. And you already know, Slender Man basically owns all of his 'children' or the killers. You see, Slendy... He's a tough guy."

Did he just say slendy? Wtf

"Watch out for him, he has no face, he's really tall and wears a business suit."

Everything LJ is saying just makes me want to go WTF. These killers live a very strange and interesting life with a faceless entrepreneur.

"He has these long tentacles he can use to brand his children with, if you see the symbol it's a circle with an 'X' in it. They're also his form of defense. Along with his static. When he's near you can always hear static."

"How do I ki-" I began.

"Woah now lollipop let's not jump to that, it's extremely dangerous we don't just die so easily. You can, in fact, injure him to keep him down for a bit. Shoot off his limbs and tentacles, they grow back, but when you get his arms, legs, and head, it takes a lot more time. He won't hurt you as soon as you get one of his children of proxies, in this case if Toby remembers you, he most likely won't let Slender harm you. He is very respectful to his children."

It was getting hard to soak all this in, I mentally prepared myself for death, and for victory.

"Also, this is important." LJ paused. And gave me one of those 'sorry, good luck!' Looks which were never good.

"He teleports." He breathed out.

"Well shit." I instantly said, both of my eyebrows raised. "I'm going to die."

"I believe in you." His voice sounded like a clowns, but it was deep and gravely. He flashed me yet another encouraging smile. The night started to fall, but we were still discussing. The wind picked up and it started to beat my (h/l) (h/c) up into the air. LJ gestures towards a tent, inside was supposedly balloon popping game. I slid behind the waist tall, bar like structure which seemed to have darts in it. LJ just leaned on the table like structure with his elbows.

About an hour passed, we joked and had fun, all while planning. While we were laughing LJ held up one of his long black fingers, to hush me. He had really long arms, and was much taller than me. But I trusted him for now, though I still was a bit weary of him. In a hushed whisper he told me to duck behind the counter, and stay still. I peered my big (e/c) eyes over the counter and blinked owlishly. the tent opening wasn't even like a normal flap, it was just a big open rectangle exposing everything in front of me. I saw LJ disappear to the left and I crouched to the front of the large tent. I suck and rolled behind an apple ride and peered over the edge. LJ entered the tent again and looked behind the counter.

"(Y/n?) he questioned, maybe even a bit panicked.

"Sorry." I said exposing myself from my spot and returned to my place behind the darts.

"(Y/n)! I know you seem to handle yourself well but there are some killers that can slaughter you in less than a second." I looked around. "I know someone is out here, so just stay with me in here."

❌ U N K N O W N ' S P O V ❌

She's with Laughing Jack, I know it. She had something on her back but I couldn't quite see it. I didn't get to follow her since she hid so close to my hiding place by the cups. Now I know they're in that tent, and I'm here to get her. I won't kill her, I'm going to protect her. I just don't want her around dangerous imbeciles like LJ, he says she can trust him but I know he's going to kill her in a bit. He likes to play with his victims like this. He says he wants to help them but really he's just looking to get some blood on his hands. I've seen him to it before.

I finally tract them down in a tent. I grip my weapon in my pocket and prepare. LJ is my good friend but I won't take the chances of him killing my pure soul. I stride into the tent they're in without even introducing myself

🌝 Y O U R P O V 🌚

LJ quickly ducked my head down as we heard footsteps easing closer. It was slow, and sounded so rhythmic, it was dangerous. I could hear LJ call.

"Well well well if it isn't my dear friend...."