What's Underneath The Skin

Familiar

Masky draws closer and closer. "Duuuuuuude, what do we do? We aint got Toby to start an agurment with hi--" Before Ben was cut off by me. Taking a huge risk to not get them or I in trouble, I say.... "Hay Masky, uh s-sorry but I thought you said I could eat something." with a smart ass slang. "I mean, I thought you guys wouldnt want me to die of starvation, w-wouldn't you? If Slendy wants me alive so badly what would the consequences be if, you know? He couldnt find me....alive?" Masky stops in his tracks just cemtimetres away from me. "That would be bad but, there is other things to eat than the food at the back of the fridge." Masky says. Dang it, He's good at this game."So that's where you hide it!" Jeff yells. Masky turns to him shocked. You cant see his face but feel his fear and sudden lost of food. "W-what? No no. Heh I-I dont hide anything there!" Masky says trying to make Jeff think otherwise. Jeff turned to the fridge and sprinted towards it. The man ravages through to the back. "Ah ha!" Jeff pulls out his arm with a box of waffles. "What? This aint no cake."  Jeff realizes what was in his hands. Does everyone hide their food in the one spot? I'd hide it underneath things.

"Ha! See nothing back there. Now just put it away before Slender hears us fight--" Masky was cut short of his sentence by a calm but angered voice seeming through the room. "Hi Slendy." Ben tries to smooth out the situation. We try to play calm. Maybe he senses fear and if we stay happy its fine. What do we do now? I Always remember being the trouble maker in school. Why do I have to make so much hustle here? "If this is another fight over bloody food, remember what I said last time! Through the food outside and start WWIII out there." Howls the hollow voice of Slender. Shocks shoot through us and we turn to him. "Uh, n-no sir. Sorry but we were just discussing something." Masky's voice is shaky and quiet.  "Yo Slendy..." Jeff cranks up in a gangster casual way, leaning on the bench with one arm. "We can explain...Masky was cocky and stole our food." He rushed the last sentence. Ben simply shook his head and stayed silent with a smile on his face. "What!?!?!?!?! No I didn't!" His voice beams, looking at Jeff and back to Slender man. "Sir he's lying. I didn't--"

"My office, now Masky." Slender man drags Masky along with us. Ill need to make it up to him, poor white masked guy. The feels. But now in Slender man's office, all I need to worry about is my survival. The tall figure slowly went to his seat and sat down. We all were lined up facing his desk. I can just feel the horrified emotions foiling in this room. It didn't take him long to talk. "I get that you all argue with each at least five times on average an hour..." He starts. "But, please, if ANY harm comes towards Autumn, I will feed you to Zalgo myself. Am I clear?" The name Zalgo has me wondering, Who is he, or by the looks of things, it? Everyone nods saying some sort of form Yes Slender man. Why would he be so cautious about me? He sighs then claiming everyone dismissed. As I turn to go out the door, I hear my name being called.

Looking back to him, His non existent face seems more friendly."I'm sure you're curious to why I brought you here." Slender man stated. I slowly nodded allowing him to continue. Is he going to let me leave? No, what if...he's going to end me? I wondered as I slowly moved to him. "You won't understand yet, but I can't leave you in the dark for too long." He continued. I'm extremely hesitant to ask why, I don't even think my body will allow me. "You...You're not like everyone you grew up around. You are not normal, Autumn." He's even hesitating. "P-pardon?" I manage to ask, only just. He sighs, "I know you could have or will try to escape. In other words, don't." He commands. "I have my Proxies watching you, you wont be able to outsmart them. I never dream of harming you, but you cannot leave to the humans." I grind my teeth a little to stop tears emerging from my grey/blue eyes. "W-Why?" I try to stay calm but I wobble my voice. Slendy sighs opening the door with his tentacles. "Please, we will not hurt you, child. You should go have breakfast." A few seconds flew by of me just staring at him. The sunrise lit up through the window behind him and glowed on my ever so slightly tanned skin. My two long (af) piggy tails glowed as well as my side parted fringe.  Without a word, I gradually walked out.

'It's happening again. I'm trapped...again.'

-Flashback-

The soft rain splattered on the large household. It was isolated from any other buildings and had lots of overgrown grass. A few swings were the most lively thing that it had to offer. Inside, however, was flooded with children, no place to go or parents for support through the storm. "Now now Kids," A supivsier started."Go to your rooms, its justa storm." A few children groaned, I was one of them. "Do we have to?" One orphan complained, about ten of us were running around. "Go to sleep!" She snapped.  "We have a couple coming to take one of you guy swith them, so you need to have a good nights rest." She calmed down and informed.

"Wow, so they're gonna take us home?" I questioned, I had been there since I was born, I was 9 by then, I had never been outside the orphanage more than ten times. Two times I tried to run away and was caught, the rest was an exursion held each year. They didnt want us to rot away and be completely isolated from the outside world, but goverment restrictions were heavy and made everything based off of this building.

"I said someone,not you all." She giggled, patting my hair. "I would get lonely without you, Autumn." Her words sounded as if they had already chosen someone, like I wasnt going anywhere. In the morning, I didnt even see them. The adoptioners came and took some kid I didnt know too well. The next day and the next, more kids left and another joined us. By the age of 12 I was one of teh last kids to be left in the orphange of  the ones that joined when I did. Days went on and so did another year, untill finally--

-End Flashback-

"Yo kid." ben had snapped me out of my thoughts to view him leaning against a wall waiting for me. "You alright? Slendy didnt hurt you did he?" he chuckled a bit. After everything Slenderman said, can I realy trust any of them? Or were they captured as well?  "You arlight, Autumn?"he asked. I simply stared at him. His black based eyes looked worried. "How...How long have you been here, Ben?" I ask. The short figure looked confused for a second.

"I dont have a clue, maybe twenty-nine years or somehting. Why?" The silence grew louder at that moment of time. I dont want to be trapped here, its all too familar.